Warlock Royal Family

After Shylock participated in the ransom negotiation, he successfully set the price of the Gremani Consul at 25 talers.

The market conditions and details he mastered caused quite a headache for his colleagues in the past.

It can be regarded as the initial integration into the team.

While the negotiations were going on, the war did not stop.

At the end of March, Prime Minister Sarzastan and Old Colonna completely wiped out the Venetian army entrenched in several isolated strongholds, and captured more than 3 Venetians, including many wealthy Venetian councilors and various public officials.

The Republic of Venice will terminate its alliance with the Kingdom of France and withdraw from the war. In addition to the 50 thaler ransom for the consul and a large number of captives, it will also compensate the military expenses of the acting Grand Duke 35 thaler.

A total of 85 thalers in reparations was almost equal to the annual income of the Grand Duchy of Austria.

This reparation, which would bankrupt most countries, kept the Republic of Venice from losing its land.

Acting Archduke Ferdinand and Treasurer Fugger have been worrying about how to arrange this huge sum of money for several days. Should it be transported back to Vienna and put in the treasury, or should it be sent to Milan as military funds?Or half and half?

Anyway, really happy troubles.

The Acting Grand Duke is naturally very satisfied with this new subordinate, and Ladislaus is also very satisfied. Sherlock understands the principle of inseparable relationship. that robe.

Both His Royal Highnesses of Habsburg gave generously to this Jewish businessman, and various trading privileges made Shylock quickly become the number one person in Milan.

Ladislaus and the Acting Grand Duke even discussed choosing a noble daughter of Milan with a title to be his wife after receiving the ransom.

It's a pity that Sherlock's good luck finally did not come.

The dreams of acting Archduke Ferdinand and Fugger the Treasurer were also bankrupt.

April 4st.The Parliament of the Republic of Venice withdrew their proposal and only agreed to use a ransom of 1 talers to redeem the captives, including the consul, and the Republic of Venice would not suspend the offensive and defensive alliance of the Kingdom of France.

The reason for this situation is that the French army is under the command of the Duke of Bourbon.Regrouped again.

And it is said that the number of this army has once again reached [-]!

The Duke of Bourbon claimed that more than fifteen thousand Swiss mercenaries, in response to their obligations to the King of France, had gathered under the banner of the Grand Duke of Bourbon from various mountain villages.

The Swiss Union was defeated by the French Venetian coalition a few years ago. Not only was it expelled from Milan, but it was also forced to submit to the King of France and was tied to the chariot of the Kingdom of France.

Although they suffered a defeat, that time they had to face enemies three times their number.

A Swiss mercenary who travels with father and son and fellow villagers.It is still recognized as one of the most elite troops in Europa today.

Their halberds can attack and defend, not only effectively against cavalry, but also an irresistible torrent when launching a group charge.

The speed at which the Duke of Bourbon reorganized his troops was astonishing, after the Venetians learned of this situation.Greed was ignited again.

Under such circumstances, the Acting Grand Duke would of course not be able to put the consul of Gremani back. If Gremani, who was eager to avenge his shame, responded from the east, the situation would be really bad.

The Republic of Venice, which has now lost its mind, at least has relatively poor organizational capabilities.

Enemies to the west are trouble enough.

Although I don't know how much pressure the Kingdom of France will use to mobilize Swiss mercenaries in this way.How much political resources does the Duke of Bourbon have to pay.

But one thing is certain.

Unlike the Venetians who make up their numbers, the mountain people in Switzerland will stick to it even if they are reluctant as long as they make a promise.

And King Francois may have promised, although the Swiss states have to pay tribute to him.The Swiss are also not allowed to serve forces other than the Kingdom of France and the Church of Cyric, but if the Kingdom of France wants them to help.It is still necessary to pay reasonable remuneration to those mercenaries.

This time, the French army can no longer fall apart so easily.

They were before the emergence of professional armies with nationalist forces in modern times.One of the best troops.

Although the Habsburg army regrouped in the city of Milan, it still only had about [-] reinforcements even though it had brought together several thousand-strong reinforcements.

The confederacy of the Swiss cantons, with a combined population of less than a million, has been engaged in several successive wars in the last generation, and has lost so many young men that the Duke of Bourbon claims to be able to obtain from this newly acquired dependent state. The reinforcements greatly exceeded the expectations of the Habsburg side in the early stage. It is generally believed that if Switzerland provides 100 soldiers, it will be very tame.

"The Swiss are unlikely to send [-] troops. This may be just the enemy's bluff. Of course, even if it is true, in any case, the situation is much better than before the Acting Grand Duke captured Milan. Now we can choose to stay on the defensive, at least It takes half a month for the enemy to reach the city of Milan, and we have enough time to renovate the city of Milan." Prime Minister Sazastan hoped to keep the existing fruits of victory, "The French are also under great supply pressure. They are in the Principality of Savoy. Excessive expropriation has accumulated a lot of anger, and the Duke of Savoy may turn to His Majesty the Emperor because of it."

"The Duke of Savoy is also under a lot of pressure. In addition to the two large field regiments of King François and the Duke of Bourbon, in order to monitor Savoy and Switzerland, the French also have a reserve force in the Provence area. And the advantage The Republic of Guria has provided several large amounts of war loans to the Kingdom of France in a row, and the city of Liguria can also provide a considerable amount of military rations." After capturing several fortresses, the Marquis of Pescara, who has returned to normal, is still good. The Republic of Liguria under the control of Andrea Doria also has strong support capabilities.

"We don't have enough time to collect enough supplies. If we spend too much resources repairing the city walls, we won't have enough capacity to store the food and cloth needed for the siege." Although Bravan Fugger has remained silent, his appearance , giving his nephew Fugger the treasurer the right to speak, "The residents of Milan have exhausted their stocks, and they need supplies all the time. If we don't care about their lives, we will be even more unable to defend the city, let alone It is too late to collect enough supplies to feed an army of 2 people for a few months."

However, a decisive battle with the French army is indeed extremely dangerous, and even the old Colonna and the Marquis of Pescara dare not propose such a proposal.

Acting Grand Duke Ferdinand finally looked at Ladislaus who had also been silent and asked: "What do you think, my brother?"

"Once we show weakness, our enemies will besiege us. We will not only have to face the French army when we are trapped in Milan, but the Venetians will also regroup. In fact, there are many potential enemies waiting for us. Show fatigue." Ladislaus hinted at the attitude of the Republic of Florence and the Church of Rome, and then bowed deeply to the Deputy Grand Duke. He predicted that the Grand Duke Ferdinand would never give up the initiative he had obtained by crossing the Alps. , "A small group of people around, let's teach the Duke of Bourbon a profound lesson and show these guys the power of the warlock royal family.". .