The Rise of the European Emperor

Soon, the emperor's order came to Frenzberg. Without saying a word, Frenzberg took his men to the Telina Valley to join Ludovico Sforza.

However, before leaving, Frenzberg asked Maximilian I to prepare more horses for him, just pull the horse...

This is so because Frenzberg is going to learn from the battle of Marin's attack on Oldenburg. As long as the action is fast enough, the enemy will not have time to react.

Of course, there are not many French troops in the Duchy of Milan now. According to the intelligence of the Sforza family, there are only 3,000 French troops in Milan. Moreover, 2,000 of them are still Italian mercenaries. The real French army is only 1,000 people.

Therefore, as long as our army can quickly reach the city of Milan and find a way to open the city gate, the army in the city cannot be resisted. The worst result was that the city gate of Milan was not opened, and it was deadlocked with the defenders in the city. In this way, the French have time to mobilize reinforcements. However, looking at the current situation, the French cannot draw reinforcements. Because they were in a bad situation on the front line in Naples and were unable to divide their troops.

In addition, on the mountain road leading to the city of Milan, the French also arranged an army, about 1,500 people, to monitor the remnants of the Sforza family in the Telina Valley.

Therefore, if you want to capture the city of Milan, there are mainly two big enemies - one is the 1500 enemy troops lying on the marching route; the other is the city gate of the city of Milan. As for the 3,000 defenders in Milan, as long as the city gate is broken, it will not be a problem.

The reason why the 1,500 enemy troops on the mountain road in the south of the Telina Valley were counted as major enemies was because Frenzberg was afraid of leaking the secrets of the attack on these 1,500 people and gave Milan an early warning. That way, his sneak attack plan was exposed.

Therefore, he must first solve the 1500 enemy troops. Then, after the road is open, he will lead the main force, mount horses, and march all the way to Milan...

However, unlike the raid on Oldenburg, the distance from the Tellina Valley to Milan is 160 kilometers. When Marin attacked Oldenburg, the distance was only 40 kilometers.

Therefore, it is very difficult to reach Milan at night to carry out a night attack. One person and one horse can march up to eight or ninety kilometers in one day. Any more and the horse will run away easily.

Therefore, after thinking it over and over again, Franzberg decided to use the draught horses lent by the emperor and the horses owned by Ludovico Sforza, all of which amounted to 10,000, to be used by 5,000 elites. . In this way, the entire army can march more than 120 kilometers in a day and night without sacrificing physical strength. Of course, 160 kilometers can also run down. But if you do that, it will hurt the horse very much, and it is easy to kill a group of horses.

Moreover, the most important thing is that even if they run to Milan, the soldiers will not have the physical strength to fight.

Therefore, Frenzberg's plan is to have 5,000 elites run 120 kilometers on the first day, and then rest. The next night, he ran another 40 kilometers, entered the city of Milan at night, and killed the defenders in the city.

In this regard, Franzberg specially organized the army and practiced night battles. As for the 2,500 people who followed him from East Friesland, night combat training was a basic training program, and being woken up by an emergency muster whistle in the middle of the night was a normal experience...

However, other armies engage in night combat training, which is really bad...

Frenzberg selected 2,500 elites from other armies to engage in night combat training with 2,500 people under his command. As a result, the 2,500 new arrivals on the first day turned into a pot of porridge. If it hadn't been forcibly suppressed by Frenzberg with his subordinates, perhaps these idiots would have been bombed...

After many days of training, these talents slowly get used to marching and training in the middle of the night...

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Ludovico Sforza was not idle either. According to the method learned from Marin, Frenzberg decided to send someone to cooperate with the inside and outside of Milan to help the army open the city gates. For this reason, Frenzberg commissioned Ludovico Sforza to send someone to Milan to prepare to open the city gate from the inside.

The Sforza family has ruled the city of Milan for decades, where it is deeply entrenched. Although it was impossible for the Sforza family to pull out tens of thousands of troops and go shopping with the French, it was still possible to find a group of thugs and open the city gates at night. Right now, the Sforza family still has a lot of eyeliners in Milan. It's just that the French are now in a strong position, and these Sforza family members are all lurking, waiting for the day when Ludovico Sforza returns.

So, when Frenzberg asked Ludovico Sforza to send someone to sneak in the city of Milan and help open the city gate, Old Lu agreed without thinking. For him, this was nothing at all. After all, the Sforza family's decades-long rule over Milan is no joke.

After more than ten days of training in night battles, and it finally came to fruition, Frenzberg finally attacked...

The first target, of course, was the 1500 French troops in Primadio outside the Telina Valley...

Of course, it would be wrong to say they were French. Because, those 1,500 people were Italian mercenaries hired by the French...

Frenzberg had no doubts about defeating this army. The only thing he needed to pay attention to was to prevent Primadio's army from slipping through the net and running back to Milan to report.

Therefore, before the action, Frenzberg sent two hundred cavalry to take a side road around Primadio's road to Milan, ready to intercept any messenger.

This move was learned by Franzberg from Marin when attacking Emden. Intercepting the messenger can fully guarantee that the news will not be leaked. In this way, when the army attacks the next target, do it suddenly.

Even, the Edsard I and his wife who escaped from the tunnel were stopped by the cavalry who intercepted the messenger, which is extremely effective.

On the evening of October 29, a local cavalry of 200 people, after receiving the order of Frenzberg, passed the small road to the west and south of the town of Primadio, ready to intercept the enemy who slipped through the net and ride horses. 's messenger.

At 4:00 a.m. on October 30, when it was almost dawn, the Italian mercenaries in the Primadio Castle were at their most sleepy. Even the sentry on the wall fell asleep.

Taking this opportunity, Frenzberg decisively ordered his soldiers to quietly carry the ladder forward. Before the defenders could react, dozens of people went up...

Then, these dozens of people withstood the counterattack of the Italian mercenaries, and firmly defended this section of the city wall. Then, more soldiers passed the ladder and climbed to the top of the city...

After about two hours of fierce fighting, half of Primadio's 1,500 defenders were wiped out and half chose to surrender...

When the fierce battle began, sure enough, the city sent a messenger to the direction of Milan. However, it was easily stopped by two hundred cavalry.

This battle is extremely easy. The unfortunate defender, because the sentinel fell asleep, actually allowed the attacking troops to easily control a section of the city wall. Then, the defenders were tragic.

In this way, after only paying more than 30 casualties, the 5,000 soldiers led by Frenzberg easily took over the defenders. Of course, this was also because the defenders in the fort were too sleepy. Attacking them at this time is simply bad for those defending soldiers...

After a day of repairing, Frenzberg personally took 5,000 elites, one person and two horses, on the road to attack Milan. And Ludovico Sforza, with 3,000 men and horses, marched leisurely in the back, waiting to go to Milan to receive the fruits of victory...

After the first day of marching, Frenzberg chose to repair the army. Then, he scattered some cavalry and arrested all passers-by, so that no one would go to Milan to report the news, so that the enemy could be prepared.

Then, Frenzberg and the army rested for a day.

The next night, Frenzberg set off again with the army...

At around 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, Frenzberg's army finally arrived at the west gate where the guards of Milan were the most lax...

Shortly after the birch wood whistle used for communication was blown, there were shouts of killing within the city. Then, the west gate was opened by a group of painted Milanese residents - all serious followers of the Sforza family.

Frenzberg didn't have time to chat with these warriors, and he didn't know Italian either. As a result, after letting the warriors who opened the door make way, Frenzberg directly swarmed in with 5,000 troops and went straight to the palace in the city. At the same time, Frenzberg also divided two thousand troops to control the other three gates.

By dawn, the Italian mercenaries at the four city gates had been cleared, and the two barracks in the city had been pulled out.

It's just that the palace in Milan is so strong that Franzberg couldn't take it for a long time. And it was 800 of the 1,000 French troops who guarded the palace. Relying on the strong palace, the French army chose to resist...

Frenzberg was not in a hurry to capture the palace, but sent people to besiege the palace first, then took over the whole city, and sent troops to the countryside to take over the collected grain. As long as the food was under control, the French army would run out of food on the Naples front. As an officer who followed Marin for a long time, Franzberg remembered that Marin often said a phrase that "the troops and horses are not moved, the food and grass go first". As long as the supply of food and grass from the Duchy of Milan to the French army is cut off, the morale of the French will inevitably be low, and even chaos will occur. Losing to Spain is almost a certainty.

At that time, the Principality of Milan only needs to guard against the fleeing French army and grab the food. For this reason, Frenzberg decided to transport all the grain harvested in the autumn of the Principality of Milan into the city. Then, when the French army flees and passes through the Principality of Milan, take strict precautions to prevent the French army from grabbing food...

Three days later, Ludovico Sforza finally arrived in Milan with the remaining 3,000 troops. Duke Ludovico was complacent when he saw the grand welcoming ceremony organized by the diehard Sforza family members.

Standing at the head of Milan, Ludovico Sforza shouted in high spirits:

"I, Ludovico, are back!"