Chapter 819 He only believes in himself
Since there was no intercepting army, Frederick II's attack on Milan was very smooth. Although there were indeed troops from the Urban Alliance to intercept, they were easily repelled by the huge army Frederick II. As Louis IX said, the Urban Alliance would not do its best to complete these things before the safety of Milan was clear.
After all, if Milan is finished and the city alliance that has lost its core strength is vulnerable. Instead of negotiating at that time, there is no chance. It is better not to do your best now. Perhaps in the future, there will be a chance to get peace without paying too much.
This allowed Frederick II's army to reach Milan soon and could launch an attack at any time. Before the attack, it was time to plan well.
"According to you, your Majesty, we don't have to attack the main enemy forces in Milan, but attack the city directly. If this is the case, I'm really worried, because Milan has at least 70,000 troops. If they all go to fight him... he has an army of less than 6,000 people!"
Prince Enqio couldn't believe that the young emperor from the East dared to use an army of less than 6,000 people so arrogantly to deal with a 70,000 army. He was on the battlefield for many years and could not understand it no matter what.
"I don't think we have to worry about him, but it's still difficult for us to capture Milan. Although we have an army of 100,000, the walls of Milan are not easily broken at all. If we don't break through the castle where they stationed their troops, we still cannot win.
In particular, I hope everyone will pay attention that if our attack is frustrated, the other party will likely receive assistance from other cities' alliance troops, and even the Duke of Thuringia Henry Raspi will lead the German army to appear behind us.
So what I want to say is that his safety is not important because he will not be in danger. But our safety is more important."
The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II had fought for many years, and even his son Enchio had lived on the battlefield for several years. For them, if the attack was frustrated, then such an ending would not be surprising.
The only strange thing about their father and son was why Louis IX had such great confidence in the emperor from the East.
No wonder they believed individually. They had never seen shells, but they knew that Louis IX's army of more than 100,000 completely collapsed in the explosions and fire. They had never seen the artillery fire of dense grenade launchers, and what kind of lethality they had for the dense clusters of charges.
"So Frederick, the gifts that Fboy let me bring to you are used to overcome those castles!"
Louis IX mentioned a lightly, and Frederick II immediately thought of the secret demonstration that he solemnly called him out to perform before he arrived at Milan and approached the ground. In addition to muskets, there were stone bullets that could be fired with stone throwers.
Although it looks like a porcelain thing, the explosion effect of that thing was absolutely shocking to Frederick II. He never thought that those porcelain shells that were just the size of a coconut could achieve that kind of power when exploded.
After watching the test, he knew that Louis IX told him that the great monarch had the world's number one force, and he was not doubtful. Although only muskets would be the only one who could fight against the archer.
But the rifle and pistol fire that day Amina demonstrated that made him unable to remain moved. Based on this, it is speculated that the shells displayed by Louis IX should not be the weapons they used. They were just export-oriented equipment for friendly countries such as himself or Louis IX.
"No wonder they dared to confront the 70,000 troops with 6,000 people. I guess...uh...Louis, what we provide is not his best weapon, but..."
Louis IX did not intend to conceal this matter. If Zhao Fubo gave his weapons of the same level as him, he should have doubted whether he was really a "great monarch". I'm afraid that he was not a great monarch, but a legendary fool.
"Of course not, my man, his weapon is much better than what I gave you. For example, muskets, we install one shot at one shot, and they use four shots in a row. That day, you saw Amina's demonstration. As for this kind of thing, they use a continuous shot crossbow, and the shooting distance is about twice that of the stone thrower we used, about 1,000 meters!"
These words moved Frederick II. Like Louis IX, he could understand Zhao Fubo and not take out the most advanced weapons.
"My God, no wonder you always say that he is the best in the world of force. As you said, he is still very young. If there were good teachers to teach him, I really couldn't imagine what his future would be like!"
Louis IX smiled relaxedly, believing that he and his friends would be the beneficiaries of this East-West marriage.
"Well, what's the matter? I think it's good. And Brother Frederick, you have to understand that we are much stronger than others. So I am a very contented person and I am already satisfied with being better than other monarchs in Europe!"
Frederick II was certainly very clear about the meaning revealed in this sentence. He was just a little strange. Louis IX and his queen Margaret were always very devout disciples, so he had no psychological burden when he married this pagan.
Although his daughter had never met, he thought it was necessary to care about her daughter's happiness. If it was a cruel pagan, he would not marry his daughter to Zhao Fubo no matter what.
"Louis, I know that... that Zhao, what religion he believes in? You know some... some religions do not respect women very much!"
Louis IX took a sip of his pipe leisurely and sighed with a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!