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    On the battlefield in the basin, the French had the upper hand, and the allied forces of the vassal states showed signs of retreat, which greatly boosted the morale of the French.

    In the war of the cold weapon era, morale is one of the very important indicators for winning.

    Basically, if the morale is always high before and during the battle, it will not be very difficult to win.

    After all, if you want to maintain high morale in terms of combat effectiveness in the cold weapon era, you must first have the following factors.

    1. One's own army maintains superiority in strength.

    2. The enemy in battle is not your opponent.

    3. It can allow fighting soldiers to see the dawn of victory.

    Although there are several other elements, the above three points are very important.

    So, in this battle, the French suppressed the coalition forces of the princely states as soon as they came up, and it was difficult to lose morale.

    Especially after a period of time, the troops that formed the Spanish infantry phalanx were in a losing situation against the vassal states. Therefore, how could the soldiers on the French side not have high morale.

    You must know that with such combat power, it is very difficult to take a step back and regain the disadvantage.

    Usually, as long as such a situation occurs, failure is basically not far away.

    Although the cavalry of both the French and the coalition of vassal states has not been dispatched, it is precisely for this reason that the confrontation between the infantry is particularly important.

    at the moment.  It is obvious that the French side has a great advantage and upper hand.

    As long as the French make no mistakes here, they will win this battle.  That is inevitable.

    So, should we dispatch the cavalry now to restore the disadvantage?

    This question began to reverberate in the minds of the commanders of the coalition forces of the princely states.

    To be honest, the current situation is very unfavorable to them.

    The French infantry has defeated half of their own infantry regiments and has begun to steadily advance towards their side.

    Judging from the current situation, it won¡¯t be long before the French infantry regiment is ready.  You can reach yourself here.

    And if dispatching cavalry still can't save the situation, wouldn't it be a waste of the troops at hand?

    Therefore, the commander must quickly weigh some of the gains and losses, because there is not much time left for him now.

    "General, we are now defeated. Should we order a retreat now?"

    Just as he was weighing the gains and losses, some low-level officers followed him.  But he couldn't hold it any longer.

    Yes, anyone who is not a fool can see that they have no hope of winning this battle.

    The French have already gained the upper hand, and it will only be a matter of time before they defeat themselves.

    So, facing such a situation, they must make a decision as soon as possible.

    Retreat?

    Or fight to the death with the French.

    Of course.  As far as Europeans in this period were concerned, such a thing as fighting to the death was impossible.

    Therefore, the possibility of retreat is very high.

    "Otherwise, it's surrender.

    But now they still have a way out.  So surrender is unlikely.

    Unless the French completely surrounded them, leaving them with no way out.  Only then can they surrender.

    Considering the current situation, this way of surrender is obviously impossible.

    "Retreat, we have no hope. Instead of continuing to fight, it will just add unnecessary casualties. Order the cavalry to slowly approach the French, but keep a distance from them and do not engage in battle. Try to protect the infantry first.  Get out."

    Since victory was no longer possible and continuing to fight would mean letting the soldiers die, the commander quickly made the right decision.

    "We are not prepared at all, but those bombastic church fathers have repeatedly asked us to continue the war with the French. It seems that the lives of us people are not taken seriously by those people at all."

    After the order to retreat was given, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

    Everyone turned their horses¡¯ heads and began to retreat to the rear.

    On the way, the officer who was close to the commander followed him and whispered to him.Sao.

    Yes, in this battle with the French, they were actually forced by those in the church.

    After all, the church spent a large amount of money to alleviate the financial crisis of the coalition of princely states.

    As the saying goes, if someone has the shortest hand, that person has short hands. Therefore, facing such a request from the church, they have no way to refuse.

    Although the crisis has been resolved now, the war with Portugal and France will continue for God knows how long.

    Therefore, in the future, we will have to trouble the church to come up with money to cover the expenses incurred in the war.

    You know, all the princely states have become empty pockets because of the war.

    Without the financial support of the church, they would have been killed by soldiers and hung on wooden poles.

    Therefore, these people have to listen to what the church says.

    Even the church¡¯s requirements are very unreasonable.

    For example, like this battle.

    The coalition forces of the French and the church princes suffered large-scale assassination attacks during this period.

    It can be said that both sides lost a lot of elite officers.

    However, the composition of the coalition of church states is very complicated, so it is not as pure as France.

    ? This involves the interests of all aspects, so many things are very troublesome to deal with.

    On the other hand, the French have no such trouble.

    "Although the French were also hit hard, and some people in the country began to get ready to take action.

    However, the Queen Regent of France, Mary, was still able to control the current situation.

    And, Mary¡¯s counterattack was very fast.  A series of arrangements were also quickly started.

    Therefore, countries like France with centralized royal power.  The problem can be dealt with much faster than the coalition of princely states.

    It is precisely because of this that although the French suffered assassination attacks and lost many elite generals and non-commissioned officers, after a period of time, the vacancies left by these people were quickly filled.

    Compared with the vassal states, the French have a great advantage on this point.

    And some stakeholders in the vassal states are constantly arguing about some vacancies and interests.  Until now, there has been no decision.

    Therefore, the coalition of church states currently does not have the strength to start a new war with the French.

    Even though it has more troops than the Portuguese-French Allied Forces, without qualified generals and non-commissioned officers, it is very impossible to win the war.

    Anyone with some military knowledge understands this.

    But, it¡¯s those church men.  But you can't see any of this at all.

    They just kept asking their own side to send troops to fight the French, which had achieved the purpose of diverting the attention of the French.

    The church even threatened that if the coalition of vassal states did not start military operations, the church would never provide money again.

    Faced with such a threat, the coalition of vassal states had no choice.  We can only restart the war with the French.

    The main reason why the church is so anxious for the two sides to go to war is that the church's assassination operations have begun to cause the French to retaliate.

    ?????????????? Therefore, the men of the church were afraid that the French would retaliate against them.  The French people's attention must be diverted elsewhere.

    "Those guys just talk and talk and don't understand what war is."  After hearing the complaints from his confidants, the commander felt the same way.  "They think that war is won by those in power talking, and then the people below will act according to their ideas. I really don't know what to say about them, they are just stupid pigs!"

    Listening to the commander¡¯s words, it was obvious that he looked down upon those in the church.

    But think about it, a person like him was originally unwilling to start a new war with the French under such circumstances, but he was forced by the church to fight against the French, so how could he not have any resentment in his heart.

    In addition, those in the church know nothing about military affairs, so it is normal for them to feel disgusted.

    ????????????????????????????? But there is resentment, and they have not all obeyed the church¡¯s orders to send troops. Who makes them all impoverished now, and they will have to rely on the church¡¯s financial assistance in the future.

    ¡°Alas, there is nothing we can do about this.

    "The coalition of vassal states has retreated, and the French have won this battle." On the hill, Jenny and the others saw that the coalition of vassal states began to retreat.?? stood up.

    To be honest, there is nothing outstanding about this battle.

    ??Obviously, the morale of the coalition forces of the princely states is not very high, and some grassroots non-commissioned officers are not commanded very properly.

    Otherwise, the French will have to work hard to win.

    There is no way it can be won so easily.

    However, through this battle, even people like Jenny saw some problems.

    That is, the coalition forces of the princely states may have lost many outstanding non-commissioned officers due to the assassination, which caused them irreparable losses.

    Therefore, in the battle, chaos will occur and the French will seize the opportunity.

    The personnel of the Intelligence Department quickly took notes. They must write down things like this.

    "Let's go back, there's nothing good to see left. It's just that the French start chasing those enemies, and there may be some gains."

    The leader of the Intelligence Department said to Jenny.

    Jenny nodded, indeed there is nothing good to see now.

    So, the group of them slowly rode down the hill and began to return to the concession on the outskirts of Marseille.

    From this moment on, the allied forces of the French and the vassal states, which had originally ceased fighting, began to spread the flames of war again.

    The Portuguese were not idle at this time. They also began to continuously attack the coalition forces of the vassal states where they were stationed. The whole of Europe once again began to be in flames
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