The acting Grand Duke built a patchwork of walls, and the Duke of Bourbon hid his debts mysteriously.

War has always been a real financial nightmare.

The two war machines that devoured mountains of wealth continued to approach. The Duke of Bourbon used the city of Navarre as his base of advancement and approached Bicca step by step.

The forward base of the Duke of Bourbon was so close to the city of Milan that the dogfight between the elite units of both sides never stopped.

Ladislaus also led his own cavalry troops and took the initiative to apply to participate in the scouting war.

Ladislaus gathered together several squadron commanders and their elites and organized a group of fifty men.

Swim within a range of ten to fifteen miles and attack the French cavalry with the camera.

In the scout battle, the fifty-man group was already considered a very large force. The other Spanish and French teams were only a dozen or less in size.

The formation of this scale is certainly reasonable. The Ladislaus Group, which exceeded this scale, consumed a lot of horsepower and wandered around for several days, with basically no results. When people saw their numbers, they immediately retreated.

However, Ladislaus's mobilization of troops can be regarded as gaining some benefits. At least it covered the battlefield, allowing the Spanish squad to conduct reconnaissance more freely, and thus achieving his goal of allowing his own senior generals to have more intelligence than the other party's.

And the horses of the other four hundred people can also be rotated.

Of course, this situation was unacceptable to the Duke of Bourbon.

Soon he sent out the same elite group of large scouts, traveling several miles ahead to deal with Ladislaus's group.

The same team of fifty people found Ladislaus quite quickly on the first day under constant reminders from their own team.

Both sides aimed at achieving great results and did not choose to avoid the war.

The Po River plain at dusk still had excellent visibility, and both sides spotted each other from a distance of several miles.

As a ranger, Old John has the sharpest vision.

"Your Majesty the Archbishop, the enemy's team all wears blue cloaks, and their number is about the same as ours. Since they dare to come, there must be strong opponents in the battle." Ladislaus's team has not all changed into yellow cloaks, and it seems relatively

I'm a little behind. Dye is one of the most precious things in this era. The uniform blue on the opposite side is really dazzling.

But at least Ladislaus's flag is pretty good.

Habsburg's black eagle on yellow ground, Capetian's blue iris on ground.

In hundreds of years of history, it will once again be stained with blood.

Old John is the less energetic among the three squadron leaders.

I don’t know if it’s because Ladislaus never completed the task of rebuilding his faith. This middle-aged uncle, after achieving a certain status with Ladislaus, has been discussing with Machiavelli to let him

He can find him a noble wife through interpersonal relationships, or a merchant lady with a generous dowry.

Of course, we can't blame him. Although old John is still an ordinary freeman without a surname, it is obvious that following the momentum of Ladislaus, it is inevitable for him to get a title. The old man who is still childless

John naturally had to consider what he could leave behind after his busy schedule.

Kesovitin, who was born into a noble family and had much greater ambitions than John the Elder, was much more positive in his outlook on problems.

"There are at most one or two strong opponents among the enemies. They never expected that a powerful spell caster like Archbishop Ladislaus would come to the front line. The acting Archduke also recruited two priests from the Roman army to give him

We will definitely teach them a lesson."

Except for Sirica, the boss who stayed in the camp to look after the house because he was the least adaptable to mounted combat, all the other strong men under his command, Ladislaus, were with him.

With this team composition, Ladislaus really has nothing to fear.

He gave the order and formed a battle formation. He kept a low speed and moved towards the opponent who was also not sprinting.

As a scout group, most of the cavalry on both sides were equipped with cavalry bows. Since there was no acceleration and hedging, they naturally had to shoot at each other for a few rounds first.

Both sides are elite teams equipped with iron armor, and the power of the cavalry bow is really not enough.

At a distance of a hundred steps, three rounds of arrows were fired at each other. On Ladislaus's side, only three riders were broken through armor and slightly injured. The other bows and arrows were all blocked by the armor.

The results they achieved were similar. Ladislaus's visual inspection revealed that only Old John, the ranger, might have achieved certain results, but he couldn't be sure because of the low-speed formation. Even if someone was fatally injured, his companions would pull them on their horses.

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After shooting tentatively, Ladislaus used the tenacity of a group bear to face off head-on.

Just when he was about to pull away a little and prepare to speed up the charge.

Kesovitin suddenly shouted in a panic: "We can't increase the charging distance, let's get closer."

Ladislaus chose to trust his most experienced subordinate.

"On the other side, there were strong men of the Protectorate level, or rangers specializing in shooting. The three armor-piercing arrows were all shot by one person." In fact, Kesovitin had no chance to see the arrows on the wounded body. He was just with the acting Grand Duke.

Ferdinand's long-term entanglement has given him extraordinary neuroticism or acumen. The last time he encountered the coincidence of three rounds and three armors,

At this time, Frunzberg was on the opposite side. "At this distance, the opponent must have seen the tenacity of the magical aura of the group of bears just now. If they still refuse to give in, they must have a great psychological advantage. We have seen the acting Grand Duke cast spells in the past.

Even if the officer still wants to fight, the soldiers will waver, but the array on the opposite side is strict and unwavering, so they must have something to rely on."

After gradually getting closer, Kesovitin's judgment was quickly confirmed.

The Duke of Bourbon sent the Marquis Lautec, and there was a protector among the French cavalry.

Even in a skit where he couldn't completely speed up the fight, he successfully knocked a third-level warrior off his horse with one shot. Even with the bear's tough body protection, the unlucky guy was immediately trampled to pieces by dozens of horses.

Split and die.

Kesovitin soon faced off against his opponent, and was completely at a disadvantage.

While eating Ladislaus's flaming arrows, he was also able to suppress Kesovitin.

Although he was not sure who the other party was, Ladislaus was still certain that the other party was the protector of the country.

Although Marquis Lautec killed an enemy cavalry and suppressed a strong opponent, he still felt a little regretful. If the opponent had accepted the hedge just now, it is possible that he could directly break the formation and take down the opponent's caster who can cast group gain magic.

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But now, the results he achieved were not small. Before breaking away from the contact slightly, he shot down another of Ladislaus's men.

It seemed to him that after the misalignment, the Habsburg cavalry should retreat, and then one or two more rounds of fire could be fired, and the confrontation would end with a small victory for the blue knights.

Now that he has been exposed, the mage on the other side must be unwilling to show his face again, and must be trying his best to squeeze into the protection of the cavalry.

But Ladislaus is not the kind of guy who only wants to fight with the wind, especially with the protection of the shadow shield.

He slowly dragged himself to the end of the team and started to cast spells while pulling away. He finally finished chanting at the extreme distance and threw an ice storm on the opponent's head.

Although it was much more difficult to hit while riding a horse, with the help of a little luck, Ladislaus still successfully threw this magic to the edge of the French cavalry group.

A cavalryman who had just been hit by Old John was shot again and finally fell off his horse.

The courage of the opponent's caster surprised the French riders, but a dozen riders facing Ladislaus still shot at Ladislaus immediately and continuously.

Although shocked, all the blue knights showed their professional skills that they have trained since childhood.

Because this time the distance was close enough, close to twenty bows and arrows, about two-thirds of which hit Ladislaus and his horse...)
Chapter completed!