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Chapter 1675 Continental Confederation

"The Italian states, such as Venice and Genoa, are not going to join our alliance?"

The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III glanced at the people at the round table and found that there was no Italian region and no state sent an ambassador to attend the meeting.

"Venice is now China's dog leg. They have gained a lot of benefits in the Mediterranean War. Lower Egypt and the Peloponnese Peninsula have become their colonies. They have signed a treaty to establish diplomatic relations with China. They can't wait to join the Holy Alliance. How can it be Participate in this meeting against the Holy Alliance? There is also the Tuscany Principality of the Medici family who established diplomatic relations with them for some reason, and there is also the Hospitaller Order of Malta. If it is not for them, they still worry about their territory. We are nearby big countries, maybe they have joined the Holy Alliance a long time ago." The French Cardinal Archbishop said with a smile on his face.

In his view, the several states in Italy are like grass on the wall, and whoever is strong will embrace his thigh.

"In addition to being rich, many Italian states have weak armies, and only the Venetians have experience in fighting in the Mediterranean. Letting those small states join our coalition might drag us back instead."

"But everyone, don't worry, the Pope is on our side." The archbishop in red said.

Ferdinand III saw that Mazarin of France presided over the round table meeting, and as a defeated man, he didn't say much.

"We in France can't guess what the Holy Alliance wants to do, but it can be concluded that the other party will support Portugal's independence and help the Kingdom of Denmark regain lost ground. No matter what the real purpose of the other party is, we must establish a strong offensive and defensive alliance to exclude China and England. Influence in Europe." Mazaran said.

"Is there any detailed plan? If it's just empty talk, this alliance will have no effect." The Spanish general asked.

"It's very simple. Whether the enemy is provoking a war in Portugal or Denmark, our European Continental Alliance integrates offense and defense. On the one hand, we send troops to quickly help the allies to defend, and on the other hand, we gather troops to attack the forces of the Holy Alliance. For example, the Holy Alliance attacked Sweden. , then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Tsar, and the Holy Roman Empire should send soldiers into Sweden to help Sweden defend itself, while we, France, Spain, and the Netherlands gathered ships in Dunkirk and invaded England, forcing the collapse of the Holy Alliance. "Mazaran spoke of his planned continental system.

Many bigwigs were whispering about the European Confederation system proposed by the French Cardinal. William II of the Netherlands asked: "Is the offensive and defensive alliance limited to wartime? When the time comes, all countries will obey the arrangements of the King of France?"

"Of course the Continental Confederation should be marshaled by His Majesty King Louis XIII of France. Do you have a better candidate?" Mazaran said.

"I think our Spanish King Philip IV is more suitable to be a marshal." Spain's General de Mello said.

"Our Queen Christina of Sweden has inherited the will and talent of Gustav II. She should be able to be a marshal." Stenson praised Queen Christina to everyone.

France, Spain, and Sweden are all vying to be the marshal of the European Union, which is related to who can gain hegemony.

"Torstenson, don't be joking. I don't have the talent of my father. Let Louis XIII take up the post of marshal." The young Queen Christina rejected the kindness of her generals.

The Queen of Sweden ceded the position of Field Marshal to the more aggressive King of France.

"Our opinion in the Netherlands is also that King Louis XIII is the Marshal of the Union." William II said.

Seeing that Sweden and the Netherlands supported King Louis XIII of France as Marshal of the Union, the Spaniards did not strive for such an honor for their King Philip IV.

"In addition to establishing offensive and defensive alliances, allied countries should establish standing armies and gradually eliminate the use of mercenaries. Only a strong standing army can fight against the Holy Alliance, because as far as we know, China adopts a standing army system, and the Queen of England also Established a standing Royal Army and Royal Navy. Therefore, we European Confederate countries should also establish a standing army. The previous decades of war have proved this to us. Professional soldiers are far more effective than impromptu mercenaries and mercenaries. militia."

Archbishop Mazarin of France emphasized the importance of establishing a standing army to all countries.Chu Yun did not expect that his arrival would prompt the European countries to transform from mercenaries to standing armies more quickly. In fact, France and Spain had already begun to establish standing armies.

"Before the threat posed by the Holy Alliance is lifted, if there is any conflict among the countries of the European Continental Alliance, it should be resolved peacefully as much as possible. I hope that the countries of the European Continental Union will maintain the current pattern in the next ten years, and not because of internal border conflicts Go to war." Mazaran added.

"Are the Chinese people really that powerful? We need our continental kingdoms to put down all their disputes to fight against the holy alliance they established?" The ambassador of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had never experienced Chu Yun's military strength, and he couldn't help feeling puzzled.

The Kingdom of Poland, which is located on the Eastern European Plain, only saw European countries come to participate in this meeting, fearing that it would be isolated, so it had to join the European Union.

"Although I don't want to admit it, they...are extremely powerful. We don't have a kingdom here that directly fought against China, but they defeated the Ottoman fleet twice and captured Constantinople, which shows their strength." Mazaran said.

"No, there were people here who directly fought against them, and that was our Tsar's army." The Tsarist Russian ambassador said, "Ten years ago, we had an army that went to Siberia to expand, and once fought against their army guarding the Western Regions. In the first battle we joined forces with the cavalry of the Kazakh Khanate to fight them, but they used a terrible firearm and we were defeated and signed a 50-year armistice with them."

"hiss……"

Some people present who had never known the strength of the East secretly took a breath of air.

Although Tsarist Russia at this time was only a second-rate country, and iron and firearms were mainly imported from Western Europe, it can be seen that it was a disastrous defeat for their proud Tsar to admit.

Mazaran said: "Since the Holy Alliance is too powerful, we France have also invited a powerful country to join our European Union this time, that is the Ottoman Empire. The Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire is on his way to Germany."

(End of this chapter)