Warlock Royal Family

() "I think the lunch I had with His Royal Highness the Lord of Fire today has spread all over Vienna." <>" The story of Ladislaus and Anna is certainly not a secret. "You are free to speculate on the conversation between me and Her Majesty Anna during this lunch, I can only tell you that I drank too much wine with Her Majesty the Electors, so now I can only drink water unfortunately, but if anyone wants Wine, you can ask the matron for margaritas."

"Boiled water is fine."

"Yes, pure water is the healthiest."

When the members of the State Council gathered together again, Ladislaus had completely controlled his emotions. He did not show his doubts and anger to any of his subordinates. Calm their already battered confidence.

Although the Archbishop of Würzburg said that the victory of France would not make the observers change their minds quickly, such a quick victory is still very shocking. It can be seen from the nervous expression of the archbishop that he did not say it himself Then it doesn't matter.

Things seem to have returned to the original place. Although they have suffered so many setbacks and losses, the attack power of the Kingdom of France is still so strong, relying on the population that far overwhelms Spain and Austria.

"Gentlemen, things are indeed bad, but like everything in this world, there is a good side to this matter. Before this meeting, the ambassadors of Spain, the Papal States, the ambassadors of Ferrara, and the ambassadors of Mantua eagerly Ask for my summons." Ladislaus' words made most of his subjects puzzled.

"That's right, Your Highness, we just lost a city that we only ruled for a few dozen months, but we no longer face the threat of the Kingdom of France." Machiavelli was the first to understand Ladislaus's words mean. "It is absolutely impossible for the King of France to turn his army around and attack Schwyz in the north. There is no way to deploy his army there. He will either go east or go south. Now the princes of Italy should panic."

"It is true, it is true." Ladislaus nodded to Machiavelli, "Now that Austria is free again, Eastern Switzerland is not a place suitable for large armies to operate, but be careful not to go too far, I don't want France The army suddenly appeared under my nose, and the defense against Schwyz still needs to be strengthened. The mages and companies originally sent to Milan do not need to be recalled. Let them go to Schwyz."

"How many ambassadors want to ask for Austrian aid to defend their country?" Sarzastan asked.

"I'm afraid not. According to these ambassadors, their monarch wants to help Austria." Ladislaus said with a smile, "Of course, please don't blame them for being frank. This is the job of diplomats. Isn't it?"

"Haha, that's true, but I think the Spanish ambassador should get special treatment." Commissioner Hohenzollern said. "After all, for the French aggression, we must have the support of Spain to deal with it toughly."

"Of course, even if I feel sick to my friend from Madrid, I will have a drink with him. After all, I can't offer much other than a friendly attitude. I will never compromise with the enemy's invasion, but launching a counterattack in winter is really difficult. The price is too high, and I will not send troops to Italy before next spring." Of course, Ladislaus gave special kindness to the Spanish ambassador, and he could mercilessly expose their true thoughts to other ambassadors, but for the Spanish ambassador The talks have always been conducted in a friendly atmosphere, after all

After all, the alliance with Spain was the cornerstone of Austria's foreign policy. "It's just that I pay more attention to those ambassadors who haven't shown up than those who have already asked for an interview. Life is like this. The more people resist us, the more diligently we seek."

The joke didn't strike much chord.

"Ambassador of Venice. He didn't ask for an audience?!" It was Machiavelli who was the first to realize the situation.

"However, the Venetian ambassador did not rush to see me, I think it is because he still has to wait for the order from the city of Venice." Ladislaus nodded to Machiavelli again to express his praise.

"The Venetians have received so many commercial benefits from us. Are you still hesitating whether to ally with France?" As a soldier, Frundsberg was very angry that the opponent ignored Austria's goodwill.

"After all, we occupy Friuli, don't we? I also ask everyone not to forget the most impressive career of the Goriti Consul." Ladislaus took the initiative to mention the old emperor Maximilian Even failed. "Mr. Machiavelli, your description at that time is very interesting."

"It's a pity they made it through in the end."

Only a dozen years ago, the Church of Rome once organized a large alliance against Venice, the League of Cambrai. This alliance was linked by the prestige of the Pope, including France, Austria, Spain, the Church of Rome, Hungary, and including Saxony. All the Italian princes including Voy, this lineup is obviously enough to destroy the Republic of Venice several times.

The wealth of the Venetians and their cunning obviously pissed off too many people.What's worse is that they didn't realize this super alliance at the beginning, they just thought it was a separate action of the Kingdom of France.

The French army severely damaged the main force of the Venetians in the Battle of Anadello. Machiavelli once mentioned the performance of the Venetians during this time to Ladislaus, "The diplomats of Venice fell to their knees and crawled around, People who begged for mercy with tears flowing down their cheeks, and those who have seen their arrogant faces in the past, will surely understand how intense the ups and downs of the world can be."

The victories of the French army stimulated the ambitions of Austria, and Emperor Maximilian also sent troops to occupy Friuli and Padua.

But at this desperate time, the Goriti Consul, who was still a mid-level officer, stepped forward and led hundreds of Venetian troops to launch a surprise attack to recapture the strong fortress Padua and captured thousands of Austrian troops.

Emperor Maximilian immediately mobilized more than [-] troops to go south to Italy, but Goriti once again led the Venetians to hold on to Padua and severely damaged the Austrian army.

It was the failure of Austria that triggered the French monopoly, which gave the Venetians room to maneuver, and was able to get rid of the dilemma of not having an ally, and finally formed an anti-French alliance.

Then when France was defeated, it formed an alliance with France and organized Austria and Spain to launch a decisive blow to France.

The kneeling and crawling of Venetian diplomats has also been redefined as being able to bend and stretch. However, if there is no surprise attack and the victory of Padua, then there will be no subsequent changes at all.

This victory is the most precious political resource of the Goriti consul, and it is also a guarantee that he can become a consul.

"So we must never underestimate this consul, no matter how much he likes trade, but if given the opportunity, he also knows how to fight." Ladislaus finally concluded. (To be continued.