"I think today's lunch with His Highness the Chosen Lord of Fire has already spread all over Vienna." The story between Ladislaus and Anna is certainly not a secret. "You are free to guess what happened during this lunch between me and His Highness Anna."

During the conversation, I can only tell you that I drank too much wine with His Highness the Elector, so now I unfortunately can only drink water, but if anyone wants wine, they can ask Matron Margarita."

"Just plain 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 let any of his subordinates see his doubts and anger about himself. He even teased himself with taboo love affairs in order to

To calm their already battered confidence.

Although the Archbishop of Würzburg said that France's victory would not make observers quickly change their minds, such a rapid victory was still very shocking. It can be seen from the Archbishop's nervous face that he was not what he said.

It doesn't matter.

Things seem to have returned to where they started. Although it has suffered such huge setbacks and losses, the French Kingdom's offensive power is still so strong, relying on a population that far overwhelms Spain and Austria.

“Everyone, things are indeed very bad, but like everything in this world, there is also a good side to this matter. Before this meeting, the Ambassadors of Spain, the Papal States, Ferrara, and Mantua were all eager to

Ask for my summons." Ladislaus's words confused most of his ministers.

"That's right, Your Highness, we just lost a city that we only ruled for a few dozen months, but because of this we no longer face the threat of the Kingdom of France." Machiavelli was the first to understand Ladislaus's point.

Meaning. "It is absolutely impossible for the King of France to turn his army around and attack Schwyz in the north, where the army cannot be deployed. He must either go eastward or southward. Now the Italian princes should be panicked."

"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, but be careful not to overdo it. I don't want the French army to

Suddenly appeared under my nose, the defense against Schwyz still needs to be strengthened. There is no need to recall the mages and companies originally sent to Milan. Let them go to Schwyz."

"Several ambassadors wish to request Austria's assistance in defending their country?" asked Sazhastein.

"I'm afraid not. According to what these ambassadors said, their monarch wanted to provide help to Austria." Ladislaus smiled and said, "Of course, please don't blame them for being candid. This is the job of diplomats.

Isn't it?"

"Haha, that's true, but I think the Spanish ambassador should receive special treatment." Officer Hohenzollern said. "After all, we must get the support of Spain to deal with France's aggression forcefully."

"Of course, even if I feel nauseous 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 against 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 showed special kindness to the Spanish ambassador.

With other ambassadors, I can expose their true thoughts without mercy, but with the Spanish ambassador, the talks are always conducted in a friendly atmosphere. After all, the alliance with Spain is the cornerstone of Austria’s foreign policy. “But compared to these ambassadors who have already asked for a meeting, I

Pay more attention to those ambassadors who do not show up, life is like this, the more they resist us, the more diligently we pursue them."

The joke didn't resonate much.

"Ambassador of Venice. He didn't ask for an audience?!" Machiavelli 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 instructions from the city of Venice." Ladislaus nodded to Machiavelli again to express his praise.

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

"After all, we occupied Friuli, didn't we? I would also like to ask everyone not to forget the most impressive career of Consul Goriti." Ladislaus took the initiative to mention this old emperor Maximilian.

The failure of the company. "Mr. Machiavelli, your description at that time is really interesting."

"It's a pity that they got over it in the end."

Only a dozen years ago, the Roman Church organized a grand alliance against Venice, the League of Cambrai. This alliance was based on the authority of the true electorate and included France, Austria, Spain, the Roman Church, Hungary, and Savoy.

With all the Italian princes including Voy, this lineup was obviously enough to destroy the Republic of Venice several times.

The wealth of the Venetians and their cunning obviously annoyed too many people. What was worse was that they were not aware of this super alliance at first, and only thought it was a separate action of the Kingdom of France.

The French army severely damaged the main force of the Venetians at the Battle of Anadello. Machiavelli once mentioned to Ladislaus the performance of the Venetians during this period, "The Venetian diplomats fell to their knees and crawled around,

Those who have seen their arrogant and arrogant faces in the past, begging for mercy with tears streaming down their face, will definitely understand how intense the ups and downs of the world can be."

The French victory inspired Austria's ambitions, and Emperor Maximilian also sent troops to occupy Friuli and Padua.

However, at this desperate moment, Consul Gritti, 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 of Padua and capture thousands of Austrian troops.

Emperor Maximilian immediately mobilized more than 20,000 troops to march south to Italy, but Goriti once again led the Venetians to hold on to Padua and severely damaged the Austrian army.

It was Austria's defeat that triggered France's desire to monopolize France, giving the Venetians room for maneuver, getting rid of the dilemma of not having an ally, and finally forming 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 against France.

The Venetian diplomats' crawling on their knees was also redefined as flexibility and flexibility. However, without the surprise attack and persistence of Padua's victory, none of the subsequent changes would have happened.

This victory is the most valuable political resource of the Consul Goriti, and it is also the guarantee that he can become the 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 concluded. (To be continued. Please search
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