Austria suddenly sent troops to attack the Italian peninsula and forced the city of Rome to shocking the whole of Europe6.

Neither Britain nor France, nor Spain, nor the Holy Roman Empire, nor the Holy Roman Empire, wanted to see Austria annex the Italian peninsula.

However, the anger of the countries was not over, and there were things that made the European countries even more angry, only a month after Austria sent troops to the Italian peninsula, Austria formed a new army of 12,000 men, together with more than 60,000 other Austrian troops, a total of 80,000 Austrian troops, to the northeast, a big attack on Poland!

In just ten days, Poland was defeated twice, and more than 100,000 Polish troops were routed by 80,000 Austrian troops.

Austria captured more than 100,000 square kilometers of land in Poland.

Austria relied on the strength of the new army, armed with new weapons, to attack on two fronts, conquering the Italian peninsula and a large part of Poland, and Austria seemed to have the momentum to annex the entire Italian peninsula and the Kingdom of Poland.

The mere annexation of the Italian peninsula would not be acceptable to the countries, and Austria's desire to annex it along with Poland would be even more unacceptable.

"Are the Austrians crazy!" This was the first thought that came to the minds of kings.

Isn't it crazy, Austria does this, there is a great possibility that Austria will become a public enemy of Europe.

"Damn the Austrians, do they want to lead another thirty-year scuffle, are they not afraid of God's punishment!" The King of France roared angrily.

The original 30 years of chaos have left the six major European countries with heavy losses and losses, and now less than 100 years have passed, and none of them wants to lead a war like the 30-year melee again.

"We must stop the crazy Austrians!" The Holy Roman Emperor said with a gloomy face.

Austria and the Holy Roman Imperial Family are of the same origin and belong to the same Habsburg family, but the Holy Roman Imperial Family is a descendant, and the Holy Roman Emperor will never see Austria become strong and overpower the Holy Roman Imperial Family, which is a descendant.

The need to stop the madness of the Austrians became almost instantaneously the consensus of all countries.

Austria relied on the development of primer fire first, combined with the new gunpowder technology obtained earlier, to form a new army of powerful new weapons, and quickly defeated the military forces of the Italian Peninsula countries and conquered a large part of Poland.

Now, Britain and France, Spain, Holy Rome and other major European powers have also begun to produce their own new weapons, and as soon as the first weapons are produced, they are not afraid of the Austrian army, of course, this will take some time.

But with the city of Rome in danger of being captured by the Austrian army at any time, once the city of Rome fell, Austria would be able to annex the entire Italian peninsula in an instant, and the situation was urgent, and the countries could not afford to wait any longer.

As agreed, the kings immediately sent a warning letter to the Austrian emperor, sternly demanding that the Austrian army withdraw from the Italian peninsula and Poland at once, otherwise the countries would form an alliance to attack Austria.

Austria certainly cannot turn a blind eye to the common threat of all nations.

Sure enough, Austria stopped continuing its attack on the city of Rome and its continued offensive into the depths of the Polish hinterland.

However, although the offensive was stopped, the Austrian army did not withdraw directly to Austrian territory, but continued to send more Austrian troops to the Italian peninsula and Poland.

In addition, Austrian military factories have been producing new weapons day and night, forming more new armies and sending them to the Italian peninsula and Poland.

Austria began to produce new guns and artillery more than four months earlier than other countries, and formed a new army with strong combat effectiveness, and by this time, all countries had just begun to produce, but Austria had already successfully formed a new army of more than 40,000, and in terms of combat effectiveness, these 40,000 Austrian new troops were no less than nearly 200,000 flint muskets.

If the countries really want to form an alliance army to attack Austria, at least more than 400,000 flint troops will be needed to completely defeat Austria, and the stakes are too great, and the countries do not want to really go to war with Austria until the last moment.

And since Austria has suspended its offensive, it means that there is room for negotiation with other countries.

In June, kings gathered in Viana to pressure the Austrian Emperor to withdraw his troops from the Italian peninsula and Poland.

As some time passed, Austria succeeded in forming thousands of new armies, the number of which reached fifty thousand, and the countries together did not exceed 10,000, and Austria had the upper hand, and of course it was impossible to withdraw its troops from the Italian peninsula and Poland so simply.

In fact, the Austrian emperor was not prepared to tear his face with other countries, and ordered the Austrian army to completely annex the Italian peninsula and Poland at all costs. Because even if Austria annexed the Italian Peninsula and Poland, it would not be able to digest it in a short period of time, and it would not be able to increase Austria's national strength, and Austria could not be an opponent of the alliance of various countries.

The Austrian Emperor's goal was only the Italian peninsula, or part of the Italian peninsula, and as for why he attacked Poland, it was only to inflict greater panic on the countries, and ultimately to gain more advantages in negotiations with the countries.

Immediately, the Austrian emperor and the kings engaged in heated negotiations that lasted for five days.

The Austrian Emperor did not want the countries to form an alliance to attack Austria, and the countries did not want to start a large-scale war with Austria, but did not want Austria to become too powerful and threaten the countries after annexing the Italian peninsula and Poland.

After intense negotiations, in the end, the countries and Austria each took a step back and reached an agreement acceptable to all parties.

On the Italian peninsula, the Austrian army abandoned the attack on Rome and withdrew to San Marino, more than 100 kilometers north of Rome. On the Polish side, Austrian troops were completely withdrawn from Poland. The countries recognized the Austrian occupation of the Italian peninsula north of Milan, Venice, San Marino, etc. These places encompass almost all of the northern part of the Italian peninsula and nearly half of the territory of the Italian peninsula.

The war ended in such a situation.

Although Austria was not able to annex the entire Italian peninsula and did not occupy a single piece of Polish territory, it occupied about 130,000 square kilometers of territory in the northern part of the Italian peninsula.

The territory is still secondary, the most important thing is that the Italian peninsula is one of the most densely populated and rich places in Europe, and the northern territory occupied by Austria has a population of at least six million, making Austria the most populous country in Europe in an instant, and the territory is second only to the Tsarist Empire, and Austria's national strength has been greatly enhanced.

The countries were able to tolerate Austrian occupation of the northern part of the Italian peninsula, not only because the Austrian army had been threatening the city under the city of Rome, but also because Austria was the first country to possess both new gunpowder and primer technology, and to be the first to build a new army with strong fighting power.

Austria's new army has reached 50,000, and the new armies of all countries together have not exceeded 10,000, in this case, the formation of a coalition army and Austria to go to war, the countries will suffer heavy losses, and if the number of the new armies of the countries also rises, it will take a certain amount of time, at that time, Austria must have occupied the entire Italian peninsula, and even Poland has occupied, and the countries will go to war with Austria, which is not so significant.

Therefore, as long as Austria withdrew its troops, they could still recognize the Austrian occupation of the northern part of the Italian peninsula within the limits of what they could tolerate. After all, Austria, which occupied the northern part of the Italian peninsula, may have gained some strength in its national power, but it did not yet constitute a threat to other countries.

In any case, the end of this short war also heralded the real rise of Austria in the European Big 6, and in one fell swoop it became one of the most powerful countries in Europe, and its status was greatly improved, and the Austrian emperor was very satisfied.

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