With Ferdinand's wicked smile and the formation of the anti-French united front, the worldview of the French completely collapsed.

The whole of Europe is fighting against France, and the next time the French will be able to fight against all of Europe is something like Napoleon, and the last time such an example? It's never been there.

Of course, the anti-French alliance was very rubbish during the Napoleonic Wars, the first reason was Napoleon's own military genius, the second reason was that France was really strong, and the third reason was that the European countries were too co-ordinated and attacked from different directions.

And now, all three factors are going to be said in reverse!

The first factor is the march of King Charles VIII of France, which is full of idiots and secondary two from the cause to the process and the result.

The second factor is that the seven countries of the "anti-French united front" (including Naples are eight) combined, greatly surpassed France in terms of national and military strength. The first batch of troops sent by the countries of the "anti-French united front" will reach 54,000 troops, including 34,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry, with more to come.

The third factor was that the cooperation was better, and according to local conditions, England attacked on the Atlantic coast of France to contain the French forces; The main Allied forces entered northern Italy and the Papal States, expelling French troops from northern and central Italy; The armies of Castile and Aragon landed in the Kingdom of Naples and drove the French army out of Naples.

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“…… The Grand Duchy of Milan, the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Castile, the Kingdom of Aragon, the Holy Roman Empire...... How can it be! This is not true! ”

Given the sheer size of this alliance of seven nations and the Neapolitan government-in-exile, and the gathering of four heavyweights, the Pope, Ferdinand II, the President of the Republic of Venice and the Grand Duke of Milan, it seems unlikely that complete secrecy would have been desired.

And yet – and this is a historical fact – they really did! It was not until the Allied forces began to advance on Italy that the French ambassador to the Republic of Venice became aware of this, and that the President of the Republic of Venice informed him of this on his own initiative, that the poor ambassador said these words, and he could not understand why he knew nothing about it, and that he had been mobilizing all kinds of means to spy on the countries these days.

The stunned French ambassador to the Republic of Venice, Philippe de Comina, stumbled out of the Venetian consul's palace, still unable to believe this fact, and asked his companions to recount what he had just heard, for he was completely incomprehensible......

If it weren't for the fact that the formation of the alliance was really seamless, if it wasn't for the fact that the light of God was really sprinkled on the banner of the anti-French united front, then this can only be said ......

At this time, the intelligence gathering capabilities of the Europeans were too poor, too primitive, and too backward. Because at this time in Europe, there were no intelligence organizations under the jurisdiction of the government, yes, there really were none. For example, MI6 and other British intelligence services were born under Queen Elizabeth I.

So it's actually pretty easy for you to keep something secret. For example, during the Industrial Revolution, Britain's cotton textile machinery and cotton textile workers were the key protection objects, the government banned cotton textile workers from going abroad, and as a result, no one went abroad for more than 20 years, and the Americans wanted to break the British technology blockade, but there was no way at all, only to offer a reward, and finally someone saw the news from the newspaper, so they carefully concealed their identities and escaped from the United Kingdom, and designed a 24-spindle spinning machine in the United States......

In this era, industrial and agricultural technology has not yet received the attention of the government, so it is absolutely fine for Ferdinand to keep the technology of Sardinia secret (the occasional spy is dead), and if he wants to promote it in some parts of the mainland in the future, as long as it is kept secret, it is not a big problem. However, Ferdinand used his brains to think that after the saturation of Sardinia's industry, in addition to the mainland, it could also be transferred to the Americas......

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Okay, now let's go back to Europe and see how the French are doing......

First of all, the external pressure is very huge, and the French are really frightened by this alliance, and they have fought the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, where have they ever seen such a huge lineup. Even if the alliance is not cooperative, it is easy to defeat the French, especially the French who are now full of flaws, to be honest.

And the French were very unlucky, they suffered an unprecedented, the first large-scale outbreak in Europe in Naples......

Syphilis.

Indeed, this disease is best suited for the enjoyment of romantic Frenchmen, right?

Soon after the French troops entered the city of Naples, there was a massive outbreak of severe syphilis in the city. They are generally the first to affect the genitals, and the body is also painful, and then chancre lumps appear, mainly on the head, face, and limbs. Nodules and lumps will grow on the body, which are hard at first, then the lumps are full of blood and pus, and at first they are hard, then the lumps are full of blood and pus.

Many, including, of course, a large number of French soldiers, were brutally tortured all over their bodies and eventually died, leaving their bodies swollen and festering. It's almost impossible to see what it is. People have absolutely no idea what method to use for treatment.

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"How is syphilis treated?" Ferdinand shook his head as he spoke to Marshal Gonzalo in Sicily.

"Do you have this disease?"

"No, Your Majesty, of course not!" Gonzalo hurriedly explained, how is this possible? What does Your Majesty think of him?

"Your Majesty, I mean, if the soldiers get this disease......"

"There is no rule of law." Ferdinand looked at Gonzalo with a helpless expression.

"Actually, I still have a way, there are two ways, one is to take mercury internally."

"Mercury internally? Your Majesty, that sounds very unreliable! "Gonzalo thought it was incredible, it was mercury, let people eat it?

"Of course it's not reliable! In the long run, it will destroy the nervous system, simply put, it will destroy your brain, you will become an idiot or a madman, no matter which one you become, you will definitely not live long! ”

"So, you might as well die!" Ferdinand's conclusion disappointed Gonzalo. In fact, this problem is a doctor's business at all, but His Majesty has made a lot of "small inventions" before (Ferdinand:...... He wanted to ask for a moment.

"But did I say it, there is another way, to develop special drugs (modern, primitive)." Ferdinand found his superiority as a savior.

"The doctor who can develop a special medicine to solve this disease is definitely a 'miracle doctor', he can save thousands of lives!" Gonzalo sighed. He thinks it's even more difficult to make this kind of special drug.

However, His Majesty the King had an embarrassed expression on his face, and after a moment he replied: "Don't say that, it will make me very embarrassed, I have been doing this work for a long time, and I guess I will succeed soon......"

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No matter how far Ferdinand had progressed in the development of a special drug, the French did not even have mercury in their hands now, so they were in great trouble, not ordinarily big.

The French soldiers, after a long journey, indulged to their heart's content, including not only sleeping beauties, but also robbed the property of the citizens and nobles of Naples, especially the property of the nobles, which was almost completely looted.

This led to two serious consequences, one of which was the large-scale outbreak of the aforementioned virulent syphilis. Another consequence was that the citizens and nobility of Naples quickly became hostile to the French. Even the king of Ferrante, who likes to make the nobles who offend him into dried corpses, has become a heroic and wise monarch who is "remembered by all the people" and "immortalized" today. It seems that the absence of life is not unacceptable, but the absence of money is absolutely intolerable......

At this time, the Seven-Nation Alliance was rushing towards France and the Apennine Peninsula.

The French are in trouble, in a big way.

Perhaps the French general, who knew the specifics of the war, the French ambassador to Venice, and the French king Charles VIII, who was in the second middle school, were doubting their own worldview.

What's wrong with this world, this is not my world, I may have come to a world of collapse......