In just a few months, the French army was invincible, no army could stop the French, and no city was strong enough to withstand the onslaught of artillery, and the old days of hiding behind the fortified fortresses ended with the easy collapse of the stone walls.

The French army galloped through the territory of Italy, invincible, and their iron discipline, bravery, speed, fury, and indestructible terror artillery, which spread throughout Italy in a very short time, and then rapidly spread outward, shocking the entire continent.

The Duke of Milan was so sick that he could not have imagined that the French army he had invited to Italy to help him was such a fierce and violent tiger, and now not only Florence and Naples had fallen, but even his Milan was in danger. His head hurt terribly, and he was thinking about what he was going to do with the worst of what was going to happen next. Whether he wanted to surrender directly to Charles VIII like the Florentine ruler, or directly abdicate and run away like Alfonso II, or simply use his mantis arm as a car to fight Charles VIII to the end, these few thoughts have been blowing and whirling in his head like a gust of wind in the past few days, constantly tormenting him.

Just when the Duke of Milan was in a panic, the guards came to report that there was an envoy from Venice who asked to see him, which made the Duke of Milan's eyes light up suddenly, and he thought that he was right, he had no way to solve it, so he should contact other forces in the country to discuss together, and then it would be better to advance and retreat together. So, the Duke of Milan couldn't wait to let the Venetian envoy come in to meet him.

The Venetian envoy slowly entered the main hall, but when he had finished saluting, he no longer stood still and did not speak, but leaned sideways and gave way, allowing a man who looked like a small man behind him to come to the front. The Duke of Milan saw that something was wrong, and was about to call the guards to protect the safety, when he was suddenly taken aback, and an incredible look appeared on his face. He suddenly discovered that the person dressed up in the back was actually the king of Venice! It really did make him feel unbelievable.

"Duke of Milan, how are you doing?" The King of Venice looked at the Duke of Milan's surprised look, looked very satisfied, and asked with a smile.

The Duke of Milan was a little taken aback at first, but after all, he was a king-level figure, and he immediately reacted, and the king of Venice must have been in a hurry, and he was so anxious that he would follow the envoy to Milan. The Duke of Milan smiled bitterly and said: "Don't be sarcastic about me anymore, can you have a better time this time, you came here so directly, you must have known that the situation has reached a critical moment." ”

The Venetian king's face became a little gloomy at this time, and he said, "Well, now that the situation is so urgent, I don't play dumb riddles anymore, we have to find a way!" Otherwise, Florence or Naples will be a lesson for both of us! The French are so aggressive, and so outrageously strong, that if we don't take action, we guess they will soon be in the city, and it will be too late to cry, you know, the wall is just a slightly larger piece of tofu to them, and they can pierce it whenever they want! ”

The Duke of Milan's face was also gloomy, and his eyes showed a look of fear: "I also know this, the French artillery is too amazing, so that people have no way to resist or defend at all." In the past few days, I have been thinking about what to do all day long, I am not secret, I am thinking about learning from the Florentine ruler or Alfonso II, either to surrender to the French army, or to abandon the country and flee, but I am really reluctant to do everything in Milan, and it is difficult to make a decision for a while, I don't know what you can do? ”

The King of Venice's eyes flashed, and he stared at the Duke of Milan tightly: "At the beginning, the king of Naples died, and you lured the French army into this group of jackals for your own selfishness. ”

The Duke of Milan's face suddenly turned red, and he had always regretted this matter, but no one could help but be angry when he was poked in the sore spot in front of him, and he said angrily: "Our Italian tradition has always been to ask for foreign aid if we are undecided in internal affairs, and you can't ask for help but I can't!" What's more, the French army is so strong and has been accumulating for so long, my invitation just gives them an excuse, even if I don't invite, do you think the French army will not find other excuses to start a war? ”

The King of Venice smiled and said, "You don't have to be angry, I'm not here to ask the teacher to ask for guilt, let alone to ask you the Duke of Milan to take any responsibility, I'm here to solve the problem!" Just now you have a sentence that is very right, if we do not decide to ask for foreign aid in internal affairs, then we are now in Italy like this, Florence and Naples have completely fallen, and our own efforts alone will certainly be far from enough to contain the French army, but why can't we ask for foreign aid? ”

The words of the King of Venice suddenly hit the Duke of Milan on the head like a blow to the head, and he felt that he was suddenly empowered, and he felt that suddenly a golden avenue appeared in front of him for him to choose from.

The Duke of Milan said excitedly: "Yes! You're so right! We are not strong enough to resist the French army, but we can turn to foreign help! It's just that at this time, the French army is so strong, are there other countries willing to take advantage of the fire and resist France for us? ”

The king of Venice laughed and said: "Then you can rest assured, what the French army has done in Italy and the strong combat power it has shown will definitely shock the continent and make all the countries panic, and our Italy is so ravaged at this time, they must have a cold feeling, at this time we will send a messenger who can speak well, and tell them the pros and cons, plus we promise benefits, I am sure that the other countries of the mainland will definitely not stand idly by!" ”

The Duke of Milan felt that the King of Venice was very reasonable, and secretly shouted in his heart that Jiang was still old and spicy, and he was a little jealous of the King of Venice in his heart, but at present, they had a common enemy, the French army, and it was also a very lucky thing to be able to get the help of such a scheming old fellow.

So the two of them muttered to each other, and discussed together who they were to send, and discussed what words and benefits to prepare, so that the other countries would pay attention to the matter and send troops to help them as soon as possible, and if it was too late and even both of them were captured, then it would be of no point for them that the other countries would unite to attack France.

In this way, they hastily revised the plan overnight, and then sent shrewd envoys to lobby the more powerful countries on the mainland, giving them high hopes for this.

The king of Spain only recently heard about the frightening strength and brutality of the French army, and he thought to himself that the elite of the Spanish army was not much worse than the French army, but the artillery was not as advanced as the French army, so he was not particularly afraid of the French army, because the French artillery was very good at attacking the city, and it could even be said that the city was like paper paste in front of their artillery, but he also knew that the French army's artillery was actually quite restrictive. If he could quickly crush the rest of the French army in the field, then the French artillery would not be able to exert its due power, because the French artillery units were actually extremely poorly defended, and they could be slaughtered as soon as an elite group of soldiers approached them. The most fundamental reason why Italy was so ravaged by France was that Italy itself was too weak, and how could it be done with that group of stupid mercenaries?

However, the king of Spain could not watch the French occupy the rich and prosperous land of Italy, and then continue to expand his territory, in which case the French would become a behemoth when they had digested all these newly occupied territories, and it would be impossible for Spain to resist France. Therefore, the king of Spain has been thinking about whether to take action to curb the rampant momentum of the French army and beat these French barbarians back to their hometown.

On the other hand, Britain, France's old adversary, was even more frightened by the strength of the French army, and they acted more actively, and when other countries were still considering whether to take action or whether to contact other countries to join forces to attack France, the British king was already discussing with his loyal ministers how to unite the forces of the continent to curb the crazy expansion of the French army.

The English king said to the many nobles: "If we want to unite other countries, we must first unite the remnants of Italy, they are fighting at home, and have a greater advantage, and it will be justified for them to come forward to ask for help from other countries, otherwise we will always make other countries feel ill-intentioned!" ”

"Your Majesty is extremely worried, not only the problem of the superiority of the domestic battle and the name of the alliance, but also the fact that we will help the Italian states to attack France together this time, and we must not afford the military salaries and equipment, and they must always take out something to show the sincerity of the alliance, so that we can unite more forces to launch a fierce attack on France." The Chief Minister below said respectfully.

"Now that we are in contact with the Italian states and the rest of the country, we must first make preparations, and then we will strike at France as soon as the alliance is successful! This old opponent has suddenly become so fierce that it really can't ignore it, if it is allowed to do whatever it wants and continue to develop, I am afraid that our country will fall! Therefore, in any case, we must attach great importance to it and deal a fatal blow to France when the French Expeditionary Force is not firmly established in Italy! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty! The minister will arrange the departure of the army later! We have been fighting with France for many years, and we know each other that France is not to be underestimated, and we will make good preparations so that we can strike a fatal blow at the French army and interrupt their arrogant desire to expand! ”

The King of England nodded in satisfaction, and ordered them to go their own way, and actively prepare for an alliance and attack on France, the King of England thought that it was Charles VIII, a big-headed barbarian, to conquer Europe, which was really a big joke, and it would make people unwilling to think about it.

At a time when various countries were shocked by the strength and arrogance of the French army, and were ready to unite to attack France, the Italian envoys were also rushing to various powerful countries on the mainland, and a storm against the French army was quietly brewing.