"No, no, no, it's critical," Henry said that he was now the eldest son of King Ludwig I of Poland, and if nothing else, he would also be the king of Poland, although in order to avoid the suspicion of the great nobles and the Schlachita class, Henry was only a count of Poland after returning the title of duke of France, that is, the Schlachita class, according to this rank, he was not even qualified to be on an equal footing with these generals, but Ludwig I was already in his sixties, and in case Dwig I was unfortunate enough to go to see God, then Louis XIV would definitely not hesitate to send Henry to the Polish throne, so even if he suddenly interjected, no one dared to interrupt him: "It should be said," said the man, who was already a soldier in his teens, with a smile, "if the Ottoman Turks come and kill their relatives, burn their houses, and rob them of their property, they curse Mehmed IV, but if they do what Monsieur Vauban says, they will curse Leopold I, so be it," he happily advised. We can find a compromise, gentlemen, and we can ask His Majesty Leopold I to give him the money to compensate the poor people. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present immediately froze - except for the Portuguese who were allied with France, the Elector of Brandenburg almost laughed out loud, but fortunately he held back in time, but he held back, but King Pedro II of Portugal did not have to, because he was fed up with the anger of the Spanish Habsburgs, and he did not mind embarrassing the Austrian Habsburgs, anyway, there was no room for peace between him and Leopold I, plus he was originally a free man, so his loud laughter filled the entire conference room.

Originally, Marshal Montecucoli had agreed with Leopold I that even if Louis XIV was there, he could not push the French to the forefront, at least let them bear some losses, which made Montecucoli, an upright old man, very dissatisfied, but there was nothing to be done, after all, he was Austrian, he could not watch Vienna be ravaged by the Ottoman Turks, and the Habsburgs of Spain and the Habsburgs of Austria could be called complementary, and the Habsburgs of Spain fell into decline because of Carlos II's disability and dementia, and the French king would take the opportunity to seize Flanders, and because Carlos II was infertile, he was destined to have no offspringFrance and the Holy Roman Empire will definitely fight over the Spanish throne, and there is such a possibility that even the most upright person will temporarily put aside his conscience and do something that is beneficial to the country, but will damage his own honor.

But when Count Henry said this, the situation became awkward, and could they have said that they were to have troops other than Austria to fight against the Ottoman Turks' Azap infantry?

Not to mention, Count Henry had already given a solution, yes, if reparations were given, and the Slovenians were told that the Ottoman Turks were already on their way, and that they might do as Leopold I would do and leave their homeland – but could Leopold I, or rather, the Austrian treasury really afford it?

Marshal Montecucoli vaguely knew some things about Leopold I and Louis XIV, and speaking of which, Leopold I, when he was a teenager, was a little contemptuous of Louis XIV - Compared to Louis XIII, who went to God too early, Leopold I's father, Ferdinand III, worked hard until he was sure that his son had won the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.

But since Louis XIV came to power, the situation between him and Louis XIV seems to have been reversed, and the electors have become more and more aggressive and aggressive—and they may have been the same before, but at that time Leopold I could not fully grasp the political mysteries, so he could not be aware of them for a while, but as he grew up, those vile tricks could no longer escape his eyes, and he was full of anger, and he could not deal with them as Louis XIV did with his ministers, because they were equal in terms of status.

Later, because of the two-year age difference, Louis XIV preemptively married the eldest daughter of King Philip IV of Spain - to say, Leopold I cursed every night that the boy who might inherit the throne of Spain and France at the same time, or become the father of the king of Spain, had better die early, but unfortunately, the boy not only did not die, but became stronger and wiser, while Leopold I's two sons died young, and one did not even let him meet.

If, politically, Leopold I blamed the damned elector, and posterity blamed God, then the King of France, taking advantage of his greed and inability to make good use of people, viciously murdered Leopold I in the Flanders Affair, and even the Marshal of Montecucolia did not know what to say - anyway, Leopold I hated Louis XIV who sent a group of theatrical actors to play tricks on him.

Later, when the French were still attacking the Netherlands, Marshal Montecucoli fought several times with Viscount Tyrenne, but there was no defeat or victory, he knew that Leopold I was a little disappointed, but the Austrian army (not a standing army) could only gather 50,000 men when the Ottoman Turks poured out, and Montecucoli had only 15,000 soldiers at that time, how could he fight with Viscount Tyrenne's army equivalent to three times his size? With such a huge disparity in numbers, even a fledgling general, as long as he knows how to stabilize the situation, can keep Montecucoli out of the lowlands, let alone the other party is Viscount Tyrenne?

The old marshal looked at the people across the table, Vauban was in his forties, Count Henry was in his thirties, and Schaumberg was over sixty years old, but he was in good spirits, in good health, and had a loud voice, and he heard that he took the initiative to ask for help in this expedition, and he must have been able to serve Louis XIV for twenty years later, although Condé was sent by Louis XIV to be the king of Poland, but there was still the Duke of Luxembourg in Paris, and Louis XIV's military academy had already opened, as long as it was ten, no, six years, or even three years, there would be a group of officers who had been educated and instructed by famous generals such as Luxembourg or Schaumberg on the battlefieldOriginally, only their sons, nephews or nephews, or the children of friends and relatives were eligible for this...... Right now...... The thought of what kind of behemoth France would eventually turn into made Montecucoli's wavering heart immediately harden.

But no matter how determined he was, there were countries other than Austria, and even the three Electors of Brandenburg would not allow the Austrians to huddle behind them and watch them fight the Ottoman Turks - they were very interested in Vauban's tactics of fortifying the wilderness, adding defensive lines and bunkers, of course, so that Leopold I's money bag would inevitably be empty, but he at least had his capital, Vienna, right?

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Louis XIV did not think that Leopold I would be embarrassed for money, and in order to ensure that Leopold I would not interfere in the affairs of Flanders, he gave Leopold I gold coins worth 500,000 livres in accordance with the secret agreement, otherwise he would not have mortgaged Fontainebleau when he attacked the Netherlands.

He could mortgage Fontainebleau and the royal jewels and the realm for the new French possessions, so what if Leopold I had to borrow a sum of money from the bankers for the sake of Vienna and Austria?

It is not known whether he intended to be courteous or unintentional, but Louis XIV did have a letter here asking for an audience, but even Bontang was a little hesitant when Louis XIV mentioned this man, because this Monsieur Rousseau was a Genevan.

The Geneva Theocratic Republic is located between Switzerland and France, how did it come to be, quite simply, after Lutheranism became the personal tool of the Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, the flame lit by Martin Luther was not extinguished, and John Calvin, the son of a nobleman in a northern French city, gradually took over the ideas of Protestantism, and after converting to Protestantism, he greatly changed the Protestant rituals and texts to make it more accessible to ordinary people. None of this is true, the question is that if God's state can be democratized and republicized, why should the state on earth be ruled by kings and lords, of course, he was a cautious man, and such words were finally shouted by his followers, but with such thoughts, he could not continue to gain a foothold in France, so he came to Geneva, and was deprived of the ownership of Geneva by the Bishop of Geneva and the Duke of Savoy surrounded by the faithful, and from that time on, Geneva became, as he expected, a city run by Protestant priests and believers。

To put it simply, he has two titles, one is the Pope of Geneva and the other is the founder of the Huguenots.

Even though it has been more than 100 years since John Calvin died, the Catholics in France are still jealous and disgusted with him, and because the Genevans continue to accept Huguenots who are unwilling to convert, and the relationship with France is even worse, so when it comes to a Genevan, the French are like mentioning a devil.

In fact, Louis XIV, who had no faith, would not care about this, but even Bontang showed a strange look, he wanted to think about the people around him, so he openly refused the request of the Swiss, but privately asked Marshal Schaumberg to meet that person - Schaumberg is also a Protestant, they must have a lot of common language.

On the day Schaumberg was sent away, Louis XIV met with another man.

He was the Tatar who had killed half a dozen Italian mercenaries that day under the watchful eyes of Louis XIV and Ludwig I, and their leader, his clothes were much more neat and ornate than when the king first saw him, but he still saw that it did not fit well, like a beautiful deerskin wrapped around the body of a wild wolf— His appearance is hard to compliment, not ugly, but crude, and God must have been absent-minded when he created him, sloppy with materials, or rather, the wind and sand and time have polished him into what he is now, like a hideous root.

There is probably only one thing that is admirable all over his body, and that is a pair of bright eyes, although they are hidden behind the layers of eyelids, they are like the light refracted by the blade when they pass over you, no one can ignore them, and as soon as he enters the door and sees Louis XIV, he cries out loudly, "Hats off, Your Majesty, Salute you!" The sound was so loud that it almost shook the beams, and Louis raised his eyes and smiled, he had not forgotten the Tatar subordinate that day, but he had pulled out the latest short-handled musket from the shearling sheepskin coat that was so filthy that no one would look at it twice.

How did the Tatar get his hands on the short-handled muskets, which were fired directly without the need for a scythe, and were sold at auction at the behest of Louis, and at a high price?

While the king was still thinking, the Tatar chief had already bent one knee and knelt down, pressing his right hand tightly to his chest, and unlike the French or the English, the Hungarians and Poles were accustomed to bow down to the nobles, "Your Majesty," he said, "Your Majesty, the Tatar Bayobash greets you, my master has sent me to serve you." ”

"Who is your master?" asked Louie.

The Tatar leader said the name of a great Polish nobleman, and this time he was summoned by Ludwig I to Kamnik, and he must have been one of the ministers who were subjugated by him, and it seems that Ludwig I, when he returned, remembered his instructions and sent them over.

"Not all," said the Tatar chief, "because the Italians were about to take our lives, so our masters let us come here for refuge." ”

"You must not have said it so clearly," said Louis, "are you not afraid that I will refuse?"

"He asked me to come precisely knowing that the Tatars would never betray the one who saved their lives. The Tatar chief said, "Your Majesty, I, and my brothers, sons and nephews, my mother, and my wife and daughters, are yours." ”