The reason why Freud did not give an account of the fact that Austria had formed an army and existed in the Papal State was because the Papal State was unilateral and transparent to the Kingdom of Italy.

Contrary to Pius IX's speculation, the Austro-Hungarian intelligence system in Italy cannot be said to be absent, and almost none.

However, the Kingdom of Italy can easily penetrate the Papal State and learn about the specific situation of the Papal State, which is a theocratic system, since it is a religious state, it naturally cannot prevent believers from visiting the shrine, and the people of the Papal State are also Italians, living deep in the heart of Italy, and cannot block the flow of people and commercial trade.

In this case, the Kingdom of Italy can obtain the information it wants by bribing some people in the Pope's country, or simply send some people to the Pope's state, and the Papal State has no way to screen the identity of these people.

"Your Excellency Freud, I probably know your country's intentions, and I can only say about your country's methods, very good, very good! Hahaha. Pius IX, who thought he had received the truth, laughed heartily.

Freud was greatly depressed by Pius IX's words, could it be that Pius IX had guessed the existence of the Austro-Hungarian expeditionary force?

Guess it, guess it! It doesn't matter anyway, as long as Pius IX doesn't say it, it's not too much of a problem.

Freud spoke, "Your Majesty! I myself am still not very comfortable with some people in the Pope's country, you just need to prepare the army of the Papal State and fight against the Kingdom of Italy with all your might, and leave the rest to us. ”

"No problem, the army of the Papal State is not strong in combat, and the loyalty can still be trusted, and I will call on more people of insight to enter the army to fight against the Kingdom of Italy in my personal name." Pius IX said.

The Papal Army's loyalty is still good, at least when it comes to being ruthless to the Italians, since most of the members are from countries and regions outside Italy.

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After two days of discussions, there was a consensus within the Kingdom of Italy that it could not be delayed any longer and that it was necessary to strike hard at the Papal State.

From the perspective of the top level of the Kingdom of Italy, the Austro-Khalid intervention was completely a manifestation of Pius IX's poor skills, and it must have been Pius IX's initiative to ask Austria-Hungary to interfere in the great cause of Italian unification.

As soon as the French were gone, Pius IX also knew that the Papal States could not stop the actions of the Kingdom of Italy, so he was in a hurry to find a replacement state, and there was no better option than Austria-Hungary.

Emmanuel II analyzed: "In this war, the only threat is Austria-Hungary, and if Austria-Hungary sends troops to intervene, it will be in two directions, one is land, Venice and Lombardy; One is at sea, and the eastern part of the country may be shelled by the Austro-Hungarian navy, so we have to be prepared for both. ”

"Although our strength at sea is not as good as that of Austria-Hungary, the difference is not too big, the advantage of Austria-Hungary is that the top warships are more advanced than us, but our ships are more, temporarily transfer the western navy to the eastern seas, and cooperate with the army to effectively defend the Austro-Hungarian navy against the east coast." Said the Minister of the Admiralty.

If possible, the navy would certainly like to ask for more funds, but the last battle of Lisa was too unsuccessful, and at that time the Italian navy had a clear advantage over Austria-Hungary in terms of ships, which was unacceptable to the Kingdom of Italy, and the Italian Kingdom's finances could not withstand such a toss of the navy.

Army General Rafaele Cadorna said: "The Venice area must be defended, and we only need to prepare 30,000 troops to attack the Papal State, while the opponent on the eastern front is Austria-Hungary, even if there is a Prussia containment, it is not easy to fight against Austria-Hungary without 100,000 troops." At the same time, we have been in Venice for too short a time, and it has been under Austrian influence for too long, so we should also be wary of some opponents among the local population, so on the first line of Venice and Lombard, it is better to have more than 150,000 troops. ”

This is based on the defensive consideration, the area bordering Italy with Austria-Hungary is not very large, and the northern part is relatively difficult because of the existence of the Alps, and only the southern coastal areas are connected by narrow plains, so 150,000 men are enough to cope with the Austro-Hungarian attack.

"As for the troops attacking the Papal State, out of 30,000 people, our government will contribute 25,000, and let Garibaldi organize the volunteers to participate."

"Well, Garibaldi can't be allowed to control too many troops, this man's mind is very unstable, we still have to be careful." Emmanuel II affirmed.

Although Garibaldi is very capable, he is not the same as the Italian government, he is more inclined to liberal ideas, and he can be regarded as a righteous man who fights for liberalism.

The Kingdom of Italy had never trusted him, and judging from his personal experience, it was understandable that the Kingdom of Italy would do so.

Garibaldi's thinking is indeed very out-of-the-box, as France's headache enemy in history, Garibaldi supported France in the Franco-Prussian War, and organized volunteers to join the French army against Prussia.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the main force of this attack on the Papal State will naturally be led by the Kingdom, and he will not be allowed to take the lead." The Secretary of War said.

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The armies of the Kingdom of Italy began to quietly assemble towards Venice and Lombardy, and large-scale military changes naturally attracted the attention of Austria-Hungary.

But Austria-Hungary pretended not to see it and allowed the Italians to do all this, and the Italians watched Austria-Hungary again, and the Austro-Khalinian army in the border area did not move at all, as in the past.

This emboldened the Kingdom of Italy, which confirmed the speculation that the Austro-Hungarian army was pinned down by Prussia and Tsarist Russia and could not be mobilized, so that after the transfer of troops, the Venetian region was almost "rock solid", and the Italian government thought that it was time to solve the problem of the Papal State.

Although the Papal States had previously issued a joint declaration with Austria-Hungary, now the Italians have determined that Austria-Hungary cannot enter the Kingdom of Italy to interfere with the unification of Italy, and there is nothing more to say.

On 16 August, the Kingdom of Italy issued an ultimatum to the Papal States, demanding that the Pope renounce his resistance and that the Papal States be peacefully annexed to Italy.

With the support of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Pius IX flatly refused, and at this time, the army of the Papal States was expanded by Pius IX to about 15,000 men, and there was still a war force.

The threat of the Kingdom of Italy to the Papal State was soon responded to by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, after receiving the authorization of the Empire, directly threatened the Italian royal palace: "The Papal State has never belonged to Italy, and Italy has never been a separate country, but historically, the history of the Papal State is much longer than that of the Kingdom of Italy, and Italy is only a regional concept, if the Kingdom of Italy is obsessed with and wants to do something against the Papal State, Austria-Hungary will definitely not stand idly by." ”

(End of chapter)