"Let them all go hell!"

This is the reply given by Louis XIV.

After he got the Netherlands, it has to be said that the French army at that time, even himself, had already become as tight as the strings that had reached the limit. He could not stand the pressure and decided to divide the Netherlands with other countries. If this was not the case, then the establishment of the anti-French alliance would probably have to be ten years in advance. But now, after twenty years of careful planning, Leopold I and Charles II gently moved their lips and wanted to take away the ready-made fruit from him?

How is that possible?!

The efforts spent in Louis XIVI have not only on the dowry of the 500,000 Livre, his army, his son (originally, if there were no Charles, he would have let Louis take over the scepter of Spain), his people, his treasury and treasury that he had worked hard to fill... All of this was expected that once Bourbon got Spain, he and France would face countless pairs of jealous and crazy eyes?

Not to mention that Leopold I and Charles II were defeated by him before they barely proposed negotiations, even when Carlos II went to see God, Louis would not satisfy their greedy appetites - the dispute between the king and the king has always been easy to resolve - Come on, fight!

On this continent, no matter how grand, elegant, or good, or reasonable it is, it is ultimately the same as the barbarians, they have never changed and never wanted to change it.

When Elalius heard the king say this, he couldn't help laughing, "Oh, my dear Louis, I can almost imagine how ugly Leopold I and Charles II would look after hearing such a reply," he thought for a while: "It's just like some of the reply from the Cossacks to the Sultan."

"I can't say that," Louis said calmly, "" "I didn't let Leopold I go to the grass goat, nor did he lick the devil's ass."

Ela smiled even harder. The letter he mentioned was written by the Ottoman Turkish Sultan when ordering a group of rebellious Cossacks to surrender a few years ago. The content was so rude that even if it was Jean Barr's origin, the Sultan did not even allow the clerk to archive it because of its blasphemy and viciousness. It was only because of the fact that this happened, but the letter was still circulated.

Elaine was not surprised that Louis could see this letter, and he could see it, but he immediately said seriously: "I want to ask, Your Majesty, has the military strength of the Ottoman Turks actually weakened to this point?"

You know, this happened five years ago. The Sultan, who was humiliated by the Cossacks, was no one else, but Mohammed IV.

"A monster with a huge body, but it has been empty inside." Louis said that if he were Mohammed IV, he would definitely try his best to avoid war, because the Ottoman Turkey was constantly declining, and his enemies were constantly becoming stronger. However, if there was no war, the shadow left by the Ottoman Turkey on the Europa could be maintained for a while, but once the war started, every failure would be a hole that could make people see its fragile inner.

"I was shocked when you sent an envoy to ask Papa to call on the countries and start the tenth jihad, especially since the main force of this jihad was mainly Italians."

"The Italian mercenaries are not as cowardly as you think. They are just too greedy, selfish and unethical."

Elaine grinned slightly, Louis XIV's subtext was that the Italian soldiers were a group of armed merchants willing to die for money. They might be hired to fight, but this money was not enough to sacrifice their lives. But if they could obtain a large amount of "just" wealth from the jihad, just like the former Crusaders, they would definitely rush up without hesitation.

The wealth obtained by the Crusaders from the jihad was enough to allow them to establish several countries.

"No wonder the priests of the Roman Church do not like you," said Elalio.

"They will not like anyone who dares to shake their interests. Elaleau, when you arrive in Rome, they should also try to buy you."

"Yes." Speaking of this, Elaleau still showed a disgusting expression. In the ten-day talk written by Giovanni Boccaccio, he once described how a pagan went to Rome in person to see what the religion his friend wanted him to convert. Of course, his friend would be shocked, because he knew how corrupt and hopeless the Roman church would be. Who knew that his pagan friend converted after returning from Rome, because "this fallen church has not yet fallen into the fire, and there must be a true God..."

"I thought they would be better after the Reformation."

"Better than Alexander VI," said Elaerio: "The priests today are indeed better at applying makeup."

"It was because of Protestantism that they had to change." Louis said: "Any existence with endless power and no restrictions would inevitably embark on a decayed path. Sometimes, you will feel that they are in the world just to show how sinful humans are." He slowly stroked the handle of the cane, and Elalius felt that he was not talking about the church. After a moment of silence, the Prince in Red smiled: "So what do you think Rome should be like?"

"I just know it should change," Louis said with terrible words easily: "But I don't know how it will change."

"We probably can't see it." Elaliu sighed.

"That's not necessarily," said Louis. "If Louis is going to be crowned in the future, I hope you will be the one who puts the crown on his head."

Ela took a deep breath.

"I feel that our subject is sliding into the abyss," said Elalio, whose hints from Louis XIV made him feel frightened and undeserved hope: "I have been scared enough today. Good Majesty, let's talk about something else."

"What do you want to hear? That's it," said Louis without hesitation, "I will give you a thousand pagan nobles who will convert, and another hundred thousand Rifles."

A thousand pagan nobles willing to convert are not a small number, but who has brought enough people to Mohammed IV?

There are always many ways to convert a pagan. Physical persuasion can be used until a thousand years later, or even later. Moreover, there are many tactful and tactful people in the Ottoman army - most of them come from Sipahi, that is, the Ottoman cavalry team. Most of them are descendants of nobles from the conquered areas, and they are both Sultan soldiers and hostages of the Sultan. They have such an identity, and of course they will not be afraid of being held accountable for the conversion of their beliefs.

There are also officers of the Ottoman Servant and Sentinel, Turkmen, Tatars, Georgians, who are more similar to those of the sultan and those of the sultan, and of course they will not be killed for the sake of such a mere trivial matter.

...What some devout believers were reluctant to admit is that it was not so much a group of converts who showed the power of God that brought back to Rome, but rather a bunch of money for activities, because as prisoners, these nobles could afford their own ransom.

Ilalio could receive a hundred thousand Rifts from Louis and bring back a thousand living golden men. I believe that when the cardinals of Rome received this pleasant and decent gift, they would believe that as Elalio said, Louis XIV of France was a good man who was extremely loyal and obedient to Catholic and the Church...

What surprised Elaliu a little was that Louis XIV actually handed over this matter to his son, the young Luciano.

It’s not that he didn’t recognize Luciano’s talent, but this kind of thing - he could only say that Louis’s son was indeed like his half-brother, and had the qualifications that a ruler should have. To put it bluntly, Luciano was not the kind of king that the church liked. He might have faith, but he certainly wouldn’t love the priests of Rome.

When I handed over these thousand people to Elaleau, Ilaleau met Luciano for the first time.

"You have grown up, Lucie." Elalio said that the Duke of Colonna left him an impression of a somewhat melancholy young man, but now he saw a rude soldier, tall, thick chest, thick beard on his face, and messy temples. He could no longer see any shadow of Mary Mancini.

"Because we have to negotiate with those Ottoman Turks." Most of the Ottomans and their vassals like to have thick beards. Without beards, they would give them the impression of being weak and bullied. In order to avoid meaningless entanglements, the Duke of Cologne had his beards.

Mohammed IV is now indecisive, and the Ottomans who remained in Sicily can be said to have been hit by a fatal blow, but Naples was stranded with most of this army, and these soldiers were still led by their Great Vizier, but rumors have spread to the hearts of every Ottoman - they cannot refuse to believe that the quota for supplies suddenly dropped to a point where they could hardly fill them. The legions closer to the coast also saw fire and black smoke, and the masts that once stood between the blue sea of ​​sky seemed to disappear overnight (thanks to the French fleet).

The number of people who once brought huge pressure to the enemy would also put pressure on Vizier. He was not a very talented person. Faced with the questioning eyes and dangerous gaze, he could only tremble in the tent and pray to his true god day and night. Originally, if the Ottoman army could attack Naples directly or in a richer place, they could still rely on plunder to maintain their operations, but the people of God were cowardly, but they did not know how much cement had accumulated. The artificial stones that had hindered them during the war turned into low walls, bunkers and various strange fortifications. Their enemies obviously did not expect to win in the battle, but as long as they could delay their pace, it would be enough.

Hunger can make people weak and angry, let alone... The Sultan has indeed left them, and they don't know if they can go back or if there is still a way out.

However, neither Louis XIV nor the Duke of Colonna could treat them like the Ottomans in Sicily. They were too many. Everyone knew that the beasts in the trap were the most ferocious, and Louis XIV could not withstand the Ottomans' desperate bets. He was waiting for the messenger sent by the new power in Istanbul.

The messenger came and he brought letters from the new sultan.

Mohammed IV had "dead", and the Queen Mother supported his son and reached an agreement with the youngest son of the Copruri family. They urgently needed this army to return to Istanbul, and they didn't even mind paying some ransom, and also had commissions to feed the Genoese and Venetians - because only they had enough ships to transport these tens of thousands back to Istanbul.

"Write a letter to the Grand Duke of Transylvania," said Louis XIV to the wizard beside him, "he should withdraw to Romania."

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"Don't we try again?" Grand Duke Transylvania, Tekyi's friends and generals looked at Istanbul, which could still vaguely see the outline, and asked regretfully.

"No, we can't be too greedy, the Ottoman army is coming back," said Tekei.

It is false to say that there is no regret.

Istanbul, once Constantinople, has always been an unshakable city. When Mohammed II bribed the Genoese and sneaked into the Golden Horn Bay from the Gala area controlled by the Genoese, he unexpectedly laid a slide, dragged eighty sailboats into the bay, and attacked the sea and land, and finally conquered this majestic fortress.

After Constantinople became Istanbul, the fortress was repaired and reinforced by previous sultans. Now it has four layers of defense, moats and low walls, exterior walls built with limestone strips and interior walls built with granite strips, and five hundred towers that can cover any section of the city wall.

Although the assistance from France gave them powerful artillery and a large amount of gunpowder, it was unlikely to capture this heroic city before the Ottoman army returned.

"There will be a chance," Tekyi said. "And it won't be too long."

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Viscount Tirena, in North Holland, heard the good news that the Ottomans had to withdraw from Italy, and welcomed a coalition between the British and the Danes.
Chapter completed!