When the Vienna government was troubled by self-destruction tactics because of a handwritten letter from Marshal Poliyu, Carl was rushing around the Italian Peninsula with the main force of the First Army.

One Italian state after another, under the powerful power of the French Defence Force to defeat the Austrians, they took the initiative to open the city gates and surrender, hoping that the French army could be "gentle" to the residents of the city.

Of course, the residents in the eyes of Italian state governments are mainly the aristocratic class.

The generals under Carl also strictly followed Carl's orders. As long as they open the door to welcome the surrender, they would not be in absurd. The surrendered states and cities would provide necessary military supplies.

Of course, the arsenal must be obtained, and the armed forces of the Italian state army were also disarmed, and only basic police forces were retained to maintain public order.

After all, there are only one or two companies left in a city of the French Defence Force. Such a few people cannot manage the city and surrounding areas, so auxiliary police are still needed.

The French army occupying the city will not be responsible for maintaining public order on weekdays, mainly guarding armorys and other military supplies warehouses, and supervising state governments.

Yes, the surrendered Italian state government was not banned by the French Defense Forces and still retained its original government team. It seemed that after the French army came, everything else had not changed, except for taking away a batch of war supplies and leaving a small number of troops stationed there.

The French army's uninflicted behavior was naturally warmly welcomed by many Italian countries. Many powerful people who were originally preparing to escape stayed behind when they saw that the French army was so enlightened.

After all, the little materials the French army sought was only a drop in the bucket for them. After all, the majority of the materials were "produced by the state" rather than the aristocrats.

Carl's French Defense Force did this naturally to stabilize the nobles and wealthy groups in the Italian Peninsula. These people are fat sheep. If they are scared away, how can they attack them in the future?

It is obvious that the French Defense Forces, which are so strict that the military discipline is not as strict as humans, even basic acts of disturbing the people have been eliminated.

This is the first time that the Italians have seen such a strict and self-disciplined army, which is even better than the previous national army to treat civilians!

Naturally, with the emergence of examples of state cities, the Italians' sentiment in the face of French invasion gradually calmed down, and the Italian nobles even gathered openly to discuss the French army's purpose this time.

The Italian powerful people generally believe that the Livi government should not have enough money to support the long-term war, so they use this kind of gentle method to quickly pacify the Italian peninsula and retain everyone's power in order to help the French army stabilize the place.

In a sense, the speculations of these Italian states are very correct!

But they never thought that the Li Wei government was countless times more ruthless than they had speculated!

After the French Defense Forces were introduced to the Pope, Pius Pope VI was frightened and angry at the Pope's behavior that he fled back without a shot, and immediately gave up his plan to escape from the city of Rome.

The reason is very simple. Pius VI was too old. He was worried that he would die halfway through Vienna before he could escape...

This kind of concept of being forced to run away by the enemy army is completely different from a normal outing!

The Pope Army was naturally a member of the Italian state coalition that had disbanded and fled on its own. The Pope's influence at this time was far higher than later generations.

To be precise, both sides are completely two different regimes.

The states in northern and central Italy, except for Genoa and Venice, where money is supreme, obey the Papal states.

Even Genoa and Venice would be willing to obey the Pope's orders if no one paid a large price to buy them.

This is why the previous Italian state coalition did not have any disputes over command, and the Pope was planning behind the scenes.

Unfortunately, the Pope's political and religious diplomacy are very awesome, but the army is as bad as the armies of other Italian states, with quite 'Italian characteristics'.

The fundamental reason is naturally because most of the soldiers of the Pope's army come from the Pope, and the Pope is also a world-rich country in central and northern Italy!

In this era without nationalism, the combat effectiveness of the army basically cannot escape a law.

The army composed of people from remote areas is often far more combat effectiveness than the army composed of people from wealthy areas without worries about food and clothing.

To put it bluntly, those with barefoot feet are not afraid of wearing shoes.

Soldiers in rich areas have more money, and joining the army is just a job, not a necessary one.

If you win on the battlefield, you can get trophies, which is naturally good. Even if there is no trophies, they will have no worries about food and clothing when they go home!

Naturally, soldiers in wealthy areas cherish their lives even more, and they still have a great life waiting to enjoy!

Even in the 21st century when nationalism has long been overwhelmed, many countries' armies have this problem. For example, the army of the famous Saudi Arabian country, holding Yishui's high-end American weapons and equipment, was shocked by a group of Yemeni anti-government armed forces using AK assault rifles and rocket launchers, and his father dropped his chin...

Even the US government felt embarrassed that the army they trained hand in hand could not defeat a group of terrorists!

As a result, the only result of the Saudi Arabian army was that the rebel forces in Yemen used American equipment...

What is the reason?

It's just that Saudi Arabia is so rich!

By the same token, in the United States, various advanced weapons took turns to fight, with saturated bombing and carpet bombing one after another, and the North Vietnamese regime, which was a minority and poor country, took it with it!

This is the poor mountain and bad water that brings a strong army out of a strong army!

That was an era when nationalism was everywhere. In this 18th century when nationalism had not yet awakened, the gap between poor mountains and bad waters and rich cities would only be even greater!

In this regard, the ancient Eastern powers were very clear. Even the dynasty of Dashuang knew that recruiting soldiers from poor places was more effective.

If the army is stationed in a rich city for a long time, it will sooner or later be destroyed!

By the same token, the Pope is rich enough, so the Pope's combat power is bad enough!

Of course, the Italian peninsula in this era is getting poorer as it goes south, so the cities in the central and northern countries are relatively rich, especially the Milan region in the north and Venice, Genoa and other countries. They are so rich. Otherwise, the Austrians would not have been staring at northern Italy and wanted to turn this place into their vassal.

The Kingdom of Sardinia is not a state in Italy, so the Kingdom of Sardinia is not very rich.

The states in the north-central and northern Italy are so rich, naturally because of their geographical location and maritime trade. They are not the welfare of the Age of Discovery. In the Middle Ages, this land was very rich, and it can even be said to be the center of European trade in the Middle Ages.

After the opening of the Age of Discovery, the trade status of central and northern Italy declined.

It is precisely because northern Italy is too rich that the merchants there are even able to form a city-state government with autonomy for merchants.

This is how Venice and Genoa were born.

The pope's wealth is not because of trade, but because of the wealth of religious leeks. Even the king was the religious leek in this era!

Of course, the current Pope has begun to decline with the decline of the power of the Catholic Church.

But the Pope is not a lean camel, but a declining dinosaur. Even if it decays, it just turns from a dinosaur to a lion and a tiger.

Even in the 21st century, the Vatican has an unparalleled political status all over the world.

However, in this era when guns and cannons dominated, the so-called religious orders were like cannon fodder, and the army loyal to the pope had long lived up to the medieval period that shocked Europe.

After receiving the letter of surrender from Pius VI, Carl looked overjoyed. As long as he caught Pius VI, he would complete half of the goal of this expedition to Italy!

Lord Li Wei is still waiting in Paris to be crowned emperor!

In this way, the Popes were disarmed by the French Wehrmacht. The reason for their cheering was very simple. They no longer had to fight the terrifying French Wehrmacht.

Even though the Pope's army had never fought with the French Defence Force from beginning to end, they just heard that the Sardinian army was frightened and collapsed by the French Defence Force...

No matter what, it is a great joy for the soldiers of the Italian state and the Pope's army. Moreover, the French Defense Forces' undefeated behavior has received "likes and attention" from all the religious people of the Pope.

In this way, there was no sign of resistance in the state cities in the northern and northern Italian Peninsula. The French Defense Forces occupied the central and northern Italian region without death, and the troops headed straight to the Kingdom of Naples among the two Sicily kingdoms...

The kingdom can be mixed with, which is worthy of being a political tradition in Europe!

Anyway, Li Wei didn't understand how the kings of the two Sicily kings put themselves in the Naples crown and the Sicily crown. Finally, they had to merge and put them in the slutty operation of putting two Sicily crowns...

Is this a nesting doll interesting?

Or is it that when you make a statement to the outside world, in order to extend your crown title?

At this time, the capitals of the two Sicily kingdoms were Naples, and it was also the capital of the Kingdom of Naples...

There are not a few big cities in the poor two Sicily kingdoms in total, and Naples is the richest city.

The Kingdom of Sicily is just a large island very close to the Italian Peninsula.

The army of the two Sicily kingdoms had long lost its fighting spirit, and there were deserters in the army every day, and many officers even took the initiative to resign.

It can be said that even the beggars in Naples knew that the army of the two Sicily kingdoms had lost their combat effectiveness.

Not only the army of the two Sicily kingdoms, but the people of the two Sicily kingdoms did not want to continue the war after hearing about the state cities in central Italy next door, and were not abused or ransacked by the French.

Even the Austrians were defeated, and everyone was struggling!

War will kill people!

Moreover, the French Defense Forces also publicly threatened that anyone who dared to resist to the end would kill his entire family!

If the city does not surrender, it will loot the whole city after it breaks down!

Since it is obvious that it is impossible to beat it, who has nothing to do and has to fight against the French Defense Forces?

However, the biggest force that hinders the two Sicily kingdoms is the Bourbon royal family of the two Sicily kingdoms.

Yes, the two Sicily kingdoms and Louis XVIII, who was driven away by Levi, are relatives of the same family and one surname!

The kings of the two Sicily kings did not surrender, but did not want to avenge Louis XVI and to provide some strength for the Bourbons to restore the Bourbons in France.

When we joined the anti-French alliance, perhaps the kings of the two Sicily kingdoms thought so, but now...

The kings of the two Sicily kings were worried that the Levi government's army would kill the Bourbon family!

As for Carl's promise, the kings of the two Sicily kings did not believe a single word. The French Revolutionary Party also said that they would not kill Louis XVI and establish a constitutional monarchy system!

What's the result?

Louis XVI and his wife's head fell to the ground!

The promise to the French was that the two kings of Sicily, who were born in the Bourbon family, could not believe a single word.

But if you don’t believe it, the kings of the two Sicily kingdoms were determined to resist. Anyway, he could evacuate early during the war. When Naples fell, he would go to Sicily. With the protection of the British Royal Fleet, the kings of the two Sicily kingdoms were quite safe.

The whole of Europe knows that the French navy was blocked by the Royal Navy at the doorstep of its home and did not dare to leave the port!

Even the maintenance costs of the French naval warships were insufficient, and the militarized Li Wei government devoted most of its military expenditure to the maintenance of the army and war.
To be continued...