"Oh, I've already won, but I'm still not satisfied."

Zhu Yaofei shook his head while looking at that! Did Louis XIV squander all the Bourbon dynasty's IQ? His great-grandson Louis XV (Louis II of Rome) was too stupid, right? Philip II even

Kneel down, why don't you stop before you feel better?

Now, it’s a hornet’s nest! Austria has Count Daun, Prussia has Frederick II, Russia has Fermor and Saltykov, and Hungary has Count Lacy. During the Seven Years’ War, these gangs

The enemies who were fighting each other now all stand under the command of King Philip II of Serbia to fight against the Western Roman army of Louis II (Louis XV)!

Moreover, the Republic of England, which had adhered to neutrality for nearly a hundred years, also entered the battlefield! Not only did it dispatch its navy to fight against the Dutch-Roman combined fleet, it also sent an expeditionary force to New France and India to seize the overseas provinces and colonies of the Roman Empire.

Although Louis II enlisted Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, Bavaria and other countries to help in the war, the armies of these countries were not very capable of fighting. The era of the Swedes being kings and hegemons has long passed, and they are no match for the Prussian and Russian coalition forces.

The Poles have lost their temper since the death of Bessowski. How can they defeat the Russian, Prussian and Hungarian coalition forces? Although the Netherlands' navy is powerful, their army is not good, and there is no unified Netherlands.

The army only has a makeshift coalition of seven provinces.

As a result, Louis II's coalition forces were getting worse and worse, losing troops and generals on all battlefields! First, they suffered a disastrous defeat in the siege of Vienna, and then in Brno and Prague in Bohemia, Austria, commanded by Frederick II,

The Hungarian and Prussian allied forces were beaten to a bloody head!

After Louis II lost all the occupied areas of Bohemia and Austria, the war in Europe spread to the lands of the Western Roman Empire and the Republic of Poland!

On the western front, the Austro-Hungarian-Polish (Bohemian) forces commanded by Count Daun and Count Lacy invaded Bavaria and the Roman Austrian Province and occupied the entire Austrian Province and most of it by the end of June 1760.

Bavaria.

On the center line, King Frederick II of Prussia commanded hundreds of thousands of well-trained Prussian troops to march eastward and westward, and captured Silesia, an enclave belonging to the Roman emperor, and the Principality of Saxony (both the Duke of Saxony and the King of Poland) who supported Louis II.

It was August III) who repelled many attacks by the Roman army-Swedish-Netherlands coalition!

On the Eastern Front, the initiative was entirely in the hands of the Prussian, Hungarian and Russian coalition forces. After August III fled from Saxony to Poland, although he immediately summoned a group of Polish noble troops, the times were completely different!

The temporarily summoned army of Polish nobles was no match for Frederick II's Prussian army and the Russian army that had been baptized by the civil war. It could not defeat the Hungarians who had just defeated the Western Roman army in Austria and Bohemia.

As a result, the territory of the Republic of Poland was quickly divided among Prussia, Hungary and Russia!

When Zhu Yaofei saw the partition of Poland, he couldn't help but sigh: "Why do the Poles always have their lives divided up wherever they go?"

After sighing with emotion, Zhu Yaofei continued to look down.

After suffering successive disastrous defeats, Louis II was not willing to admit defeat, and actually contacted the Ottoman Empire, which had been struggling for many years.

He, the backstage boss of the Roman Pope, actually contacted the Ottoman Sultan, who was also the caliph, to kill his Christian brothers together!

At that time, Mustafa III, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, was really confused. After obtaining Egypt ceded by the Roman Empire, he rolled up his sleeves and launched an attack on Greece and Bulgaria on the Balkan Peninsula. He also incited the majority of Tianfang believers to

Albania launched an uprising against the rule of the Mancini dynasty.

However, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Wallachia, ruled by the Mancini dynasty, had long been wary of the Ottoman Empire. So as soon as the Ottoman Empire sent troops, it was besieged by the coalition forces of the four Balkan countries. Philip II, who had always coveted Istanbul,

He also immediately joined the battle group with his Serbian troops.

The Russian Empire, which had obtained a large area of ​​Polish land, immediately joined the war against the Ottoman Empire and launched an attack in the direction of the Caucasus Mountains.

Faced with the siege of so many European countries, the already weakened Ottoman Empire could not reach it at all. After two years of hard work, it had no choice but to ask the Ming Empire to mediate, hoping to cede land in the Transcaucasus and part of the Balkans and pay huge compensation.

End the war at a price.

However, Philip II was determined to seize Constantinople, and the Russian Emperor Constantine I also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the Caucasus, so neither of them was willing to accept mediation. He also invited Hungary and Austria to join in the war against Constantinople.

During the siege of Constantinople, the focus of this Twelve Years War shifted to the southern front around Constantinople.

This change saved Louis II who was in danger.

Beginning in 1765, Louis II carried out frequent diplomatic activities. First, he drew the Republic of England to the side of Rome at the expense of ceding New France and French India.

Then he reached an agreement with Prussia and Russia on the condition that they recognized the partition of Poland by Prussia and Russia and the annexation of Saxony and Silesia by Prussia.

After Russia withdrew from the war in exchange for British support and Prussia at a high price. In October 1766, Louis II, who had recovered from his illness, once again gathered troops to invade Austria, and fought with Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia

The Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms launched a decisive battle.

The result of the decisive battle once again disappointed Louis II.

Because the people of the half of Austria previously ruled by the Roman Empire had longed for the Grand Duchy of Austria, after Louis II's army entered the country again, they joined Henry III's Austrian army one after another. As a result, the strength of the Austrian army increased greatly.

He won several battles in succession!

However, after the victory, the Austrian, Hungarian, and Bohemian coalition forces also suffered heavy losses and were unable to expand their results, so the war on the Western Front reached a stalemate.

The stalemate lasted until 1768. Istanbul, which had been besieged by Philip II for nearly three years, finally fell in August 1768!

The Ottoman Empire, which withdrew to Asia Minor, immediately fell into civil strife and was unable to maintain the war, so it had no choice but to seek peace with Philip II.

On the sixth day after entering Istanbul, Philip II wore a purple robe at Hagia Sophia and was crowned Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire!

When the news reached Paris, Louis II had to accept the reality and signed a peace treaty with Philip of East Rome in December 1768. The Roman Empire was officially divided into two!

And this disastrous defeat inevitably brought a huge governance crisis to the Western Roman Empire!

The crisis of the Western Roman Empire came from three aspects. First, the defeat seriously affected the emperor's prestige!

Second, the twelve-year war brought a heavy economic burden to Western Rome and severely damaged the already underdeveloped economy of Western Rome.

Third, the patriotic spirit displayed by the Austrians and Bohemians during the Twelve Years' War made some Western Roman officers and soldiers, especially French officers and soldiers, begin to doubt the legitimacy of the empire.

These officers and soldiers from all over France saw a scene of prosperity, wealth and equality in the Grand Duchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Bohemia. The serfdom in these two countries had long ago collapsed with the disintegration of the Habsburg dynasty.

.Moreover, the ruling groups of these two countries are all foreign monks, so they have to follow the bright line. Under their leadership, these two countries have successively embarked on the road of constitutional monarchy (real monarch) and capitalism. And because of minor national affairs
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