Iron Dynasty

Qingzhou.

Intelligence from Europe is on Xiao Ming's desk.

Austria withdrew from the European battlefield, Prussia and France truce, officially recognized Henry's rule over France.

In a matter of months, the situation in Europe has really changed more than the weather in summer.

But to Xiao Ming, he didn't care about this change. For him, Henry had already achieved his goal.

Prussia and Austria both suffered considerable losses in the war with France, and Henry's army also suffered a lot in the war.

The war gave Europe's three land powers a period of time to regroup to fight the empire.

And what the empire needs now is precisely this window period to strengthen the mechanization of the army.

Prussia has recognized Henry's legal status to France. For the empire, Henry may become an enemy of the empire at any time, because Henry no longer needs the help of the empire. Cui Shangan analyzed.

Xiao Ming nodded, the sudden change in Prussia surprised him, but he was able to guess the purpose of Ferrier II.

With Prussia's urination in history, his next goal must be Austria and Hungary, which belong to the Holy Roman Empire.

And in order to avoid continuing the war with Henry, he is likely to join the French to carve up Austria.

Henry once promised to recognize the empire's occupation of East Indochina, Canada, and Tangier. If he wants to test Henry, he only needs to send an envoy to France to let him sign the agreement. If he chooses to shirk, it means that Henry is ready to abandon the covenant. Xiao Ming pondered. said.

What if Henry is really ready to break the covenant? Cui Shangan asked.

I never expected Henry to admit it, so during the French Civil War, I took the opportunity to take their colonies. Whether he admits it or not, I won't spit out the meat I eat, but if he doesn't admit it, the Empire can Take the opportunity to stop helping him. Xiao Ming said.

After a pause, he said: Tang Wenjie will do this diplomatic matter. What you are mainly doing now is military preparations. The Suez Canal has been penetrated, which provides conditions for the Empire to increase its military presence in Europe, whether it is for the protection of the Empire. Whether to use force to open up the European market, the empire needs to increase its military deployment in Suez and Tangier, I want you to deploy 50,000 people here within three years, and make these two indestructible military bases for the empire.”

Cui Shangan nodded. Now the empire is engaged in agricultural construction in the colonies of Africa. The fertile land in Africa and the agricultural technology of the empire have yielded rich harvests for each manor.

The grain, vegetables, and meat in these manors are directly supplied to the military bases in the outer seas of the empire, eliminating the arduous task of transporting supplies all the way from the empire.

In the past, it was almost impossible for the empire to deploy fifty thousand people here, but now it is very easy.

After all, in industrialized empires, farms in Africa are also mechanized, and the efficiency is very high.

Yes, Your Majesty. In response, Cui Shangan turned and left.

Watching Cui Shangan leave, Xiao Ming glanced at the intelligence document. In fact, he was not very concerned about the changes in Europe.

Because for the empire, the gap between the strengths of the two sides is getting bigger and bigger. The reason why he is muddying the waters in Europe is just to save some energy when he wants to clean up Europe.

After all, there are many European countries and the situation is complicated. Some countries even change several times a year. It is not practical to focus on supporting one person.

This time the empire's use of France is over, and the next country the empire wants to cooperate with will be Austria.

In short, he will not make Europe so calm.

Deciding to adjust the policy towards Europe, Xiao Ming immediately sent an embassy to Austria. As he had guessed, it was less than a month after the embassy left, and new changes had occurred in Europe. France and Prussia jointly attacked Austria.

On the tenth day of the Austrian attack, the imperial mission arrived in Vienna.

Beasts, Henry and Philip II are beasts, and Austria really shouldn't dance with them.

In the face of Tang Wenjie, Franz angrily rebuked the shameless actions of the two countries. Within ten days, Austria's territory in Poland was annexed, and sixteen cities were lost on the southwestern border.

The French army, which had experienced the civil war, was very brave and good at fighting. Coupled with the advanced weapons provided by the empire, the Austrian army was in retreat.

Your Majesty now understands that it is not too late, Henry also betrayed the covenant with the empire. Tang Wenjie said.

After arriving at Suez City, which was established by the Empire on the Mediterranean coast of the Suez Canal, Tang Wenjie first sent people to Paris.

In Paris, his people suffered a cold reception, and Henry did not appear from beginning to end.

I have to say that Henry's move is very shrewd. He not only expressed his dissatisfaction with the empire, but also did not directly deny the original promise.

But in Tang Wenjie's opinion, this can be directly determined as Henry's betrayal of the covenant. The empire will not go around in circles with Henry on this issue, and his performance can only be appreciated by himself.

Franz was calm on the surface, but his heart was on the verge of collapse. Facing the two-sided attack of France and Prussia, Austria could not support it for long.

He said: This Henry really deserves to die, he should be punished by the fire of the empire.

Tang Wenjie smiled and said: This time I have been fully authorized by the emperor, and now I have ordered the merchant ships in the Mediterranean to stop transporting supplies to France. The evil deeds of France and Prussia have destroyed the regional balance of Europe, which is intolerable to the empire. , I think it is intolerable to His Majesty.

That's right. Franz also had a smile on his face. He knew that Tang Wenjie was talking about scenes, any regional balance was nonsense, and that restraining Prussia and France was the purpose of the empire.

But he can only agree now, so he said: His Majesty, the esteemed Emperor of the Empire, is very righteous. We Austria are willing to cooperate with the Empire, but now facing the attacks of France and Prussia, we are afraid that we do not have much time.

Tang Wenjie was not worried at all, he took out an agreement and said: In order to maintain peace in Europe, we have decided to establish the Vienna Convention Organization. As long as Austria is firm in the agreement, it means joining the Vienna Convention Organization. From then on, the Empire and Austria will become The founding country of this convention.

Franz looked puzzled. He said, So what is the use of this organization to Austria?

Tang Wenjie said with a smile, The purpose of this organization is to implement collective defense among the contracting states. When any contracting state goes to war with another country, it must provide assistance, including the use of force, how?