956 The Ottoman Empire was too difficult
When the queen mother heard this, she hurriedly said: "Forget it, the Ming Kingdom is too powerful, even if you train elite soldiers again, you can't afford to provoke it, as long as you can block the attack of the Ming army!" ”
"......" Ahmed was dumbfounded when he heard it, this is too cowardly, like a girl!
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized again, isn't the Queen Mother a woman!
If he really has to be honest, he has to admit that what the Queen Mother said is actually reasonable.
If you train your own elite soldiers, can you have more strength than the army during the previous Eastern Crusade? But even then, wasn't it destroyed by the Ming army!
However, if you don't say it harshly, it will be too embarrassing for the Ottoman Empire, and as the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, you will not be able to give an explanation to outsiders, and you will be impeached.
Thinking so, Ahmet was thinking about how to persuade the Queen Mother when he saw a chamberlain come in and tell Mustafa that he was urgently asking for an audience.
When Ahmad and the Queen Mother heard this, they were all taken aback. The two of them looked at each other, and they both saw the deep fear in each other's hearts: Could it be that the Ming army started attacking again?
Thinking so, the Queen Mother hurriedly ordered to summon Mustafa.
It was only a moment before Mustafa hurried into the temple. However, there was not much horror on his face, but the kind of excitement. This made the Queen Mother and Ahmed see it, and they can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Looking at it like this, they are thinking wrong, and it should be good news.
Sure enough, he saw Mustafa hurriedly saluting, and then excitedly announced: "Wechen has just received the news that led by Britain, Spain and the Netherlands, European countries will gather in Paris, France to discuss the matter of dealing with the Ming army!" ”
"What?" Ahmad was also overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly confirmed, "Is this really the case, they really have to deal with Mingguo?" ”
In his mind, the Ming army was still fighting with them Ottoman. In the past, it was not that there was no request for help from those Europeans, at least the matter of the Persian Emperor Abbas II sending envoys, which was a big fanfare. However, the Europeans just watched the excitement and gloated, and did not have the slightest intention of dealing with the Ming Kingdom. This sudden to deal with the Ming army is really happy to fall from the sky!
"It couldn't be more real!" Mustafa nodded vigorously, his joy palpable.
Seeing him like this, Ahmet was puzzled and asked, "Why were they indifferent before, but now the whole of Europe is uniting to deal with the Ming army?" ”
"I've inquired about this too!" Mustafa heard this and hurriedly replied, "It was the Ming army that occupied all the American continents and destroyed the Spaniards over there." The pirates of all European countries saw the strength of the Ming army, and they all fled back......"
Hearing this, Ahmet was suddenly taken aback and said: "What, while the Ming army destroyed the Mughals and Persia all the way and attacked my Ottomans, they also sent troops to the Americas and occupied the entire Americas?" ”
He was really surprised, he originally thought that the Ming army went all the way to the west, which was already the embodiment of the greatest national strength of the Ming army. Then because of logistical problems, he was dealt with by his strong wall Qingye. As a result, I didn't expect that the Ming army would start a war on two fronts, and it would win a complete victory, occupying the entire Americas.
In other words, the Ming army did not use all its strength against the Ottoman Empire! The so-called strong wall Qingye repelled the Ming army, which is more just a joke of deceiving himself!
"Yes!" Mustafa also realized this, smiled, and replied seriously, "There is also Spain that sent troops to destroy Portugal, an ally of the Ming Kingdom, some time ago, and more importantly, the daughter of the King of Portugal is also married to the crown prince of the Ming Kingdom. Therefore, the Ming army must avenge Portugal, and they felt the strength of the Ming kingdom and the crisis, and began to unite. ”
"But in that case, shouldn't Spain be the only one to take the lead? Why would the UK and the Netherlands lead together? When the Queen Mother heard this, she asked a little puzzled.
Ahmet knew the answer to this question, so he replied to the Empress Dowager: "When the Persian emperor beguiled us Ottomans to send troops against the Ming army together, he also said that the Dutch and British fleets would be mobilized to attack the Ming fleet from the sea. As a result, the last time the Ming Kingdom captured Persia, they destroyed the fleets of both of them! ”
"Oh......" The Queen Mother listened, dragged a long "oh" sound, and then sighed, "I didn't expect the Ming army to be so strong!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Ahmet also came back to his senses: yes, I haven't paid attention to the Ming fleet before, but it turns out that it is also very powerful like the army, and it can defeat the fleets of Britain and the Netherlands!
As he was thinking of this, Mustafa asked, "What should we do, should we also send someone to Paris, France to see the situation?" ”
Ahmet listened, groaned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that when those Europeans are discussing, someone will propose to destroy our Ottomans by the way!" ”
Hearing this, Mustafa remembered the hatred between the Ottoman Empire and European countries, and suddenly it dawned on him, this is really possible!
As far as those Europeans are concerned, I wish the Ottoman Empire was dead! How could they unite with the Ottoman Empire to fight the Ming army again! Unless they think that their strength is not enough to deal with the Ming army! However, now that the entire European countries are united, this force is too strong to defeat the Ming army!
Thinking about it this way, the news of the union of European countries is a very bad news for the Ottoman Empire!
Thinking of this, Mustafa's face turned pale, and he hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" ”
"yes, so what do we do?" The Queen Mother was anxious when she heard this, and hurriedly asked.
The difference in strength made Ahmed think of something at once, so he had to remain silent.
Seeing him like this, the Queen Mother became more and more anxious. I thought I could take a breath, but I didn't expect that there was another enemy that was stronger than the Ming army, why was it so difficult for the Ottoman Empire!
With this in mind, she confirmed to Ahmed: "Are those Europeans really not going to accept us and want to destroy us?" ”
Ahmet nodded bitterly and said, "If they really all join forces to go east, they won't mind destroying us." ”
"Why, aren't there frequent wars between their own countries?" When the queen mother heard this, she immediately said angrily.
When Mustafa heard this, he explained to her: "It's different! There is a constant relationship between the royal families of their countries, and with us, it is a completely hostile relationship! ”
The Thirty Years' War, also known as the Thirty Years' War of Religion, shows how important this factor was on the side of Europe. The Ottoman Empire is even more different from European countries, which is actually an important reason why the Ottoman Empire constantly fought Europe and was hostile to the Ottoman Empire with European countries.
The queen mother thought for a while and understood, but she was not reconciled, so she asked again: "Is it ...... Isn't there room for negotiation? ”
"Unless we are willing to be the lackeys of the Europeans, we will do whatever they say!" Ahmed's words were a little ugly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he said that the queen mother's face was very ugly, "But we also have to let the Europeans understand the strength of the Ming army, and one more ally they have, one more strength, so that it is possible not to fight us, but to let us be their cannon fodder!" ”
After he said this, the hall suddenly fell silent, and no one spoke for a long time.
At this time, there was only one thing in the hearts of the three of them: the Ottoman Empire, it was too difficult!
After a while, Mustafa suddenly looked up at Ahmed and said, "Why don't we help propagate the strength of the Ming Kingdom?" There is also the means by which the Ming Kingdom attacks the enemy country, which is the public enemy of the whole world, and if you look at it from this point of view, we and the Europeans are all the same! ”
This unanimity is naturally the unanimity when it was cleaned up by the Ming army, and it was the unanimity that the powerful and rich were attacked.
In the past, of course, the Ottomans would not deliberately emphasize how powerful the Ming army was!
When the queen mother heard this, she was not very enthusiastic, because Ahmet said just now that even if the Europeans agreed to form an alliance with them, it was more about using the Ottoman Empire as cannon fodder. With her woman's mind, she knew that if the Ottoman Empire lost too much in the war against the Ming Kingdom, when the Ming army was finished, maybe those Europeans would divide up the Ottomans!
Therefore, without waiting for Ahmed to answer, she suddenly said: "Otherwise, we should surrender to the Ming Kingdom, and according to what the Ming Emperor said, the east of the Black Sea Strait will ...... It was given to the Ming Kingdom, but the premise is that if our Ottoman Empire is attacked by the Europeans, the Ming army will send troops to help us! ”
That's actually a way to do it!
Ahmad and Mustafa listened, glanced at each other, and both saw each other's intentions.
"Isn't it better for you to talk?" The queen mother saw that neither of them spoke, so she was anxious and urged them.
Ahmad listened, organized his language a little, and then replied to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, this matter is really too humiliating. And the European side may not necessarily unite, if we cede land to the Ming State at this time, there will definitely be many people in the country who will oppose it! ”
Hearing him say this, the Queen Mother felt that it made sense, and she was frightened by what they had just described.
So, she nodded and said, "Okay, you can do it in your hearts, and we'll talk about it later!" ”
"Wechen obeys!" Ahmad listened and hurriedly said, "Wechen will train the army with all his heart, and only by self-improvement can he be self-reliant, and the Queen Mother can rest assured!" ”
What else, that's all.
After the meeting was dismissed, the Ottoman side paid more attention to the Paris Conference than the Ming side, and sent various details to inquire about the news.