Ahmed was so anxious that he walked over quickly, ignoring the flow of the procedure, and shouted, "What's going on? How is this possible? ”

As he spoke, he snatched the emergency report and immediately read it.

Mustafa was a little dumbfounded, and muttered to himself: "The Ming army is only so many, he dares to attack so many troops, and he can still win?" What the hell is going on? ”

But he forgot that as long as the Ming Emperor is there, which time is not to fight more with less, and it is a big victory? It can only be said that what he thinks will be flawed in the defense, which does not exist for Emperor Chongzhen! Because he's not an ordinary person, he's an open-minded god!

The Empress Dowager was obviously a little panicked, and she didn't reprimand Ahmed for trespassing, but just looked at the bottom and muttered to herself: "What can I do about this, will the Ottomans be in danger?" ”

At this time, Muhammad IV was woken up, wiped his saliva, and saw that several people in the hall were panicked, and did not care, or rather, seemed a little impatient, changed his posture and began to sleep again. He didn't realize that the crisis in front of him would probably make it impossible for him to sleep here.

Ahmed quickly finished reading the urgent report, turned his head, and instead of looking at the Queen Mother, he looked at Mustafa and said: "In just one battle, the Ming army wiped out all the armies outside the city. ”

"And what about the Beatlis Guard's Markru?" Mustafa listened and hurriedly asked.

He had told Makru that he must keep that army. And when he was in Bitlis, he also inspected the city defense accompanied by Makru, and seeing that the city defense had been in place, he was also confident that the Ming army would not easily capture Bitlis!

"He led the army to break through!" When Ahmed said this, he was obviously a little more happy.

After Makru led the army to withdraw from Bitlis, he would definitely not say to others that he raised the white flag and withdrew from Bitlis, and it was obviously better to use a breakthrough.

Mustafa was also a little relieved when he heard this, but he still asked worriedly: "How many men did he lose?" ”

In his opinion, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is so powerful, even if Macao breaks through, he will definitely suffer heavy losses.

"There don't seem to be many casualties!" As Ahmad said this, he was a little puzzled in his heart. Normally, it shouldn't!

Now that the urgent news from the local yamen has arrived, Makru should also send an envoy back. Thinking so, he wanted to go back in a hurry to see, he wanted to know the details of the specific battle situation.

However, if he doesn't give the Queen Mother an explanation, he obviously can't leave. No, the Queen Mother was already asking: "Didn't you say that Bitlis is fine?" Now that it is lost, so many people can't beat the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, what should I do now? ”

When she said this, she suddenly raised her voice and asked sharply, "Bengong has always believed in you, but you have always disappointed Bengong. When will you be able to make Hongu feel a little more at ease? ”

Ahmed listened, and hurriedly faced the Empress Dowager respectfully, and replied in a tone that seemed very convinced: "Empress Dowager, it is really the Ming army that is the strongest army in the world, and the Ming Emperor is an unborn man in the East, it is indeed underestimated by Weichen, I didn't expect them to have the ability of our Ottoman ancestors." ”

The Ottoman Empire, in the beginning, was just a Turkic tribe east of the Black Sea Straits. However, later they rose and swept through Central Asia, and their territory spanned the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, and they continued to seize the territories of European countries, so that the shadow of the Ottoman Empire has always been hanging in the hearts of European monarchs.

According to the original historical development, it was not until after the end of the Battle of Vienna that the Europeans moved away from the mountain of the Ottoman Empire.

By saying this, Ahmet was clearly elevating Emperor Chongzhen to the position that the Ottomans considered to be the highest.

Hearing his words, the Queen Mother was stunned again. It was only at this time that she realized how powerful the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom was.

At this time, she didn't care to blame Ahmed, but asked again: "Then what should we do, think of a way?" ”

Obviously, she may be good at palace fighting, but she is not good at foreign affairs, especially when it comes to fighting. Therefore, the thing she says the most is to ask "what to do".

Ahmet is also a capable person, otherwise, it would be impossible to take over the position of Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire from his father, and then pass it on to his brother-in-law Mustapha to become the Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire.

After just thinking about it for a while, he played to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, Weichen thinks that for the Ming army, the advantage in strength cannot be translated into the winning rate of winning the war. Therefore, Wechen suggested that the elite should be drawn from the western border army. Only by using the elite against the Ming army can it be possible to defeat the Ming army! ”

It was also at this time that he finally realized this. The size of the army did not affect the pace of the Ming army's offensive.

"But what about the west?" The Queen Mother felt that this was demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall, not to mention that this topic had already been discussed before and was not feasible. Because those countries to the west, too, were feuds with the Ottomans, and they had to be guarded against.

Ahmed listened and hurriedly explained: "It's just that a part of the elite is drawn from the border armies and formed a main force to deal with the Ming army with the Makru Division. ”

"Then you can defeat the Ming army's attack?" When the Queen Mother heard this, she immediately brought up the matter she was most concerned about again.

When Ahmet heard this, he turned his head and looked at Mustafa, and after a moment's thought, he replied to her: "With other means, maybe it can!" ”

This time, he didn't dare to say things in a certain tone anymore, lest he be slapped in the face again.

"What other means are there, come quickly, we must stop the Ming army and protect the Ottomans!" When the Queen Mother heard this, she immediately urged in a hurried tone.

Ahmed listened and said with a serious expression: "The strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness. If the Ming army continues to attack, it will absolutely not allow the Ming army to be resupplied in our Ottoman territory. In this way, the deeper the Ming army penetrated into our Ottoman territory, the greater the logistical pressure on them. Weichen believed that with the Ming army now conquering Persia, it was impossible for them to have enough materials to support the long-term war. As long as there is no money and food to replenish, even if the Ming army is beaten with iron, it can only retreat in the end! ”

"What the Prime Minister said is very true!" Mustafa listened to it and hurriedly echoed the song, "Queen Mother, when Weichen went to Persia, he saw that Persia was very young and strong along the way. The old and the weak are all working in the fields. This just shows that the Ming army is in urgent need of grain and grass. They used troops continuously, and the absolute consumption of grain and grass was very large, and it was impossible to have much leftover. As long as the walls are clear, even if the Ming army can fight again, they can only retreat! ”

One of the advantages of the empire is big enough to come out, there is strategic depth, and the strategy of clearing the field with strong walls is a very good strategy for retreating from the enemy.

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she asked a little puzzledly: "Since this policy can be implemented, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"......" Ahmed was speechless when he heard this, he really felt a little emotional about the queen mother's layman in foreign affairs.

However, since the Empress Dowager asked, he still replied respectfully: "The strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness is the strategy of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred." It is necessary to transfer manpower and materials on the way of the Ming army's attack, so as not to give the Ming army the possibility of getting any supplies. If it's not a last resort, it's not good. ”

"What's not going to work?" When the Empress Dowager heard this, she immediately shouted coldly, "To resist foreign enemies, you need to gather the strength of the whole country." Then do it, and make sure that the Ming army does not receive any supplies in Ottoman territory! ”

"Wechen respectfully obeys Yi's order!" Ahmed was relieved to hear this.

Originally, he also wanted to explain to the Empress Dowager that the Ming army's method of fighting was to kill the powerful and powerful, and he could use this reason to persuade those local magnates and powerful to cooperate. On the Queen Mother's side, she will be able to reduce her hesitation to agree to Jianbi Qingye.

It's just that he didn't expect that he was obviously thinking too much about himself. The Empress Dowager didn't think about anything else at all, as long as she could force the Ming army to withdraw its troops.

Therefore, the result of this negotiation was to draw the elite from the western border army, and under the joint preparation of the strong wall and clear the field in the east of the empire, I believe that the Ming army will definitely be able to force the Ming army to retreat.

About an hour later, Ahmet and Mustafa came out of the palace. The two did not stop for the slightest, and immediately rushed back to their mansion.

As Ahmed expected, when he returned to his mansion, he was immediately informed by his men that Makru's men were waiting in the mansion.

Needless to say, Ahmet and Mustafa immediately received the emissaries of Makru and asked for the specifics of the battle of Bitlis.

After getting the final truth, both of them couldn't help but be a little glad that Makru's troops escaped from the clutches of the Ming army without any damage. At the same time, the two of them couldn't help but be shocked. The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom was able to perceive people's hearts and effortlessly took Bitlis.

In addition, from the mouth of the Makru envoy, they once again confirmed the audacity of the Ming army, and dared to attack hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city.

After some emotion, both Ahmed and Mustafa were even more determined in their previous plans. The Ming army is no longer able to defeat head-on, and the only way to defeat the Ming army is to drag down the Ming army logistically. In addition, we must step up combat preparations, train elite soldiers, and constantly consume the Ming army, so as to finally defeat the Ming army!

Thinking so, the two began to prepare.

During this period, calls for help from all over the country were also sent to Istanbul, which made Ahmad and Mustafa even more afraid to slack off and urgently deploy their strategy against the Ming.

Therefore, in the eastern part of the Ottoman Empire, starting from the nearest Bitlis, with the cooperation of Makru's subordinates, the local heroes took the lead, taking away everything that could be taken and burning everything that could not be taken away, so as to stop the attack of the Ming army.