In addition to being frightened by the size of the fleet of the Ming navy, there was also the rampage of steam ironclad battleships that the Dutch and the British had never seen before, which triggered their fear.

They are human beings, even outlaws, but they are afraid. Especially when faced with the hostile unknown, uneasiness is fundamental. When they discover that the unknown is so strong in attack and defense, and they can hardly do anything about it, anxiety becomes fear.

Anytime a war is fought, even in later generations, morale is still very important, enough to affect the outcome of a war.

Looking at the steam ironclad battleship at this time, dragging a long black smoke, it rushed into the British fleet again, and in that rampage, Yan Yingyuan knew that the British fleet was also finished.

The Daming warships that swarmed up in the follow-up did not engage the enemy's warships at all. Several ships surrounded one, or platoon guns, or flintlock guns, and even threw "10,000 enemies" over, directly with men and ships, unless the enemy ships surrendered.

In fact, when the battleships of the Ming Navy drowned, in the face of the inevitable defeat, few enemy warships would fight to the death, because that would be death. Many warships hoisted their white flags one after another, and there was no longer any resistance.

After observing the naval battle with the telescope for a while, Yan Yingyuan was no longer interested in watching, so he turned his head to look at the land.

At this time, except for a few Persians who grabbed horses and fled before the Ming army arrived, basically, the enemy on the shore had been surrounded by the Ming cavalry.

In order to ensure that the Persian emperor did not flee again, even those few enemies who fled on horseback were behind a group of Ming troops who did not retreat at night. With the configuration of one person and two horses, an enemy hangs behind a group of people who do not collect at night, no matter what happens, it is impossible to escape!

As the vanguard, Punchuk's troops surrounded the enemy, but the follow-up Ming army was still marching along the coastline and could not see the end at all. This time, the Ming land army gathered a total of more than 80,000 people.

Whether it is at sea or on land, whether it is morale or technology, that is, in ordnance and equipment, it is all crushing strength. In this way, the war became extremely easy, even without Emperor Chongzhen's golden finger.

Regarding this situation, Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Zhenhai City, was very aware of it, and he was not surprised at all by the outcome of the war.

After learning about the situation from the eavesdropping system, he sent a holy decree to Yan Yingyuan. Let him arrange for the captives to rebuild a Ming city there and renovate the port. In addition, after the army had rested, it landed on the Arabian Peninsula and began to attack the Ottoman Empire.

Because at this time, the Arabian Peninsula was already occupied by the Ottoman Empire. This enemy is the next object to be eliminated. It is also for this reason that the army that comes from the sea will gather so many troops.

Today's Persian Empire, outside of the central and western regions, as well as a very small number of northern regions, has been captured by the Ming army. And the Ming army is still on the offensive, and I believe that it will not be long before the entire territory of Persia will be captured.

In fact, at this time, the Persian royal family and the central civil and military ministers have been wiped out by Yan Yingyuan, and its capital is gone, and it can be said that the Persian Empire has ceased to exist!

Although the Persian Empire still had to clean up the mess, Emperor Chongzhen had already turned his attention to the Ottoman Empire further west and began to do his homework on the Ottoman Empire.

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After the Battle of Mingweiburg, more than 10,000 remnants of the Ottoman army fled directly back to China, and naturally the news of the defeat of their great prime minister was transmitted back to China.

All of a sudden, the whole country was shocked.

At the beginning, Koplulu sent troops with the Persian Empire, but brought all the troops that the Ottoman Empire could use. Such a large force, no matter what, is a very powerful army.

At the beginning, the news that came back was victory, victory, victory, which made the whole Ottoman Empire rejoice. On the side of the Koplulu family, there are also people who have been promoted and rewarded with wealth, not to mention. It can be said that because Ke Plulu "attained the Tao" alone, the whole family "chicken and dog ascended to heaven".

If the original historical development is followed, it is precisely because of the exploits and prestige accumulated by Koplulu that his family has been firmly in control of the power of the Ottoman Empire in the years that followed.

But now, Koplulu has been defeated, and he has not returned, so at that age, he will definitely not be able to escape, and even the main army of the Ottoman Empire is gone. Even if he had enough exploits and prestige in the past, some people began to crusade against Koplulu and his family, demanding severe punishment from the imperial court.

However, in today's Ottoman Empire, it is not the young Mehmed IV who is in power, but the Queen Mother Kosem Sultan. It was she who overcame public opinion and promoted Koplulu to the position of prime minister.

If she wants to denounce Coplu's incompetence and punish him, then she herself must also be jointly and severally responsible.

In fact, the government and the opposition in the Ottoman Empire already have such voices, saying that if she is a woman in power, she is a scourge to the Ottomans.

In this case, of course, the Queen Mother understands that if this kind of voice is really allowed to become the mainstream of the government and the opposition, she can no longer be in power, and it is not certain that there will even be danger. After all, the Imperial Palace Ouchi has never been a place of good stubble, and the struggle for imperial power has always been bloody.

For this, she began to defend Corplu. It's not that there is a problem with Koplulu's ability, but that his luck is too bad. Who would have thought that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom would lead the army to suddenly appear?

At this time, there were also Ottoman troops fighting in the Mughals, and similarly, the Persian emperor was also driving the Mughals in person. What will happen to the war over there, the Ottomans have to say, and they are not particularly pessimistic.

Because in their understanding, the Ottoman Empire was the strongest, and the Persian Empire was okay. They have always been hegemonic, and they are all big countries, aren't they!

Even if there is a problem, if there is not the Persian Empire in the way, at least on the side of the Ottoman Empire, there will be basically nothing to do.

In this context, the queen mother in power really had to suppress those opposition. She promoted Koplulu's son Ahmet to take over as prime minister, reorganized the government and the opposition, collected taxes, and rebuilt the army.

This Ahmed is also a well-known man, known as a wise man. Of course, he understood what his family's situation was, so he followed his father's example and continued to use totalitarian tactics to suppress all opposition in the country.

In addition, the current situation, the army is also important. He vigorously collected taxes and rebuilt the army, which was also his most important thing.

The Ottoman Empire was actually not rich, and when it was persuaded by the Persian emperor to send troops to reap benefits, it had already emptied the domestic supplies and grain.

However, waging such a huge war not only did not bring benefits, but caused the Ottoman Empire to suffer heavy losses, which was equivalent to the waste of all those supplies. It is also necessary to raise money to appease the morale of the army and regain the allegiance of the army. It can be said that the Ottoman Empire was a poor bastard.

In this case, Ahmad had to vigorously levy taxes, which was naturally forced by the government to rebel against the people, or even directly rebelled by the opposition. All of a sudden, the chaos in the Ottoman Empire, which had been suppressed by Ahmad's father, returned to normal.

Fortunately, Ahmad is indeed a capable person, so he learned from his father's methods, and it took more than half a year to finally suppress the big rebels on the surface.

No, in the royal palace in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Ahmet returned from suppressing the rebellion and was reporting the situation to the queen mother.

Hearing that the situation was under control, the Queen Mother was naturally pleased. After glancing at the Ottoman Emperor who was sleeping blowing bubbles, she said to Ahmed: "Well done, keep up the good work, don't mess up any more!" ”

"The Queen Mother can rest assured, now that the situation is under control, the imperial army has also experienced blood and fire, and there is already an elite." Ahmed immediately replied respectfully, with a hint of pride in his tone, "As long as Wechen takes the counterinsurgency army as the core and expands the army, there will be enough troops to suppress everything." ”

The Queen Mother was very happy to hear this, but she remembered something, so she asked again: "How is the tax collected?" ”

Whatever you do, you have to have money. However, even if the Queen Mother was in the palace, she also felt that the materials were not as abundant as before.

Hearing this, Ahmed immediately knew why she was asking, and immediately replied: "They are all masters who do not shed tears when they don't see the coffin, and many shouting that they have no money, and they talk with knives and guns, and they obediently take out the money." Wechen has already controlled the situation, and there will be no problem in terms of taxes. ”

In fact, in his actual heart, he doesn't think so. As a "wise man", he certainly knew the current state of the Ottoman Empire. However, how can other people's families be as important as other people's families, and now they want to use other people's money to consolidate their power and consolidate their power, so this is the only answer.

The Queen Mother listened and nodded again. As for things outside the palace, as long as they are not particularly big, she doesn't worry about them. At this time, she was about to say a few words of encouragement to Ahmet to make persistent efforts and do a good job, when she suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside, and then an attendant appeared in the main hall, and said in a panic: "Queen Mother, it's not good, the guards on the Persian border will come and report quickly, Persia is going to be finished!" ”

After briefly explaining the situation, the chamberlain presented the urgent delivery he was holding in his hand.

Hearing this announcement, the Queen Mother and Ahmet couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, what is the situation, what does it mean that Persia is finished?

Although they don't understand, they know one thing, anyway, the situation is not good.

Thinking like this, the Queen Mother suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly opened the express and looked at it. Ahmed looked at her anxiously, wondering what was going on?