Wind and rain!

For Mehmed IV, the Ottoman Sultan, he felt the meaning of these four words from September 12 onwards.

In fact, for the Ottoman Empire, the defeat of Kara Mustafa at Vienna on September 12 had no fatal effect, and despite the loss of up to 150,000 troops, Poland and the Holy Roman Empire pursued all the way to capture Esztergom, which was captured by Suleiman the Magnificent and defended by valiant Ottoman soldiers for many years, but it was winter, and like the Ottomans, the Christian coalition understood that winter was not the right season for war. They have stopped attacking.

In Belgrade, on the orders of Muhammad IV, Grand Vitsikala Mustafa was executed, but this did not change the situation in the empire, and even the actions of Kara Mustafa, a powerful minister, executed dozens of generals in Belgrade in order to shirk his responsibility, but worsened the situation - the panicked army, and the uprising of the Christians in the Balkans, it was impossible to organize an effective defense, they could only retreat in cities, fortresses, thousands of insurgents, The Balkans, as well as Bulgaria, have seen unprecedented waves.

The insurgents were peasants and urban commoners, poor and rich, old and children. On the battlefield, even the priests joined the uprising with crosses in their hands, and everywhere there was the angry roar of Christians, and everywhere there was the sound of guns and cannons of the insurgents.

The defeat of the Turks in Vienna fundamentally shook their rule in the Balkans and elsewhere. And just as Mehmed IV was trying to regroup, the Copts revolted in Egypt, which shocked the whole of Istanbul, although Egypt is not the granary of the empire, but it is also the backyard of the empire, which itself should be very calm, but now, a great uprising has swept the whole of Egypt.

To add insult to injury, Muhammad IV was that he had no way to draw an army to support the Egyptian Pasha. And the Egyptian Pasha's letters for help were repeatedly sent to Istanbul. At the same time as the letters for help were being sent, information about the rebels was increasingly appearing in the Sultan's palace.

“…… All the evidence shows that Egypt was supported by the Ming state, and all the weapons of the rebels came from the Ming state, and the Ming state not only provided them with weapons, but also directly trained the rebels, which is why the Egyptian province could not suppress the Copts, who were not facing a group of thugs, but a well-trained army. ”

Zad Mustafa confronted the Sultan and told him what he knew, and although his uncle Kara Mustafa was hanged in Belgrade, the Koplulu family was still the most important and powerful political family in Turkey, and the Sultan was still inseparable from the Koplulu family, although all the evidence showed that the Sultan was trying to stay away from the Koplulu family, but in the current situation, the Sultan could not do without the support of the Koplulu family.

"Damn, those damned heretics, aren't they afraid of provoking me, and I will send a large army to the Ming Kingdom?"

Mehmed IV cursed loudly. But that's about it, he asked.

"What did the minister of the Ming Kingdom answer?"

Unlike the Europeans, the Ottoman Empire understands the East, they clearly know the strength of the Ming Kingdom, they clearly remember that even the powerful Timurid Empire can only express submission in front of the Ming Kingdom, and the Ottoman even the emperor at that time was captured by Timur, if it were not for the fact that Timur wanted to expedition to the Ming Dynasty, after the victory, he felt that the goal had been achieved, and cut off the worries, so he did not take advantage of the victory to destroy the entire Ottoman Empire, Rather, Anatolia was divided among the four sons of Bayezid I, and I am afraid that it is not certain whether there is an Ottoman Empire or not.

Therefore, when the Ming sent their envoys, Muhammad IV even felt extremely happy, and in his opinion, this was completely a symbol of equality with the Ming Kingdom. This is the recognition of the Ottoman Empire by the Ming Kingdom, which has not been reached by successive sultans.

Now, when the Ming supported the rebellion of the Egyptian Copts, the first thing that came to his mind was naturally the minister of the Ming Kingdom. Would like to hear his explanation.

"Before the minister came, he had sent a question to the minister of the Ming Kingdom, and he directly rejected my questioning, and on the issue of weapons, he declared that the Ming Kingdom had never refused to purchase weapons from the Ming State or the Ming vassal countries and colonies, and declared that they were most likely purchased through commercial channels."

"Damn infidels, are they taking us for idiots?"

Enraged, Mohammed IV apparently did not realize the gaffe in his words, but continued.

"Without their help, how could those infidels have so many weapons and so many armies."

"Your Majesty, they do not admit it, and we have no more evidence, although there is information that there is a prince of the Ming Kingdom in Suez City who commands the Copts there, but, until there is further evidence, the minister does not consider it appropriate to enter into a conflict with the Ming Kingdom over the question of Egypt......"

At this moment, the voice of neither yin nor yang came from the side,

"Are we just ignoring the honor of the great Sultan? Just let the infidels take over our Egypt? ”

The one who spoke was an old black man with a fat body and no beard, everyone in Istanbul knew who this black man was, he was the Sultan's closest eunuch - Ali, as a black slave, Ali was sold to Turkey by slave traders when he was 5 years old, and then castrated and entered the palace to become a eunuch, and he waited for the Sultan when he was only the crown prince.

For the influence of the Sultan, no one in Istanbul can surpass him. In the Sultan's palace in Turkey, the eunuchs were all black, but among the tens of thousands of black eunuchs in Istanbul, he was the only one who could influence the Sultan's decision, and even influence the decision of the Great Villach, of course, with the support of the Sultan.

"The problem is that we do not have enough strength to quell the rebellions in the Balkans, Bulgaria and Egypt at the same time, and besides, after the Battle of Vienna, we have lost more than 150,000 troops and most of our artillery, and it is undoubtedly extremely unwise to clash with the Ming now, and it is more important for Turkey to recharge than to establish a strong enemy."

"The problem is, this strong enemy was not set up by us, but they came to the door on their own initiative, even if we pretend that nothing happened, and then what? Are we just going to watch Egypt fall under their control? Today they can occupy Egypt, tomorrow they can occupy the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece ......"

After saying these place names, Ali turned to look at the Sultan and said.

"Forgive your humble servants, noble Sultan, for under your wise rule, it is certainly impossible for the infidels to occupy these places, but it is certain that if we do not adhere to our principles in Egypt, then, in the future, the Ming people will inevitably gain an inch, and the whole of Turkey will face a threat from the Ming Kingdom! And Egypt! But that's just the beginning! ”

If this further study, Wang Wenbai will definitely applaud when he hears these words, although at the beginning, the military department did not consider so much, but with the adjustment of the plan, Egypt is the first link in Turkey's strategy, a springboard, and a springboard for the Ming Dynasty to disintegrate Turkey.

Mehmed IV did not speak immediately, he did not even see his henchmen eunuchs, he just pondered these questions in his heart, as a sultan he was not stupid, he knew what options were more beneficial for Turkey.

"Ali, what you said is indeed very right, if we can't stop them, then, the next step, it must be the whole of Turkey, Egypt, it must be just the beginning!"

Muhammad IV, who seemed to agree, then changed the tone and continued.

"But we really don't have any forces left to throw into Egypt now, our army has just suffered heavy losses, and the uprisings in the Balkans and Bulgaria have held back our forces, and if we now move a large number of troops from there to Egypt, it is certain that without waiting for our enemies to come, the revolt of the Christians will overthrow our rule there, and if we lose those areas, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Turkey, and there is intelligence, The Habsburgs were secretly negotiating with the Venetians, and it was quite possible that they would form an alliance, and once their alliance was formed, they would certainly join forces to attack Turkey, and in this case, now, the most important thing for Turkey would be to put down the uprisings that took place in the Balkans and Bulgaria first. ”

As a sultan, Muhammad IV had to learn to weigh up, and as a eunuch, Ali immediately expressed his obedience, and as a eunuch, he always obeyed the sultan's orders unconditionally.

"However, this does not mean that we have to swallow our anger, they themselves have a lot of problems, and the problems between them and the Qing have not been solved so far, perhaps...... We can consider the Qing Kingdom. ”

For the country in the east, Muhammad IV also had his knowledge, although not extremely well-understood, but he had a basic understanding of the war between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"Qingguo?"

"That's right, it's them, we can get in touch with the Qing from the Caucasus, and then, with the help of the Qing State, we can fight the Ming State. I believe that they would not want to see the frontiers of the empire fall under the threat of the Qing Kingdom again compared to Egypt, which they never knew about......"

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