934 The rabbit dies and the fox is sad
Faced with the Empress Dowager's questioning, Ahmet replied tentatively: "Empress Dowager, why don't you send someone to probe him while the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom has not personally led the army to attack our Ottomans?" ”
The implication is that it is actually a peace. The Queen Mother is still very sharp about this kind of relationship between people, and she understands Ahmed's meaning at once.
If you can not fight, it is indeed good. Thinking so, she asked Ahmed again: "Then you can give the palace a specific charter!" ”
When Ahmad heard this, he immediately took out a piece of music and said: "Weichen has a preliminary idea, and I ask the Queen Mother to take a look!" ”
When he mentioned the news of the Western Frontier Army before, he already had an idea, but he never came up with it.
When the queen mother heard this, she was a little surprised, but she didn't say anything, so she took the piece of music that the maid forwarded and read.
There wasn't much content, she quickly finished reading it, frowned and said to Ahmed: "If it is really just a little bit of space to make the Ming Emperor calm his anger, and the two countries will stop fighting from now on, it is indeed excellent, anyway, our Ottoman Empire is very big!" ”
When Ahmet heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Queen Mother Mingjian, Weichen also thinks so. In fact, in some places, it is better to give the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom a headache or let the Emperor of the Ming State repair them. ”
At this time, the territory of the Ottoman Empire was very large.
To the south is North Africa on the Mediterranean coast, to the east is the entire Arabian Peninsula, and to the north the entire Black Sea has become an inland sea of the Ottoman Empire. As far west as Hungary, and later Rome in northern Italy, it became the territory of the Ottoman Empire.
In addition, there were a number of vassal states, such as the Crimean Khanate, which had previously traveled with the Ottoman army. It can be said that the territory is indeed very large.
So, the strategy for dealing with Daming was set.
Koprius's son-in-law, Ahmet's brother-in-law, Karamustafa, was entrusted with the task of secretly rushing to Persia to meet the Ming Emperor.
This Mustafa was also a capable man, and according to the original historical development, he would take over as the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire after the death of Ahmet, and launched the famous Battle of Vienna. However, he was defeated and eventually killed.
Now he represents the Ottoman Empire as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, in fact, he also represents their family itself. In this way, Ahmed can be reassured.
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On the Ottoman side, Emperor Chongzhen did not sow the seeds of eavesdropping, so he did not know what the Ottoman Empire's countermeasures were? All he could get was the news coming back from across the border.
At this time, he was still busy with affairs in Persia. With Emperor Chongzhen personally in charge, at least in this large area of land between Zhennan City and Tehran, production and life recovered quickly. The people are naturally very happy that they can live without military disasters and can get their own land, and their enthusiasm for work is of course very high.
At this time, they felt that they were also a member of this land. As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, I can really wake up with a smile in my dreams.
Therefore, whenever the Ming army passed by on the official road, they spontaneously thanked them!
On this day, on the official road leading to Zhennan City, coming from the west, there was a group of Ming army knights, about thirty or so horsemen, holding the Ming banner, driving horses.
The people in the fields, seeing this scene, still saluted according to their custom.
But suddenly, someone saw something unusual and started to discuss it.
"Look, who is that in the middle of the officers and soldiers? Why does it look like a prisoner? ”
"How do you know that just because they don't wear the uniforms of the officers?"
"No, didn't you notice? The expressions of our officers and soldiers are all confident and happy, but if you look at the middle ones, just their faces, they are in a bad mood at first glance! ”
"Hey, yes, you seem to be looking very carefully, as far as you are capable, you may be able to go to the official yamen to report to be an official."
"Yes, now our Ming Emperor has a will, as long as you have expertise and ability, you can report it, maybe you will be an official!"
"Haha, take your good words, I really mean that!"
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They guessed correctly, this group of knights was sent back from the front line by Racine to send Ottoman envoys to Zhennan City.
The people who were sandwiched between the Ming soldiers were the Ottoman envoys, and the one headed by them was naturally Mustafa.
At this time, his expression was indeed not happy.
When he came all the way, according to his original imagination, the Persian Empire suffered from military disasters before and after, and was recently destroyed by the Ming Kingdom. The situation in Persia should be even worse than the situation in Ottoman today.
He even mentioned this situation when discussing the situation of the envoy in the family meeting. Others, including Ahmed, who is now in power, agree.
Under this premise, they still have different opinions on whether the Ming Emperor will launch a major offensive in the near future.
Some people believe that the Ming army has already started fighting on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, so it is natural to start the war against the Ottomans. The Ming army on the Persian side is estimated to move soon.
However, others believe that the fighting on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf is likely to be an isolated case. It is also possible that they are close to the Persian Gulf and are supported by war from the sea, so there will be war on that side.
On the Persian side, Persia, which has just experienced a series of wars, must be dilapidated, the people's livelihood is withered, and it is extremely difficult for the Ming army to continue the attack. How many troops they can bring in will definitely be consumed in Persia at least for a short time.
Under these two opinions, the bottom line that Mustafa explained to Mustafa in the end cannot be too low.
But now, when Mustafa came into Persia from the western border, especially from Tehran, it was as if he had entered a paradise, and although the people were indeed small, all of them lived and worked in peace and contentment, working in the fields, and there was no overseer. Seeing the Ming army passing by, they were all full of smiles and respect.
He really couldn't understand why these Persians supported the Ming army so much? Even the former Persian Empire, as far as he knew about the situation of his old rivals, was not like this.
Sometimes, Mustafa said to himself in his heart that it must be a very small part. However, as we got closer and closer to Zhennan City, it turned out to be a situation all along the way. This idea of his was completely shattered!
In this way, he was even more curious, I don't know how the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom did it, and he could make the people who had just conquered the territory so supportive? He was eager to go over and ask, what was going on?
However, both before and after the Cossacks, he did not have the opportunity to understand the situation at all. Even sending his servants out was impossible.
This incomprehension has been maintained all the way to Zhennan City.
Looking at the former capital of the Persian Empire, there is no trace of war at all. Inside and outside the city, it was peaceful, and it really had nothing to do with war.
In other words, the only thing that is a little dazzling is a head hanging on the side of the gate of Zhennan City. There is a notice posted on the side, which seems to be written in two languages. One of them he didn't recognize, it should be Chinese characters; The other is Persian.
As the leader of the cavalry went to communicate with the captain guarding the city, Mustafa glanced at it and was immediately surprised.
It turned out that this head turned out to be Abbas II's. Looking at the appearance of the first level of dry cooking, it must have been a long time.
This time, it can be regarded as confirmed, Abbas II, who had no news before, still did not escape, and was poisoned by the Ming army!
If it were the same as before, Mustafa would probably gloat, this rival is completely good! But now, he has a feeling of sadness for a rabbit and a fox.
But before he could feel it, the cavalry entered the city. He had to take one last look at the head, and never said anything.
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About half an hour later, the news of the envoy sent by the Ottoman Empire reached Emperor Chongzhen.
Seriously, Emperor Chongzhen was not surprised to hear this news.
More than 200,000 troops were almost completely wiped out by themselves. Now that the Ming army has destroyed Persia, the Ottoman accomplice, if the Ottomans are still indifferent, it really can't be said. Those in power in their country will definitely have to respond, and the most practical thing is to inquire about the news. Whether it is their own attitude or the reality of the army, it is necessary.
After listening to the proclamation, Emperor Chongzhen asked Fang Zhenghua: "Is the Ottoman envoy wearing official clothes or civilian clothes?" ”
Hearing this, Fang Zhenghua was slightly stunned, and then understood the difference. But he didn't know, so he could only reply: "The slave goes down and asks." ”
If they came in official uniforms, it was public, and it should be a resolution made by their court. And if they came in civilian clothes, it was probably some powerful person, at least not an envoy from their court. The difference between this is huge.
It didn't take long for Fang Zhenghua to re-inform, this time, he knew very carefully, not only what clothes to wear, but also various details of the time he came, as well as the identity of this Ottoman envoy in the Ottoman country, all of which were investigated.
Knowing this, Emperor Chongzhen had a clear idea of the purpose of the Ottoman Empire sending people over.
He did not rush to summon a reception, but considered the current situation.
All in all, one thing is true, the current Ming did not swallow the entire Osman's stomach. Because the Ottoman Empire was so big, it was really difficult to rule effectively when it was difficult to get around. The most important thing is the issue of troops.