"Stratagem is the sin of the nation being plotted against itself".

More than four centuries later, the phrase is so well known to almost everyone that it has a meaning, and in the late 17th century, even the first person to say it did not know what it was behind it.

A Tatar!

In Turkey, the Tatars were common, and in the Turkish army, the Tatar light cavalry was always indispensable, and they provided both outposts and forage for the Turkish army, which attacked everywhere and fetched food on the spot. It is also for this reason that in the Ottoman Empire, the Tatars enjoyed a certain status.

However, for the people of the Balkans, Tatars are rarely seen here. So when the Tatars, who have always had a slightly darker complexion, appear here, they always attract attention.

Quite a few people looked at him warily, at this Tatar from a foreign land.

However, the appearance of a Tatar did not arouse the fear of the local Christians, and even some good deeds also targeted the Tatar, but they obviously did not dare to act rashly, after all, in this country, the killing of any Celestial Christians would lead to the death of dozens of Christians.

Brutality doesn't solve the problem, but it can deter everyone. People are afraid to act rashly, and almost every day, people are pressured to change their faith. But many more are holding on to their faith.

Looking at the eyes of those people on the side of the road, Tian Jingyuan just silently observed them, in the past six months, he has been traveling in Greece, Wallachia, Moldavia and other places, of course, not as an embassy officer, but as a Tatar, after all, those Tatars, that is, the Mongols who stayed in Europe back then, are similar in appearance to the Ming, at least the Europeans can't tell the difference.

The deeper he went into this seemingly powerful country, Tian Jingyuan's heart couldn't suppress the excitement and desire in his heart, what he saw was not a country, but a volcano!

A volcano that could erupt at any moment.

"Dry wood and fire, all that is lacking is timing......"

Just as Tian Jingyuan was thinking like this in his heart, someone on the side of the road shouted at him.

"Tartars, come here."

Following the sound, Tian Jingyuan saw a gorgeously dressed man in a Turkish-style robe, judging from the way he was dressed, he should be a local administrative official.

After saluting according to the rules of the Celestial Sect, Tian Jingyuan invited him to a café on the side of the road for coffee, and while drinking coffee, Effanti kept looking at the Tatar in front of him.

"Tatars, where are you from?"

"If you go back to my lord, I'm from Crimea."

Tian Jingyuan replied in fluent Turkish.

Crimea was a vassal state of the Ottomans and for many years had been supplying the Ottomans with a large number of cavalry.

"Oh, Crimea, I know there, when I was in the army, I used to know a few friends from the Crimea like you, and I heard them say that you, in addition to fighting, are going to Eastern Europe to capture pagan slaves, and you call this the "harvest of the steppe", right? ”

"Sir, that's just a harvest from the Lord......"

Like all Tatars, Tian Jingyuan replied with a smile.

"If we don't have those slaves, how can we pay tribute to the emperor? I'm here with a slave ship. ”

From the founding of the Crimean Khanate, one of the sources of income was travel to Eastern Europe to capture Slavs, especially Ukrainians and Wallachians (Romanian) slaves, called the "harvest of the steppe peoples". To this day, there was still a huge slave trade with the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. Kaffa was one of the most famous and important slave markets, and transporting slaves from here to sell was an important source of income for the khanate. Many Tatars even make a living from it.

"Indeed, it is indeed a gift from the Lord."

Then the two talked a lot, and at noon, Effanti even invited Tian Jingyuan to dine at his home, and listened to him talk about his travel experience with great interest during the meal, until the evening, after politely rejecting Effanti's invitation, Tian Jingyuan left his home.

Tian Jingyuan, who was riding on a horse, left the town and continued along the mountain road, and he did not choose to stay in the town because it was getting late.

"They're coming!"

From the moment he entered the town, Tian Jingyuan felt that someone was following him, and the reason why he left in the evening was because he had learned a very important message from Effanti - in the local area, there was resistance from the infidels. In fact, in the Balkans, the Christian resistance never stopped.

"Come out!"

Drawing a scimitar from his waist, Tian Jingyuan shouted into the woods.

Only this time, he did not speak Turkish, but Serbian, and as a military commander stationed in the Ottomans, he could speak not only Turkish, but also Tatar, and as for Serbian, he had learned it in the past six months.

As his words fell, a dozen natives came out with swords and swords, and they stared at the Tatar, who had been eyeing the "heretic" from the moment he entered the city.

"I want to see Peter. Petrovich! ”

Facing these Serbs, Tian Jingyuan said directly.

"Tatars, we don't know about Peter Treasure. Who is Petrovich! ”

Of course no one would say they knew Peter. Petrovich, because he was a resister, he always resisted the Ottomans in the mountains, and of course, in the eyes of the Ottomans, he was a robber.

"You can take me to him."

As he spoke, Tian Jingyuan threw out an object, which was a token given to him by the Bishop of Belgrade.

"I was told that I could find Peter. Petrovich. ”

Three days later, Tian Jingyuan came to a valley where it was Peter. Petrović's camp was only a temporary camp, and there were hundreds of bandits in the camp, who had been killing the Turks and attacking the towns for the past few years, and in the eyes of the Turks they were a group of robbers, but in the eyes of the Serbs, they were a group of heroes.

"I don't know what you're trying to do, but you've seen that I'm here with only a few hundred people......"

Petrovich turned back to the people in the camp, and then said to the Ming man in front of him.

"I'm sorry, I can't give you any help, it's the responsibility of every Christian to resist the Turks, but as the Turks say, I'm a robber, kill a few Turks, take their property, that's all, if you want to attack their city, I'm sorry, it's simply to send them to death, even if they have hatred with the Turks, they won't do that, after all, who doesn't want to die."

Petrovic's refusal did not discourage Tian Jingyuan, he just said with a smile.

"Peter, the name is Christian, and you just said that it is the duty of Christians to resist the Turks, because you know, when the Turks came here, they used the temptation of tax exemption and acting as government officials to induce many Serbs to convert, and when they were weak in terms of power, they would use this discriminatory method to induce you to convert, but when they had a relative advantage in numbers, what would they do? They will strike a massive blow at the infidels, either convert them or kill them all. I think that's why you're resisting. ”

The reason why Osman is a pile of dry wood is precisely because of the fierce contradiction of beliefs, which is also the reason why Tian Jingyuan will unswervingly implement the "strategy".

"Sir, no one can stop the Ottomans, we are just doing what we have to do, either as obedient people, and in a hundred years, our sons and daughters will be converted, or as robbers, we will run freely in the mountains, maybe one day, we will die, but at least, we will be free people when we die."

Petrovich's tone was calm, without the slightest fear of the future.

"And what about your children?"

Staring at Petrovich, Tian Jingyuan said.

"Now you have a chance to change all this, believe me, maybe the Europeans can't stop the Turks, but we can, with our help, you can ...... too"

There was temptation in Tian Jingyuan's tone, he had been running around, of course, he was not for the freedom of these Christians, what did he need?

He needs to light a bunch of flames, after all, only when the flames here are blazing, the Ottomans will be able to take care of themselves, Egypt will be able to gain independence, and the Ming will have the canal they need.

In other words, the future of these Serbs has nothing to do with him, all he needs is to incite them to revolt, to set the region on fire, and to make the Ottomans unable to care about the uprising in Egypt.

In order to achieve an end, any means can be spared! Anything can be sacrificed!

And these people are the victims.

Of course, Petrovich did not know, they did not know at all, from the very beginning, he was destined to be sacrificed. Under the persuasion of Tian Jingyuan, Petrovich, like those robbers and bandits in the mountains, slowly tended to revolt, but in the end, he said with concern.

"But, sir, now that the Turks have a lot of troops here, we are no match for them at all!"

"They will soon be transferred, and now that the Turks are preparing to attack Vienna, they will move all the troops here to the front, and then, this will be your chance, the chance of the whole of Christendom!"

At the very least, this uprising will always help the Christian defenders of Vienna......

Of course, more favorable for the uprising in Egypt! Contribute to Daming!

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