Chapter 302: The Marquis of Dashun (3)
Compared with the mourning of the prairie, the Marquis of Dashun, which safely survived the plague epidemic, was full of vitality, not only did not suffer in this plague, but made the people's hearts more stable. Whether it is the Tsarist Russian Empire, or the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom, and the Ottoman Empire, the intelligence personnel of the Dashun Marquis State transmitted the information of the Dashun Marquis to their country in a timely manner, so that they have a deeper understanding of the Ming Dynasty.
The first diplomats to appear in the Marquis of Dashun were from the Ottoman Empire, and although Governor Gerle III of Eishad was the culprit of the plague, Murad IV would not admit it. After the intelligence officers transmitted the information that the Marquis of Dashun had survived the plague epidemic to the capital of the Ottoman Empire, it immediately attracted the attention of Murad IV, who was very surprised by the various measures taken by the Marquis of Dashun to prevent the plague, because these very simple measures were very effective, and the damage of this terrible plague tactic in the history of warfare was minimized, and if he could take these measures in advance, he would cause greater losses to the hostile country, and he would not be affected.
The second was the people of the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom, who had suffered great losses from the widespread epidemics of medieval Europe, and were therefore more eager to gain the experience of the Ming Dynasty.
The Russian Empire was the biggest victim of this plague contagion, both ordinary people and the army, there were a large number of deaths, especially in the Dnieper Valley, where almost seventy percent of the population was lost, and even more tragic was the 300,000 troops who entered the Crimean peninsula, who almost lost their ability to fight, making it even more chaotic.
The Marquis of Dashun did not hide his secrets at this time, no matter the envoys of that country, Li Hongji treated them equally, taught them the methods of epidemic prevention, and let them take necessary measures to extinguish the plague immediately after they returned, so that the prairie would be revitalized again.
Li Hongji's work was actually done in vain, and various countries still had evil intentions, but the epidemic prevention measures were strictly implemented, and they were implemented very well, and the plague was completely controlled within half a year. But peace still did not come to this difficult land, after the plague epidemic, various countries began to wonder who started the plague war, of course, no one will admit that they are the culprit, what to do? The battlefield determines the right to speak! With wounds that had not yet scabbed, the war began again after a half-year stop due to the plague.
This time it was the Russian Empire that was the first to strike, and their revenge was too strong, and it was supposed to be a complete victory, but as a result, a plague lost a large number of people, as well as more cattle, sheep and horses, and Mikhail Romanov's perfect plan was seriously damaged, which made him angry, and he was determined to take revenge on the Ottoman Empire at once and for all, and completely expel them from the sphere of influence of the Eastern Slavs.
The 500,000 troops assembled again crossed the Dnieper, and almost all the places from the east bank to the Crimean Peninsula became no man's land, and with a small number of troops they could be completely stabilized, the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom was already afraid, and the Marquis of Dashun only had 50,000 troops without paying too much attention, just send 100,000 troops to watch it, and as for the war with the Kingdom of Sweden, let it go first, and if they did not take the initiative to attack, they would not dare to start a new war, and Mikhail Romanov went completely crazy.
500,000 troops poured into the Ottoman Empire like a whirlwind, and intelligence officers were operating in the kingdoms of Wallachia, Moldova, and Bulgaria, fanning the flames everywhere. Even more unrest was the Serbian region, where the Ottoman rule was at its most brutal, and even the Serbian king could not suppress the revolt.
Murad IV, who was licking the wounds of the war, did not expect that the war of the Tsarist Empire would come so quickly, nor did he think that the army of the Tsarist Empire would be so fast this time, and he was beaten for a while, and hurriedly organized a million troops to support the Walla and Ya Kingdoms, but the chaotic situation in various places made his army unable to be in place, and he watched the iron cavalry of the Tsarist Empire advance by leaps and bounds, and soon the war will be burned to the border of the Kingdom of Moldova.
By this time, the Ottomans had no choice but to put down their shelves and prepare to seek allies again. The first target was the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom, and the Ottoman lobbyists emphasized to them that the powerful Tsarist Empire would annex all the surrounding lands, and tried to persuade them to unite with them, but the Poles refused, they were unwilling to cooperate with the Ottoman Empire, on the one hand, they were afraid of the opposition of European countries such as the Kingdom of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary, and on the other hand, they were not at ease with the Ottoman Empire. However, the envoys of the Ottoman Empire did not come in vain, they got here the former Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom ceded land to Li Hongji and their plan, which was deliberately revealed to them by the Poles, meaning that they also wanted to weaken the Ottoman Empire, and at the same time pull the Marquis of Dashun into the war, no one wanted to be quiet, and at the same time it was also a test of the sincerity of the Ottoman Empire.
The anxious Murad IV finally thought of the biggest beneficiary of this war - the Dashun Marquis, so he decided to propose to the Dashun Marquis to the Dashun Marquis like the Poles to cede the east of the Dnieper River to the Crimean Peninsula, including the Crimean Peninsula to the Dashun Marquis, in exchange for them to send troops to the Tsarist Empire to help the Ottoman Empire through the current crisis, but in their hearts they were 10,000 unwilling, and even tried to take it back after the war.
For the Ottoman Empire's Murad IV's calculations shrewdly, Li Hongji will naturally work with his subordinate brothers and staff officers to participate in the war plan, the land allocated by the Ottoman Empire must be taken, which is also the most important task given to him by Zhu Youxiao, but he must not be the main force of the war, he can only fight as a surprise soldier, and in addition, he must ensure the safety of his side during the war and his vested interests after the war.
In order to ensure the maximum benefits, Li Hongji also sent people to ask Hong Chengchou for advice, Hong Chengchou did not shirk, so he asked Li Hongji to contact the Ottoman Empire, and asked them to come forward to unite Poland-Lithuania and the Kingdom of Sweden beyond, the powerful Tsarist Russian Empire is not in everyone's interests, everyone will work together to cripple the Tsarist Russian Empire, and then it will be able to develop steadily for a long time, which is beneficial to everyone. The second is to let the Xiaoyuz Khanate Chen soldiers on the border, threatening the Tsarist Empire from attacking the Marquis of Dashun on the eastern front.
After a few months of coming and going, driven by common interests, Hong Chengchou's plan was recognized by everyone, and everyone improved the war plan proposed by the Marquis of Dashun, and determined that the Ottoman Empire would be the main force, while the Kingdom of Sweden would launch another war offensive in the north, trying to attract the attention of the Tsarist Empire, and the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom and the Marquis of Dashun would attack the rear of the Tsarist Russian Empire on both sides, striving to jointly seize the lost lands of the two countries. As for the post-war division of land, the Marquis of Dashun said that the Crimean Peninsula and the nearby coastal line promised by the Ottoman Empire would be sufficient, and that the Ottoman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom could subdue their lost territory and not occupy each other's land. At the same time, the Ottoman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom compensated the Swedish kingdom with a certain amount of gold coins.
After these months of counterinsurgency, the Ottoman Empire also gradually moved 500,000 troops to the Kingdom of Wallajia, the situation is not bad, and the rebellions in various places have been almost suppressed, after all, the real money that the Tsarist Empire can give these rebels is limited, and the rebel forces supported are not strong, and they failed under the brutal suppression of the Ottoman army.
However, the situation in the Balkans was not good compared to the stabilization of the Kingdom of Wallachia, where the Kingdom of Serbia and Macedonia were in a bad situation, and the kings of the Kingdom of Serbia, together with the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Austria, and Greece, completely rebelled.
There is a special reason why the rebellion of the Kingdom of Serbia was successful, the laws of the Ottoman Empire in the Kingdom of Serbia were too excessive, and the most unbearable thing was the right of the first night, on the first night of every Serbian couple's marriage, the wife had to sleep with the Ottoman people, so many children of the first child were abandoned by their parents. Although the Ottoman Empire did not take coercive measures to change the beliefs of the local population, these believers did not stipulate that they must not believe in * religion, they allowed the existence of Orthodox Christians and Catholics, but the believers had to pay a poll tax to the local government, and this tax was so high that almost ordinary Orthodox and Catholics could not afford it. And if anyone converts to the religion and becomes, they are exempt from paying this tax.