readx;?“ It won't be that easy, Abdul. If Aziz had agreed to such a condition immediately, he would have waited for a coup d'état by his subordinates to overthrow him! Zhu Jishi shook his head and said coldly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info,ybdu," I estimate that this sultan must be shouting some kind of divine war now, and he will not admit defeat if he wants to resist until the last moment, and not use the last bit of force of the Turkish Empire...... In short, you must reach the end of the mountain. ”

In fact, Zhu Jishi did not have a good impression of the sultan. Because Abdul. After Aziz I came to power, he pursued the so-called pan-Turkism, considered himself the leader of all Turkic peoples in the world, and criticized the oppression of the Turkic peoples by the Western Qing Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on more than one occasion. Second, the Sultan's policy toward Europe is actually neutral, pursuing equidistance diplomacy and trying to maintain neutrality among the great powers such as Britain, France, Russia, and Austria, and no one wants to offend. It is a pity that he did not dare to provoke imperialism, which treated the Turkish Empire as a piece of fat.

Zuo Zongtang smiled and took over the topic: "Then let them fight, Turkey also has 200,000 new army, and there are fortifications left over from the last war around Istanbul." It is impossible to hold Bulgaria, Istanbul can always hold out for a while, maybe for a few months...... Without a fierce war, Austria and Russia probably won't be able to keep Turkey alive, right? ”

Maria. Clementina sighed: "In fact, the territory of Asia Minor, the Plain of the Two Rivers, Transcaucasia and the Persian Gulf is not small, and the resources, population, and land there can definitely be managed into a great power if they are in the hands of any European country." ”

Zhu Jishi nodded and said with a smile: "Actually, we helped Turkey keep it." It is the best and most valuable territory! Can it be operated? It's up to them. But. We can't afford nothing to gain from this incident. ”

Looking at Han Si, he asked, "Breaking the army, do you think you can let Xiqing enter Turkmenistan?" Will the power in their hands be able to crush the Turkmen tribes? ”

Turkmenistan is a frontier region of the Kingdom of Iran, with very harsh natural conditions, all of which are large deserts with only a few oases. However, in response to the principle of producing elite soldiers in the backwoods, the Turkmen are mostly brave and fierce, and often break out in the history of Central Asia and Persia, playing the role of conquerors. The Qajar dynasty in present-day Iran was founded by the Qajar tribe of Turkmenistan. But the dynasty is now weakened. Control over the Turkmen region is also gradually weakening.

Han Si was stunned for a moment, and thought about it: "The Qajar Dynasty can't control Turkmenistan now, but the Western Qing Dynasty doesn't have much power. Unless we take action directly, it is unlikely that all the Turkmen tribes will be settled. ”

Emperor Zhu said: "Can you use the name of divine warfare?" Now that the Christians are attacking Istanbul, can the Western Qing occupy Turkmenistan in the name of supporting the divine war? They also hang the sign of the Cult of the True God. ”

"This ......" Han Si shook his head and said with a smile, "Of course it is easy to handle in name, Bukhara and Samarkand are both big cities where wealth gathers, and you can buy Turkmenistan with some silver, but you have to really control it." We have to get our army in. ”

"As long as the name is in hand, won't our army be able to enter anytime and anywhere?" Zhu Jishi snorted. "That's it, let Xiqing stimulate the British, so that they can leave the Turks alive."

He looked at Zuo Zongtang and said with a smile: "Zuo Xiang, go back and let Du Wenxiu go to see Abdul. Aziz I, tell him what we mean, and then tell him that when there is a disappointment, you can come to live in Nanjing. ”

Zuo Zongtang and Han Si looked at each other and smiled. It is a miracle that Aziz I was overthrown, and it would be good if he could really come to Nanjing.

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Istanbul, Dolmabahce Palace.

Now in this lavish palace on the western shore of the Bosphorus, the slogans "Long live the war of God" and "Great God" are faintly heard - the whole of Istanbul is boiling, and the patriotic atmosphere is even higher than the last time there was a war with Russia. What Du Wenxiu saw on the way to the Dolmabahce Palace in a carriage just now was a crowd of passionate and generous people on the street. The clergy of the True God Cult shouted loudly at every crowd gathering, and Turkish youths lined up in front of recruiting stations, while merchants dressed in Turkish attire threw handfuls of silver dinars into donation boxes. Oh, and there are angry Eutheist masses who are openly burning goods imported from Christian countries and books from non-True Theology......

It is clear that the Turkish people have realized that their homeland has reached the most dangerous moment and is ready to unite and prepare for a desperate battle. But this time, the Turkish Empire faced an enemy that was stronger than ever! The Austrian and Russian empires had joined forces, the two hungry wolves of Greece and Serbia had followed behind the two tigers, and the Christians of Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Negro had also risen up in response to the invading enemy. And Egypt, a vassal of the Turkish Empire, also openly declared its independence at this juncture!

To the despair of the Empire, the British Empire, which had supported Turkey in the last war, was now on the side of Turkey's enemies. Not only openly supported Egypt's independence, but also signed mutual defense treaties with Austria and Russia. Although they did not jump out of the war with Turkey directly, their position can be understood even by blind people. Turkey's traditional allies, the French and Roman Empires, who were said to soon dominate the world, stood by at this critical moment, and the reason was that they could not persuade Prussia to enter the war......

The only thing that made Turkey feel relieved was the support of the Ming Empire, thousands of miles away.

"Your Majesty the Sultan, with all due respect, the present situation is very unfavorable for the Turkish Empire, and it is no longer possible to guarantee the integrity of the Empire. According to the information available to our country, the Austrian Empire and the Russian Empire together sent a million troops against Turkey, which was completely beyond the limits of what Turkey could resist. Although my great emperor very much wanted to fight with Turkey, the long distance and the obstruction of the British navy determined that the Ming could not send a large army to Turkey. What we can do now is to send 100,000 troops from the Western Qing Dynasty and enter the territory of the Turkish Empire through the Kingdom of Iran......"

Abdul. Aziz I quietly listened to the Ming ambassador in front of him, who also believed in the True God Religion, and the more he listened, the more desperate he felt. Just 100,000 reinforcements...... It's still sent from Bukhara, and it also has to borrow Iran, Iran is the eleventh faction, and he is the Sun N faction of the True God Church, and the two sides have always been not very opposed! When their Qajar dynasty was strong, they had been fighting openly and secretly with the Turkish Empire, wanting to seize the leadership of the True God Cult world. If Turkey had let Austria and Russia perish, the Qajar dynasty would probably not have been able to ask for it, right? How could they possibly agree to borrow the word? And even if Iran agrees, it can't beat the 1 million troops of Austria and Russia with 100,000 Ming troops!

Du Wenxiu's face is not good-looking, he believes in the true god religion, and naturally has a little special affection for the Turkish Sultan who is also the caliphate, and he is of course not happy in his heart when he sees that Turkey is about to fall - this is also the reason why he has not been reused by Zhu Jishi.

He sighed and continued to speak fluent Turkish: "Your Majesty the Sultan, I am prepared to propose a plan at the London Peace Conference to preserve the vitality of the Turkish Empire...... The Turkish Empire would need to give up all of its European territories, including Istanbul, move its capital to Baghdad, all of its African territories, and possibly Palestine. But it is possible to retain most of Asia Minor, the whole of the Two Rivers Basin, Transcaucasia, the Persian Gulf coast, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Hanzhi and Neizhi. In this way, the best parts of the empire were preserved, and the minerals of Asia Minor, the grain of the two river plains, and the commerce of the Mediterranean coast would become the basis for the future revival of the Turkish Empire. If Turkey could truly learn from this failure and make great efforts to carry out radical reforms, the Turkish Empire would surely be able to rise in the Near East for a maximum of 20 years. And the Ming Empire was willing to do its best to help the revival of Turkey. (To be continued.) )