Chapter 658: Eastern Europe in Turmoil
Sigmunt I was the monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian republic, and the death of Selim was unexpected, and the newly appointed Ottoman Sultan Suleiman, who immediately gathered Möngogir Khan in Crimea, and went to war with himself violently, which was even more unexpected.
He looked at his beloved Tanowsky depressedly: "Tanofsky, is this Suleiman crazy? After killing all his brothers, he didn't say that he governed his country well, but he actually found trouble with Lithuania, why is this?"
Why? That was Hua Houwei's request. By squeezing Lithuania, the goal of squeezing Muscovy was achieved. Of course, Hua Houwei's idea seems a little unrealistic, and it also seems a little taken for granted. But as long as this place is chaotic, Daming will have a chance to come, it doesn't matter whether the goal can be achieved, the important thing is chaos, it is the United Nations that can have the opportunity to intervene.
Of course, Tanovsky didn't know any of this, but he also had his own considerations: "Your Majesty, the Ottomans were an insatiable wolf, and for this land, they were also intruders of heretics. I suggest that you can ask His Majesty the Pope Julius for help, this is a pagan provocation and attack on Christians. Presumably, His Majesty Maximilian, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, will come to our aid at His Holiness the Pope's request."
Zygmunt shook his head, "It may be, but Suleiman's reaction was too unusual. Find out why Suleiman can't wait to attack us."
Tanovsky nodded, and then seemed to think of something: "Your Majesty, I heard a piece of news, and I don't know if it's true or not. The five kingdoms of the Ottomans, the Safavids, the Uzbeks, the Mughals, and the Makrumu fought a war in Samarkand against that mysterious eastern power."
Zygmunt was stunned for a moment, and asked thoughtfully, "Is it reliable?" The result?"
Tarnowsky shook his head: "The news is very vague, it is rumored that Selim did not die of illness, but was killed by that silk country, and at the same time died in Garigul of Makrumu."
"Impossible! When pigs fly! The Silk Kingdom is very mysterious, and of course its strength is also very strong, but it is impossible to win the battle with the Five Kingdoms! Tanovsky, the armies of these five countries combined, there are seven or eight hundred thousand if not millions. If the Silk Kingdom really defeated the Five Nations Alliance, how many troops did they have to fight? Think about it, the Silk Country is hundreds of thousands of miles away from Samarkand, how strong does it take to transport hundreds of thousands of people to Samarkand? It's absolutely impossible!"
Suleiman didn't care about Zygmunt's thoughts, Hua Houwei sent back 60,000 musketeers and artillery as promised, and he was determined to follow the Ming Empire and seize the rare opportunity to let the flag of the Ottoman Empire fly over Europe!
To the northeast of Zabrozhye is Muscovy, which is now under heavy artillery fire. Tenovsky, with an army of 200,000 troops, came to the banks of the Dnieper. Möngogir Khan of the Crimean Khanate had already joined Suleiman and was amazed with the telescope that Suleiman handed him: "Your Majesty Suleiman, this is the telescope? It's magical! That country of the Han people is so powerful now? In the records of the Golden Horde, they are already legends."
Suleiman smiled unnaturally, "Montgogire, the strength of the Ming Empire is far from what you can imagine. Now that the Ottoman Empire has concluded an alliance with the Ming Empire, well, I believe you will see the scene of the Ottoman and Ming alliance and the destruction of Muscovy. Dear Zhou, please show Montgogire the weapons of the Ming Empire."
Zhou Qishan walked over and shook his head with a smile: "No! The Ming Empire doesn't want to get involved in the war between the two, but if the two of you are willing to hire my team, then I am still willing to cooperate with them."
Meng Gejire looked Zhou Qishan up and down, and said dissatisfiedly, "How many people do you have? How dare you brag in front of me, the heir to the Golden Horde? Don't you know how powerful the Mongol Empire was a hundred years ago?"
Suleiman's face turned green with fright, and he hurriedly played a round: "Zhou, Montgogire doesn't know the situation."
Zhou Qishan sneered: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't kill him. However, he thought that the Han people were still Han people who were bullied by the Mongols, which was wrong! If he doesn't change his attitude, I don't mind letting him understand what kind of Han people are now!"
Suleiman's interpreter looked at Suleiman in embarrassment, but Montgogire also had him by his side
Able man, immediately translate Zhou Qishan's words to Meng Gejilei. Montgogire was furious, looked at Suleiman and asked, "Your Majesty, this Han man is too rampant."
Suleiman's muscles burst out in anger and roared angrily: "Montgogire! Please be respectful of my guests! Come on!"
Pulling Montgogire, who was about to explode, to the side, Suleiman said helplessly: "Montgogire, in the first battle of Samarkand, the Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals, Uzbeks, and Makrumu, a million coalition forces cannot win against the Ming Empire with 100,000 people. Say, Are you reckless?"
Montgogire looked at Suleiman in surprise: "Really? The Five Kingdoms?" Suleiman nodded slowly. "Your Majesty Selim really," Suleiman snorted, "No! My father fell because of a sudden illness. Okay, don't talk nonsense anymore, I don't want Crimea to provoke the Ming Empire, otherwise you don't have to trouble the Ming Empire, Ismaili will personally let you understand what an unnecessary disaster is!"
Möngogiré hurriedly assured himself that he would never be reckless again, and when Suleiman turned around, a strange smile appeared on his face. Although it was difficult to get around and messaging in this era, there was always news that would fall into the ears of Montgogierlet. What seemed to be a reckless act just now was actually Montgogire's temptation to verify the correctness of the seemingly impossible news, and now he had the answer.
After three days of fighting, Suleiman sent his Grand Vizier Pargal to a hillside between the two positions. Du Qifeng, with a company, personally escorted Pargalle. Soon after arriving, Tenovsky arrived at the makeshift camp with hundreds of people.
Pargalle smiled and walked towards Tenovsky and opened his arms: "Haha, I am honored to meet the famous Lithuanian Tenovsky!"
"Haha, it turned out to be His Excellency the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire!" Tenovsky smiled and hugged Pargalle, and slapped him twice.
After a few pleasantries between Palgal and Tenovsky, Palgalle got to the point: "I, the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman, intend to end hostilities with Lithuania and jointly deal with Vasily III of Muscovy."
"Why?" Tenovsky was surprised and could not figure out why Osman had suddenly made such a request.
"Although there are many disputes between Lithuania and the Ottomans, Lithuania has no ill will towards Moslin, and we are grateful to Moslin in this regard. However, Vasily wants to rely on the blood of his mother, Princess Sophia, to become the Tsar, and we cannot tolerate the many persecutions of our Moslin. So, Amin Khan of the Kazan Khanate, who invited the Ottomans, Safavids, Crimea and other countries, wanted to fight against Muscovy, I wonder if the Lithuanian principality is interested in taking back Smolensk?"
Tenovsky thought for a moment, then shook his head with a smile: "I'm sorry, it's not something I can call the shots. But personally, I am willing to accept Ottoman's kindness. In this way, I sent someone to invite Grand Duke Zygmunt to come to the Dnieper, let's reduce the intensity of the war in the next few days, but we can't cease fire completely, otherwise, Vasily of Muscovy is not a fool. I don't want him to take too much of his eyes off here."
Vasily III was an ambitious guy and a typical shameless scumbag. His father did not want him to inherit the growing Muscovy, but Vasily rebelled to overthrow his father, Ivan III. Later, Vasily's brother died unexpectedly, and his brother Dmitry was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and Ivan III had no choice but to make him swear that Dmitry would live. Vasily agreed very happily, and after succeeding to the throne, he killed Dmitry very quickly. How can such a person endure loneliness?
Receiving the news of the big fight between Lithuania and the Ottomans, Vasily immediately started to think crookedly. The last war with the Kazan Khanate did not achieve its goal, and Vasily's eyes were again set on the Kazan Khanate!
Vasily mobilized 100,000 men and appointed his favorite vassal, Vasilyevich, as commander, to launch an attack on the Kazan Khanate. And at the same time, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at the same time the ruler of Poland, Zygmunt had come to the Dnieper.
Suleiman and Montgogire arrived at the site of the last negotiations, and the three monarchs finally sat down together for a series of talks on the current situation in Eastern Europe.
"Your Majesty Suleiman, is what your Grand Vizier said true?" Zygmundt looked at the two in front of him earnestly.
Suleiman smiled and nodded: "What Palgal said is true, the Ottomans and Crimea want to temporarily form an alliance with Lithuania to jointly deal with the Muscovy in the north. Vasily was too ambitious, haven't you heard that he wants to become a tsar?"
"Yes, Vasily is indeed an unpleasant fellow. So, what does Lithuania have to offer?"
Suleiman smiled, "Ottoman friendship! And, of course, the friendship of the Ming Empire! Zhou, please tell me what the Ming Empire means."
Zhou Qishan smiled, didn't care about Zygmunt's surprised gaze, and walked to the three of them and talked, "Oh, okay. Although the Ming Empire was far to the east, it had always been concerned about the strife here. For the sake of regional peace and the innocent people of the world, the Ming Empire took the lead in establishing an international organization, the United Nations, the Safavid Empire, the Uzbek Khanate, the Mughal Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, all of which have joined.