Capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople (crossed out) Konstantiniye. deputy

Constantinier in 1672 was a bustling city, and two hundred years after the fall of the Roman Empire, the empress of the city had taken the shape of an Ottoman barbarian.

Constantinier's main thoroughfare was bustling with pedestrians, vendors shouting and hawking, and patrols in Ottoman uniforms and muskets patrolled the city day after day, monitoring the bustling crowds, as if trying to find out the spies who had infiltrated Europe.

In such a prosperous and rich street, a fast horse suddenly rushed over, and the rider on the back of the horse shouted loudly at the crowd in front of him, and constantly whipped the fast horse with a whip, and a small flag was stuck on his back, from which his identity could be seen.

Looking at the back of the knight leaving, an older patrol veteran narrowed his eyes, and under the curious gaze of the recruit beside him, he whispered, "That's a messenger from the north, are the Polish heretics bold enough to take the initiative to provoke us?"

Soon, the messenger galloped into the Ottoman palace in the city, and a message with the messenger's body temperature was placed on the table of the supreme owner of the Ottoman Empire, Grand Vizier Koprulu Fazale Ahmed.

After reading the information and the copies attached to it, the normally gentle face of the Grand Vizier, who was in the prime of life, instantly became serious, and he took the two documents and walked quickly to a certain room in the court, ignoring the work at hand.

Soon, Koprulu met his monarch, the Ottoman Sultan *** IV, at this time *** IV had grown from an ignorant child who had ascended the throne at a high age to a mature middle-aged king. deputy

In 1672, the fourth emperor was planning a war against their northern neighbor, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and was discussing with the generals the preparations for the war, when he saw the Grand Vizier hurrying over, the Sultan raised his eyebrows and said:

"My dear Ahmed, why do you look so anxious, it's not like your style."

"Your Majesty, I have a very important matter to report to you, and it is extremely urgent." Koplulu said solemnly.

Seeing him look like this, the Sultan also looked serious, and he asked, "What is it, that the Poles have taken the initiative to go to war against our client state?"

"No, it's from the Russians." As he spoke, he handed the paper to the Sultan, who looked at it and said in a deep voice: "The Xia people from the far east defeated the Russians, killed their tsar, and forced the Russians to submit, along with the Zaporozhye Cossacks."

The Sultan listened to his words, and the movements in his hands were stunned for a moment, and then he hurriedly checked the content below, and after he finished reading it, the expression on his face was so low that he could almost drip ink.

The Sultan put away the papers, he looked at the generals, and said, "I'm here today, so go back first." deputy

As he spoke, he looked at the Grand Vizier and said, "Let's talk about it in another place."

The generals, too, felt the gravity of the situation, and they saluted and left, and the Sultan and the Grand Vizier came to the study together, and after sitting down, the Sultan was the first to speak, saying:

"If I'm not mistaken, last year there was a Pasha on the eastern border who reported that they had fought a battle with the Xia army in Persia, and they were defeated by the Xia army."

"Yes, that Pasha sent troops without permission, and not only did he not take advantage, but he also killed so many people, so I reprimanded him." Koplulu said.

"The Xia people later conquered Persia, and set up a ...... there," the Sultan said and suddenly forgot the words at the end, and Koplulu added in time, "It was the Persian Protectorate, which was an administrative body of the Chinese, and almost seven hundred years ago, China was ruled by a dynasty called the Tang, who set up several Protectorates in Central Asia, and also went to war with the mighty Arab Empire."

As the Grand Vizier, Koplulu is naturally more knowledgeable than others, and when the Xia army infiltrated Central Asia last year, he began to read relevant historical records to increase his understanding of China, so he can now talk eloquently.

"And then? Who wins?

The Sultan asked with some urgency. deputy

"It's the Arab Empire." "However, according to the records at the time, the reason why the Arab Empire was able to win was not because it defeated the Tang army on the frontal battlefield, but because the alliance on the side of the Tang army was divided, and the allies of the Chinese betrayed them, and the Tang army was defeated."

The Sultan listened to him and fell silent, and Koprulu continued: "Your Majesty, now that the Russians have been conquered by the Xia, I think we should slow down or even suspend our plans to attack Poland."

"Abort the attack on Poland? Why?" The Sultan did not understand, and he said, "We have no actual conflict of interest with the Xia people, and if you want to say that the Poles signed a mutual defense agreement with the Xia state, it is for defense against the Russians, and it has nothing to do with us."

Koprulu looked at his not very capable monarch with some helplessness, and he said, "Your Majesty, the Xia people are aggressive and very belligerent, I don't think they will stop the pace of attack like this, and the Persians have been conquered, we must plan ahead of time when we face the Xia army's troops."

The Sultan listened to him, and was a little irritated and scratched his hair, for he and his generals had put a lot of effort into attacking the Poles, but now they had to stop the war for the time being in order to guard against the threat from the east.

Although he was reluctant, the Sultan was also worried that with the strong combat effectiveness of the Xia army, the Ottoman army under his command could not be compared, after all, even the Russians were almost conquered by the Xia army, and it was not even more than a year from the beginning of the war to the signing of the "Moscow Treaty".

Seeing that the Sultan did not speak, the Grand Vizier continued: "In order to prevent the Xia army from going to war against us, we must send additional troops to the eastern border, Your Majesty, I suggest that a mission be organized to the capital of the Xia Kingdom at once to test the attitude of the Xia Kingdom towards our country, we are almost the enemy of all of Europe in the west, and if we make any more enemies with the Xia Kingdom, we will suffer from the enemy." deputy

The Sultan nodded, he also realized the seriousness of the situation, and said, "Then do it, I will immediately organize an envoy to Xia Kingdom, and in addition, I will go and appease the Austrians so that they will not be aware of our concerns."

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Warsaw, the capital of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

"My king! Good news! Good news!"

In the palace of Warsaw, the palace minister quickly broke into the study with a piece of information in his hand, and his actions interrupted the actions of the king who was correcting the documents, and King Mihau I raised his head, looked at his important minister with some helplessness, and said, "My palace minister, what kind of good news makes you so out of shape?"

"My king, the Russians have been defeated!" The palace minister was overjoyed, and said, "The Russians were defeated by the Xia and forced to sign an alliance under the city, which is a copy of their "Moscow Treaty", please take a look."

As he spoke, the palace minister put the paperwork in his hand on the table, Mihau I took it and looked around, his face changed, he stood up suddenly, and said, "It is surprising that the Russians have been abolished, and they are willing to accept such humiliating conditions." deputy

"Tsar Alexei I of Russia is dead, and their new monarch is eleven-year-old Ferdo III, who is too young to accept the conditions?" Gong Xiang said, and couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows.

The king also smiled, the Russian-Polish feud, only a few years ago had to sign an armistice, the Russians who were still showing off their might a few years ago, are now like eagles with broken wings, not even as good as pheasants.

"Quick! Prepare some valuable gifts immediately, and I will organize a diplomatic mission to congratulate the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty!" Mihawu I went on to say, and after he had finished speaking, he thought of something again, and continued: "There is still an envoy of the Xia Dynasty in Warsaw, pass on my order, and hold a grand banquet tonight to celebrate the victory of the Xia army, and I will invite the envoy of the Xia Dynasty to attend, and we must maintain friendly relations with the Xia Dynasty!"

"Obey my king." The palace minister hurriedly agreed, and turned to convey the king's order.

……

The news of Russia's crushing defeat in the Second Sino-Russian War spread throughout Europe like a pair of wings, shaking European countries.

Although Russia is not yet a posterity

It was generally feared by European countries, but after the establishment of the Romanov dynasty, Russia's influence in Europe gradually increased. deputy

The conquest of Russia by a powerful country from the Far East in this way could not help but make all the countries of Europe begin to think about it, especially the countries closest to Russia, although the Kingdom of Sweden did not know what it meant to be cold, but they saw the Russians fall, replaced by a more powerful unknown power, and the monarchs and ministers were a little alarmed.

In order to avoid becoming the next target, the Swedes also sent missions together with the Poles and Ottomans, hoping to increase relations with the Xia Dynasty.

The three countries bordering Russia all made the same move, and farther afield in Western Europe, the Dutch, who had been at war with the Xia dynasty, could not sit still.

As the first Western European country in the West to go to war with the Xia Dynasty, the Dutch knew better than anyone the horror of the Xia army, although the Xia army had just hit Eastern Europe at this time, but the Dutch could not help but feel a trace of fear.

"We cannot allow the Chinese to expand unscrupulously in Europe!"

A parliamentarian who had fled from the East said this to the crowd in the Dutch parliament.

"The speed of expansion of the Chinese's power is really frightening, in 1667 they forcibly occupied our colony in the East Indies by force, and now only five years have passed, their power has appeared in the Eastern European Plain, gentlemen, this is only a short five years, if I give the Chinese another five years, I will not hesitate, their power will be like the yellow peril more than four hundred years ago, hit the Danube!" deputy

"How is that possible?" A parliamentarian stood up and questioned: "Today's Europe is not the Europe of more than 400 years ago, and the Europe of today is far more powerful than more than 400 years ago, and even the Ottoman pagans who conquered the Romans were defeated by the Austrians, not to mention the Chinese from the far east."

"yes......"

His words immediately aroused the approval and echo of many parliamentarians.

"In my opinion, the Ottomans are no match for the Chinese." The parliamentarian who first began to advocate Bactria *** said: "The Russians are a great power that can fight a stalemate with the Swedes and Poles, but after the arrival of the Chinese, from the beginning of the war to the signing of the Treaty of Moscow, the whole process does not even take more than a year, can the Ottomans conquer the Russians within a year and force them to sign an alliance under the city?"

"This ......"

The questioning parliamentarian was immediately deflated, and suddenly could not come up with the words to refute it, because what the other party said was the truth, and in less than a year, he had conquered the Russians, and this single record was enough to sweep away the Ottomans who had been attacking Vienna for a long time.

Seeing that the other party had nothing to say, the councillor took advantage of the victory and pursued, saying, "Gentlemen, there is no doubt that our former enemies, the Chinese, are very dangerous, they are ambitious and full of aggressive desires, even the Yellow Peril more than four hundred years ago, and the whip of God that once almost conquered the Roman Empire cannot be compared, we must unite the civilized countries of the whole Europe to resist the barbarians from the East." deputy

As soon as his words fell, the whole chamber burst into thunderous applause, and the parliamentarians were persuaded by him, and more importantly, if they could persuade all the countries of Europe to resist the Xia Dynasty's westward expedition, it would be an opportunity for them Dutch to gain a great deal of prestige.

With the approval of the parliamentarians, the House of Representatives quickly passed the councilor's proposal to send envoys to the countries of Western Europe to render the Great Xia, hoping to pull up a siege network around the Xia Dynasty.

The Dutch were not the only ones who had this concern, but the British, who were also involved in the East, were also vaguely aware of the threat of the Xia Dynasty.

After the Dutch envoys crossed the British Channel to London, explained their intentions to the British King and the British Parliament, and played up Bactria ***, the British soon realized that this was an excellent opportunity for them to intervene in the continent.

Therefore, they put aside their grievances with the Dutch for the time being, and decided to join forces with the Dutch to mobilize the countries of Western Europe to join the encirclement in advance

circle, but they did not directly agree to join the encirclement.

Although the Dutch noticed this move of the British, they did not debunk it on the spot, and although they were able to put aside the grievances between the two countries for a while, the Dutch did not want to really fight side by side with the British who had fought before.

Moreover, France, which is very important in Western Europe, is very dissatisfied with the British, and without the British joining, the probability that the French will agree to join the siege network is greater. deputy