The Chinese Empire and the Ottoman Empire were indeed allies, and the interests of both sides were the same, and they had common enemies, which could be trusted.

However, the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania was not the same as the Swedish Empire.

Władysław IV came to Istanbul in person to express his sincerity in seeking peace.

But when the Ottoman Sultan Murad IV personally went to Vilnius, the capital of the Poles, he was not willing.

So he sent his own son to join the alliance in his place.

But for Li Shizu, this trip to Vilnius was also full of dangers.

If the Poles have any bad intentions, he, the second prince of China, will be in danger.

Therefore, Zheng Sen proposed to accompany the Ottoman prince to Vilnius to form an alliance on behalf of Huaxia.

However, Li Shizu still rejected Zheng Sen's proposal.

It was precisely because of the lack of trust between Poland and Sweden and China that it was all the more necessary for him to go to Vilnius in person.

However, in order to ensure his safety with the Ottoman princes, Murad IV sent heavy troops to the border between Poland and the Ottomans.

In this way, Li Shizu and the Ottoman prince, accompanied by King Władysław IV of Poland, traveled north from Istanbul, and after a long journey of more than half a month, they finally crossed the Carpathian Mountains and reached Vilnius, near the Baltic Sea.

What Li Shizu didn't expect was that the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania was actually a country where freedom of belief was like Huaxia.

Although the people here are predominantly Catholic, they do not exclude other religions.

This is almost unique in Europe, where religious conflicts are serious and religious wars are waged at every turn.

Moreover, the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania practiced an aristocratic democracy.

Not only did the Poles in the country have equal rights with the Lithuanians, but each province of the country had its own parliament (the Sulm) exercising strong political power.

These powers include the selection of Bossev (a member of the House of Commons) who is sent to the national Som, and the local Sulm may designate the Bossev to be sent to vote on a specific order.

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was independent of Poland for the army, finance, and most of the other government departments.

When most European countries were moving towards centralization, absolute monarchy, and were ready to fight for religion and royalty.

The Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania boldly experimented with decentralization, confederation, federalism, democracy, religious tolerance and even pacifism.

Because Sem often vetoed the king's plans to wage war, this led to a debate among the nobles about democracy.

In Li Shizu's view, this kind of behavior is undoubtedly weakening the centralization of power, no wonder Poland and Lithuania are so strained in combat power today.

At the beginning, the Poles were also beaten by the Russians, but now they are beaten by Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire.

Even this time, Władysław IV engaged in a four-nation alliance against his sworn enemy, Tsarist Russia, and he had to get the approval of Sem, and he, the king, did not count.

Although Tsarist Russia was the sworn enemy of the Poles, Sweden was as much of an enemy as the Ottomans.

The alliance of the four powers to attack Tsarist Russia, a strategy that did more good than harm to the Poles, was fiercely debated at Sem.

After half a month of back-and-forth, Sem reluctantly passed the proposal authorizing the king to join the Quadruple Alliance to attack Tsarist Russia by a narrow margin of more than half.

However, the proposal to trade with China was quickly passed with a high support rate.

Previously, most of the Chinese goods were sold to Poland through the Dutch and the British, and the prices were raised a lot.

Now they can directly trade with China, the price of goods is much cheaper, and it can increase the tax revenue of various places, so they naturally almost unanimously approved it.

Who will have trouble with their own money bags?

In addition to forming an alliance to jointly deal with Tsarist Russia, Li Shizu's trip was also to take the opportunity to open up trade routes between Poland and Sweden.

After Władysław IV received authorization, they were finally able to negotiate a "Quadruple Alliance" with Sweden against Tsarist Russia.

Originally, Sweden was a poor, sparsely populated country in Northern Europe, lacking any international influence or importance.

His rapid rise to European leadership was largely due to the efforts of King Gustav II and Prime Minister Yaser Osinsdana.

Thanks to its successful intervention in the Thirty Years' War and the seizure of territory in Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sweden became the leader of the Protestant states in Europe.

The Swedish army under the command of Gustav II was terrified by the famous "Swedish phalanx" in Tsarist Russia, Poland, and the states of the Holy Roman Empire.

At this time, Sweden not only held large territories in Scandinavia, but also occupied large territories along Finland and the Baltic coast, including the port of Riga seized from Poland.

There is a great deal of turning the Baltic Sea into a Swedish inland sea.

During the Thirty Years' War, Sweden conquered about half of the Holy Roman Empire.

King Gustav II had hoped to become Holy Roman Emperor, but this dream was dashed when King Gustav II was killed at the Battle of Lützen.

Gustav II vigorously pursued military reforms.

During his reign, he implemented a universal conscription system and established a standing army with strong combat effectiveness; Streamlining the size of the army, improving armament, turning artillery into an independent branch of the armed forces, and making it closely coordinated with infantry, cavalry and logistics; Adopt flexible line tactics.

As a result, he is known as the "father of modern warfare in Europe".

It is a pity that in the same year that Li Xianzhong founded China, the Swedish king Gustav II, known as the "Northern Hero", died in an accident.

It can only be said that the timing of the founding of the Chinese Empire was good, and a generation of heroes of Persia and Sweden died one after another.

Of course, Li Xianzhong will lose a lot of fun if he loses a few strong opponents.

The current Queen of Sweden is Queen Christina, the second daughter of Gustav II, but the Queen is only 12 years old this year and is ruled by Prime Minister Osinsdana.

The lord is suspicious, so the Kingdom of Sweden has had to stop its exaggerated pace in recent years to stabilize the country.

This allowed Poland, along with Tsarist Russia, and other countries to free up energy to expand in other directions.

However, Sweden's strength should not be underestimated.

The growing power of Tsarist Russia has threatened the Swedish Empire, and Osinsda is keenly aware that this "Four-Power Alliance" is an opportunity for the Kingdom of Sweden to eliminate the hidden danger of Tsarist Russia and reopen the road to expansion.

So the Quartet representatives quickly reached a consensus on an alliance to flank Tsarist Russia.

However, there were considerable differences of opinion on how to divide the existing territories of Tsarist Russia.

Sweden and China are actually fine, one is located in the north of Tsarist Russia, and the other is located in the east of Tsarist Russia, and no one competes with them in these two directions.

But Poland was more troublesome, with Sweden to the north and Ottomans to the south, and there was a disagreement on how to divide the territory between them.

Of the three countries, it is clear that Poland is the weakest.

But Władysław IV did not see it that way, believing that Moscow was once the territory of Poland, and that this time the army sent to Poland was naturally to regain his homeland.

Moreover, this time the Quartet met in Poland, and he should have become the leader of the alliance.

Poland can be described as a lion's mouth, demanding not only to occupy Moscow, but also to take Kyiv, Smolensk and other large cities.

It is equivalent to swallowing the core of Tsarist Russia in one gulp.

This is simply wishful thinking, and the other three parties will naturally not agree.

This request simply amused Li Shizu, and he even wondered if the Polish king had a brain in water.

The division of territory depends on strength, Poland has the weakest strength but the largest appetite, isn't it afraid of dying? The Ottomans were with the prince and the Swedish prime minister, and even the Poles could not force the empires to commit the crimes.

What's more, the Ottomans had already amassed troops in the Carpathians, and the Swedes were also eyeing him in the north, and if the Poles dared to detain the envoys, I am afraid that it would soon become Sweden and the Ottoman Empire to attack Poland.

Sure enough, the Ottoman prince was the first to jump out against it, saying: "Kiev must belong to the Ottoman Empire!" ”

And then Sweden also said that they were interested in Moscow!

Li Shizu naturally couldn't let them underestimate the Chinese Empire, he said that China could send 300,000 troops to attack Tsarist Russia at any time.

The Quartet was at a standstill and had to adjourn the meeting temporarily.

Soon Li Shizu was invited by the King of Poland to join a cocktail party.

Originally, he thought that the Polish king wanted to negotiate in a more relaxed way, but he did not expect that he did not invite the Swedish prime minister to the Ottoman prince, and the reception was full of Polish nobles.

It is clear that the protagonist of this reception is a Polish girl with a good style.

The blonde girl in a red dress danced to the accompaniment of music, attracting the attention of all the men present.

Naturally, it also attracted Li Shizu's attention, and the Polish king Władysław IV appeared by Li Shizu's side at this time, and he whispered: "This is Princess Teresa, the youngest daughter of this king, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Second Prince is interested in marrying the Kingdom of Poland." ”

No wonder the Poles dared to open their mouths during the day, it turned out that Władysław IV was playing his own mind.

He knew that China did not share a border with Poland, and even if Poland received more territory from Tsarist Russia and the western territories, it would not harm China's interests.

The Poles probably also understood that the Huaxia and the Ottomans wore "one pair of pants", and believed that as long as they got their own way, the Ottoman problem would be easily solved together.

It's a pity that the Poles miscalculated, they have long been famous, and even if they don't have a match, it is impossible to marry a Polish princess.

He said: "Huaxia naturally wants to marry Poland, but the wife of this prince is the queen of the Mughal Empire, and I am afraid that he will disappoint His Majesty." ”

Obviously, now that India has become his fiefdom, it is impossible for Li Shizu to divorce the Mughal emperor in order to marry a Polish princess.

This Polish princess must have been blessed.

Władysław IV did not expect that the second prince of Huaxi would have a family at a young age.

Second, I didn't expect that there would be a man who was not moved after seeing the appearance of his little daughter.

Such a thing could not be forced, and the Poles had no choice but to do so.

However, Li Shizu still persuaded: "Tsarist Russia is not a soft persimmon, and the Rus' principalities and Cossack cavalry can mobilize as many as two or three hundred thousand troops. ”

"Even if the countries agree to Poland to occupy these territories, will Poland be able to take these territories with its present strength?"

"It's better for everyone to take a step back, and each country will first take some important cities in the four directions of southeast, south, and north. As for Moscow, it's easy to do, whoever fights down will be whom. ”

Władysław IV thought that in this way, Poland would not suffer, because the Poles were the closest in a straight line to Moscow, and they could have taken Moscow before the other forces arrived.

In the end, all parties accepted the countries proposed by Huaxia to divide Tsarist Russia on the sand table that Li Shizu had made people rush to make to complete the partition of Tsarist Russia.

First of all, a large area of the entire northwestern part of Tsarist Russia belonged to Sweden, and the important town of Novgorod northwest of Moscow and Rostov to the north belonged to Sweden.

A large area of Tsarist Russia's territory west of the Don and Volga rivers belonged to China, and Astrakhan and Saratov and Kazan southeast of Moscow belonged to China.

Starting 50 miles south of Smolensk and ending in the Dnieper River valley on the shores of the Black Sea, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire, including Kiev, an important town in the southwest of Tsarist Russia.

Poland, on the other hand, received the western territories of Tsarist Russia, including the cities of Ostrov, Smolensk and Rzhev.

In terms of the size of the territory, it was clear that Sweden had the upper hand over the Chinese, but Poland and the Ottomans had a small territory, but they had a large number of cities and populations, so they did not suffer.

As for Moscow, whoever strikes into Moscow first, it goes to whomever it is.

Zheng Sen said: "This distribution plan is obviously not good for us, there are almost no big cities in the eastern part of Tsarist Russia, and we can only get large pastures. ”

"Not only are we the farthest from Moscow, but without your order, Wu Sangui does not dare to cross the Ural River to the west."

"We will send troops at least a month and a half later than the other three countries, and by the time we arrive in Moscow, I'm afraid the daylilies will be cold!"

Seeing Zheng Sen's rather regretful look, Li Shizu knew that he had successfully deceived the other three countries.

He had previously eliminated 30,000 Cossack cavalry, and Tsarist Russia would definitely gather heavy troops to defend Astrakhan and other places.

The difficulty of supplying the lone Chinese army, coupled with the difficulty of the Cossack cavalry, will make this expedition extremely difficult.

As long as the other three countries first attacked Tsarist Russia, the Tsar could only transfer the Cossack cavalry from the east to the Western Front.

When I send troops again, it will be much easier to fight.

As for the seizure of Moscow, Li Shizu was not worried, he did not think that the Triple Alliance had the ability to push the front under the city of Moscow.

The Ottomans had just experienced the "Battle of Baghdad" and did not recover at all, and this time they got the coveted Kyiv, and there was not enough motivation to advance towards Moscow.

Since the death of Gustav II, the Swedish Empire's military strength has been in a downward spiral, although it still maintains a considerable combat strength, but its young lord is in power, and the troops dispatched this time should not be too many.

It is the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania that will really contribute, they really want to attack Moscow, but unfortunately the combat power of the Polish army is not as good as the current Tsarist Russia.

Sure enough, as Li Shizu expected, Poland was the first to strike.

Władysław IV personally led 60,000 Polish cavalry to attack Smolensk, an important town in western Tsarist Russia, kicking off the prelude to the partition of Tsarist Russia!

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