Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 944 Countermeasures
Ahmed was so anxious that he walked over quickly, regardless of the procedures, and shouted loudly: "What's going on? How is this possible?"

While speaking, he snatched the urgent report and read it immediately.

Mustafa stood there a little dumbfounded, and muttered to himself: "The Ming army only has so few people, yet he dared to attack so many troops and still win? What's going on?"

But he forgot, as long as the Emperor Ming is around, how many times has he not fought more with less, and won a big victory?It can only be said that the defense he thought would have no flaws, which did not exist for Emperor Chongzhen!Because he is not an ordinary person, he is a cheating god!
The empress dowager was obviously a little panicked, and she didn't reprimand Ahmed for overstepping. She just looked at the bottom and muttered to herself: "How can this be done, will Osman be in danger?"

At this time, Muhammad IV was woken up, wiped his saliva, looked at the panicked people in the hall, and didn't care, or seemed a little impatient, changed his posture and started to sleep again up.He didn't realize at all that the crisis in front of him might make it impossible for him to sleep here again.

Ahmed quickly finished reading the emergency report. He turned his head, not to look at the Empress Dowager, but to Mustafa and said, "In just one battle, the Ming army wiped out all the troops outside the city."

"Where is Bitlis guard Malu's troops?" Mustafa asked after hearing this.

He had told Maklu that he must keep that army.And when he was in Bitlis, he inspected the city defense accompanied by Mark Lu. Seeing that the city defense was in place, he was also confident. He believed that the Ming army could not easily capture Bitlis!

"He led the army to break through!" When Ahmed said this, he was obviously a little more fortunate.

After Macru led the troops to withdraw from Bitlis, he certainly would not say to others that he had raised a white flag and withdrawn from Bitlis. It was obviously better to break out of the encirclement.

After hearing this, Mustafa was also slightly relieved, but he still asked worriedly, "How many troops did he lose?"

In his opinion, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is so powerful, even if Malu breaks through, he will definitely suffer heavy losses.

"It seems that there are not many casualties!" Ahmed was a little confused when he said this.Normally, it shouldn't be!

Now that the urgent reports from the local yamen have arrived, Mark Lu should have sent an envoy back.Thinking of this, he wanted to hurry back and have a look, he wanted to know the specific details of the battle.

However, he obviously couldn't leave without giving an explanation to the Queen Mother.No, the empress dowager was already asking: "Didn't you say that Bitlis is fine? Now that it is lost, so many people can't beat the Ming emperor, what should we do now?"

When she said this, she suddenly raised her voice, and asked sharply: "I have always believed in you, but you have always disappointed me. When will you let me relax?"

After hearing this, Ahmed quickly faced the empress dowager respectfully, and replied in a very confident tone: "Empress dowager, it is true that the Ming army is the strongest army in the world, and the emperor of the Ming country is an outstanding man born in the east. It is true that Wei Chen underestimated them and did not expect them to have the abilities of our Ottoman ancestors."

The Ottoman Empire, at the beginning, was just a Turkic tribe east of the Black Sea Strait.But then they rose up and swept across Central Asia, and their territory spanned the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, and they continued to seize the territories of European countries, so that the shadow of the Ottoman Empire has always shrouded the hearts of European monarchs.

According to the original historical development, it would not be until after the end of the Battle of Vienna that the Europeans moved away from the Ottoman Empire.

When Ahmed said this, he obviously elevated Emperor Chongzhen to the position that the Ottomans considered the highest.

Hearing his words, the empress dowager was in a daze again.It wasn't until this time that she finally realized how powerful the Ming Emperor was.

At this time, she didn't even bother to blame Ahmed, but asked again: "Then what should we do, think of a way quickly?"

Obviously, she may be good at palace fighting, but she is not good at foreign affairs, especially things related to war.Therefore, the thing she talks about most is “what to do”.

Ahmed can be considered a capable person. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to take over the position of Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire from his father, and then pass it on to his brother-in-law Mustafa, who would also continue to be the Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire.

After thinking about it for a while, he played to the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, I believe that the superiority in military strength of the Ming army cannot be converted into a victory rate in the war. Therefore, I suggest that the army from the west Draw the elite. Only by using the elite to deal with the Ming army, can it be possible to defeat the Ming army!"

It was also at this time that he finally realized this.The size of the army will not affect the pace of the Ming army's offensive.

"But if this happens, what will happen to the west?" The Empress Dowager felt that this was demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall, not to mention that this topic had been discussed before and was not feasible.Because those countries to the west are also feuds to the Ottomans and must be strictly guarded against.

After hearing this, Ahmed quickly explained: "It's just to transfer some elites from the border armies to form a main force with Maklu's troops to deal with the Ming army."

"Then this will defeat the Ming army's attack?" Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager immediately raised the matter she was most concerned about again.

When Ahmed heard this, he turned his head and looked at Mustafa. After thinking for a while, he answered her: "With other means, it may be possible!"

This time, he didn't dare to speak in a firm tone, lest he be slapped in the face again.

"Is there any other means, tell me quickly, we must stop the Ming army and save Ottoman!" The empress dowager immediately urged in a hasty tone.

Ahmed listened, and said with a serious expression: "The strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the field. If the Ming army continues to attack, it must not allow the Ming army to get supplies in our Ottoman territory. In this way, the Ming army goes deeper into our Ottoman territory. The greater the logistical pressure, the greater the logistical pressure. Weichen believes that since the Ming army has just captured Persia, it is impossible for them to have enough supplies to support a long-term war. Back off!"

"The Prime Minister's words are very true!" Mustafa listened, and quickly echoed, "Queen Mother, when I was on a mission to Persia, I saw Persia's young and old along the way. The old and the weak were working in the fields. This just shows that the Ming army is in urgent need of food and grass. Their continuous use of troops will definitely consume a lot of food and grass, and it is impossible to have much leftover. As long as the walls are cleared, even if the Ming army can fight again, they can only retreat!"

One of the advantages of having a large enough empire comes out. It has strategic depth, and the strategy of clearing the field with a strong wall is a very good strategy for retreating the enemy.

After hearing this, the empress dowager asked a little doubtfully, "Since this strategy is feasible, why didn't you say it earlier?"

"..." Ahmed was speechless when he heard this, he really felt a little sorry for the empress dowager's laymanship in foreign affairs.

However, since the empress dowager asked, he still replied respectfully: "The strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the country is to kill one thousand enemies and destroy eight hundred. It is necessary to transfer manpower and materials on the way of the Ming army's attack, so as not to give the Ming army any gains." It’s only possible to supply it. If it’s not a last resort, it won’t work.”

"What's not useful?" The empress dowager immediately shouted in a cold voice when she heard it, "To defend against foreign enemies, it is necessary to gather the strength of the whole country. Then do this, and make sure that the Ming army does not get any supplies in Ottoman territory. !"

"My minister would like to obey Yi's decree!" Ahmed breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Originally, he also wanted to explain to the empress dowager that the Ming army's method of fighting was to kill the powerful and powerful. With this reason, he could persuade the powerful and powerful in those places to cooperate.On the empress dowager's side, the hesitation of agreeing to strengthen the wall and clear the country can also be reduced.

It's just that he didn't expect that he obviously thought too much.The empress dowager didn't think about anything else at all, as long as she could force the Ming army to withdraw.

Therefore, the result of this negotiation was to draw elites from the western frontier army, and to strengthen the walls and clear the land in the east of the empire. Under joint preparations, it is believed that the Ming army will be able to retreat.

About an hour later, Ahmed and Mustafa came out of the palace.The two of them didn't stop at all, and immediately rushed back to their mansion.

As expected by Ahmed, when he returned to his mansion, he was immediately informed by his subordinates that Malu's people had already arrived at the mansion to wait.

Needless to say, Ahmed and Mustafa immediately received Maklu's emissary and asked him about the details of the Battle of Bitlis.

After getting the final truth, both of them couldn't help but feel a little lucky that Ma Kelu's troops escaped from the clutches of the Ming army without any damage.At the same time, the two of them couldn't help being very shocked.The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was able to read people's hearts and captured Bitlis without any effort.

In addition, from the mouth of the envoy of Malu, they once again proved the audacity of the Ming army, even daring to attack hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city.

After some emotion, both Ahmed and Mustafa became more determined in their previous plans.The Ming army can no longer be defeated head-on. The only way to defeat the Ming army is to defeat it logistically.In addition, only by intensifying war preparations, training elite soldiers, and constantly attriting against the Ming army can we finally defeat the Ming army!
With that in mind, the two began to prepare.

During this period, memorials asking for help from all over the world continued to be sent to Istanbul, which made Ahmed and Mustafa dare not neglect and urgently deployed their anti-Ming strategy.

Therefore, in the eastern part of the Ottoman Empire, starting from the nearest neighbor, Bitlis, with the cooperation of Maklu's troops, the local tyrants took the lead, took away everything that could be taken away, and burned everything that could not be taken away, in order to prevent the The attack of the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)