Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 968

"What, you found that the fleets of all European countries are gathering?" Ahmed was taken aback.

The originally huge Ming fleet crossed the Atlantic Ocean and appeared in Portugal, which surprised him. It turned out that the strength of the Ming Dynasty was so strong, and it was more of a mentality to eat melons.

For this reason, he also told the empress dowager that the Ottoman Empire is now stable.The Ming Dynasty went to avenge Portugal and fight with European countries, and the Ottoman Empire could sit on the sidelines and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

However, he never imagined that the European countries did unite. However, when those Europeans united against the Ming Dynasty, they also assembled a large number of fleets on the Ottoman border. What are they doing?
At this time, the Ottoman Empire had already occupied part of the territory including Rome, and bordered Austria.

The reason why the combined European fleet was going to Ottoman to gather was mainly to avoid encountering the Ming fleet in the Mediterranean, so they hid in the narrow and long sea area. Even if the Ming army wanted to attack in the past, they could not take advantage of the numerical advantage.

It's just that they didn't expect that the Ottomans were too sensitive, and they immediately thought that they were gathering troops and wanted to attack Ottomans.

In fact, Ottoman's sensitivity is also understandable.Not to mention the hostile relationship between European countries and Ottoman, the most important thing is that Ottoman is now afraid of being beaten by the Ming army.The national strength has also been greatly weakened, and it cannot withstand the attacks of others. It belongs to the kind of foreign power, so it is very sensitive.

In addition, the Ming army was active in the area east of the Black Sea Strait. Although many places were not occupied because of the so-called strong walls and clear fields, the Ottomans themselves knew that they were powerless to counterattack at least in the short term.If the area east of the Black Sea Strait is finally lost, then the area west of the Black Sea Strait is the foundation of the Ottoman Empire.

If even this is gone, the Ottoman Empire will perish.

Ahmed was worried about this matter and summoned Mustafa to discuss it, when someone from the palace came to summon him urgently.

Upon hearing this, Ahmed smiled wryly, and said to Mustafa: "The Queen Mother must have been frightened!"

Afterwards, both he and Mustafa rushed to the palace to meet the saint.

As expected, the Queen Mother also received the news. When she saw them, she asked anxiously: "After those Europeans unite, they really want to plot against us, the Ottomans. What should we do? Please tell us what to do?"

If it's just a European country, no matter how weak the current Ottoman Empire is, they still have that confidence and won't be afraid.

But now all European countries have united. No matter how arrogant the Ottoman Empire is, it knows that it will never be able to bear it!

Ahmed had already discussed with Mustafa on the way here, so after the empress dowager finished speaking, he immediately replied: "Mother, instead of waiting for them to assemble and attack us, it is better for us to raid them, The chances of winning are greater!"

"Even if we can win, what then?" The Empress Dowager immediately said in dissatisfaction, "They will definitely continue to gather to attack us!"

What she meant was that even if the Ottoman Empire raided the gathering fleet, it would not cause a big blow to the European countries.It will even anger them, and countries will send more troops to assemble.What would the Ottoman Empire do at that time?Can you still beat them?

After hearing this, Ahmed turned his head to look at Mustafa, then looked at the empress dowager, and said hesitantly: "There is another safe way, that is, we can have a strong backup! In this way , not afraid of the union of the European countries!"

After hearing this, the empress dowager said suspiciously: "A strong back-up? Can we Ottoman have a strong back-up?"

When Mustafa heard this, he said: "Sweden attacked Tsarist Russia before, and when it was in danger, it came with strong backup and saved Tsarist Russia..."

Before he finished speaking, the Empress Dowager suddenly realized: "You mean the Ming Empire?"

After hearing this, Ahmed and Mustafa were silent, in fact, they acquiesced.

The empress dowager was really moved when she heard this, but she also had concerns: "But our Ottomans and the Ming Empire have fought like this. If we are attacked by European countries, they will probably be happy to watch the show, right?"

"Queen Mother, Tsarist Russia fought against the Ming Kingdom before." Ahmed explained quickly after hearing this, "But later they surrendered to the Ming Empire and were protected by the Ming Empire."

Mustafa listened on the sidelines, and also said: "As long as we surrender to the Ming Empire, we can also be protected by the Ming Empire like Tsarist Russia. In this way, we have a strong backup, and we don't have to be afraid of the alliance of European countries." Up and beat us?"

The empress dowager was quite moved when she heard this, but she still hesitated and said, "Under the current situation, will the Ming Empire allow us to surrender?"

Because today's Ottoman Empire is already very dangerous and will be attacked by the combined forces of European countries at any time, at least in the eyes of the empress dowager.This is a bit different from Tsarist Russia at that time. The Ming Empire may not accept the surrender of the Ottoman Empire.

Hearing her words, Ahmed knew that the time was right, so he said in a confident tone: "Queen Mother, there is no need to worry about this. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty once said it, and if he hasn't changed it now, it will always be valid."

When the empress dowager heard this, she quickly confirmed: "You mean that we, the Ottomans, ceded the area east of the Black Sea Strait in exchange for the Ming Empire's understanding and acceptance of our surrender?"

Upon hearing this, Ahmed and Mustafa nodded in unison, but did not speak.

The reason why they can mention this matter again at this time is because they feel more and more powerful about the Ming army.Their confidence in training the elite to regain the places occupied by the Ming army is getting weaker and weaker.

Seeing that the Ming army occupied the Persian and Ottoman areas, people's livelihood recovered quickly.It is estimated that after there is sufficient food and grass, a wave of large offensives against the Ottoman Empire will definitely be launched. At that time, the area east of the Black Sea Strait will definitely not be able to hold.Instead of this, it is better to directly cede the area east of the Black Sea Strait in exchange for the understanding of the Ming Empire, submit to the Ming Empire, and get the protection of the Ming Empire to overcome the immediate crisis.

Of course, being able to raise this matter at this time is also related to the fact that they have firmly controlled the Ottoman Empire through military power during these times.Even if someone objected or scolded them, they already had the confidence to suppress it.

The empress dowager was a little hesitant when she heard this, because this matter was really too big.As long as she really does this, although she doesn't care about the outside world, she also knows that her reputation will be very bad.

Seeing her like this, Ahmed sighed in his heart. This decision was indeed a bit difficult to make.However, apart from this road, is there any other way to go?
Thinking of this, he said to the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, if we submit to the Ming Empire, it will be a decisive battle between the East and the West. I believe that the possibility of the Ming Empire winning is extremely high. In this way, although we We lost the area east of the Black Sea Strait, but we can take the opportunity to expand westward and restore the glory of our Ottoman Empire!"

Hearing this, the empress dowager's eyes suddenly brightened. Yes, if it is really possible to expand the territory to the west, wouldn't it be able to make up for the negative impact of ceding the territory east of the Black Sea Strait!Furthermore, no matter in terms of land barrenness or population, the west side is obviously more valuable!
And when the empire was strong back then, it had not been able to advance westward.It has always been the wish of the emperors of all dynasties to be able to expand their territory to the west.If this wish was fulfilled by himself, wouldn't he not have a bad reputation? On the contrary, he would judge the situation and make the right choice for Osman?

Thinking of these benefits, the Queen Mother was finally moved.As a result, she was worried that the Ming Empire would not agree, so she said worriedly: "Then the Ming Empire, I don't know if..."

"Don't worry, Queen Mother. If I am willing to go again, I will definitely try my best to persuade the governor of the Ming Empire to obey their emperor's wishes." Mustafa immediately promised after hearing this.

At this time, they already knew that the Emperor Ming had returned to the mainland of Ming, so Mustafa said so.

"Okay, then I'll leave this to you!" The Empress Dowager said quickly when she heard this, "The Ming Empire must accept our submission and protect us. If there are still some demands that are not excessive, don't worry about it! "

"The Queen Mother is right!" Ahmed next to him also explained, "No matter how many conditions the Ming army puts forward, we can get them back from the European countries after they defeat the European countries." ! "

Mustafa listened, and of course he would have no objection.

In this way, the three most powerful decision-makers in the Ottoman Empire have already come to the conclusion that they must accept their submission to Ming at all costs. Stand on the side of the Ming army during the war, and get enough benefits after the war.

For this, they are confident.Although the European countries are indeed powerful when they unite, look at the Ming Empire. The sea fleet alone, the Persian Gulf and Portugal have more than [-] warships. This is such a powerful force.Based on this speculation, once the decisive battle between the East and the West begins, the army of the Ming Empire is estimated to be in the millions.With such a huge force, are they afraid of the Europeans?joke!
Based on this understanding, Mustafa hurried to Persia.Ahmed, on the other hand, was on the western border and began emergency preparations, lest the Ottoman Empire be broken by the coalition forces of European countries before an agreement was reached with the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)