Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 941
According to the rumors of the Dutch, British, and people from other countries who fled back, the warships of the Ming Dynasty had developed to the point that they were all made of iron armor and powered by steam, but they were not driven by paddle wheels.

When fighting at sea, there is no need to consider the wind direction at all, and the speed of the ship is at least twice as fast as that of a sailing warship, even in the case of tailwind.

How to fight this kind of warship?
Once the canal is dug by the Ming Dynasty and can directly lead from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, the end of the European countries will come!

In addition, rumors began to spread on the European continent about how powerful the muskets and artillery of the Ming army were.

Compared with the ordinary flintlock guns currently used in Europe, the firearms and artillery of the Ming Dynasty have several times the effective range. It even came from the Ottoman Empire, which shows that when some of the Chinese troops use muskets, they can crawl on the ground Shoot and fire fast.

For this rumor, people in European countries don't believe it very much, thinking it is impossible.However, Abbas II, who fled to the Ottoman Empire, and Darashuko, the great prince of the former Mughal Empire, both came forward to say it, and vowed that this is true!
The Ottoman Empire, in order to convince European countries, even sent the two of them to lobby in various European countries.Not only does it explain how powerful the country is, but it also specifically emphasizes that the Ming Empire intends to destroy all countries, and then send all the princes accumulated in their country for hundreds of years to foreign countries.

If at this time, all countries do not unite to fight against the Ming Empire, then in the near future, they will be wiped out one by one by the Ming Empire.

After all, the Ottoman Empire was still at odds with Europe. It belonged to cultural and religious conflicts. Many Europeans did not believe the rumors about the Ottoman Empire.

At this time, the Tsarist Russian Empire also stood up, loudly declaring the horror of the Ming Empire, and swearing that the troops of the Ming Empire traveled thousands of miles to Eastern Europe, definitely not to see the scenery, but to destroy the Western countries!

For this reason, the Tsar also tried his best to call on all European countries to unite to fight against the westward invasion of the Ming Empire.

On the Paris side, after hearing the news, the high-spirited "Regent" Condé summoned Li Zicheng and others to ask about the situation.

"These rumors should be true!" Li Zicheng heard this, and said with his one eye open, "There have been many vassal kings in Ming Dynasty since the founding of the country. When I was still in Ming Dynasty, I had already heard Here comes the news."

After a pause, he seemed to be a little casual, and added: "I have killed a vassal king before!"

Grand Condé and other Frenchmen were immediately surprised when they heard this.They never expected that this oriental man in front of him would actually kill the vassal king of the Ming Kingdom?

Although it may be that there are many vassals in the Ming Dynasty, it also shows how much trouble Li Zicheng had in Daming!

For a while, Da Kongdai and others were very curious, so they asked Li Zicheng about the specific situation.

Li Zicheng heard this, and immediately said in a calm tone: "Actually, in the Ming army, that is, Sun Chuanting is more capable of commanding troops and can fight. As for the others, they are all defeated generals under my command back then. From what I heard now, those generals who led the troops of the Ming Dynasty, those who killed them, and their governor Li Yan, were all my subordinates back then, and they betrayed me..."

Da Kongdai and others were even more shocked when they heard it, and they raised Li Zicheng's status in their hearts by a point.

Although they had already recognized Li Zicheng's ability from the previous communication, they really did not expect that those Ming generals who repeatedly destroyed other countries were once under Li Zicheng's subordinates!

I really didn't expect that this one-eyed Oriental had such a brilliant experience.

Based on this understanding, they listened more attentively to Li Zicheng's words.

I just heard Li Zicheng continue to say: "Actually, even if the Ming army is strong, there is no need to worry too much. Europe is 10 miles away from the mainland of Ming Dynasty. How many troops can they come over? In the Middle East, All in all, it’s about 20 horses, right? In Eastern Europe, it’s only [-]. They want to defend such a large area, can they defend it?”

He was so excited that he was talking eloquently and vigorously: "Also, if the entire European countries unite, no matter which direction they go, they can gather an army of one million, right? As for the enemy, we have the conditions to concentrate a million troops to attack a Ming army. The disparity in numbers is definitely not something that can be redeemed by the superiority of weapons. In addition, we can also encircle some points for reinforcements. First encircle the Ming army and not Attack, and then at the place where the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty must pass, ambush heavy soldiers and deal a heavy blow to the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom! And..."

In the end, I almost talked about more than half of the 36 tricks in Sun Tzu's Art of War, and Kong Dai and others were stunned when they said it, because there are so many routines!

Li Zicheng's statement also made Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing and others feel a little bit emotional: the former general, would he talk so much like now?This is because they are afraid that these Xiyi will not know how capable he is!Could it be caused by the experience of being sold as a serf by Xiyi before?

At the end of Li Zicheng's speech, he looked at Da Kongdai and said, "Your Highness, I think the most important thing is actually one. It is necessary to unify powers, and European famous generals are nothing more than Your Highness..."

The suggestion he gave was that if Europe wanted an alliance, that would be no problem, but the princes of Route 36, no, if European countries want to form an alliance, they must have an alliance leader, and they must get the leader.

Liu Zongmin was the first to follow Li Zicheng. Listening to Li Zicheng's advice to Kong Dai, he seemed to have seen the 36 battalion gathering together to form an alliance when they were still making trouble in northern Shaanxi.

Thinking of these, Liu Zongmin couldn't help falling into memories.

Northern Shaanxi is barren, full of loess, but he is missed very much now.Even if he follows Kong Dai now, he is already a master, and the Xiyi women have slept a lot, but the people here, including those women, are like ghosts, which really can't arouse his interest.

The imperial court is so powerful now, even if the European countries unite, at best they can only stop the imperial army from marching west.

In this life, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back, right?
When Li Zicheng ordered the Yellow River to be dug up, intending to flood Kaifeng, the emperor decreed that he and Li Zicheng must be killed!

Thinking of this, he glanced at Li Zicheng, and was suddenly taken aback: the general's hair seemed to have turned gray.

This time flies so fast!

Suddenly, there was a movement outside, but someone came to report to Da Kong Dai, saying: "The British and the Dutch have rumors that they know the secret of the Ming Dynasty's guns and cannons having a longer range! Now they are secretly imitating!"

Da Kongdai was pleasantly surprised when he heard it.

If the weapon generation gap can be narrowed, the Ming army will be sad with the military strength of Europe!

Another point, if France does not get the secrets of these guns and artillery, it will be very passive.France must also get this secret!

So he immediately sent envoys to England, Holland and other countries, no matter what method he used, he wanted to get the secret of powerful guns and artillery.

After other countries heard about it, they naturally had the same idea as Kong Dai, and sent envoys one after another.Otherwise, it would be very passive if the wars resumed in European countries, not to mention the army.

However, whether it is France or the Netherlands, this time, they have all denied it, and they cannot be bought with money like the original steam engine.

However, how could the various countries in Europe believe it, so they started to make noise again, and if they did not hand over the secrets of powerful guns and artillery, they even formed a fart alliance!
For France, Spain, Sweden and other countries, what they care more about is European countries!

Britain and the Netherlands are still far away from the Ming army, and they are not in a hurry.

However, someone is anxious!

On the side of the Ottoman Empire, more than half of the land was occupied by the Ming army. Fortunately, there was a strait blocking it, but they were still afraid, because they were afraid that the Ming army would cross the sea to fight.

Therefore, after seeing the chaos in various European countries, the Ottoman Empire issued a statement and decided to hold the Anti-Ming Alliance Conference. Anyone who came to the Ottoman Empire to participate in the conference and was willing to form an alliance would invent advanced guns of the army as gifts.

The reason for doing this is that there is really no way to do it. I have to disclose the secret of the powerful firearms of the Ming Dynasty. If there is no threat from the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire would actually be more willing to use this advanced guns and artillery to conquer European countries and conquer them!

Following this statement, various countries immediately became a sensation and sent envoys to the Ottoman Empire.

When the Dutch saw it, they immediately called for a price to sell it, but no one paid any attention at this time.

These things have been running through Chongzhen for 27 years.

In other words, when the Ming Expeditionary Army sorted out the territories occupied in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, European countries were making such a fuss.It can be foreseen that it will take time for them to truly unite.

However, for the Ming Expeditionary Force, it will indeed take a long time to stabilize the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

On the one hand, it takes a lot of time to migrate local people from the country.

In addition, it will also take time to carry out land reform and build infrastructure in the territory directly under the Ming Dynasty, whether it is hiring or using free captive labor.

Also, the coastal areas and other important towns were only occupied before, and there were still some small places that were not occupied and declared sovereignty. Although these things are small, they still need time to be resolved.

The early steps were fierce, and there will be many follow-ups.

Just like that, 27 years of Chongzhen passed like this.

Time came to February of the 28th year of Chongzhen. In the first ten days of this month, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly summoned all civil and military officials with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)