As for the disastrous defeat of the Qing army, Wallachia Pasha (Governor of Romania) Saleh had already gained a rough idea through his own aircraft reconnaissance and reports sent by the Ming army.
According to the orders of His Majesty the Sultan, the Ottoman army has so far maintained restraint, sticking to the border and not advancing even a step north.
The reason is very simple. The Qing army has not yet reached the end of its rope, at least it has not yet surrendered to the Ottomans. Previously, it only sent people to purchase weapons and ammunition, hoping that the Austrian army could move north to resist the Ming army's advance.
The former may be considered, but the latter is completely impossible.
The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire were in an alliance, and they had to ask for each other.
Looking around the world, only the Ming Empire can absorb most of its own crude oil and refined oil production capacity.
Our own side can also benefit greatly from the barter trade between the two parties, and can obtain a steady stream of advanced weapons and various commodities at almost no cost.
As long as the Ming army did not set foot on the empire's soil without conducting exercises, no one in the empire would be willing to go to war with the Ming Empire.
In fact, since the beginning of the war, the empire has been providing large quantities of refined oil to its allies, and it has been transported to the northern shore of the Black Sea via the Sudan Canal and the Bosporus Strait.
All non-combat ships of the Ming Empire did not need to notify the empire in advance before they could sail through the Bosporus, go to the Black Sea, and even enter the Sea of Azov.
Saleh also hoped that the Ming army could further consume the strength of the Qing army, which would open the door for the empire to recruit the remaining Qing troops in the future.
Previously, the dividing line between our own side and the Ming Empire was the South Bug River, and the Qing army relied on the area west of this river to resist stubbornly.
Saleh believed that this would not be a big difficulty for the well-armed Ming army. With control of the air, the Ming army could attack Qing armies everywhere without restraint.
The Ottoman Empire Air Force has also installed "Hercules" bombers, but they were not deployed to Wallachia in the early stage. Instead, they were all deployed in Hungary and the Balkans to prevent the Allied forces from moving south.
Against the Qing army, even Saleh believed that just two hundred "Albatross" fighter jets, coupled with tens of thousands of elite cavalry and hundreds of tanks, would be enough for his side to achieve a complete victory.
Before the snow fell, the Western Emperor Dingcheng Emperor Hongxi had about 500,000 horses under his command, most of which were brought by Chani. This defeated general immediately became a meritorious minister of King Qin.
Chani's million-strong army suffered heavy losses when attacking the German region before, losing nearly 300,000 people.
In order to block the Ming army that appeared on the west bank of the Dnieper River, the army lost another 300,000 troops.
Whatever he could bring, Chani had brought it to Emperor Dingcheng.
As for the soldiers and horses mobilized, they are of no use at all.
In front of hundreds of flying evil creatures, they are just a ragtag crowd.
Even the standing army is no match for the flying evil thing, let alone the mobilized reserve army.
The Qing Dynasty claimed to have five million men in armor, but in fact it had about two and a half million standing troops.
One million of them are used to frequently attack barbarians in Western Europe, and one million are responsible for defending against barbarians in the north.
Of the remaining 500,000, 300,000 are deployed in the south, and the rest are scattered throughout the mainland to defend important cities.
Now the millions of troops in the north have been beaten to a pulp by the barbarians and completely defeated.
Emperor Dingcheng Hongxi estimated that his fourth uncle's side should have at least two to three hundred thousand soldiers and horses. The total strength of both sides was quite large, and there might still be a million troops.
However, as the country was quickly encroached by barbarians, there was not enough arable land, so it was impossible to feed so many soldiers and horses.
Retaking the lost territory is a top priority. Otherwise, we can only develop Poli, Moravia, Bohemia, Prussia and other places as our homeland.
However, as the Allied forces commanded by Marshal Turenne defeated some of Tsani's men, the Allied forces began a large-scale counterattack in Central Europe.
By October, Moravia, Bohemia, Prussia and other places had been recovered, together with most of Poland, and the forward troops had invaded the Qianshan Mountains of the Eastern Carpathians that had previously belonged to the Qing Dynasty.
Both Leopold and Sobieski wanted to lead their troops directly into Hungary and involve the Ottomans in the war.
Turena reminded the two of them that enough was enough, it was not the time for a decisive battle with Osman yet.
In the Ming Empire, many parties have reached a consensus.
If the coalition forces repent now, then the Ming Empire can also repent.
Everyone could see that the Ming Empire favored the Ottomans.
It used to be support behind the scenes, but it really angered the Ming Empire and turned into open support.
This means that the Ottomans will obtain a large number of advanced weapons from the Ming Empire, and their military strength will also be greatly improved.
Even though the Ottoman military industrial base was much worse than that of France, it could still import large quantities of finished weapons from the Ming Empire.
People can just exchange oil for it directly. This is a huge advantage that all the Western European allies combined cannot match.
From the perspective of allies, Turena believes that as long as the security of a circle of peripheral areas such as Poland, Moravia, Bohemia, Austria, and Venice can be ensured, then Central Europe will be safe in general.
As for Hungary and the Balkans, which Leopold had always been thinking about, Turenne was not even interested in mentioning them.
In order to help this ambitious and talented emperor, France had exhausted its treasury and borrowed 200 million silver coins in foreign debt.
If Leopold wants to fight the Ottomans, then let him lead his own troops. No French soldier will go anyway.
Fighting not only tests courage, but also relies on weapons. In fact, it is a competition for financial resources.
No money?
Then we can only regress to the medieval cold weapon combat mode!
France has no money, and it is inevitable to withdraw from the war at the right time.
One thing that made Sobieski very angry was Sweden's massive grab of Poland's land on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.
In this regard, Sweden claimed that it was taken from the Tatars and had nothing to do with Polly!
The two sides had already had military frictions before, and more than a dozen people died.
We are now in a state of military confrontation, and neither country is willing to compromise.
Sobieski complained to Turena, believing he had been stabbed in the back by his allies.
The reason why he did this is simple. The Polish army can no longer defeat the Swedish army with its air force.
From this, Turenne speculated that the emperor of the Ming Empire had already set his sights on the new post-war European order.
Sweden and Ottoman are better located in the south and north of Europe. Although Ottoman is not a European country, it owns a large area of land in Europe.
During the last European War, Sweden fought side by side with France against the Habsburg family. This time, they did not openly betray the enemy, but they also harmed Polly's interests.
The prerequisite for King Karl XI to dare to do this was to obtain strong support from the Emperor of the Ming Empire. It is said that he no longer takes the sea route to visit the Ming Empire, but takes the train every time.
If the Ming Empire had no interest in Sweden's homeland in Scandinavia, the two sides might really be able to form a strategic alliance.
In this case, Sweden would openly seize the land that originally belonged to Polly, and would not be afraid of Sobieski's verbal warning.
Sobieski only had cavalry, while the Swedish army had cavalry, artillery, infantry, armor, and even fighter jets.
Turenne even speculated that three thousand Boli cavalry might not be able to defeat a thousand well-trained Swedish troops.
Karl XI also allowed some Swedish troops to receive training from the Ming army, and accepted and mastered air-ground battle and infantry-tank coordination tactics.
Turena believes that on the premise that the tactics and weapons are very advanced, although Sweden's standing army is less than 100,000, its actual military strength is equivalent to 500,000 or even more Bolivian troops.
Did the Allies ignore the threats from the Tatars and Ottomans and attack Sweden first?
This plan is of course very irrational, and His Majesty Louis XIV cannot agree to it.
Therefore, Sobieski's request could only be ignored by Turena. If the Ming army had not gone south, the Bolli king would have been in name only, because he did not have his own land at all...
As long as Sweden doesn't go too far, Turena believes that Sobieski can accept the current status quo. Anyway, you can't beat the powerful Karl XI!
The countries in Central Europe have been beaten for twenty years, and Sweden has just rested and recuperated for twenty years. There is no comparison between the two sides.
Sobieski can fight if he wants to, he can either do it now or wait until everyone has calmed down.
Anyone who feels that he has suffered a loss can go to the Tatar territory to make up for it.
The Ming Empire has agreed with its allies that the Ming army will not enter the areas south of Warren Swamp and west of the Lucchi River.
The implication is that this area belongs to whoever grabs it, and so does the population above.
After regaining Bohemia, Turenne ordered the French army to repair in place.
Continue eastward and recover Moravia and places farther east. That is a matter for the allies.
It was under the full command of Deputy Commander Leopold, who was too lazy to meddle in his own business.
The French ground forces have stopped advancing, and the French Air Force will continue to support the military operations of its allies.
This support is also within a controllable range and will not attack or bomb any targets in Hungary and Wallachia.
In November, the coalition forces invaded the Tatar territory and began a battle of revenge.
What the Tatar cavalry did to him in the beginning, he can now get back his capital with profit.
In summer, many Qing cavalry can be hidden in places with dense vegetation.
In winter, the leaves fall off and the grass withers, making it easy to spot ground targets at high altitudes.
On the plains north of the Thousand Mountains of the East Carpa, there were often scenes of French fighter planes hunting down Qing cavalry at will.
Also attacking the place were Leopold's 80,000 cavalry, Sobieski's 30,000 cavalry, Frederick's 10,000 cavalry, Duke of Hanover's Brünnschweig-Lünenberg's 10,000 cavalry, Duke of Saxony's Austrian Gusta's five thousand cavalry, Mecklenburg-Schwerin's five thousand cavalry.
The reason why they all have cavalry and not infantry is to facilitate the coordination with the French fighter planes in the sky to kill the Qing cavalry at high speed and reduce the possibility of the prey escaping the encirclement.
140,000 cavalry plus 300 French fighter planes and 20 bombers are enough to ensure that we can continue to exert our advantages and eliminate the brutal Tatars.
Due to the direction of the action, this action was also called the "New Crusade"!
The remaining coalition forces did not participate in the war, but were responsible for protecting the rear cities and supply lines.
There were only two heads of state who followed Leopold, namely Sobieski and Frederick. The others were commanded by their own generals.
Both of these two men hated the Tatars for destroying their country, so they would not be able to relieve their hatred unless they personally led troops to invade the Tatar territory.
Emperor Dingcheng Hongxi had the upper hand in terms of military strength. However, on the battlefield, the Qing army was frequently attacked preemptively by the opponent's flying evil creatures, and was later pursued and intercepted by enemy cavalry.
In one month, Tsani commanded various troops and fought a total of nine battles.
Among them, only three times were considered draws, with each side losing no less than 10,000 cavalry.
The remaining six battles were all lost, including one major defeat.
Each time, the Qing army was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, with cumulative losses of nearly 100,000 people.
By Christmas, Hong Xi had defeated nearly half of his troops.
Fortunately, due to the severe winter, the opponent has withdrawn its troops, otherwise the number of lost troops and horses would increase.
On the contrary, the situation on the side of Yongzheng Emperor Yinzhen was much better, because the Ming army did not continue to advance westward.
This gave Emperor Yongzheng's troops a precious breathing space, and the nearly half a million troops also had time to repair.
All the coated slaves who ran to the west bank of the South Bug River have been resettled on the spot.
Wait until spring begins before large-scale spring plowing.
Prior to this, Yinzhen had tried his best to buy food from Osman.
Saleh only agreed to use real money or slaves in exchange for purchases, and would never consider any credit sales.
Slaves only accepted young and beautiful Western women and young adults of the right age, and the elderly and children were excluded.
More importantly, Saleh was only willing to spend 100,000 shi of grain in exchange.
If the other party voluntarily defected to the Ottoman Empire, he would very much welcome it...
Yinzhen was very angry about this, but what could he do?
Will he lead troops to attack the Ottomans again?
Doesn't this mean that we are being attacked from both sides?
Finding an enemy for the Qing Dynasty at this time would really be an act of self-destruction.
Yinzhen agreed to let the Xiyi women who had lost their families, as well as some of the young men who had lost their women, to exchange for food.
At the same time, people were sent to screen out those who were not suitable for spring plowing, and they were released directly to join the Ottomans.
Then he wrote a letter and sent someone to Istanbul to meet Sultan Ibrahim, hoping to get more food and weapons.
As long as the Qing Dynasty can survive this cold winter, Yinzhen can consider any harsh conditions...
Due to food shortages, more than 100,000 slaves did not survive until the following spring.
This problem does not exist in Hongxi, because there are not many people left who have been retaliated by their old enemies.
Including the plundered Western Yi, the Qing Kingdom originally had more than 20 million people.
The most optimistic estimate today is that there are only six to seven million left.
Two-thirds of the population had either been plundered by the Ming and the Western Barbarians, or had been beaten to death, frozen to death, starved to death, or even defected to the Ottomans.
The most obvious example is that last summer, all the people who had no time to escape across the Dnieper River would eventually be captured by the barbarians and sent to mines...
