"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty claims to be the ruler of the whole world and wants to conquer the world! Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish!" Abbas II faced the Ottoman Prime Minister Koprulu Faqir Ahmed and revealed With a look of anger, he complained loudly, "The Mughal Empire and my Persian Empire were all captured by the Ming army."
After a pause, before Faqir could speak, he continued angrily: "Not only that, all the neighboring countries of the Ming Dynasty have been conquered. Now after all, only the great Ottoman Empire is still standing in the way of the Ming Dynasty. We are in front of the Chinese army."
At this point, his tone suddenly changed and he became a little frustrated, and said in a low voice: "Based on my experience, I think the Ottoman Empire should send an envoy quickly to express to the Ming army that it is willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. country, only in this way can we prevent the Ottoman Empire from becoming our second country in Persia..."
A "bang" sound immediately interrupted Abbas II's speech.
It was Faqir with an angry look on his face, and he slapped the armrest of the chair hard. Obviously, these words of Abbas II were far from acceptable to the Ottoman Empire.
Seeing that Faqir hadn't spoken yet, the civil servants and military officers accompanying him stood below and scolded him first.
"Fart, you think our Ottomans are your Persians! If you can't do it yourself, do you think our Ottomans can't do it either?"
"Our Ottoman Empire has a vast territory and strong soldiers and horses. It has beaten the Europeans everywhere. How can we still be afraid of the Ming people in the east?"
"The Ming Dynasty just gave us the Ottoman Empire a vassal state, but it still wants to let me, the Ottoman Empire, become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Aren't you fucking awake?"
"Just because Persia can't defeat the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't mean that our Ottoman Empire can't defeat the Ming Dynasty. Do you believe that I can show you the heads of the Ming Dynasty people?"
"..."
Abbas II heard them shouting and cursing, and he was immediately ecstatic and felt that the effect was good. However, on the surface, he was still dejected and unmoved by the Ottomans at all.
Faqir looked angry. After waiting for a while, he suddenly stretched out his hand and stopped his men from talking. Then he stared at Abbas II and shouted coldly: "Tell me specifically, how did those Ming people defeat Persia, and how did they defeat you, the Persian emperor, to join me, the Ottomans?"
When Abbas II heard this, his heart suddenly hurt. This was the biggest scar in his life!
But at the same time, he also understood that the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire was obviously not someone who would lose his mind if he talked casually, so he calmed down and started speaking according to the effect he wanted.
"Those Ming people were very cunning. They chased away the Ming thieves and first went to the Mughal Empire, making the people miserable. Their tactics were also very rogue..."
Abbas II gave a general overview of the mood in the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire. Basically, what he says is nine percent true and one percent false.
Because he knew that if he told too many lies, he would be easily seen through. Only if it is nine percent true and one percent false can the Ottomans not doubt it.
What he said was false, but he was actually underestimating the true combat power of the Ming army. The impression given to the Ottomans was that the main reason why the Ming army was able to beat him up and flee the country in embarrassment was because of the trouble caused by the thieves before, and the Ming army finally took advantage.
Of course, he also described the combat power of the Ming army, explaining that the army was basically equipped with muskets, and that the muskets had a longer range and higher accuracy than those of the Persian Empire.
However, Abbas II did not tell the Ottomans that the muskets owned by the Ming army had much better range and accuracy than the muskets used by the bandits.
Therefore, after hearing this, the Ottoman Prime Minister Faqir knew what was going on.
He felt that the muskets and artillery that the Ming army relied on were actually the same as those in Europe. In other words, what the Ming army relied on to dominate the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire was actually the new guns and artillery that the Ottoman Empire already had.
Abbas II's statement also confirmed Faqir's guess about the Ming army.
Therefore, while listening to Abbas II talking about the terror of the Ming army, he just sneered in his heart.
"...The Ming army is really very powerful. They take advantage of the ignorance of the ignorant people to bribe and deceive people. In addition, the guns in their hands are too powerful!" Abbas II sighed at the end and said, "I, Persia and It’s not like you and the Ottomans have never fought each other before, and you basically know each other’s details. For the sake of your country being able to take me in, I would like to advise you again, don’t offend the people of the Ming Kingdom, it’s better to be a vassal state of the Ming Kingdom!”
Hearing his words, which seemed to be for the good of the Ottoman Empire, naturally caused the Ottoman Empire's civil servants and generals to shout and curse.
This time, Faqir did not wait long, and quickly waved his hand to silence the civil servants and generals below. Then, he said to Abbas II in a cold voice: "What is your impression of my Ottoman Empire? They have all stayed in the past. I can tell you that as for the new guns and artillery that the Ming people have, I also have them in the Ottoman Empire!"
"What?" Abbas II was shocked when he heard this, "You...you also have the Ottoman Empire? How is this possible?"
His expression was actually half truthful and half false.
Although he was surprised that the Ottoman Empire had new guns and cannons, if he really thought about it, he wouldn't find it strange.
Faqir was actually very proud when he saw Abbas II looking so surprised.
You must know that it was impossible for the Ottoman Empire to have such new guns. It was only because his father and he put aside their religious prejudices and under pressure to buy large quantities from the Portuguese through middlemen that the Ottoman Empire was directly under the central government. The military is equipped with many new guns and artillery.
It can be said that the increase in combat power of the Ottoman Empire's army and the further manifestation of centralization of power are all due to their father and son, and it is also one of the achievements they are proud of.
Of course, the main promoter of this matter was Faqir's father. According to history books, the credit must go to his father.
"What's impossible? Is it possible that you think our Ottomans are your Persians?" Faqir said immediately and calmly, "Our Ottomans are much more powerful than your Persians. It's not without reason!"
"This... this... where did your new guns come from?" Abbas II seemed to be in disbelief and asked immediately.
He also really wanted to know that if the Persian army had new guns and artillery, in his opinion, he would definitely not end up in such a miserable situation and have to run to the Ottoman side and take refuge in a humble manner.
When Faqir heard this, of course he would not tell the truth, but he still said in that indifferent tone: "This new type of gun is easy to say. We in the Ottoman Empire can build it ourselves. It is very easy!"
That's right, the new guns are worthless to put it bluntly. They just have rifling in the barrel. As for the rest, they are not much different from the previous guns and artillery.
However, the key point is that pulling this rifling is not easy, especially for people like them, it is a time-consuming thing.
In such troubled times, time is a very precious thing. Like other European countries, buying from the Portuguese is the fastest way to equip the army in large quantities.
Only when a large number of troops are equipped and have confidence that they will not be suppressed by other countries with new guns and artillery can their own country be able to build subsequent new guns and artillery to supplement them.
This is also the main reason why the Portuguese were able to resell many new guns in large quantities in the early days, but now they are slowly unable to sell new guns.
At this time, Abbas II did not believe the Ottomans' lies. He had already captured that new type of firearm when he was fighting the bandits. After the attempts of his craftsmen, it was very time-consuming to build this new type of gun, and it was impossible to build many of them in a short period of time for actual combat.
He originally hoped to hear the source of the new guns from the Ottoman Empire, and he also wanted to get some. However, he didn't hear what he wanted to hear at this time, which was not surprising, because Faqir's answer was also what he expected. All I can say is that there are no surprises.
While they were talking, a messenger suddenly arrived with an urgent report, reporting to Faqir that the Ming army was stationed in Baghdad and that 20,000 cavalry troops were sent south. The commander-in-chief of the Ming army is still in Baghdad, with a total of less than 50,000 men under his command.
Upon hearing this, Faqir suddenly realized that maybe the Ming army really fought all the way and fought too smoothly, thinking that the Ottoman Empire would be as vulnerable as the Persian and Mughal armies.
Thinking of this, Faqir's lips curled up slightly, revealing a sneer.
And his civilian and military officers also rushed to express their opinions.
"Sir, we immediately send troops to destroy the Ming army in Baghdad!"
"Yes, didn't someone say that we Ottomans want to surrender to the Ming Dynasty? Then let him see how our Ottoman army destroyed the Ming army!"
"Capture the Ming commander alive, put a rope around his neck, and bring him to Istanbul to present to His Majesty!"
"That is, let the whole world see that anyone who dares to be an enemy of our Ottoman Empire will end up like this!"
"Bah, the Ming Dynasty just gave me the Ottoman Empire as a vassal state, but it still dares to ask me, the Ottoman Empire, to become a vassal state for them. I must give them a lesson! Let them know how powerful our Ottoman Empire is!"
"..."
Listening to their shouting and high morale, Faqir was very satisfied and did not stop them, just let them talk for a while.
When he felt almost done, he waved his hand confidently to signal for silence.