In addition to being frightened by the size of the Ming Navy's fleet, the Dutch and British were also frightened by the rampage of steam ironclad battleships that they had never seen before.
They are also human beings, even if they are desperadoes, they are still afraid. Especially when facing hostile unknown things, uneasiness is the most basic. When they find that this unknown thing has strong attack power and strong defense power, and there is almost nothing they can do, their uneasiness turns into fear.
Whenever there is a war, even in later generations, morale is still very important and can affect the outcome of a war.
Seeing the steam-armored battleship dragging a long plume of black smoke as it rushed into the British fleet and rampaged there, Yan Yingyuan knew that the British fleet was doomed.
The Ming warships that followed swarmed up did not engage in boarding combat with the enemy warships at all. Several ships surrounded one ship, volleying cannons, or flintlock guns, and even threw "thousands of enemies" over it, directly killing both the men and the ship, unless the enemy ship surrendered.
In fact, when the warships of the Ming Navy were flooded, facing the inevitable outcome, few enemy warships would fight to the end, because they would surely die. Many warships hoisted white flags and no longer offered any resistance.
After observing the naval battle with a telescope for a while, Yan Yingyuan lost interest and turned to look at the land.
At this time, except for a few Persians who snatched their horses and fled before the Ming army arrived, basically all the enemies on the shore had been surrounded by the Ming cavalry.
In order to ensure that the Persian emperor would not escape again, even behind the few enemies who fled on horseback, there was a group of Ming troops pursuing them day and night. With the configuration of one man and two horses, and an enemy with a group of Ye Bu Shu hanging behind him, it is impossible to escape no matter what!
As the vanguard, Punchuk's troops surrounded the enemy, but the following Ming army was still marching on the coastline, with no end in sight. This time, the Ming Dynasty's land army gathered a total of more than 80,000 people.
Whether it is at sea or on land, whether it is morale, technology, or ordnance and equipment, they are all crushing strength. In this way, the war became extremely easy, even without Emperor Chongzhen's golden finger.
Regarding this situation, Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Zhenhai City, was well aware of this situation and was not surprised at all by the outcome of the war.
After learning the situation from the eavesdropping system, he sent an imperial edict to Yan Yingyuan. Let him arrange for the prisoners to rebuild a Ming Dynasty city there and transform the port. In addition, after the army rested, it landed on the Arabian Peninsula and began to attack the Ottoman Empire from there.
Because at this time, the Arabian Peninsula was already occupied by the Ottoman Empire. This enemy is the next target to be eliminated. It is also for this reason that the army coming from the sea gathered so many troops.
Today, the Persian Empire, except for the central and western regions and a few northern regions, has been captured by the Ming army. Moreover, the Ming army continues to attack, and I believe that it will not be long before they can capture the entire territory of Persia.
In fact, at this time, the Persian royal family and the central civil and military ministers had all been taken over by Yan Yingyuan, and their capital was gone. It can be said that the Persian Empire no longer existed!
Although the Persian Empire still had to clean up the mess, Emperor Chongzhen had turned his attention to the Ottoman Empire further west and began to do the homework of the Ottoman Empire.
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After the Battle of Minwei Fort, more than 10,000 remaining Ottoman troops fled directly back to the country, and naturally the news of their great prime minister's defeat was spread back to the country.
For a moment, the whole country was shocked.
At the beginning, Koprulu united with the Persian Empire to send troops, but he brought all the troops that the Ottoman Empire could use. With such a huge force, no matter what, it is a very powerful army.
At the beginning, the news that came back was victory, victory, victory, which made the whole Ottoman Empire rejoice. On the Koprulu family side, people continue to receive promotions and rewards, not to mention the wealth. It can be said that because Koprulu "achieved the Tao", the whole family "chickens and dogs ascended to heaven".
If the original historical development is followed, it is precisely because of Koprülü's achievements and the prestige he accumulated that his family has firmly controlled the power of the Ottoman Empire in the years to come.
But now, Koprulu has been defeated. He has not come back. At that age, he will definitely not be able to escape. He has also lost the main army of the Ottoman Empire. Even if he had enough achievements and high reputation in the past, some people began to attack Koprulu and his family and demanded severe punishment from the court.
However, in the Ottoman Empire today, it is not the young Mohammed IV who is in power, but the Queen Mother Kosem Sultan. It was she who promoted Koprulu to the position of prime minister against all opinions.
If we want to denounce Koprulu's incompetence and punish him, then she herself will definitely be jointly and severally responsible.
In fact, there are already voices from both the ruling and opposition parties in the Ottoman Empire, saying that if a woman is in power, she will harm the Ottomans.
Under such circumstances, the Empress Dowager certainly understood that if this kind of voice really became the mainstream of the ruling and opposition parties, she would no longer be able to hold power, and there was no guarantee that she would even be in danger. After all, the palace has never been a friendly place, and the struggle for imperial power has always been bloody.
For this reason, she began to defend Koprulu. It's not that there's something wrong with Koprulu's ability, but that he's just too unlucky. Who would have thought that the Ming Emperor would suddenly appear with his army?
At this time, there were Ottoman troops fighting in the Mughals, and similarly, the Persian emperor was also personally conquering the Mughals. In general, the Ottomans are not particularly pessimistic about what the war will be like over there.
Because in their understanding, the Ottoman Empire was the most powerful, and the Persian Empire was also okay. They have always been hegemonic, and they are all great powers!
Even if there is a problem, if there is not the Persian Empire standing in the way, at least the Ottoman Empire will basically have nothing to do.
Against this background, the empress dowager, who was in power, used her strength to suppress the opposition. She also promoted Koprulu's son Ahmed to take over the position of prime minister, rectified the government and opposition, collected taxes, and rebuilt the army.
This Ahmed was also a famous man, known as a wise man. Of course he understood the situation of his family, so he followed his father's example, struck out with an iron fist, and continued to use totalitarian tactics to suppress all opposition in the country.
In addition, the military is also very important in the current situation. He vigorously collected taxes and rebuilt the army, which were also his most important tasks.
The Ottoman Empire was actually not rich. When the Persian emperor persuaded him to send out an entire army to reap benefits, the country had already been depleted of supplies and food.
However, launching such a huge war not only brought no benefits, but also caused heavy losses to the Ottoman Empire, which was equivalent to all the materials being wasted. They also need to raise money to appease the morale of the army and regain their allegiance. It can be said that the Ottoman Empire was a pauper.
Under such circumstances, Ahmed had to vigorously collect taxes. Naturally, the government forced the people to rebel, and even the opposition directly rebelled. Suddenly, the chaos in the Ottoman Empire that had been suppressed by Ahmed's father returned to normal.
Fortunately, Ahmed was indeed a capable person, so he followed his father's example and spent more than half a year finally suppressing the apparent rebels.
No, in the palace of Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Ahmed returned from suppressing the rebellion and was reporting the situation to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was naturally happy to hear that the situation was under control. After taking a look at the Ottoman emperor who was blowing bubbles and sleeping, she said to Ahmed: "Well done, keep up the good work and don't mess up anymore!"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the situation is now under control. The imperial army has also experienced blood and fire and has an elite force." Ahmed immediately replied respectfully, with a sense of pride in his tone, "As long as the humble ministers can quell the rebels, With the army as the core, and by expanding the army, we will have enough troops to suppress everything."
The Queen Mother was very happy after hearing this, but she thought of something and asked again: "How is the tax collection going?"
No matter what you do, you have to have money. However, even though the Empress Dowager was inside the palace, she felt that supplies were not as abundant as before.
Hearing this, Ahmed immediately knew why she asked this question, and he immediately replied: "They are all masters who will not shed tears until they see the coffin. Many of them cry out that they have no money, and they talk with swords and guns, and they just behave." I took out the money. Weichen has already taken control of the situation, and there will be no problem with taxation."
In fact, that's not what he actually thinks in his heart. As a "wise man", he certainly knew the current situation of the Ottoman Empire. However, how could other people's families be as important as his own? Now he wanted to use other people's money to consolidate his family's power and power, so that was the only answer.
The Queen Mother listened and nodded again. As for things outside the palace, she doesn't worry about them as long as they are not particularly big. At this time, she was just waiting to give a few words of encouragement to Ahmed to keep up his efforts and do a good job, when she suddenly heard rapid footsteps outside, and then a chamberlain appeared in the hall and reported in a panic: "The Queen Mother , Oh no, the guard on the Persian border is coming soon to report, Persia is going to be finished!"
After the chamberlain briefly explained the situation, he presented the urgent package in his hand.
Hearing this report, the Queen Mother and Ahmed couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. What is going on? What does it mean that Persia is going to be over?
Although they didn't understand it, they knew that the situation was not good anyway.
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother suddenly became anxious and quickly opened the express delivery and started reading. Ahmed below looked at her anxiously, wondering what was going on?
