Persia is about to end, what exactly is going on? Ahmed had a vague hunch that it might be related to the Ming Dynasty!
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw the Queen Mother's face turned pale, her body swayed, and she couldn't hold the emergency report in her hand and dropped it to the ground.
The maid on the side quickly supported her, and she panicked.
However, after the Empress Dowager came to her senses, she pushed them away. Without caring about her image, she immediately bent down to pick up the urgent letter and read it again.
This time, she finished it quickly. Then, he raised his head, looked at Ahmed, and said in a trembling tone: "The Ming army captured most of Persia, including Isfahan. The Persian Emperor Aba Si II, his life or death is unknown at present!”
Even if the Empress Dowager no longer cares about matters outside the palace, she is somewhat familiar with the feud of the Ottoman Empire. Now that most of Persia has been captured by the Ming army, even the capital is gone. So what if Abbas II is still alive? There is definitely no way to reverse this situation!
For a long time, even when the Ottoman Empire was at its most powerful, it could not destroy the Persian Empire. But now, just how much time has passed, and they are about to be destroyed by the Ming army. Judging from this, if the Ming army attacks, can the Ottoman Empire stop it?
While talking, the maid passed this urgent delivery to Ahmed. At the same time, the empress dowager, who looked panicked, asked in a tone with a little hope: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty once said that anyone who offended him would be killed no matter how far away. Do you think we can stop it? Ming army?"
Ahmed did not answer her question, all his attention was on the urgent report. After taking it, he quickly looked at it.
Before he finished reading, his face turned pale.
Compared to the Queen Mother, Ahmed was more familiar with the situation. It can be seen from this emergency report that the Ming army was completely crushed against the Persian army. In his impression, the Persian army was like a chicken and a dog when facing the Ming army.
After reading the emergency report and thinking a little deeper, he almost guessed the reason.
First, the elite troops of the Persian Empire were completely lost during their expedition against the Mughals. Together with the country, the Ming army was frightened by the news. How can we fight without morale?
Second, I received news from the border guard that Abbas II had suppressed rebels everywhere in the country, and the foundation was unstable, which further encouraged the Ming army's offensive.
Thinking of this, Ahmed was suddenly dumbfounded.
Because he suddenly discovered that the current situation of the Ottoman Empire seemed to be the same as the previous Persian Empire.
His father led the country's elite troops to go on an expedition. In the end, only about 10,000 defeated soldiers returned. Later, in order to preserve his family, he also suppressed them with iron blood, and imposed massive taxes to rebuild the army.
At this time, the Ottoman Empire's foundation was unstable due to tax collection, and the rebuilt army had not yet formed combat effectiveness. At least it is incomparable to the previous army.
If the Ming army does not attack, it does not matter if the foundation is unstable or the army's combat effectiveness is poor. As long as there is enough time, these are really not problems.
But the key now is that the Ming army is almost destroying the Persian Empire, which is equivalent to reaching the border of the Ottoman Empire. If the Ming army continues to attack, the Ottoman Empire will be at its weakest now and will be unable to fight!
Thinking of this, Ahmed felt very bitter in his heart. The weakness of the Ottoman Empire was caused by him and his father. In the current situation, we cannot let others take the blame!
"...Can we stop the Ming army?" When the Queen Mother saw Ahmed didn't answer, she became a little anxious and asked in a more serious tone, "Reply!"
At this time, Ahmed finally came to his senses. He looked up and saw that the Queen Mother seemed a little angry. He immediately trembled and quickly replied: "Queen Mother, I think that unless the border troops are transferred from the western border, or There’s still a fight left!”
Because of their beliefs, the Ottoman Empire has been fighting with European countries. The emperors of the Ottoman Empire and their famous officials all wanted to conquer Europe as their mission.
Without the flapping of Emperor Chongzhen's butterfly wings, after Ahmed's death, his brother-in-law took power and eventually launched the famous Battle of Vienna to compete for Central Europe.
It can be seen from this that what was not conquered by the Ottoman Empire was its feud. When Koprulu led the expedition, the border troops on the western border used to defend Central European countries were not mobilized. It is also for this reason that if the most elite army of the Ottoman Empire is the Western Frontier Army. That’s why Ahmed said this.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she was stunned at first, but after she came to her senses, she had to admit that perhaps the only option was to use the western frontier army. However, if the western frontier army was mobilized, what would happen to the western border?
With this thought in mind, she voiced her worries.
For the Ottomans, the Ming army was an enemy, and those in Central Europe were also enemies of the Ottomans. Is it feasible to dig out the west wall and mend the east wall?
Ahmed could not answer this question, because he knew that if those Central European countries knew that the western border defenses of the empire were empty, they would probably take advantage of it. Send people to negotiate peace with them, saying that the eastern border of the Ottomans will be threatened by the Ming army. Let's make peace first instead of fighting. Let's deal with the Ming army, okay? This answer must be 100% negative.
Unless we sign humiliating treaties with those countries in Central Europe, ceding territory and paying indemnities, etc. Without paying a huge price, it is absolutely impossible for those countries to stand idly by.
Rather than doing this, it would be better to sign a treaty with the Ming army. At least as far as the Ming army is concerned, in the past it was a matter of course. The reason for the fight this time was because my old and foolish father listened to Abbas II's slander and took the initiative to fight the Ming army.
Thinking of this, Ahmed considered his words, then looked at the Queen Mother and said: "Queen Mother, as far as I know, the countries in the west are eager for us to be destroyed by the Ming army. If the western frontier troops are mobilized regardless of the cost, The only way is to fill up their bottomless pit first.”
How can a bottomless pit be filled flat? The Queen Mother couldn't help but be very disappointed after hearing this. But she also knew in her heart that Ahmed was right.
With a frown on her face, she complained to Ahmed: "You are the one who talks about adjusting the western frontier army. You are also the one who talks about adjusting the western frontier army. What do you want?"
"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Ahmed pondered for a moment and then answered her: "I think the Ming army came from afar, how many soldiers and horses could it have? If it occupies such a large area of Persia, the number of troops might not be enough. What's more, when marching for long distances, the morale of the army, the fatigue of the soldiers, and the supply of food and grass are all problems. Therefore, there is no need to worry. It should be impossible for the Ming army to attack our Ottoman Empire after defeating Persia! "
When the Queen Mother heard this, it seemed to make sense! Before, I was anxious, but now I calm down and think about it, it is indeed the case!
Thinking about it this way, she finally wasn't so worried anymore.
At this time, Ahmed was still analyzing: "We think that the reason why the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty behaved so aggressively is because he wanted to subdue us, the Ottomans. In doing so, he was nothing more than giving an explanation to his subjects, especially those who were Those killed by my Ottoman army. In addition, maybe they also want to get some benefits from our Ottomans."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother felt a lot more relieved, her face softened, her voice became softer and she asked: "Then how should we deal with it?"
"Wei Chen believes that it is better to stop quietly!" Ahmed said this, having already clarified his thoughts, he immediately replied, "Put up a heavy defensive posture on the Persian border to let the Ming army know that if they dare to attack If they attack our Ottomans, they will definitely pay a huge price! Then we will see what the Ming Emperor does, and we will try our best again then!"
After hearing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but be overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, what a calm stop, I like it!"
After saying that, she felt happy for a while, and then she said: "I will leave the matters outside the palace to you, and I feel most at ease! Just do what you say!"
"I accept the order!" Ahmet heard this and immediately bowed in agreement.
After leaving the palace, Ahmed hurried away. Although when facing the Queen Mother, he seemed to be confident and confident. But in fact, he was really hopeless. Because the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty absolutely cannot be judged by ordinary theory.
I have no choice but to use all my energy to deal with it first, hoping to scare the Ming Emperor and stop at Persia!
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However, what he didn't know was that at this time, Yan Yingyuan only left a small number of troops to supervise the Persian prisoners to build ports and build new cities. In addition to building new cities, he had already personally led a large army to land on the Arabian Peninsula.
At this time, the Arabian Peninsula was already part of the Ottoman Empire, but was later occupied by Portugal on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf. However, Portugal did not hold on. Abbas I of Persia, together with the British and Dutch colonists, drove Portugal away, and killed all the natives on the south coast who supported Portugal.
The Yariba dynasty of Oman also participated in driving away the Portuguese. The Portuguese all remember this. Now, relying on the strength of the Ming army, Phillips officially proposed to the Ming army that the Ming army should assist in revenge and destroy the Ariba dynasty. In return, they did not want any other land previously occupied by the Portuguese, only the Ariba Dynasty.
As allies, we decided to advance and retreat together. Logically speaking, their request is no problem. Therefore, Yan Yingyuan agreed.
Of course, in the attack on the Ariba Dynasty, the Portuguese were naturally the vanguard, and the Ming army only assisted. You can't just help you fight it down when the alliance arrives, and then give it to you. Is that still an alliance?
