At this moment, envoys from various places entered Persia, including envoys from Tsarist Russia.
Needless to say, everything that Mustafa, the Ottoman Empire's envoy, saw and was shocked by was all relived by these new envoys.
Even because the imperial examination system, free education, etc. were announced at this time, the most popular topics were clearly understood by envoys from all walks of life who did not want to hear them.
Generally speaking, the various envoys represent local dignitaries. They are local upper-class people and beneficiaries of benefits. They may not be too interested in the imperial examination system. However, the entourage brought by these envoys is different.
Who wouldn’t want to go up if possible! Even if you can't do it yourself, what about your sons and grandsons? If they live in the Ming Dynasty and can go to school, what if they can get ahead?
Another point is that the Persian people burst out with vitality because of the Ming Dynasty's New Deal. Their mental outlook will also infect them.
In short, many of the followers of the envoys from all walks of life are tempted and yearn to become a member of the Ming Dynasty.
The same is true. When they entered Persia and marched all the way to Zhenna City, they behaved extremely well!
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Lu Xiangsheng was very busy. At the beginning, when he heard that a certain tribe had arrived and asked to see the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and wanted to become a vassal of Ming Dynasty and pay tribute to Ming Dynasty, he didn't think much about it. After all, for the Ming Dynasty, whether it was before or now, there were always vassal states.
However, later on, when more and more messengers came, he finally began to take it seriously.
After all, Lu Xiangsheng was happy to see this situation arise. Since ancient times, when all nations come to court, it will only happen when the Holy Ming Dynasty is in court and the Ming Dynasty is strong. Especially some tribal countries and so on, which I have never heard of before. This means that the power of the Ming Dynasty has spread to farther places and is intimidating to all the barbarians.
Among them, he heard Emperor Chongzhen mention the country Tsarist Russia. This is from a big country.
Lu Xiangsheng did not expect that the attitude of the Tsarist Russian envoy was much more humble than that of other tribal envoys. Not only was the tribute gift list much more generous than others, but they even talked about it everywhere, including the Ming Dynasty officials at the inn, asking relatives, saying that their ancestors also came from the east.
This left Lu Xiangsheng speechless. Their ancestors were Mongols, but our Ming Dynasty established our country by expelling the Tartars. Don't they know?
Seeing that there were too many envoys from all walks of life, this matter must be decided by the emperor himself. After thinking about this, Lu Xiangsheng decided to take them west to meet Emperor Chongzhen. Because he has been busy for so long, it is time to report to the emperor.
So Lu Xiangsheng set off with various envoys.
He didn't know that although these envoys all wanted to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, they also had eyes watching the strength of the Ming army in Persia. In this regard, they are different from their followers.
Of course, this does not mean that they will not surrender. Those who voted because Ming Dynasty was powerful, their sincerity was directly proportional to Ming Dynasty's strength. If the Ming Dynasty is not as powerful as they imagined, then of course there will be less surrender. There may be different choices for the orders given to them by the Ming Dynasty in the future.
All the way to Persia and then to Zhenna City, they really couldn't see many differences. Also, I also saw the military defense situation in various places.
To be honest, these envoys were a bit disdainful of the defense of towns and cities in Persia. Or simply put, many towns in the Ming Dynasty were undefended.
Moreover, there are very few young people working in the fields. Of course they understand that this is the reason for previous military disasters.
But this shows that if anyone can defeat the Ming army on the border, then Persia will be a big piece of fat.
Many messengers were thinking this in their hearts, but they did not dare to express it. No matter what, the Ming army successively destroyed the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire, and even wiped out more than 200,000 Ottoman troops.
Powerful, there is absolutely no doubt about it!
But how powerful is it? These messengers are still very curious. Now the Persian governor of the Ming Dynasty took them to the border to meet the Ming emperor, and they wanted to see with their own eyes how powerful the Ming Dynasty was!
In addition, they were also happy to see the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Because most of them have heard that the Ming Emperor was very generous to his tribute ministers. There are a lot of things prepared this time, so the rewards should be rich too, right?
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Emperor Chongzhen certainly didn't know about this, and he was not the roundworm in the stomachs of these envoys. Besides, even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Because in his eyes, they are just scum!
Now he has been in Bitlis for some time. There are more and more Ottoman troops gathering there, totaling more than 250,000. Bitlis city cannot accommodate so many troops at all, and they are everywhere outside the city. Judging from the momentum, it is very spectacular.
However, on the Ming side, Emperor Chongzhen currently only has more than 35,000 cavalry troops, and nearly 45,000 infantry troops, totaling only about 80,000 troops.
Logically speaking, there is a huge disparity in military strength between the two sides. The Ming army should be on the defensive and the Ottoman army on the offensive.
But in fact, it was the Cossack soldiers of the Ming Army who were arrogant in the wild.
There was no other reason than that the Ming army's great reputation frightened them.
During this period of time, Emperor Chongzhen had already sown at least twenty Class C eavesdropping seeds. Therefore, it can be said that he knows the situation of the Ottoman army in Bitlis better than anyone else.
Don't look at the huge number of the Ottoman Empire's army. In fact, there are only about 80,000 standing troops, which is equivalent to the number of the Ming army. The others are all miscellaneous troops, or temporarily recruited herdsmen, farmers, etc. We even included those who worked in transportation and logistics, hoping to increase their prestige by relying on their numbers.
If you don't know their actual situation, you might be frightened by their move.
However, for Emperor Chongzhen, he just responded!
Those who fight from God’s perspective, please understand!
Lu Xiangsheng is already on his way here, and Emperor Chongzhen knows it. Those envoys followed Lu Xiangsheng, and he also knew about them.
Originally, he already knew the weaknesses of the Ottoman army in Bitlis through the eavesdropping system, so he planned to take action. But then I thought about it, wait a minute, the audience is here, I have to treat them to a show to entertain them!
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen stopped fighting for the time being, and instead began to consider capturing these Ottoman prisoners to devote themselves to infrastructure construction. That's right, we need to build infrastructure here in Persia, otherwise, we will be sorry for our reputation in future generations!
But with so many people, no matter what, they are not robots, so the food consumption is definitely huge. If it were before, it seems that we can only kill more. But now, someone is sending food, so we can capture more prisoners.
Just thinking, planning, and waiting, this day, Lu Xiangsheng and his party finally arrived.
Not to mention how excited Lu Xiangsheng was to see Emperor Chongzhen again after several years, but to talk about the envoys from all walks of life, they saw that the Ming army only had about 80,000 people, but there were mountains and plains on the opposite side. In short, as long as they could see, they were all flags of the Ottoman army. , they were stunned.
The first thought was whether it would be too dangerous in the Ming army. If there was a fight, Chi Yu would definitely be affected!
But then, they discovered that outside the military camp, soldiers of the Ming army were galloping freely, and the Ottoman army's scouting horses would not leave the camp. If they did, they would definitely be several times the number of the Ming army. Only the number of people dare to come out. At this point, the Ming army is still suppressing and fighting.
It's not that the difference in elite level between the two warring parties is too big. After all, they are all proficient in the war, and they are all good players selected from the army. The reason why envoys from all walks of life felt this way was because the morale of the Ming army was high and their fighting spirit was high. However, the Ottoman scouts were obviously unwilling to fight desperately, which gave people the feeling that the Ming army was suppressing the Ottoman army.
The next day, after guessing that they had some idea of the situation in Bitlis, Emperor Chongzhen sent a message to them to meet him.
For the famous Ming Emperor, almost no envoys dared to raise their heads and look at each other. At most, they only took a sneak peek, which was under great pressure.
After receiving the gifts, each envoy presented his own list of tribute items one by one, and also introduced how good these tribute items were!
It seems that during the Yongle period, a tribe donated a giraffe to Emperor Yongle, saying it was a unicorn, which made Emperor Yongle very happy and auspicious!
However, Emperor Chongzhen's insight was not comparable to that of Emperor Yongle. To be honest, in this era, in terms of knowledge, if he says second, no one dares to say first.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen simply looked down upon their so-called rare treasures and many good things.
At first, he listened patiently, but after hearing this, he stopped directly and said to the envoys below: "If you really want to join the Ming Dynasty and be protected by the Ming Dynasty, then pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. How big can it be?" Your sincerity depends on how much tribute you pay!"
"..." Upon hearing this, these envoys were a little dumbfounded.
In troubled times, food and grass are very precious. However, for the Ming Emperor, this was the most common thing, so he wouldn't ask Pan Bang for it, right?
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was rich all over the world, so he shouldn't be more rare in some weird things. Then in order to show the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, did they give them things?
I heard that the former Ming Emperor was very generous!
Why does the Ming Emperor in front of him want food and grass? There should be no shortage of food and grass in the army? Aren’t they all piled up over there in the back camp?
Emperor Chongzhen saw their doubts and depression, and said calmly: "I will destroy the enemy in front of me tomorrow, and there will be many prisoners. I still need some food now. After this point, I won't need it."
The implication is that your sincerity will be effective during this period.
