Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 943 Can He Manage It?
Emperor Chongzhen also fulfilled his promise, and did not encircle and annihilate the Ottoman army when they were out of the city.Even when they left the sight of Bitlis, even the army monitoring them withdrew, only a small number of Yebushou continued to follow.

Those who don't know will naturally worry about this. What if the Ottoman army returns to the carbine?Or they also admire the self-confidence of Emperor Chongzhen or something.

Only Emperor Chongzhen himself knew that the Bitlis guard Mark Lu had a Grade A wiretapping seed on him, and he was not afraid of them suddenly returning to the carbine.

The Battle of Bitlis was over.

On Emperor Chongzhen's side, he didn't even think about continuing to attack westward.He began to select captives, choosing those captives who were farming, there were about 3, and escorted them south to Mesopotamia, which is the Baghdad area of ​​later generations.

Yan Yingyuan's troops over there have already laid down most of the land.With these captives, production can be resumed as quickly as possible.In any case, the best logistics for the army here is the local supply.Otherwise, even if the food is shipped by sea, it will be very costly.

The remaining [-] captives were all used to rectify the traffic arteries in Persia.To rule such a huge place, convenient transportation is the first condition.

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On the other side, news of Bitlis' defeat in the Ottoman Empire spread quickly.All of a sudden, people everywhere panicked.Those rich and powerful, thinking about the policy of the Ming army, were afraid that the Ming army would fight over, so the memorials for help were urgently sent to Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman envoy Mustafa did not rush back as quickly as possible, so he arrived in Istanbul.Hearing that he was back, Imperial Prime Minister Ahmed immediately put down his work, dismissed the others, and met with Mustafa alone.

Immediately, he couldn't wait, and asked with anticipation: "How is it? Have you seen the Ming Emperor? What did he say?"

"Yes, it's just..." Mustafa didn't care about the exhaustion of the journey, and after hearing the question, he replied bitterly, "It's just that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't like the Arabian Peninsula."

"He doesn't even care about such a large territory?" Ahmed exclaimed in surprise after hearing this.

If he can reach a rapprochement between the two countries, he is prepared to say that the territory of the Arabian Peninsula is actually half out of control.In exchange for the recuperation of the empire, it will be recaptured when it becomes stronger in the future.This reason, he believes, can be justified, and it can even resolve the current imperial crisis.

But the result was not as he hoped, which made him very disappointed.After sighing, he said angrily: "Then what else does he want? He can't necessarily destroy us Osman, right?"

"That's not enough!" Mustafa sighed after hearing this, "If his request can be met, then the war can be ceased."

"Oh?" Ahmed immediately suppressed the idea of ​​getting angry and asked quickly, "Then what is his request?"

When Mustafa heard the question, he sighed again: "He wants all the places east of the Black Sea Strait!"

"East of the Black Sea Strait..." Ahmed repeated in his mouth while thinking in his mind.After thinking about it, he jumped up suddenly, and said angrily, "Is he crazy? How could he open his mouth so much?"

To the east of the Black Sea Strait, that is most of the territory of the Ottoman Empire!Ahmed was really annoyed that he made such a greedy request.

After hearing this, Mustafa smiled wryly and said, "We think the area east of the Black Sea Strait is huge, but in the eyes of the Ming Emperor, it's nothing more than worth mentioning!"

"Ah...hahaha..." Ahmed couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, and after a while, he stopped laughing and said sharply, "Is this still small? It can reach the heights of western Europe." The sum of the territories of most countries. Hehe, what a big tone..."

Mustafa couldn't listen anymore, so he interrupted him, and said to him with a serious expression: "Don't compare it with those small countries in Europe. Do you know how big Ming is?"

"How big can it be?" Ahmed said angrily after hearing this.

Although he knew that after the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire, its territory would definitely be several times larger than that of the Ottoman Empire, but he was angry, so he added another sentence: "Give him five times the size of our Ottoman Empire. Alright?"

Hearing this, Mustafa showed a bitter self-deprecating smile and said, "Five times? No, it's fifty times!"

"..." Ahmed was speechless, thinking he had misheard.However, looking at Mustafa's face, he was convinced that his brother-in-law was not lying.

Suddenly, he felt a little unimaginable.The Ottoman Empire is already very large, and it takes several months to ride north and south or east and west.However, the Ming Kingdom will be fifty times as big, is this possible?
Or seeing what he was thinking at this time, Mustafa conveyed what he knew to Ahmed: "The territory controlled by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is from west to east..."

As the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, Ahmed certainly knew what the world was like at this time.After listening to it, I went through it in my mind, a little dumbfounded, and muttered to myself: "It's so big, can he handle it?"

Even the Ottoman Empire is so big, it is already powerless for the Arabian Peninsula.He really couldn't imagine how the emperor of the Ming Dynasty ruled such a large territory, how could he manage it?
"It has nothing to do with us." Mustafa sighed and said, "It's because he manages a large enough territory that he doesn't care about the Arabian Peninsula."

Well, it's really nothing to do with me whether I can take care of it or not.Ahmed thought to himself, for a moment, he didn't know what to say, so he fell silent.

Needless to say, he would never agree to this request from the Ming Emperor.At least it is impossible for Mustafa to agree, so there is no need to ask what the final result will be.

At this moment, suddenly a guard rushed over from outside, saying that the empress dowager had sent Mustafa and Ahmed into the palace to have an audience.

The two of them looked at each other, and they knew about Mustafa's return. Someone reported to the palace, and the empress dowager was eager to know.

Thinking of this, Ahmed couldn't help but frown.If this happens, he will definitely not be happy.But right now is not the time to deal with this matter. After dealing with the empress dowager, we must investigate thoroughly to see who reported it to the palace.

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Not long after, the two hurried to the palace.As expected, the empress dowager immediately asked about the result of the communication with the Ming emperor as soon as they met.For her, she really wanted to reconcile the two countries so much!

However, when Mustafa recounted the whole thing to her, she was still disappointed.

Her focus was different from Ahmed's. After listening, she just immediately asked: "What should I do? What should I do if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty calls?"

Hearing this, Mustafa glanced at Ahmed, and then replied to the Queen Mother: "Please rest assured, Queen Mother, nearly 20 troops of the empire have been assembled on Bitlis, and they only defend but not attack. The strength of the Ming army that Wei Chen saw along the way is estimated to be no more than [-], and they will definitely not start the war lightly. At least in the short term, the security of the border should be guaranteed."

He deliberately ignored the side of the Arabian Peninsula, because the war there had already started, and the Ming army's offensive was like a dragon, and they had already captured all the places along the coast of the Persian Gulf.In addition, Baghdad, a place that hid from Persia, is also very dangerous now, and it is likely to be captured by the Ming army.

The empress dowager was slightly relieved when she heard his words.But thinking of something, his face became tense again, and he asked again: "It's fine in the short term, but what about the long term? What about the long term?"

"In the long run, I will definitely seize the time to train elites." Ahmed replied quickly, as if he was confident to reassure the Queen Mother, "As long as the elites are [-]%, even if the Ming army does not come to attack us, we will take revenge. Fight to Persia, take Persia!"

Hearing this, the empress dowager stroked her heart with her hands, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.But then, she looked at Ahmed again and said, "Forget it, don't cause trouble. If you defeat again, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to pass the level!"

After hearing this, Ahmed glanced at Muhammad IV who was sleeping in the bed, and then replied: "I will obey Yi's decree!"

In fact, in his heart, he didn't care about what an old woman said at all.In the future, when the Ottoman emperor grows up, he must want to make a difference.He must want to get back the humiliation he has suffered before.According to his estimation, nine out of ten are going to take the initiative to launch an offensive.Of course, the premise is that they can beat the Ming army at that time.

In Ahmed's view, Ming's homeland is too far away after all.It is also impossible for the Ming emperor to be absent from his capital for a long time.Otherwise, it is common for the emperor to lose his position.

Therefore, it is basically impossible for the Ming army in Persia to resist the Ottoman Empire army after they have recuperated.

The Empress Dowager asked about Xin An's answer, she was not interested in other things, so she yawned and said, "The matter of training the army is entrusted to Qing."

After speaking, she was ready to leave.

But at this moment, the guards outside the palace rushed in, and when they reached the entrance of the palace, they turned to the servants again, entered the palace in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "The Queen Mother is not good, Bitlis has fallen!"

Just the six words "Bitlis fell", like a bolt from the blue, struck the foreheads of several people in the hall.Of course, that little emperor doesn't count.No matter how big the news is, it will not prevent him from sleeping.

(End of this chapter)