Chapter 1938: One Mountain Can't Accommodate Two Tigers For seeing Ye Maocai this time, the information he heard made Ye Chunqiu fall into deep thought again.
At this time, Ye Chunqiu thought of a sentence, if something is abnormal, it is a demon.
This sudden move of the Ottomans before the coming of this war really caught Ye Chunqiu off guard.
With his knowledge of the situation in historical Europe, it should not have been.
After thinking about it, Ye Chunqiu was still a little relieved.
Something must have happened.
The Ottomans were in the north, and there could never be anything, since there would be no strong foreign enemy Could it be that the Ottomans were accumulating strength, but in fact, they wanted to secretly attack the Lu army This possibility will not be impossible, although they will gather in the north, but it is impossible to predict what military action they will take, perhaps in the hearts of the Ottomans, Lu Guofang is their henchman.
If this is the case, this is not simple, and naturally we have to be careful.
After Ye Chunqiu thought about it for a while, he issued an order to let the Lu army that had already driven to Hot Spring Pass temporarily stand still, and also ordered the Tatar iron cavalry that had penetrated deep into the western border to temporarily retreat.
For this conjecture, Ye Chunqiu felt that it was very possible, although Ye Chunqiu was now allied with the Ottomans, he had never trusted the Ottomans.
In fact, this is all understandable, after all, the growing strength of the Lu state and the aggressive expansion to the west are enough to make the Ottomans feel the danger.
Isn't there a saying that one mountain can't accommodate two tigers?
It was only at this time that Ibrahim Pasha, the head of the Ottoman Empire's dormitory guard, actually came again.
At Hot Springs, news was urgently sent that the Ottoman envoys had arrived at Hot Springs, and then, Ibrahim Pasha took his delegation and boarded the steam train to the east non-stop, all the way to Qinglong.
Regarding Ibrahim Pasha's visit again, Ye Chunqiu's first reaction was surprise.
Because it stands to reason that Ibrahim Pasha's identity is important, but the first time he concluded the alliance, his arrival was not too unexpected, and it only showed that the Ottomans valued the Lu country.
This time, however, it was unusual to visit again without prior notice.
Ye Chunqiu immediately had a judgment, something must have happened.
As for what happened, Ye Chunqiu had no way to guess, and only knew when he met Ibrahim Pasha.
So when the steam train that Ibrahim Pasha was riding on arrived at the station, there was already a group of Lu Wangwei's men waiting here, and then escorted Ibrahim Pasha out of the station and went directly to the palace.
Ibrahim Pasha looked very tired, for this green dragon, although he had already been here once, but the second time he came, he felt that it seemed to be a little different from what he remembered.
In fact, he is full of good things here, but at the moment, he has more important things, and obviously he is not in the mood to enjoy the beauty of this green dragon.
Ibrahim Pasha sat absentmindedly in the carriage, silently watching the scenery outside pass by the window, and finally the carriage went straight into the palace.
Immediately, the dusty Ibrahim Pasha got out of the car, and Ye Dong, who was already the head of the palace, was already waiting here, Ye Dong saluted him and led him in.
Under the leadership of Ye Dong, they entered the Hall of Mirrors directly, and in this brightly lit palace, Ibrahim Pasha met the long-lost monarch of the East.
Ibrahim Pasha was very modest this time, first saluted Ye Chunqiu, and then asked the accompanying interpreter to greet Ye Chunqiu.
Ye Chunqiu had questions in his heart, and he was eager to know the answer, but he still showed a calm and calm look, and asked with a smile: "It's been very hard all the way." ” Ibrahim Pasha replied modestly: "Your Highness Xie cares, and it has been much better once, and it took three months to get here from Istanbul once.
But this time, it only took a month and a half.
His Royal Highness's iron car is really breathtaking, and it has stretched hundreds of miles in less than half a year. ” Speaking of which, he was in the hinterland of the desert, so he needed to travel hundreds of miles more through the desert, where it would take at least a month, but this time, he arrived at the border directly in the Ottoman territory, and then crossed the desert of Asia, and after arriving at the hot spring pass, he could directly take the steam train to the east, which obviously saved a lot of time.
Ibrahim Pasha had mixed feelings about this railway line, he enjoyed the convenience of this railway line, but at the same time, what really shocked him was that when he arrived at the hot spring pass this time, he saw that an army had been stationed there, and at the same time, a warehouse had been built there to hoard military supplies, obviously, this was to prepare for the western expedition, and this hot spring pass was bound to become the rear supply and transfer heart of the western expeditionary army.
But when he learned that the mountain of supplies and 20,000 military horses had only been prepared half a month ago, and all of them had arrived, his heart could be described as shocked, what a speed Ibrahim Pasha understands war, and naturally knows that the outcome of a war can be determined by various reasons, including supplies, morale, and the number of soldiers, the level of organization of the army, the command ability of the generals, and the ability to assemble the army.
Think about it, if one day, the country of Lu and the Ottomans went to war, the Ottomans had just ordered the mobilization, and ordered the legions stationed in various places to assemble in a certain place, but the other party was as fast as a sharp knife, directly under your capital, are you afraid?
What's more, the powerful supply brought by the railway has completely solved the supply obstacles of the vast desert and grassland, which means that it is difficult for the original large-scale army to march in the desert, because there are too many people and the demand for supply is too great.
Ye Chunqiu smiled and said, "This railway has indeed shrunk this world, and it has also shortened the connection between this king and your country a lot, which is a good thing." ” Is it a good thing Ibrahim Pasha didn't have too many expressions, but he didn't think so in his heart.
In fact, after returning to Istanbul, he informed the Sultan of the situation, believing that sooner or later the growing state of Lu would become a major problem for the Ottomans, so he hoped to use this to attract the Sultan's attention.
It's just that the current Ibrahim Pasha is obviously not in the mood to continue to dwell on this aa2705221: