Chapter 887 fell short When the Ming Dynasty went on an expedition against the Ottoman army, it was not impossible to take a larger area, the key was that it was too difficult to govern.In line with the principle of eating one bite at a time, Quan Xu only occupied most of the Nile Delta, which was the most prosperous part of the Mamluk Dynasty, but not the whole territory.The actual territory of the Mamluk dynasty was not Egypt in later generations, but far exceeded Egypt, including present-day Palestine, Jerusalem, the coastal area of Jerusalem, the Hijaz region, and Syria.In fact, at this time, the Ming North Africa was only equivalent to one-third of the Mamluk Dynasty.The territory of these four states alone, covering an area of about 100,000 square kilometers, has been relatively stable after more than three years of governance.Just to maintain a stable state, but if you want to be like the Central Plains, you still need to work hard.The Ottoman Empire can also recognize the current North Africa.After all, the Ming Dynasty only occupied a small part of the territory of the Ottoman Empire.The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire are currently in a state of temporary truce, the two sides maintain restraint, the reason for restraint is actually different, the Ming Dynasty does not have so much strength, eat the Ottoman Empire in one go.First of all, the ethnic composition of the Ottoman Empire was particularly complex.It is difficult to manage, just like now, occupying a part of the territory, a large number of nobles of the Ottoman Empire, vying for commercial cooperation with the Ming Dynasty, doing business.The Ottoman Empire, on the other hand, did not have the power to expel the Ming people.The two sides maintained ideal restraint, but the problem was broken in July 4636, the fourth year of the reign of the Yellow Emperor.Located on the east bank of the Nile, near the Jordan River, a Daming village and town burst into flames, and the fire was quite fast, and the Ottoman army across the Jordan River immediately discovered it.The smell of burnt wheat was in the air, and it was clear that this was not an accident."
What's going on?
I'm not telling you, don't mess with the Ming people during this time!
”"Who knows?
Maybe it was the Ming people who set the fire themselves, but not necessarily!
”"You idiot, idiot!"
Only the next day, officials from the Ming North African Foreign Affairs Department sent a strongly-worded letter to the Ottoman officials, asking them to give an explanation.The management system of the Ottoman Empire was even more sloppy and sloppy than that of the Mongols, and it can be said that the governors of each of their provinces did not know how many soldiers and horses they had, nor how many men they had.Pasha, formerly known as Beshaw (Turkish: pa?)
a) were high-ranking officials in the Ottoman administrative system, usually governors, generals, and high-ranking officials.Pasha is an honorific equivalent to the British "lord" and was the highest-ranking official title in Egypt during the pre-republican period.At this time, Pasha Muhammad Ali of Egypt conducted an investigation under his command, but the problem is that the results of the inquiry are clearly different from the results of the investigation, at least five tribes with more than 10,000 people were transferred, and a large number of silk, spices and steel swords appeared in these tribes.This means that they must have participated in this military operation.In fact, this is just a play written and directed by Guo Shaokun, just to occupy the moral high ground, this is called Heihu Town because there is a natural asphalt lake, in this era asphalt can be regarded as a strategic material, asphalt and stones are used to build roads, and the effect is very good.Originally, there were only more than 300 households in this town, because the soil was not suitable for making bricks, and the city walls were all wooden, which was not suitable for defense, so a fire was burned, and then a stone city was built in situ.At the same time that the Governorate of North Africa issued a foreign traffic ban to the Ottoman Empire, the states and counties and towns were mobilized, and although the Ming people in North Africa were very diligent, most of them were waiting for sin, and their work was labor reform.If they have a free body, then the food and money they harvest are their own, but if they are reformed through labor, they can only mix food and clothing.However, if you go into battle to kill the enemy, you can make meritorious service, and if you make meritorious service, you can reduce the period of labor reform, and the first rank of one enemy is five years, and two are ten years.Even for the most heinous criminals, the maximum labor camp period is twenty-five years, and it is enough to kill five enemies before the battle, so when Sun Chuanting issued the mobilization order, the whole of North Africa seemed to be as lively as the New Year.Everyone is gearing up and ready to move.Under the leadership of the town guards, one by one, the militia held battle flags and assembled in the direction of Black Lake Town.In mid-July, the tenth day of Sun's mobilization order, the first militia of about 17 towns arrived in the town of Black Lake and began building camps along the Jordan River.Seventeen towns are more than 17,000 people, and the enemy army of this number cannot threaten the Ottoman Empire at all, but the problem is that if these 17,000 people are the Ming army, the effect will be different.Seeing that Da Ming's posture of wanting to use force was extremely obvious, Ali couldn't sit still, and hurriedly sent an envoy to negotiate with Sun Chuanting."
There's nothing to say, from the moment the Ottoman Empire decided to launch an attack on the town of Black Lake, our armistice agreement with the Ottoman Empire was torn up by you, and you are our enemies."
Sun Chuanting's attitude was resolute, insisting on launching an attack on the Ottoman Empire, and making preparations for the complete annexation of Jerusalem along the coast of Jerusalem, so as to conform to the interests of the Ming Empire.Hong Chengchou served as the first governor of North Africa, and during his tenure, the Ming Dynasty grew from scratch in North Africa, owning more than 500 towns and four states.If he does nothing during his tenure, won't he be running for nothing?
Of course, he also knew that the Ming Dynasty was ready to directly intervene in the war between Venice and Europe, and the army was already being assembled in the country, and now the most important thing was to start a war."
It's a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding, any problem can be solved, right?"
The envoy sent by Ali is also fickle, and he is no longer entangled in whether the Ming people wrote and acted by themselves, the key is to solve this war that is about to break out.With the strength of the Egyptian Governor's Palace, it was simply impossible to resist the attack of the Ming army."
Well, we can make reparations!""
Compensation, how do you compensate?
I killed you, how much compensation do you need?
”Guo Shaokun stared at the messenger aggressively: "If you open the count, I'll kill you now!"
”The messenger's face was full of bitterness.He was a little too thoughtful, Da Ming really wanted to fight this battle."
Let Ali show his sincerity, we have found this now, and this!"
The messenger took the copper button and a turban and looked at it, and immediately understood that this was the emir's copper button, which was made by the Mamluk army."
We Daming killed four hundred and fifty-one people, let Ali hand over the murderer, don't tell me that one of them can kill so many of us, we have fought each other, you tell me, if you want to kill more than 400 of us, how many people does the Mamluk army need to dispatch?""
A thousand?""
Or let's pull it out and practice now?
Lao Tzu led a regiment, and the Mamluk army of 30,000 people could be blocked, and Lao Tzu buckled his eyes out!
”Speaking of this, the messenger asked: "Your Excellency the Governor means that it is okay to calm the situation, first of all, you hand over the murderers, at least fifty thousand people, and compensate us for our losses, five million taels of silver!"
”This ball was naturally kicked to Ali, Sun Chuanting's request, he couldn't meet it, 50,000 Mamluk troops, almost the number of the entire Egyptian Mamluk army, not to mention 50,000, even if it was 5,000, the Mamluk army would rebel.What's more, five million taels of silver sold Egypt for not worth five million taels of silver.Muhammad Ali could only choose to report, and at the same time as Muhammad Ali reported, the Daming North African militia continued to increase troops to the Jordan River, and the number has exceeded 50,000.The reinforcements were still pouring in like a tidal wave, and the dust and smoke raised by the convoys and horses made the Ottoman cavalry not dare to look at it directly.Istanbul, formerly Constantinople.At this time, it was the largest city in Europe, with a population of more than half a million at one point.Of course, compared with the megacities of the Ming Dynasty, it is still a little less interesting, but it is definitely a metropolis in Europe.In the opulent palace of the Ottoman Empire, like a fairytale palace, Sultan Murad IV tastes freshly squeezed juice with a serious expression.His demeanor was very graceful, and he showed the dignity and grace of the emperor, which was admirable, but those who knew him well knew that the Sultan was in a bad mood at the moment, and it was better not to make him angry.There is no way, the Sultan is the supreme ruler of the empire, and a single sentence can decide the life and death of countless people, and the consequences of making him angry are very serious.But now it was not his subjects who angered him, but an ancient kingdom far to the east, and the majesty of the sultan was of no use to that kingdom thousands of miles away."
These vile savages, damned infidels!"
Murad IV finally couldn't help but roar and said: "They are too greedy, they took Alexandria, took Suez, took Cairo, are they still not satisfied?"
Now it's time to snatch our Jordan again!
”The ministers of the Ottoman Empire roared: "The Empire should immediately wage a holy war against the infidels, whether at sea or on land...... and these voices could shake the palace maidens and tremble.After a long while, Murad IV sighed slowly: "Order Suleiman Pasha to withdraw the army from Crete, by the way, and Venice!"
”Murad IV quickly recognized the reality, not that he didn't want to fight, the key was that he couldn't fight.If you want to talk about barbarism, no one has the barbarism of the Ottoman Empire, they have been invading and expanding since the founding of the country, they have conquered Western Thrace, Macedonia, Sofia, Thessaloniki and the whole of northern Greece, forcing the Bulgarian and Serbian rulers to pay tribute.Later, the appetite of the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Nicoburg, in one fell swoop, defeated Hungary, France, Germany and other countries of the coalition forces, occupied most of the Balkans, Selim I during the reign of the domestic economy, committed to the internal economic construction, external efforts to the east and south, in 1514 the Battle of Chaldiran defeated the Persian Safavid Dynasty under Tahmasp I, to obtain part of Azerbaijan.Under Suleiman I, the Ottoman naval commander Barbarossa Hayreddin, led the Ottoman navy to defeat the navies of the Christian countries on several occasions, including the conquest of Tunisia and Algeria in Spain, and Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Iraq were all Ottoman territories.But the Ming Empire that appeared with it made him feel powerless.…… In October of the same year, when the Ming Dynasty launched a tentative attack on the Jordan River of the Ottoman Empire, the city of Chania, located on the island of Crete, was in a desperate situation.The gunpowder was gone, all the muskets were turned into burning sticks, the artillery was denied a single shell, the rationing system had been adopted three months ago, and only those who went into battle could eat a single loaf of bread.With more than 4,000 Venetians and other ethnic groups, a total of 10,000 people, there are now less than 3,000 people in the entire city, and most of them are old and weak women and children."
Your Excellency, I really can't fight, the local people haven't come to support so far, is there any point in us resisting?""
Meaning, this meaning that we Venetians don't have to be slaves of the Ottomans, you know how those barbarians treat their slaves!"
Greco smiled bitterly: "They are very brutal, they have no humanity, they will burn our city to the ground, they will torture us with all kinds of perverted means, even death is a very luxurious thing, think about your daughter, your wife, and your parents and relatives, this is the meaning of our persistence!"
”"However, we have no food, and no matter how much we save, we won't be able to last ten days!""
Then let's talk about it in ten days!"
Greco pulled out his sword full of gaps, pointed to the sky and said: "God testifies, I, Greco, will coexist with the city, will fight until the last moment, and would rather die than be a slave!"
”At this time, the Venetians would follow him and shout, but at this time, they did not have the strength to shout, and in order to resist the Ottoman attack, many of the houses had been burned with furniture, and the houses were torn open and stones were removed, and now the entire city was almost in ruins.Either shelled by the Ottomans, or picked up by themselves.Greco's lips were blistering with blood, and he was waiting, waiting for the last chance to come.In fact, Greco also had a grenade bullet in his arms.Of course, this was purchased by Helena from Daming, and it was a pull-ignition type, and the black powder was packed in a shell cast of pig iron, which could kill and injure several people in the event of an explosion.It's just that this weapon is too expensive, and they have run out."
Look, look, look, the Ottomans are retreating!"
Greco was a little incredulous: "Why did they retreat?"
”In this battle, they are obviously about to achieve the final victory, and now they are retreating, won't it be a failure?
Rather than occupying Crete, the Ottomans were more concerned about the next overwhelming attack of the Ming Dynasty.