788 Who is Ottoman or the Ming Kingdom?
"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is known as the ruler of the whole world, and wants to conquer the world! Those who obey it will prosper, and those who oppose it will perish!" Abbas II showed anger in the face of the Ottoman Empire's prime minister Koplu Facchir Ahmed, and accused loudly, "The Mughal Empire and my Persian Empire were all captured by the Ming army."
After pausing, he continued to say angrily, "Not only these, the neighboring countries of the Ming Kingdom have been conquered. After all, only the great Ottoman Empire is still in front of the Ming army."
Speaking of this, his tone suddenly changed, he became a little depressed, and said in a low voice: "In my experience, I think the Ottoman Empire should send an envoy to express his intention to surrender to the Ming army and be a vassal state of the Ming Kingdom. In this way, the Ottoman Empire will be prevented from becoming the second in Persia..."
A "bang" sound suddenly interrupted Abbas II's speech.
I saw that Faqier was full of anger and slapped the armrest of the chair hard. Obviously, Abbas II's words were far from what the Ottoman Empire could accept.
Seeing that before Faqier could speak, the civil servants and generals who were accompanying him were scolding him first.
"Fuck, do you think our Ottomans are you Persians! If you can't do it yourself, you think our Ottomans can't do it either?"
"Our Ottoman Empire has a vast territory and strong troops. It makes Europeans look for their teeth everywhere. Are they still afraid of the Ming people in the east?"
"It's almost the same for the Ming Dynasty to be a vassal state for us. He was actually thinking about letting my Ottoman Empire be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Haven't you woken up?"
"You Persia cannot defeat the Ming Kingdom, which does not mean that our Ottoman Empire cannot defeat the Ming Kingdom. Do you believe it or not and show you the heads of the Ming people?"
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Abbas II was ecstatic when he heard them shouting loudly, feeling that the effect was good, but on the surface, he was still dejected and was not moved by the Ottomans at all.
Fachil looked angry. After waiting for a while, he suddenly stretched out his hand to stop his men from speaking. Then he stared at Abbas II and shouted coldly: "Tell me about the specifics of the Ming people, how did those Ming people defeat you Persia and beat you, the Persian emperor, to surrender to my Ottoman?"
When Abbas II heard this, his heart suddenly felt ache. This was the biggest scar in his life!
But at the same time, he also understood that the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire was obviously not someone who would lose his mind if he talked casually, so he calmed down and started talking according to the effect he wanted.
"The Ming people were very cunning. They drove the Ming thieves to run away, and first ran to the Mughal Empire, which made the people live in poverty. Their tactics were also very rogue..."
Abbas II roughly said the expressions in the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire. Basically, what he said was nine points true and one point false.
Because he knew that if there were too many lies, it would be easy to be seen. Only if this nine-point true or one-point false could the Ottomans not doubt it.
What he said was actually a bit false, which actually lowered the real combat power of the Ming army. The impression given to the Ottomans was that the Ming army could beat him to fleeing abroad in a panic. The main reason was that the thieves had made a fuss before, and the Ming army finally got a bargain.
Of course, he also described the combat power of the Ming army, which showed that the army was basically equipped with muskets, and the range of muskets was farther than that of the Persian Empire and had higher accuracy.
However, Abbas II did not tell the Ottomans that the range and accuracy of the muskets owned by the Ming army were much better than those used by the thieves.
Therefore, after hearing this, Faqier, the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, knew it.
He felt that the muskets and cannons that the Ming army relied on were actually the same as those in Europe. In other words, the Ming army was rampant in the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire, which was actually the new guns and cannons that the Ottoman Empire had.
Abbas II's statement also confirms Facher's speculation about the Ming army.
Therefore, he just sneered in his heart as he listened to Abbas II talking about the horror of the Ming army.
"...The Ming army is really powerful. It uses the ignorance of those foolish people to bribe the people's hearts, and the guns in their hands are too powerful!" Abbas II sighed and said, "I, Persia and you Ottomans have fought before, and they basically know the details of each other. For the sake of your country's ability to take me in, I would like to advise again not to offend the Ming people. It is better to be a vassal state of the Ming Kingdom!"
Hearing his words seemingly for the sake of the Ottoman Empire, naturally, it caused all the civil servants and generals of the Ottoman Empire to be scolded.
This time, Faqier didn't wait long and quickly waved his hand to calm the civil servants and generals below. Then, he said to Abbas II coldly: "Your impression of my Ottoman Empire has been stuck in the past. I can tell you that the new muskets and cannons owned by the Ming people, I also have them!"
"What?" Abbas II was shocked when he heard this, "You...you Ottoman Empire also exists? How is this possible?"
His expression is actually half true and half false.
Although he was surprised that the Ottoman Empire had new guns and cannons, if he really thought about it, he wouldn't find it strange.
Facher was actually very proud when he saw Abbas II's surprise.
You should know that it was impossible for the Ottoman Empire to have such new guns and cannons. It was his father and he who put down his religious prejudices and used pressure to buy them in large quantities from the Portuguese through intermediaries, which enabled the central direct army of the Ottoman Empire to be equipped with a lot of new guns and cannons.
It can be said that the improvement of the combat power of the Ottoman army and the further manifestation of centralization are all the contributions of their father and son, and one of the achievements they are proud of.
Of course, the main promoter of this matter is Faqier's father. The credit for what he said in the history books must be his father.
"What's impossible? Could it be that you think our Ottomans are your Persian?" Facill immediately said lightly, "We Ottomans are much stronger than your Persians, and there is no reason!"
"This...this...how did your new guns come from?" Abbas II asked immediately.
He did want to know that if the Persian army had new guns, in his opinion, he would definitely not end up in such a miserable way, and would run to the Ottoman side and take refuge in a humble manner.
When Faqier heard this, of course he couldn't tell the truth, but he still said in that faint tone: "This new type of gun cannon is simple to say. We can build it ourselves in the Ottoman Empire, which is very easy!"
That's right, the new guns are worthless, they just rifle in the barrel barrel. As for the others, they are not much different from the previous muskets.
However, the key is that it is not easy to pull this rifle, especially for them, it is a time-consuming task.
In such a chaotic world, time is a very precious thing. Like European countries, purchasing from the Portuguese is the fastest way to equip the army in large quantities.
Only after a large number of troops are equipped with the army and have confidence in their hearts, they will not be suppressed by other countries with new guns and cannons, and then they can create subsequent new guns and cannons in their own country to supplement them.
This is also the main reason why the Portuguese could sell a lot of new guns and cannons in large quantities in the early stages, but now it is gradually unable to sell new guns and cannons.
At this time, Abbas II was a little unbeliever in the Ottomans' nonsense. He had already seized the new firearm when he fought against the thieves. After the attempts of his craftsmen, it was very time-consuming to build this new gun and cannon. It was impossible to build many of them in a short time and be used for actual combat.
He originally hoped to hear the source of new guns and cannons from the Ottoman Empire, and he also wanted to do something. However, it was not surprising that he didn't hear what he wanted to hear at this time, because Fachil's answer was also within his expectations. It can only be said that there was no surprise.
While they were talking, a messenger suddenly came to report to Faqiel that the Ming army was stationed in Baghdad and had also assigned 20,000 cavalry to go south. The commander of the Ming army was still in Baghdad, and there were only less than 50,000 men under his command.
As soon as he heard this, Faqier realized that perhaps the Ming army had really fought all the way, and the battle was too smooth, thinking that the Ottoman Empire would be as vulnerable as the Persian and Mughal troops.
Thinking of this, Faqier's mouth slightly sneered, and a hint of sneer appeared.
And his civil servants and generals rushed to express their opinions.
"Sir, we will send troops immediately to destroy the Ming army in Baghdad!"
"Yes, didn't someone say that our Ottomans want to surrender to the Ming Kingdom? Then let him see how our Ottoman army destroyed the Ming army!"
"Catch the Ming commander alive, put his neck with a rope, and lead it to Istanbul to offer it to His Majesty!"
"That is, let people all over the world come and see. Anyone who dares to be an enemy of my Ottoman Empire will end like this!"
"Bah, it's almost the same for the Ming Dynasty to be a vassal state for me. If you dare to ask me to be a vassal state for them, you must teach them a lesson! Let them know the power of our Ottoman Empire!"
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Listening to their shouting and their morale was high, Farcher was very satisfied and did not stop them, so he asked them to talk for a while.
Chapter completed!