"Father, we must send troops immediately to reinforce the Ming army!" Portuguese prince Theodosio anxiously demanded Joao IV.

After hearing this, Joao IV did not agree immediately, but sighed and said, "Spain is eyeing us!"

"Father, we are vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the sect leader is in crisis, how can we stand by and watch?" Theodosio said loudly again after hearing this.

When Ruo Ao Fourth heard this, he quickly lowered his voice and said, "Speak quietly, do you want to shout that the whole world knows this?"

"Why can't it?" Theodosio asked immediately, "Am I not the truth?"

Joao IV had no choice but to use his son, so he had to whisper: "If someone else knows about it and reports it to the Holy See, it might cause public anger!"

"So what if you cause public anger?" Theodosio sneered, "Now we are still afraid that they will not succeed?"

With the support of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese were the highest among the countries in Europe, and the most powerful navy.

After Theodosio finished speaking, he showed a sincere look on his face and advised the Fourth Emperor of Ruoao again: "Father, as the saying goes, you should repay the kindness of someone who is a drop of water. Not to mention, the Ming Dynasty is as heavy as a mountain of grace to me! Duke Xingguo also attaches great importance to gratitude. If we ignore the sect leader when we encounter danger, even if we don't care about our conscience, what if Duke Xingguo offends us Portugal afterwards? Therefore, Father, we must rescue the Ming army!"

When he heard his son speaks the oriental words, Ruo Ao IV suddenly felt a little regretful. His son had been in the Ming Dynasty for a few years and exaggerated the Ming Empire to everyone. Even the other children were very yearning for the Ming Dynasty and shouting that he would go abroad to study. And he was always dressed in an oriental outfit, completely like an oriental style.

However, at this time, facing Theodosio's questioning, Joao IV was a little helpless and immediately whispered to Theodosio: "What's the use of going? The news is not that the Ottoman Empire had assembled hundreds of thousands of heavy troops, and the Ming army would undoubtedly be defeated. We sent troops there, but we just wanted to find out if we didn't know?"

"Then let's sit idly?" Theodosio's face turned pale when he heard this. He stared at Joao IV and asked coldly, "We have the most powerful navy in Europe!"

"The navy cannot get ashore!" After hearing this, Joao IV replied immediately.

When Theodosio heard this, he continued without hesitation, "But he can harass the coast of the Ottoman Empire and restrain their troops!"

After saying that, when he saw the expression of Joao IV, he knew that his father still didn't want to agree, so he said with disappointment: "Father, you must be conscience in life! When we Portugal was in a desperate situation, God ignored us, only the Ming Dynasty helped us. If you don't help this time, will your conscience hurt?"

"Rare!" When Joao IV heard this, he was furious and pointed at Theodosio and scolded, "This is how you talk to me?"

"Look!" Theodosio didn't care at all when he saw it, but continued: "Our relationship between Portugal and the Ming Dynasty is just like my relationship with you. If you are in danger, can I sit back and ignore it? Not to mention, you will get angry even if you speak incorrectly!"

"..." Joao IV was choked when he heard this, so he couldn't speak at once.

After a while, he calmed down and replied: "If we send troops, our relationship with the Ming Dynasty will likely be known by others!"

"Haha! Hit the bell with your ears!"

Hearing this, Ruo Ao IV was a little stunned and asked, "What does it mean?"

"That is to say, if you want to steal a bell but are afraid that the bell will make a sound, you will cover your ears and think that the bell will not make a sound!"

When Ruo Ao Fourth heard this, his face turned red and he was furious. When he was about to scold him, he saw his son looking at him without fear.

Suddenly, Joao IV was like a ball stabbed by a needle, and he was suddenly discouraged because he knew that Theodosio actually made sense.

Finally, Joao IV said with some confidence: "I am old and my health is not good. Portugal will depend on you in the future. You have to think clearly that once you send troops, it is impossible to even cover up your ears and steal the bell. It will be exposed in front of all countries. Not only will it fight directly with the Ottoman Empire, but it may also attract condemnation from other countries to our Portugal."

"What are you afraid of?" Theodosio said indifferently, "The Ming Dynasty is invincible, and now he is just worried that the Ming army in the Ottoman territory will be outnumbered. After the main force of the Ming army advances westward, he will rule the world and suppress Europe. Who dares not to obey?"

When he said this, he looked at the face of Ruo Ao Fourth, and he looked a little disbelief, so he loudly emphasized: "My father has never been in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise you wouldn't think that I was exaggerating!"

Joao IV looked at his son and waved his hand a little discouragedly, "Okay, okay, whatever you want. Do whatever you want, Portugal is yours anyway."

When Theodosio heard this, he was overjoyed and quickly replied: "Don't worry, Father, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, of course I will lead Portugal to become the most powerful country in Europe. You can see!"

Three days later, Theodosio led twenty steam paddle ships in Lisbon and five thousand army set out on a ship.

It was not that he did not want to bring more troops, but because of his refusal to marry, he also publicly threatened that the Spanish princess was too ugly and would marry the Ming girl if she wanted to marry, which angered Felipe IV, so he had to keep some troops in Portugal.

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Even a country like Portugal who has been favored by the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the one who knows the Ming Dynasty best. He does not think that the Ming army can defeat the Ottoman army in this war. Not to mention, what other countries think!

Therefore, after the news of the Ottoman army's attack on the Ming army spread, distant countries were gloating, and countries with bad relations stood by and did not dare to take this opportunity to counterattack the Ottomans, for fear of angering the Ottomans and letting the Ottomans turn the army forward, which would be absolutely unbearable.

There are also some countries and tribes, such as the remnants of the Oman Empire that were surviving and tribes on the Arabian Peninsula, who had already surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, also began to rebel. Because they felt that the Ming army would undoubtedly be defeated in this battle.

Naturally, for such a big disturbance, Ming Jun also received news.

In response, Sun Chuanting's troops not only did not withdraw troops from Baghdad, but instead imported supplies from the Persian Gulf, which was obvious that they wanted to defend Baghdad. They also threatened that the Ottoman Empire took the initiative to start a war against the Ming Dynasty, which was a humiliation.

The commander of the Ottoman Empire was Koprulu Facchir Ahmed, who led the army himself. His original intention was to divide some of his troops and attack Persia occupied by the Ming army.

However, the Ming army was so arrogant and even made such harsh words, so he changed his attention and decided to concentrate his troops and give the Ming army in Baghdad a thunder blow, and annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop in the shortest time, giving the Ming country a fierce mouth, so that all countries that pay attention to this battle would see whether the Ottoman Empire was powerful or not!

However, Abbas II didn't want this, and was a little anxious. He quickly advised Faqiel: "The Ming army must have confidence to say this. If the war in the attack on Baghdad is not going well and cannot be conquered for a long time, the more troops there were in the past, the greater the pressure on military supplies, which would be unfavorable to the Ottoman army!"

This time, he was not really excited, but was trying to change his mind in a realistic manner.

However, before he finished speaking, Faqier could speak, the energetic generals cursed first.

"Have you seen so many of us? Every one of us can drown Baghdad, and we can't catch it?"

"Haha, that's right, if you can't pee, you'll be fine?"

"What's the matter with blindness? I didn't see the elite of our Ottoman army? Even if it was a firearm, the Ming army had it, and we had it. There were so many troops, why couldn't we catch it?"

"Don't think that you Persia cannot defeat the Ming army, but you think that the entire world's army cannot defeat the Ming army! Let you Persians see how the invincible Ming army in front of you was defeated by our Ottoman!"

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Fachil was a little impatient, waved his hand to stop his subordinates from speaking, then stared at Abbas II and said coldly: "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking! I can tell you now that in the battle of Baghdad, you will take the Persian army first and make contributions. Otherwise, I don't mind bringing Persia into the Ottomans and becoming one or two provinces."

When Abbas II's face suddenly became ugly when he heard this. Unexpectedly, this was the result in the end. If he had known it, he wouldn't speak.

However, under the eaves, people could not bow their heads. At this time, Abbas II did not even dare to refute it.

When the Ottoman generals heard this, they all burst into laughter, and the desire to gloat was very obvious.

There were even a few generals who suggested to Farcher in front of Abbas II to annex Persia directly and behead the Persian emperor.

However, Faqier obviously had other plans and ignored the cheers of these generals and ordered the entire army to march towards Baghdad.

Including the army of the vassal states, there were a total of 250,000 troops. The marching line was endless, and the dust brought by the sky and the sun was covered.

Such a large-scale army made all European countries tremble, but now they are just attacking the 50,000 Ming troops in Baghdad.
Chapter completed!