On the road to Istanbul, in the palace of Sudan, Gebze.

Sultan Muhammad IV of the Ottoman Empire stood by the window.

In any case, he never thought that he would end up in this way!

Once upon a time, for every Ottoman sultan, their enemy was the Catholic countries in Europe. Conquering Europe and conquering pagans was the goal that every Ottoman sultan must strive to achieve.

Muhammad IV is of course no exception!

When he was a young sultan, he asked the prophets to bless him more than once, to conquer Europe and those Christian countries.

Thinking about it now, I was so young and ignorant at that time!

At that time, there was only one threat in his eyes, that was the pagans in Europe, and those pagans had only one result when they were defeated.

That's all. At that time, he never thought that one day there would be a strange enemy, even a distant country that only existed in the legend, and sent their troops to try to destroy the Ottomans!

What is even more unbelievable is that they occupied Istanbul and his capital. They were supposed to spend time and enjoy the wealth of the world there, but now? He had to face the current situation, and the Chinese were waiting for them in Constantinople.

What will the outcome of the war be?

Is it a victory or a failure?

All this is unknown, but in the mind of Muhammad IV, a thought could not help but emerge. Will the Ottoman Empire be destroyed in its own generation?

This idea should not have emerged.

But he had to think about him. After all, the Chinese really seemed to have the intention of conquering the Ottomans.

In the past, compared with the Christ world, the Ottoman relied on his own huge army, but what about the Chinese?

But they can dispatch larger troops.

Their army even has more than one and a half million men!

And they can even send more troops as long as they want!

Being an enemy of such a country is simply...

Why should we despise such an empire?

Thinking of the cause of this war, Mohammed IV couldn't help but sigh. After all, the opponent faced by the Ottoman Empire this time was unprecedentedly powerful. An opponent far stronger than all the Christian countries combined.

Just as Muhammad IV sighed and felt desperate, the gentle footsteps sounded.

When I looked up, I found that Davich Ahmed Coplulu was coming.

"Your Majesty, we have just received information from Pasha everywhere. Rebellions of varying sizes have occurred in places such as the Balkans to Greece to Bulgaria. Those Christians are launching rebellions because we have lost Jerusalem and Istanbul!"

As the Great Vicci, Ahmed Coprulu was not only responsible for government affairs, but also military affairs. In fact, this was also a normal operation of the Ottoman Empire. When quelling rebellions and conquering Christian countries in various places, Great Vicci was often in charge of the command.

Once again, Ahmed Copruyi reported a news that annoyed the Ottoman Sultan.

Those Christians actually launched a rebellion again!

In fact, in the Ottoman Empire, rebellions were endless. Not only pagans rebelled, but even the local military leader Pasha also rebelled. Ahmed Copruil's father had quelled the rebellion of several Pashas in Anatolia. It was not the others who supported the rebellion, but the Turks themselves.

This is true for all our own people, and they are those Christians who are even lower than slaves?

“How big is the rebellion?”

Mohammed IV tried to suppress his anger.

"Very big!" said Ahmed Copruri,

"In the Balkans alone, there are more than 100,000 Christians participating in the rebellion. According to the report of the local Pasha, affected by the news that the Chinese occupied Istanbul, the local Christians are very enthusiastic about resisting our rule. It is expected that more than 200,000 will participate in the rebellion in the future. Those rebels have now occupied many small towns, and many believers and our officials have been killed by rebels!"

"Two hundred thousand?"

Mohammed IV said in surprise,

"How is this possible? How could so many people participate? It must be their exaggeration! Or someone planned all this."

"Your Majesty," Ahmed Copluir told the Sultan,

"In the entire empire, most Christians hated us very much. In the past, they surrendered to us because the scimitar in our hands was sharp enough. Now, the reason why they rose up to resist our rule is because our failure in Jerusalem, especially after Istanbul was taken away by the Chinese, those pagans saw the possibility of attacking us, so they rose up to resist our rule! As long as we do not take back Istanbul and defeat those Chinese in one day, the scale of the rebellion will only grow bigger and bigger."

"It's just some farmers and citizens, vulnerable!" Muhammad IV sneered,

"Those pagans want to scare us with their power. We will use a scimitar to tell them that it is absolutely impossible. After defeating the Chinese, we will erase all of them from this world. All Christians must convert, otherwise there will be only a dead end to them! The empire will no longer tolerate pagans living in this prophet's land!"

After saying this, Muhammad IV asked again.

"Did the Habsburgs have any movement except those rebels?"

Compared with those vulnerable farmers and citizens, Mohammed IV was more worried about the movements of Christian countries such as Habsburg. If they took the opportunity to attack, they would be the most deadly to the Ottomans.

He really guessed it right. At the beginning, when Christian countries such as Habsburg learned that the Ottoman Empire was dispatching heavy troops to regain Jerusalem, they really thought of sending troops to invade the Ottoman Empire. Of course, they were not to help the Chinese at all. They just wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob. "liberation of enslaved Christians" was just a high-sounding word, and opening up the territory was the most real idea.

"They did have the idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation at the beginning, but now their attention is all attracted by the Mongols. Now the Mongols are attacking Moscow. In contrast, it is more important to stop the Mongols from invading now,"

Perhaps this is a chain reaction. The Mongol invasion prevents Eastern European countries from taking advantage of the situation. This is indeed a lucky thing for Türkiye.

Nodded, the Sultan said.
Chapter completed!