Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1353, The Situation in Eastern Europe

In the Kremlin of the Principality of Moscow, the young Grand Duke Vasily III of Moscow is frowning and full of sorrow.

A few years ago, through a coup, he forced his father Ivan III to pass on the position of Grand Duke to himself. He inherited his father's will and ambition, and was also deeply influenced by his mother, the last princess of Byzantium.

Inspired to unify the entire Slavia, establish a powerful country, continue to expand abroad, and incorporate the surrounding city-states into Moscow's territory.

On the Western Front, successive wars against Poland-Lithuania were won. The Poland-Lithuania Principality had to beg for peace from the Principality of Moscow and cede large tracts of land to the Principality of Moscow.

On the Eastern Front, Vasily III has not been satisfied with the status of the Kazan Khanate's vassal state, and is committed to annexing the Kazan Khanate to the territory of the Moscow Principality.

But this time it was not so easy. Amin, the puppet he supported, got rid of his own control and defeated the army of the Principality of Moscow. The two sides turned against each other.

On the southern front, he actively led the army of the Principality of Moscow to counterattack the looting of the Crimean Tatars, organized troops to counterattack the Tatars many times, and severely injured the Tatars several times.

It stands to reason that everything is going smoothly. The Duchy of Moscow is also thriving under his governance. The Slavic city-states are constantly being merged in, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger.

However, things took a major turn a few years ago.

A powerful empire that has never been considered and never considered before, the Ming Empire, its huge influence has spread to the land of Eastern Europe.

The Ming Empire first defeated the Ottoman Empire, causing the mighty Ottoman Empire to lower its proud head and pay compensation to the Ming Empire.

Then the Ming Empire began to vigorously support the Crimean Tatars, not only giving the Tatars weapons, food, cloth, salt, etc., so that the strength of the Tatars grew rapidly.

Originally, the nomadic tribes who only relied on plunder to survive did not even know how to make ironware, so they needed to rely on plundering people from other tribes to build them. Naturally, this weaponry was far inferior to that of the Principality of Moscow.

However, with the help of the Ming people, these savage Tatars exchanged shotguns for cannons at once, and they actually possessed terrifying cannons and astonishingly powerful gunpowder. The town was plundered by the Tatars.

What's even more abominable is that the Ming people also wantonly bought slaves from the Tatars at high prices, allowing the Tatars to taste the sweetness. They continued to attack the Principality of Moscow, plundered the population, and then sold all of these people as slaves to the Ming people.

The rapid loss of population and the rapid growth of the Tatars' strength are what Basil III worried and worried about the most.

Originally, the Tatars had posed a huge threat to the entire Eastern European plain. Every autumn, the threshing valley caused the Principality of Moscow to suffer heavy losses. Now, under the intervention of the Ming people.

The Tatars are no longer limited to grazing in autumn. There are teams of them grazing all year round. After all, compared with grazing, the income from grazing is faster and much higher.

It is said that a slave sold to the Ming people can be sold for more than a dozen taels of silver, which is enough to easily exchange for a large amount of grain, salt, ironware, tea, etc., so that the Tatars can live a prosperous life.

Who will come and go to work hard on grazing?
For this matter, Vasily sent a mission to Daming, expressed his dissatisfaction and anger to the Ming people, and strictly demanded that the Ming people stop such behavior.

It’s just that the people of Daming didn’t even bother with you, and the mission was sent back just from Nanyun Province. They didn’t even arrive at the capital of the Ming people, which was said to be tens of thousands of miles away.

In addition to the Tatars in Crimea that worried Vasily III, the Ottoman Empire in the south of the Black Sea made Vasily III sleepless day and night.

Compared with the Tatars, the Ottoman Empire is stronger and more ambitious.

The Ottoman Empire, which was beaten by the Ming people to pay compensation, was committed to expanding westward. The powerful Ottoman army almost swept across the entire Eastern Europe, beating the Hungarians and Austrians everywhere, and even captured Vienna. Center Rome marches.

For this reason, the entire European countries had to unite to resist the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. Millions of troops between the two sides fought bloody battles on the vast European battlefield centered on Vienna.

On the Eastern Front, the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire pointed directly at the Principality of Lithuania, which was fighting against the proud and arrogant Principality. Even in some areas, the ice of the Ottoman Empire has swept to the border of the Principality of Moscow. above.

The Principality of Moscow organized an army to fight the Ottoman army once, and the result was a big defeat.

Unlike the Tatars who only used cavalry to attack on horseback, the Ottomans were conquered by the firearms of the Ming people, and they attached great importance to firearms, and bought a large number of firearms from the Ming Empire.

Combined with the originally powerful cold weapon cavalry of the Ottoman Empire, the army of the Principality of Moscow was beaten to pieces like paper in front of them.

The good news is that on the thin line, the European coalition forces have gathered and are preparing to launch a decisive battle against the Ottoman Empire. This greatly constrains the Ottoman Empire's troops and makes them unable to attack the Principality of Moscow. Otherwise, Vasily III may There is no way to stay in the Kremlin and worry about it.

"Damn Ming people~"

Vasily III couldn't help cursing again, and when he got angry, he smashed a large piece of exquisite ceramics to pieces.

The reason why the Ottoman Empire was able to resist the entire European coalition forces was also supported by the Ming people.

Like the Tatars, the Ming bought slaves from the Ottomans at high prices, stimulating the expansion of the Ottoman Empire to Europe, plundering and trafficking people to the Ming.

The large amount of wealth obtained from the slave trade turned around and bought the arms and weapons of the Ming people, armed a large number of troops and continued to plunder the population in Europe.

European white slaves are the most popular in Daming. A strong white slave can be sold at a high price of fifty taels of silver in Daming. This price made Vasily III unable to bear the desire to give all his people to Sold out, not to mention the Tatars and Ottomans who lived on plunder.

"The coalition forces must defeat the Ottoman Empire, otherwise our entire Europe will be sold to the Ming people as slaves."

Vasily prayed silently in his heart.

For this reason, he even gave up continuing to attack the Principality of Poland-Lithuania, in order to allow them to concentrate on dealing with the Ottoman Empire.

This is not because Vasily III was kind and did not covet the land of the Principality of Poland-Lithuania, but that he knew that if the Principality of Poland-Lithuania was defeated by the Ottoman Empire, the Principality of Moscow would be next.

Once the Ottoman Empire and the Tatars unite, the Principality of Moscow is even in danger of extinction.

(Here I want to explain the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania. During this period, the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania was the largest and most populous country in Europe, and its military strength was also extremely strong. However, in the seventeenth century, it encountered serious political chaos, and the military The economy is getting weaker and weaker. At the same time, the Russian Empire in the east, the Kingdom of Prussia in the west, and the Grand Duchy of Austria in the south rose rapidly and became stronger. They were finally divided up by these three countries and led to the country's subjugation. So when Lithuania challenged us some time ago, Many people think that Lithuania is a big fart country, so why dare to shout at us, it is because they still have the dream of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom in history, and feel that they are awesome~~ This is not the first time this guy has done this , I used to often provoke Maozi to find a sense of existence.)
"Your Majesty, Vienna is at war!"

When Vasily III smashed the vase, a minister hurried in to report.

"Finally started the war?"

When Vasily III heard it, he calmed down immediately, and quickly looked at the map, looking in the direction of Vienna, and he could imagine in his mind what kind of tragic battle situation would be experienced here.

The European coalition forces and the Ottoman Empire, the two sides gathered millions of troops to fight here, the most advanced artillery, muskets, and powerful cavalry confrontation, this is destined to be a battle that will be recorded in history, and it is also related to the fate of Europe A big fight.

"Report to me immediately if there is any news."

Vasily III looked at the map in a daze. He was powerless to influence the trend of the war. The strength of the Principality of Moscow was very limited, and it could not support the distant Vienna battlefield.

"Your Majesty, the Tatars have begun to come to our principality to hunt grass valleys again."

Just as the previous minister left, another minister hurried over to report.

"Too much deception~too much deception."

When Vasily heard this, he immediately became furious.

It is time for the Tatars to have no rest throughout the year. From time to time, they come to their principality to plunder, and regard their Moscow principality as a grassland?

In the past, they used to hunt Grass Valley once a year, but now they come once every ten days and half a month. Even in this big summer, they still come to hunt Grass Valley. The Ryazan area has become a deserted place, even Moscow often An army of Tatars from the Grass Valley attacked.

How could Vasily III not be angry.

"It's not good, it's not good, Your Majesty~"

Just when Vasili was so angry and decided to organize an army to fight back against the Tatars, another minister hurried in, with sweat on his forehead, looking very anxious.

"What happened?"

Vasily looked at the other party and asked quickly.

"Your Majesty, there is a major event in the east. I just received news that the Ming Empire sent troops to destroy the Kazakh Khanate and the Siberia Khanate. The troops were directed at the Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate. If we are annexed by the Ming people, we will have to face the Ming Empire directly!"

"what?"

When Vasily III heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

　There are many people who dream of a big country, such as Lithuania, Poland, Haski, Bangzi, monkeys in the south, etc.~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)