Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1897, It's not so easy to think about making peace

"An envoy from the Ottoman Empire?"

In Huo Ying's barracks, Huo Ying is studying a plan to march quickly to Istanbul, trying to take the lead in attacking Istanbul before the navy.

At this time, Ali Pasha and Moses, the envoys of the Ottoman Empire, had arrived with their team and formally submitted the Ottoman Empire's request for peace talks to Huo Ying.

"Ali Pasha, he's not dead yet, take them to the living room."

Huo Ying took a closer look and learned that Ali Pasha was sent by the Ottoman Empire. Huo Ying couldn't help but recall that it was Ali Pasha who came to the city of Erzincan for peace talks more than ten years ago.

At that time, he was already very old and very old. He did not expect to live for more than ten years, and this time he came to seek peace on behalf of the Ottoman Empire.

The living room in the barracks is actually a large tent for receiving guests.

The Ottoman ministers such as Ali Pasha and Moses were waiting anxiously. Only when they came to the barracks of the Ming Empire did they truly feel the strength of the Ming Empire's army.

Strictly disciplined, well-equipped and well-trained, just look at the rows of straight soldiers standing outside, each of them is tall and strong, with a general height of more than 175 centimeters.

He is full of energy, and his eyes are firm. Even if he stands for an hour or two, he can stand upright, motionless, like a wooden man.

In the barracks, when meeting each other, superiors and subordinates meet, you don't see nodding and bowing, there are only standard military salutes.

Look at their weapons and equipment, all rifles, this is the latest style of Daming rifles, with long range, high accuracy, and fast rate of fire.

In addition to rifles, horses are the most common thing in the barracks. Almost every soldier in the Ming Dynasty has a war horse. They are very mobile, and they are even better at riding horses than the grassland nomads.

In addition to horses, a large number of four-wheeled carriages, cars, trucks, etc. are also neatly placed. The extensive use of cars and trucks has made the transportation capacity of the Ming people a qualitative leap.

Why is such a Ming army not strong?
"Sigh, I don't know if I've been dazed by the victories, but to provoke such a powerful Ming Empire is really beyond my control."

Ali Pasha couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Only when you have truly seen the strength of the Ming Empire's army, will you understand why the Ming people were able to sweep all directions.

Compared with more than ten years ago, the army building of the Ming people has not stopped and is constantly improving.

More than ten years ago, the Ming people still had cavalry, but now they have all been eliminated, and the era of cavalry has completely ended.

More than ten years ago, the Ming people put on armors for their soldiers to provide protection, but now the armors have been cancelled, and only the steel helmets are kept.

This is not a sign of retrogression, but it shows that the fighting methods of the Ming people have changed. Close combat has become less and less, so there is no need to keep the armor at all.

No matter how well the armor is made, no matter how light it is, there must be tens of catties, and it is also extremely inconvenient, very bulky, removing the armor, it is easier and more convenient to move.

More than ten years ago, Ming soldiers were not as strong as they are now. At that time, some relatively thin soldiers could still be seen.

However, now, these young people of Ming Dynasty who grew up in the new era not only eat enough, but also eat well, their physical fitness has been significantly increased and improved, and they all look like strong soldiers in the past.

The people of Daming have changed too much.

The mighty Ming Empire did not stop advancing because of its own strength, and kept becoming stronger.

What would the Ottoman Empire use against the Ming army?

I really don't know what those people's brains are made of. They shouldn't, they shouldn't, they shouldn't provoke the Ming people. There are still more than ten years to pay off the war indemnity.

It is not yet known how much money will be paid to the Ming Empire, and no one knows how long the debt will be borne in the future.

Ali Pasha, Moses and others waited for more than an hour before Huo Ying came to the living room slowly.

"General Huo!"

Seeing Huo Ying, Ali Pasha also quickly got up and saluted.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you are really old and strong. More than ten years have passed, don't come here without any problems!"

Huo Ying looked at Ali Pasha and said with a smile.

"Thanks to the general, everything is fine. Although I am a little older, I can still eat 2 bowls of rice and 1 catty of meat per meal."

Ali Pasha replied with a smile.

In my mind, I also recalled what happened more than ten years ago. At that time, Huo Ying was just a vanguard general, and the leader of the battle was Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia.

Now Huo Ying can take charge of his own affairs, guarding the Black Earth Province, and commanding an army of [-] alone.

"That's fine, that's fine."

Huo Ying smiled, and then motioned for everyone to sit down and chat.

"Prime Minister came this time, shouldn't he say it's so easy to see an old friend?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Huo Ying also directly asked the other party why he came. Although everyone knew it well, the process still had to go.

"General Huo~"

"War brings death and destruction, which is not beneficial to our two countries. Our Ottoman Empire has always respected the Ming Empire, and the Ming Empire has always been a state of benevolence and righteousness. The Son of Heaven is even more A great monarch who loves his people like his own son and is generous and benevolent."

"Now that something like this has happened, our great sultan is quite remorseful and deeply sorry for it, but all this is actually the fault of several ministers and tribal leaders within our Ottoman Empire. They acted without authorization and destroyed our The friendly relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire."

"Now our great sultan has arrested Su Ke, Basturk, Char and others, and will definitely punish them severely."

"We come to your country to seek peace with full apology and sincerity. We hope that the two sides can turn hostility into friendship and peace is the most important thing."

Ali Pasha thought for a while and said very sincerely.

The meaning is also very simple, that is, the great sultan respects the Ming Empire and hopes to maintain friendship, harmony and concern with the Ming Empire.

The reason for the conflict was entirely caused by the unauthorized actions of the following ministers and tribal leaders, who shifted the fault and responsibility to several ministers.

"Want to talk?"

"It's so easy to buy!"

Huo Yun looked at Ali Pasha, then at the other ministers of the Ottoman Empire, and said directly and coldly.

"It is your Ottoman Empire who provoked our Ming Empire. Whether it was ordered by your sultan or not, it is no longer important. The important thing is that your Ottoman Empire did not abide by the armistice agreement signed at the beginning and prohibited our Ming merchants from entering your country. free trade."

"When it comes to paying war reparations, it pushes back and forth, looking for all kinds of excuses."

"Do you really think that our Ming Empire is easy to bully?"

"Or do you really think that the Erzincan City Agreement signed at the beginning is just paper to wipe your ass?"

"If you don't abide by the contract, you will have to pay for it."

"If every country is like your Ottoman Empire, going back and forth like this, and breaking the signed contract if you want to, then where is the majesty of our Ming Empire?"

"It's your Ottoman Empire that provokes me every time, Ming first."

"The reason for what happened back then was not because your Ottoman Empire coveted the rich Hezhong area of ​​our Ming Dynasty, and slaughtered the innocent people of our Ming Dynasty wantonly in the Hezhong area. That's why our Ming army attacked."

"It's the same now. The free trade of our Ming merchants is prohibited, and they are unwilling to pay war indemnities. They have repeatedly provoked our Ming Empire. Since you dare to provoke our Ming Empire, you must be prepared to be beaten."

"Where is the fight now? You haven't even arrived in your capital, and you are clamoring for peace talks. Do you think that you have the final say on everything in the world, and you can do whatever you want?"

Huo Ying looked at these people, his words were sharp and cold.

peace talks?

There is nothing so easy.

This time, I must teach you the Ottoman Empire a good lesson. It hurt you so that you will always remember the scars of today, so that you will not provoke Daming again and again.

"Your Excellency, the Ottoman Empire has no intention of tearing up the contract we signed at the beginning. We have handed over the amount of this year's compensation to your country, which shows that we are very sincere, and we have now lifted the restrictions and allowed Ming Dynasty Merchants trade freely within our borders."

"What happened back then was also provoked by some military officers and tribal leaders for their own selfish desires. Your country has already retaliated. Our Ottoman Empire has always been silently apologizing and paying for what happened back then."

"Now we are also here to pray that the Ming Empire can give us a chance for the sake of the friendly exchanges between the two countries and the innocent people."

"We are willing to make corresponding compensation and apology for the current situation, which will definitely satisfy your country and will ensure that such things will not happen again in the future."

Ali Pasha couldn't help sighing in his heart, and brought up the events of that year again.

Back then we slaughtered a few immigrant towns in your Ming Dynasty, but you Ming people slaughtered hundreds of cities in our Ottoman Empire, sold millions of Ottomans as slaves, and were forced to cede land for compensation. The silver is given to you Daming people, what else do you want?

"ensure?"

"What do you guarantee?"

"Just rely on one mouth?"

Huo Ying asked back.

"This"

When Ali Pasha heard this, he immediately had nothing to say. He even planned to tear up the signed agreement. The guarantee he said was like farting, meaningless.

"We Daming people never believed in the promises of you barbarians. We only believed in our own fists."

"If you want peace talks, let's wait until we reach the city of Istanbul."

"see a visitor out!"

(End of this chapter)