Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1899, another fifty years of mortgage
"Boom boom~ boom boom!"

The sound of violent shelling sounded from outside the city of Istanbul, and shells whizzed past in the sky.

At this moment, the entire capital of the Ottoman Empire was besieged.

Nearly a hundred warships of the Ming Empire opened fire on the capital of the Ottoman Empire from three sides on the sea. On the only land connection, 20 Ming troops joined forces smoothly, and thousands of heavy artillery were also pouring down on the capital of the Ottoman Empire. anger.

This was an unprecedented artillery attack. Thousands of artillery participated in the attack. The pouring shells formed a rain of shells and fell into the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Hundreds of thousands of shells fell into this historic city, the deafening sound resounded through the sky, and billowing smoke enveloped the entire city.

The formerly bustling, bustling, and noisy Istanbul is in ruins at this moment. Countless ancient buildings have been turned into ruins by the gunfire, including churches and grand ceremonies inherited from the ancient Roman Empire, temples and palaces built by successive kings of the Ottoman Empire.

Almost all of them were turned into ruins, and it was difficult for you to find an intact building. There were ruins everywhere, extremely messy, helpless crying, terrified screams, and figures constantly searching among the ruins.

Everyone in this city deeply remembers today and this moment.

It is estimated that this is the most terrifying shelling in human history!

The artillery attack lasted for several hours, and then it gradually stopped. It seemed that the people of Daming were already tired, and the anger in their hearts had also dissipated, so they stopped.

However, for the people in Istanbul, when they tremblingly climbed out of the ruins, looked at the devastated city, and kept calling out the names of their relatives, but they could not hear the answer for a long time, the whole city was immersed in Amidst grief and weeping.

In the royal palace of the Ottoman Empire, Selim I and many princes, ministers, royal family and nobles came out from the solid underground fortifications.

The formerly prosperous royal palace was completely turned into ruins.

The royal palace here was inherited from the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Byzantine architectural style combined with the efforts of the skilled craftsmen of the Ottoman Empire, forming the unique architectural style and art of Istanbul.

But now, everything is in ruins.

I can no longer see a trace of the luxury of the royal palace in the past, accompanied by a gust of wind, rolling up billowing dust, making Selim I and others ashamed and extremely embarrassed.

"Ming people!"

Selim I clenched his fist tightly.

Daming people are really too ruthless.

The Ottoman Empire, which was killed by several armies, was seriously injured. It was obviously preparing to negotiate peace with him, but he had to bombard his capital, turning everything here into ruins.

Look at the palace in front of you, and then look down at the urban area outside the palace. There are ruins and broken walls everywhere. Many magnificent buildings built with a lot of effort and wealth are all destroyed. The people of Ming Dynasty simply intend to leave this city The meaning and intention of a complete building.

There is endless anger burning in his heart, he can't wait to lead an army of one million all the way to the east, go directly to the capital of the Ming people, and destroy the capital of the Ming people.

However, anger is just anger after all.

When the strength is not as good as that of a human being, anger is meaningless, it will only make you lose your mind and make more mistakes.

"Great Sultan, thanks to our dispatch of 20 troops in advance, otherwise, if we stay in the city, we don't know how many people will be killed or injured."

Ali Pasha's old eyes were filled with tears.

He was very old, and when he was young, he personally followed Mehmet II to fight in all directions, and took this ancient city as the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

That was more than half a century ago.

At that time, the army of the Ottoman Empire fought bloody battles here for several months, and built huge urban cannons to bombard the solid city walls. In the end, the opponent was short of manpower, and they would lose if they defended for a long time. The ancient city that laid the foundations of the Ottoman Empire.

After more than half a century of long years, he has also experienced several sultans, and the successive sultans are constantly building this huge and magnificent city.

The Ottoman Empire has always been proud of owning this city.

However, up to now, it has been attacked by the Ming people twice in succession.

More than ten years ago, the Ming people's navy bombarded Istanbul, but that time the damage to the city was not deep. At that time, the power of the artillery fire was limited, and the Ming people only bombarded it to force the Ottoman Empire to sign an alliance under the city.

But this time, the Ming people made it clear that they wanted to destroy Istanbul. Thousands of cannons poured hundreds of thousands of shells at the city, razing everything to the ground, causing extremely heavy casualties.

But fortunately, Selim I followed his own advice and dispatched all the 20 troops defending the city, and escaped this catastrophe, otherwise the last vitality of the Ottoman Empire would be wiped out.

This capital city that inherited the Eastern Roman Empire is very likely to be restored by Europeans and Greeks, and the Byzantine Empire is also very likely to revive.

But look at the bustling city at sunset, it is the largest and most prosperous city in Europe.

Paris, Venice, Vienna, Lesotho, Florence, Genoa, etc. These European cities are much smaller than Istanbul, and there is no way to compare them at all.

But now, this bustling city has turned into ruins, and the city that has been passed down for thousands of years has been completely destroyed in one fell swoop.

The proud jewel of the Ottoman Empire was destroyed.

This kind of feeling and mood made him, a veteran of the Ottoman Empire, want to cry without tears.

At this moment, I don’t know whether I should be thankful that I have preserved the last vitality of the Ottoman Empire, or whether I should cry well and cry for this great ancient city.

Just like the countless cries in the city, there are too many, too many lost.

Although the Ming people had no intention of attacking, they didn't seem to have any interest in occupying the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

They came purely to pour out their anger, to show the majesty and hegemony of the Ming Empire.

Simply coming to destroy, simply coming to give the Ottoman Empire a deep lesson and impression, a shame that the Ottoman Empire will never forget.

At the same time, it completely buried the ambitions of the Ottoman Empire into the ruins.

From now on, the Ottoman Empire will lose its ambition and strength to contend for world hegemony.

It is still unknown whether he can survive the current hurdle.

Even though the Ming people retreated and negotiated peace.

But the Persians, Egyptians, Europeans, Greeks, Spaniards, Tatars, etc. will not let go of the great opportunity to carve up the Ottoman Empire.

Just relying on the remaining 20 troops, can they defeat the heroes of the Quartet?

This is still a question mark, an unknown.

The powerful tribal leaders and nobles in the interior are equally ambitious, just like the Ottoman Empire who established the Ottoman Great. They rose rapidly from a tribal leader to become the master of this land and established a huge empire. .

There are still many, many problems in the future. No one knows whether the Ottoman Empire can survive.

Everyone has such doubts in their hearts, but right now, how to reach an armistice agreement with the Ming people is the most important thing.

This reminded Ali Pasha of the time more than ten years ago. At that time, under the city of Erzincan, the Ming people forcefully threw out an armistice agreement, ceding a large amount of land, huge war reparations, and unequal compensation. Treaty of Commerce and so on.

This is a disgrace in the history of the Ottoman Empire, but in the end they had to sign again.

Now, it is unknown what kind of harsh treaty the Ming people will propose.

"Please go again, even if you go outside the city to reach a truce agreement with the Ming people, no matter what conditions they ask, we will agree to them, as long as they cease the war as soon as possible."

Selim I slowly loosened his clenched fist.

He can be regarded as a talented and generous monarch, knowing that the anger at this moment is still meaningless, and he is also an extremely calm and cruel monarch.

After the anger is over, he is extremely calm, thinking clearly about the situation in front of him, knowing that the most important thing right now is to reach an armistice agreement with the Ming people, and the retreat of the Ming people is the most important thing.

If the Ming people don't retreat, the enemies from all directions will keep coming, and the tribal leaders inside will also be ready to move, and I can't solve these problems and things with all my heart.

"Yes~"

Ali Pasha hurriedly replied respectfully, and then took a dozen or so ministers and walked out of the city together, to find peace talks with the Ming people again.

outside the city.

"Tsk tsk, this artillery attack is so powerful!"

"Thousands of artillery pieces and hundreds of thousands of shells directly razed this Istanbul to the ground."

Huo Ying and Liao Yuan stood on a hillside, holding binoculars to watch the spectacular bombardment, and they also showed satisfied smiles when they saw the ruined city of Istanbul.

The two of them can be regarded as people who have seen the big world, and they have seen a lot of various artillery attacks.

But it was also the first time for them to see such a big scene like today.

The power of thousands of artillery pieces is really too strong.

"This should be the most powerful artillery attack ever."

Liao Yuan nodded and said: "I don't know if the sultan of the Ottoman Empire was killed. If he was killed, it would be a little troublesome. They will have to wait for a new sultan to be elected before they can negotiate peace with us."

"Don't worry, it's not that easy to be killed by the bombing, maybe you will come to us for peace talks soon."

Huo Ying seemed very confident. How could the emperor of a huge empire be killed so easily? He probably hid underground in advance.

"Report~"

"The envoy of the Ottoman Empire came to ask for an audience."

The two chatted and chatted, and soon someone came to report.

"Haha, it's here."

"The speed is really fast enough. As soon as our cannon fire stopped, they came to us for peace talks. It seems that what Liu Gong said is very reasonable. The truth is only within the range of the cannon."

"It's best to talk to them with gunfire."

"Haha, isn't that right, Mr. Liu is most obsessed with artillery attacks."

"Let's go, let's go, the peace talks will be held earlier, and we will also give the Ottoman Empire some time to deal with the enemies from all directions. Don't play the Ottoman Empire to death, or who will pay our war reparations when the time comes."

"Well, these hundreds of thousands of shells are all silver, and they must be reimbursed by the Ottoman Empire."

The two chatted and quickly returned to the barracks.

Here, Ali Pasha, Moses and other Ottoman ministers are already waiting.

"Old Prime Minister, we meet again."

Huo Ying and Liao Yuan walked in with smiles on their faces, and greeted Ali Pasha with a smile.

"Yeah, we meet again."

"Ming people don't talk dark words. We are here for peace talks. I don't know how your country is willing to stop the war?"

Ali Pasha looked at the two of them, and there was no more nonsense. They had already reached this point, and the nonsense was meaningless.

"Peace talks~"

"Now peace talks are possible. I think you Ottoman Empire should also remember today's lesson, and you should also know how powerful our Ming Empire is. Presumably, you will not do some unwise actions in the future."

Huo Ying glanced at them and said.

"Our Ottoman Empire will always remember today, and we will respect the Ming Empire even more!"

Ali Pasha took a deep breath and said to calm down the anger in his heart.

"That's good. This is our armistice agreement. If there is no problem, let the sultans sign and seal it personally, and carry it out."

Huo Ying nodded in satisfaction, and immediately took over an armistice agreement from the staff around him. The armistice agreement wrote several main clauses in Chinese, Turkic, and Arabic.

The first article, the Ottoman Empire took the initiative to provoke the Ming Empire, and it was to blame and humiliate itself. Therefore, all the faults and losses of the war were borne by the Ottoman Empire.

This is to characterize the war this time. It is not that the Ming people invaded your Ottoman Empire, but you yourself caused trouble and provoked the Ming Empire. The relevant subsidiary treaty clearly stated what happened this time. The Ottoman Empire violated the contract First, Ming merchants were prohibited from doing business freely, deliberately delaying and postponing the payment of war reparations and so on.

Obviously, these are all things that need to be written into history, to find out the reasons for the incident, and set a tone for it.

Next is the second article. The Ottoman Empire ceded the city of Erzincan and all the areas east of it to the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire had the right to garrison troops in the Istanbul Strait. The Ottoman Empire ceded a piece of 10 square kilometers of land along the coast of the Greek Peninsula in the Aegean Sea. and the surrounding islands to the Ming Empire.

This one is the cession of land and garrisons. The city of Erzincan and the land east of it were ceded to the Ming Empire, which means that the capital of the Ottoman Empire will not be fortified in the eyes of the Ming people, because all the gates have been ceded to the Ming people. Coming from the city of Erzincan is a flat river, and there is no natural danger to defend.

Garrisoning troops in the Istanbul Strait is even more deadly. This is equivalent to inserting a thorn in the heart of the Ottoman Empire. If the Ottoman Empire continues to be the same as before, thinking about provoking Ming and not abiding by the contract, the Ming can attack in minutes Istanbul, let you taste the taste of gunfire again.

As for the land on the Greek peninsula, it was the colony of the Ming people in the Mediterranean Sea, and it was obviously for the purpose of expanding their presence here, and they could do more things with more land.

Ali Pasha didn't pay much attention to this, the ceded land was not too much, it was still acceptable, and it was within his own estimation.

He cares more about war reparations.

There is no doubt that the people of Daming will not let themselves down.

In the third article, war indemnity is mentioned. The Ottoman Empire needs to compensate the Ming Empire for a total of 2 million taels of war indemnity, which can be paid in installments.

The war indemnity of 2 million taels of silver is twice that of the previous war indemnity. The war indemnity of the last war has not been paid off yet, so another 2 million has been paid, and it will be divided into installments. How many years will it take?

Seeing this, Ali Pasha couldn't help feeling dizzy for a while. The people of Ming Dynasty are really greedy. 2 million taels of silver is not enough to pay back all the silver from the Ottoman Empire.

Continuing to look at Article [-], the merchants of the Ming Empire and its vassal states, vassal states, and colonies have the right to trade and travel freely in the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire has no right to tax all products of the Ming Empire.

Each of the four main points made Ali Pasha grit his teeth with hatred.

"Back then, we shouldn't have thought about the Hezhong area of ​​the Ming people, but they provoked the Ming people. Humiliation came again and again. For a little sesame, we even lost all the watermelons."

Ali Pasha was extremely remorseful, and he didn't know who persuaded him to send troops to the Hezhong area and provoke the Ming people, and that's how everything happened today.

"General Huo, it is impossible for us to cede the city of Erzincan to your country. This is the core of our Eastern Front. Once we lose it, we will have no defense at all."

"And stationing troops in the Istanbul Straits, this is also something we cannot accept."

"The amount of war reparations is also too large, far beyond the capacity of our Ottoman Empire. We simply cannot afford such high war reparations."

After thinking about it, Ali Pasha also started to bargain with Huo Ying.

Land cession and indemnity must be indispensable, but the core area cannot be ceded. Erzincan City cannot, nor can it have a garrison, let alone compensate 2 million taels of silver. These conditions are too harsh.

"Whether you agree or not is your business. There is no need to negotiate with us. The emperor of the Ming Empire made the treaty. No one has the right to modify it. If you agree, we will cease the war. If you disagree, we will continue to fight."

Huo Ying looked at the other party and said lightly.

Just kidding, our Ming Empire has always been non-negotiable in terms of foreign wars. Do you think we are short of your land?

Or is it bad for your war reparations?

The main reason is to let you remember today's lesson, so that you don't dare to challenge the majesty of our Daming people.

"Well, I need to go back and ask our great sultan for instructions."

Upon hearing this, Ali Pasha realized that it was still the same as before, and there was no room for negotiation. He could only sigh inwardly, and decided to go back and discuss it with Selim I.

A few days later.

The mansion of Liu Jin, the capital of the Ming Empire.

"Haha, the [-]-year mortgage has not been paid off, and now I am happy to raise the [-]-year mortgage, which adds up to more than [-] years."

Liu Jin laughed when he saw the latest telegram sent back from the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire signed the contract.

PS: I was delayed by something at noon, and the update was late. Today is a chapter of 2 words, and I am too lazy to split it into [-] chapters~
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