Daming Crazy Emperor

As soon as Taichang arrived at the capital of Western Yin, Sun Chuanting rushed up with a group of officials.

Judging by his expression, it seemed that something serious had happened.

After paying respects to the monarch and ministers, Taichang couldn't help asking: "What's the matter, Boya, did something happen in Kandahar?"

Sun Chuanting nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Minping reported that the Ottoman Empire has put Milna of the Aries Dynasty on the throne of the Persian Empire.

After Milner came to power, he launched an investigation immediately, and insisted that the assassination of the former emperor Safi was done by our Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, the Persian Empire is frantically recruiting troops, and it is bound to seek revenge against us, Ming Dynasty.

The Ottoman Empire is also constantly fighting, promising to provide them with enough muskets and artillery to help them avenge. "

Isn't this a typical proxy war?
Colonial bandits seem to like playing this very much, not only for future generations, but they also like to play now.

Anyway, as long as they feel that the enemy is a bit strong, fighting too hard or failing, they will encourage others to go first to weaken the enemy's strength.

They have already played this trick in the Mughal Empire, and this time they started to play it in the Persian Empire.

Taichang thought for a while, then waved and said, "Bo Ya, let's go, let's get on the boat and talk."

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting quickly waved his hand to the back, signaling other officials and generals to leave quickly, and then followed Taichang to the flagship.

Taichang directly took him to the meeting room, ordered someone to take a huge world map and spread it out on the meeting table, then stood in front of the map and said seriously: "Minping sent scouts to the capital of the Persian Empire Yet?"

This is of course unlikely.

They hadn't planned to use troops against the Persian Empire, so how could they have spent so much effort arranging scouts to infiltrate their capital.

Sun Chuanting quickly explained: "No, Minping said it was all information provided by the uncle of the Persian Empire.

It seems that some officials in the Persian Empire wanted to be fools and hedge their bets, so they kept sending people to Kandahar to deliver information. "

It turned out to be the case.

If the information provided by others is true, it is much better than sending scouts to investigate.

Taichang stared at the map, frowned and pondered for a while, and then asked: "How many troops are the Persian Empire planning to recruit, and how many troops are they gathering now? Is there any information on this?"

Sun Chuanting said without hesitation: "This is also true. The Persian Empire seems to want to conscript 100 million horses to take revenge, but it seems that they have only assembled more than [-] horses at this moment."

These colonial robbers fought proxy wars regardless of the life and death of the people of the proxy country, and they could pull as many people as cannon fodder.

One million horses may sound scary, but that's exactly what it is.

Even if the Persian Empire is stronger than the Mughal Empire, it is not much stronger, otherwise the Mughal Empire would have been destroyed by the Persian Empire long ago.

To put it bluntly, the people of the Persian Empire are cannon fodder, and their strength depends entirely on how many guns and artillery the European Union will provide them.

Qin Minping had to find a way to find out this key issue.

Taichang was about to send someone to send a report, when Wang Chengen suddenly walked in with a telegram, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, General Qin has just sent a telegram."...

He took a look at the telegram, and couldn't help but have a strange look on his face.

The Persian Empire has sent troops, and an army of 30 is heading straight for Kandahar!

Are these guys out of their minds?
Sun Chuanting stretched out his head carefully to look, and there was also a hint of surprise on his face.

Taichang stared at the map for a while, and then asked: "How long will it take for Zhisheng to reach Kandahar?"

Sun Chuanting quickly pointed to the map and introduced in detail: "According to Mr. Sun's report, he plans to use the ship docked in the Caspian Sea to avoid the cold winter to transfer his troops.

Yesterday he led the army and set off by boat, and it is estimated that today he will be able to reach the port about three thousand miles south of the Caspian Sea from Kandahar.

According to the speed of the cavalry, in about ten days, the [-] cavalry of the Southern Camp should be able to reach Kandahar.

As for the pawns behind, I am afraid it will take at least a month to arrive.

But the emperor can rest assured that Jiandou has already mobilized 10 troops from Lahore and other places to reinforce Kandahar. At this moment, Kandahar has 20 elite troops from the Western Army.

Moreover, it is estimated that it will take at least a month for the 30 people from the Persian Empire to arrive in Kandahar. "

With 20 elite guards in the West Camp, the Persian Empire may not be able to hold down 50.

Once Sun Chengzong led 30 elite soldiers from the Southern Army to arrive, the million-strong army of the Persian Empire would probably have nothing to do with Kandahar.

The question is, why is the puppet of the Persian Empire or the Ottoman Empire so eager to attack Kandahar?

Even if Kandahar is only guarded by the elite of the original 30 West Camp, it will not be of much use for their [-] horses to rush over.

Taichang was quite puzzled and said, "Bo Ya, what do you think is the reason why the Persian Empire is eager to attack Kandahar?"

Uh, this.

Sun Chuanting slid his finger on the map for a while, thought carefully, and then said carefully: "I think the Persian Empire's move should be to attract our troops, which is the same as the Mughal Empire's move first.

The European countries seem to want to use this trick to attract our troops to Kandahar, so that it will be much easier for them to attack other places. "

Sound East and West!

Where is the real goal of these guys?

Hearing this, Taichang slid his finger on the map.

When people attract troops from other places on the Western Front, the target must be somewhere on the Western Front.

So, what is the place?

The Caspian Sea should be impossible, because they don't have enough ships to transfer hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops.

The Ural River should not be possible. I believe all European countries know how difficult the defense line built along the river is. At the beginning, the Mughal Empire was stopped by a defense line built along the river and collapsed.

The Ural Mountains, it seems unlikely.

Cao Bianjiao has blocked all three mountain passes that can cross the Ural Mountains. Will people attack the city that is garrisoned by the elite of the Peking University?
European countries seem to have never done this kind of thing, and they usually fool their agents when they attack the city.

If the three cities were not attacked, how could hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops cross the Ural Mountains, which are covered with ice and snow all the year round?

Even if they can turn over, how can they turn over food, supplies, ammunition? …

He flicked his finger on the map for a while, but couldn't help asking: "Bo Ya, where do you think they are most likely to launch an attack?"

Sun Chuanting thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "I think they are most likely to charge between the defense lines of the West Camp and the North Camp."

This means the southern part of the Ural Mountains.

Taichang was puzzled and said, "The mountains here are two to three hundred miles wide. With so many of them going in, can they get out?"

Sun Chuanting explained: "I heard that the Altai Mountains can be traversed, presumably the Ural Mountains should also be traversed, but we have not occupied it for a long time and have not explored it carefully.

They have fought there for decades or even hundreds of years, so they should have a good understanding of the terrain there.

Maybe they know how to cross the Ural Mountains from here. "

This is really uncertain.

At the beginning, they didn't expect that the European Continental Union would act so quickly, so they were not in a hurry to investigate the terrain of the entire Ural Mountains.

Fortunately, they still have plenty of time right now.

Because it will take at least three months for the southern part of the Ural Mountains to thaw, and it is difficult to march on the plains when it is ice and snow, and it is impossible for people to drill into the mountains that are two to three hundred miles wide.

Taichang stared at the map for a while, and then said decisively: "Then let Bianjiao mobilize 20 southeast battalion elites to the south of the Ural Mountains to guard. If the enemy really dares to pass through there, we will mobilize the army to encircle and suppress."

Sun Chuanting nodded slowly, and then carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, it seems that the European Union is determined to go to war with us.

Do we want to temporarily evacuate our banks and business houses scattered in European countries?

If there is a fight, they will definitely attack those banks and firms without hesitation. "

This is true, if there is a war, it will be strange if people don't grab money and things.

This is not a big deal, if the things are robbed, they will be robbed, and the people of the key Daming Bank and Daming Western Firm will be in danger.

If they don't evacuate before the war starts, those Jinyiwei spies sent to act as shop waiters will probably be in danger.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, you really have to be careful with this one. We have to send a fast boat to notify the people in the bank and the company to prepare to evacuate."

In fact, Daming Qianzhuang and Daming Western Firm have been guarding against European countries coming to them.

Therefore, there are not many gold and silver deposits in the European countries of the Daming Bank, and there are not many valuable commodities stored in the European branch of the Ming Dynasty.

Anyway, they have ships, and these things can be replenished very quickly. A ship of gold and silver or a ship of valuables is enough to meet the needs of several companies for half a month or even a month.

As for ordinary daily consumables, they are not worth much, and it is okay to give them all away.

And they have already thought about the method of retreat.

As soon as Taichang's decree came, companies in various European countries posted notices one after another.

Because the fleet transporting the goods encountered a storm at sea, many goods could not be delivered in time, and some goods may be out of stock in the next few days.

However, don't worry, all the goods will be replenished within ten days. …

They are actually making excuses for the out-of-stock, after all, people are going to withdraw, so it is impossible for the goods to keep sending.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the notice was posted, the business of each semicolon became extremely popular, and many goods were swept away within a few days!
This is just right, the more goods sold, the smaller the loss.

A few days later, in the evening, an armed merchant ship appeared in the ports near each branch.

These merchant ships seemed to be here to deliver the goods, but because it was too late to unload the goods, no one was hired to unload the goods in each branch.

Almost everyone thought that each semicolon would hire people to unload the goods early the next morning, and many locals who specialize in unloading arrived at the port pier before dawn.

As a result, those armed merchant ships were all gone!
Even when Maoshi arrived, the shops that distributed newspapers on time were not open.

what on earth is this kind of happenings?
Those civilians who were waiting for the distribution of newspapers waited for less than half an hour, and some of them couldn't help looking at the windows of those shops.

As a result, they found that the lobby of these shops was full of newspapers, but there was no one in them.

At this time, I was bold enough to try pushing the door of the store, but the door opened as soon as I pushed it!

Many people couldn't help but ran in and unwrapped the newspaper to look.

As a result, everyone was dumbfounded.

Because this issue of the newspaper has only one theme, and that is World War!
Newspapers clearly explained the cause of the last World War, it was because the anti-Habsburg alliance tricked the Mughal Empire into attacking Ming Dynasty, and then sent a fleet to intercept the Spanish convoy transporting supplies. That's how World War broke out.

But this time, the Continental Alliance has tricked the Persian Empire into attacking the western border of the Ming Empire, and World War II is inevitable.

Therefore, Daming Qianzhuang and Daming Western Firms had to withdraw from European countries.