My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 896 Mufas’ defeat

"Your Highness, there is news from the Ming Dynasty that they have agreed to build a railway and invited us to send people to explore the route!"

In the imperial city of Xijing, Li Qizheng reported to Zhu Zhanhe with excitement.

"As expected, although my aunt is a woman, in terms of courage and means, she is much stronger than my cousin!"

Zhu Zhanhe laughed when he heard this. He was not surprised by this matter. After all, as long as the cabinet agreed, there would be no problems with Queen Mother Zhang, and as a cabinet minister, Hu Xi would definitely be sure to convince others.

"Your Highness, I will ask the Ministry of Industry to make preparations next. Many officials may be sent to the Ming Dynasty, and they will stay in the Ming Dynasty for several years."

Li Qi said again.

"Go on, the officials sent cannot stay in Ming Dynasty forever. It is best to divide them into several batches and rotate them, so that the officials can be taken care of and more people can be trained."

Zhu Zhanhe warned.

As long as the construction of railways has begun, there will definitely be second and third projects in the future, so it would be a good idea to send more officials to Daming to experience it now.

Li Qi agreed and then retreated.

But just as Li Qi left, Liu Ke quickly walked into the palace and reported: "Your Highness, Ottoman is reporting urgently!"

"Oh? Did Murad II make any moves?"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately raised his head and asked after hearing this.

Since Zhang Zhong led the navy to cut off the Black Sea Strait, Murad II has not made any big moves. He has only secretly stepped up shipbuilding and accumulated maritime strength. He is probably looking for opportunities to send troops to Asia.

"Exactly, just half a month ago, Murad II's navy was mobilized, a total of 135 warships were launched, and a group of elites were sent to the Port of Amasra in Asia. From there After landing, we defeated the army stationed by Mufas, and now we are also attacking the city. Some nobles who had previously taken refuge with Mufas also took the opportunity to rebel and defected to Murad II again!"

Liu Ke replied solemnly.

What happened this time was too sudden, because no one expected that Murad II would once again assemble hundreds of warships in such a short period of time, and also send a group of elites to Asia.

Mufas was also caught off guard and has now lost several towns around the port of Amasra. To make matters worse, many nobles had to surrender to Mufas due to the situation, but now Murad As soon as Murad II's army arrived, these nobles once again took refuge in Murad II. They were familiar with Mufas's military layout, which also gave Murad II's army an upper hand.

"Why is Mufas so careless? Didn't he have been notified before to be careful about Murad II sending troops to land?"

Zhu Zhanhe frowned, and then asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Since Mufas captured Bursa, the subsequent progress has been too smooth, which has caused him to become a little inflated and he did not take some of our warnings to heart, so he suffered such a big loss this time."

Liu Ke replied again that they had warned Mufas a long time ago, but the other party just didn't take it to heart.

"Man, he is really arrogant when he succeeds, but it's better to let him suffer this time, so as not to let him know how much he weighs in the future!"

Zhu Zhanhe snorted coldly.

Zhu Zhanhe had anticipated this situation before Mufas returned to the Ottomans, but he did not expect that such signs would already appear before Mufas took over the Asian region. If this really allowed him to seize the throne of Sultan , the unified Ottomans will probably become even more rampant. "What His Highness said is absolutely true, and I think so too. Letting Mufas suffer a loss this time will actually be a good thing for us!"

Liu Ke also hurriedly agreed.

"By the way, Mufas has been defeated. What is he going to do next?"

Zhu Zhanhe calmed himself down for a moment, and then asked again.

"Before our people came back to report the news, Mufas also began to assemble his troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the army sent by Murad II. Now Mufas has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength. If nothing goes wrong, , at least we can block Murad II’s reinforcements at Almasra Port!”

Liu Ke reported again.

"He'd better not let us down again, otherwise..."

Zhu Zhanhe also frowned at the end. If Mufas cannot eliminate Murad II's reinforcements in a short time, more people will only seek refuge with Murad II. Next, it will be difficult for him to unify the Asian region.

"Your Highness, do you want me to send someone to warn him again and put some pressure on him?"

Liu Ke suggested that there was no need to be too kind to the already swollen Mufas. It was best to say the ugly things that should be said upfront to prevent the other party from doing anything wrong again.

"You can warn him. If he loses too much territory, it will be very difficult for us to defend the Black Sea Strait!"

Zhu Zhanhe thought for a moment and finally nodded. You must know that Zhang Zhong has led most of the navy to leave the Black Sea Strait, leaving only a few ships to garrison. This small force cannot withstand any big storms.

"Yes!"

Liu Ke agreed and immediately turned around and left.

Zhu Zhanhe sat down and considered the matter carefully. Although Mufas had an advantage in terms of military strength, for some reason, he always felt a little uneasy.

It has to be said that Zhu Zhanhe's sixth sense was still very accurate. Just a few days later, Liu Ke hurried into the palace again to report: "Your Highness, Mufas was defeated in the Amasra Port and suffered heavy losses. Now he has been defeated in succession. Throw away ten cities, Murad II’s troops are directed towards the port of Skadar!”

"what!"

Zhu Zhanhe was also shocked when he heard this. The port of Scutari was an enclave of the Han Dynasty, and the navy was also stationed there. If there was a loss there, the Han Dynasty's navy would probably have to withdraw from the Black Sea Strait, and then Murad II could By sending troops across the strait and attacking Bursa, Mufas' previous efforts were all in vain.

"How could he be defeated? Doesn't it mean that his troops have an absolute advantage?"

After Zhu Zhanhe was shocked, he asked Liu Ke eagerly.

Originally supporting Mufas's plan to fight back to the Ottomans, everything went well, but he did not expect that at the last moment, he was overturned by Murad II. If this failed, all Zhu Zhanhe's previous plans against the Ottomans would be in vain. .

"Your Highness, Mufas initially assembled an army of fifty thousand men, but the reinforcements of Murad II on the opposite side, plus some nobles who had taken refuge with him, only numbered more than ten thousand men. Therefore, when the two armies first came into contact, , Murad II’s reinforcements were indeed unable to withstand it, and they could only retreat while fighting, but when they retreated to the port of Amasra, something happened, which led to Mufas’ defeat!”

Liu Ke answered again in an urgent voice.

(End of this chapter)