I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 805 Daming, We Are Really Here for Peace

The train was running smoothly, the carriages only shook slightly but not bumpy, it was more comfortable than riding in a galloping horse-drawn carriage.

The people in private room number four had no mood to marvel at the wonders of Ming Dynasty’s trains. They were all thinking about their own things, with different expressions on their faces.

After a moment of silence, seeing that everyone looked worried and concerned, Leon spoke in Latin to break the deadlock.

"Everyone, let's first state our respective demands."

Marcelo received Leon's gaze, nodded slightly, glanced at the other four people, and said: "To show my sincerity, I will first state Portugal's demands.

We hope to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty. First, we want to expand trade with the Ming Dynasty and transport the Ming Dynasty's rich and precious goods to Western Europe and Northern Europe for sale.

The second is to introduce the Ming navy into the Atlantic and western Mediterranean to suppress the increasingly arrogant Spanish. "

When shipping goods to Western and Northern Europe for sale, the Portuguese deliberately avoided the Mediterranean region because that was the traditional sphere of influence of Ottoman merchants.

After hearing Marcelo's cautious words, Abdul and Kobanda pondered over it secretly in their hearts.

In fact, the purpose of the three countries sending envoys to the Ming Dynasty was easy for the other two countries to guess.

What Marcelo said was similar to what the two had previously guessed.

Abdul said: "We also hope to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, first of all to ease the conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty in East Africa, Hejaz, Oman and India.

Secondly, we hope that the Ming Dynasty will help us compete with Russia for the Black Sea region.

At the same time, we also hope that the Ming Navy will enter the Mediterranean to reduce the pressure on our Ottoman Navy in the Mediterranean.

But after the experience in Ming country in the past few months, we are very worried that whether it is the Ming army entering the Black Sea region or the Ming navy entering the Mediterranean, it will be a group of lions opening up new territory. "

After hearing Abdul's straightforward words, Marcelo immediately agreed, "That's right, this is what we are most worried about now. With Ming's strength, other countries in the world are just sheep in front of it.

If we form an alliance with it and invite it to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, wouldn't that be like inviting a lion to our home, and we might end up turning our whole family into its food?"

Abdul nodded repeatedly with emotion.

It's so hard to find allies.

It is worrying if the ally is too weak; it is even more worrying if the ally is too strong!

Marcelo, Abdul and the other three looked at the Persian envoy Kobanda, waiting for his words.

Kobanda sighed, "You should be thankful that you are still far away from the Ming Kingdom and have not personally experienced that terrifying power.

Our Persia is different, it is very close to the Ming Dynasty.

Our northern neighbor, the powerful Kazakh Khanate, was destroyed within two or three years before we could react.

The Uzbek Khanate in the river, the Afghans in the south, and the Turkmen tribes in Khorasan, in the face of great danger, once united unprecedentedly and formed a coalition to launch a counterattack against the Yarkand and Chuhe regions controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

result"

Marcelo and Abdul couldn't help asking, "What was the result?"

It is possible that Kobanda was referring to the new war that took place last year, news of which has not yet fully spread.

"In Ulaqiube in the west of the river, a coalition of 100,000 Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Afghans, and Turkmens was beaten to a pulp by the Ming's hundreds of powerful heavy artillery and tens of thousands of muskets that could fire far and accurately. Then they were burned beyond recognition by the magic fire weapons from hell.

When their entire front collapsed, the Mongolian cavalry from the distant eastern grasslands, holding muskets and wielding sabers, rushed over from the side and cut off their retreat.

Of the 100,000-strong coalition army, less than 5,000 people finally retreated to the city of Barihei south of the Amu Darya River. Now, the victorious Ming army is sweeping the Central Asian region, and the people who believe in the true God are fleeing to the area south of the Amu Darya River.

Marcelo and Abdul were both stunned.

"The 100,000-strong coalition army was defeated?"

"The Central Asian region was occupied by the Ming people?"

Marcelo stroked his chin and exchanged glances with Leon.

The magic fire weapon from hell is definitely the most vicious weapon of the Ming people, the rocket. I didn't expect them to equip naval warships, use them in naval battles, and use them on a large scale in army battles.

When I was heading north, I occasionally heard some sailors say that the Ming Army could launch tens of thousands of rockets in a single battle, which was called "washing the ground with fire."

Tens of thousands of rockets?

Marcelo and Leon, knowing its power, shuddered.

With so many rockets raining down, not to mention the 100,000 Central Asian coalition forces, even Satan's 100,000 armies of hell would not be able to withstand it.

There are also hundreds of heavy artillery!
Leon was well aware of the power of the Ming Navy's artillery, and Marcelo also felt it through his narration and what he saw with his own eyes.

The navy’s artillery is so powerful, how bad can the army be?

Hundreds of heavy artillery!
The Ming Dynasty's artillery and European artillery are completely not on the same order of magnitude!
The most straightforward example is Spain’s so-called invincible naval fleet, which had 150 large sailing ships and 3,000 cannons and roamed Europe and the New World.

Leon and Marcelo once secretly calculated that the Ming Dynasty might only have 150 large sailing warships above the frigate level, but might have more than 9,000 artillery pieces.

Together with thousands of cruisers and armed sailing ships, the Ming Navy may have had tens of thousands of artillery pieces.

The armed sailing ships and cruisers of the Ming Dynasty seemed capable of fighting against the large sailing ships of the Spanish Invincible Armada, but the two were unwilling to admit this fact.

And the 100,000 Central Asian coalition forces that Kobanda mentioned came from dozens of tribes and had no capable leader to lead them, so they must have different ideas.

What unprecedented unity? Just listen to it.

Marcelo and Leon, who are rich in combat experience, know that such an army will win battles and fight with favorable winds with great momentum.

But once they encounter setbacks, they will have different thoughts in their minds. Once they see signs of defeat, these people will run away without hesitation. The battlefield is like a hunting ground. You don't need to run fast, you just need to run faster than your companions to have a chance to escape.

But they happened to encounter the Ming army.

Marcelo and Leon shuddered when they thought of the Ming army review outside Chengtian Gate on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month during the Emperor's birthday celebration.

The two of them could tell at a glance whether the army was just for show or whether it had murderous intent.

Kobanda continued worriedly, "The Mongol cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the surrendered Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Chuhe people, and Ili River people, are gradually occupying the Kipchak steppe. They are like a sword hanging over our heads, and they may fall at any time."

Kobanda still had something to say.

The tribal leaders of the Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Afghans, Turkmens and others who had suffered a crushing defeat sent envoys to the city of Qazvin to pledge allegiance to the Persian Shah Tahmasp I, hoping that His Majesty the Shah could lead them to resist the danger from the East.

What did you do early?
Before this, they would often harass Khorasan in eastern Persia and plunder its people and wealth.

Now that you've been beaten to a pulp, you're thinking of looking for your dad?
Is this your loyalty?
You want to push us Persians to the front and use our Persian chests to block the guns and bayonets of the Ming people!

Kobanda glanced at Marcelo and Abdul opposite him, made up his mind, and revealed Persia's trump card.

"The great Persian Shah Tahmasp I instructed us that the most important purpose of our mission to the Ming Dynasty is to express Persia's respect and goodwill towards the Ming Dynasty, to eliminate the misunderstandings that should not exist between our two countries, and thus to bring peace to the people of our two countries."

It sounds nice to say, but it is you, Persia, who have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and then begged the powerful Ming Dynasty, "Dad, please don't attack me!"

However, Marcelo and Abdul understood the actions of Persia and Tahmasp I.

There is no way, the situation forces me.

The Safavid dynasty was founded by the Safavid family living in Azerbaijan, and its initial supporters were the Gizerbash Army (also known as the Red Hat Army) of the Turkmen tribes scattered across the Persian Plateau.

Later, the Turkmen tribes gathered their own troops, colluded with each other, and became powerful local warlords, controlling the real power of the Safavid dynasty.

The Shah, the nominal ruler of Persia, lost power.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire, under the leadership of Suleiman I, was actively advancing, successively capturing the Mesopotamian region of Baghdad and attacking Armenia and other Caucasus regions.

The Persian Empire suffered repeated defeats and finally moved its capital to Qazvin to avoid the sharp attack.

The current Persian Shah Tahmasp I ascended the throne at the age of ten, and won a great victory over the Uzbeks in the Battle of Gam at the age of fifteen. In that battle, he inflicted heavy losses on the Gizerbash army, severely undermined the strength of the local Turkmen warlords, strengthened the Shah's power, and greatly enhanced the prestige of the central government.

After that, he formed the Habsburg-Persian Alliance with the Austrian Habsburg family to fight against the Ottoman Empire from the east and the west. This was effective and he reached a peace agreement with the Ottoman Empire.

On the eastern front, Tahmasp I continued to suppress the Uzbeks and supported Huyumma of the Mughal Khanate in India to restore the throne, and received Kandahar in return.

The northern front annexed the Shirvan Khanate on the west coast of the Caspian Sea and the Sheki region in the Caucasus.

Just as Tahmasp I was leading Persia to a new life and was about to make a comeback, a huge monster suddenly appeared beside him, eyeing him covetously.

But this behemoth is far more powerful than Persia and even more terrifying than the Ottoman Empire to the west.

How could Tahmasp I not be depressed?

Therefore, the top priority is to reach a peace agreement with the Ming Dynasty, just as the Ottoman Empire in the west was stabilized, so as to stabilize the Ming Dynasty in the east.

Thinking of this, Marcelo and Abdul felt something in their hearts.

Ottoman, Habsburg-Persian alliance.

No way!
Would Tahmasp I want to follow the example of the Habsburg alliance and form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Ottomans?
Marcelo only thought about this idea for a moment and then put it out of his mind. After all, Portugal is too far away to the west of the Mediterranean Sea, and their top priority is Spain.

But Abdul felt like there was something wrong with his heart.

Damn, Kobanda, you are a guy who studies scriptures all the time, but you are full of bad intentions!

But you, Persia, can form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty to deal with us, the Ottomans.

We the Ottomans can also form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, advance from the east and the west, and divide Persia!

With his mind racing, Abdul said calmly, “We can indeed understand Persia’s difficulties.

The three countries' envoys are all here to visit the Ming Dynasty for the same purpose, which is to reach a peace agreement with the Ming Dynasty. I believe that the Ming people also want to negotiate with us."

Marcelo and Cobanda were stunned and asked in unison: "Abdul, what do you mean by that?"

"All the way north, the Ming people didn't mind letting us see everywhere, and now they want us to visit their industrial base. They just want to show their strong strength to deter us, so that they can get more benefits when negotiating with us.

If the Emperor of Ming wanted to go to war with us, he would order all these things to be collected and hidden from us, so that we would not know the true strength of Ming.

Marcelo and Cobanda nodded repeatedly, saying that made sense.

The expressions of the two men improved a lot without them noticing, as if they knew that the tigers in the same cage had eaten their fill.

It is a good thing that a tiger has no intention of eating people.

The three envoys began to talk to each other and build an offensive and defensive alliance. They were just exchanging information and finding out each other's true intentions, fearing that they would be betrayed by the other two parties during the peace talks with the Ming Dynasty.

But each of them always has one or two trump cards in their hands. They don't reveal them now, but just wait and see if they can sell the other two countries at a good price during the negotiations with the Ming Dynasty.

Marcelo was in a relatively relaxed mood. Portugal was far away from the Ottoman Empire and Persia, so there was nothing to be gained by betraying each other.

Abdul and Kobanda were different. Persia and the Ottoman Empire were neighboring countries, and the situation was very delicate. Every word they said had to be thought through in their minds.

Woohoo!

The whistle blew long and long, and the long train sped along the rails, rushing towards Luanzhou.

(End of this chapter)