Chapter 1097 Constantinople, we keep him
In 1667, this war between the Ming Dynasty and the Ottomans was called the "Blitzkrieg War" by later historians. It is not that the occurrence, progress and end of this war can be described as fast as lightning!
In fact, the war has been outbreak for more than a year. In the past year, the Ming Dynasty has continuously dispatched troops and even sent more than 100,000 troops to the Ottomans in a way that transcends the times.
This is beyond everyone's imagination.
After all, before this, even those who realized the threat of the Ming Dynasty did not think that the threat of the Ming Dynasty had substantial significance. After all, the distance between the two sides was too far away.
But now, they can transport a hundred thousand troops to the Ottomans.
Ottoman...that's Europe too!
The Ming Dynasty's attack on the Ottomans was so fast that the Turkish cities could only hold on for a few days when facing the attack from China!
For European countries, which have to be fought for several months or even one or two years, such speed is simply a miracle!
Of course, many European army generals found reasons for the Ottomans. The cities facing the Chinese were old, and the medieval city defense system was not a complete bastion system at all.
They will soon be trapped in the Turkish quagmire!
But just as they talked so well, even believed that it was under the grace of the Heavenly Father that the Turks and the Chinese, the pagans, fought each other, and the European tradition threatened that the Turks would suffer heavy damage, and the Chinese would be unable to get involved in Europe anymore.
Just as the whole of Europe was waiting for the news of the decisive battle between the Ottoman army and the Chinese army, the most unexpected thing happened when the Chinese occupied Constantinople.
Constantinople was occupied by the Chinese!
This news echoed over the entire Europe like thunder, but in just two days, everyone knew about this news in Europe.
Even the farmers in the countryside knew the news.
From the revenge of Jerusalem to the fall of Constantinople, everything seemed to mark the end of the Ottoman Empire.
The impact of the fall of Constantinople on the Europeans was unimaginable. Louis XIV, who was originally planning to form an alliance with the Ottomans to fight against China, decisively dispelled this idea after learning the news.
"The Ottoman Empire is over!"
From Venice to Madrid, from Madrid to Paris, from Paris to Vienna, almost everyone believed it. In all the churches, the priests were crucifixion there and sang hymns there.
Glory is to the Father.
...
However, for Zheng Sen, who is in Constantinople, he did not feel all this at all.
The Ottoman Empire perished?
It's still early!
The occupation of Constantinople was just a coincidence. The uprising of nearly 100,000 slaves in the city changed everything. Their uprising completely destroyed the Turkish resistance. Of course, what is the corresponding one? It was the massacre during the uprising.
How many people died in the hands of slaves who were rebelled that night is still unknown until now, and even many parts of the city were burned down. Zheng Sen didn't care at all. Compared to counting casualties in the city, the most important thing for him now is to arm the slaves.
Originally, for Zheng Sen, he had no intention of seizing Constantinople at all. Even he knew that the possibility of seizing the city was not high. All he needed was to attack the city and create chaos. But who would have thought that the Ottomans were so unstoppable that in the face of the Marines attacking the Palace, the so-called guards actually escorted the princess and others to leave the palace, trying to escape from Constantinople. However, halfway through the way, they were blocked by the newly released slaves. In the end, hundreds of Sudan's concubines, including Princess Turhan, all became captives of Zheng Sen.
They threw Constantinople directly to Zheng Sen, but Zheng Sen, who was the "conqueror", couldn't laugh at all because there was no force in his hands to guard Constantinople.
While collecting weapons as much as possible and arming the slaves, Zheng Sen had to devote a lot of energy to defending the city.
"Is there any movement over Rausu now?"
Zheng Sen asked,
Rauf, who was led by nearly 20,000 troops stationed at the forts in various parts of the Dardanelles, is currently the only Turkish army near Constantinople and a roadblock for the fleet to pass through the Dardanelles.
"Nothing happens!"
Shaking his head, Li Qingwu said,
"They were completely unmoved as if they didn't care about our occupation of Constantinople!"
"Sir, General Rausch is not not concerned, but because Davizi gave him an order to prohibit him from leaving the Dardanelles under any circumstances, his order is to stick to the Dardanelles."
Victor Sassoon said:
"The biggest advantage of Turkish generals is that they obey the military's will. They will never violate the military's will."
Because the Jews had a special intelligence network, Victor Sassoon now became Zheng Sen's aide to provide intelligence support.
"They are afraid of death!"
Zheng Sen nodded.
How has Ottoman Türkiye relied on to expand over the past few hundred years?
Even with strict military laws, defeated generals will be executed, and generals with less spoils may be executed. As for generals who violate military orders, they will definitely die. No matter for any reason, they will be executed even if they win a battle. This tradition has led to all the Ottoman Turkish generals who obey orders.
Now, Zheng Lin is facing a very bad situation, and it can even be described as the serious situation. Even if he seized Constantinople, he did not change the situation where he was trapped here!
After the fall of the capital, the Great Vizie not only did not have the order to counterattack Rausof, but even ordered him to stick to Dardanelles and not let others take advantage of the loopholes, which was completely beyond Zheng Sen's expectations.
After all, according to his plan, the attack on Constantinople was just a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Constantinople was not important to him at all, and it was a "discarded chess" that could be abandoned at any time.
What should I do if Krauf is not deceived?
Seeing that Zheng Sen was silent, Victor reminded:
"Sir, if Rausof sticks to the Dardanelles, it will be difficult for the Celestial Army to seize it!"
Squinted and silent for a long time, Zheng Sen gritted his teeth and said:
Chapter completed!