The news that the Ottoman Empire army was defeated by the Ming Empire also disappeared, and soon the entire Ottoman Empire knew the news of the failure of the expeditionary force.
The 100,000-strong army led by Prince Ahmed was completely wiped out by the Ming Empire army, and even he was captured by the Ming Empire. As soon as the news came out, the whole Ottoman Empire was shocked.
The great Ottoman Empire, the extremely powerful Ottoman Empire army could be defeated, and even the princes were captured. This was difficult for the Ottoman Empire people to accept.
You must know that the Ottoman Empire's army has always been almost invincible. It has conquered countless places and defeated countless prestigious countries and tribes.
The Tatars of the Crimean Khanate, descendants of the once great Mongol Empire, even surrendered to the Ottoman Empire and became the hawks and dogs of the Ottoman Empire.
The Persians were beaten to the point of losing their temper and often paid tribute to the Ottoman Empire to beg for peace. The Christian world was beaten by the Ottoman Empire and had to develop towards the sea.
The Ottoman Empire had its own pride and splendor.
But now, they were defeated. They were defeated by the Ming Empire. One hundred thousand troops were destroyed, and even the princes were captured. This made it difficult for the Ottoman Empire to accept this.
But that's the truth.
The great Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire had sent the Grand Vizier to the Ming Empire with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to prepare for peace and at the same time redeem Prince Ahmed.
The order to withdraw troops was quickly conveyed to the front line. At the same time, the Ottoman Empire Sultan once again issued an order to recruit 300,000 troops to deal with whatever might happen next.
All this shows that the Ottoman Empire was indeed defeated, and it was defeated miserably, otherwise it would not be like this.
But the bad news comes one after another.
Bayezid II's order to withdraw his troops has not yet reached the Transoxiana region. In just a few days, new news came from the Transoxiana region.
After wiping out Prince Ahmed's 100,000-strong army, the Ming army quickly attacked the other two groups. Wherever the Ming army went, the Ottoman army was routed. The remaining 100,000-strong army was also defeated by the Ming army and fled.
Those who fled, those who surrendered surrendered, those who were killed were killed, and the remaining 100,000 troops disappeared in the blink of an eye.
But the Ming Empire obviously had no intention of just giving up. The Ming Empire gathered 200,000 troops from east to west, desperately chasing down the remnants of the Ottoman Empire, and at the same time charging into the Ottoman Empire.
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Then there was news that the Ming Empire directly killed tens of thousands of surrendered prisoners, which made the entire Ottoman Empire extremely angry.
Although the Ottoman Empire has always had a tradition of selling surrendered prisoners as slaves, the sale was still a trade, and they were not killed after all. Now, the Ming Empire directly killed and buried all the tens of thousands of surrendered Ottoman soldiers alive.
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Suddenly, the entire Ottoman Empire was in mourning.
The 200,000-strong army that launched a menacing expedition to the Transoxiana area suddenly disappeared. The 200,000 men, and then 200,000 families, were able to return to the Ottoman Empire.
The entire Ottoman Empire was in silence and crying. People could be heard crying everywhere in the streets of Istanbul. They even couldn't hold a funeral because the bodies were still in the river area of the Ming Empire.
Inside the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, this huge and luxurious palace was silent. Everyone in the court was silent, and many nobles and ministers had tears in their eyes.
The tradition of the Ottoman Empire has always been the feudal aristocracy system. The nobles fought for the sultan, and the sultan gave land to these fighting soldiers, thus forming a unique feudal aristocratic system in the Ottoman Empire.
The Sipaxi Cavalry is one of the representatives, and almost all of them are nobles with fiefdoms. Naturally, among them are the brothers, sons, etc. of these nobles above the imperial court.
In the Ottoman Empire, if you want to gain status, you must fight for the Sultan. This is also one of the important reasons for the strong military of the Ottoman Empire. This is somewhat similar to the military merit system of the Qin Dynasty.
Under this military merit system, even ordinary people could quickly improve their status and achieve a turnaround in life. Therefore, the Ottoman Empire was full of desire for expansion, and its military strength was strong.
Coupled with the special military academies established by the Ottoman Empire to train military generals, this made the Ottoman Empire's military more powerful, enough to sweep across all directions. Likewise, most of the people in the imperial court were military nobles.
Now that the 200,000-strong army has left and never returned, it has almost affected the entire Ottoman Empire's ruling class. Almost every household has people joining the army, and now they have stayed in the Transoxiana area forever.
Bayezid II was sitting on his throne, looking very haggard. His 200,000 troops were just gone.
But this is not important. What is more important now is that the Ming Empire also sent 200,000 troops to attack from east to west, and it was overwhelming. They burned, killed and looted along the way. Wherever they went, they were like locusts crossing the border.
Without leaving any grass behind, several cities had been captured one after another and then slaughtered by the Ming people.
This is revenge!
The Ming Empire is retaliating for the massacre of the city by the Ottoman Empire in the river area. If you attack with an army of 200,000, I will return 200,000 to you. You massacre the city, and I will massacre the city as well. Tooth for tooth, blood for blood.
The Ming Empire's 200,000-strong army was extremely powerful and terrifying. The Ottoman Empire had organized a defense line to block the Ming Empire's attack, but it was to no avail and had no effect.
At the same time, the Persians in the east had obviously received the news, or were instigated by the Ming Empire. Emperor Ismail I of the Safavid Empire of Persia also sent a hundred thousand troops to attack the Ottoman Empire at the same time.
The empire's 200,000-strong army gathered together to attack Istanbul.
On the Mediterranean side, the fleet sent by the Ming Empire to Europe to assist Spain also began to attack the pirates of the Ottoman Empire, and they had the intention of joining forces with Spain and Portugal to advance eastward and directly attack the coastal areas of the Ottoman Empire on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
At this point, the Ming Empire also received help from the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt. They promised to provide supplements to the Ming fleet, and at the same time allowed the Ming Empire to provide supplies and supplies to the fleet through the Red Sea.
On the European side, Hungary, Austria, and the Poles, who were originally defeated by the Ottoman Empire and surrendered, seem to be restless. They are organizing armies and are preparing to take the opportunity to attack the Ottoman Empire in order to regain the territory that once belonged to them.
As for the Slavs in the north, it seems that they have no intention of letting go of the opportunity. They raised their troops to attack the Crimean Khanate, hoping to seize the rich black land.
As for the Italian Republic of Venice, which has been brooding over the failure of the Zonzio Naval Battle a few years ago and wants to regain the land taken away by the Ottoman Empire, it is also preparing to attack the Ottoman Empire again and regain the Morea and the Adriatic Sea.
fortress.
It can be said that things were in turmoil at this time. Neighbors who had been beaten by the Ottoman Empire in the past took the opportunity to attack the Ottoman Empire.
However, Bayezid II did not take these neighbors to heart. If it were not for the 200,000 troops of the Ming Empire, these neighbors would still not dare to even give a shit to the Ottoman Empire.
So the key now is how to defeat the 200,000-strong army of the Ming Empire. This is what matters. Only by driving out the 200,000-strong army of the Ming Empire, the Ottoman Empire will naturally be able to scare the surrounding neighbors.
"Another 200,000 soldiers will be recruited!"
Bayezid II's first thought was to continue recruiting troops. Only enough troops could cope with the situation at hand. There were enemies on all sides, and they all wanted to carve up the Ottoman Empire aggressively.
He would not let these people get their way. The Ottoman Empire was passed into his hands and it must not be destroyed like this.
"Deploy half a million troops to the east to resist the Ming Empire's attack with all our strength, and send the most elite Yeniche Guards Corps and Kapukuru Cavalry Regiment there."
"Send people to contact the Kazakh Khanate. As long as they are willing to sneak attack on the rear of the Ming Empire and the area in the middle of the river, we, the Ottoman Empire, are willing to give up the Caucasus region to them."
"Inform Ali~Pasha that as long as the Ming Empire is willing to withdraw its troops, everything can be discussed~"
Order after order was continuously issued from Bayezid II.
As a sultan with rich experience in governing, he clearly knew the key to solving the situation at hand. On the one hand, he was prepared for a bloody battle with the Ming army. At the same time, he tried his best to negotiate a peace with the Ming Empire and solved the Ming army.
Everything is easy to deal with.
"Report~"
At this time, someone hurriedly came here carrying a box.
"What's up?"
Bayezid II asked quickly. What he was most afraid of hearing now was urgent reports, because they were all bad news.
"This is a gift from someone from the Ming Army~"
The visitor presented the box. It was a beautiful box with patterns of auspicious clouds carved on it.
"Gift?"
When Bayezid II heard this, he couldn't help but frowned, wondering what kind of gift the Ming army would send at this time.
"Open~"
He ordered coldly.
"Yes~"
The men quickly opened this exquisite box.
"Ah~"
When Bayezid II saw it, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation. Everyone quickly looked over and saw that there was a human head in this exquisite box. It was Ahmed's head.
"The Ming Empire, I, the Ottoman Empire, will fight with you until death!"
"Give me the order to assemble the imperial army. I will fight in person. I will build a tower with the heads of Ming people to avenge my son!"
He almost yelled out every word through gritted teeth.
