When Abbas II woke up, his entire army was already in disarray. The body of his prime minister was carried by his guards and they fled with him!
Soon, he understood the whole story, and then he felt a little desperate.
Khalifa Sultan's strategy was not bad, and he actually succeeded in ambushing the enemy; but in the face of absolute strength, so what if he was ambushed!
The combat power of the Ming army far exceeded his imagination. Especially the latest muskets of the Ming army could actually let them lie on the ground and shoot, and the rate of fire was many times faster than their muskets!
This is really impossible to fight!
Abbas II lost confidence, let alone the ordinary Persian soldiers. When they retreated all the way, before they reached Insfa Khan, they heard the news of the fall of the capital.
Abbas II was not surprised at all.
Of course he would not die, so he bypassed Insfa Khan and fled to the Ottoman Empire. Somewhat ironically, Dara Shuko, the eldest prince of the Mughal Empire, also escaped from him. Along with Abbas II
They fled to the Ottoman Empire together.
The Ming army did not pursue pursuit, but divided its forces to clear out the interior of the Persian Empire. They used thunderous means to suppress the Persians who did not surrender immediately.
On the Persian Gulf side, the navy sailed upstream along the Tigris River to attack Baghdad and other places. These places now belong to the Ottoman Empire. However, it doesn't matter at this time, the Ottoman Empire will definitely attack them too.
In addition, one of Li Yan's focuses is to send the navy south along the coastline, all the way to North Africa, to control both sides of the Red Sea. The ultimate goal is to control the Su Yinshi Canal basin in later generations. Then use the prisoners to dig the Suinshi Canal.
At the current stage, the mission of the Ming army is mainly to occupy coastal cities. If they go deep into the interior, they will need more troops.
The entire Middle East will be under the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Empire. Therefore, it is impossible to defeat most of the enemies like the Mughal Empire and leave it to the vassal king to finish it off.
This territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty can be vast and sparsely populated, but it must be under the control of the Ming Dynasty and belong to the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Li Yan will be in charge of this Middle Eastern province for a long time in the future, rather than continuing to develop
Expand territory.
However, others obviously don't know that.
With such an overwhelming attitude, the Ming Expeditionary Force violently attacked all the countries and tribes in Persia and the Middle East, which frightened all the surrounding tribes and countries.
The first to bear the brunt was, of course, the Ottoman Empire.
At this time, the Ottoman Empire was still under the rule of Duhen Hatijie, because her son Mehmed IV was too young to rule in person.
She heard the Dutch who had fled to the Ottoman Empire, namely Kui Yi and others, shouting that the Ming army was coming and that the "Yellow Peril" was coming again.
Then Emperor Abbas II of the Persian Empire escaped again, shouting that the Ming army was coming to kill him, and the "Yellow Peril" came again.
The eldest prince of the Mughal Empire, Dara Shuko, fled after him, but still shouted that the Ming army was coming to kill him. The "Yellow Peril" was coming again.
In addition, most of today's Middle East is the territory of the Ottoman Empire. It was indeed attacked by the Ming army. Duheng Hatijie was so scared that she didn't know what to do!
Because not only the Ming army on the Persian Empire side, but also the Ming army on the Volga River Basin, after the Cossack tribe joined the Ming army, the Cossacks led the Ming army into the territory of the Crimean Khanate, saying that it was for other people.
During the Battle of Lestechko, Khmelnytsky was detained by the Crimeans, which led to the mass death of the Cossacks.
The Crimean Khanate could not stop the attack of the Ming cavalry at all, and urgently asked for help from the Ottoman Empire, the suzerain country.
With all this, a very simple and clear fact is that the Ottoman Empire is likely to be the next country to be attacked by the Ming Dynasty. According to various reports, the Ming Dynasty's army seems to be invincible, and Duheng Hatijie can't even think about not panicking.
Koprulu Muhammad Pasha, an important minister of the Ottoman Empire, proposed to abandon the area east of the Black Sea Strait and use the natural danger of the Black Sea Strait to fully defend against the Ming Dynasty's attack.
In addition, he also proposed that the Ottoman Empire alone might not be able to withstand the attack of the Ming Empire's army, so it was necessary to find as many allies as possible.
In other words, give up religious and racial prejudices, stop fighting with European countries, send envoys to lobby all European countries, and unite to resist the attack of the Ming Empire!
Otherwise, the tragic situation of the Mongol Empire sweeping across Europe is likely to happen again!
Kui Yi, as well as the British and Danish people who had escaped, all agreed. Abbas II and Dara Shuko also came forward to speak out and tried their best to prove that the Ming army was powerful and that they must unite to defeat the Ming army!
In short, they believe that today's Ming Empire is more powerful than the previous Mongol Empire!
At this time, the emergence of a space-time communication application software finally completely affected Europe.
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At the same time, on the Pacific coast of South America, a fleet was sailing south.
There are about fifty ships in this fleet, most of which are ordinary fortune ships. About ten are steam paddle-wheel warships equipped with sails, and three are steam iron-clad warships without paddle wheels.
That kind of.
Don't say that Fu Chuan is a long-distance voyage ship unique to the Ming Dynasty. Let's just talk about steam ships. Currently, they are only available in the Ming Dynasty. They are still being experimented in Europe, so how can they be built so easily?
Therefore, this fleet undoubtedly belongs to the Ming Dynasty. From the "Zheng" flag flying on one of the iron-clad steam battleships, we can know that this is the American fleet led by the Ming Navy Commander Zheng Zhilong.
After the Ming Dynasty captured Japan and built supply depots along the Pacific islands, large-scale crossings of the Pacific became commonplace.
With steam engines as power, we no longer have to rely on wind direction or ocean currents. Not to mention, there is an ocean current from the Japanese side from the west coast to the east coast of the Pacific. This ocean current is also the route of Spanish treasure ships across the Pacific.
Of course, in this dimension, Spain in Luzon has been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, so there is no so-called Spanish treasure ship across the Pacific.
Emperor Chongzhen's own son set up a vassal state in North America, and he also followed this path, starting last year. After the vassal army landed on the west coast of the Pacific, they first captured Spanish New Mexico, and then used this as a foundation for development.
Now, Zheng Zhilong, following the decree of Emperor Chongzhen, also followed this route across the Pacific and headed for South America.
The fuchuan at the back are basically transport ships, transporting coal and other supplies needed for steam engines, as well as marines.
On the deck of the flagship, which was one of the steam-armored warships, Zheng Zhilong was standing here, looking at the coastline in the far south with a telescope, and asked the people next to him: "Is your hometown near here?"
"Sir, it's not far ahead!" One of the Ming army soldiers beside him, who looked like he was still a commander-in-chief, answered Zheng Zhilong with an excited expression, "My subordinates have already recognized it. In the mountains in the distance,
This is our hometown!”
These dozen or so Ming army soldiers standing next to Zheng Zhilong with excited faces were the Indians that Zheng Zhibao had taken away from South America. The one who answered Zheng Zhilong's words was Qian Muming, the smartest among them. With his military exploits, he rose to the rank of
After arriving at the main banner, he became a low-level officer in the Ming army.
Witnessing the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and witnessing the power of the Ming Dynasty made the Indians like them completely transformed.
When they first arrived in the Ming Dynasty, their stammering Mandarin with a Minnan accent has now become an authentic Ming Dynasty Mandarin. Including their appearance and posture, at first glance, they are actually not much different from the local soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, there are actually some differences between the Indians and the people of the Ming Dynasty, but they wanted to integrate into the Ming Dynasty and deliberately changed themselves, and in the end they became more and more like the people of the Ming Dynasty.
As the Ming Dynasty grew stronger, it conquered more and more neighboring countries, especially the destruction of Spain, the expulsion of the Netherlands, and Portugal as the minions of the Ming Dynasty. The testimony of these things made them very eager to fight back one day.
They always remembered that when they first took them away from their hometown, Master Zheng Zhibao once told them that one day he would take them to rescue their families and compatriots.
The Ming Dynasty was prosperous, but it would be false to say that Qian Muming and the others would not miss their hometown. Because they have relatives in their hometown who were colonized by the Spanish and lived in dire straits every day. How could they not be worried!
Qian Muming and others have been waiting and waiting, and now, the day has finally come.
After a long voyage, they finally saw the familiar mountain peaks in the distance. Thanks to their many years in the military, they did not lose their composure, but they could not suppress their excitement.
Of course, Zheng Zhilong understood their mood and didn't take it seriously. He continued to observe the front with a telescope. At the same time, he said to Qian Muming: "Let's talk about the situation here. After seeing this, there are
I remembered something, do you need to add anything?"
Qian Muming listened and immediately replied: "There is a town built by the Spanish on the coast ahead, called Lima. You can sail along the Apurimac River directly to Lima. In the few years before we left, they
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In fact, basically, what I have to say has been said before. Now that I'm back, Qian Muming and others can't add much.
As he was talking, he saw Indian canoes fishing at the mouth of the Apurimac River.
The movement on the side of the Ming Dynasty fleet was a bit loud. The Indians had never seen a smoking ship, and it was still made of iron. They all stayed there. When Qian Muming and others saw the familiar figures, they were immediately excited.