Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 989 Mess Up Europe
The expansion of the Ottoman Empire also spread to the Arabian Peninsula.

Turkey occupied Yemen in 1547, Bahrain in 1550, and defeated the Portuguese in Muscat, Oman in 1557, and took control of Oman.

Soon, the Turks conquered Eritrea and Somalia along the Red Sea coast.

Mosul then became a new starting point for Turkey's push into Iraq.

The century-old dispute between Turkey and Persia over Iraq ended with Turkey's victory.

After Iraq, the Turks conquered Hasa on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

In this way, in just over a hundred years, almost all the Japanese countries were conquered by Turkey.

Only Morocco and Oman remain independent from Turkey and exist as vassal states.

In the sixteenth century, Ottoman naval power was challenged by the rising forces of Western Europe.

Especially in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the Straits of Malacca and the Moluccas are threatened by Portugal.

The forces of the two sides ebbed and flowed, and Turkey had the upper hand during this period of time. The Aceh and Malacca Sultanates in Southeast Asia became the sphere of influence of the Ottoman Empire.

As the Ottomans blocked the sea routes to the south and east, European countries had to find another way.

On land, the Ottoman Empire was plagued by wars in Austria and Persia on two fronts.

The resources, logistics, and communications needed to sustain the war were made difficult by the distance.

In other words, the current land area of ​​the Ottoman Empire is now composed of more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Think about its size and strength.

In addition, they also have military alliances, among which France, the most powerful army in Europe, is also his ally.

Spain, England, and the Netherlands are also allies of the Ottoman Empire. Together with France, this strength is really too strong.

When Ming attacked Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire also occupied part of Tsarist Russia's territory. At that time, Da Ming did not attack them because they were too powerful.

It is different now. Daming has a large number of Ming Xiejun in his hands, including more than 20 Cossack cavalry.

Although the cavalry gradually lost its advantage with the popularization of firearms, it was still very powerful at this time.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and no one dared to send troops easily. Even if Yang Pu wanted to attack the Ottoman army, but the other four countries did not move, he did not have the ability to defeat the opposite Ottoman army.

If Yang Pu hadn't seized the commander, the Allied Forces of the Four Nations might have been wiped out by the Ottoman regiment at night.

Seeing that Yangpu was furious, the coaches of the four countries did not dare to refute, and immediately sent someone to the country for help.

After Zhu Youjian got the information, he didn't blame the four younger brothers. He immediately summoned 20 Cossack cavalry and [-] Mongolian cavalry to Warsaw to support the Ming Association Army.

In order to destroy the Ottoman Empire in one fell swoop, Zhu Youjian then recruited 40 Ming Alliance troops from Dongying, North Korea, Annan, Burma, and Southeast Asia to attack Ottoman by sea.

Zhu Youjian also made adjustments to the previous plan to allow the Safi Empire to send troops into the Ottoman mainland, and decided to let the Safi Empire troops attack the Arab world.

At this time, most of Arabia was controlled by the Ottoman Empire, and they were simply unable to take care of these overseas territories.

With the strength of the Safi Empire, it is completely possible to quickly capture Baghdad and control the Middle East.

The Ming Army only needs to send some Ming Association troops to participate in the war, and successfully take over several large oil-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and the rest can be given to the Safi Empire.

Of course, the regular army of the Ming Dynasty will not be idle, Shi Lang has already been ordered to lead the ocean-going fleet to Egypt.

Egypt is located in the northeast of Africa, at the traffic hub of the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa.

It borders Sudan in the south, Libya in the west, borders Palestine and Israel on the east by the Red Sea, connects Europe across the sea through the Mediterranean Sea in the north, and faces Jordan and Saudi Arabia in the southeast.

With such an important geographical position in Egypt, it is impossible for Daming to let him fall into the hands of other countries.

Another main reason why Zhu Youjian values ​​Egypt is the Suez Canal in Egypt.

The Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway that runs through the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

Provides the closest routes from Europe to lands around the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.

It is one of the most frequently used routes in the world, it is also the border between Asia and Africa, and it is also the main channel between Asia, Africa and Europe.

At this time, the canal has not been opened, but there is an abandoned ancient canal, which can be improved and excavated on the original site.

If the Suez Canal was successfully opened to navigation, it would be an astronomical figure for the Ming Dynasty to simply charge for crossing the river.

Of course, if you want to control Egypt, you must drive out the Ottoman army entrenched in Egypt. At this time, Egypt is still in the hands of the Ottomans.

From the eighteenth century to the nineteenth century, Egypt was successively controlled by France and England.

Now that Ming takes the lead in controlling Egypt, whether the French and the English can keep their own countries is a problem.

As a time traveler, Zhu Youjian certainly knew about this, but for other countries, they knew absolutely nothing at this time.

The Warsaw Pact countries increased their troops, and of course the Ottoman Empire would not sit still.

Turkish emissaries were also operating in Paris and London and Madrid at this time, trying to persuade them to send troops to support the Ottoman Empire.

France is now a powerful country in the European army. They did not pay much attention to the navy at this time. The rampant Warsaw Pact in Europe has long damaged their interests.

They will not allow an Eastern Empire to invade their sphere of influence. Even if the Ottoman Empire does not come to ask for help, they will send troops to support the Ottoman Empire.

The colonies of Spain and the Netherlands in Asia were robbed by Ming Dynasty, and their forces were also driven out of Asia by Ming Dynasty. Of course, they are willing to send troops to clean up the Warsaw Pact.

The Warsaw Pact said it was the Five-Nation Alliance, and they all knew that this was where the Ming Dynasty spoke, and which country to fight was not a question of the Emperor Ming's words.

Britain was originally their ally, but this time Britain did not want to offend Daming.

The domestic bourgeois uprising almost overthrew the royal family. Even if Ming provided intelligence and weapons support, they kept the British royal family in power.

So they flatly rejected the request of the Ottoman Empire, and even the French envoys were turned away.

However, the Europeans are so pissed, and England is unwilling to make Ming Dynasty bigger in Europe, so it quietly provided 20 war funds to the French coalition forces.

Spain was originally an ally of the Holy Roman Empire, but now it still joins the Anti-Ming Alliance in order to fight against Ming.

This is also good for Zhu Youjian, he will not let go of any of the Eight-Power Allied Forces in later generations.

Zhu Youjian would not be so stupid as to let the Ming army occupy the whole world, but he knew that he couldn't hold it at all.

Europe, which has no resources and only fights, what does Ming Dynasty want him for? Zhu Youjian's purpose is to smash them and bring Europe back to the primitive society again.

Japan and Tsarist Russia have been destroyed, and after the Ottoman Empire and their alliance are dealt with, Ming's guns will be pointed at England and Portugal.

There is also the Holy Roman Empire, and the remaining countries in the Eight-Power Allied Forces now belong to the Holy Roman Empire.

(End of this chapter)