Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 577 Daming wants to form an alliance with the local chicken?

"Akeyol, do you know why I left you alone?" Zhu Kezang asked with great interest.

Akeyol was a little trembling, "Your Majesty, is there any villain who can help?"

"I want to sell some weapons to your sultan, so I will trouble you to be the middleman."

The current Ottoman Sultan is Suleiman II, who will die next year.

This person has no sense of existence. His elder brother, the former Sultan Mehmet IV, reigned for nearly 30 years, but was deposed in 1687 because he led the decline of Ottoman!
In fact, his brother is not to blame at all, because when his brother was in power, the power was actually in the hands of Kara Mustafa, the prime minister of the Koprulu family.

Kara Mustafa is the brother-in-law of former prime minister Koprulu Ahmed.

Kara Mustafa's ambitions are too great. He wants to let the Tianfang religion civilization completely replace the entire European civilization, and use the Ottoman Empire's iron cavalry to completely conquer the entire Europe.

He believes that war with Austria is actually a springboard. As long as Austria is occupied, the next thing will be much easier. At least they can get involved in European politics.

The attack on Vienna completely dragged down Ottoman.

The Austrian Emperor Leopold I was not a fuel-efficient lamp either. He had already defeated the Ottoman Empire. Facing the Ottoman attack, he did not give in.

He has a strong family background (Habsburg), and it is very easy to call in reinforcements.

But he seems to have underestimated Ottoman's determination, Kara Mustafa led an army of 25!
This is a battle to destroy the country. As long as it fails, Austria and even the whole of Europe will suffer disaster. For this reason, Leopold I decided to go out of the city in advance to find reinforcements.

On July 1683, 7, the Ottoman army arrived in Vienna.

The situation at this time was very favorable to Ottoman.

The Habsburg emperor Leopold I had fled, and there were only about 1 defenders in the city, while the Ottoman army had nearly 20.

Oddly enough, Kara Mustafa has the overall advantage, but has been slow to launch an attack.

Kara Mustafa wanted to wait for the Viennese themselves to surrender.

According to Ottoman tradition, the capture of a city allowed soldiers to plunder, but if the city surrendered, all property went to the state.

Kara Mustafa holds the real power of the empire. If Vienna surrenders, everything in the city will be his, so he is unwilling to attack by force.

Kara Mustafa sent an envoy to the Vienna defenders, asking the whole city to surrender and convert to the alchemy, but was rejected.

The goal was not achieved, so Kara Mustafa ordered the siege.

After this fight, the Ottomans realized that they were not prepared enough. There were so many artillery in the city of Vienna, and their firepower was stronger than that of the Ottoman army.

Moreover, the Ottoman army came from afar without carrying heavy artillery that was not easy to transport, and there was no way to take the stone walls of Vienna.

Kara Mustafa ordered that tunnels be dug into the city in all directions, and the storm was changed into a sneak attack.

It is said that it was a baker in Vienna who discovered that the Ottomans dug tunnels.

In order to bake bread with dough, these bakers got up very early every day, and the city was quiet at dawn. They heard the sound of digging underground, and hurriedly notified the defenders, which led to the failure of the Ottoman army's surprise attack.

It is said that in order to commemorate the contribution of the baker, the Viennese specially made the bread into the shape of a horn, which is the origin of the croissant.

The Ottoman army had been attacking Vienna for a long time, which gave Leopold I a chance to mobilize reinforcements.

The German princes and the Polish king Jan Sobieski received the call for help, and each led his army to Vienna, meeting almost no obstacles along the way.

This is the consequence of Kara Mustafa's choice to storm Vienna, rather than step by step to capture the castle strongholds around Vienna.

The Ottoman army focused on attacking the city without vigilance of the surrounding situation.

The European coalition forces easily climbed to Karen Hill, the commanding height on the outskirts of Vienna, saw the Ottoman army's defenses clearly, and then commanded the army to attack.

The Ottoman army was defenseless, and they didn't even have time to turn their guns, and they were defeated.

Kara Mustafa fled back to Hungary with the remnants of the defeated generals. The unprecedented fiasco of the Ottoman Empire caused his reputation to plummet and he lost the hearts of the people.

Muhammad IV took this opportunity and sent envoys to hang Kara Mustafa and regain power.

Although Muhammad IV regained power, Ottoman also declined.

By 1687, the Ottoman Empire had lost large territories such as Ukraine and Hungary.

In November 1687, Mehmet IV was deposed on charges of being incompetent in governing the country and not claiming the post of Muslim monarch, which marked the further decline of the Ottoman Empire.

Osman will soon become the sick man of West Asia, so he will not be able to put pressure on the Europeans at all!Only then did Zhu Kezang want to pull Osman.

The advantage of Rao Osman is that it can threaten Europe and Rakshasa at the same time.

Because Ming wants to go further, sooner or later the European countries will unite and besiege.

The Battle of Tianzhu has already threatened the Netherlands and the United Kingdom at the same time, and its future expansion in the Americas will inevitably continue to threaten France, Spain, and Portugal.

These colonialist countries are not easy-going lamps, and it is inevitable that they will unite to besiege Daming.

Although Daming is powerful, it has not yet reached the level of beating the whole world!
Then you have to find some reliable allies.

While Ottoman had not completely fallen, Suleiman II tried to promote the reform of Ottoman, and the speed of the decline of the empire was slowed down to a certain extent, but it did not rejuvenate the empire. Generally speaking, it was much more reliable than the previous Sultan Mehmet IV .

Just give it a try.

When Akeyol heard that it was the arms business, he immediately lifted his spirits. Since ancient times, this line of business has been the most profitable.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to sell to the Sultan?"

"Advanced artillery and muskets."

What Zhu Kezang wanted to sell were 24-pound and 48-pound long-barreled cannons, also known as Polu cannons.

Whether it is material or craftsmanship, Polupao cannot be pirated without industrial support.

For muskets, flintlock guns cannot be given.

Because the Ming Dynasty's standard flintlock is a copy of the French 1777 flintlock, it is too advanced and cannot be given.

Although it was given, Ottoman may not be able to pirate it, because it is also a product of advanced industry!
Zhu Kezang thought about it for a while and decided to hold his hand. The sick man of West Asia is not called for nothing. What if the Europeans get it and can develop it?

In fact, at the end of the seventeenth century, steam engines had already appeared in England.

Then we can't waste time to develop a backward flintlock for Ottoman!

So Zhu Kezang planned to sell them some heavy-duty matchlock guns, that is, the "Made in the Netherlands" version that is not easy to explode. Although it is not as good as the flintlock gun, it will definitely crush all matchlock guns of this era.

Akeyol was very excited. He had heard that Ming had advanced weapons. If this could be brought back to China, the Sultan would not give him a large reward.

Immediately, he knelt down and kowtowed to thank Zhu Kezang!
(End of this chapter)