Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 363 It’s a good thing to have dreams

The reason why Alipu came to this Balkhash Lake was naturally under the order of Waisi. As for the purpose, he was to inquire about Zhu Zhanhe's current movements and see if there was any chance of interfering with him.

I sat on the throne and started to lay the foundation, but the final goal was taken by others first, and it was an enemy that I couldn't beat head-on.

It is impossible to say that you are not angry.

However, an enemy that cannot be defeated head-on does not mean that it will never be defeated. Otherwise, there would be no books like Sun Tzu's Art of War in the Central Plains, and people like Zhuge Liang would be useless.

"Your Excellency Alipu, do you still want to move forward?"

One of Waisi's guards walked up to Ali Pu and asked what Ali Pu meant.

"No need for now, just stay here for a while while we slowly explore and explore. It would be bad if someone discovers it."

Arip turned to look to the west, then back to Lake Balkhash.

"This is the confluence of the Ili River. There is no salt in the water. It should be no problem to station here."

"Go back to Mr. Alipu. There is no problem at all. I will give you the order now!"

After getting Alip's intention, the guard quickly turned around and started busy with setting up camp.

In fact, Lake Balkhash is really a good place, because it is a basin, surrounded by mountains and hills, and the confluence of the Ili River. If it were not for the desert in the south, this would be a perfect place, and it would definitely become A city, or even a country.

However, this is also the furthest point that Alip can accept in his heart. Going forward, he has no confidence.

Zhu Zhanhe's reputation wasn't blown out of the air, it was really accumulated with blood and corpses. Alip was different from Wai Si, what he wanted was stability.

It seems that he has always supported Wai Si and Wai Si's eldest son, but in fact he only chooses the person with the greatest chance of success to support, rather than supporting Wai Si's lineage.

Aripu thought that the idea of ​​Crooked Thoughts taking advantage of Zhu Zhanhe's westward expedition to carry out a sneak attack to cut off Zhu Zhanhe's supplies and trap him until he was trapped to death was fanciful.

Indeed, once Zhu Zhanhe crosses the Turkish Strait, they only need to go out from Lake Balkhash, occupy the Syr Darya River and Nicaea opposite the Castle, and add natural chasms such as the Caspian Sea, Aral Sea and Caucasus Mountains to seal Zhu Zhanhe. supply route, but Arip is still not optimistic about Waisi's plan.

Waisi was indeed afraid of Zhu Zhanhe, but that was only because of Zhu Zhanhe's reputation for bloodlust and because Zhu Zhanhe controlled the military forces of the Ming Dynasty, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Nanzhou Prefecture, rather than because he recognized Zhu Zhanhe's military talents.

But Alip doesn't think so.

He felt that as long as a person could create a reputation, he must have the ability to match it.

Success is not that simple. If you don’t have the ability to match it, it will be impossible to reach the height that matches it.

Wai Si did not know about the Suez Canal. Not only did Wai Si not know about it, but many people within the Ming Dynasty did not know about it.

If Wai Si had known, he might not have made such a decision.

But if you think about it, who would have thought that a ruler would dig a canal in a place not under his control?

Canals are usually dug and repaired to facilitate transportation and irrigation.

In Zhu Zhanhe's view, the Suez region and even the entire Timurid Empire were already under his control.

After all, not to mention the royal family and officials and nobles of the Timurid Empire, even the people of the Timur Empire are not many, what waves can they make?
But in the view of Wai Si and others, the newly conquered land, which is still so far away from the capital of their own country, cannot be considered a territory and cannot be perfectly controlled.

This can only be said to be a gap in vision.

Asia Minor, Nicaea.

Zhu Zhanhe finally left Ankara and came to Nicaea, the city closest to the castle, just because of the news that Jeanne II asked Duke Rene to send.

He really wanted to see what the Crusaders looked like, even if they weren't the Crusaders who had made repeated expeditions to the east and were known to be invincible.

"Do you know where they went?" Zhu Zhanhe looked down at the news from Nicia during this time, and asked Jane who was standing below with a smile.

"Back to Your Highness, I don't know yet." Jian Xiao replied with her head lowered.

"In order not to alert the enemy, the villain did not let people set up defenses in the sea areas outside Nicaea, and gave them the illusion that we were working hard to prepare for the war at King's Castle."

"Although I don't know if this kind of hometown can deceive them, but if we are too vigilant, they will be suspicious."

"The idea is good, and the action is good." Zhu Zhanhe nodded, raised his head and looked at Jian Xiao below.

"However, it is not in line with the current situation."

Jian Xiao's body stiffened.

"But it's not your fault. You don't know enough about the situation here, so it's understandable. But now that I'm here, please pass on the order."

"Send people to deploy defenses on both sides of the coast of Nicaea. Don't worry about whether they will be alerted in advance. Just deploy the defenses that need to be deployed."

"Yes!"

Although Zhu Zhanhe's arrangement was unreasonable, Jian Xiao did not have any doubts and directly carried out the order.

Watching Jane leave with a smile, Zhu Zhanhe faced the north, as if he wanted to see the castle on the other side of the sea through the wall.

In fact, the situation in Europe is really not good.

Of course, it is for today's Europe. For Zhu Zhanhe now, the situation in Europe is favorable to him.

Pope, that sounds awesome, but that's exactly what it is.

Today's Holy See is no longer the Holy See before. Today's Holy See can only deceive ordinary people who are kidnapped by faith, and is of no use to those at the top.

No, it cannot be said that it is useless at all, because they will use the Holy See and the beliefs of ordinary people to kidnap ordinary people, and even kidnap the Holy See.

This is also the reason why the Pope agreed to send troops to help Frederick III, because today's Pope also needs a war, a victorious war.

First, it is to restore the reputation of the Crusaders, which was admired by thousands of people and despised by everyone because of being tainted by desire.

Secondly, it is to strengthen the influence of the Holy See and even the Pope in Southern Europe and even Europe as a whole, especially among the upper class.

Three to...

But Zhu Zhanhe is not optimistic about this, he still said: It is a good thing to have dreams, but wishful thinking is another matter.

Zhu Zhanhe did want to see the Crusaders, but that didn't mean that he regarded the Crusaders as their counterpart to the Ming Army.

In Zhu Zhanhe's view, the Crusaders, especially the current ones, are really incomparable to the Crusaders who fought for their faith back then.

Facing the Crusaders, Zhu Zhanhe was confident of being invincible.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe did not look down on the Crusaders. The Crusaders' abilities were still outstanding, but the Crusaders' victory was not only due to their strength.

The main goal of the Crusades was to recover the lands occupied by Arab and Turkic invasions. Their main enemy was the nomadic cavalry.

What are the advantages of the Nomadic Cavalry?flexibility!
Most of the advantage of cavalry over infantry lies in tactical mobility.Within a radius of a hundred miles, the cavalry could attack wherever they pointed, while the infantry or mixed troops could not even run.The attack that lasted hundreds of miles was even more incomprehensible.

but!

The Crusaders were attackers coming across the sea.

Antioch, Jerusalem, and the entire Levant region are close to or not far from the sea.

Can your nomadic cavalry attack the Crusaders' rear?Byzantium?Venice?Or France?
Where do you target the nomadic cavalry within a hundred-mile range?Crusaders sit on a boat and eat hot pot to watch you run horses on the shore.

Are your nomadic cavalry cheating by stealing supplies and cutting off logistics?The Crusaders pointed at the supply fleet on the coast: Come and steal, otherwise you will be a dog.

In Zhu Zhanhe's view, the artillery can threaten the Crusaders' phalanx and cause chaos for the Crusaders.

Even if artillery is not good, cavalry is not good, infantry is not good...

Zhu Zhanhe felt that white phosphorus eggs could also teach them how to behave.

However, Zhu Zhanhe didn't know that he, who had never been defeated this time... was fooled.

The empty city strategy is not only found in the Central Plains.

Who could have imagined that when the army came to the city, John VIII, the controller of the castle, had already left the castle and went to the north.

However, he didn't run away when he saw that the Ming army was invincible, he went to move reinforcements.

Milan.

John VIII looked in the direction of the Milan Palace and heaved a long sigh.

In order to resist the Ming army, he left the Castle and went first to the Kingdom of Hungary, and later to the Principality of Venice and the Grand Duchy of Milan, in order to find a supporting army to resolve his predicament.

However, the results were not satisfactory.

He didn't ask for reinforcements, and the other party's attitude of not refusing but not agreeing was already a rejection. Now there was only one way left for John VIII, and he could only find one person.

Pope, Eugene IV.

To be honest, he really didn't want to take this road, because the bumps and thorns on this road were beyond imagination.

There is no such thing as pie-in-the-sky good things in this world. If you want to get help from others, you must pay something else.

Like the Kingdom of Hungary, the Principality of Venice and the Grand Duchy of Milan, all they wanted was profit, something John VIII didn't care about, but Eugene IV was different.

As Pope, John VIII knew very well what Eugene IV wanted.

If you want to get the pope's assistance, or even let the pope reorganize a new crusade, what you have to give up is likely to push John VIII into the abyss.

What he was giving up... was the Orthodox Church.

Receiving assistance from the Pope means that the Orthodox Church must obey the Pope's command. The final result is that the Orthodox Church is annexed by the Catholic Church.

John VIII did not care about this, because the meaning of the Holy See to ordinary people and its meaning to him were completely different.

However, he could already imagine the kind of criticism he would receive when the news was announced in King's Castle.

　It’s still a big chapter, and all the updates I owe have been paid~
　
(End of this chapter)