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Li Cunzhong saw that Li was determined to move, and immediately continued: "Now that Arthurus, the governor of the Caucasus, is in our hands, the 10,000 or 20,000 enemy troops left in the Caucasus are leaderless, and the people are panicking, if we attack the Caucasus immediately, I believe it will not be difficult to quickly take this area, and then cause greater turmoil in the Ottoman country." {We don't write novels, we're just web text porters-"

Another staff officer, Huang Kaiqiu, said: "General, the Holy General sent the general to the west, mainly to crusade against Tsarist Russia, the Ottomans are a huge country, if we continue to entangle with it, it will be difficult to spare our strength to conquer Tsarist Russia." ”

Indeed, although the northeastern gateway of the Ottoman Empire may be easily conquered, it is a behemoth in the end, with a huge territory and a strong army, and it is impossible to conquer it easily.

If it was caught in an endless war with the Ottoman Empire, then instead of sparing no effort to conquer Tsarist Russia, it might benefit Tsarist Russia.

The East and Siberia that had just been taken were not guarded by many troops, and the land there was vast and sparsely populated, and it was impossible to leave too many soldiers and horses to guard it;

Once entangled with the Ottoman Empire, it was almost certain that Tsarist Russia would take the opportunity to reoccupy East and Siberia.

And with his tens of thousands of troops far away from the old soldiers, hanging alone, and fighting to the end with a behemoth like the Ottoman Empire, the outcome is unpredictable. If it fails, then the fruits of victory will also be lost, and even if you can return to China safely, how can you explain it to the Son of Heaven?

Looking back, the blood feud with the Osman has been concluded, and the 50,000-strong army of Arthurius has almost been slaughtered.

There is no doubt that now is the best time to inflict further damage on the Mansman Empire, taking advantage of the lack of troops in the Caucasus and quickly taking the northeastern gateway of the Ottoman Empire, and then pushing west to the Ottoman capital of Istanbul.

In addition to the fact that the Sultan's Queen Mother Kosem had just been assassinated and died, the Grand Vizier Kopruru. Muhammad. The Pasha had just taken over the throne and his prestige was not established. As a result of this, the domestic political situation was so turbulent that tens of thousands of troops would force their capital Istanbul with the threat of a great victory, and even force the huge empire to fall apart.

Yu Xingguo, the capital servant, said at this time: "The Kazakh tribes are complicated. Just taken down, the situation is still unstable. Moreover, east of the Ural River, the Holy One is to be divided into the territory of my Great Qin;

Therefore, it is not enough to occupy it. It is more important to change the beliefs of the local herders, so that there will be long-term peace and stability. Therefore, at least more than 5,000 soldiers and horses should be left behind to suppress a possible rebellion. ”

General Lu Youguang said: "What's this, between Sunnis and Shiites, in order to change each other's beliefs, they still slaughter each other, here in Kazakhstan, whoever dares to disobey will be killed." Killing 20,000 is also killing. Killing 50,000 is also killing, I don't believe that under the saber, there are a few people who would rather choose their own faith than their lives. ”

Changing one's faith with a knife and gun is undoubtedly the fastest, and if you are unwilling to change, send you to your faith with a knife and a gun.

However, in this way, more soldiers and horses must be left to suppress.

Although the Kazakh soldiers were either recruited as servant troops or killed, these nomadic tribes, even women and children could get on horses and shoot bows. Still careless.

In order to preserve the fruits of victory, Li Ding said: "Then leave 10,000 troops in the Kipchak steppe." ”

When Li Dinghe Chebai went west, he had an army of 50,000, and later Chebai drew 5,000 from the Chechen Ministry. After seizing East and Siberia, a total of about 5,000 people were drawn from various tribes. In total, there are 60,000 troops.

However, in strategic positions like Tyumen in Eastern and Siberia, some troops were left to defend them, and the total number was about 5,000. In the previous battles, there were about 4,000 casualties.

Now Li Ding still has 50,000 people on his hands. If another 10,000 people are left, 40,000 people remain, and the 20,000 Kazakh servant troops that have just been captured are not necessarily reliable, and if another person attacks Tsarist Russia and has to fight against the huge Ottoman Empire, it is indeed somewhat inappropriate.

Li Ding thought for a while and then said: "In this way, continue to draw from the Kazakh ministries, and draw as much as you can." ”

Chebai tugged at the beard on his face and said, "Yes, even if they don't have much combat power, at least they can't be left to make trouble in the rear." ”

There is no disagreement on this, and it is better to evacuate the Kazakh youth.

So the matter was handed over to Yangpu to be handled immediately, and the young men were immediately forcibly selected from various departments.

Arslen said at this time: "General, why do you want me to care about him so much? There is a saying that Linyuan envy fish, it is better to jump into the water to catch fish, whether it is Tsarist Russia or the Ottoman State, it is better to fight first, and when it comes to the ground, whoever is easy to fight will hit whoever is good, and the persimmon will pick up the soft pinch. ”

Hearing the words of the bull's head and the horse's mouth, Li Dingchu wanted to laugh, but a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, he lowered his head and thought deeply, and said as if he had gained something: "The sound of the east strikes the west"

Chebai immediately high-fived and said: "Let's take the opportunity to take the Caucasus first, and let out the word that we will fight to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottomans, the whole country is preparing for war, and the Tsarist Russia behind it must be secretly happy, thinking that we will fight to the death with the Ottomans, and have no time to take care of them." ”

"Then let's see the opportunity again and kill him back, hahaha"

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Hormuz, in the historical records of the Ming Dynasty, called: Kulmos.

It was Qin Mu who disliked Hulumosi's name, so he changed it to Hormuz.

As for how Hormuz is more agreeable than Khurmos, the ghost knows, anyway, the emperor said that it was called so.

Hormuz is an island at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, named after the Arabs who established the Kingdom of Hormuz on an island in the Strait in 1100 AD.

The island guards the entrance to the Persian Gulf, and at its narrowest point, the strait is only 80 miles wide, hence the name Strait of Hormuz.

The strait is the only water passage from the Indian Ocean to the Gulf region and the gateway for Middle Eastern ships to the Indian Ocean.

To control this place is to control the lifeblood of the Safavid Empire's maritime communications.

Thirty years ago, Abbasid I, with the help of the British Navy, captured Hormuz. It was only by expanding trade relations with the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company and accumulating a great deal of wealth that enabled it to break free from its dependence on the Red Heads, strengthen the central government, and bring the Safavid to its peak.

Now, a fleet consisting of 1 huge treasure ship and eight flying shear warships about 60 meters long is coming, no need to look at the flag, the huge size of the treasure ship is the most obvious sign, in this world, only one country can create such a behemoth.

The merchant ships that came and went between the sea and Shaanxi were wary of this sudden appearance of the fleet and avoided it one after another.

This unfriendly behavior angered Wei Ji, the chief of staff of the Great Qin Royal Navy, and with an order, eight flying scissor warships set sail to intercept all passing merchant ships.

What to run? Where to run? Pay the tolls!

The merchant ships of other countries paid a certain amount of money to buy the road and could leave, but the merchant ships of the Safavid Empire were not so easy to say, and even the people and goods were captured by the Royal Navy of Daqin.

In one day, as many as 13 merchant ships of the Safavid Empire were stopped, with a cargo value of more than 500,000 dragon coins.

Oh, Jade Emperor! There's nothing faster to get money than this!

The annual agricultural tax revenue of several provinces in Daqin is probably so much, so how many people have to face the loess and turn their backs to the genius.

If it is used to build treasure ships, it is enough to build 50 ships.

Seeing that the money came so easily, Wei Ji and the others decided not to attack Hormuz Island for the time being, and first fish outside the strait for a few days, anyway, the attack on Hormuz was also to block the strait.

If you go to attack, the war will be together, and it will alarm all directions, and no merchant ship will dare to come.

After Wei Ji directly sold 13 merchant ships with goods to the maritime merchants of Daqin, he ordered nine warships to line up like a net to block the entire strait.

The narrowest part of the Strait of Hormuz is less than 80 miles wide, and the actual navigable passage is even narrower, and several warships can be completely sealed off if they are separated by five or six miles each.

The news soon spread back to the island of Hormuz, and the Safavid fleet stationed there was suddenly blown up.

Is this still worth it? This is the lifeline of the Empire's seas.

For the Safavid Empire fleet, it was a battle and a war, and there was no choice.

Perhaps, what Wei Ji is waiting for is the Safavid fleet to take the initiative!

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