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To the south, there was good news that Chebai had swept across the entire Caucasus, and now Li Ding was even more unanxious, so he stayed in the city of Ryazan south of Moscow, which was the only city south of Moscow that was still intact.

Although Li Ding only had 20,000 troops left in the city of Ryazan, the Poles did not dare to come and seize the territory, because the Qin army not only destroyed Tsarist Russia, but also swept the entire Caucasus at the same time, defeating the Ottomans one after another.

At the same time, in the Mediterranean, there was news that the naval staff of the Qin State, Hua Nanying, was the commander-in-chief, and the combined fleet of more than a dozen European countries led by the combined fleet of more than a dozen European countries defeated the Ottoman navy in the Aegean Sea and approached the Ottoman capital Istanbul.

The Great Qin Empire is already so powerful that people feel weak when they think about it. Marriage with such a powerful empire would be a good deal for Poland, not to mention the fact that you could also get a large piece of land as a dowry, which was too cost-effective.

When the news reached Warsaw, the whole Polish Empire rejoiced and soon agreed to send the beautiful Princess Isabena to Daqin and relatives.

The two countries not only demarcated their national borders according to the line drawn by Wu Ying, but also signed a series of political and trade agreements, and the two countries exempted each other from customs duties on all goods, which is known as the "Ryazan Treaty" in history.

In fact, the boundary line drawn by Li Ding and his team has exceeded the original boundary of Qin Mu by a lot, and the entire lower reaches of the Volga River, the coast of the Caspian Sea, the lower reaches of the Don River, the western bank of the Black Sea, and the Caucasus have all been included in the territory of Great Qin, and there is an outlet to the sea in the Black Sea.

After the agreement was signed, Li Ding withdrew his troops to the fortress of Tsarizin, and Poland sent 1,000 soldiers and horses to escort Princess Isabena by land to Nanjing, the capital of Great Qin.

At the same time, Li Ding sent an army of 1,000 to accompany him, and escorted Princess Irina and the empress of Tsarist Russia back to Nanjing to report the victory.

Li Ding's mission was not yet completed, and he still had to force the Ottoman Empire and seek the Ottoman Empire to cede the Suez region.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire was suffering from internal and external troubles. The whole empire was in danger of falling apart, and where could it take care of the Caucasus.

The governors of Adana, Kosovo, Jerusalem, Benghazi, Mosul and other places have written to the Sultan, asking the Sultan to severely punish the mastermind behind the murder of the Queen Mother. Muhammad. Pasha.

The navy was defeated in the Mediterranean, and the combined fleet of more than a dozen countries approached the capital Istanbul. The Safavid Empire, its old enemy in the south, also opened up its forces to attack the Baghdad region in an attempt to seize the valley of the two rivers.

In the Arabian Peninsula, Qin's ocean-going fleet began to enter the Red Sea, raiding various alleys and destroying warships under construction. Approaching the Suez region.

In this case. Grand Vizier Kopluru. Muhammad. Pasha had no choice but to compromise and nominate Bahpras, the governor of Adana, and Abbas, the governor of Jerusalem, as viziers.

The Ottoman Grand Vizier was equivalent to the chief assistant of the cabinet of Great Qin, and the vizier was equivalent to the cabinet minister.

Coplulu's nomination of these two people as viziers was quite a matter of dividing half of his power, on the condition that these people would put aside their personal grievances at a time of national crisis, and get through the difficulties together with the outside world.

With the compromise of Koplulu. Coupled with the fact that Osman was facing a huge external threat, Bapres and others finally put aside their personal grievances for the time being and dealt with foreign enemies first.

The Ottoman state apparatus began to function in an orderly manner, after the 20,000-strong army of Chebai swept through the Greater Caucasus. Blocked by Ottoman reinforcements north of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains to the south.

Chebai quickly occupied all the towns from Tbilisi to Baku. Baku is located on the west shore of the Caspian Sea, across the east coast of the Caspian Sea, which should have been occupied by the Soviet Union, but the vast Caspian Sea blocked the connection between the two sides. After several bloody battles, they could not break through the Frivan Pass in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, but the Ottoman reinforcements were increasing. He could only send troops back to Li Ding for help.

After Li Ding left some men and horses to garrison the first line of the Tsarizin fortress, he went straight to the Caucasus with 30,000 iron horsemen.

Iron riding through, the vast desert of heaven and earth, the appearance of chaos at the beginning of the opening, the mist is still silently overlooking the plateau, in the silence, the wind, rain, rivers, oceans, earth, stars, moon, sun, silently witness the grief and suffering of this land.

Legend has it that this is the place where Prometheus suffered.

Every inch of the land of the Caucasus is soaked in glory and sorrow.

From the plains to the mountains, from the swamps to the deserts, through the darkness, through the light, the yellow sorrel flowers boil over the wilderness, and the air is filled with the scent of mast flowers.

Destiny stretched from under his feet, and 30,000 galloping iron horsemen stumbled and fell with the march. The war song of Great Qin wafted in the wasteland of the Caucasus, like the wind, never ceased.

The dark blue sky quietly watched the billowing smoke and dust, and under this endless sky, 30,000 iron horsemen were so small.

At this time, nearly 1,000 casualties had been lost at the Frewin Pass in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, and morale gradually became depressed, and it was not until ten days later that Li Ding led 30,000 troops to Baku to join the army, and morale was reinvigorated.

Li Ding immediately put the generals gathered in the Sylvan Palace.

The palace was originally the royal palace of the Azerbaijani Khanate, and everything in the palace was made of glittering flattened stone, and the connection was so delicate that no seams could be discerned from anywhere. The whole palace hall rises high above the harbor and the highest part of the city, and when viewed from the sea, it looks like a mirage.

Li Dinggu couldn't appreciate this, and after the generals sat down, he immediately asked, "Hurry up and tell me the details." ”

Xie Yun, a staff officer, immediately said: "General, the political situation of the Ottomans seems to have stabilized, more and more reinforcements have been sent to the Caucasus, and the Frivan Pass is sandwiched by mountains on both sides, which is very dangerous, and the current defenders have increased to about 8,000 people, and they urgently need rocket assistance." ”

Wu Dongshan, another staff officer of the army, said: "General, my subordinates believe that our army must be prepared to fight a protracted war, and the Caucasus region, with its lofty mountains and mountains, is very unfavorable to our army. Once the Ottoman internal affairs are stabilized, it will not be possible to destroy the withering and decaying like in the steppe. ”

Yu Xingguo, the chief of the army, sighed: "The most worrying thing is that now the soldiers' homesickness is getting stronger and stronger, especially after the general conquered Moscow, the soldiers' thoughts of returning have become heavier and heavier. If you don't do a good job of explaining, I am afraid that it will have a very big impact on the next war. ”

Li Ding held the hilt of the imperial sword, not just an ordinary soldier, even if he was a general like him, after achieving the emperor's original order, how could he not think of returning?

And this kind of heart may still be the most terrible enemy of the Western Expeditionary Army.

"Yu Yi, the soldier's emotions are up to you to appease."

"This is a matter for us and other officials, and I will do my best."

"Generals, see if you can plot against the Georgians and Azerbaijanis."

Chebai immediately shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult. ”

When his 20,000-strong army swept through the Greater Caucasus and captured the cities of Tbilisi and Baku, the Georgians and Azerbaijanis were terrified and fled south.

Yu Xingguo said: "General, why don't you let the soldiers rest for a while, first, let the morale recover, and second, now the Safavid army is beginning to attack the two river valleys, and the navies of South China and many European countries are also approaching Istanbul, the Ottomans are back to the enemy, it is likely that a big change will occur, if this is the case, then we can drive straight forward without paying huge casualties." ”

Li Ding thought about it for a while and said, "Okay, then let the army rest for half a month first, and during this period, send more detailed efforts to explore the changes in the Ottomans." ”

No one objected to this point, tens of thousands of troops traveled thousands of miles to the west, and there were many battles and battles, so it was time to take a good rest and let the soldiers have a good time.

Staff officer Wu Dongshan said to Li Ding at this time: "General, in this place of Baku, there are natural oil springs gushing out, which is extremely rare in my Great Qin, and the people here use oil to start fires. As far as his subordinates know, the Holy Admiral called oil black gold, and he had already asked the Internal Supervision R&D Department to study the method of oil refining.

Moreover, Baku is still the most important port in the Caspian Sea, and by the way, when Baku was captured, a lot of ships were captured in the port. ”

"Ships?"

Li Ding asked back, thoughtfully, there are small Caucasus mountains on the land, so can you pass through the sea?

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(To be continued......) r1292

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