Daming 1805

Just as Shen Fu said, Zayadin conveyed Shen Fu's reasons to the representatives of the Thai and Western countries, which immediately caused a burst of chagrin and complaints.

But the representatives of most countries basically complained for a while, and then they were all gone.

At most, he would go back and instruct the media in his own country to try to exaggerate Daming's cunning and threats.

But Lucia's representative felt the danger again.

The chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Lucia Empire, Yinwan Andreevich Wedemeyer, and the representative of the royal family, Prince Nikolai, felt that Daming's actions not only threatened Osman, but also threatened Lucia.

The two said goodbye to the other delegates with deep apprehension.

After returning to the residence of the Lucia delegation, I immediately went to Kutuzov, the representative of the Lucia unit.

Explain the news to Kutuzov and let Kutuzov analyze the current situation.

Kutuzov's mood has not changed much since the peace talks began.

When I heard that the Daming troops had officially entered Persia, I also found a plausible but very perfunctory reason, and my face was already gloomy and I was about to squeeze out the water.

After Wedemeyer finished speaking, Kutuzov came to his desk with several maps spread out.

First open the full map of the Lucia Empire, then point to the eastern and southern areas of the map and say:
"There are three buffer countries between Lucia and Daming, the Persian Kingdom, the Khiva Khanate, and the Kazakh Khanate.

"Although these three countries are all potential vassal states of Daming, they are buffer states that Daming voluntarily set up to tend towards Daming.

"But objectively, they are also Lucia's buffer country for Daming.

"The existence of these three countries separates Lucia and Daming, so that the two sides do not have particularly long or sensitive borders.

"Da Ming's troops will not directly enter the Anxi Three Kingdoms, and Lucia does not need to set up heavy troops in these areas.

"Now that Persia has been taken over by Daming as a vassal state, and the troops directly enter the territory of the vassal state, the previous situation has completely changed."

Prince Nicholas subconsciously asked:

"Can Daming attack our southern hinterland through the narrow passage along the coast of the Caspian Sea?"

Kutuzov took out a map of the Caucasus.

Between the eastern foothills of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea, there is a narrow northwest-southeast corridor.

This corridor connects the Taixi and Dashi area.

As long as you pass through this corridor, it is equivalent to crossing the Caucasus Mountains, you can go from Taixi to Dashi, and you can also go to Taixi from Dashi.

The northwestern part of Persia to which Baku belongs, that is, the later Azerbaijan region, includes the southern half of this corridor.

It is a thousand kilometers from Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad), and after passing through the corridor, all the way is the Great Plain, which is the southern granary of Lucia.

The Ming Army directly stationed in this area, which made Lucia's sense of crisis soar.

Even non-professional military personnel are aware of the dangers involved, which is why Prince Nicholas asked this question.

Kutuzov looked at the map and sighed:
"Of course Da Ming can do this, but luckily, we Lucia also control the northern section of the Caspian Sea Coast Corridor.

"In order to guard against the threat of Ming Dynasty, we have built three defense lines and fortress cities in the three narrowest places in the corridor, Gerbint, Inzberbash, and Petrovsk.

"In this era when defense outweighs offense, these fortresses cannot be forcibly breached by Daming.

"We just need to send more troops immediately to strengthen our defenses and alerts.

"In the most dangerous situation, in fact, the Ming Dynasty 'painted a gourd according to the pattern' and took the Kazakh Khanate as a vassal state."

Prince Nicholas seemed to have thought of something, and his expression suddenly became particularly ugly.

Wedemeyer had already expected it, so there is no change now, just want to hear Kutuzov's analysis.

Looking at the prince's reaction, Kutuzov also took out a map of the Kazakh region and crossed the border between the two countries:

"The border between Lucia and the Kazakh Khanate is nearly [-] kilometers long.

"The northernmost tip of Kazakhstan's territory is only 1000 to [-] kilometers from the Arctic Ocean, and it is a large plain.

"Moreover, the railway connecting Lucia to the East was almost built along the Kazakh border.

"If Daming refers to Persia, it will directly accept Kazakh as a vassal state, and let the troops directly enter the northwest region of Kazakh.

"Attack from the northwest of Kazakh to the north and cut off the railway connecting Lucia to the east, then the entire east of the empire becomes a huge 'dumpling'."

Wedemeyer closed his eyes and shook his head vigorously:
"Da Ming never took the initiative to launch an attack on Lucia in the past 100 years.

"So much so that we all let our guard down, and when the real threat resurfaces, it feels icy cold."

No one asked why the railway was built on the Kazakh border, or even on the border of Ming Dynasty.

Because the Xianbei area is too bitter and cold, Lucia's valuable land in the Xianbei area is near the border with Daming and Kazakh.

Prince Nikolai recognized the reality and asked Kutuzov with a sad face:
"General, what should we do now? To keep the eastern land of the empire?"

Kutuzov said with a stern face:

"There is no good way, but to increase troops to the Kazakh border and prepare to take the initiative.

"If Daming sets Kazakh as a vassal state and allows troops to enter Kazakh again, we must also enter at the same time.

"Fortify the territory of Kazakhstan and protect our Eastern Railway, otherwise it is equivalent to abandoning the East."

Wedemeyer subconsciously asked:
"That could mean a new war!"

Kutuzov said in a very serious tone:

"Even if it is a war, it must be done. Kazakhs must not be allowed to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, unless the northern part of Kazakhs is ceded to us."

Wedemeyer directly countered:

"That is impossible. We unilaterally provoked a war, and the Taixi countries may sit back and ignore it, just like the Ottomans now."

Kutuzov stood up and said aloud:

"Then let His Majesty the Emperor abandon the east of the Urals.

"I can basically predict that the permanent peace condition that Daming gave us is to give up the east of the Urals.

"It is a huge mistake to challenge the Ming Dynasty for the so-called national self-esteem."

Wedemeyer was speechless because he knew that Kutuzov was right.

Prince Nicholas next to him also had a sad face, because he was the natural leader of the Great Lucian nationalist group.

In the end, Kutuzov and Wedemeyer wrote separate reports and sent them to the Lucian emperor Paul in the rear.

Paul took the report of the two and looked at the maps around him. He was also extremely anxious.

Paul could not make a decision immediately, and could only follow Kutuzov's suggestion to send more troops to the Persian border and the Kazakh border.

Send the previously withdrawn troops up again, and at the same time draw more troops from the country to the border.

As for whether or not to actually do it in the end, let's wait and see.

During the withdrawal of troops from the Western countries, there were also personnel from the Ming Dynasty to follow and supervise, and the re-assembly of the troops would of course be immediately discovered.

The number of Lucia's border troops has increased again, but of course they cannot escape the reconnaissance of the Ming Dynasty.

The relevant news was soon sent to the Ming court and the negotiating team.

Shen Fu and the main members of the negotiating team gathered again for a meeting.

As a plenipotentiary representative, Zhu Jingyuan, of course, also came to participate.

Shen Fu explained the situation in all aspects, and Zhu Jingyuan directly asked the left and right:
"When our opponents send troops to our border, or violate the agreement, what should we usually do? Do you want to protest?"

Shen Fu directly shook his head and said:
"According to the tradition left by Emperor Shizu, we usually ignore it verbally, but we must fight tit for tat in our actions. We will also increase our troops when the other party increases, and we must increase more."

Zhu Jingyuan was speechless for a while:
"What else is there to discuss, we will also increase our troops."

Dai Quheng, the representative of the accompanying military minister, explained:

"His Royal Highness, Lucia has increased troops on the Kazakh border, not on the Ming border. Kazakh is not yet our vassal state."

Zhu Jingyuan reacted:

"Yes, we can't increase our troops in the void, so the question to be discussed now is whether or not to turn Kazakh into a vassal state.

"If we turn Kazakh into a vassal state, Lucia's reaction may be more intense.

"With the character of a Lucian, it might be possible to invade Kazakhstan again."

Shen Fu nodded lightly and said:
"Yes, this is what we need to determine in front of us and the capital."

Zhu Jingyuan held his cheeks and considered for a while:

"Maozi is different from Ottoman. If we confront each other in one step, the other party may fire recklessly in anger.

"So we have to cut five cities today, ten cities tomorrow, and gradually exert pressure, and we can't directly set up a Kazakh vassal state.

"We can send military advisers to Kazakhs, we can lease weapons and equipment from Kazakhs, and let Kazakhs increase their own troops.

"Let the Kazakhs withstand Maozi's threat, and then we will set up the Khiva vassal state and let the troops pass through the Khiva vassal state to the Ural River."

The Khiva Khanate is located in the southern part of the Kazakh Khanate, with a very short border with Lucia, but it is a very critical downstream of the Ural River.

Zhu Jingyuan's plan was to copy Lucia's backroad through the Khiva Khanate behind Kazakh.

Dai Quheng's eyes lit up when he heard it:
"His Royal Highness's plan is feasible. The Military Aircraft Department has also made a similar plan before, letting Kazakh cover us to attack the Ural River."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly and said:

"Since there is a similar plan, we will prepare, but we need to extend the time a little bit, and Shivashefan's time will be delayed a little bit.

"It was delayed until the negotiations with Lucia began, until we were more prepared."

Dai Quheng nodded immediately in agreement.

In this way, the direction of action was basically determined, and we discussed more details.

Finally, the minutes of the meeting and the final general plan were sent to the military aircraft department of the capital, so that they could further refine and implement it.

In the next few days, the Kazakh Khanate immediately increased its troops to the border at the prompt of Daming, and at the same time began to recruit more troops at home.

The trains of Daming into Kazakh territory became more busy, and began to transport a large number of military equipment and military staff to enter.

Daming did not send troops directly, and the Lucian people, who were hesitant, were even more unlikely to make a direct decision.

The Lucians could only continue to confront the Kazakhs on the Kazakh border.

In the next half month, Osman was nominally waiting for the deadline, but in fact it was the Lucias who suffered the most and were anxious.

Other Taixi countries also feel that they are living under the cloud of war, and they don't know when the war will break out again.

It wasn't until April 34nd in the [-]th year of Taiping in the Ming Dynasty that there was finally news of relief.

The Ottoman Sultan accepted Daming's request, gave up all the land south of the Anatolian Plateau, and signed a permanent armistice with Daming.

The talks, which had been stalled for a month, finally resumed.

On the morning of April [-]rd, representatives of Daming and Western countries gathered again in the Wenhua Hall of the Huangzhuang Palace in Haijiao.

Compared with the last meeting, there was a Persian Prince Suleiman among the representatives of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the original Prince Suleiman.

The king of Persia became a prince, and the prince became a prince.

The honorary title level was lowered, but Sulaiman did not have any resistance, but was extremely happy.

It turns out that the so-called kings and princes are all wild ways. When no one cares, the so-called kings and princes they call themselves.

There is no comparison at all with the son of the Duke who was canonized by the Ming Dynasty.

Although Sulaiman was not the main representative, he could only sit behind the representatives of the Ming court, and was not particularly conspicuous at the scene.

But Sulaiman is very excited now, and he is finally a member of the Daming camp.

Even if he couldn't do anything and could only simply sit here, Sulaiman felt a special honor.

After the new round of talks officially started, the Ottoman Grand Vizier Zayadin spoke first, announcing the Sultan's official response and accepting Ming's conditions.

Everyone has received the news notification, and now they are all patiently listening, and then waiting for the response from Daming.

Shen Fu looked up, Zhu Jingyuan considered the language and said:
"Since the Ottoman country can accept my Daming's request, then my Daming is willing to conclude a peace treaty with the Ottomans.

"And from the date of the signing of the contract, we will provide Ottoman with the assistance within his ability.

"But now there is a problem.

"Has the Ottomans considered that they have to wait for the negotiation of other countries to end and sign a contract with Daming as a member of the anti-Ming alliance?

"It's still right now to sign a separate peace agreement with Daming.

"What this king needs to remind is that this king believes that other countries may not be able to come up with conditions that make Daming willing to sign an indefinite peace treaty."

When Zhu Jingyuan asked this question, the representatives of Ottoman did not respond, but the representatives of Tai and Western countries were all stunned.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of these two contracting methods?
If the alliance as a whole signs with Daming, then Daming will tear up the peace treaty, which is a collective breach of the contract for all members of the original anti-Ming alliance.

If signed alone, if Daming may tear up the peace agreement with Osman alone.

But the premise is Zhu Jingyuan's last sentence.

Now Ottoman got an indefinite peace treaty, and other countries may not be able to get it.

If Ottoman pursues a collective indefinite peace agreement against the Ming alliance, the subsequent negotiations will definitely become very difficult.

If Ottoman does not pursue a collective indefinite peace, the quality of the individual indefinite promises now obtained will be reduced, and the price paid now will become even less worthwhile.

Zhu Jingyuan's question has actually been hinted to by Ottoman in private.

Grand Vizier Zajaden also thought about it carefully.

Osman had lost confidence in the Thai and Western countries, and he couldn't bear the temptation to deal with Lucia and Austria together.

So now Zayadin gave a direct answer without much pause:

"Osman is willing to sign a separate contract with Daming, sign a peace agreement as soon as possible, and end all conflicts as soon as possible."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded with great satisfaction:

"Okay, then let the relevant personnel formally draft the peace document, and at the same time, the Ottoman country will withdraw from the anti-Ming alliance."