Chapter 1625： Battle of Erzurum

Of course, the use of interest to lure Cossacks to be devoluntized and converted to Catholicism is also conditional on Marin. For a brutal German prince, where can there be liquor to seduce Cossack?

It was Marin ’s literacy class in his last life. At the beginning, because the country had no money in the 1990s and could not give rewards, it could only use administrative orders to force literacy. But the effect is not good, and in the new century, when there is money in the finances, we use some places to withhold taxes and buy some valuable gadgets to lure everyone to recognize the word. The effect is much better ...

Therefore, even if there is a good way, you have to have enough resources to do it. If you don't have anything in your hand, even if you have a good idea, it's useless.

In fact, more than one can be tempted to the Ukrainian Cossacks. For the 67,800 Hungarian Magyars who are about to arrive in Goslar, Marin can also use decoy methods to guide them to Germanization and accept their own rule.

The Magyars are also nomads and like drinking. Maybe they do n’t like spirits as much as Eastern Europeans, but it does n’t matter, Marin not only has plenty of rye Erguotou, but also a lot of rye brewed dark beer.

If this is not possible, the spirit can be mixed with plain water to reduce the intensity to suit the tastes of different people. In short, Marin will set up a large tavern in Goslar, specializing in providing a variety of alcoholic beverages to meet the needs of the Hungarians in Germany.

In short, if you learn German well, you will be rewarded with a glass of wine, either dark beer or rye whiskey. The church ’s missionary who teaches literacy will give Hungarians who have learned German well a rewarding wine ticket and let themselves go to the tavern opened in Goslar Marin to cash in wine.

As for the candy rewards for the children, Marin has also ordered the Cuban side to start production. To this end, Marin intends to send a ship to deliver a batch of oil paper produced on Cape Breton Island as packaging for Cuban sweets. On the Cuban side, the confectionery is produced, cut into the desired shape, and then packed and shipped back to the country.

Then, the candy will be transported to Goslar, and the missionary who teaches Hungarian children will reward candy based on the children's German scores-children, Misimisi ...

In this era when noble children can't often eat candy, the power of candy is amazing. Moreover, there does n’t seem to be any salty party in Europe, it seems that they like sweets ... this group of guys, add a lot of sugar to drink a tea ...

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The time entered August, and August of this year is also a very important moment in history. Because, the Ottoman Turkish army invaded Persia ...

As mentioned earlier, Ottoman Turkish Sultan Selim I has long coveted the Perzus-occupied Erzurum region in eastern Anatolia, as well as the richer two river basins.

Therefore, the ambitious Turkish sultan Selim I, in order to attack Persia, did not have time to take control of what happened in Europe during this time, and allowed the Kingdom of Hungary to escape.

In fact, before Selim I attacked Persia, Persia was the stronger side. After all, since the assumption of Ismail I, the war he has fought without defeat has been somewhat similar to myth. Moreover, the territory of the Persian Safavid Empire is also larger than that of Turkey. In particular, the rich two river basins also belong to the Persian Safavid Empire.

If alone than cavalry, the Persian Safavid Empire is even stronger than Turkey. Even Ismaili had the idea of ​​continuing to expand westward and annex Turkey ...

The Turkish Sultan Selim I was not a good man. He knew Ismayi ’s intentions and did not intend to sit still. Therefore, before sending troops, Selim I formed an alliance with the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt and agreed to help each other and resist the expansion of Persia to the west ...

After the alliance was completed, Selim I assuredly started his army and went to attack Persia voluntarily ...

In fact, the situation in the Middle East right now is very complicated, a bit like the period of the Three Kingdoms. In terms of strength, Persia at this time is a bit like Cao Wei; while Turkey at this time is a bit like the enhanced version of the Shu Kingdom; and the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty, in fact, the original strength is also very strong. However, because the maritime trade that relied on it was cut off by the Portuguese and the Spaniards, its current strength is greatly damaged. It is a bit like Soochow in the Three Kingdoms. The main reason is that there is not enough money to fight a war ...

At this time, Persia looks strong, whether it is the Turkish or Egyptian Mamluk dynasty, they are very afraid of Persia. So, I heard that Turkey is going to fight against Persia, the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty is really bad. Moreover, the Egyptians also thought of "siting on the hill to watch the tiger."

In the view of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt, Persia is more powerful. The Turks will single out Persia, and they will definitely lose both sides. When the time comes, their opportunity will come ...

However, the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt did not expect that the real power is Turkey, not Persia. Their mistakes directly led to the strong rise of Turkey and the decline of Persia.

Then, in the original history, I saw that the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty wanted to remedy, intending to prevent Turkey from attacking Persia for the second time. However, they did not expect that the Turks exploded and directly exterminated the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt ...

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After all, whether it is Persia or the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt, it ignores the power of the Turkish army. Persia is a silly man, without guns or bubbles. Previously, the Portuguese had to send them artillery. As a result, Ismaili had a good life and refused directly, looking down on the artillery. The Egyptian Mamluk dynasty was better, but they only paid attention to the artillery, ignored the gun, and then lost to Turkey in the battle of the Dabik grassland ...

In fact, Marin had already sent a spy to detour from the Caucasus region to Tabriz, the capital of Persia, to inform Ismail I of the imminent invasion of Turkey. Moreover, warned the Turkish artillery of Ismail I.

However, as Marin had expected, in these years, Ismaili I had been too smooth sailing, causing self-confidence to swell.

He thanked the spy sent by Marin for reporting, and rewarded the spy with 20 Persian horses, but was indifferent to the problem of the Turkish army's artillery.

As for the matchlock gun brought by the spy, after being tested by Ismayi I personally, it wasn't much to see ...

Why? Because there is no hit rate beyond 100 yards. And Ismail I, who is used to bows and crossbows, believes that there is a quasi-head beyond a hundred yards, which is more practical than a firearm. Moreover, the matchlock gun is too troublesome ...

The spy was speechless and used pigeons to pass the news back to the North Sea country. Seeing the news, Marin was speechless. But he was helpless. After all, Ismaili I was the master of Persia, and his heart was firm. How could he be easily persuaded?

To put it bluntly, those who succeed, believe more in their own judgment, and will not be easily swayed by others. Unless, until failure, they will admit their mistakes. But then, it was a little late ...

Marin knew that the defeat of Persia was inevitable, so he sent someone to send the message to the spy, and asked him to suggest that after the defeat of Ismaili I, even if the personnel and supplies in Tabriz City were transferred, and the way was clear, not giving Opportunities for on-site supply of Turkish troops. However, because the pigeons are not familiar with the situation on the Persian side, they can only play back, not to Persian. Therefore, the spy can use the pigeons to report the situation to Marin, but Marin sent someone to send the message to the spy, but he can only walk the land route of the Caucasus Mountains again, which is very time-consuming ...

On the way of the messenger, in August 1514, in the Erzurum region of eastern Anatolia, a fierce collision between the two green religion empires broke out ...

Outside the city of Erzurum, the capital of the Erzurum region, Ismaili's 80,000 elite Persian red-headed cavalry fought against 120,000 Turkish troops.

This time, Turkey came out of the nest. After all, before the occupation of Egypt and the two rivers, the Turks could dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops. It was already the limit. Only with the annexation of the agriculturally developed Egypt and the two river basins can Turkey have enough food to sustain the military needs of hundreds of thousands of troops.

Outside the city of Erzurum, 300 artillery pieces of the Turkish army lined up. Moreover, in order to prevent the brave Persian cavalry from entering the artillery position, the Turks tied iron chains between the doorless cannons to block the enemy cavalry who rushed over.

At the same time, between the artillery and the artillery, there was a heavy infantry with a double-handed large shield to protect the artillery from the enemy's bow and arrow. Behind the Great Shield, there are thousands of matchlock gunmen recruited from the Balkans ...

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After the battle started, the proud Ismaili took the lead in attacking. However, just before the attack was ordered, Ismaili finally remembered the warning of the spy sent by Marin. So, he temporarily changed the offensive team, instead of sending his descendants to take the lead, he sent a local cavalry unit to go up and try ...

Then, as expected, the problem came out ...

Although the Turks did not have shotguns yet, all of their stone and iron ball shells were astonishing. In particular, the Turks brought 300 cannons this time, more than double the size of the more than 100 cannons that the French often dispatched!

When thousands of Persian scimitar cavalry launched a charge ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Turkish commanders ordered a roar with 300 cannons. Suddenly, the formation of the Persian charge was one. Afterwards, hundreds of Persian cavalry were either pierced on the spot, or the cavalry themselves were hit by iron **** or stone bullets and lacked arms and legs ...

In addition, the huge roar of artillery also terrified the Persian warhorse ...

None of these Persian horses have seen firearms, nor earmuffs. Suddenly attacked by 300 cannons, he was naturally shocked. Then, many war horses got out of control and started to run around, the scene suddenly became chaotic ...

It was only then that Ismayi I awakened-it turned out that he was really wrong before!

But he was not willing to fail, and then sent more people to attack together. Moreover, he divided the cavalry into two. After the previous cavalry was defeated by artillery, taking advantage of the gap between the artillery loading, the second cavalry finally rushed to the Turkish army ...

However, the merciless iron chain blocked the advancement of the Persian cavalry. At the same time, the arquebusp sticking out from behind the big shield gave the brave and fearless Persian cavalry a taste of despair ...

The continuous failure caused Persia to lose thousands of elite cavalry and also frightened Ismayi I. Seeing that the offensive was fruitless, Ismaili ordered the retreat and returned to Erzurum. The Turkish army, however, was unable to catch up in time because of the artillery array in front. Of course, if the individual cavalry catches up, it may not be a good thing. After all, when it comes to the strength of cavalry, Persia still needs to win ...