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Chapter 325: 1502, a new era

The night sky with stars is deep and cold.

The snow-like moonlight shines on the Gobi Desert, reflecting shadows of rocks of all sizes.

Mrs. O'Connie was also looking up at the sky at this time, imagining what the night in her hometown looked like.

Mrs. O'Connie had almost forgotten what her home looked like. She had been out for too long, and sometimes even had forgotten where she came from.

The vague neighing of war horses came from the basin in the distance, but the horse-wrangler quickly calmed the animals.

Mrs. O'Connie walked forward a few steps and looked at a small group of people gradually moving in the distance.

She was a little excited, and the long-awaited expectation made it difficult for her to calm down.

The people quickly approached, and a tall man riding on a horse in front of his head grabbed the reins and squinted his eyes, carefully looking at the woman who had only one entourage standing on the Gobi Desert.

Although it was not far from the military camp, it was a bit too dangerous for her to be here alone, which made the man quickly confirm that this woman should be the one she wants to meet.

"Mrs. O'Connie?"

The man's accent was a bit weird. Mrs. O'Connie took a lot of effort to hear it clearly. She nodded and then tilted her head to look into the team behind the man.

"We brought the person you want."

The man waved his hand behind him, and immediately a horseman came over with a camel. A tightly wrapped figure was sitting on the camel. When he was taken to Mrs. O'Connie to stop, the figure struggled a few times and made a dull sound of "whimpering".

"This is your reward."

O'Connie also signaled to the entourage beside her, and the entourage immediately handed a heavy bag to the man.

The man bent over and took it in his hand and weighed it. In the night, he seemed to have his mouth cracked and his white teeth appeared.

Those people came and went quickly. They threw them down and roared away, as if they wanted to leave the place as soon as possible.

O'Connie could understand why these people were so hurrying. This place was no longer peaceful and a fierce war would break out at any time.

The Ottoman Empire has maintained a very strange system since its inception. This system is not much different from the feudal lord system of Europeans, but it is completely different.

Tribes of all sizes formed this huge empire, and the tribe leaders were the real rulers of these tribes.

They would be loyal to the Sultan, pay taxes and send service troops, but they also have privileges that the Sultan cannot revoke.

Compared with the feudal lords in Europe, these tribes are more like real countries, which makes the Ottoman sultans have supreme power, but they have to try their best to win over the leaders of the tribe as much as possible, for fear that they will cause trouble for themselves.

Bayesset II was a man who was more kind than any of his ancestors. Many people missed the time when the old sultan ruled. However, with Bayesset II's death and his two sons began to compete for the throne of the Sultan, the situation in the Ottoman Empire changed drastically.

Mehmed is now actively preparing for war in Egypt. The previous series of conflicts with Selim caused him to suffer a lot. Even at sea, he could not rely on the Arab pirates to gain any big advantage. Now he is preparing to send troops from Egypt again. This time he plans to fight Selim to the death.

And Selim in Constantinople is not easy. He is now fighting on both sides. While dealing with Mehmed from Egypt, he also has to deal with the little brat who suddenly emerged from the East.

Before, Selim had ridiculed Mehmed for defeating Ismay, but now when he faced the annoying little brat, he realized that it was really a difficult opponent.

The battle on both sides made Selim exhausted. The only thing he was glad that Mehmed seemed to be afraid of being beaten by him and did not dare to act rashly for a while, which gave him a brief breathing opportunity.

Before, Selim had thought about having a talk with Safavi's Shah, but the other party refused tactfully. Now he decided to teach the ungrateful Ismayi a lesson, and then turn around and concentrate on completely eliminating Mahmed.

In addition to this, Zero also wanted to take the opportunity to deal with the disobedient eastern tribes. In his opinion, the sultans in the past were too kind and tolerant to the tribe leaders, especially his father was simply indulging those people.

All this should be changed. Selim thought so. While ordering the tribal leaders to send more troops to serve him, he sent officials around him to take over power in places where the leaders had temporarily lost due to war, and then announced that these areas would be the direct jurisdiction of the Sudan.

Selim knew that this would inevitably anger some people, but because the land was taken away is a minority, so this is a risk worth taking.

The key is that those tribal leaders are a mess. When they do not really violate their own interests, those people will not really stand up except for anger, not to mention that none of them has a reputation and status that can bring them together.

Selim's idea was not wrong, and the plan went smoothly. Despite some resistance, most of the officials he sent to achieve his goal. Most of the tribal leaders sent people to Constantinople to protest, but because there was no real leader, no one dared to act rashly.

Salim was satisfied with his decision. He had already planned to send people to directly accept some very important cities, such as Genchi, who was previously captured by the Safavi army, but now he has become an important city in the eastern part of an empty city because his original leader did not return.

Although doing so may really anger the tribe leaders completely, this risk is still worth taking, and Selim also wants to see how much those people can tolerate it.

Once this time is successful, it means that he can continue to make bolder provocations next, until he will gradually erode the tribal territories in the east like independent kingdoms.

Selim carried out his plan with confidence until one day an accident that he had never expected happened.

The head of the city officials who sent to Genchi were sent back, although this made Selim so angry that it was second, but what really surprised him was the person who sent the letter to report that Genchi had been occupied by the son of Jem, a younger brother of his father, Bayesette II.

It is said that the man has a European name and appearance, but he claims that he had a child with a local woman when he was trapped in Europe. This is nothing but. What surprised Selim was that this man actually received the support of Ismayi.

Selim was surprised at first, then furious. He didn't know if the bastard suddenly appeared was Jem's son, but it was obvious that this person was a puppet introduced by Ismayi. What's worse, he keenly noticed the conspiracy of the Safavi brat.

He could imagine the tribal leaders who were originally angrily and not speaking up, and once they heard that such a person would appear, just like him, those people would not care whether the guy suddenly appeared was true or not. They would only never miss this opportunity easily.

In fact, what worries Selim soon happened.

Some tribal leaders urgently announced that they would recognize the young man named Caderon as Jem's son, and then they offered him the tents, carpets, cattle, horses, sheep and sabres in their tribe.

Even if this is not openly supported by the man as the Sultan, it is not much different. Other tribe leaders are much more cautious, but they have also expressed that they will not be enemies with this man.

This means that they will not fight against the Safavi people who announced their support for this Caderon, so that Salim finds his situation difficult.

He realized that he had indeed underestimated Ismayi before, and he did not expect that he had such a terrible ace in his hand. Now the little kid who he thought was just a troublesome had turned into a sharp knife and cut a terrible wound on his back. If he didn't want the wound to worsen and ulcerate and eventually become fatal, he had to destroy the opponent as soon as possible.

Selim began to mobilize all the troops he could use, and for this reason he even did not hesitate to transfer troops far away from Bulgaria and Greece. At the same time, he actively expressed his kindness to Moldova, hoping that they could temporarily stare at the annoying Poland for themselves in the north.

These actions of Constantinople were sent to Europe from various channels, whether in Krakow, Prague, Bucharest or Vienna. When they heard about the internal changes of the Ottomans, they burst into joy and cheers.

The fear brought to Europe by the huge threat from the Ultraman Empire was too great. The entire Eastern Europe seemed to be shrouded in the shadow of the Ottoman Empire. Every invasion initiated by this Eastern Empire would make the whole Europe frightened. Now they can at least finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In the palace in Bucharest, Sophia looked at the couple of children lying side by side in the swaying crib. Now they are asleep, perhaps feeling a little cold. The two children hugged each other tightly, their two tender little faces pressing each other tightly together, and their lips pouted and made a soft "puff" sound.

Sophia lowered her head and kissed them on their little faces, then gestured to the nurse standing next to her to take care of the prince and the princess, and then turned around and walked out of the bedroom in a few steps.

Walking through the corridor, we came to a room that was completely lit without any money on the wall, where a group of Wallach officers were already waiting for her.

Sophia, who walked in, didn't wait for anyone to finish the salute, waved her hand to an officer impatiently and signaled that he could start, and then she sat down and started listening.

The officer wore a costume that was completely different from the other Wallachian generals. If anyone familiar with Alexander's Balkan Guard Hunter would recognize it at a glance. Except for some floral ornaments, the costume was a complete replica of Guard Hunter, and even the iconic vertical collar Hunter Guard Guard.

The officers began to tell the female grand duke their plans cleanly and quickly, and the Wallachian army was ready to advance from southern Hungary to the north to regain the entire Hungary together with the Bohemia Kingdom.

After confirming that the Ottomans had to transfer a large number of troops from South Bosnia due to their own domestic changes, the threat from southwest Wallachia was greatly reduced, the officers of Wallachia immediately formulated to transfer most of the troops left behind in the southwest to the western border to strengthen their defense against North Bosnia.

"Your Highness, if we can try our best to strengthen our contact with Grand Duke Caranio of Caranio, then we can threaten North Bosnia from both east and west. I believe that at that time, King Herva dared not act rashly. Then we can set out from the southern mining area that has been occupied by us as planned to march towards Danube Castle, and finally with the Bohemians in Budapest..."

The officer explained their intentions to Sophia with confidence, but they soon discovered that the female grandfather's attention did not seem to be on the Hungarian map in front of her.

Sophia's eyes were firmly staring at the western North Bosnia. Her hot eyes made the officer next to her suspect that the female grandfather saw not the map but the duke who had taken off her clothes.

Then everyone saw Sophia suddenly clenched her fists and slapped hard at the position of North Posdia!

The muffled "Boom!" sound and the familiar movement were as if they were hitting everyone's hearts. Before people could react, Sophia had already punched the bottles on the table and seemed to shake.

The generals looked at the female grandpa in amazement. They had already understood what Sophia wanted to do, but this idea was too bold and even reckless, which made the generals feel a little embarrassed.

"But your Highness, it would be too difficult to attack Northern Bosnia and Hungary at the same time. We don't have that many troops, and this is likely to attract South Bosnia's intervention," the officer tried his best to dispel Sophia's almost crazy idea, but looking at Sophia's stubborn expression, he really had no confidence. "Your Highness, unless we can get more support, we will not succeed."

The officer's words made Sophia's eyes lit up, and her fist spread slightly, turning into a finger poking on Northern Bosnia. Then the index finger stretched westward, crossed Caniola, and then crossed Venice, and finally landed on a table that had already exceeded the edge of the map.

Then she clenched her fist and slapped her empty table.

The officer's face showed a thoughtful look, and then he looked at the people next to him. Seeing that they were still a little confused, the officer had to speak, "Do you think Duke, do I mean the Duchess will send troops?"

Sophia tilted her head accustomed to it, and then shook it firmly.

Seeing the officer's stunned look, she let out a laugh that only she could understand.

Sophia obviously didn't want to continue to get involved in this matter. She signaled the generals to continue reporting the upcoming war on revenge against Hungary, but the atmosphere in the conference room was much more solemn than before.

Because the generals who had gradually understood the temper of the female grandfather knew that the seemingly nonsense actions had not been revealed as the female grandfather was as if nothing had happened.

On the contrary, no one knew that she had any whimsical plans at this time.

From the East to the West, from the coast of the Black Sea to the Atlantic coast, in many people's eyes, 1502 was a turbulent year, and even this turbulence was no different from the chaos of centuries.

But Alexander knew very well that many of the things that happened this year were destined to have an immeasurable impact on the future.

In 1502, Selim should have completely wiped out his brother Mehmed, and then he would invade and take the opportunity to completely destroy the Mamluk dynasty, but now he has to face enemies from several sides.

It was also this year that the Ottoman Empire should have eliminated its last resistance in Northern Bosnia and then completely annexed the entire Bosnia. Except for a part of the north, it completely blocked the connection between Bucharest and Europe from three sides, and then prepared for the complete conquest of Bucharest in more than a decade.

In the east, the frequent invasion of Poland by the Ottomans continued until the era when the Polish winged cavalry appeared.

But now all this has changed dramatically. The Ottomans had to evacuate their troops from the Balkans and Eastern Europe. In China, what Selim would face would be a civil war that would split the Ottoman Empire.

As for the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, everything will not be discovered until 50 years later, and the mysterious land that will not officially enter the sight of Europeans nearly a hundred years later has gradually unveiled its mysterious veil.

In addition to the letter from the Pope, Uriu brought to Alexander, there was also a piece of strange wood sent by Rusha from Valyaridod.

According to the visitor, this strange piece of wood with a dark red color, and the heavy and hard wood was brought back by James Columbus from the new colony. According to him, it was a rich local wood, and trees similar to this redwood are very precious in Europe.

Of course, Alexander knew what this was and how fanatical pursuit this precious wood would cause in the future. However, he didn't care much about it. What made Alexander really pay attention to was that James had obviously reached the precious place that claimed to be the most comprehensive resource possession in the world.

At this time, Alexander certainly didn't know that James had given him another gift to live, but the unlucky fleet commander entrusted him to a non-human. As soon as he left the palace, Ruosha asked someone to send the young woman to a house in her city.

That was what she prepared for the upcoming Burley, who had already figured out that her brother happened to be missing a woman here, and she could also solve a problem.

Alexander didn't know that he had passed by an exotic beauty like this, and he was waiting for Ferdinand now.
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