What, I found that the fleets of European countries were gathering?" Ahmed was shocked.

The originally huge Ming fleet crossed the Atlantic Ocean and appeared in Portugal, which surprised him. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty was so strong, but it was more of a melon-eating mentality.

For this reason, he also told the Empress Dowager that the Ottoman Empire was now stable. The Ming Dynasty went to help Portugal take revenge and worked with European countries, so the Ottoman Empire could watch and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

However, he never expected that European countries were indeed united, but when those Europeans even joined forces to deal with the Ming Dynasty, they still assembled a large number of fleets on the Ottoman border. What were they doing?

At this time, the Ottoman Empire had occupied part of the territory, including Rome, and bordered Austria.

The reason why the European joint fleet wanted to assemble in the Ottomans was mainly to avoid meeting the Ming fleet in the Mediterranean, so they hid in the narrow seas. Even if the Ming army wanted to attack, they could not take advantage of their numerical advantages.

But they didn't expect that the Ottomans were too sensitive and thought that they were gathering troops and wanted to attack the Ottomans.

In fact, the sensitivity of the Ottomans is understandable. Not to mention that European countries have always been hostile to the Ottomans, the most important thing is that the Ottomans are now afraid of being beaten by the Ming army. The national strength has been greatly weakened and cannot withstand the attacks of others. They are the kind of people who are strong outside and do the middle, so they are very sensitive.

Also, the Ming army was active in the area east of the Black Sea Strait. Although many places did not occupy it because of the so-called solid walls and clearing the fields, the Ottomans themselves understood that they were unable to counterattack at least in the short term. If they eventually lost the area east of the Black Sea Strait, the area west of the Black Sea Strait was the foundation of the Ottoman Empire.

If even this is gone, the Ottoman Empire will perish.

Ahmed was worried about this matter and when he summoned Mustafa to discuss it, the palace sent someone to summon him urgently.

Upon hearing this, Ahmed smiled bitterly and said to Mustafa: "The Queen Mother must be scared!"

Afterwards, both of him and Mustafa rushed to the palace to meet the Saint.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager also received the news. As soon as she saw them, she asked anxiously: "After those Europeans united, they really want to plot against our Ottomans. What should you do? Let me tell you what to do?"

If it were just a European country, no matter how weak the Ottoman Empire is, they would have the confidence and would not be afraid.

But now all European countries have united. Even if the Ottoman Empire is arrogant, it will know that it will definitely not be able to withstand it!

Ahmed had already talked with Mustafa on the way to come, so after the Empress Dowager finished speaking, he immediately replied: "Mr. Daughter, instead of waiting for them to assemble and fight us, we should raid them, so that the chance of winning is greater!"

"Even if you can win, what?" The Empress Dowager immediately said dissatisfiedly, "They will definitely continue to gather to attack us!"

What she meant was that even if the Ottoman Empire raided the assembled fleets, it would not cause too much damage to the European countries. It would even anger them, and countries would send more troops to assemble. What should the Ottoman Empire do at that time? Can it continue to beat them?

After hearing this, Ahmed turned his head to look at Mustafa, then looked at the Empress Dowager, and said hesitantly: "There is another safe way, that is, we can have a strong support! In this way, we will not be afraid of the alliance between European countries!"

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager said suspiciously: "A strong support? Can we Ottoman still have strong support?"

When Mustafa heard this, he spoke: "When Sweden attacked Tsarist Russia before, it was in danger, he came with a strong support to save Tsarist Russia..."

Before he finished speaking, the Empress Dowager suddenly realized: "You talk about the Ming Empire?"

After hearing this, Ahmed and Mustafa both remained silent, but in fact they were just defaulting.

The Empress Dowager was really moved when she heard this, but she also had concerns: "But our Ottomans and the Ming Empire have become like this. If we are attacked by European countries, they will probably be happy to watch the show, right?"

"Empress Dowager, Tsarist Russia had fought with the Ming Kingdom before." Ahmed quickly explained, "But later they surrendered to the Ming Empire and were protected by the Ming Empire."

Mustafa heard it from the side and said, "As long as we surrender to the Ming Empire, we can be protected by the Ming Empire just like Tsarist Russia. In this way, if we have strong support, are we still afraid that European countries will unite to fight us?"

The Empress Dowager was quite moved when she heard this, but when she thought of something, she hesitated: "With this situation now, will the Ming Empire allow us to surrender?"

Because the Ottoman Empire is already very dangerous and will be attacked by the joint army of European countries at any time, at least in the eyes of the Empress Dowager. This is a bit different from Tsarist Russia at that time, and the Ming Empire may not accept the surrender of the Ottoman Empire.

Hearing her words, Ahmed knew that the time was ripe, so he said in a confident tone: "Empress Dowager, don't worry about this. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty once said that he has not changed his words now, so it will always be effective."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she quickly confirmed: "Are you saying that our Ottoman ceded the area east of the Black Sea Strait in exchange for the understanding of the Ming Empire and accept our surrender?"

When Ahmed and Mustafa heard this, they nodded at the same time, but did not speak.

The reason why they were able to mention this matter at this time was because they felt the strength of the Ming army more and more. The confidence in their training elites to regain their occupied areas was getting weaker and weaker.

Seeing the Ming army recovering rapidly in the occupied areas of Persia and the Ottomans. It is estimated that after sufficient food and supplies, a large offensive against the Ottoman Empire would definitely be launched. At that time, the area east of the Black Sea Strait would definitely not be preserved. Instead of doing this, it would be better to directly ced the area east of the Black Sea Strait in exchange for the understanding of the Ming Empire, surrender to the Ming Empire, get the protection of the Ming Empire, and overcome the current crisis.

Of course, being able to raise this matter at this time is related to their firm control of the Ottoman Empire through military power during these times. Even if some people oppose or some scold them, they are already confident that they can suppress it.

The Empress Dowager was a little hesitant when she heard this. It was really a big deal. As long as she really did this, although she didn't care about the outside world, she knew that her reputation would be very unpleasant.

Seeing her like this, Ahmed sighed in his heart. This decision is indeed a bit difficult. But, now, can there be other ways to go besides this path?

Thinking of this, he spoke to the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, if we surrender to the Ming Empire, it will be a decisive battle between the Eastern and Western worlds. I believe that the Ming Empire is very likely to win. In this way, although we have lost the area east of the Black Sea Strait, we can take the opportunity to expand westward and regain the glory of our Ottoman Empire!"

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager suddenly lit up. Yes, if she could really expand her territory westward, wouldn’t it be possible to make up for the negative impact of the ceasing of the territory east of the Black Sea Strait? Besides, whether it is in terms of land barrenness or population, the west is obviously more valuable!

Moreover, when the empire was strong, it was no longer able to advance westward. Being able to expand territory westward has always been the wish of emperors of all dynasties. If this wish was fulfilled by oneself, it would not have any bad reputation, but instead he would judge the situation and make the right choice for the Ottoman?

Thinking of these benefits, the Empress Dowager was finally moved. As a result, she was worried that the Ming Empire would disagree, so she said worriedly: "The Ming Empire, I don't know if it will..."

"Don't worry, the Empress Dowager, I am willing to go again. I will definitely try my best to convince the governor of the Ming Empire to follow their emperor's wishes." Mustafa heard this and quickly promised.

At this time, they already knew that the Ming Emperor had returned to the Ming Dynasty, so Mustafa had this statement.

"Okay, then I'll give you this matter!" The Empress Dowager said quickly when she heard this, "It is necessary to let the Ming Empire accept our surrender and protect us. If there are still some unduly demands, don't be petty!"

"The Queen Mother is right!" Ahmed on the side also explained, "No matter how many conditions the Ming army proposed, we can return to defeat them after they are defeated."

After hearing this, Mustafa certainly would not have any objections.

In this way, the three most powerful decision makers of the Ottoman Empire had already concluded that they would accept their surrender at all costs. In this way, not only would they no longer have to worry about the attack of the Ming army, but they could also stand on the side of the Ming army during the war between the East and the West and gain enough benefits after the war.

They are confident about this. Although European countries are indeed powerful when they unite, look at the Ming Empire. The sea fleet, the Persian Gulf and Portugal combined have more than 5,000 warships. How powerful are they? Based on this, once the decisive battle between the East and the West begins, the army of the Ming Empire will probably be at the level of one million. With such a huge force, are you afraid of Europeans? A joke!
Chapter completed!