The Rise of the European Emperor

Both France and Venice are fighting against Spain, but Marin, the instigator, has no time to pay attention to things in Italy for the time being. Because, he got a very important news...

"This is the matchlock gun of the Ottoman Turks?" Marin looked curiously at the musket brought back by the spies sent to Turkey.

"Yes, Grand Duke, this is the musket that is currently equipped on a large scale by the Ottoman Guards! I spent a lot of money to get this sample from a general of the Sudanese Guards in the name of 'scrap'. It is said that the new Ottoman The Sultan attaches great importance to firearms, and has already promoted this kind of arquebus in the Ottoman Imperial Army on a large scale!" Meir, a secret agent who had been lurking in Constantinople (now called Istanbul) for several years, said respectfully. Meir was a Jew, and the Ottoman Empire was kinder to the Jews. When the Spanish kings expelled the Jews in the territory, the Ottoman Empire also took a large number of Jews who originally lived in Spain to live in Istanbul. It just so happened that Marin wanted to monitor the Jews in the past few years, so he arranged for Meir, a Jewish spy, to go to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to lurk as a Spanish Jewish refugee.

And Marin knew very well in his heart that the matchlock gun he got in front of him might be the famous Lumi gun recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty!

However, Marin saw the shadow of the Spanish musket gun on this Lumi gun from the Ottoman Empire. Unlike the Mushiket matchlock gun, the Ottoman Lumi gun seems to be smaller. Its bullets are not as heavy as the 50 grams of the Mushiket musket, and are probably closer to the 30.23 grams of the North Sea Army...

"Where did the Ottoman Turks' arquebus technology come from?" Marin was a little puzzled. But suddenly, Marin thought of a possibility—the group of Jews that Ottoman Turkey picked up from Spain...

Jews are very smart and generally engaged in commerce or handicrafts. It is said that the total number of Spanish Jews taken away by Turkey was as high as 200,000. It is very likely that among the 200,000 people, there are craftsmen who know how to make Mushiket guns. After all, the musket guns originally came from Spain...

"So it turns out that the origin of the Lumi blunderbuss is actually Spain. In other words, did the Spaniards lift a stone and smash it... No, they didn't shoot their own feet, but the feet of all Europeans..."

It is said that after the Ottoman Turkish Sultan Bayezid II took away the 200,000 Jews, he triumphantly wrote to the Spanish kings, claiming—"Spanish King Ferdinand II is really a 'great' ruler , I would rather be poor than give wealth to others"... Obviously, Bayezid II has gained huge benefits from this group of Jews. For example, advances in technology...

...

Of course, Marin didn't care how much the Ottoman Turks benefited. The reason why he sent people to monitor Ottoman Turkey was because he was very concerned about the future military conflict between Turkey and the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty.

The Battle of Dabik Prairie near Aleppo, Syria, which took place more than two years later, caused the fall of the Mamluk Dynasty and the complete rise of Ottoman Turkey—the Ottoman Empire, which gained the strength of Syria and Egypt, greatly increased. Since then, there has been a tyrannical strength to crush Europe...

After all, Egypt and Syria have always been the richest agricultural areas in the Middle East. With the acquisition of Egypt, the strength of the Ottoman Empire went directly to the next level.

But after the strength of the Ottoman Empire surged, it directly became the most terrifying threat in Europe. Moreover, their soldiers are directly pointing to the German region. And this is obviously what Marin, who is a prince of Germany, does not want to see.

Next, Marin will reshuffle the cards within Germany, but he does not want an extremely powerful Ottoman Empire to disrupt the situation. Therefore, Marin must prevent Ottoman Turkey from destroying the Mamluk dynasty. And Meir was sent to Turkey mainly to observe the military trends in Turkey...

...

A year ago, Selim, the third prince of Ottoman Turkey, launched a coup, poisoned his father Bayezid II, and killed his two older brothers, becoming the ninth sultan of Ottoman Turkey - Selim I.

Selim I paid great attention to the strength of the army, and vigorously promoted artillery in the army, and began to promote arquebus on a large scale.

Marin vaguely remembered that in the battle of Dabik Grassland, it seemed that Selim I dispatched 12,000 European infantry, using matchlock guns and chariot formations (similar to Yu Dayou's chariot formation engaged by Marin, the difference is that there was no chariot in front of the chariot. Spears, and the vehicles are bigger. It seems that it is the ancient Chinese way. After all, the Turks are also Turkic descendants who fled from China to West Asia), withstood the attack of the fierce Mamluk cavalry and bought time for the Turkish cavalry to counterattack . It can be said that the Mamluk cavalry was defeated by the battle formation formed by the Turks' Lumi guns.

Because, in terms of cavalry strength alone, the Mamluk dynasty at this time was not inferior to the Turks. In the battle of Dabik grassland alone, the Mamluk dynasty dispatched tens of thousands of cavalry. In terms of total military strength, the Mamluk Dynasty had 80,000 troops at that time, while the Turks had 60,000. If it weren't for the 12,000 European-style infantry recruited by Turkey from the Balkans to block the charge of the Mamluk cavalry with matchlock guns, it would be difficult for the Turks to win.

Of course, the Mamluk dynasty is not a fool. Egypt is actually promoting firearms in the military. However, their promotion is not as fast as Turkey. It was not until the outbreak of the war that Egyptians began to promote artillery in the army, and they had not had time to promote matchlock guns.

On the other hand, the Turkish army, after Selim I came to power, vigorously promoted matchlock guns in the army and established a large-scale musket force. Its musketeers were recruited mainly from Europeans in the Balkans. What they use is this kind of matchlock gun known as "Lumi Gun" in history. Therefore, the demise of the Mamluk dynasty was due to the Lumi guns...

...

However, the historical Dabik Prairie Battle would not break out until 1516, and now Marin has plenty of time to intervene. For example...providing matchlock guns to the Mamluk dynasty...

Thinking of this, Marin found a craftsman and ordered:

"You guys study this Turkish musket carefully. I want you to start mass producing this musket. Then..." Marin smiled, and it must have been sold to the Mamluk dynasty.

At that time, the Mamluk dynasty will also have a large number of musketeers, and they will also be equipped with Lumi guns, so it will be more fun...

In terms of cavalry, the strength of the Mamluk dynasty is not weaker than that of Ottoman Turkey. Artillery or something, the Mamluk dynasty also has a lot. If the short board of the musket is also made up, I really don't know what the consequences of the Dabik grassland battle will be...

I just don’t know, when the Turks saw that the troops of the Mamluk dynasty on the opposite side were also equipped with a large number of Lumi guns they invented, how many MMPs would they have to say...