The northern coast of the Black Sea in late August was gradually getting a little chill.

This water area, known as the "Sea of ​​Hospitality" in the Middle Ages due to the integration of various ethnic groups and the prosperity of trade, became less hospitalized after entering 1676! Today, this water surface of more than 400,000 square kilometers has been prohibited from entering most countries. Except for ships from the East Coast and the Kingdom of France, which have special relations with the Ottoman Empire, they must not cross the Bosphorus Strait, and can only trade in Anatolia and Greece.

The reason for this is that the situation in the Black Sea area is very tense. The Ottoman Empire once again assembled more than 200,000 troops to attack the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Currently, most of the Black Sea is filled with various transport ships, sending soldiers, livestock and massive materials from Istanbul, Sinop, Trabisson, Burgas and other places to Kajibey Port, and then slowly transported them to Kamenita in southeastern Poland. There, the Ottoman Empire commander Ibrahim will gather all the troops and then lead the army to fight with the troops of the new Polish king Sobesky.

Speaking of Sobesky, we must mention the current internal situation in Poland. After leading the army to win several small victories against the Turks and temporarily truce with them, Jan Sobesky led his army back to Warsaw, and then forced the noble parliament to elect him as king, known as John III.

Sobesky was elected King of Poland, and many European countries sent people to congratulate him, including the United Provinces, England, France, Venice and other countries that traded with the Ottoman Empire, which caused some dissatisfaction with the Ottoman Empire. It happened that this was a sensitive moment before the outbreak of the war, and the navies of the above countries were quite strong. In fact, the navies of the major Western European powers were completely out of reach. The Ottomans were afraid that they would enter the Black Sea and threaten the Turkish sea transportation line of the Ottoman Empire.

The person ordered the end of the merchant ships approaching Istanbul, and even the largest merchant, Smyrna, was not allowed to approach it. He could only trade in Antalya, Athens and other places a little farther away. The only Western European country that was exempted was the Kingdom of France. They had a very deep friendship with the Ottomans, so they were allowed to enter the Black Sea to trade. Of course, the East Coast people were even more so. They had never been suspected by the Ottomans and had always been treated as more trustworthy partners.

Li Qing, the plenipotentiary of the East Coast Republic of China to Europe, arrived at the Harji Port under such circumstances. In this port that the South China Sea Transport Company has wholly owned, Li Qing held a short meeting with Gao Wengang, the East Coast Ambassador to the Ottoman, and Malati, the Haji Port Trading Station (also responsible for Black Sea trade and liaison with Ukraine, Crimea and Russia). The content of the meeting was the upcoming Polish-Turkey War, which was almost certain. Koprulu Davizi appointed Ibrahim Pasha as the president of the Austrian army, commanding 200,000 troops including Turkish troops, Arab tribe soldiers, Egyptian Mamluk, Serbian Christ Lord's private soldiers, Hungarian minion soldiers, Moldavian minion soldiers and Crimean Tatars to attack the Polish-Lithuan Commonwealth.

This is an unprecedented war. It seems that the Ottomans have the upper hand, but the East Coast people are always making more preparations, that is, what if the Ottoman Empire fails to win or even lose? Will the Polish army enter Ukraine? Will the Cossacks in Western Ukraine be rebelled again depending on the situation? Will the Hungarians and Moldavians who have always been at the top of the rat turn against each other and take advantage of the situation?

You should know that this kind of worry is not an unreasonable worry. Because the situation in Ukraine is also extremely dangerous now, with the support of the Russians, the Cossack Geitman Samoylovic assembled his troops and planned to launch an attack on Western Ukraine again. The Russian army led by Romodanovsky has been stationed in the Dnieper River since the spring of this year, ready to cross the river to fight at any time, and no one can be sure if the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Poles are fighting to the most critical stage, the Russians will suddenly send troops to occupy the entire Western Ukraine, and the Ottomans who are attacked from both sides will be uncomfortable, and it is impossible to ensure that something unpredictable will happen on the battlefield.

The above are actually very realistic issues and have to be treated with caution. Therefore, they held a small meeting and established some subsequent actions. For example, the addition of the Haji Port Commercial Station is not just a commercial station, but a small town. The permanent population has exceeded 3,000. The escort personnel are also quite prominent in the Crimean Khanate. Li Qing directly instructed Malati to find a way to expand the escort to around 1,200 people (of course, he also serves as a policeman, supervisor, etc. on weekdays). This is not only to prevent the chaos that may occur in the future, but also to be able to use it if a large number of slaves are influx after the Ottoman Empire (which seems to be very high at present), and there are sufficient supervisors to use it.

Of course, the above are all things to prepare for the future, because it is really hard to imagine the 200,000 army defeated Poland and what the concept was on the Ukrainian plain. Moreover, the Tatars have always turned around like the wind. When they mobilized extreme times, they could dispatch more than 100,000 cavalry. This is not a force that can be slighted. Therefore, everything they are doing now is really just in case.

Furthermore, trade, intelligence and other work should be reduced in time, especially in the Dnieper and Danube areas. Recently, the number of trade, intelligence personnel will be reduced, the frequency of activities is reduced, and their own safety is guaranteed. This is a pity, because these two large river basins are areas where intelligence personnel on the east bank are rarely able to move freely and are not subject to any restrictions. They provide a lot of useful commercial, social and even military intelligence for the Haji Port on weekdays (this may be related to the relatively rough governance of the Ukrainians, Turks and Tatars), but this is also necessary, because who knows what the Ottoman team gathered from all over the world? For example, those people mobilized from all over the world did not come with the intention of making a fortune. Do you guarantee that their military discipline will be good? You will definitely not make things difficult for the people on the east coast? It is impossible to think about it.

"By the way, what is the situation between Doroshenko and Samoylovic now? How should we face such a situation?" After finalizing the previous questions, Li Qing, the envoy of the singular power, changed his mind and asked Gao Wengang.

Gao Wengang is now the ambassador of the East Coast Republic of China to Istanbul. He is likely to take over Li Qing's class as the plenipotentiary envoy to Europe in the next one or two years. He is a leader in the Mesozoic generation in the diplomatic system. Li Qing also pays more attention to his cultivation. Therefore, he did not ask Malati for this question, but wanted to hear Gao Wengang's opinions.

Doroshenko and Samoylovic are the leaders of today's Eastern and Western Ukraine. They are determined to unify each other and establish a large Ukraine. For this reason, the problem of Ukraine is never simple and cannot be seen alone. This involves the three major powers of Poland, Russia, Ottoman Turkey, and the Crimean Khanate, another force that is quite appealing in the local area (can call on many remnants of the Golden Horde, mainly distributed in Ukraine and the southern part of the Russian Empire).

In the past few years, fierce annexation wars have been going on on the Ukrainian prairie. Samoylovic, the leader of the Cossacks of the East Coast, has been crossing the Dnepr River to attack the Doroshenko group on the west bank with the support of the Russian army in the past few years, and successfully instigated many Cossacks on the west bank and occupied a lot of territory (this is actually easy to understand. After all, the Russians also believe in Orthodox religion. Many people were dissatisfied with Doroshenko's resignation to Muslims). He once besieged Doroshenko in the city of Chijilin, and was not able to survive until the Turks and Tatars came to rescue the siege.

In order to regain the lost land, Doroshenko led his troops to launch a bloody conquest war on the west bank of the Dnepr with the support of the Turkish army and the Tatars. The war lasted for a year and a half. All the Cossacks in the West Bank, which were heartbroken to Samoylovich, were suppressed, and many towns were also destroyed. The people were either killed by the army of all parties fighting back and forth, or were looted by the Tatars to the port of Haji for sale.

The disaster never came alone. When Doroshenko paid a huge price to clean up the internal rebellious forces and restored his rule over Ukraine on the entire western bank of the Dnieper River, the Poles who were defeated in the last war made a comeback again. The Poles, who were always unwilling to be ceded to Ukraine, entered Ukraine again, and were able to repel the enemy with the help of Turkish soldiers and Tatar cavalry. However, Brazlav and other places were destroyed again in the war, and the Ukrainian people were killed and injured, and a large number of them were plundered and sold to the east coast by the Tatars.

Doroshenko, who saw his hometown becoming a battlefield again and again, regretted it at this time. Over the years, he fought with Samoilovic and fought with the Poles in order to unify the entire Ukraine and give three million Ukrainian people a relatively strong and stable country? But after decades of struggle, it was the ending before him. The greed of Turkey and Tatar pagans made him blame himself, and the brutality of the Polish heresy made him angry. The people of Ukraine on the right bank have been living a hellish life these years. It is no wonder that they have to oppose themselves. When Samoilovic and the Russians threatened to attack Western Ukraine, there were only less than 10,000 people left in the Cossacks who were willing to follow Doroshenko. What else can we say?

Gao Wengang naturally knew about the above, so after sorting out his thoughts, he said: "The situation in Western Ukraine is very bad now. Doroshenko has been in power for so many years. Many Cossack commanders secretly surrendered to Samoylovic. Even if they did not surrender openly, they no longer responded to Doroshenko's recruitment. They are not very resistant to the arrival of the East Ukrainian Cossacks and the Russians. It can be said that if

If the Ottoman Empire doesn't find a way, Western Ukraine will definitely fall, and even if they send troops to help, they will still be unable to save the situation unless they completely defeat the Russians on the frontal battlefield. Today, Western Ukraine is really changing its mind and hates the Turks and Tatars. They would rather rule the Russians than fall into the hands of the Poles or the Turks, because they already believe in Orthodoxism and have some common language with the Russians."

"Can Ukraine continue to exist as an independent country?" Li Qing frowned after hearing this.

"It's probably unlikely." Gao Wengang shook his head and said, "From the perspective of our East Coast Republic of China, we naturally hope that the Ukrainian Cossack Emirates can continue to exist as an independent regime. Whether the Russian Empire is moving east or south, we are not hoping to block them back, forcing them to go west and fight to the death with the Swedes and the Poles. We have already taken the battle in the east and blocked the Russians in Nerchinsk; to be honest, we have to rely on the Kingdom of Poland, the Ottoman Empire and the Crimeans, but to be honest, it seems a bit difficult at the moment, and they have fought themselves."

"The Cossack Emirates of Ukraine is an important buffer. Once it is lost, these two countries with a large amount of interests will be the first to face the threat from the Russians. Therefore, Ukraine cannot be lost. Let the Russians smell the salty air in the Black Sea and try to drive them back. The price will be too high." Li Qing stood up suddenly, walked around the house and asked: "Xiao Gao, is it possible to persuade the Ottomans to truce with Poland? Now the Russians are obviously fighting against the snipe and clam to the fisherman to benefit. The Turks will not understand this, right?"

"It's also difficult." Gao Wengang shook his head again and said helplessly: "The Ottoman Empire occupied the Podorian province in southeastern Poland, and at the same time turned Western Ukraine into its own protector. The Poles who lost a large area of ​​land were trying to avenge their previous shame. How could they stop! Unless the Ottomans took the initiative to return Podoria, which had been ruled for several years, and spit out Western Ukraine, this is simply unimaginable for Sultan Muhammad and Koprulu Davizi, who have always paid attention to their faces. Therefore, this battle must be fought, and even if it doesn't, it must be fought!"

Li Qing understood that what Gao Wengang said was the truth. He was just excited just now and wanted to try again (I once reminded it tactfully before, it was invalid). Now that I think it is really impossible. The army has gathered, how could it be possible to withdraw easily? Isn’t that a joke? The Ottoman Empire has not been so stupid yet!

So, from this point of view, Ukraine is likely to be thrown to the Russians. Later, it depends on whether the Poles and the Ottomans have the ability to take them back from the Russians. You must know that the Russians are afraid of death now. The young Tsar Fedor, the behemoth of the Ottoman Empire, may not have the courage to provoke them.
Chapter completed!