The Middle East, which has been in turmoil for many years, seems to be no opponent at all, but in history, the rising powers in the Middle East have threatened European countries more than once, and European countries are directly pressed on the floor, and they can only look at the faces of The Middle East powers. The countries of Europe and their beliefs were even cornered for a time, almost completely drowning in the tide of historical change.
Especially after the rise of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East, this superpower lying across southern Europe almost turned the entire Mediterranean into its own inland sea. The Ottoman Empire, which integrated the Islamic states, was a mob for Catholic Europe, ready to invade.
At its peak, the Ottoman Empire not only maintained a sufficiently strong military combat capability, but its faith-based rule also twisted the Ottoman Empire up and down into a rope, and the European countries obviously did not have such cohesion, compared to the Ottomans, it was more like a mess.
Therefore, after the Ottoman Empire annexed Byzantium and opened up the "Second Pulse of Rendu" to Europe, the fear of the Ottoman Empire in European countries reached its peak, especially the European countries close to the Ottoman Empire, living in fear of being invaded all day long.
Everything was in order to be prepared only to the East Wind, and the Ottoman Empire, which wanted to enter Europe, urgently needed a reason to start a war. At this time, the Mediterranean state of Cyprus, located in the south of the Ottoman Empire, made a request for "assistance" from the Ottomans, asking the Ottoman Empire to send troops to protect them from Europe.
After dozing off, someone sent a pillow, and then the Ottoman Empire sent tens of thousands of soldiers into the country to forcefully drive away the power of European Catholic countries in the country. Europe, which had been afraid of the Ottoman Empire, was suddenly in chaos, and they thought that this was the signal of the Ottoman Invasion of Europe.
Indeed, when the Ottoman Empire deployed its forces in Cyprus, it also deployed a large number of troops in the Mediterranean, intending to crush the possible Arrival of European armies in one fell swoop and clear the obstacles to the invasion of Europe.
In 1571, under the leadership of the Pope, the European countries sent troops to form a European coalition to quell the Ottoman Rebellion. The Coalition had more than 200 warships carrying about 60,000 soldiers. After receiving the news that the European coalition army was going to attack itself, the Ottoman Empire immediately organized its forces. Although the Ottoman Empire organized 280 warships and gathered about 80,000 soldiers, which was superior in strength, the country still had a fatal problem: the instability of the army.
At that time, there were a large number of pirates in the Ottoman army, and there was an irreconcilable contradiction between pirates and regular troops. The accumulation of contradictions made the pirates develop the habit of "making small reports" to the Ottoman Sultan, and whenever there was something unaccustomed, they actively "whistleblowed" to the Sultan. It was precisely because of the pirates' "whistle-blowing" that the Ottoman Empire's elaborate ambush was completely destroyed.
At that time, the commanders of the Ottoman Empire knew that their naval warfare skills were not strong, so they did not intend to confront the European coalition forces, but chose to hide their troops in the Strait of Lepanto, intending to use the changeable weather at sea to ambush the chaotic European coalition forces.
But the pirates can't see this way of playing, and they are all about being tough and tough. After being rejected by the commander, the pirates informed the Sultan that the commander did not dare to fight, losing the face of the Ottoman Empire. Enraged, the Sultan demanded that the commander immediately go to sea to fight. This "whistleblower letter" was also learned by Europe, and when it learned of the hiding place of the Ottoman navy, it rushed to encircle and suppress it. The Ottoman Empire, which was not good at naval warfare, ultimately failed to defeat Europe and completely lost the opportunity to enter Europe.