Chapter 179: Pirate Ship

Egypt's military strength is not as good as Hulewu. Now Hulewu and Beerge have settled their past grudges and their strength has increased exponentially. They fought all the way from Syria and captured Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Baibar hurriedly retreated from Alexandria port and wanted to escape to the sea to make plans, but Hulewu was determined to deal with him this time. The reason is very simple. One is that Xue Ke Ainjaru's defeat, and the other is to vent his anger, in order to form an alliance with Beerge and destroy the unity of the Mongols.

The Mongols immediately collected warships and chased them from behind, and soon chased them to the Mediterranean. After a naval battle, Baibar suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, Egypt in history relied on the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea. Its shipping was developed and there were many ships. Soon, a group of ships were gathered for him to fight. At this time, there were more ships in Xuliwu's hands, one by one by seizure, and the other by collecting. His maritime strength increased greatly, and Baibar was no longer an opponent and soon suffered another defeat.

Baibar sent people to surrender. Because he destroyed the unity of the Mongols, he was regarded as a great humiliation by Yang Liewu. Xu Liewu decided not to accept his surrender, and sternly rejected his request and offered a heavy reward to his head.

At this point, the cunning Baibar, who was like a fox, knew that he had no way out except to fight to the death. Fortunately, God did not hand over all the bad things to him, but gave him luck and favor. In the time of danger, Su Dingfang and the others arrived and saved him at a critical moment.

Although the invincible warships are powerful, they are too small after all. There are so many Mongols that have invincible warships, no matter how powerful they are, they cannot turn the world around a hundred times. They can only save important figures such as Baibar and others.

Bebar had no other choice except for fighting, and spared no effort to collect ships and conquered troops. Xuleu's religious policies in the Middle East allowed him to be loved by Christians, regarded as a savior, and achieved great success, but also established a powerful enemy for him, which is the Muslim, and the entire Islamists stood opposite him and were fighting him.

In the Battle of Ainjalu, although the Mongols had few troops, they still had the upper hand at the beginning and almost defeated Hudusi. At the moment when Egypt was about to lose, Hudusi's personal heroic behavior saved Egypt. At that time, Hudusi put his helmet on the ground and shouted "For Islam!" and rushed into the Mongolian army to kill, aroused the fighting spirit of the Egyptian army and reversed the crisis, so that the battle of Ainjalu was won.

Baibar knew the importance of Islam to him. He always fought with the Mongols under the slogan of jihad. He was defeated repeatedly, but he was able to fight again and again. After every defeat, he was always able to be supplemented, just like a tenacious young hero, he could never kill him. It can be said that this is a miracle!

The reason for this is that he was the only leader of the Islamic world at that time, and other places were occupied by the Mongols. Islamists could not go anywhere except gathered under his banner.

However, his good luck seemed to have come to an end. The battle he faced now was the "last battle" for him. If he lost this battle, all his belongings would be lost.

Good luck no longer favored him. Under the command of Tuoguskedun, the Mongolian warship broke through his defense without much time, as if the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, blowing his warship without a trace.

"These barbarians are really useless. They can't stand it so soon." Fang Mao looked at the Baibar fleet surrounded by the Mongols and said disdainfully: "If we had arrived, we would have led the Tartars into the sea long ago. Pass my order and prepare to start the war."

Nonsense, if the invincible warship cannot cast the Mongol warship into the sea, will it be worthy of the shipbuilding master Zhou Shan?

Fang Mao was very excited and in a good mood when he thought of fighting with the Mongolians again. However, his good words and mood were ruthlessly destroyed by Su Dingfang. Su Dingfang kicked him in the butt and cursed: "Lao Fang, you are so stupid! Why are you wading in muddy waters? Pass my order, turn around, and we will withdraw!"

Fang Mao was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Old Su, what are you doing? Do you want to escape?"

"Who said I ran away?" Su Dingfang Zhenzhen made a statement and said, "I just don't want to trek into muddy waters."

Fang Mao punched Su Dingfang and cursed: "You coward, you said you were not escaping. They fought fiercely, but you ordered you to go away. What's the point of escaping? Are there those two balls in your crotch?"

His words were very reasonable, and the soldiers next to him looked at Su Dingfang with disdain.

Su Dingfang gave him a blank look and said, "What do they do to beat them do? "

"You are wrong. The enemy of a friend is the enemy, and the enemy of an enemy is the friend. You don't understand?" Fang Mao taught Su Dingfang a lesson with a fool.

"Dede, stop." Su Dingfang said angrily: "You only know that the enemy's enemy is a friend. Do you know that forty years ago, the Tartars formed an alliance with the court and attacked the Golden Dog. It should have been a friend at that time, right? But now, what is the relationship between the Tartars and the court? If I don't say it, you will understand."

This is an iron fact, no one can deny it. Fang Mao understood something and said, "That's right. Lao Su, what's your idea? Don't hide it, say it, so that I can enjoy it."

"You said, we saved them, what benefits did they give us?" Su Dingfang asked.

Since Su Dingfang and the others saved Baiba, Baiba treated them with great respect out of gratitude, and provided them with delicious food and drink. It can be said that it was very good. Fang Mao said: "Sultan is good to us!"

"It's not that it's not that it's not that good for us, it's not that good for it!" Su Dingfang stomped his right foot on the board of the invincible warship. He understood his meaning very clearly, that is, the reason why Baibar was good to them was to get their help. If he got the help of this fleet, Baibar's strength would increase greatly and he might not fail in previous naval battles.

Logically speaking, helping them defeat the Mongols and forge deep friendships was of many benefits to the Southern Song Dynasty, but Su Dingfang didn't know what reason, and he always refused to agree to Baibaer's request, did not participate in the war, and only watched from the wall every time he fought. For this reason, Baibaer didn't know how many good things he said or made promises, but Su Dingfang just refused.

Fang Mao argued with Su Dingfang a lot about this matter. Su Dingfang replied to him, "This war is a long-term war. If we participate in it, it will be endless. Our shells are limited, and if we finish shooting, our warships will have no power. Without power, it is still a trivial matter. I am afraid that you and I will not retreat without saying that, but I will also have to leave this fleet here. In this way, I would be too sorry to the emperor and feel ashamed of the court."

Fang Mao didn't quite understand his words and asked him what he meant. Su Dingfang only said one sentence: "A gentleman is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure! You won't know the story of Heshi Bi, right?"

Fang Maocai suddenly realized that if it was true that the fleet's shells were completely exhausted and had no deterrent power, Baibar might attack them and take the fleet for himself. He had to praise Peisudingfang's foresight and strengthen his vigilance.

Fang Mao was not stupid either. He understood Su Dingfang's thoughts. He used this as a bargaining chip to prepare for negotiations with Baibar, asking him to offer enough conditions to help them fight this battle. He asked, "What benefits do you want the Sultan to give us?"

"For us, the biggest advantage is that Sudan has gone into exile from now on and has nowhere to go." Su Dingfang's mouth was filled with a sneer that was not easy to detect.

Fang Mao blurted out without thinking and blurted out: "He has nothing, what other benefits can we do?"

Su Dingfang gave him a blank look and said, "Think about it, if he has no place to go, we can ask him to go to the Central Plains, and we can be here under his banner..." He stopped talking and stopped talking.

Speaking of this, even the stupidest person understands the benefits. Fang Mao pointed his head straight: "That's that's it! Then we can buy what we want here under his banner, such as the horses here are tall and long legs, strong sprinting power, and long endurance. They are exactly what we urgently need."

Arab war horses were very excellent. The Southern Song Dynasty was forming cavalry on a large scale. If you get tens of thousands of war horses from here, you would like to get the improvement of the military strength of the Southern Song Dynasty with your toes.

"Also, their army is also good!" Su Dingfang went further.

Fang Mao was a little difficult to understand and said strangely: "What are the uses of these defeated generals? They will only waste food. You are really fantastic and actually have their ideas."

"Did you notice that the Sultan's guards are very loyal, they are all desperate outlaws, and their military qualities are also good, which is very different from other armies." Su Dingfang explained to Fang Mao with a smile: "If the Sultan is defeated, they will go to the Central Plains with us. At that time, the imperial court will probably give them more money and ask them to take the lead. Wouldn't that be great?"

He said it nicely, and he couldn't understand what he meant, that is, he used these troops in the most dangerous places, and asked them to be suicide squads and scapegoats.

There was a period in Egyptian history called the Mamulik Dynasty. Mamulik means "slave" in Arabic. The reason why this period was called the Mamulik Dynasty was because it was a dynasty established by slave army.

This slave army was not native Egyptians. They were mainly indigenous people in the Caucasus area. When they were a few years old, they kidnapped and sold to Egypt by human traffickers from the Caucasus. The people in the Caucasus region were strong, the indigenous people were very bloody, brave and fierce, and were very good soldiers. It is estimated that human traffickers kidnapped more than 20,000 children from here every year and sold to Egypt.

The Egyptian Sudan bought these children. When they grew up, they chose smart and outstanding people to study in the military academy. In addition to receiving harsh military training, they also had to receive scientific and technological education. Of course, the cultivation of loyalty is an important lesson.

Although they were slaves, they had the most rewards, the best rewards, and the strict discipline. This army was brave in fighting and had outstanding achievements, and dominated Egypt's history for five centuries. It was not until Napoleon defeated them twice that their glory was over.

It can be imagined that if Baibar had no place to live, Su Dingfang would shook his lips and slam, and he might really go to the Central Plains, and his army would naturally go to the Central Plains. As long as he arrived at the Central Plains, everything would be under the control of Li Jun. With Li Jun's shrewdness, he could bet that he would never miss the opportunity to let these troops be scapegoats. Under Li Jun's control, he would definitely give these troops a generous reward, inspire them to fight, and then send them to the most dangerous places to be scapegoats. They fought with the Mongols, and the Song army could receive all the credits as long as they collect corpses. Such a huge good thing may not be encountered in a thousand years. If the shrewd Su Dingfang didn't want to, he would become a pig.

"The profitable businessman! He is worthy of being a profitable businessman!" Fang Mao patted Su Dingfang's shoulder, raised his thumb and said, "I like to deal with a profitable businessman like you!"

Su Dingfang is a businessman, but he is not treacherous. On the contrary, he is very kind, passionate and patriotic. Otherwise, he would not have volunteered to come overseas. Fang Mao's words were too distorted.

"Tell me the order, let's withdraw!" Fang Mao happily conveyed the order: "Don't speed too fast, just slow down, just take the look of withdrawing."

To put it bluntly, he just wants to just say something. He doesn't have to turn it on and show it to Baibar. If he makes him anxious, he will come to beg them and let them knock them hard.

Su Dingfang patted Fang Mao's shoulder, raised his thumb and praised: "Bully businessman!" His thumb turned upside down and said: "I hate this kind of bully businessman!"

Fang Mao laughed and said, "Aren't you raped? We are a pirate ship. If he comes up, he will be on the pirate ship!"

"What did you say?" Su Dingfang immediately retorted, saying, "You can't speak, don't talk nonsense. We are kind-hearted and sincerely helping them!"

"Dear Sultan, out of friends, we shouldn't accept your gifts, but your sincerity is so touching. There is a saying in China that is called 'It's better to obey your destiny than respect.' If you don't accept it, I'm so sorry for you. Thank you, dear Sultan!" Su Dingfang looked like a smirk. No matter who saw him, he had to be moved, and said in the most sincere tone.

In fact, he was giggling in his heart. As expected, as he expected, when the fleet opened and Baibar became anxious and immediately sent someone to ask for help. Su Dingfang politely declined, saying that they were powerless to do anything about this matter, and such a large battle could not be saved by their strength.

Baibar also agreed with this, but his purpose was not to ask them to join the war, but to ask for help from them, to create a gap, and to allow the army in the encirclement to rush out.

With the strength of an invincible warship, it is not a problem to rescue the army in the encirclement. However, Su Dingfang knew that they had to grasp the timing of the war and not let Baibar's strength be too strong. If he still had the strength, he would fight again and must let his army lose almost before firing.

It is precisely based on this consideration that Su Dingfang said some very heartwarming words of encouragement, asking him to fight again to delay time.

After a few rounds and turns, Baibar's army lost a lot. He had to grit his teeth and offer a sky-high benefit to Su Dingfang and the others: 10,000 top-quality Arab war horses, gold, silver and jewelry. The price he offered was more than Su Dingfang expected. It seemed that he was really anxious.

Su Dingfang knew that the time was ripe, so he ordered the fleet to open fire. A fierce bombardment opened a gap, and the Egyptian army in the encirclement collapsed and moved closer to them.

The Southern Song fleet had very strong firepower. Although the Mongolian fleet was fearless, it was powerless. Tuoguskedun watched as the Egyptian fleet continued to gather with the Southern Song fleet as the center, and there was no way, so he could only command the fleet to bite it tightly.

As soon as Baibar withdraws from the battle, he immediately comes to thank Su Dingfang for his help.

Su Dingfang said better than singing. Baibar couldn't help but feel moved when he lost all his life. Tears flashed in his eyes and said, "Thank you, my friend! I sincerely thank you!"

Su Dingfang didn't take his thanks seriously at all, and said in a slogan: "Dear Sudan, as a friend, I would like to ask what you plan? Your country is gone, and your army is only one left. Where are you going now? We are friends, and we can send you there. You know, our boat is very powerful, and the Tartars dare not come!"

It is the safest thing to stay on the Invincible Battleship. Baibar has absolutely no different view on this. He nodded and said, "Thank you, my friend! I don't know where to go now? I can only go to Europe, find a place to stay there and make plans."

Su Dingfang already knew that Europe and the Mediterranean were only a sea away and were very close. He reminded him: "Dear Sudan, what I want to say is that if you can go to Europe and the Tartars can go to Europe, you will definitely not be able to escape."

This is the truth. Baibar thought for a moment and fell silent helplessly.

Su Dingfang knew the time was coming and said, "Dear Sudan, as a friend, I will give you some advice. Why do you have to be close and far away? We can provide you with safety guarantees. You can go to the Central Plains with us, and the Bazheng Tartars cannot find you. Of course, we will not be too far away from here. If you want to return home, it will be very quick."

Baibar couldn't help but feel a little moved and asked, "It's really not far? How many days will it take?"

"Not much, it's just a little over a month." Su Dingfang answered without thinking. What he thought in his mind was, "For ships like ours, it will take several months. I don't know if you can get there in a year or two?"

What is this called? It’s called cheating people to death and not paying their lives!

After weighing the matter for a while, Baibar thought that he had no other place to go except with Su Dingfang and the others, so he had to agree. He really got on the pirate ship.
Chapter completed!