Chapter 17 Sunset Barbary (5) Cairo City
The enemy fled, and the Truqin army failed to achieve a great victory for the first time, let alone "complete annihilation".
Qinjis Camp.
Facing the bodies of Qin Jis and others, Zahatai fell into deep thought.
"The Ottomans have achieved their goal. Although they failed this time, without Qin Jis as an agent, our country cannot gain a foothold here."
"This is a place with much more population than Azerbaijan and the Islamic beliefs are deeply rooted. It is too much risk to take it down."
"Your Highness, Your Highness"
Wu Lihan's voice interrupted him.
Zahatai opened his eyes only then.
"The result is out, this time the damage in our country is a bit big"
"Tell me, I can bear it"
"About one regiment died and injured, of which about 300 were sacrificed, and the rest were injured, half of them were seriously injured"
"Where is the enemy?"
"They rushed over from three sides together about 15,000 people, leaving about half of them, and the rest ran away. Because they were not familiar with the environment, we did not chase them. They probably crossed the river somewhere upstream of the Nile and returned to the other shore"
"Where is Yehaya, Oma?"
"It's been closed"
"Take them over"
"Yes"
After a while, Ye Haya and Oma were taken over.
Zahatai glanced at them coldly.
"Tell me, if you tell me honestly, you might be able to let you go"
Ye Haya still stood with her head raised and her chest raised, not paying attention to him, but Oma knelt down with a plop.
"Your Highness, I was wrong. I was bewitched by Ye Haya"
"Oma!"
At this time, Asar, who was standing by, couldn't see it anymore. He pulled out his command knife and hit Ye Haya's calf bone with the back of the knife. After a scream, the guy finally collapsed to the ground. Then Asar blocked his mouth with a piece of rag.
"Your Highness"
Oma's face changed drastically, and her voice was trembling.
"Just a month before you came, people came from Ottoman. The one who had served as the Great Vizier of the Crimean Khanate, and he persuaded Kabir not to attack and open Luocheng"
"And it said that Pasha in the city will be transferred back to Istanbul, and the Sultan will appoint him as the new Pasha and enjoy more preferential taxes than before. The difference between them is entirely his personal."
"But the condition is that Qin Jis must be killed, Kabir is naturally moved"
"Arshir also came to Yehaya, saying that he was an Islamist and should follow us, and promised that if he joined Ottoman, he could be the Pasha of Baghdad."
"When he saw Ye Haya not speaking, he decided to give him the most beautiful wife of Pasha in Egypt and secretly sent it to Benha City. Now Ye Haya completely agreed"
"Then why do you agree with him?"
"..., Alshire said that I can be the lord of Mecca..."
Zahatai couldn't help but sigh and thought to himself: "The father tried his best to let the Islamists downplay the influence of religion on them, and also introduced Changchun religion to balance it. Unfortunately, like Oma, who has accepted Changchun religion since childhood and is an activist in the church, is still obsessed with it in his heart."
"You can imagine what trouble will be if you win Egypt"
Zahatai looked at Ulihan, "Have you asked clearly?"
Ulihan nodded, "I asked clearly, all the Islamists involved in this matter were Islamic people, and there were about 30 people. They also knew the outcome of fighting against our country, so they wanted to capture the palace and exchange his majesty's forgiveness. The Ottomans would also use the palace to sign a treaty against Egypt with our country."
Zahatai said: "Splitting the five horses of Yehaya and killing all the remaining people"
"Your Highness!"
When Oma heard this, she quickly knelt forward, but was held down by Zahatai's personal soldiers. Zahatai didn't want to see him, so she waved her hand and asked someone to take him out.
With a scream outside the tent and a crackling sound of gunfire, it quickly calmed down.
Zahatai immediately summoned Asar, Ulihan, Adir and others to reconsider the matter.
"Everyone, let's discuss the next task first. Since Qin Jis is dead, the father's agent plan cannot be realized. Although he also has children, I can see that when Qin Jis is still alive, some people were dissatisfied, let alone his children?"
"So, it is obviously not OK to support their children. Let's talk about it, what should we do?"
Wu Lihan said: "I have been here the longest time, so I'll do it first."
"First of all, since Your Majesty has determined to use the land route between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean to significantly shorten the route of transferring immigrants, then it still needs to be taken down here no matter what, it depends on how to take it down."
"In fact, to this extent, we can sign an agreement with the Ottomans to build a canal. However, with the Ottoman Strait Zhizhu in front, this section is not reliable, because the two sides of the canal will be endless deserts in the future, and the Ottomans are more adaptable to this place than us."
"If they want to use guerrilla tactics to harass the canal endlessly, we really don't have any particularly good solutions"
"Therefore, it is imperative to completely control both sides of the canal"
"In the past, the mystery would want to take Istanbul, but his Majesty refused, but suddenly the Ministry of Justice thought of one thing: Egypt and Jerusalem not far away were places where the Jews had once entered, so it would be better to let them run this place"
"Just wait until their strength grows to a certain level, then occupy the land of Jerusalem"
"They will never refuse, and Egypt is just a border area of Pasha, the Ottoman Empire. Although it is a bit regrettable to lose it, it will not hurt their muscles and will not affect their rivalry between Europe and Persia"
"On the other hand, it is not appropriate to support anyone in Egypt, such as Qingis, Kabir or the current Pasha, because of religious belief and strength, they will return to the Ottoman Empire sooner or later"
Zahatai asked: "What if this mysterious country controlled by the country becomes strong in the future and is somewhat out of control of our country?"
Wu Lihan said: "Although the Mystery Club is powerful, it will not be as powerful as a European power in a short period of time. With the population problem, it will not be like this for at least fifty years. In fifty years, Your Majesty's immigration plan should be successful"
"Our plan is 50,000 households per year, and 50 years will be 2.5 million households. It is estimated that the canal will be faster after it is built. According to the estimate of 3 million households, this is more than 10 million. In the past 50 years, the original local population will probably double."
"At that time, our country will be a big country with a population of more than 30 million, and the demand for immigration will not be that great"
Zahatai nodded, and he looked at Adil, "You set out to Crete early tomorrow morning to contact Bourton of Chania, and make him ready, and then take a boat back to report to His Majesty and see what he means"
"In any case, Cairo City must be taken down, Kabir and his Mamuliuk cavalry must be wiped out, and Cairo City must also be occupied before signing an agreement with the Ottomans, and the Baghdad Legion cannot let them go back"
Wu Lihan said: "The Nile River is still in the water season, but after it flows to Cairo, the water volume disappears sharply. However, the shallowest part of the main channel is still two meters. The Saiyin number in our country is accessible, so you can drive the Saiyin number over"
"The camp of the besieged army is set up on the shore in order to facilitate water fetching. At that time, it can bombard their positions and slowly transport our army over under the cover of artillery fire. There are floating bridges upstream, but after the enemy fled last night, it must have been destroyed."
"Also, the Dumyat River is much smaller than the Nile River and has much shallow water. The Ministry of Justice recommends going around the other side of the river and then standby to move."
Zahatai nodded, "Change the two brigades left in Alexandria, just be guarded by the Marines."
....
Three days later.
Cairo City.
All the rebels and government troops entered the city to guard the city, which made the four brigades of Truqin, who had finally crossed the Nile River, sigh.
Fortunately, they still have the Saiyin number - the Nile River was not as crazy as the water diversion by the locals at this time, and the river water is still good, and the Saiyin number can also drive in from the Mediterranean.
At this moment, four brigades were stationed near four city gates, and a large number of mortars were scattered on the ground. After the adjustment was completed, they launched a round of bombings on the city wall.
After half an hour of bombing, soldiers from each regiment of four directions rushed up with folding ladders!
There is no suspense. During the half-hour bombing just now, the city wall was covered with soldiers and the guards were suffering heavy casualties. The four regiments of Truchen soldiers easily occupied four sections of the city wall!
Next is the routine operation, guarding the city gate and walking up to the corridor of the city wall, then throwing a large number of grenades, and using rifles and short-barrel artillery to shoot at the enemy that was rushing up. The enemy has never seen such a formation. Half a day later, the Truqin army seized four city gates!
The cavalry entered the city!
However, according to the casualties of enemy soldiers left in Hexi three days ago, there were at least six or seven thousand enemy cavalry retreating to the city, but the Truchen cavalry still went in without hesitation.
Previously, Zahatai had discussed the situation after the enemy merged with the generals, and finally reached a conclusion:
"The enemy is united because of our existence. If there is still a large Ottoman army near the left, then Kabir will definitely unite with the Ottomans wholeheartedly"
"But there must be no more troops nearby after the Ottoman Baghdad Legion arrived, because when we came here, His Majesty had already mobilized the army to the Ottoman border"
"If we can attack the city wall calmly, the enemy will begin to diverge. Because Cairo City is tall and strong, Qin Jis took a month to capture it. Although it was for the purpose of besieging the city and attacking aid, it was too long for a month."
"What differentiation is naturally the differentiation between the former rebel Kabir and the Ottomans"
"When we seize the four gates, the enemy's division will intensify"
"When we easily repel the attack of the enemy who came to seize the wall, the enemy's division will reach a climax"
Therefore, when the cavalry entered the city, they did not immediately go deep into the city to launch an attack, but instead stationed near the city gate.
In the afternoon, it was as expected.
A large group of shouts of killing lasted almost half a day. Strangely, the war did not affect the city gate.
At dusk, a young Mamuliuk, who was covered in blood and in his twenties, rode a horse and took a dozen riders toward the city gate of Linhe.
I saw this man tall and powerful, handsome face and calm expression. After seeing Asar, he got off the horse and said respectfully: "Who is the Prince?"
Soon, Zahatai met this person.
"My name is Mohammed, I am Kabir's son-in-law. I am a native of Egypt. I was chosen by Kabir as a brave man and was selected into the Mamuruke cavalry"
"Where is Kabir?"
"Unfortunately, he died in battle"
Chapter completed!