This day is Sunday.

On the sandy beach of the coastal island of Socotra, thousands of soldiers in earth-gray military uniforms are sitting and praying there, and priests are reciting scriptures.

"Lord, let me be your sword; In the land of hatred, defend your faith and leave no place for the devil...... Lord, give me the strength and wisdom to defeat the devil and see through his schemes...... It is you who give, you who receive, and in death we are born again with eternal life. Amen. ”

When the sound of prayer in the distance came to my ears, I looked at the believers, watched them pray there, and the instructors in the distance remained silent.

They had adapted to the scene in front of them, and they were used to it, and even as early as ten years ago, when the Ming Dynasty bought this island far from the mainland from the Mahri Sultanate for 50,000 taels of silver, they were surprised that the believers of the Tianfang Sect on the island - of course, many natives who believed in primitive religions finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they would not be forced to change their faith again.

Within ten years, the island's settlers from the Mahri Sultanate had left the island, and there were no former believers on the island. For the Ming Dynasty, this is a useless island, and even some desolate islands are useless, and even the immigration here is extremely limited, if it were not for the garrison of a squadron on the island and a family of hundreds of exiles and native women, I am afraid that this is difficult to remind people that this is a colony of the Ming Dynasty.

But since last year, the desolate island has suddenly come alive as ships have arrived on the southern shore, with tens of thousands of Egyptians who speak Arabic but wear crosses, and soon, abandon Arabic to communicate in Coptic, which is not very fluent.

"For the first time in 800 years, it is possible to retake one's homeland!"

After the service, Fr. Kridin looked at the young men in front of him, they came from all parts of Egypt, they were all selected from various churches, they had different identities, but they had one thing in common: they had all been oppressed by the Egyptians, or Arabs.

"Some of you have been raped by the Egyptians, your relatives have been killed by them, and even in court, the judge will not accept your testimony because you are a Copt, because your testimony can be used to criticize their ......"

At Father Cretin's words, all the soldiers became agitated, their expressions filled with anger, and their fists clenched.

"Someone asked me why the Copts wanted to take back Egypt, and I want to say that we are not trying to take back Egypt, but to take back our homeland, to regain our dignity as human beings, and we are not going to kill the Egyptians, but to tell them who is the master there, who is the real Egyptian!"

"We are Egyptians!"

Amid excited shouts, Cridin continued.

"Tell them who is the master of that land, and tell them that we, the Copts, are the real Egyptians, and as for them, the Arabs, not just foreign invaders. Since 800 years ago, after the last Coptic uprising, we have become slaves in that land, and today, now, at this time, I want to win our freedom! ”

Freedom, only after losing it do you know how precious it is, for the Copts, freedom is undoubtedly precious, something they have never had, at least in their memory, they have never had freedom, they are only third-class citizens in the land of Egypt.

What is Freedom?

For Apudullah, he never knew what freedom was, he was just a farmer, and once upon a time, like all Egyptians, he rented the land of the landlords, and although he was a Copt, he was not a devout believer. Like his name, he even thought that maybe one day, he might change his faith.

Maybe one day...... Who knows? At least they don't have to be like the Copts, who suffer all kinds of discrimination in Egypt and have to bear the burden of being burdened with human heads.

Who made him a heretic?

Then one day an Arab saw his wife, and then his wife was raped, and he, as a husband, despite all this, could not even beat that person - because according to the law, if he violated the Egyptians, then he and his family would be out of protection, and any Arab could kill him.

In the end, it was all over, and the judge rejected his testimony, and even the judge decided that his wife should marry that Arab.

Who made him a heretic?

From that day on, he no longer believed in Arabs, no longer believed in everything, and he finally knew what a slave was.

He's a slave!

All Copts were slaves.

Why didn't the Copts resist?

In the church, he asked God so, and he even bought a knife at a high price, and wanted to kill the Egyptian, but the priest stopped him, and then he, like all the other Koppians, came here.

"Dad, can we really take Egypt back?"

David looked at his father, his tone was questioning, only fifteen years old, he could not forget the hatred either. I can't forget my mother's tears and my sisters' tears. And the rampant laughter of those people.

"We will!"

Apudullah looked at the Ming people over there who looked completely different from herself, and those people were their instructors. These days, it is here that they have been training them, and it is under the training of instructors that they have learned how to use flintlock guns and how to operate artillery.

Like everyone else, in the training camp on this small island, the Apudullah father and son never stopped, and they trained there with the rising sun like everyone else, training until late at night, each one of them worked extremely hard, nothing else, only because of hatred.

And one day, when night falls, between the tents, in the campfires, all the people will be there talking about their past experiences, and in their conversations, Aservdullah discovers that what happened to him is not the only one, not even the most miserable.

“…… He killed my father, cut off his head with a knife, bit by bit, and then guess what the judge said? The judge said, Copts, you are not enough to testify, your testimony will not be admissible, and no one can prove that he killed your father and robbed you of your property...... Do you guess how merciful the judge was in the end? He ordered the man to pay me two sheep, and this is my father, and my father's life is worth only two sheep! ”

"That's already good, he didn't ask you to compensate him for his losses at least - Copts, your blood has defiled their noble knives, and you deserve to pay for it!"

Everyone talks about their own experiences or the experiences of others, but all of them do not leave one point, which is the discrimination that the Egyptians have against them.

And for all this, Tian Feng, as the commander, saw it in his eyes, but never stopped it, he even deliberately told those priests, telling them to let them encourage those people and let them remember their experiences more.

"Only hatred can make them more courageous, and on the battlefield, they will not hesitate to kill the enemy!"

Walking in the camp, Tian Feng said as he walked.

"Hatred, hatred alone, can make them remember what the Egyptians have done, and then give them back tenfold, a hundredfold what has happened to them."

The chief's words made Shao Guangzhi stunned, he looked at the chief in surprise, and then asked.

"Sir, what do you mean...... In the future they will take revenge on the Egyptians? ”

"Egyptians?"

Tian Feng said with a smile.

"Do you know what is the funniest joke in the world?"

Shao Guangzhi, who was a little puzzled by the chief's rhetorical question, shook his head.

"The most ridiculous joke is that the Copts are the real owners of the land, they are the real Egyptians, but now? Instead, the invaders became the so-called "Egyptians", and the joke is like if the Manchus occupied the Ming Dynasty, and eventually they became Chinese, while we Han people became second-class people in that land......"

On this, there are many jokes, but the joke that Tian Feng said is not funny at all, at least in Shao Guangzhi's opinion, this joke makes people feel a little chilled, he doesn't even dare to imagine everything, after all, what happened to the Copts also shocked him.

"Now, according to the information we have so far, in Egypt, the number of Arabs is 55%, and the Copts are only 45%, in this case, if the Copts do not retaliate on a large scale, even if they retake their country, then the future of Egypt is bound to fall into turmoil, and for the Copts, they also have no choice, they have only one choice, either to become the owner of the land, or as a slave, and if the slave wants to become the master, he must kill the master!"

Tian Feng's words were extremely straightforward, and when Shao Guangzhi heard it, he only felt a chill in his back, and he could even imagine what would happen when this army returned to Egypt.

"What? Don't you think those people are a little pitiful? ”

Shaking his head, Tian Feng said in a deep voice.

"There is no need to be pitiful at all, you know, you know, back then, they treated the Copts in the same way, and now, it should be said that in the future, the Copts are sitting on only to give back to those people what happened to them thousands of years ago......"

The voice paused slightly. Tian Feng's tone became low.

"With our help, they will be able to reclaim their homeland! As for what they will do when they take their home? Hiroshi, do you think this is important? ”