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Before the huge river fleet approached the 100-ton ships of England, it was wiped out by rounds of artillery, and the entire river area was stained red with blood.

In order to eliminate it more comprehensively and thoroughly, the Elvis knight directly ordered the ships to be crushed all over the past, using the huge size of the ships to crush them.

In this way, the entire river fleet of the Songhai Empire has become a flower in the water, scattered wooden planks, so that people can remember that this is a battlefield.

The city of Gao, once the capital of the Mali Empire, was now the capital of the Songhai Empire.

In the palace, His Majesty the Emperor who lived on a high platform had a straight face, and his black and white eyes were full of anger.

The servants and nobles who served beside them stood tremblingly to the side, and in the face of the emperor's anger, they could not bear it, with a slight sweat on their foreheads, and lowered their heads, looking fiercely at the river chief who was kneeling on the ground.

"Lord Steward, it's just a group of Caucasians, and you will be able to consume all the water army, do you have any face to come back to see me?" His Majesty's lips moved slightly, and Glio (poet and artist), who was standing beside him, leaned over and listened for a while, then turned to the chief and repeated the Emperor's words aloud to the governor.

"Your Majesty, this group of white people is different from the Berber people in North Africa, they have huge ships, and they also have something that can shoot iron balls, which directly caught us off guard!"

The steward knelt on the ground, patted his chest, and explained loudly, and the fat flesh on his face also jumped and jumped, obviously, he was extremely excited.

"If I get another chance, I'll beat them!"

"No need, the navy is no longer useful, for the sake of today, only our army is the most powerful force in the empire."

On the side, wearing armor, the muscles on his body are bulging, and the black skin gives him a fierce aura, as if he can tear you apart at any time.

"Then, General, please lead the army and wipe out those white people!"

The emperor squinted, thought for a moment, and then sighed softly.

With the revival of the empire, Emperor Daoud, who had been on the throne for nearly twenty years, had some gray hair on his head at this time, he felt a little tired in his heart and wanted to rest for a while, but at this moment, the empire was rising again, which made him more and more tired.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The bald-headed general immediately came out from the side, knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and happily responded to the agreement.

At this time, the war was over, but the Elvis knights and Wilson, who had gained very little, immediately accelerated their speed and marched to the city of Gao, which was not far away, preparing to break through the capital of the empire in one fell swoop.

It may be that they are too proud, and the rest of the army on the shore that cannot board the ship to fight can only watch the navy of more than a thousand people go upstream, but each can only guard the captured finances around them, in a daze.

As time passed, after nearly half a day, the ship arrived in the city of Gao, found a remote dock and suddenly attacked and docked, and then sent some men to watch the ship.

The Knight of Elvis led a team of nearly eight hundred men, armed with muskets, and slowly approached the city of Gao.

Who knows, after less than a mile of marching, an army will stop them.

This army, composed of infantry and cavalry, was huge, and walked through the entire world of yellow sand, bringing up bursts of dust, as if there was a sandstorm.

The Songhai Empire represents the advanced cultural system of Africa.

It had a well-established political system, and the country was divided into ten provinces, which were run by the emperor's cronies.

Significant cities set up governors, docks and ports to regency and levy important financial personnel.

Suffice it to say, the Songhai Empire, earlier than Europe, was the first to implement centralized power.

As a result, after the centralization of power, the Songhai Empire had a reliable source of finance, and a large number of administrators were continuously recruited from all over the country to the central government.

The main sources of taxation were: levies levied for the emperor as taxes on the emperor's private property; tithes for the poor; agricultural, animal husbandry and fishery taxes, commercial taxes and customs duties; A special tax levied on merchants in large cities.

When the tax revenue is complete, it is natural that the empire has a standing army, not the so-called all-in-one army.

As a result, what appeared in front of the Elvis knights was a group of fierce troops.

In front, the number of cavalry reached thousands of horses, all of them were the noble sons and daughters of the empire, all of them were dressed in luxurious tunic robes on the outside and iron armor on the inside.

The weapons in his hands are also spears, sabers, bows and arrows, and they are braving the cold one by one, and it can be seen that they are not pretending.

The horses under the crotch are also fat and strong, one head taller than ordinary, and they are majestic.

After the cavalry, there were only more infantry, who came from all walks of life, slaves, prisoners of war, freemen, and low-class nobles, and their main weapons were spears and bows, as well as leather or bronze shields.

The gap with the cavalry is huge.

In this situation, the Elvis knights felt like they were facing the French, maybe even worse.

However, at this time, it was difficult for him to ride a tiger.

"What to do? Checkmate! The smug expression on Wilson's face also disappeared, and it was full of solemnity.

No matter how stupid he is, he also knows that these people in front of him are not so easy to defeat.

"All ready—" The knight frowned and commanded in a loud voice.

Whoa—

The soldiers made preparations one after another in accordance with the regulations.

The cavalry in front of them made a loud sound, and the stones on the ground kept shaking, and the overwhelming attack came, shocking people's hearts.

The militiamen, though frightened, made their movements and raised their muskets.

"Put—" After realizing that the cavalry was only a hundred yards away, the Elvis knight shouted.

Crackling -

Crackling -

Crackling -

After three rounds of gunfire, the British soldiers shrouded in thick smoke, the smoke had just drifted away, and their vision was still a little blurred, and they saw black people with hideous faces, riding horses, slaughtering them.

The imposing black cavalry, although they lost hundreds of people, their morale did not collapse, but they continued to charge towards them with an indomitable face.

Under the surprised gaze of the English, the black cavalry directly rushed to the phalanx, and the corpses of the English were scattered all over the ground.

The Elvis knight stood at the rear, and when he noticed a round of gunshots, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurried behind him, towards the ship a mile away.

Sure enough, after three rounds of gunfire, the black cavalry swept away the English phalanx like a whirlwind, leaving a mess in the ground.

Nearly 300 people were killed, only more than 100 escaped, and 300 were captured.

Just like the British army and the Mulberry naval fleet on the river, the gap is huge.

However, the situation at this time was reversed, and the British army was defeated and Songhai was victorious.

The knight of Elvis, who lived for the rest of his life, looked at the black cavalry on land, his throat was dry, his eyes were blood-red, and this time, he lost a lot.

"You can't do that, General!" Wilson, who had also escaped, glared fearfully at the cavalry who were constantly wandering along the shore, and said breathlessly.

"Keep the boat moving forward, ahead of you is Timbuktu, which is the place with the most gold in all of West Africa, we can rob it and make up for our losses!"

Looking at the Elvis Knight, who was a little depressed, Wilson turned his eyes and understood the merit issue he was worried about, and immediately said.

"As long as enough gold will be seized, His Majesty will not blame you too much. Besides, as long as you attack the cities along the Niger River, destroy the shipping lanes, and the Songhai Empire, which has no tax revenue, will agree to negotiate with us! ”

After thinking about it carefully, the Elvis knight was lifted from the shadow of defeat and defeated by the man who was still a savage, which was definitely a great shame for the arrogant knight.

But for the sake of the present, it is still necessary to achieve its own goal: to obtain money.

Save people, let's talk about it later!

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