The three major families have existed in the West Asian Peninsula for hundreds or even thousands of years, and have great influence among the indigenous tribes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The brutality of the Xia Empire in the coastal areas of the peninsula was well known to the natives who had fled to the Najd and Hejaz regions, and the small tribes were in great fear.

At this time, the three major families also knew that they had to block the invasion of the Xia Empire's army, otherwise they would be forced to wander elsewhere; Now is not the time for them to continue their infighting, they must put aside their mutual hostility and unite, and unite all the tribes, using their advantages to block the Xia Empire's advance in the desert region; Although they are united, they are still working separately, but they no longer attack each other.

At this time, the entire Hejaz region was still a province of the Ottoman Empire, which was administered by the Ottoman Empire, with the governor based in Medina, and the holy city of Mecca ruled by the family of Muhammad, the family of Holy Hashem, the hereditary emir of Mecca and its environs, who administered the Kaaba.

With the covert support of the British, Hussein ibn Ali of the Hashemite family stepped up his preparations for war, preparing to declare independence and establish the Kingdom of Hejaz after the Ottoman Empire handed over the Hejaz region to the Xia Empire, integrating the forces of the entire Hejaz region to confront the Xia Empire.

The Rashid family and the Hart family respectively declared the Kingdom of Najd, calling on the tribes in their respective jurisdictions to unite against the invasion of the Xia Empire.

The base of the Rashid family is in Hail, and the base of the House of Saud is in Riyadh.

The Saud family was first threatened by the Xia Empire's army, and Sultan Abdul Aziz Saud personally lobbied the plains tribes of the Hanifa Valley to organize more than 100 tribes in the shortest possible time, and in order to unite closely with these tribes, Ibn Saud also promised that after the war, he would marry a princess in each tribe, and the Saud family also obtained a prize from Al Ahsa, Trusil Aman (the predecessor of the United Arab Emirates), The Sultan of a dozen emirates fled from Kuwait and other places, and brought the support of the army, and quickly built up a camel cavalry force of more than 40,000 people.

Ibn Saud was a shrewd and capable ruler who, with ruthless means and flexible tactics, gradually led the tribes around Riyadh to transition from a slave tribal society to a feudal one.

His father was moved to tears by Ibn Saud's actions, and how difficult it would have been for him to marry hundreds of wives for the sake of the family business.

The transportation town of Haf'abayne has been occupied by the Xia Empire's troops, and if they continue to occupy the Buraidah region, the Saudi sultan's royal family will have no escape, which arouses the enthusiasm of all the natives to resist, and they know that if they cannot resist the Xia Empire's attack, they will lose all their wealth and be forced to leave their ancestral land to wander.

The Rashid family did not dare to relax, if the Xia Empire defeated the Saud family and occupied Buraidah, it would not be far from their ancestral land Hail.

The Rashid family and the Saud family have a century-old feud and have been fighting each other before, and it is impossible to truly unite them.

Britain was in a very comfortable mood for the time being, and handed over this desert area to the Xia Empire, the short-sighted Xia Empire actually invested so many troops there, and actually wanted to conquer that barren land, which has become a place that no one cares about for thousands of years, those indigenous tribes have been attacking each other for their own pleasure, and they are very strong, they will definitely leave a deep impression on the Xia Empire, that is, after paying a heavy price, completely occupy there, and will not create a copper plate value for the Xia Empire, And it will become a heavy burden for the Xia Empire, not to mention immigration, but the logistical burden of the garrison is a heavy burden.

The British foreign secretary just felt that the major families on the peninsula were not the opponents of the Xia Empire, you know, in the tribal war on the peninsula, the war with hundreds or even thousands of people participating in the war is a big battle, and when the Saudi family recovered Riyadh City, it only sent an army of dozens of people, it was still a national war between two sultanates, not to mention the offensive war between other small tribes, the scale will be smaller.

The British Prime Minister did not care about the Foreign Secretary's opinion, that is, he could not deal a heavy blow to the Xia Empire, at least not let the Xia Empire easily occupy that huge area, and the Xia Empire could be overwhelmed by military spending alone.

The Minister of War suggested that refugee settlements should be established in Egypt and other places as soon as possible to receive the fleeing Arab natives, and select strong men from these refugees to form the Arab Legion, and these indigenous armies familiar with fighting in desert areas could use their advantages in the future to constantly harass the Xia Empire's garrisons on the peninsula; The Xia Empire's lack of garrisons is not an opponent of the Arab Legions, and the large number of garrisons is a heavy burden, putting the Xia Empire in a dilemma.

The former governor of Kuwait said, but the hot temperature in the peninsula area is the great enemy of the Xia Empire's army, how many huge empires have invaded the peninsula region, and no one is stupid enough to conquer the inland areas, let's wait and see, which will provide a lot of management lessons for our empire to rule that area again in the future; The empire also had to co-opt royalty from several emirates on the peninsula to prepare the way for future rule there.

The Foreign Secretary supported the proposal of the former Governor of Kuwait that the empire should establish ties with the three major families of the peninsula, as well as the Muscat family and the Sabah family of Kuwait, so that they could retreat to the British refugee camps after defeat, and the management of these indigenous nobles would be conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of the natives and reducing a lot of trouble for the empire, and it could also clear the relationship between the empire and these natives, and after repelling the Xia Empire in the future, five emirates could be established separately, so that they could check and balance each other, which was conducive to British control over them.

The Prime Minister approved the proposal of the former Governor General of Kuwait and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and ordered them to be responsible for the establishment of refugee camps and liaison with the major families of the peninsula.

For the British overtures, the major families are very willing to accept, and one more path is one more choice for them.

Zhang Wei and the General Staff were very satisfied with Qian Xiangyang's strategy, delaying the acceptance of the Ottoman Empire's territory was conducive to the Ottoman Empire's relocation of population and wealth, strengthening the strength of the Ottoman Empire, and facilitating the Xia Empire's management of various places in the future; First occupy the coastal areas, open up the land communication line with Afghanistan, and then slowly advance inland, destroying the indigenous houses and other means of subsistence wherever they go, confiscating camels, cattle and sheep and other means of production, so that the indigenous people can no longer continue to survive in the local area, and are forced to start a wandering life; After all the natives are driven away, those natives who are hiding will be killed directly if they encounter them in the future.

As for whether the white countries in the West use the indigenous people to make a fuss, they were directly ignored by Zhang Wei, and even the British Empire was not the opponent of the Xia Empire, let alone the indigenous army organized by them. (To be continued.) )