On the same day that Yinren was reduced to ashes along with the raging fire, a mutiny broke out in distant Egypt. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Led by Bey Murad in Cairo, a total of twelve Mamluk leaders acted at the same time, and in less than 24 hours, they completely annihilated the 5,000 Ottoman Guards in Egypt, and even the Ottoman Governor of Egypt, that is, Pasha, was shot and killed in his own mansion, and then Murad proclaimed himself Sultan, restored the Egyptian Sultanate that had been destroyed for 200 years, and broke away from the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

Soon, the remaining Mamluk chieftains throughout Egypt pledged their allegiance to him.

Ahmet III, who was stabbed in the back, did not care about the confrontation with the two Charles in Eastern Europe, and then mobilized his elite troops to ship to Cyrenaica, while the troops in Syria, Palestine and Hejaz also marched westward, under the personal command of the Grand Vizier Yusuf Pasha, the eastern and western armies were killed in Egypt at the same time, but unfortunately the result became a tragedy......

"Your Majesty, the Ottomans suffered a crushing defeat in Sinai."

Yang Zhong said cautiously.

"It would be strange if they didn't fail miserably."

His Majesty the Emperor, who was enjoying the Persian dance, said lightly.

Said added a lot of fun to the boring life of His Majesty the Emperor with the sixty beauties he bought from Persia, especially since these dancers were not only Persians in the strict sense, but also many from the Caucasus and the Ottoman Empire, and even a few from the Balkans, so as to avoid Emperor Yang's aesthetic fatigue, after all, his journey back to China would take a long time.

Well, he's actually just returned to Dhaka at this time.

As for the Ottomans......

Indeed, it would be strange not to fail miserably.

The Mamluks in Egypt are now rifled guns, and even because they are mainly cavalry, they have exported a large number of spears to them......

Don't think that spears are easy to make, five-meter-six hollow wooden pole spears also require technology, and if tens of thousands of soldiers have one of these things, they will need a certain industrial base, and then count a large number of spare, it is not at all what those Egyptians who are still in the era of semi-peasant nu system can do, including their artillery is now also rifled, and there are even a small number of Ming army advisers to guide them in battle.

With this level of equipment and the bravery of Mamluk, which even the little Nana was convinced, it was not easy for the Ottomans to bargain.

Their governor in Syria led a total of 60,000 people mobilized from Syria, Hejaz and Palestine to attack from the Sinai Peninsula, and Murad led 30,000 Mamluks to meet the battle, and the final result was that the Ottoman losses exceeded 20,000, and Murad's losses were almost negligible. However, Yusuf's 100,000-strong army had already moved south, and the Ottomans had 40,000 men marching along the coastline to Alexandria in Cyrenaica, and troops from Tripoli, Morocco and other places were rushing to Egypt, and the Ottoman navy's fleet had begun to bombard Egypt's coastal ports. ”

Yang Zhong said.

It is clear that Ahmed III was completely enraged this time.

"I can't see that this Ottoman still has some strength, since this is the case, then simply let everyone know who they are fighting against, send a telegram to Chen Ping, ask him to sign a canal agreement with the Egyptians immediately, and order Chen Han's fleet to go to the Red Sea to maintain the freedom of navigation of Ming merchant ships."

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

Well, that's what makes Ahmed III dead.

After receiving his telegram, Chen Ping, an attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who had been in charge of Egyptian affairs at the port of Suez, immediately went to Cairo and signed the Suez Canal Agreement with Murad, who had just returned from the front. According to this agreement, the Suez Canal Company, which has been established in Daming and will soon be listed, will be authorized by the Sultan of Egypt to dig the canal connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and at the same time obtain the permanent right to operate the canal, and the ownership of land within 50 miles on each side of the canal. Of course, the Sultan of Egypt must provide no less than 100,000 laborers in the process of digging the canal, and these laborers will be paid and managed, but the canal company will not be responsible for the death of various reasons during the construction process.

There are also all sorts of details.

In short, the matter of the Suez Canal was determined as quickly as possible.

Of course, this matter will certainly not be a secret, after the agreement was signed, the Suez Canal Company was officially listed on the Yingtian Stock Exchange, and immediately became the hot news of the major newspapers, and the Ottoman intelligence officers in Daming also quickly learned that they immediately sent it to Yongshun through the civil telegraph system in the form of a predetermined password, and the Ottoman intelligence officers of Yongshun sent it by merchant ship as quickly as possible.

But they're still too slow.

By the time this information reached Istanbul, the Egyptians had captured Jerusalem and defeated the Ottoman army attacking Egypt from Cyrenaica, and Yusuf's 100,000-strong army had reached Syria. Then Ahmet III was so angry with this information that he was about to burst into anger, although he knew that Yang Feng and Mamluks had been hooking up, but no matter how he used his imagination, he never thought that these bastards were actually holding back such a big trick. He just thought that Yang Feng wanted to maintain an arms smuggling channel that did not have to pay taxes to him, and that these arms smuggling was to arm the French, which was also beneficial to him, who had a common enemy with France, so he never took it seriously.

Now I know that after a long time of trouble, I came to the canal.

Enraged, he immediately sent an order to Yusuf, asking the latter to go all out to fight the Sinai Peninsula, but he knew very well the value of this canal after it was built, if he could control the canal zone, then even if he could not resubmit Egypt, Yang Feng had no choice but to cooperate with him, so that the huge profits every year would go into his pocket, so he only needed to seize the canal zone next, and he didn't need to care about the rest of Egypt for the time being.

However, he soon learned that this was not possible.

After fighting the Sinai Peninsula, first of all, they had to recapture Jerusalem, a strategic place that had just been occupied by Murad, and then the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, who included more than a dozen nationalities, spoke a lot of nonsense languages, and even had different beliefs, went forward one after another, facing the shells fired from nearly 3,000 yards away, and the bullets fired from nearly 500 yards away, piled up outside this ancient castle, and soaked the arid land here with their blood, just like the Qing army that attacked Shanhaiguan in the past, and used their lives to describe to people what is called a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

"Your Majesty, they died 30,000 in Jerusalem, and 30,000 in three days."

Yang Zhong said.

"Now it's time for Ahmed to understand the rules."

His Majesty the Emperor, who was having dinner, said.

As he spoke, he glanced at a plate of caviar in front of him, and the maid kneeling in a maid's costume next to him immediately brought it over carefully, scooped a little with a small silver spoon and gently put it to his mouth, Emperor Yang opened his mouth slightly, and the maid gently put the caviar into his mouth, and the maid on the other side quickly took a napkin and gently wiped the corners of his mouth......

Well, Emperor Yang has already lived a rotten life of eating and opening his mouth.

"Chen Han sent a telegram, saying that he wants to seize a base on the Arabian Peninsula, the main force of the Nanyang Fleet is steamships, there are no ports in that area that can replenish coal, and all ports are under the control of the Ottomans, and we will definitely not be allowed to go over to replenish, he hopes to simply seize the port of Aden, and then establish our permanent naval base there."

Yang Zhong said.

"Who does it belong to now?"

Yang Feng asked.

"Theoretically, it belongs to the Ottoman Empire, but in practice it has long been considered a state, but there is no unified country, and they are all tribal chiefs who take care of themselves."

Yang Zhong said.

"Then tell him that he can do what he thinks is appropriate, and there is no need to ask for instructions for such a trivial matter in the future, and then send a report to the Tenth Army, and let them first send a brigade over to reinforce the Marine Corps, and then send a report to the Yingtian General Staff, asking them to transfer cavalry to form the Second Cavalry Army, and transfer two brigades from the First Cavalry Army to count this army, and then send them directly to the port of Aden, and set up a Tianfang Economic Strategy Envoy with the Second Cavalry Army as the main force to be responsible for operations in the Arabian Peninsula."

Yang Feng said.

His next strategic focus was the Arabian Peninsula, so this strategy had to be established, at this time the Arabian Peninsula was basically barren, and the northern places that were suitable for human habitation were basically Ottoman Empire, all the way to the south of the Hejaz. Originally, Yemen was actually the same, but the Yemenis rebelled and drove the Ottoman army away, and the Ottomans in this remote area with little oil and water were not interested in wasting too much energy, so they let it go. The southern part of the Persian Gulf coastal peninsula is barely suitable for human survival, which is the territory of the Omanis at this time, and the northern coastal line is the Ottoman Empire, and the dividing line is in the south of Qatar.

As for the middle piece......

It was from the Bedouin tribe, including the Saud family, who were so poor that they didn't deserve to conquer, so no one cared about them, so they relied on a few oases to eat dates and graze to make a living, and by the way, they robbed and opened a black shop on the Hajj road to make some extra money. However, what Yang Feng wants most is that most of those oil-producing areas are under the control of Oman and the Ottomans, which is also an important reason for him to build the Suez Canal, he has to use this canal as bait to drain the blood of the Ottomans, and then it is convenient for him to unite European countries to carve up this huge empire.

When the time comes, he wants the Middle East, Charlie wants Ukraine, Crimea, Moldova, Romania and other places, another Charles wants the Balkans and Transylvania, and Peter can take the Caucasus.

What a reasonable distribution (to be continued.) )