The forward cavalry brigade of the Ming army, which landed in the port of Sefaj, suddenly appeared in the small city of Kena on the banks of the Nile only four days later. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because I didn't think that the Ming army would raid the Upper Nile region from the flank, the young and middle-aged people in this area all went north to Cairo to prepare for the war, and there was only a group of old and weak women and children in the city of Keina, who had no resistance in front of the Ming cavalry who could be called armed to the teeth, and after a short crushing battle, the Ming cavalry quickly controlled this area, and then the follow-up infantry brigade arrived.

After the infantry brigade took over Keena, the Ming cavalry continued southward, capturing one Egyptian town after another with only old and weak women and children as easily as they did to capture Keina.

By the time the Seventh Army led by Fan Hong arrived at Keina, the cavalry brigade had already captured Aswan, and the casualties in the entire battle were less than two hundred, after all, there was not much population in this area at all, and within ten miles of the Nile River, it was all desert. What's more, there are no young and middle-aged people, only a group of old and weak women and children who don't even have guns, even if they have the determination to play street fighting, they don't even have the strength, they don't even have cities, just some small villages, and there is no environment for street fighting, including guerrilla warfare, and they don't even have water to drink when they leave the Nile.

And at the same time, the alliance of elders in Cairo also got this news that made them dazed, they were indeed at a loss, because they didn't understand what the Ming army was doing there, and even suspected that the Ming army was playing tricks to divert the tiger from the mountain and attract their main force to the south in order to reopen the canal zone, out of this mentality, the alliance of elders did not react much to this, but only ordered the nearest few tribes to carry out a small counterattack, as for the result, of course, needless to say.

But then, as the Seventh Army landed in batches at the port of Sefaj, and then reached Kena through nearly 400 miles of no-man's land and quickly took control of the Upper Nile Valley, the elders began to sit still.

They are not stupid.

It may be possible for the Ming army to send one or two brigades to play the tiger away from the mountain, but it is too exaggerated for a whole army to play the tiger away from the mountain.

In other words, the total strength of the army in Egypt is equivalent to the strength of two armies, and there are two brigades east of the Sinai Peninsula, and there are only two brigades and several thousand Mamluks in Port Suez. But the huge strength of the whole army is just to seize the Upper Nile region, which is also not played like this, it is useless for the Ming army at all, the Ming army wants a canal, which is thousands of miles away from the canal, even if the Ming army wants to conquer Egypt, it is impossible to start from there, everyone knows that the Egyptian population is concentrated in the delta, even if they knock down the entire southern part of Egypt, they will only get sand.

"Sand?"

Yang Feng looked at Murad, who was standing aside humbly, and said with a sneer: "There is still the Nile River there. ”

"Your Majesty wants to control the water source?"

Murad, who was dressed in a silk robe and wore a seven-seam leather belt on his head, asked.

He is now the newly released king of Egypt in the Ming Dynasty, and this guy has visited the four kings of Ceylon, Aceh, Brunei and Annam along the way, and observed their privileged life under the wing of Emperor Yang, especially the extravagance of the king of Brunei, which is comparable to that of the Ottoman emperor. Then he landed at the port of Guangzhou, took the special train arranged for him by the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway Bureau to enjoy the prosperity and strength of the Ming Dynasty, and then went down the Yangtze River in Wuchang by boat, feeling the grandeur of the factories on both sides of the strait, and arrived at Nanjing when he stood in front of the magnificent palace, he was completely conquered by the strength of this huge empire.

It is said that he officially entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty from the moment he arrived in Ceylon, and then walked tens of thousands of miles to reach the heart of the empire.

The Ottomans are a piece of!

As far as Istanbul is concerned, not to mention Nanjing, Guangzhou, Wuchang, any city in the Ming Dynasty is completely exploded, Cairo is a famous city in the Arab world, but to be honest, even a small county town in the Ming Dynasty is more prosperous than it, in front of the giant ships in the Longyamen Military Port, the Ottoman fleet that was once regarded as powerful by him is purely a piece of, and what shocked him even more was the population of this country, the population of Nanjing City alone is almost comparable to the total population of Egypt, what a powerful empire this is!

When he stood in the huge building of the Nanjing Army Weapons Factory, looking at the continuous production of cannons and rifles like a flowing river, he did not hesitate to decide to swear loyalty to this empire.

"Water source? Yes, but not I control it, you control it. ”

Yang Feng said.

"The minister is willing to be controlled by His Majesty."

Murad said.

"Ha, ha, you guy is very good at talking!"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"I'm going to build a dam in Aswan, a dam eight feet high, and then I'm going to cut off the Nile, and keep all the water in the upper gorge until it's close to the maximum level of the dam, do you know how much water will accumulate in the canyon? It will definitely exceed the most terrifying Nile flood in your memory, and what if the dam is suddenly blown up at this time? These billions of tons of water will pour down in a very short time, sweeping all the cities and villages along the course of the Nile, and all we need is to tell all Egyptians about this, and tell them that if they will not accept your rule honestly, then this will happen, and they will all die for their stupidity.

But if they accept your rule, then this dam regulates the amount of water in the Nile.

When the flood occurs in the rainy season, it will close the floodgates to store water, block the excess river water, and then the downstream will smoothly pass the flood period, and if there is a shortage of water in the downstream in the dry season, it will open the floodgates and release water to irrigate the farmland, the Nile will be tamed like a wild horse and serve the people on both sides, the dark side of the Nile will be obscured, it will only play the role of the goddess who feeds Egypt, it will no longer whip Egypt, it will give Egypt everything that has been dreamed of for generations.

So which one are the Egyptians willing to want?

Destroy?

Or a life of abundance? ”

He continued.

"Your Majesty, they are not fools."

Murad said with a humble smile.

"Then raze their temples, slay their elders, burn their scriptures, lay down their weapons, and henceforth prostrate themselves at your feet from generation to generation!"

Yang Feng said.

"And the ministers will prostrate themselves at your feet deferentially for generations."

Murad knelt down in front of Yang Feng without hesitation and said.

"That's the reward for your loyalty!"

Yang Feng said.

"But, Your Majesty, there is still a trouble in this matter, how do we let all Egyptians know about it? Although we can send people to spread the news among the people, those elders will soon block the news, the vast majority of the people there are illiterate, and their source of information is only those elders, which is also an important reason why the people there are ignorant, they don't know anything else. ”

Murad stood up and said.

"It's not difficult, come here, show the king of Egypt the good things I have prepared."

Yang Feng said to an attendant.

What he prepared was an airship.

At this time, the scientists of Daming can already make an internal combustion engine for him, after all, his airship has been playing for more than ten years, although those scientists have made a twelve-cylinder gasoline engine with hundreds of horsepower for him is still too mysterious, but the primary version of a few horsepower in a single cylinder is still no problem, including the gasoline antiknock agent is also directly contributed by Yang Feng, this small internal combustion engine can already be used on the vehicle, but because the power is small, the cost is too high, and the commercial future is still relatively low, but it is no longer stressful to drive a small airship.

A few minutes later, Murad could see an airship less than ten feet long with a wooden propeller behind it appear overhead.

"But it's still useless to throw flyers?"

He said confusedly.

He has seen this kind of thing more than once, the small manpower airships of the Ming Dynasty have long been very common, those rich people who are keen on excitement have private purchases to fly to the sky to enjoy the scenery, and even buy slightly larger specially trained slaves to pedal to drive the propellers, and then sit behind the waves with their own concubines, there are often colorful airships flying over the windless days over Nanjing, and Shuntianfu has also specially issued a ban that no airship is allowed to fly over the imperial city.

"Long live my emperor!"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang above him, and the sound shook him a little like thousands of people shouting in unison.

"Ministers knock on Your Majesty, may my emperor live long live!"

Then there was another loud bang overhead.

Then the voice began to sing the national anthem of the Ming Dynasty.

Murad then discovered that next to the cockpit of the airship, there was a large copper horn diagonally below, and this huge sound came from the horn, and at this time, the airship was more than fifty meters above the ground, and the sound was still deafening, so you can imagine how far it could travel.

"So, do you still need to worry about how the people of Egypt know everything?"

Yang Feng said.

Well, this combination solves the problem of propaganda, all it takes is an airship with a loudspeaker to appear over the Egyptian city, and the rest is nothing more than an Arabic announcer, this kind of airship can fly thousands of miles as long as it does not encounter a storm, and the lead-acid battery inside can support the loudspeaker broadcast for an hour, as long as the announcer constantly promotes the Aswan Dam plan, those elders are useless no matter how they block the news. Moreover, this kind of airship flies at an altitude of several hundred meters, and there is no need to worry about being shot down by a musket on the ground, so it can be said that there is enough safety guarantee, and if you use personnel to spread the news, you have to be careful not to be caught, and this does not have any safety problems at all.

In addition, this kind of thing is a kind of mental blow to the ordinary people of Egypt.

They definitely don't understand the scientific knowledge in this, they only know that their enemies have countless supernatural abilities in their opinion, but whether it is gods or demons, they are certainly not mortals who can fight against them, so no matter what the Ming army wants to do, including creating a super flood of the Nile, it will definitely be no difficulty.

That's enough. (To be continued.) )