Just when Zhang Xiao and the others encountered a sneak attack and defeated the Kurdish cavalry began to march towards their new destination again, the Bajir tribe, who had already left the tribal oasis station, had arrived at the assembly place of the Bedouin tribal alliance, near Koso on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

The place in Corso is very close to the Persian Gulf, so to speak, right by the sea.

Originally, it was part of the Bedouin tribe of the Cuman region, called the 'Lamaud' tribe. It's just that now because the Cuman region has not become very good, and has threatened all the Bedouins living in the Cuman, the Shape shì Lamod tribe has to let all the other Bedouin tribes migrate to this place.

Here, the Lamod tribe has a large oasis.

In addition, a lot of fresh water resources are found around the oasis.

It is not known if it was because of their proximity to the sea, so the salty seawater of the guide zhì penetrated into the area controlled by the Lamoud department, so their territory was rich in fresh water.

In the desert world, fresh water is more valuable than gold and women.

Even camels are not as valuable as fresh water.

After all, if you want to survive, you can't do without water.

Water and food, that's what human beings can't live for.

There are so many freshwater resources in the area controlled by the Ministry of Ramaud, which is equivalent to a cornucopia in their hands.

So, it's impossible for other people not to be blushing.

However, the Bedouins in the Cuman region are divided into several tribes.

But everybody has always been very united.

In addition, the Bedouins are known for their courage and warlikeness, so no tribe is willing to provoke them.

Moreover, it was relatively peaceful in the past, after all, the Ottomans still ruled Cuman.

However, everything has changed now.

The Ottomans no longer rule Cuman, there has been a change of ruler here.

Of course. After the Ottomans withdrew, the so-called Song Empire, which had gained the name of Cuman rule, had not yet sent troops to take over the power here.

In addition, the ambitions of the three major tribes of Cuman are inflated, and they want to take the opportunity to completely master Cuman, and become their own place before the Song Empire receives the potential here.

So, this change has caused great trouble for the Bedouins.

Fortunately, the settlements of the various Bedouin tribes are not very close to the three major tribes.

Therefore, in the early days, when the three major tribes integrated all the small and medium-sized tribes of the Cumans, the Bedouins escaped the catastrophe.

But over time, and those small and medium-sized tribes were annexed or destroyed. It was only a matter of time before the Bedouins encountered the three major tribes.

In such an environment, the chiefs of the various Bedouin tribes communicated and eventually formed a Bedouin tribal union to prepare for the next crisis.

First of all, the Bedouins have their own pride, and they are reluctant to take refuge in any of the three major tribes.

Of course, the main reason for this is that the three tribes and the Bedouin tribes have a lot of hatred. The source of this hatred can no longer be traced, but it is certain that it originated from the ancestors of the Bedouins.

In desert areas. Especially between Arab tribes, there can be no peace between rival tribes with feuds.

Unless one side completely conquers the other, there will be a short-lived peace.

Of course, if you want to do it once and for all. Completely destroying the rival tribes is also one way.

It's just that this approach is too drastic, and besides, the population of desert areas is a very valuable resource. If it weren't a last resort, no tribe would choose this way.

It is for this reason. The chiefs of the various Bedouin tribes unanimously agreed not to join any of the three tribes, but instead chose to confront them with a disparity in power.

Of course, there is a reason for the stubbornness of the Bedouins. And the pride factor in the bones of the Bedouins, but more importantly, they all know very well that even if they choose to join any of the three major tribes, the Bedouins will not come of any good.

The Bedouins are known for their warlike warfare in Cumanistan.

Moreover, both men and women are very proud and stubborn in their bones, that is, they are not very obedient to discipline.

Then, for the Bedouins with this character, the three major tribes will continue to face headaches after receiving them.

The best solution is to exploit and weaken the Bedouins.

As for the method, it is very simple, just keep using the Bedouins as cannon fodder.

Of course, if you do so, you are likely to provoke a Bedouin revolt.

However, if the Bedouins choose to join any of the three tribes, it is impossible for the Bedouins to resist in the short term.

Therefore, they can use this time period to weaken the Bedouins as much as possible.

By the time the Bedouins couldn't bear it anymore, it was impossible for them to have too much strength to do something.

For such an outcome, the chiefs of the tribes have already judged and predicted.

Therefore, it is unwise to choose the three tribes, so the only choice left is to fight against the three tribes, right?

However, everyone knows that the strength of the three major tribes is very strong.

There were thirteen Bedouin tribes, and the combined population was less than 120,000.

Among them, the number of adult warriors who can fight is between 15,000 and 20,000. If you count minors and the elderly, the number of fighters is only more than 30,000 and less than 40,000.

The rest are women and children.

With such strength, it is impossible to confront any of the three major tribes.

So, the Bedouins felt that they should find a backer or helper.

The Song Empire had already obtained the nominal right to rule the Cuman region from the hands of the Ottomans, which had a legitimate status and effect.

At the same time, some merchants who traveled between Cuman and Cairo would also bring some information about the Song people.

In the information of those merchants, the Song people were easier to deal with than the Ottomans, and they were also very fair. And the Song people also seem to be very powerful, and even the Ottomans demanded the Song people, so there was a transfer of the rule of the Cuman region.

Judging from this, the Song people, who have the nominal ruling power of the Cuman today, may be a good refuge object.

Of course. It is too early to say that the Bedouins want to become vassals of the Song people.

However, now that the interests of the two sides are the same, there is still the possibility of cooperation.

The Cuman region now belonged to the Song Empire, and it was clear that the Song Empire could not have lost its entire territory for no reason.

Therefore, the practices of the three major tribes are simply intolerable to the Song Empire.

And the three tribes now seek to become the overlord of the Cumans, and they are also eyeing the Bedouin tribes, bringing a great threat to the Bedouins.

Whether it was the Song Empire, or the Bedouins. The current enemies of both sides are the three major tribes.

Although they don't know the proverbs of the East, the Bedouins also know that the enemy of their enemy is their friend.

With this in mind, Aziz and his men were sent to Cairo to meet with Ma Bond to seek help and cooperation.

Of course, if the Song Empire was really strong, fair and easy to deal with, and could treat the Bedouins without discrimination, it was not impossible for them to choose to become vassals or even subjects of the Song Empire.

To know. The Arabs of this era, like the Europeans, have no sense of statehood.

So, it would not be surprising that the Bedouins had such a choice.

But let the Bedouins make that choice. Then first of all, we have to look at the appearance of Zhang Xiao and these people.

If they were defeated by the three tribes here in Cuman, then the Bedouins would definitely have reneged on the agreement with Mabond, which was also quite a normal thing.

The principle of the law of the jungle is in the concept of people living in this desert area in this era. It's something that even children know.

That is, the Bedouins will choose to follow the strong, a fair strong.

As for the weak, they didn't think about it at all.

It's just that. Whether the Song people are strong or not is still an unknown question for the Bedouins.

As soon as Qiē arrives, it will be clear to Aziz and these people when they return from Cairo.

At the same time, the army sent by the Song people must also show some strength.

For these, Zhang Xiao already had some expectations in his heart, so he didn't understand anything.

It's just that he just thinks about a lot of things in his heart. If you really want to be sure, you can only wait until the army arrives in Koso, meets the top of the Bedouin tribes, and comes into contact with them and understands their minds.

At this time, the area around the Oasis of the Lamaud Tribe of the Corso Plains had expanded greatly with the continuous migration and arrival of the Alliance Tribes.

Because the time of migration was very hasty, the tribesmen who arrived here were all very haggard.

The chief of the Bajir tribe, after giving the order for the tribesmen to start setting up tents and settling down in the place, took his daughter, Fariyah, who was known to the people of the Bajir tribe as the 'female man', to the center of the tribal camp in Ramo, to meet with the elders and chiefs of the Ramoud tribe, as well as the tribal leaders who had arrived here.

What Chief Omar has to do now is very simple, introduce his daughter to everyone. It was also officially announced that in the event of any accident on his own, the Bajir tribe would be led by Fariyah as the chieftain.

In addition, he also had to immediately inquire from other people to get some information from these days.

More importantly, he needed to know what everyone was planning now, after all, the three major tribes were already aggressive. Having pushed them all to this point, it can be said that the Bedouins have no way out.

"I don't know what our future holds, but you have to keep one thing in mind. We Bedouins are proud to yield to anyone, especially feuds...... Surrounded by a dozen guards, Chief Omar and his daughter Fariyah are marching towards the center of the camp of the Ministry of Lamud. (To be continued......)