It's just that the communication in this era basically relies on manpower, and Ding Yi's attack on Suez City is basically a drum, and there is no time for the other party to react, and even the defenders of Suez City have been taken down by their subordinates before they have time to send messengers for help.

It's not that there is a problem with the strategic level of this defender, but before that round of mortars, the big casualties are mainly the seven or eight hundred cavalry, and there are nearly 20,000 defenders in the city, but less than five percent of the casualties, and the proud generals who can be stationed in the port city will generally not consider asking for help; Moreover, the desert of this era, even if the locals walked in it, was accompanied by endless risks, and it is difficult to say whether the letter could be delivered.

Therefore, the defender himself thinks that if the other party has to expand the troops, expand the situation of encirclement, or if there are large casualties, it is not too late to send people to ask for help, who knows that if there are casualties, his subordinates will not be able to bear it, and take him down, and the guards around him will be cut down, and it is also powerless to send people for help at this time.

In the following time, Wan An almost settled in the city, and Cairo was still unaware.

When they encountered Mamluk, it was still because there were not enough people, Guo Jin led a battalion, and under the leadership of local guides, went straight inland to capture the first small city, and after another three months, they ushered in the first batch of Mamluk cavalry, about a hundred people.

And this group of Mamluk cavalry, except for contributing more than 100 Damascus scimitars to Ding Yi and them, and dozens of Arab thoroughbred horses, did not have any other achievements. As for the twenty or thirty horsemen who escaped, Ding Yi even stopped Wan An, who wanted to send someone to chase after him: "Let them report the news." That's a good thing. ”

There were many small towns that were breached by dragoons armed with Arab thoroughbreds, and without taking into account the consumption of ammunition, the walls of the small towns of this era. It could not withstand several rounds of fire from the mortar squad of the battalion, not to mention that the machine gun could always wipe out the last bravery of the defenders in a decisive battle.

In the past six months, Suez City has been very calm, and the main contradictions and conflicts lie internally.

The root cause was that Morena's stomach was moving.

The first to attack was Emperor Jing, who thought it was extremely inappropriate: "If you give birth to a daughter, it's fine." If you give birth to a boy, what should you do then? Do you want to teach the son of this concubine to inherit your title and family business? "Don't ask what can be done. The so-called palace and green building are the dirty places in the world, and they are definitely not just talking.

Emperor Jing said to himself, Wang Zhen had already beckoned Cao Jixiang to come over on the side: "Rujin, just leave this matter to Xiao Cao." Previously he was in the palace. Accustomed to doing this. "If you do it, it's an abortion, and as for how to do it, it must be thousands of times bloodier than the already bloody modern abortion.

Morena's language talent was very good, and she was pulling Ding Yi's arm tightly at this time, and her face was pale and she retreated.

Even the fat man said to Ding Yi: "Young master, it's better to think twice about this matter." Otherwise, if you go back to China, I'm afraid of ......"

Ding Yi didn't answer anyone's words. Just asked Morena, "Sue them, who are you?" ”

"I am Morena, the Great Duke." It seemed that these words had taught her to be strong, to teach her not to shrink back like a little beast surrounded by fierce beasts, so she repeated, "I am Morena, the Great Duke." ”

"Xunji, who are you?" Ding Yi asked Wan An with a smile.

When he asked Wan An, he immediately replied: "The student is Wan An, the disciple of Mr.!" ”

"Who are they?" Ding Yi looked at the soldiers training outside and asked Wan An.

His question was quickly passed on, and then a roar rang out outside: "First battalion! Ding Yi's first battalion! "Second Battalion! Ding Yi's second battalion! ”……

"And what are you afraid of?" Ding turned around, reached out and hooked Morena's already somewhat visible waist, and hugged her into his arms.

She sweetly rested her head on Ding Yi's chest.

Emperor Jing and Wang Zhen blackened their faces and walked away, this was about the first time they had reached a consensus.

And Wen Fatzi and Cao Jixiang knelt honestly in front of Ding Yi.

"If she breaks the law, I will not say a word for her; No one is allowed to interfere in the affairs of my family, not anyone. ”

"Yes, the minion was wrong!" "Yes, the fat man is guilty!" The two grabbed the ground with their heads and knocked "dongdong" sounds.

"Remember, there is no next time. Get up, the fat man went and asked Mr. Yang Hao to come over; Lao Cao cooks tea. ”

Wen Fatzi and Cao Jixiang's faces were pale with fright, they knew that there was no next time when Ding Yi said, that is, next time, he would kill someone. None of them dared to mention this matter again, Cao Jixiang hurriedly went to fiddle with the tea set, and Wen Fatzi rushed to invite Xu Bin over.

Ding Yi invited Xu Bin to come, and naturally discussed the matter of starting to dig the canal.

The excavation of canals was not unprecedented, as the twelfth dynasty of Egypt, Pharaoh Sinusel III, ordered the digging of an "east-west" canal connecting the Red Sea with the Nile in order to conduct direct trade by overland flat-bottomed boats. Later, Ptolemy II regained the canal, and it was continuously improved, destroyed, and rebuilt over the next millennium until it was finally abandoned in the eighth century for the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur of the Arab Empire.

Now let's do it,

It should be said that Ding Yi was right to give Xu Bin this task, and before he began to dig the canal, Xu Bin assigned the surrendered Sue non-commissioned officers the task, whether it was to recruit people or overseers, it was carried out by these original officials, and he took the initiative to propose to Ding Yi to open some private school-style schools to teach the locals to speak the Chinese language.

He also asked Ding Yi to send a labor propaganda team to the local Egyptian lower-class people: "Just like what Jin did in Guangxi." Obviously, Xu Bin can see the power of the grievance meetings organized by the labor propaganda team, and in many cases, it is not that they do not understand, but they do not want to understand it at all, because no matter what the constitution is, it will definitely resist anything that harms their interests.

It's just that in Suez, Xu Bin doesn't have this concern, so he proposed it to Ding Yi from the labor propaganda team.

And Xu Bin opposed blind excavation, and proposed to send people to investigate on the spot before determining the route.

"From the delta a small canal and a southern branch along the Tumera River were dug to Suez, and a northern section of the canal to this port." Ding Yi directly made a mark on the map, rejecting Xu Bin's suggestion, and his statement was, "I have already sent someone to investigate." ”

Xu Bin didn't agree at first anyway, thinking that this was a mess, he was a high-ranking official who had done things, and he had some knowledge, so he felt that such a big project, how could he count it casually? Later, Ding Yi couldn't, so he sent a battalion to escort him to the south branch line to check for more than a month, at least in the area that Xu Bin had checked, there was really no problem with the line outlined by Ding Yi, and Xu Bin reluctantly nodded and agreed to dig like this.

He didn't know that this route was the route of the Suez Canal in the future, and no one in this world could do such a thing except Ding Yi.

It's not simply said = that later generations have heard of it, if Ding Yi hadn't participated in the escort many times, how could this thing be so simple?

The dredging and excavation of the Suez Canal finally began, under the light of the morning sun, Ding Yi stood on the bank and looked at the west, white-clothed Shengxue, he no longer held a long knife in his hand, but held the Song Dynasty blue and black glazed porcelain cup; He always smiled, not showing a trace of murder, almost all the locals who were driven to build the canal, who had seen Ding Yi and talked to him, felt that this noble son was extremely kind.

When they knew the identity of Ding Yi, the locals attributed all the pain to the executor, that is, those original local officials, they felt that Ding Yi, who was so kind, would not do too bad things, including those soldiers from the east, who treated the poor people very well, and it was common to help them sweep the floor and carry water, and they had never heard of them bullying people; Even the senior official surnamed Xu even set up some literacy schools to teach them to learn the official language of the Ming Dynasty: "After learning the official language of the Ming Dynasty, someone bullies you, so you can find the yamen to redress your grievances!" "Everyone thinks that Ming people are not bad.

Because the soldiers oppressed and oppressed the officials and nobles.

As for Ding Yi, it was only the dogs and camels that avoided him that these animals understood that this was definitely not an object that should be approached, and that they had a more acute sixth sense and intuition of danger than humans.

Port Suez, in the spring of the 21st year of orthodoxy, has gradually begun to take pride in speaking the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty and writing Chinese characters.

And when they learn to speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty, whenever they are bullied by local officials, there is often such a saying among the people: "If we really can't live, we will go to the Ming Dynasty to find the grandfather to comment!" "Our supreme master is merciful, but these black-hearted people are bullying people without telling their masters! ”

The grandfather of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme master of Egypt, represents justice and justice in their hearts.

It's just that Ding Yi has already left Egypt with the destroyers who came from the east to replenish the fleet.

The canal cannot be dug in a year and a half, according to Xu Bin's estimate, I am afraid it will take about 15 years.

Ding Yi couldn't have spent fifteen years here, so he left the dragoon brigade to garrison here, and he followed the destroyer that came to pick him up and went to Mugudushu to rendezvous with the supplementary fleet.

And last year, the Mediterranean Fleet, which had defeated the combined Portuguese fleet, was also stationed in Mukudushu.

After the two fleets met, the Mediterranean Fleet reached a huge fleet of eight destroyers, twenty first-class battle-class ships, and dozens of landing ships and supply ships. And they also have six Marine brigades with ships.

"Let us go, for the liberation of the oppressed toiling masses of the world." Ding Yi smiled and instructed Huang Xiaoyang.

"Yes!" Huang Xiaoyang received the order to go down and ordered the anchor to be pulled out and set off.

Ding Yi turned around and said to Wang Zhen beside him: "Uncle Shi go and take care of those captives, don't let them die on the way, you have to know, it's all money." (To be continued......)