The tax collector stared at Ding Yi in the flickering candlelight, as if to discern how much truth was in the words of this visitor from the far east. After a while, he lowered his eyes and said to Ding Yi: "If you want, you can call me Mahmoud directly." "Arabic names are long lists, and this is his real name.

Listening to Morena's translation, Ding Yi shook his head and said, "No, I'd rather call you Mahmud." ”

"Whatever you want." The tax collector didn't dwell on omitting a syllable, it meant to be praised in Arabic, and it became three strange syllables, "You want to get this city, but it's clear that Mukudushu won't agree with a ruler from the east, so you need me to act as this puppet, I think, that's the essence of the matter, right?" ”

He seems shrewd and cruel, both to his women and to himself.

Ding Yi still shook his head: "It turns out that this place is not owned by the Arabs, this city can accept the Arabs as rulers, and naturally it can also accept us, you are like a frog in the well, you only see this city." Don't have such self-conscious thoughts, I don't need this city. "At least for now, that's it.

Listening to Morena's translated words, Mahmoud nodded unexpectedly: "Yes, yes. I believe what you said, you are facing Mamluk, you are looking at the whole of Egypt. He stared at Morena and laughed, "With the heir of Shajiredu, of course you don't care about a wooden bundle. This is the reason why he asked Ding Yi for Morena. Because he recognized it, this was the woman whom Mamluk had sent to various places in the portraits, and a large bounty had been offered for her capture.

Ding Yi didn't say anything. For there was no need at all, he just put away the dry declaration, the copy that Mahmud had copied, and said to the tax collector: "Both of them will stay with you as your personal guards, no matter where you go or what you do." For example, sexual intercourse. Don't worry, this is the temple people. ”

Eunuchs have never been the preserve of China, not only in the Eastern Roman Empire. Eunuchs hold military and political power, and naval commanders and religious leaders are all served by eunuchs, that is, in the ancient Arab Empire, from "One Thousand and One Nights" alone. The figure of eunuchs can also be seen everywhere. So when Ding Yi taught Cao Jixiang to stand in the candlelight. Mahmoud looked at the other man's appearance and nodded.

"They don't want to spy on you, it's just that I don't want you to die too quickly, I think that in this wooden and bone city, for the temptation of becoming the city lord, it is enough for many people to attack you." Ding Yi stroked the short beard on his chin and said to the tax collector, "But." I can only protect you for two to three years, and then I will leave the city. How to protect yourself when the time comes is your problem. ”

Mahmoud couldn't help but have joy in his eyes when he heard this, two to three years, which was a deadline he could bear, but he quickly asked Ding Yi a question: "Your Royal Highness," after asking Morena how to call Ding Yi, he said this, "but as far as I know, it's a mess outside, and I'm not the city lord yet......"

"You take them out and quell the chaos. When people find out that the city lord is dead, if you succeed in leading the people to quell the chaos, you are not the city lord, then you have no value in saving. Ding Yi's words with a smile made Mahmoud shudder a little, especially when the corner of his eye glanced at the female corpse on the bed, he knew that Ding Yi was definitely not joking or intimidating him.

When he found that he had no way out, Mahmoud also let it go: "The city lord has eighty heavily armored warriors around him, and he does not leave the guards day and night, will the city lord really die tonight?" If the lord of the city dies, I will be able to quell the rebellion in the city, at least after dawn, and take care of everything in the city! ”

"Okay." Ding nodded, didn't say a word to him more, left Wen Fatzi and Cao Jixiang, and quickly withdrew from Mahmood's residence with the others. Things have come to this point, when it is time to test Ding Yi's strength, if there is no strength, there is no basis for cooperation, maybe Ding Yi can kill the tax officer, or threaten him to do things for himself, then it is impossible to get the loyalty of the other party.

Climbed out of the wall Ding Yi wrapped the Alla pat robe again, but on the way to the city lord's residence, it was a little troublesome, because it was in the opposite direction of the crowd, and it couldn't be squeezed in the crowd, and then had to grope for the road in the alley, and if it couldn't get through, they had to turn back and find the path again or climb over the wall of other people's houses, but when they spent at least an hour and approached the place agreed with Li Le, there was a problem.

Outside the city lord's dwellings, there was no surging crowd, but at least forty or fifty burly Arabs patrolled the area, watching them move around in the telescope, and it was almost certain that they were all covered with armor under their robes, probably Arabian chain armor that had both the flexibility of chain mail and the protective effect of jazard armor, and they also wore turban helmets, except for the eyes, and the chain curtains provided protection for their faces.

Guo Jin looked at a little headache, and asked Ding Yi: "Sir, if it is a chicken breastplate, this gunpowder will dry after being damp, and it seems that the power is not as good as before......" That is to say, Guo Jin has no confidence in penetrating plate armor, in fact, it is not only the power of gunpowder, but also the penetration of lead warheads.

"Hit the eye, if it doesn't work, move to 20 meters, and then fire." Ding Yi remembered that the English longbow could shoot through plate armor within twenty meters, and it was also a rifled rifle...... However, he immediately felt that this was a very order, twenty meters straight, the Arabian horse, which was famous for its short sprints, this distance could be killed almost in the blink of an eye, "If you are not sure, shoot the horse first, and after all of them are knocked down, charge and make up for the sword." ”

Then Ding Yi fired the first shot at a position of about fifty meters, and hit the opponent's eye very accurately, but the second shot was not so lucky, and it was jammed; The other five soldiers under the leadership of Guo Nu also opened fire, in fact, it proved that Ding Yi's decision was very correct, these soldiers were inspired by the courage to see Ding Yi's first shot, they aimed at the eye and fired, but none of the shots hit the target, if it was daytime, if these bullets were not damp, they would definitely not have played such a bad result, but the battlefield never if, only honestly aimed at Guo Jin, who fired at the war horse, let a tall horse neigh to the ground.

"Retreat." Ding Yi mechanically withdrew the bomb to eliminate the dud, and gave an order to Guo Jin without emotion. The latter was not a hypocritical slut like Cao Jixiang, and immediately carried out the order, and evacuated to the bottom of the pre-reconnoitred alley with five soldiers, Emperor Jing and Mo Rena, which was not only originally piled up with debris, but also pulled three tripwires in advance.

It's just that Ding Yi didn't retreat, he pulled the trigger, "horn", the gunshots rang out, and after once again wiping out the life of an enemy, he immediately threw down his rifle and pulled out the bayonet, there was no passion in his eyes, no fanaticism, just calmly, just calmly, just like an old hoop cooper who has been hoopping barrels for decades, he was as calm as the broken barrels sent, this is something he is familiar with, killing.

He had to kill, because if he let these dozens of horsemen rush over, the three tripping ropes would stop at least a dozen horsemen, and the rest of the cavalry would still be enough to kill this team. This is not Ding Yi's fault, nor is it the soldier's fault, this is the power of nature, if the fleet has no problems, Ding Yi does not have to face such a situation at all.

Manpower is always poor, and this is a problem that has to be faced.

But as Ding Yi said to Morena, he would not give up and would not abandon the people who followed him.

When the horse galloped forward, Ding Yi jumped up behind the knight, and the other party's reaction was extremely fast, and the raised scimitar stabbed his armpit with his backhand, but when he was halfway through the stab, Ding Yi had already lifted his face curtain, and the bayonet wiped the opponent's throat cleanly.

Snatching the scimitar from the dead knight's hand, Ding Yi pushed the opponent's body off the horse, slapped the horse's back hard, sat on the saddle, and kicked the knife forward, the knight behind him shouted in Arabic that Ding Yi did not understand, which seemed to be on Ding Yi's back, the sound of rapid hooves, and the sound of scimitars sweeping through the air......

Dante did not look back, but rushed forward, and when the knight in front of him turned back in terror, he raised his scimitar and swept diagonally with the force of the sword, until he passed the knight, and the severed head of the knight slowly slipped from his neck. The knights who were angrily chasing Ding Yi ran through the alley where Guo Jin and they were hiding, and no one looked back at all.

"Shoot the horse!" Ding Yi slashed another knight in front of him, shouted loudly, and then returned his knife to block the scimitar slashed by the knight on the left, but his left arm was cut with a bloody wound, although it was not deep, but he began to be injured, because he was not wearing armor, this kind of immediate sword, with armor and without armor are really two concepts.

And the cavalry that came up from behind, a scimitar cut down like snow, let Ding Yi on the back of the horse, moving left and right, it seemed that the next moment, he was in a catastrophe. In order to dodge these deadly sword lights, Ding Yi had to repeatedly sit on the back of the horse, showing his good riding skills, for example, at this time, he was riding upside down on the horse, otherwise, he would not be able to resist the sword light behind him.

It's just, how many times can he block it like this? Not only did he begin to get injured, but even the war horse that had just been captured under his crotch also began to be cut, although this made the war horse hurt and accelerated, but once it slowed down, the blood loss would make the war horse collapse, or before it slowed down, the war horse that was jumping wildly with crazy energy would hit the wall and fall Ding Yi to death, which was not too much of a surprise. (To be continued......)