Chapter 1341: Arabian Storm (12)
The young man really did not break his promise, and early the next morning, I don't know what method the young man used, he sent the 600,000 catties of grain he promised.
That's a whole 300 tons of grain.
Of course, this food is nothing to young people with strong backgrounds.
However, this food is very important to the West Wicks.
With food, they were able to stabilize the hearts of the rebels who followed them and let the big guys continue to follow them.
Otherwise, with the food they have now, the whole team will collapse completely due to lack of food in a few days.
It can be said that these grains have completely solved their urgent needs, which can be regarded as a great relief for them.
However, these grains are only a relief from the immediate difficulties, and they are far from being able to completely solve the crisis.
Three hundred tons of grain may seem like a lot, but for the rebel army, which has more than 600,000 people, it is still far from enough.
If you save some food, you can only eat it for three or four days.
In addition, if you want to eat for three or four days, you need to save as much as possible.
So, what happens when you're done with all this food?
Well, this is a problem that has to be taken seriously.
Of course, with such a good start, as long as the cooperation goes well, then this young man will continue to sell his own food in the future, right?
In other words, as long as this friendship is well maintained, then everything will not be a problem.
For Siwicks, this young man from Portugal, whose real identity is the Song Empire in the Americas, is tantamount to the lucky messenger of the rebel army.
Without the arrival of this young man, it is clear that they would have had a headache about running out of food.
At the same time, the young man also gave a good proposal.
Let them see a hope of survival.
That is to abandon in the northern Ottoman region. Instead, he went to attack and occupy the lands of the Hungarian principality.
Today, the Duchy of Hungary is too small to resist the insurgents. Once the plan goes well, the insurgents will have a large territory to use as a base to feed their army, as well as collect taxes to buy weapons and armor.
And these people, as the leaders of the rebel army, can also become human beings at that time.
At the same time, they could temporarily avoid the Ottoman troops, buying themselves a very favorable period of time to recuperate.
If it weren't for the arrival of this young man of Chinese descent, they would not have known such information.
After all, this is still a relatively backward era. Coupled with some reasons for the Ottomans, it is normal that the rebels did not have access to effective and timely information to make favorable judgments.
But now it's different.
With this young man, Sywicks and they are well aware of the situation they are facing and the advantageous choices they can make.
So why don't they choose the more advantageous one?
On the third day, the rebels began to march towards the border as planned.
They no longer bothered whether to capture the Ottomans' northern cities.
Because they now have a better option.
The Principality of Hungary is located in Eastern Europe, close to Poland and Norway, as well as Russia.
The territory of the duchy was not small in Europe at this time.
Therefore. As long as the Hungarian principality is occupied, then the entire rebel army can be regarded as having a very good territory.
When the time comes, just give them a stable period of recuperation, so that they can buy sufficient weapons and armor and food. Then they will be confident that they can cope with any trouble that follows.
Probably because of the food, the hesitation and panic on the faces of the people in the rebel army at this time can no longer be seen.
The people on the march supported each other, and their eyes showed determination. and a hopeful vision for the future.
Let's hope that you people can bring about some changes and involve both Europeans and Ottomans in bigger wars.
Look at the endless queue in sight. A young man of Chinese descent standing on a small hill on a war horse muttered to himself.
Yes, the main reason why he came here was to cause some trouble for the Ottomans.
Don't think that the Ottomans are 'allies' of the empire, but in essence the empire is not regarded as a matter at all.
Portugal and France were now in a long state of war, and the Church was no better.
The Ottomans, on the other hand, had a great advantage and achieved considerable success in the Mediterranean.
This is undesirable for the Empire.
Empires need balance, not even allies.
So, this rebellion of the Serbs gave the empire an opportunity.
An opportunity to weaken the Ottoman Empire, and also to make the conflict a little more intense.
What could be more wonderful than chaos.
Anyway, the empire is in the Americas, far away from Europe and Asia, so no matter how chaotic it is, it is unlikely to have an impact on the empire.
That's why the Empire wants the more chaos on this side to get better, regardless of whether you can make a brainstorm or not.
At the same time, the war in Europe will give the Ottoman Empire an opportunity to take advantage. If the Ottomans had freed up their hands here in the Mediterranean, they would have sent troops from the land to blow up the chrysanthemums of the Church.
And the ecclesiastical forces, who were all focused on the Portuguese and French forces, would obviously be exhausted and unable to fight the Ottomans at that time.
Therefore, according to the strategic deduction of the intelligence services of the three major concessions of Marseille, Cairo, and Lisbon, it was found that in the end, the Ottomans had a great possibility of getting the maximum benefit and territory.
And the emergence of such a situation is very detrimental to the strategy of the Empire.
Therefore, in order to avoid such problems, it was necessary to make some trouble for the Ottomans.
Good not to die, at this time there was a rebellion among the Serbs.
This gave the empire a good opportunity all of a sudden.
And the empire is not worried about angering the Ottomans, even if the Ottomans know that the Empire is behind the mastermind, can they still cross the sea to find trouble with the Empire?
Obviously, this is unrealistic.
Therefore, the confidence and feet of the empire.
As the empire intended. That was to support the Serbian rebels and capture the Hungarian principality to gain a territory.
When the time comes, these rebels will be able to confront the Ottomans for a long time.
On the other hand, the energy of the Ottomans will be completely dragged down by these rebel armies, as well as in the naval battle of the Mediterranean hegemony, which has not yet been decided.
Although the rebels will offend the Church military group because of this, at this time the Church military group has a bigger opponent, that is, Portugal and France.
Therefore, for the time being, the military clique will not immediately attack the rebels.
Therefore, the rebel side is in the short term. There was really only one enemy they had to face, and that was the Ottomans.
At that time, the great powers of this era in Asia and Europe will be embroiled in a long period of chaos and war. The empire is a good way to fish in troubled waters, isn't it?
At the same time, the empire that is watching this 'rich' region of the Middle East can also continue to make moves.
Although the number of troops in the empire at this time is not very large, it is impossible to send troops to attack the whole world at the same time. However, the empire can do it in a different way.
Money!
For the Empire, it was nothing at all.
OK. For other countries in this era, money is a good thing that has to be faced.
The empire only needs to spend a little money to get greater benefits, so why not do such a good deed?
The Empire purchased a large amount of industrial silver through a virtual trader. It can be said that the empire is not short of money at all.
And gold, although it is a precious metal, does not care very much about the empire either.
If you want to say that the money is fast, it still belongs to oil and minerals.
These things are sold to the virtual world, and that's literally how many are sold. And it will not be affected by the price fluctuations of the virtual world at all.
It's not like selling gold and silver coins and antiques and a lot of gold in this plane, but if you sell more, there will be a lot of price fluctuations. Pull down the price of the virtual world.
Because the virtual world is more than ten times the size of Zhao Hongyu's original space-time, iron ore and oil will not be affected at all.
Today, however, the empire is growing rapidly, and it needs a lot of industrial equipment.
However, if these equipment are purchased from the virtual world, this is not a small amount.
With some of the existing resources of the empire, it is still a little insufficient to complete those projects in the plan.
Therefore, it is necessary to get the Middle East.
As long as you can get the Middle East and find oil fields.
Then, as long as the oil wells are drilled and the oil in the ground is loaded into iron barrels, a large amount of virtual world wealth can be exchanged for a large amount of virtual world wealth, and there will be enough funds to buy industrial equipment for the construction of the empire's infrastructure.
The Ottomans, on the other hand, were exhausted by the rebels and the struggle for hegemony in the Mediterranean, so they would definitely have more than enough strength for the empire to occupy the Arab region.
It will be much easier for the Empire to seek this region.
It can be said that the plan drawn up by the intelligence departments of the three major concessions has already begun to be implemented.
Although the headquarters in the Americas is not aware of this, it is certain that even if the headquarters knew about the plan, it would not stop it.
"Let's go! Hopefully, these insurgents will succeed as we planned. “
The young man of Chinese descent pulled the reins in his hand, turned the horse in one direction, and then galloped down the mountain.
The men he brought with him rushed away one by one.
Everything that should be discussed is negotiated, and the rest is left to the subordinates to do.
It was nothing more than to provide the rebels with food, weapons and armor on time, and then get the gold they looted from the rebels.
He doesn't have to worry about these things anymore.
At this time, in Alexandria, Cairo, Egypt, a huge heavy warship flying the imperial flag was docked at the port berth.
The governor of the Cairo Concession, Ma Bond, arrived at the port with dozens of elite imperial soldiers and hundreds of people dressed in Ottoman costumes.
"Your Royal Highness, I wish you a safe journey. As far as I'm concerned, of course, I hope that the Empire will be able to go one step further with you Ottomans. ”
The girl, who was called a princess with a scarf around her face, nodded, and responded to Ma Bond in a sweet voice: "Thank you for your blessings, Lord Governor. (To be continued......)