Borrowing the donkey from the slope, Ma Bond agreed to the 'small request' of the Bedouin leaders, and promised to select some adult warriors from these tribes to join the Concession Army to contribute to the Concession.

In this way, the Bedouin chiefs finally breathed a sigh of relief.

You let them eat dry rice for nothing, these people really can't eat it.

If they were to be of some use and do things here in the concession, they wouldn't have to worry about that.

It can be said that this matter is good for both Ma Bond and the Thirteen Tribes.

So, of course, Ma Bond would not be brain-dead enough to refuse.

In this way, in the next few days, Ma Bond successively selected 2,000 adult warriors from the thirteen tribes and organized them into an independent army to start training.

Ma Bond didn't have much hope for this force, he just needed them to be able to be of a little use in the event of a crisis.

Therefore, some of the content and subjects of the training are very different from those of the regular army of the Empire.

Some subjects that only the regular army of the empire could access, Ma Bond did not use to train them at all.

However, in order to ensure the formation of a certain combat effectiveness after training, such as the five-stage shooting method and musket technology that the imperial army must master, Ma Bond still took it out.

After all, this tactic is nothing, and it has been learned and practiced by many countries in Europe.

Therefore, there is no need for Ma Bond to hide it at all, it is better to take it out now and let the Thirteen Tribes see it, and sigh at his own 'selfishness'.

But, beyond that, Ma Bond won't come up with more.

For example, digging trenches, and some more modern tactics and tactics, it was impossible for Ma Bond to teach this army.

Even so. The Thirteen Tribes were also very satisfied.

At least, in their opinion, Ma Bond genuinely regarded them as 'his own people', and did not have the slightest reservation in teaching the team of tribal warriors.

At this point, the top tribal leaders and the chiefs were very satisfied and grateful.

Compared to the Ottomans, the people of the Song Empire were more comfortable with them.

It's just that they don't know, in fact, Ma Bond didn't come up with anything at all, and for a Chinese like Ma Bond, he will never trust the Bedouins.

Don't look at Ma Bond's cousin, it seems to be very friendly. In fact, this is not the case at all.

Of course, Ma Bond hides these very well and will not be discovered.

But in any case, the thirteen tribes have migrated to the Cairo Concession, and they have been able to get out of the quagmire of the crisis in Cuman and live here in peace.

After solving the problems of the thirteen tribes, Ma Bond focused his efforts on the Cuman region.

Cumanistan is close to the Persian Gulf, which is the area of Kuwait in modern times, and the oil resources here can be described as abundant. Therefore. Mastering Cumanistan is equivalent to mastering rich oil resources.

In the near future, the oil here in Cumanistan can add a new opportunity to the development of the empire.

Besides. These things have to be considered first, and you can't wait until you need to think about them, that will delay a lot of effort, right?

Therefore, Ma Bond felt that he had such an opportunity. If you don't catch it, you're really sorry for the empire and yourself.

Well, now Zhang Xiao has led 4,000 troops into Cuman, and almost a month has passed. I don't know what happened to Zhang Xiao. This made Ma Bond a little worried.

Since the Thirteen Tribes arrived in the Cairo Concession ten days ago, news from the Cuman side has not been heard.

Therefore, during these ten days, Ma Bond never received any news from the Cuman side, which had to make his heart hang.

After all, he Ma Bond is different from Zhang Tie, Wang Shan, and these people in high positions, and he is also a person who has not been allowed to buy materials from the virtual trader.

Therefore, it is impossible for him, like Wang Shan and Zhang Tie, to buy the materials he needs through the virtual world anytime and anywhere, and provide them to his subordinates to carry out some of their military operations.

Therefore, Ma Bond will inevitably have some worries about Zhang Xiao.

This is a very normal thing.

You must know that there is nothing wrong with the Imperial Army led by Zhang Xiao being elite, but the environment in Cuman is very harsh, which is quite unfavorable for them.

Moreover, Zhang Xiao and the others carried a limited amount of supplies, and if they encountered a large-scale battle, they would run out of supplies as long as they encountered a few times.

Then, if such a situation occurs, even the Imperial Army's Jingru will have heavy casualties, and it is possible that the entire army will be annihilated.

Hand-to-hand combat, for the Imperial Army, is also a very brutal kind of battle.

In terms of aspects, the Imperial Army also did not have any advantage.

What's more, the three major tribes of the Cuman region also have a numerical advantage. If Zhang Xiao and the materials they carried were exhausted and they had to engage in hand-to-hand combat, Ma Bangde really didn't have the slightest confidence in this.

Although he had the intention of transporting supplies into Cuman, he would provide Zhang Xiao with a certain amount of security.

However, now the Thirteen Tribes have migrated to the Cairo Concession and left the Cuman Desert.

And when the Thirteen Tribes leave, Zhang Xiao will definitely leave the original station of the Thirteen Tribes to avoid the sharp edge of the Three Tribes.

Therefore, it is impossible for Ma Bond to recklessly let people transport supplies into Cumanistan without being able to grasp Zhang Xiao's exact whereabouts.

If one is not good, these materials will fall into the hands of the three major tribes.

Therefore, Ma Bond now needs to wait for news from Zhang Xiao, and after restoring contact, he and Zhang Xiao can determine a place and time before he can mobilize supplies to enter Kuman to replenish Zhang Xiao.

It's a pity that the last news from Zhang Xiao was obtained ten days ago after the concession in the thirteen tribal areas. In other words, since the thirteen tribes migrated to the concession side, Zhang Xiao's news has been cut off.

It is precisely because of this that Ma Bond is worried.

But he also knows that since some things are already like this, then no matter how worried he is, it will be useless.

So. He could only secretly pray to God, hoping that there would be no accidents on Zhang Xiao's side.

At the same time, Ma Bangde also gritted his teeth with hatred for the Ottomans who secretly provoked the instability of the Cumans and led the current situation.

Yes, if it weren't for the Ottomans, Cuman wouldn't be so messy now.

However, now the Ottomans are not very worried, the fighting in the Mediterranean is in full swing, and the Ottomans have not taken any advantage, but have lost a lot of warships.

Portugal and France held the entrance to the Mediterranean. Withstood the offensive of the vassal states of the Church's military alliance.

At the same time, because of Ma Bond's covert funding, the former Ottoman rebel groups in the north that occupied the Hungarian principality had gained a firm foothold on the side of the Hungarian principality.

A few days ago, information came that the Hungarian Grand Duke had been defeated by the rebel army, and the whole army was wiped out on the border of the Hungarian principality.

Therefore, there will be no war on the side of the Hungarian principality for a short time. It's time to give the rebels a steady period of time.

This news was not very good for the Ottomans.

Because the rebel army occupied the Hungarian principality and had a large territory and population, it put a lot of pressure on the northern Ottoman country.

To know that the rebel army was made up of Serbs. and some other ethnic minorities in the northern part of the former Ottomans, who were so oppressed by the Ottomans that it is not an exaggeration to say that they hate the Ottomans to the core.

Otherwise, there would have been no riots and uprisings.

Now the other side occupies the Hungarian principality. With territory, population, and tax revenue, they were able to get rid of the disadvantages of the rebel army in the early stage, and gradually began to have some advantages.

Predictable. Once the rebel army occupying the Hungarian principality was given some time, then these people would certainly have something to do with the northern Ottoman side.

After all, there is an irreconcilable hatred between the two sides.

And because the suppression of the Serbian rebels was unfavorable, some other areas of the Ottoman Empire began to show signs of instability.

At the same time, the successful occupation of the Hungarian principality by the Serbian rebels also gave some careerists an opportunity.

Many people will think that since the other side can succeed, there is no way for the Ottomans to do so. So why can't you?

Therefore, the Ottomans really felt a headache for the current situation.

Of course, that's the bad side.

However, there were some more sober people among the Ottomans, and they saw a great benefit in this.

That is, if they can strangle the rebel army, in addition to eliminating the hidden danger of unrest, they can also take advantage of the situation to occupy the Hungarian principality and expand the territory of the empire.

Therefore, the Ottomans began to gather troops in the north and prepare for action against the rebel army that occupied the Hungarian principality.

It's just that it is not so easy to mobilize an army in this era, and it will take a year and a half to do the least. Therefore, the rebel army still has a period of stable development that can be exploited.

As long as you can grasp the whole opportunity, strengthen your strength, and at the same time train the soldiers of the rebel army. Then, in the future, against the Ottoman army, there will not necessarily be no chance of winning.

However, it was not so easy for the Ottomans to launch a military operation against the rebels. They have a lot of work to do before they do that.

At the same time, the Ottomans had to consider that they would have to move faster than the Church military alliance.

After all, the Hungarian principality was occupied, and the former Grand Duke of Hungary was defeated. This is a living slap in the face, and it is impossible for the church forces to be indifferent to this.

Therefore, the Ottomans had to defeat the rebels and occupy the Hungarian principality before the church forces could make any moves.

Otherwise, a qiē is all empty talk.

However, the church power is not having a good time now, so the Ottomans still have a good chance. (To be continued......)