The situation of the Wu Xin Group is very good, and the status of the old Devere Richie is rising extremely quickly in this group.

Of course, he was in a good mood because of this, especially today when he met his favorite guest again.

"Anyway, we've been doing a good job lately." After summing up the information, the old Knight Deverichy said this to the envoy from the island of Malta.

This emissary had a bright bald head, none other than the Knight of Perón of the Spanish group.

"It's not just good, Brother Deverlich, this is no longer a stronghold, but a vigorous new force. His Royal Highness the Chief Commander will be very pleased. "Originally, the Knight of Perón didn't have any expectations for the port of Tripoli to ask for help, but when he arrived, he unexpectedly found that he could really bring a rescue force for the port of Benghazi." Please be sure to save the port of Benghazi, the Ottomans assassinated His Highness Meredi and lost His Majesty's chosen people, and the brothers in the port of Benghazi are no longer capable of continuing to fight against the Ottomans. ”

On the night of the plot against Meladi, the Ottomans sent troops to launch a surprise attack on the port of Benghazi, but although most of the French knights were paralyzed and thought that the Ottomans would not attack at this time, their vigilance was reduced to the extreme, but the Ottoman raid failed.

The young knight Valletta, the teacher of the fisherman Joel, decided that an Ottoman attack was imminent after Meredi left the port of Benghazi.

Although he was unable to convince Meredi to leave, nor could he convince the senior knights to trust his judgment, he succeeded in convincing a number of young apprentices, and together with the village guards controlled by Joel, he succeeded in buying time for the main force of the Knights, and finally broke through the Ottoman raiding detachment, and the knights of Benghazi finally avoided being knocked down.

However, they still had to face a siege by an army of enemies several times their size. A thousand Ottoman soldiers, who had the advantage at sea, put the Knights Hospitaller in Benghazi completely in a situation of being beaten passively.

The port of Benghazi did not ask for help from the port of Tripoli, which is closer, but, of course, to the island of Malta.

After all, although the knights of the French group didn't know exactly how Meredi died, they still knew about her collusion with the Ottomans against Wu Xin.

Of course, the most important reason is that they don't think that the situation in the port of Tripoli will be much better than their own, and it is good to be able to hold on. Not to mention supporting them.

However, the fierce fighting in the Sultanate of Tunisia has made the island of Malta extremely tense, and it is making every effort to strengthen its defenses.

In the face of the main army of Haireddin that was close at hand, of course, it was impossible for the chief of the Ileadam regiment to divide his forces to rescue the secondary port of Benghazi at this time, and he did not think that the port of Tripoli could save anyone, and he even thought that Wu Xin Bacheng had also been arrested and taken to Istanbul.

In order to maintain his already unstable position, he played a trick of shirking responsibility, and sent a Spanish knight to ask for troops from the port of Tripoli, and in his heart he had already regarded the small ship and the knight as a loss.

"Brother Deverrich. Don't you understand that once the Ottomans wiped out the port of Benghazi, the next target would be the port of Tripoli. "The knight of Peron already felt that he was going to carry out a meaningless mission, and he was really overjoyed when he found out that the port of Tripoli did have a certain combat power, but he also knew that the contradiction between Wu Xin and Meredi was very big." The ports of Benghazi and Tripoli are the only two strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller in the northern part of the Black Continent, and they can only coexist if they support each other. ”

He wanted to convince Wu Xin. First co-exist, internal problems. Resolved internally.

"Where the hell is the son of His Royal Highness the Regent, let me come and see me, the Knights Hospitaller is a barrier between Spain and Austria, and it is in the interest of the Warlock royal family to rescue Benghazi." Perón, as a Spaniard, does have a position to say this. "Don't tell me he's not in town. I went on patrols, I went to a meeting or something. ”

Old Deverrich smiled slightly, isn't this the excuse used by the Spaniards when they refused to see him in the past, how much did he eat in order to be able to ask for a little nourishment for the apprentices in the German group?

I have to say. He's feeling so good now.

"Hmph, those French may have surrendered to the Ottomans, and are waiting for us to sell us to the Ottomans as soon as we arrive." Moreover, Wu Xin and the others could not trust the French group in the port of Benghazi, and the old Deverrich then told Veron about how Meredi was finished. "And that His Royal Highness Meredi was so greedy for her own that she thought she could rely on foreign enemies to avenge her personal revenge, which led to the loss of her life in vain, and put the port of Benghazi in jeopardy, and if she stayed in Benghazi honestly, it would be easy to kill a voter of His Majesty, a wanderer at the level of a town."

Knight Peron, as the knight in charge of blending the various groups in the Spanish group, immediately grasped the hint of old De Vlichy, and he grew his mouth in surprise: "You said that His Royal Highness Meredi .........."

"I didn't say anything." Old Devlich would not directly accuse a Ciric voter, and the strength of the Wu Xin group could not do such a thing. "But don't worry too much, Brother Peron, the port of Tripoli has just repelled several waves of Ottoman attacks, this is one of the safest places in the Mediterranean, you can stay here and wait until the situation changes before returning to Malta."

Old Deverich's words hit Peron's soft underbelly, what he was most afraid of was to return to Malta Island empty-handed, and he might be used as a scapegoat by Chief Commander Eli Adam or secondly, he also has a heel, and the bigwigs of the Spanish group will not ignore him, after all, he is not responsible for this matter at all, and the relationship between Wu Xin and the emperor and the regent makes it impossible for any Spaniard to force him.

The most terrifying thing was the dangerous journey, he was already nervous by the pirate trail on the way here, and it would be a nightmare to go back and experience it again.

"That's not good, Malta needs me!" But of course, the knight of Veron could not say yes.

Old Devrichy hurriedly said: "How can it be, Malta Island has the chief of Eliadam and dozens of loyal knights, nearly a thousand soldiers, that is really solid." On the contrary, the port of Tripoli is suffering from internal and external troubles and is sparsely staffed. We need a good knight like the Peron brothers. ”

"yes, yes, the German and Italian groups are too few people, which is really worrying." At this time, Father Erlan also came, and he grabbed Veron and left. "Brother Belon, you have been in charge of the operation of the Spanish group, and you have come at the right time to come and see the camel hair and flax we produce here, they are all good goods."

"There's no way to do business on the island of Malta and here right now............"

"Heck, there will always be a gap in the war, we will definitely be able to repel the infidels, prepare first, and act immediately when the business comes. That's the right thing to do. ”

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"Your Excellency Xibo, your kindness, our Hasf family will never forget!"

"It's nothing, kindness, my friend, save you, and save yourself, if the city of Gabes is finished. The port of Tripoli will not last long. ”

Perón misunderstood, Wu Xin was indeed not in the port of Tripoli. He left Sazastan with a company to look at, and had re-arrived in Zuwara with Cassano and Kessler, as well as two other companies.

Here, he met with Princess Serafi and the emissary of the House of Hasf, also known as Murray Hassan.

The uncle still does not claim to be the Sultan, but he has been recognized by most of the remaining Hasfs. Even a selfish person like Princess Serafi hopes that he can revive the strength of the Hasf family, after all, if the big tree of Hasf falls, her value will be limited.

With her help, Murray-Hassan's emissary booked a meeting with Wu Xin in advance. He doesn't even have to go to the port of Tripoli.

Wu Xin arranged to establish a marble mining settlement, and then took his troops along the way to Zuwara.

This gesture surprised the messenger, and Wu Xin's attitude meant that his master would not have to pay too much to get support.

Moreover, the military appearance of Wu Xin's 400-strong troops also surprised this envoy, their marching queues were tightly ordered, almost everyone had armor, most of them were iron sheet armor, and many of them were wearing full-body iron armor!

All knights were given steel armor.

Wu Xin was actually not satisfied, he dismantled his old company and formed three new companies, the company with the highest proportion of veterans is still in the port of Tripoli, although he has been in contact with all sides, there should be no enemy who will attack the port of Tripoli, but if the defense is not tight enough, then the ally will also become the enemy.

However, this army is based on veterans of the Knights Hospitaller, most of whom are supplemented by Hungarian immigrants, and a very small number of residents of the Black Continent.

Most of these residents of the Black Continent were the craziest and most bitter and bitter people in the criticism and fighting activities some time ago, and they were all unreligious, never doing the "Ten Merits", and after executing the literate locals as a firing squad, they not only got some property that originally belonged to the rich family, but also got a chance to be truly accepted by Wu Xin.

Of course, those who were executed by them did not include the families who had long been allowed to live in the port of Tripoli.

They were not chopped and killed, but were truly guilty before they were tried according to the law, or put to death or forced labor.

Although they became Wu Xin's knife, in the terrible mutual informing, many people were dug up for their crimes.

Of course, Wu Xin would not protect them, he had foreseen all this a long time ago.

Wu Xin's goal has always been all the literate residents of Xingyue, so he doesn't care who is the local tyrant and inferior gentry, who is the kind gentleman, who knows the history of his nation, who can recite the poems of his own nation, and who is Wu Xin's enemy.

Of course, these families, who have taken refuge for a long time, will not be persecuted, and they will receive a fair trial.

Even so, the houses allocated to these wealthy families in the early stage are still quite vacant.

The houses inside these castles were auctioned off to immigrants from Europe.

Wu Xin got a few thousand thalers, a small part of it was gold, and most of it was nutrients and spell casting materials, who wouldn't like a house protected by city walls.

The enthusiasm of these people was used by Wu Xin, deepening his control.

But Wu Xin still can't trust them unreservedly, although they have committed a great crime against their own people, but their conscience may one day wake them up.

Wu Xin was careful not to give them a chance to huddle, taught them Latin, and broke them up into various squads, ensuring that the proportion of European immigrants and veterans in each squad was absolutely superior.

And he also organized committees of soldiers who could report directly to him, nominally as a channel for soldiers to expose officers who did not report to him.

Primary purpose. He didn't want the practice of whistleblowing to prevail, and he didn't want to be blind and deaf, so he had to have this organization.

Despite this, Wu Xin still felt that the proportion of local residents was too high, but the current military appearance had already impressed the envoy. They have a completely unfelt sense of organization and discipline in the rotting Tunisian army.

Of course, Wu Xin's cavalry team of fifty people is much inferior, most of the cavalry team composed of nomads is completely loose, and several knights and trainees as officers, especially Colmona trainees, have been pumping them, but after all, the time is still short, and the effect is not good.

After gaining a large number of immigrants. Wu Xin sold most of the slaves and exchanged them for supplies.

Wu Xin doesn't trust the slavery system, slaves are inefficient and dangerous labor, and if he has a choice, he is not willing to use it, he would rather change it for more heavy armor.

In most cases, a slave is worth less than a piece of iron armor, let alone in today's situation.

Not to mention that although Wu Xin had a few payment gems from the Jewish Chamber of Commerce, he couldn't buy the armor in time.

These armors. Most of it is the ransom fee of Bursa.

A Florentine banker, apparently also a Jew. Probably also a hermit, bringing with him one hundred and twenty pieces of iron armor and twenty-five pieces of steel armor.

These armors are worth more than 10,000 thalers in Europe, and are strategic materials that are difficult to estimate on the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

Such a huge ransom bought both Bursa and Turgut at the same time, which made Wu Xin a little strange, but the other party's bid made him have no need to say more.

And that's not all. He also swore to Kashus and Jego that he would not divulge any information related to the capture of the two of them, Wu Xin felt that he did not need to worry about Kashus, but he also signed his name on the little black book, and at that moment he clearly felt that an agreement had been reached. An agreement that would have serious consequences if it was violated, and he felt that it was better for him not to break his word.

These armors, combined with the armor that Wu Xin procured through Sherlock and the leather armor collected from the local tribes, made it possible for everyone in his company to have armor.

Armor of such value is not only very helpful to the morale of the troops, but also makes them trust Wu Xin more, armor is life many times.

Murray-Hassan's troops had no such spirit, and in the emissary's opinion, the soldiers were inferior to even the worst cavalry.

He was also impressed by Wu Xin's authority in the ranks, with Murray Hassan's authority much worse, and many of the powerful and supporters of the Hasf family just reluctantly accepted his leadership.

After less than half a month, Wu Xin returned to Zuwara again, and the situation here was even worse than when he left.

The remnants of the inhabitants are less than 2,000, but the Snake and the outlying nomadic tribes are vying for the power vacuum left by Amin.

"None of these thugs are subjects of the Sultanate of Tunisia, and His Highness Murray-Hassan has no objection to your extermination of them, Your Excellency Sibo." When Zuwara was occupied by Amin, the Sultanate of Tunisia, which had not yet been raided, was powerless, let alone now, "After the expulsion of Haireddin, Zuwara and the port of Tripoli can be completely united, Siber, you can create your own emir state!" ”

Princess Serafi was a little worried, this bid was really not much, and it had to be postponed to confirm it, she originally thought that her uncle would promise Gabes to Wu Xin.

"Emir Country?" Wu Xin was really a little dissatisfied, regardless of the fact that it didn't seem to be for the territory, but dissatisfied with the rank implied in the name.

The envoy hurriedly said: "It is not impossible if you call it a principality internally, in any case you have no obligation to the Sultanate of Tunisia, it is not for you to submit to Tunisia, but some old nobles cannot accept the cession of land to the infidels, if it can be called the emir state, their opposition will be smaller." ”

"But it's not just your nobles who will be delusional about this name, but my subordinates will also be suspicious of me." Wu Xin's attitude is actually not very tough. "You must make it up to me!"

"Of course, of course, His Highness Murray-Hassan will allow you to recruit tribes in the southern region of the Sultanate of Tunisia who are willing to settle in Zuwara and the port of Tripoli, and all nomadic tribes can choose whether to be loyal to the port of Tripoli or Tunisia." This condition was not very favorable either, after all, most nomads had no reason to be loyal to the infidels, so the envoy had a small addition, and he handed a cloak to Wu Xin. "This cloak once belonged to King Louis IX Capet of France, who was captured in Tunisia and paid a ransom of hundreds of thousands of thalers to be able to return to Europe."

The gift was actually quite a painstaking one, and the Capets were the old enemies of the Habsburgs.

Wu Xin unexpectedly took the cloak covered with golden lilies, and he handed it to Ode Kessler next to him.

The first seat of heat has been studying for a long time, and it is impossible to see the effect of this treasure, but the patterns, materials, and magic fluctuations on it are unmistakable.

He leaned into Wu Xin's ear and said to him: "It is definitely a core-level magical artifact, and what the King of France wears on his body, even if it does not consider the historical value, is worth at least five thousand thalers." ”

After being silent for a while, Wu Xin reluctantly nodded: "Okay, this is the pain of the French, naturally it is something I like." ”

Princess Serafi was greatly relieved to see that the two sides had reached an agreement, and her mother was still in the city of Gabbes, which was controlled by Murray Hassan.

She hurriedly made fun.

"Those damn mobs, scared my Persian cats away!" Princess Serafi was quite angry, but she had completely forgotten to protect her two dogs that had died in battle, and Wu Xin had left her to protect her and the knights and apprentices who had escaped from Zuwara safely, and she was not at all grateful to them. "My clothes are all burned again, Cesare, you must help me get them back!"

Her arrogance and attitude just now still annoyed Wu Xin, and although the female knight Deverichy was not around, Wu Xin was still in no mood to give her any warm response.

However, in order to make her look more majestic in front of the envoy, Wu Xin still said to her seriously: "Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness the Princess. (To be continued......)