Topka Palace was huge, and by the standards of its time, it was a medium-sized city in terms of population and size.

Just the size of Sultan Rem's dormitory is about the same as the Elector's castle, not to mention many palace rooms, and there is even a small Xingyue Temple dedicated to her, which is also where she handles court affairs.

Although most of Suleiman's affairs consulted only with Ibrahim Pasha, and she dealt with some affairs within the court, because of the size and prosperity of the Topka Palace, Sultan Xurem had a lot of power, not to mention that she had been involved in many commercial affairs in the past, running a top-tier merchant fleet and many shops in Istanbul.

The wives and daughters of officials and wealthy businessmen once gathered here to liaise with Sultan Xurem in the name of "Ten Merit", and this mosque was once a small center of power.

It was not easy to get a blanket here, except for the wives and daughters of a few high-ranking officials, the wives and daughters of middle- and lower-class bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen had to bribe the eunuch chief of Sultan Xurem, so that they could rank a little closer to the female sultan when doing the "Ten Merit".

Those women who had a low status and could not afford to pay could only kneel in the flower bed outside the mosque to worship the Lord of the Stars and Moon.

You must know that it is the Little Star Moon Temple, but it is actually not inferior to the main Star Moon Temple in most Ottoman cities.

However, after the "drifting in the strait", Ibrahim Pasha publicly broke with Sultan Xurem and fully supported Grand Prince Mustafa, Ibrahim Pasha's first wife, and the sister of Suleiman the Great, who also went there with her daughter to do the "Ten Merits".

Coupled with the fact that Suleiman the Magnificent had not spent the night in Sultan Xurem's dormitory for a long time, everyone thought that this beautiful female sultan was doomed, and now her chapel was suddenly spacious.

The women went to the small mosque of Misdra Sultan to worship.

The mosque in Xurem is now deserted, except for the eunuchs and palace maids who cannot leave. Only a dozen or so wives of bureaucrats who were too closely associated with Sultan Xurem still came to worship.

And just a few people no longer crowded around Sultan Xurem, but loosely formed a large circle.

Their husbands knew that they and Sultan Xurem were inseparable and could not change their courts, and most of the women did not understand these things, and they were very resistant to burning the cold stove.

On the one hand, they quarreled with their husbands. Asking to go to the more lively little mosque as well, on the one hand, it was not very respectful to Sultan Xurem.

After the salute, the women took their leave, and none of them came up to say some common words about the women's family.

You know, in the past, being able to squeeze around Sultan Xurem was a strenuous task for women.

But Sultan Xurem didn't care, she didn't have any interest in those words in the first place.

She knew that since the husbands of these women had sent their wives, it meant that they were still loyal to themselves, and as for these rude women. In the future, it will be enough to support their husband's other wives.

It will always be different from those who don't send wives.

In his heart, Sultan Xurem had already sentenced several of his subordinates to death.

Like all mothers, Sultan Xurem worries about her sons, but she is confident in her victory in the political battle.

Even if her opponent is an alliance of powerful demons and demigods.

When everyone had left the worship room, Sultan Xurem did not come out at once.

"Shan Shan, Ibrahim Pasha's men have given up, and they really can't get any grip on it." Bursha in the shadows reports to Sultan Xurem. "His actions disgusted several ministers, most of whom believed that the shipwreck was indeed an accident."

Ibrahim Pasha decided that the accident must have been man-made. Most of that material must have been hacked by Sultan Hyrem to be used in her son's war of conquest.

Those floating cattle and sheep were just a trick, and the most valuable weapons and armor, spell-casting materials, and high-grade nutrients must have been transported away a long time ago.

His men jumped up and down, looking for where Sultan Xurem had transported the supplies, turning all possible locations near the Black Sea.

From the dock warehouse to the Xingyue Temple. No possible hiding place has been missed, in order to find those who know the secret unloading, and even torture those survivors of the shipwreck.

All these efforts were ultimately fruitless, and no one saw Xurem Pasha quietly carrying the supplies away.

The shipwreck was certainly not an accident. Sultan Xurem would never allow Prince Mustafa to receive such valuable supplies.

Although the result of the analysis is that even if Prince Mustafa gets these supplies, he will only have a three-in-ten chance of completely conquering Persia, but Sultan Xurem will not pin his hopes on this probability, and she will hold her fate in her hands.

Sultan Shrem nodded to Bursha, not surprised by the findings.

Because although Sultan Xurem did destroy the supplies, she did not embezzle any supplies, and she really poured hundreds of thousands of thalers' supplies directly into the sea.

And those responsible for the destruction are dead.

No matter how hard Ibrahim Pasha tried, he could not extract any secrets from people who really did not know, and the kind of confessions forced by torture were not enough to bring down Sultan Xurem.

Ibrahim Pasha was well versed in politics, and others were confused by Sultan Hurem, but he knew that there were no such coincidences in the world, but he also underestimated Sultan Xurem's strength after all.

"There's a little bit of an accident at the port of Benghazi." Bursa went on to report, "Half a month ago, the Spanish detachment broke through the blockade, provided the defenders with a sum of reinforcements and supplies, and also took away the wounded, which greatly restored the morale of the defenders. ”

Although the Ottoman Empire had a clear advantage in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Spanish galleons were indeed the hegemons of the era.

"Hmph." Sultan Xurem didn't care, "It's just sending reinforcements to the graveyard, our fleet and supplies are ready, right?" ”

Although Suleiman the Magnificent issued an edict for his youngest son to form a fleet and go to the southern shores of the Black Continent, it always took a lot of effort to turn the order into actual force. Especially when the caliph has an ambiguous attitude and the Grand Vizier obstructs it in every possible way.

"Enough supplies have been procured from Egypt and Syria, and one hundred and twenty huge, large sailboats with sails and oars have been assembled and are ready to go." Although there were some difficulties, and many bureaucrats were estranged, they relied on the support of the remaining bureaucrats and the Jews. Sultan Xurem was still able to assemble a fleet large enough to cross the eastern Mediterranean in a very short time, "I have already found an agent in Egypt, and once the port of Benghazi is captured, Prince Baziyed will have the opportunity to go to Egypt to consolidate his rule." ”

The remnants of the resistance in Egypt have been much better off lately, as Sultan Hurem wants his youngest son to brush up on his achievements and put down roots along the Nile.

Although he was confident in the outcome of the struggle, Sultan Hurem had other plans for the situation, and if the palace struggle did not go well, then Baziyed still had the capital to fight a civil war. Egypt has a population of tens of millions, and the land is fertile enough to be king.

This is the love that a mother has for her son.

"Okay, then you go to Tunis again, and tell Heledin Pasha that my son needs his support. But let him know that without his support. My son can also rule Libya and Egypt. Sultan Xurem finally added, "By the way, don't forget to give him a little sweetness, not too much, the urgently needed supplies within 10,000 thalers are ready, and tell him." If my son can inherit his father's place, his son will inherit at least part of his place, either the navy or the territories of Algiers and Tunisia. ”

Bulsa nodded in agreement.

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"Your Highness, since you have made up your mind. If you must rescue the port of Benghazi, then please let me go with you. ”

"This time I'm going to take Sazastan with me, and if you go on the expedition too, who will guard the port of Tripoli for me?"

"With Father Ellan and the old Knight Deverich, plus Mage Helsing, who has returned from the end of mining, this lineup plus four hundred soldiers is enough to guard the port of Tripoli."

Although he opposed Wu Xin's eastward expansion plan at first, Wu Xin had to go, and Cassano finally accepted it, and what he couldn't accept was that Wu Xin wanted him to stay in the port of Tripoli.

In order to convince Wu Xin, Cassano even endured with great perseverance and did not cough.

Wu Xin looked at Kessler and Sazastan and asked for their opinions.

Sazastan was the first to speak: "If we leave this time, maybe we will be completely finished, of course I will not die eighty percent, but you eighty percent will die." If you're dead, what's the point of Cassano alive, it's better to take him with you, and if you want to die, you will die together. ”

The words of the demigod lich really make everyone's face blacken.

"Since you know that eighty percent is going to die, why do you still resolutely support his crusade?!" Cassano was really angry, he somewhat understood why Wu Xin was taking a huge risk to rescue the port of Tripoli, but Sazastan was really a guy who could provoke his teammates.

"I don't know." Sazastan did have some logic that he couldn't figure out, and with the sharpness and instinct of a peak mage, he felt the smoke of the plane war on Wu Xin's body, but he was tossed by Ciric's divine power and the cardinal archbishops for too long, and now he can't clarify the situation, "But I just support Cesare, that is, support." ”

His support was really speechless, and Wu Xin threw him away: "Arrange the affairs of the laboratory to Master Helsing, and arrange the flame of the lighthouse for Sherman Law." ”

"These two low-level beings, no matter how hard I try, what use can they have?" Sazastan said this, but he still plopped to work.

In this sortie, the port of Tripoli will inevitably lose some of the production of nutrients, and the quality will also decline.

The same is true in civil affairs, with Kessler's first seat and Yarra Pastor all having to attack, leaving only a newly promoted First Class Pastor Sherman Law to continue his mission in the country, and fortunately there is a large lighthouse in the port of Tripoli that has a certain natural ability to convert believers.

Of course, it is impossible to compare efficiency compared to when Sazastan was in charge.

There's no way around it, and that's what war is.

"The reinforcements sent to Benghazi by the Knights Hospitaller this time are completely death, and if we can break the siege of Benghazi, then these dozen knights, dozens of apprentices and servants, will definitely reconsider their identification with us. We were able to recruit some people to join the Port of Tripoli group. Even if you don't join our part, it is a great good fate, and with this favor, His Royal Highness Xibo may not be able to become the chief head of the Knights Hospitaller in the future. It was Kessler's explanation that made Cassano feel reliable, "Presumably for the emperor, His Royal Highness Sibo went down to be the chief of the Knights Hospitaller." That's the best thing to do, he wouldn't mind having the Spanish team fully support us. ”

Kessler said as he looked at Galile, who was with Dawang.

The druid and the Ripper were gnawing on a lizard that had just been caught from the desert, and Galile knew he couldn't speak, but he knew the Emperor and Juana would like the offer.

He's even thinking about how to take the credit to himself.

Juana's second son, who is now raised in Madrid by his elder brother as his second son, is the main conflict between the two monarchs of Madrid and Vienna.

Although Ladislaus is likely to marry the princess of a powerful country, if they have a child. Then Wu Xin is not Juana's enemy.

But if Wu Xin had accepted the position of the head of a religious knight order earlier, then everyone would have been more assured to form a united front and deal with the wife who didn't know where he was, and the children who didn't know if they would have it.

Of course, Wu Xin can still have a formal mistress with a good background, they will not interfere, and even take the initiative to find a concubine of a Spanish nobleman, as long as Wu Xin is the head of the regiment, his branch can no longer claim the core assets of the Habsburg family.

"The head of the Knights Hospitaller has a high name. is barely worthy of His Royal Highness Xibo. Cassano shook his head, though, "But Eli Adam, the head of the regiment, always has the full support of the French team." Now that it's mixed up like this, this position is empty after all. ”

The so-called "like this" is this reluctant support operation, which, according to Galilei, was not the original intention of the head of the regiment at all, but was forced by the emperor to do nothing.

The emperor's intelligence channels were far superior to Wu Xin's, and he knew immediately that the Ottoman Empire had refocused its attention on the Spanish-Austrian alliance.

For the Knights Hospitaller. Naturally, it was best to concentrate all his forces on the island of Malta, but for the emperor, he was unwilling to let the battle line be pushed directly to the Central Mediterranean, but asked the Knights Hospitaller to resist and delay as much time as possible.

The island of Malta was extremely dependent on the Emperor's support for supplies. Naturally, it was impossible not to obey the emperor's orders.

The Marquis of Bazin broke into the port of Benghazi with a detachment of troops, sending hundreds of reinforcements and corresponding supplies.

Although there were supplies, anyone could see that this was still half a foot in the Great Bazaar of Slaves in Istanbul.

They must have great resentment, and if Wu Xin can save them, he will definitely be able to get great recognition.

And the emperor will not object to his control of Benghazi, and the port of Tripoli is better than the island of Malta, so the emperor will naturally support himself.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be told to Cassano, that is, Wu Xin's three reincarnation world teammates are also in danger.

Although Galilei didn't know who was sent to support Benghazi, Wu Xin knew that it must be a few weak languages that bore the brunt, and the French and Spanish groups were bound to produce some people, and those who were not from noble backgrounds were all dangerous, such as Villefort.

Now Delia, Villefort, Joel, eighty percent are in the port of Benghazi.

"What is the chief commander and not the chief commander, do you think it is so easy to thwart the grand strategy of the Ottoman Empire? Even the emperor and the regent are open, and I told you, this eastward march is eighty percent death. Sazastan's voice came from afar, "If you don't die, it's not too late for you to dream." ”

Wu Xin ignored him and began to command the troops out of the city, anyway, Sazastan would be able to catch up.

And Father Erlan didn't even come to see him off.

Of course he was unhappy, but the main reason why he didn't come was that Wu Xin arranged too much work for him at once.

It is not an easy task to travel hundreds of miles from the port of Tripoli to the port of Benghazi in a month's time.

In order to squeeze all the vassal tribes to the limit in order to gather enough camels to maintain logistics, and of course, to send emissaries to the island of Malta, the Knights Hospitaller and the Spanish Mediterranean Detachment must also fight. (To be continued.) )