Destiny Only Han

"There are enemies!"

"Withdraw to the port!"

Chen Cheng waved his arms and ordered the Han army who had already walked outside to return to the dock.

Judging from the sound, the enemy attacking at this moment is a large group of cavalry.

Although the Egyptian cavalry was all that mattered, the Han infantry was strong enough to drive them back head-on.

But the so-called know yourself, know your enemy, and win every battle. Now you don't know the number of opponents, and you don't know who the opponent's leader is. It's the best choice to be safe first.

The important thing is that unlike the orphans adopted by the mothers of overseas dispatched troops, the fleet named after the Royal Navy is equipped with artillery!

Although the battleship that carried them to land and raid today is not too big, there are always three or four hundred artillery pieces!

The so-called poor is interspersed with tactics, and the rich is bombed by Lao Tzu!
Therefore, under the command of Chen Cheng, groups of Han troops ran back with smiles, raising their heads from time to time to shout at the Royal Navy, who was frantically raising the sails and adjusting the position of the battleship in the distance, with a tone full of sarcasm.

After all, there are navy red deer on one side and army red deer on the other. The battle between the red deer is inevitable...

Dou Guangguo and Chen Cheng smiled at each other, and silently distanced themselves.

Chen Cheng is the second officer of the Anman Governor's Mansion, and the commander in chief to capture the port this time, so he naturally has to support his own infantry.

What Dou Guangguo is going to do next is the governor of Egypt. The coastline is long and he needs the strong support of the Royal Navy. More importantly, he is the emperor's brother-in-law, and the navy is headed by the royal family, so he naturally stands on the side of the navy without thinking... …

Gradually, the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, and the dust raised by the cavalry was like a khaki python, rushing into the city meanderingly.

But unlike the Han infantry and the Royal Marines who were waiting in full battle at the pier, who looked terrified in silence, a series of cheers erupted on the battleship with the side cover opened to reveal a door of black cannons.

"It's the Han army, the Han army cavalry!"

"Correction, those bastards from the Black Sail Knights..."

"Really, get up and let me shoot them twice..."

"How much hatred?"

"Why, did you forget that they robbed us of our spoils last time?"

"Okay, blast them to death!"

On the pier, Chen Cheng and Dou Guangguo, who were far apart, looked at each other and smiled again, and then quickly walked towards the cavalry of the Han army who had already rushed forward.

They all know the person at the head.

Insects.

After all, one of them is the second-generation hero of Feng Pei, and the other is Liu Ying's brother-in-law, so they are no strangers to the second-generation Chong Zhong.

"Hahaha, why did you come here?" Chen Cheng punched Chong Zhong.

"If you can come, can't I?" Chong Zhong smiled, looked at Dou Guangguo and asked, "He's finally here. Where's that old man Wu She? He didn't come?"

"In the back, it will be about half a day." Dou Guangguo said briefly, and at the same time his mind became active.

What Liu Ying promised him was [-] Han army guards, and at the same time did not restrict him from recruiting troops locally, and allowed him to mobilize the Greek city-states, Macedonian and Seleucid troops to fight together in the future.

But the crux of the problem is that the [-] guards are still floating on the sea, and the local army and the allied forces are still missing. He wants to quickly open up the situation in Egypt, conquer the fertile land in the Nile River Basin, and at the same time measure the location and location of the canal. To calculate the amount of construction, you need a strong army!
Obviously, the Black Sail Knights are the ideal choice for this!

Elite cavalry, coupled with artillery, is enough to walk sideways in this place thousands of miles away from Han!

So when Dou Guangguo talked with Chong Zhong, his tone couldn't help becoming flattering.

So, Chongzhong rubbed the goosebumps on his arms that did not exist:

"Can you be normal, your eyes remind me of the feeling of being stared at by those good guys when I was in Pergamon..."

"Brother, could it be because you have been on the boat for a long time?"

"There are no sheep on board?"

Under Chen Cheng's wanton laughter, Dou Guangguo blushed and denied Sanlian: "I'm not, I haven't, don't talk nonsense!"

Chong Zhong shook his head indifferently: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go to Arish City with me later, and I'll let that kid Fan Kuang take you there to relax..."

Before Dou Guangguo became angry, Chen Cheng said with a smile:

"Stop talking about what's there and what's not..."

"I ask you, why did you appear here?"

Chong Zhong smiled and said:

"I led an army to raid the Egyptian camp and captured their chief minister. After interrogation, I learned that there is a port not far from the battlefield. Gold and silver..."

"Bah, location is very important..."

"So, for the sake of a smooth follow-up march, I immediately led the army to the south, but in the end I was too fast, but you still took the lead..."

"Hahaha, let's talk about it first, the old rules, half of the meeting!"

Dou Guangguo: ...

Chen Cheng: ...Fire!
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"That's not much..." Chongzhong was disappointed, looking at the property looted from the local governor's house, he frowned silently: "Are you sure this is the governor? Isn't it a big dog in the country?"

Beside him, Chen Cheng had the same expression.

At the moment, the seven or eight large boxes placed in front of them are mainly filled with copper coins, basically no gold and silver that can blind people's eyes can be seen.

The important thing is that this copper coin is not a five baht coin, but a small currency made by the Ptolemaic Dynasty itself, and the quality is visible to the naked eye!
After all, Egypt is a country of successors. In the early years, Egypt under the rule of the Ptolemy family mainly relied on mercenaries, whose salaries were paid in currency.

After Ptolemy II, Egypt was involved in wars for Syria, Greece, Asia Minor and other places. Coupled with the extravagance of the royal family, it was natural that a large amount of impurities should be mixed with a small amount of precious metals to search for the fat of the people... …

Therefore, even if it is the governor of the garrison, the quality of the coins in his hand is very poor...

But this is just floating money.

On the other side, Dou Guangguo was leading a few small local merchants to clean up the ledgers confiscated from the darkroom of the Governor's Mansion.

"Nineteen villas, 740 white-headed birds and domestic geese...560 donkeys to ride on, [-] one to pack donkeys...[-] bottles of olive oil, [-] barrels of wine...[-] atabas of wheat ( unit of weight).

Chong Zhong leaned over and asked, "That's not much, where did all his money go?"

Dou Guangguo looked at the account book in his hand again, and shook his head:

"We came at the wrong time. This guy just sent the collected taxes and savings to Alexandria...According to the words above, it's a full 30 drachmas...silver!"

"Well, the drachma is the Greek name for money."

Chongzhong looked at Dou Guangguo's re-transcribed account book again, and suddenly thumped the table: "Damn crocodile!"

Chen Cheng turned his head and asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

Chong Zhong shook his head and sighed:

"Didn't I say before that I succeeded in kicking the battalion and chasing deserters?"

"Those guys ran faster than rabbits, and they ran to the river in a short time. Then they jumped into the river and started to swim to the opposite bank. We wanted to cross the river too, but those guys scared the crocodile lying on the bank. At that time, the surface of the river turned red!"

"Then, our horses were startled, and they didn't want to go into the water no matter what they pumped. We could only watch thousands of routs flee..."

Chen Cheng blinked: "Well... what does this have to do with what you are talking about now?"

"Don't worry, it's almost here!" Chong Zhong pointed to the account book in Dou Guangguo's hand: "There is a date written on it, I roughly estimated that the bullock cart he transported the money should be on the other side of the river at this time, if we chased across the river , but with a little bit of luck, maybe it will happen!"

"That's it? It's beautiful to have a pony face!" Chen Cheng ruthlessly complained: "Then I said we came two days earlier, didn't we just get the money when we ransacked the house? They were secretly escorted, since If you didn’t take the water, you must have taken the path, not to mention that you haven’t crossed the river, even if you did, you might not be able to meet them!”

Chongzhong sighed: "Hey... I can only comfort myself like this."

Beside him, Dou Guangguo's eyes lit up, as if he suddenly remembered something: "You just said that the camp was successful... how many prisoners of war were captured?"

Chongzhong smiled triumphantly: "I don't know the exact number yet, but there are always seven or eight thousand!"

Then, Chen Cheng's eyes lit up on the other side.

"Sell it to me!"

"Sell it to me!"

He glanced at Dou Guangguo who spoke the same lines, and immediately became tense.

Dou Guangguo wanted to build a canal, and he also needed to appease people. Naturally, he needed these captives, and Chen Cheng was the same. Most of his family's defense was blown out, and infrastructure such as ports and irrigation canals naturally required a lot of human resources.

Prisoners of war are better than casually recruited civilians!

These people are strong workers, and allowing them to redeem themselves through labor can be regarded as giving them hope. As long as there is no abuse and enough food, the work efficiency and enthusiasm of the prisoners of war will naturally increase!

After all, there are no Geneva Conventions these days, especially in places like the Eastern Mediterranean where wildness and civilization coexist. The purpose of fighting is to rob money, food, women, and territory. As male soldiers, if they are captured on the battlefield, they are usually captured. put to death...

That's why those captured Roman prisoners of war are always thinking about running away.

That is not only their desire for freedom, but more importantly, they have the default rules of war.

Finish the job first, then execute them all!

They treated the Carthaginians, Gauls, and Celts that way, so they were naturally worried that they would be treated like this by the Han people.

Therefore, after they received amnesty and signed employment contracts written in Latin and Chinese, they gradually felt relieved, especially those soldiers who were already good at civil engineering and were no strangers to cement. Actively make plans...

Therefore, Dou Guangguo and Chen Cheng naturally focused on these prisoners of war.

So, Chongzhong burst into joy immediately: "Let's make a price! Well, don't talk, you two stand on one side and write down the price with your backs facing each other!"

He is different from the two heads opposite. As the Grand Master of the Black Sail Knights, he is a professional in this kind of thing!

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Suez City, Suburbs.

On the endless river oasis, there are cavalrymen of the Han army riding horses and holding halberds everywhere.

Behind them, there are Egyptian civilians following closely behind in an ox cart.

At this moment, they are going to follow the cavalry of the Han army to do a very trendy thing.

Grab money and food...

Well, to free themselves from the Egyptians who exploited them and oppressed them, and to take back the fields and houses that belonged to them but were later forcibly taken by the officials of the Ptolemaic dynasty!
At first they didn't believe that the Han people had such good intentions.

After all, the history of Egypt since the time of the pharaohs is a history of blood and tears of successive conquests by foreigners. The Assyrians enslaved them, the Persians enslaved them, and the Greeks, Romans, and later other nations also enslaved them.

How can Han people be an exception?

But they quickly changed their old views.

After all, those Han soldiers who seemed invincible at first glance not only did not rob them of their food, but also gave bread and olive oil to the poor, and more importantly, the other party did not seize their women!

Although, the women in my family are behaving in various ways...

But this is not important, what is important is that they will follow behind the Chinese soldiers and judge those Greek bureaucrats and tax collectors who used to be aloof!
Each of these Egyptian civilians who hurriedly followed the soldiers of the Han army had the scars of being severely whipped for not paying taxes!
The Ptolemaic Dynasty implemented the same tax-contracting system as the Greek city-states. The country’s taxes were collected by the tax-contractors according to the law, and the tax-contractors bid for each year. Therefore, the types of taxes were terrifying...

Such as land tax, oil crop tax, salt tax, house tax, customs duty, trade tax, labor tax, service income tax and burial tax...

Therefore, under this kind of tax subsidy system that pays enough to the country and the rest is their own, the people are naturally miserable. The whole of Egypt is like a vat of buried explosives, waiting to be ignited by someone, and then the tide sweeps...

It's a pity that in the original history, they didn't erupt in silence, and finally died in silence. All the glory in the past was buried in the yellow sand in the sky like those mottled pyramids.

But now it's different.

In the far east, an empire called Han spread the light of civilization to every corner of the world!
The fire of the great man has already started a prairie fire!
Therefore, those Egyptian civilians with bullock carts are extremely eager to see those high-ranking bureaucrats and tax contractors, and then crucify them just like they crucified their fathers and brothers. !

In particular, some of the extremely radical Egyptian civilians even showed a somewhat gloomy expression on their faces when they passed by the temple with its closed gate.

There, there are statues of Ptolemy II and his queen, his sister Arsino!
Are they also worthy of being called gods?
As a result, the radical Egyptian civilians immediately found the interpreters accompanying the team, trying to get them to guide the Han soldiers to turn around and go to the temple.

After all, in the land of Egypt, no one is richer than temples!

ps: The Romans have had cement for a long time. After all, there are many volcanoes in his land, and pozzolanic cement will be formed when the volcano erupts. Many Roman buildings left to this day use this material.