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Chapter 1607 Saladin Returns

"kill!"

Ruan Xiaoqi roared, and several ships sailed into the port. The soldiers quickly rushed to the dock and took control of the entire port.

The biggest noble in the port, but the lord of this port city was hiding in his castle and dared not come out.

"What's going on?"

The bearded noble asked as he looked at the guards coming in.

"Lord City Lord, the enemy... there are enemies! There are so many ships! They are coming in!"

The guard pointed outside and said breathlessly.

"kill!"

At this moment, shouts and screams were heard, and the sound was very close, as if it was just outside the castle.

"Where did the enemy come from? Aren't those Qi people still in Isfahan?"

The city lord immediately spoke up and said that they belonged to the Seljuk Empire, but now Sanjar had been defeated by the Qi State, and the capital Isfahan had also been captured. These remote cities of theirs had already begun to govern themselves, relying on the defense of the mountains to try to establish their own city.

With a loud explosion, the castle door was blown open and the strange army rushed in.

"Who's in charge here?"

Ruan Xiaoqi walked into the hall with an arrogant step and spoke with a smile on his face.

"I am... I am the lord of this city!"

The bearded city lord immediately stepped forward and answered.

"Humph!"

Ruan Xiaoqi looked at the city lord and snorted coldly.

The soldiers immediately stepped forward and swung down with the back of their swords, hitting the city lord directly in the knee. The city lord fell to his knees in pain.

"How dare you, a mere barbarian from a lowly country, not kneel before the general of my Celestial Empire! I think you are courting death!"

Ruan Xiaoqi sneered.

The city lord was used to enjoying himself on weekdays and had never suffered such torture. He lay on the ground wailing.

"Have you had enough of howling?"

Ruan Xiaoqi listened to the city lord's wailing and said impatiently that the two blows from the knife just now could at most cause this guy to break his bones, it was impossible for him to wail so miserably, it was obvious that he was just trying to be pitiful on purpose.

"grown ups!"

The city lord stopped wailing and now lay on the ground looking at Ruan Xiaoqi and spoke.

"This place already belongs to Qi. If you behave yourself, you can still keep your life. If you dare to rebel, you will die!"

Ruan Xiaoqi looked at the city lord and spoke.

"The Qi army!"

The city lord looked at Ruan Xiaoqi in shock. He didn't expect that the people in front of him were actually the Qi army.

"What? Don't believe it?"

Ruan Xiaoqi looked at the city lord and smiled.

"No! No! It's just that I heard that the Qi army is still in Isfahan, and the vanguard has only reached Shiraz and Kerman, which is still far away from here."

The city lord said tremblingly.

"Give me the list and details of the city!"

Ruan Xiaoqi looked at the city lord and asked.

Naturally, the city lord did not dare to raise any objection and immediately sent someone to fetch the list.

The same thing happened in other port cities. Huge ships smashed into those ports like giant hammers.

The news spread quickly, just like it had wings. The people in the surrounding kingdoms were all in a panic. Compared to the terrifying Qi army, the navy made them even more uneasy. If the army wanted to attack various places, they had to travel through mountains and rivers, but the navy was different. They could reach various places at any time by sea. …

Western Zagros Mountains.

Sun Lei led his army slowly out of the mountains.

"Is this the Tigris River? It looks just ordinary!"

Sun Lei looked at the river in front of him and said, the famous two river basins are nothing more than this. Compared with the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, it is far inferior. In the East, it is just a larger river.

"Your Majesty, although this river is ordinary, this plain is quite good. It is obviously a top-quality land!"

Li Zhu said that compared to the mountainous plateaus of Persia, the plains here are truly full of gold.

"There have been tribes here for thousands of years, roughly the same period as our Yellow Emperor!"

Sun Lei said that civilizations such as Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon were born here, but it was a pity that these civilizations had long been lost in history and had not been continuously inherited.

"That's impossible. How could there be people here so long ago? Did Nuwa create humans so far away?"

Li Zhu and others looked at Sun Lei in surprise. The Yellow Emperor lived in a very distant period and there were not many things left. However, according to legend, humans were created by the goddess Nuwa out of clay in her own image.

But Nuwa was a deity from the Central Plains, so how could she come to such a faraway place to create humans? Moreover, the people here looked strange and strange, and were obviously not of the same species.

"Although there are stupid people everywhere, the birth of a tribe does not require many smart people, as long as the environment is suitable! Didn't the tribes of Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou all live in the Central Plains with rich land and beautiful environment? The environment here is actually not bad, a group of savages can survive here!"

Sun Lei said that the existence of human beings does not mean the existence of civilization. A group of stupid people can live happily in a paradise.

"Your Majesty is right. Let alone these barbarians, even cats and dogs can live well as long as they live in the right place!"

Li Kui said with a smile that he had a simple mind and thought that any wild beast was no different from the others. All he needed to do was eat well, drink well, and sleep well. It was that simple.

"Ha ha!"

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this.

"Your Majesty, we spotted a large number of cavalry on the other side of the river ahead. Look, the flags are Saladin's!"

Yue Fei came on horseback to report.

"Why is this guy haunting us?"

  Sun Lei said a little irritably that Saladin should chase to Jerusalem and cause trouble for the Leper King Baldwin IV, why would he come after him?

"Your Majesty, do you want to deal with him?"

Yue Fei looked at Sun Lei and asked for a fight.

"Forget it, let's see what he's going to do!"

Sun Lei shook his head.

Although it was already October, the temperature was still over 30 degrees. It was too hot even with two layers of clothes on, so Sun Lei took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It's already snowing and winter in the Central Plains now!"

Sun Lei sighed.

"According to the season, it should have snowed twice by now!"

Wu Song said, this is only near Liangshan City in the Central Plains. If it were Liaodong or the Western Regions, it would probably be covered with snow and white.

When Sun Lei arrived at the river, Saladin on the other side of the river had already arrived with his troops. He crossed the river alone by boat.

"Damn, is this guy going to give me a one-on-one fight?"

Sun Lei looked at the small boat on the river and had an even higher opinion of Saladin. His courage was no less than that of Lu Zijing of the Wu State.

"Your Majesty! This guy is too arrogant!"

All the generals had unfriendly expressions on their faces. Going to the meeting alone demonstrated courage, but at the same time it was also a challenge to the opponent's prestige.

"Don't worry about him. I guess those people don't dare to come over! Look, they are all far away from the river, and we can't fly over!"

Sun Lei looked at the black cavalrymen on the opposite bank and laughed. These people were away from the river bank, ready to evacuate at any time. Although the Tigris River was not wide, it was still several hundred meters wide. Without enough boats, it would be impossible for the army to cross the river easily.