My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 749 Battle of Cairo (Part [-])
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In a small city northeast of Cairo, a scene of hell on earth is taking place in the city. Ottoman cavalry are looting everywhere in the city. Dead bodies are everywhere in the streets and alleys. The blood gathers into streams on the ground, mixes with the sand, and dyes the earth. Dirty.

Mufas was wearing armor and riding a horse with a cold expression. He completely turned a blind eye to the looting of his men because he had given the order to loot.

However, in Mufas' view, he could not blame himself. He could only blame the defenders of this small town for not knowing what was good and bad. Instead of giving an order to surrender, they closed the city gate and defended it, blocking them for seven days and seven nights.

In the end, Mufas paid a lot of casualties before finally breaking the city gate. In order to make up for the losses of the soldiers, he ordered the soldiers to relax, which they deserved.

Three days later, this small city not far from Cairo, which was once a very prosperous city, has now turned into a dead place. Among the ruined buildings in the city, there are dead bodies everywhere. Among the people in the city, not even one person in Chengdu will survive in the end. Less than.

Only then did Mufas give the order to advance again, aiming directly at Cairo. After this battle, the evil reputation of the Ottoman cavalry spread throughout Egypt. When other towns want to resist again, they must consider the consequences of resistance.

Mufas and the others landed from the Mediterranean, which was closer to Cairo, but he deliberately landed earlier than the Han army in order to be able to enter Cairo first. As long as they could occupy Cairo, the Ottomans would take the initiative. You can also get the upper hand when distributing benefits.

In order to conquer Egypt this time, Mufas also tried his best. Not only did he find a way to persuade his Sudanese brother, but he also pledged all the [-] elites he had at the bottom of the box.

To put it bluntly, if Mufas and the big man fail to conquer Egypt this time, then he will lose even his underwear. Even if he is the younger brother of the Sultan, he will be punished when he returns to the Ottomans in the future. condemn.

But if Egypt can be conquered, Mufas will become the Ottoman governor of Egypt and jointly take charge of Egypt with the Han Dynasty, especially the canal Zhu Zhanhe mentioned. If it is dug, it will definitely be a treasure filled with gold and silver. The river can bring him huge wealth.

Therefore, Mufas is determined to win this battle. It is best to rush into Cairo before the big man, so that he can have a bargaining chip with the big man and strive for greater benefits for himself.

So after leaving the destroyed town, Mufas ordered the army to advance at full speed.

The current Mufas army has increased from the original [-] to [-], because some nobles in Egypt have secretly defected to the Ottomans. Now, as soon as Mufas's army arrives, they immediately surrender. A large amount of food and supplies were also sent, so Mufas's army became stronger and stronger.

The [-]-strong army rushed all the way and soon arrived at the gates of Cairo.

Cairo was formerly known as Fustat City. It was built by the Arabs. It was later destroyed by wars several times and rebuilt several times. The name was also changed in the process. Until a few hundred years ago, the Fatimid Dynasty moved its capital here and established it as the capital of Cairo. It was renamed Cairo, which translated into Chinese means "victory".

Cairo is located on the banks of the Nile River. The wide Nile River is divided into several tributaries in Cairo, alluvially forming a vast Nile Delta, and the terrain is very flat. When Mufas arrived at Cairo, King Faraj of the Mamluks was already ready to face the enemy. After all, the Ottoman invasion was the biggest threat the Mamluk dynasty had ever faced.

Mufas did not see the Han army outside Cairo, and he was happy because it meant that he had arrived in Cairo first. If he could defeat Faraj's army next, he would have a head start.

In fact, the straight-line distance from Suez to Cairo is closer than the straight-line distance from Mufas' landing in the Mediterranean. However, there are mountains between Suez and Cairo, unlike the alluvial plains in the south, so Zhu Yong's army needs to go farther. Road to reach Cairo.

The Mamluk King Faraj did not choose to defend, but concentrated his elite army to face Mufas's army on the plains outside Cairo.

As the king of the Mamluks, the Mamluk cavalry under Faraj are also the most elite cavalry in the entire country. Whether it is equipment or training, they are not comparable to the Mamluks in those places.

Mufas also knew that although the Mamluks were declining, they still could not be underestimated, so he was also very cautious and sent troops to test the opponent's strength before the decisive battle.

Faraj also sent a small group of cavalry. These cavalry fought and fought in front of the two armies. In the end, each had a victory or defeat, and no one took advantage.

In the end, Mufas couldn't bear it anymore and immediately commanded an army of [-] to start a decisive battle with Faraj.

The Mamluk cavalry under Faraj was nominally only [-], but in fact each cavalry was equipped with ten servants, so his actual strength reached [-], giving him an advantage in strength.

Among Mufas's [-] troops, there were only a few real cavalry, and most of them were infantry. Therefore, during the decisive battle, he did not send out the most elite Ottoman cavalry, but used infantry as the main force. Both sides lined up The military formation finally collided hard.

In Mufas's opinion, even if the Mamluk cavalry still had some strength, they would soon be unable to hold up under his full blow.

But what happened was beyond Mufas's surprise. Faraj's Mamluks were unexpectedly tenacious and entangled with his army. The two sides fought so hard that they couldn't tell the difference in a short time. Win or lose.

Faced with this situation, Mufas finally couldn't calm down and dispatched the cavalry that was about to become his ace, preparing to break down the Mamluk defense line in one fell swoop.

However, Faraj on the opposite side saw the Ottoman cavalry dispatching, and he immediately mobilized the elite cavalry as a reserve force to use cavalry to block the opponent's cavalry.

The last two elite cavalry raised their horse speed to the limit, and then slammed into each other. For a while, the neighing of the horses and the clash of weapons resounded throughout the earth. The cavalry at the front was quickly squeezed into a pulp, and the cold weapons The tragedy of the times is vividly displayed at this moment.

As a result of the two elite cavalry colliding together, neither one was able to break through the other's defense line. The two sides were like meat grinders, grinding the bodies of countless soldiers and horses into meat paste, and the blood formed a stream and flowed into the Nile River. , dyeing this world-famous river into a bright red river.

(End of this chapter)