Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

"No problem!" Philip III nodded.

The next morning, Philip III, his brother-in-law Pedro, and Alvaro got up early and got together for breakfast.

Ma Youfu had already made preparations for the siege, so he did not participate in it.This gave the three of them a chance to discuss.

"Do you think the Duke of Bar can capture Tlemcen?" Philip III asked.

Pedro laughed and said, "Of course it's impossible! Alvaro and I observed it carefully last night. The French army brought by the Duke of Bar to the barracks was about a thousand cavalry, and some of them were forest elves with excellent archery skills. It is a lean and flexible army, but it is absolutely impossible for Ma Youfu to capture Tlemcen with this."

"The city of Tlemcen is solidly defended, and under the leadership of Rashid, the morale is high. Even if Ma Youfu is the reborn Caesar, it is impossible to capture Tlemcen in one day with only a thousand cavalry without siege weapons. ’” Alvaro said.

Philip III did not stretch his face because of the enlightenment of the two, and was still worried.

Since Ma Youfu said those words last night, he must have something to rely on.With the endless tricks of this Sirisian, he might have found a way to capture Tlemcen in one fell swoop.

No matter how much they guessed, it was futile. After breakfast, the three of them decided to go to the front of the battle to see how Ma Youfu captured Tlemcen in one day.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Ma Youfu's siege began.

His thousand cavalry were lined up in an open space one kilometer outside Tlemcen.

The shining and mighty knights in full body armor, as well as those elegant and light elf warriors, are at the forefront of the queue.

Then there are heavy cavalry with less equipment.They belonged to the "sergeant" class in the army, professional soldiers who were not as good as knights but much better than ordinary soldiers.

Then, there are light cavalry equipped with light armor and hand crossbows, muskets, and Eastern European style sabers.They are mainly responsible for scouting, chasing and fleeing and other chores, and they are also an indispensable part of the cavalry unit.

The French army was at its peak, and the people of Tlemcen who defended the city couldn't help but hold their breath.But their attention was quickly attracted by the Sires.

In the Burgundy barracks and on the walls of Tlemcen, tens of thousands of eyes were watching Mayouf at the same time, wanting to see what he was doing.

And Ma Youfu did not do anything earth-shattering.He rode a handsome Andalusian war horse, followed by four beautiful golems armed to the teeth, and accompanied by a beautiful elf girl with silver hair and red eyes, he approached the city of Tlemcen.

When they walked about 600 meters away, suddenly, a magical aura flashed on the wall of Tlemcen.

Immediately afterwards, there was a scream of "whoosh", and an enchanted arrow hit Ma Youfu, pointing directly at his throat.

Ma Youfu didn't move.Just when the audience thought he was frightened out of his wits, two Mark II golems stood in front of him with lightning speed, and propped up their fine gold shields.

when!

After a soft sound of metal collision, the enchanted arrow was bounced away.

On the walls of Tlemcen, laughter and curses, as well as cries of regret, were heard immediately.

"An Wen, kill the shooter who dared to attack me." Ma Youfu didn't express any unnecessary emotions in words, but gave an order coldly.

The elf girl nodded, bent her bow and set an arrow, gathering magic power, and it was also an enchanted arrow, which flew towards the city of Tlemcen.

Her shooting skills are obviously better than that of the Mulholland shooter who attacked Ma Youfu, and the bow in her hand is not ordinary.I saw a stream of red light dragging its tail flame across the city wall of Tlemcen, and then there was a scream. A man wrapped in a black robe shot from the city wall with his Saracen compound bow shining with faint blue light. drop down.

The noise on the city wall disappeared immediately.

"In this way, the people of Tlemcen should know how to respect the guests." Ma Youfu said.

"You Seven Saints came here to invade other people's hometown, and you actually call yourself a guest?" the elf girl sarcastically said mercilessly.

"I'm thick-skinned, can't I call myself a guest?" Ma Youfu said openly without arguing with this tsundere chick.

He continued to move forward and successfully walked to a distance of 300 meters from the city wall.This time, the Tlemcen defenders didn't dare to act rashly, they just looked at the black-haired and black-eyed stranger.

"I'm here to negotiate." Mayouf blessed himself with a loudspeaker and shouted in Arabic, "Who is Rashid Issad?"

With his "language expert" feature, it is not difficult to learn a new language, and one month is enough.

After a while, a man with a thin face and a big beard poked his head out from the city wall: "What's the matter with you, heretic?"

"Remember the oath of vengeance you swore, Rasheed?"

Ma Youfu waved his hand.The cavalry behind got his order, and soon escorted a group of Moroccan nobles to the city of Tlemcen.

When Rashid saw the appearance of those captives, he trembled all over, his eyes were bloodshot, and his anger could no longer be suppressed.

Chapter 440 Tired, destroy it

After the collapse of the Muwahid Dynasty, which ruled the entire Maghreb region and half of the Iberian Peninsula, the three sultanates of Morocco, Tlemcen, and Tunisia were established in the ruins of the dynasty.

However, the three countries did not live in peace because they came from the same clan. Instead, they attacked each other continuously for nearly two centuries.

Among them, the Tlemcen Sultanate, which is the weakest and is sandwiched by other two countries, has been invaded the most times. It is like a public toilet. Tunisians and Moroccans come and go whenever they want.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the capital city of Tlemcen has been captured several times by the Moroccans, but it is not that the Tlemcen people have no chance of fighting back.

The last time Morocco exercised effective control over Tlemcen was under the previous Moroccan Sultan, Abu Saeed Othman III.

At that time, taking advantage of the internal strife in the Tlemcen Sultanate due to the struggle for the throne, Osman III sent troops into Tlemcen to support the puppet Sultan to succeed to the throne.So far, Morocco has become the suzerain of Tlemcen.

Many forces in Tlemcen opposed the rule of Morocco and launched rebellions one after another.Among them is the family of Rashid Isad.

Osman III sent his general, Talib Salami from the Muzura tribe, to brutally suppress the rebellion.Except for Rashid himself, all his family fell under Talib's butcher knife and were killed in an extremely cruel way.

Afterwards, Rashid made an oath that whoever could help him avenge and kill all the members of the Muzula tribe would gain his eternal loyalty.

Originally, the former Sultan of Tlemcen, Abu Malik, had the opportunity to completely subdue this powerful warlock and general.Feng Shui took turns, and after the death of Osman III, Morocco also fell into civil strife.Tlemcen took advantage of the situation to fight back, not only getting rid of Morocco's control, but even occupying Fez in 1423, turning this long-standing enemy country into a puppet.

Rashid originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out his enemies, the Muzula tribe, but who knew that Abu Malik, the Sultan of Tlemcen, forbade Rashid to do so in order to buy Moroccan hearts.

This time, the Zayani family, where the Sultan of Tlemcen belonged, completely disappointed Rashid.

Later, the puppet sultan supported by Tlemcen in Morocco was overthrown, and the vizier Zakaria supported Haq II to come to power.On the Tlemcen side, a battle for the throne broke out again, and in the end Abu Malik's son Ahmed I ascended the throne and became the new Sultan of Tlemcen.

Today's Tlemcen, like Morocco before the usurpation by Zakaria, belongs to the situation of the weak and the strong.Facing the invasion of the Crusaders, the young and weak Sultan could not shoulder the mission of defending the country at all.Under such circumstances, Rashid was ordered in the face of danger and shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending the capital.

By continuously defeating the attacks of the Burgundian army, Rashid has a very high prestige in the city of Tlemcen and completely controls the political situation.Ahmed I was basically reduced to a puppet.

It's just that Rashid is not like the ambitious Zakaria, who is always thinking about how to seize power and seek to usurp the throne.

He has no ambitions, and after losing the best chance for revenge, he also lost his desire to survive.What Rashid is doing now is to resist to the end, and then drag the rotten Zayani family to die.

To describe Rashid's state of mind at this time with the popular Internet slang of later generations, it is "tired, let's destroy it".

But now, Mayouf captured all the members of Rashid's sworn enemy family, and lined up in the city of Tlemcen.

Seeing the enemy who had been smashed to pieces countless times in his dreams, now only a few hundred meters away from him, Rashid's ashesy heart ignited flames again.

He stared at the city for a while, and shouted loudly: "Friends from afar, please wait a while, maybe we can seek peace together!"

After finishing speaking, Rashid hurriedly ran down the tower and came to the Royal Palace of Tlemcen.

He has always been doing the job of commanding the army to defend the city, while the authentic Sultan of Tlemcen has been hiding in the palace, relying on "fermented grape juice" and the big and soft concubines to live intoxicated and escape from reality.

Seeing Rashid appear, Ahmed I said drunkenly: "Ai Qing, is the city short of supplies again, or do the soldiers need rewards? It doesn't matter, I'll give you whatever you want, hiccup! In the palace, you can take whatever you want. Even if you want my concubine to serve in the army, there is no problem!"

After the real power was taken away by Rashid, Ahmed I completely lay down.He didn't care at all whether the city of Tlemcen could be held.

Anyway, this is not the first time that the capital has fallen. If you win, you will be a puppet for powerful ministers, and if you lose, you will be a puppet for foreign forces. Isn't it the same?

As long as the intensity of the war is not too high, it is enough to destroy the palace and let him lie down in the future.

Looking at Ahmed I, who is not like a king, Rashid sighed.

The only adult male member of the Zayani family who once betrayed him has become such a ghost, why should he be so obsessed with dragging him to Hell?

Thinking of this, Rashid said: "Your Highness, I am going to make peace with the Crusaders, but the premise is to ensure the safety of your family. How about this condition?"

"Negotiate peace?" Ahmed I finally came to his senses, and kept nodding his head, "Okay, okay, good peace! As long as I can continue to enjoy... Ah, no, it can guarantee that my family's and my life supplies will not be affected. , that’s it.”

After getting the answer, Rashid ignored this worthless guy, left the palace, returned to the city wall, and announced the Sultan's decision to the defenders.

The fighting spirit of the Tlemcen defenders was not strong at first, and most of them were forced to walk up the city wall by Rashid.Although many people were uncomfortable with Rashid's attitude of jumping from side to side, fighting to the death and meeting with each other, no one publicly objected.

Anyway, this city has fallen into the hands of foreign enemies countless times. What is loyalty and glory? How can it be important to keep your life and continue to live?

After a while, a white flag was raised over the city of Tlemcen.

Seeing Rashid coming out of the city alone, Ma Youfu also gave up the idea of ​​playing with the white flag and went forward alone.

"The true God is great, may peace and mercy be upon you." Rashid said, "I am Emir Rashid Isad, the commander of Tlemcen City, and the sword bearer of the Sultan."

"May the Seven Saints bless you." Mayouf replied, "I am Mayouf, Duke of Bar, the commander-in-chief of the French-Burgundy Tenth United Army. Well, in fact, I still have many titles, so I won't mention them for now. Let's go first Let's talk about the business..."

After the commanders-in-chief of the two armies reached a preliminary intention to negotiate a peace, they each sent craftsmen and servants to set up a tent under the city of Tlemcen to start negotiations on the spot.

After talking for seven hours and having two meals on the way, the two sides finally reached an agreement.

The drunken Ahmed I was framed by two Mulhollan warriors and the contract was signed.

The content of the contract is nothing new. It is nothing more than that Ahmed I became a puppet and helped the Crusaders rule the Tlemcen Sultanate as an agent.The governance method is still the same as the tax package system.

In short, before the Mulholland coalition forces in Tunisia were completely defeated, everything was maintained in the most stable and least lossy way.

That night, the Crusaders entered the city of Tlemcen.With the acquiescence of Ahmed I, Rashid used the hands of the Crusaders to clean up a group of opposition groups in the city.

The Crusaders got a lot of spoils, and Rashid helped Ahmed I consolidate the regime, and everyone was happy.

The city of Tlemcen, which had been besieged by an army of [-] for nearly a month, was captured by Ma Youfu in one day. This almost miraculous feat quickly spread among the Burgundian army.

Ordinary soldiers just had another ingenious plan for the Duke of Bar, using a few Moroccan captives in exchange for the magic operation of the enemy general's surrender, and they talked about it with gusto.At most, it is nothing more than lamenting the "mysterious oriental wisdom" while drinking.

But for Philip III, today is not so easy.

The capital of the Tlemcen Sultanate, the largest trade center in the central Maghreb region, and the city of Tlemcen, a city with fertile land and prosperous business, was taken by Mayouf in just one day!

In comparison, what is yourself?

Philip III can already predict how many people will laugh behind his back that he doesn't know military affairs and is an incompetent commander.

Losing face is just a trivial matter.The key point is that according to the principle of sharing the spoils of "whoever captures the land belongs to him", the city of Tlemcen has now become Ma Youfu's territory.

The city is the transportation hub and trade center of the entire Tlemcen Sultanate.Only by occupying the city of Tlemcen can power projection be carried out on the hinterland territory of the Sultanate located on the Atlas Plateau.

Losing the city of Tlemcen is equivalent to losing half of the country.

How could Philip III bear it?

Therefore, he had to find a way to get the city of Tlemcen back from Ma Youfu.

Seeing that Philip III changed from "the advantage is in me" to "asking for others", Pedro and Alvaro also felt uneasy.

As the middleman, Philip III was shaken. How could the two of them try to preserve the interests of their own country and obtain a better result in the subsequent negotiations with Ma Youfu?

On the second day after the peace talks, the Crusaders entered the city of Tlemcen and guarded various important military sites.Perhaps it was because the Crusaders behaved more civilized under Mayouf's restraint this time, so the atmosphere in Tlemcen was also relatively relaxed.At the subsequent banquet, the Crusader knights could also drink and chat with the Mulholland Faris (the Arabic word for knights) and joke in languages ​​they could not understand.

Rashid went to the dungeon to "take care" of those enemies, so the one who accompanied Mayouf on the Tlemcen side was the nominal Sultan Ahmed I.

After gulping down a few sips of fermented juice, Ahmed I suddenly leaned over and whispered to Ma Youfu: "Duke Bar, my aunt Aisha was once the most beautiful woman in Tlemcen, and she admired the Duke very much... ..."

Chapter 440 The seventh is exactly the same