Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

It was already evening.The refreshed Ma Youfu put on his clothes, opened the window and walked to the balcony.

The salty autumn wind blows on the cheeks, and the golden sunset splashes on the earth, which immediately makes people feel refreshed.

From the balcony, he looked into the distance, thousands of tents were scattered on the vast plain south of Annaba City, and colorful military flags were fluttering in the wind.This huge military camp stretching for several kilometers is the [-] crusaders gathered under his command.

It was meal time at this time, and the smoke from the cooking in the barracks wafted up, somewhat covering up some murderous aura.

Knights riding tall horses and shining armor; infantry carrying halberds and lined up to eat; archers sitting outside tents maintaining muskets; gunners tinkering with hammers to repair gun mounts; standing on high platforms , the priest who told the stories of the saints to the soldiers, the horseman who carried the fodder...

People of all shapes and sizes, as big as ants, appeared in front of Ma Youfu.

This feeling as if everything is under control, made him feel a sense of ambition: "To conquer this land completely, to achieve a great cause beyond the predecessors!"

In the direction southeast of Annaba, about [-] kilometers away from Tunisia, two beautiful ladies also stood on the wall of the New Carthage Fortress, admiring the same sunset as Ma Youfu saw.

Looking at Princess Yongfu who was bathed in the setting sun and seemed to be integrated with the surrounding scenery, forming a beautiful picture, Valentina secretly praised her, and then asked: "Your Highness, what are you thinking about?" what?"

"I was thinking, the sun sets in the west, but my hometown is in the east. Maybe if I ride the sun, I can return to Daming tomorrow morning."

"It's so far away, the heat of the sun is unbearable. If you really want to ride on that big fireball, I'm afraid it will be charred immediately."

"I am a descendant of the phoenix, and I am not afraid of flames."

"Uh..." Looking at the solemn Princess Siris, Valentina didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Okay, I'm just joking." Princess Yongfu smiled, as if an iceberg had melted.

Valentina's mouth twitched at Princess Yongfu's cold joke.Afterwards, she decided to talk about something more serious: "Your Highness, according to reliable information, Duke Baal's army will launch an attack tomorrow. The final decisive battle is coming soon. Your day to go home is getting closer and closer."

"I hope so." Princess Yongfu slightly nodded.

The blow from the prism magic cannon before was considered a great help to Ma Youfu.Not only did it completely defeat the Eastern Crusaders as competitors, but it also consumed a large amount of reserve magic power of the prism magic cannon.

Initially, when the prism magic cannon was erected on the black castle of the vampire pirates, it was charged by the magic of the dead.Later, Stross planned to imitate the slave sacrifice method of the ancient Romans, relying on the magic power of life as the ammunition for the prism magic cannon.

Then, the Prism Magic Cannon was obtained by the Mulholland coalition forces.

After discussions among many Ulema and court mages, a plan was finally devised for the prism magic cannon to be recharged by the divine power gained from prayers.

Although the charging speed is slower, it is better than Stross's unreasonable method of killing people and offering sacrifices.

It's just that after launching a shocking blow with 100% output power at the crusaders gathered at the ruins of the open-air theater last time, it needs to be charged for a month before the next shot can be made.

This window period is an opportunity for Ma Youfu.

It's just that Princess Yongfu still has some problems to solve before Ma Youfu leads the army to Tunisia.

First of all, it is the internal troubles of this Ming Fleet.

The chief military officer under her command, Zhao Guangming, has become more and more dishonest during this time.

During the siege of the Eastern Crusade, he, a dozen low-level officers, and almost two hundred ordinary soldiers were on vacation in Tunis.

After the Eastern Crusaders were defeated and retreated in embarrassment, when Zhao Guangming returned to the fortress of New Carthage, Princess Yongfu was shocked to find that those Ming soldiers who went to Tunisia with him, whether they were officers or soldiers, were obedient to Zhao Guangming. Yes from.

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Although the small circle drawn by Zhao Guangming remained loyal to Princess Yongfu, there was no abnormal behavior.But the development of small circles in itself is worthy of vigilance.

However, for the sake of overall unity, she couldn't take the initiative to clean up the opponent before she found a reason to convince the crowd.

Once something like "unnecessary" is done, it will be very disappointing.She had to be even more cautious in a foreign country thousands of miles away.

Because if the foreigners around her all adopt a hostile attitude towards the people of Daming, then she can save a lot of worry, and with the help of external pressure, she can unite all her subordinates.

But the problem is that whether it is the Arabs, Ottomans, and Persians who believe in the Mulholran religion, or the Serbs and Armenians who believe in the Seven Saints, they are all very friendly to the people of Ming Dynasty, and they regard them as coming from the mysterious and rich Far East. The civilized people of the empire.

Basically, it is the same experience as the later generation Baipi went to East Asia.

Even the Crusaders who were in the hostile camp showed a respectful and friendly attitude towards the Ming people.

Before the Duke of Milan led troops to besiege the fortress of New Carthage, before sending troops to attack, he specially sent envoys to pay respects to Princess Yongfu with gifts, saying that although everyone is in war now, they should still respect each other and establish a friendly relationship.After the war is over, the Duke of Milan hopes to meet her and get a glimpse of Princess Seris' demeanor.

Princess Yongfu didn't know if Europeans like to play this set of "aristocratic demeanor".Anyway, after she accepted the Duke of Milan's gift with a smile, she gave him a "Song Xianggong" evaluation.Later, when he used the prism magic cannon to attack, he didn't show mercy.

However, although Princess Yongfu has a firm determination to go home, in such a relaxed and friendly environment, under the attack of sugar-coated shells, how many people in the Ming Fleet can stick to their hearts and choose to go home with Princess Yongfu?

Isn't Zhao Guangming a good example.

Princess Yongfu could feel that it was becoming more and more difficult to maintain the cohesion of the Ming fleet.So when she makes decisions now, she is very cautious and will not do it easily.

In addition, the external environment is also changing.

At the beginning of the Crusades, the holy war armies of several Mulholland countries gathered in Tunisia. After the parties reached a compromise, they adopted the method of placing the prism magic cannon in the New Carthage Fortress, and handed it over to Ming Dynasty for safekeeping. Countries send troops to supervise the way.

But now, things are different.

General Mustain was captured by Mayouf, and the remaining Mamluk jihadists were all incorporated by Ottoman Prince Muhammad.

Because of the profound friendship formed during the defense of Tunisia, the Sultan of Tunisia, who was completely lying down, handed over almost all the power to the Aries Sultan Uzun Hassan.

Therefore, the original multi-party check and balance situation has become the current confrontation between the two powers.

The Aries Sultanate and the Ottomans already had border conflicts, and the relationship between the two sides was not good.Now facing the pressure of the Crusaders and the heavy pressure of Tunisia's dilapidated situation, there are even more dirty things.

Just talk about the Ottoman prince Muhammad.

After being defeated by Mayouf in the Tel Atlas Mountains, Prince Mohammed gathered the remnants and returned to Tunisia.

He led his army to hide in the forest near Sidi Salem Lake, secretly waiting for an opportunity.When the scouts found out that a huge group of magical blue light suddenly erupted near the city of Tunis, and the Eastern Crusaders fell into chaos, Prince Muhammad knew that the war opportunity was coming.

He decisively led the army to attack, cooperated with Uzun Hassan from east to west, and finally defeated the army of Emperor Sigismund of Shenluo and won the victory in Tunisia.

However, after the war, Prince Muhammad was not interested in dividing his troops to expand the results of the battle and recover the lost ground.The Mamluks who had no loyalty to him were all sent out, some were stationed in the forts in the Atlas Mountains to the west, and the other part went south to cooperate with the Aries Army to regain the lost ground.His own [-] Ottoman lineage troops were stationed near the fortress of New Carthage, obviously planning something.

In recent days, Prince Muhammad has sent men to the New Carthage Fortress every day.The ostensible reason was to condolences to the Mulholran refugees living near the fort, but in fact, it was more like taking the opportunity to investigate the reality of the fort, and communicated with the [-] Ottoman soldiers inside and outside the fort to exchange information.

This is a clear breach of agreements reached by previous monarchs.

Prince Muhammad's intentions are evident.

Because Valentina is in charge of the middle contact, Princess Yongfu also knows a lot of Ma Youfu's strategic arrangements.She knew very well that Prince Muhammad had reached a secret agreement with Ma Youfu.

After defeating Sigismund and winning the victory in Tunisia, Prince Mohammed swept away the haze of previous failures and regained his prestige.He has got everything he wants, and there is no need to stay in Tunisia any longer.

Wouldn’t it be nice to go back to Edirne, earn a lot of gold coins by doing immigration business with Ma Youfu, and play the Ottoman Sultan’s Heir Chicken Contest with your brothers?

Obviously, although Prince Mohammed has made up his mind to go, as an ambitious and shrewd politician, before leaving Tunisia, he always thinks about getting something else.

If the Prism Magic Cannon can also be brought back, that would be the most perfect ending.

Anyway, relying on the military talent of Uzun Hassan, as well as the strength of the Tunisian and Aries Jihad Army, they could not defeat Ma Youfu.If he doesn't take away the magic prism cannon, this powerful magic weapon will eventually fall into the hands of Europeans.

Thinking that with the prism magic cannon, even the Theodosian city wall that Constantinople is proud of can hardly resist its destructive power. The long-cherished wish of the Ottomans to occupy the city of the world's longing is likely to be in their own hands. When the truth came true, Prince Muhammad's heart was surging.

But he didn't know that the two women in the fortress of New Carthage had seen his ambitions clearly.

At this time, the sunset has almost completely set on the horizon, and the viewing time is over.

Princess Yongfu and Valentina were about to leave the city wall when Jafar, her newly-accepted companion, ran up to her out of breath.

"His Royal Highness." Jafar said in a slightly accented, but already very proficient Ming official dialect, "During dinner, several Yenicheri had secret talks with the fortress defenders."

"What is the specific content of their discussion, have you found out clearly?" Princess Yongfu raised her eyebrows, showing interest.

"I got it clear. One of the guards that Yenicheri tried to hook up with was a centurion of the naturalization battalion named Tuman Zanji Ahmed. His loyalty to Your Highness is not at all The gold of the Ottomans can be shaken. He approached me immediately after the conversation with Yenicheri."

"Is Tuman there?"

Jafar nodded back.

A bearded white-faced strong man who had been waiting for a long time was released by the guards and came to Princess Yongfu.

The so-called naturalization battalion is a unit composed of those Mulhollan people who swore allegiance to Princess Yongfu.Through money bribes and Jafar's lobbying, Princess Yongfu selected 1000 people from the defenders and refugees living near the fortress of New Carthage to form this army.

Judging from the last battle with the Eastern Crusaders, although the naturalization battalion was a little inferior in weapons and equipment, they still had a strong will to fight and were loyal enough.

"May the sunshine dispel your worries, the sea breeze blow away your sorrows, and the true god Ankabal grant you peace." Tuman saluted Princess Yongfu respectfully.

Then, Tuman told all the things that Yeniceri discussed with him.

It turned out that Prince Muhammad wanted to instigate the defenders of the New Carthage Fortress, and asked them to open the city gate at the right time, let the Ottoman army enter, and seize the prism magic cannon by force.

Tuman lived on the Greek peninsula since he was a child, was sold to Egypt as a slave in his early years, and later converted to become a low-level Mamluk. This time he came to Tunisia with General Mustaine to participate in the holy war to defend the holy mountain.

However, he did not go to the west to fight against Ma Youfu's crusaders, but stayed in the New Carthage Fortress as a defender, shouldering the task of defending the fortress and guarding the prism magic cannon.

Prince Muhammad believes that, with Tuman's background, it should be easy to identify with Ottoman, and then agree to be his internal correspondent.He even promised to bring Tuman back to Edirne and appoint him as a high-ranking Yeniceri officer to enjoy the glory and wealth.

Unbeknownst to Prince Mehmed, Tuman had contracted some disease from the refugees while he was stationed at the fortress of New Carthage.If Princess Yongfu hadn't sent Daming doctors to treat him and cured him with miraculous oriental herbs, Tuman would probably be dead by now.

After recovering from his illness, Tuman swore allegiance to Princess Yongfu, and with his loyalty and ability, he won the position of centurion of the naturalization camp.

After listening to Tuman's report, Princess Yongfu sneered and said, "The Ottoman prince wants to buy the traitor, and he should cooperate with the inside and outside to seize the prism magic cannon. But he missed his eyes. He didn't expect that the traitor who was carefully selected would kill him in the blink of an eye. plans leaked."

"Your Highness, do we want to arrest those Ottoman spies immediately? In addition, the five hundred Ottoman soldiers in the fort are no longer reliable. If the Ottoman prince attacks the fort, these people are likely to betray." Valenti Na asked.

"Don't worry. There are still [-] white sheep troops and [-] Tunisian troops stationed in Tunisia. If Prince Muhammad makes an easy move, once he is slightly frustrated under the New Carthage fortress, he may face the dilemma of being attacked from inside and outside." He will definitely wait for all the troops in Tunisia to attack the Crusaders, and then seize the prism magic cannon." Princess Yongfu's phoenix eyes flashed, and her voice was firm, "This is a good opportunity to make Mulholland's forces completely turn against each other. By then, Duke Barr's attack will be much smoother."

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Muhammad was unaware that his plans had been discovered.

This morning, as usual, he went to Teburba, a small town on the outskirts of Tunis, to discuss with Uzun Hassan about joint operations against the Crusaders.

The meeting takes place every three days, each time at a different location on the outskirts of Tunisia.Since defeating the Eastern Crusaders, Muhammad has never entered Tunisia once, for fear of encountering a situation where "hands with swords and axes go out at the same time" in the palace dominated by Uzun Hassan and King Aziz II.

From this point, it can be seen that the trust of the two major forces in the Mulholran Jihad Army is extremely low.

After arriving in the small town of Teburba, Muhammad ordered people to build a magnificent shed with felt cloth embroidered with gold silk patterns.Because the weather is getting colder by the day, we put up curtains around the place again.

Tasting the excellent "fermented juice" and waiting for about half an hour, Uzun Hassan arrived in the small town with [-] Turkmen guards.

Uzun Hassan is tall, thin and lean, with a pleasant appearance and amiable attitude towards others, which is completely different from the traditional impression of being tough and martial, left by the Turkic nomads.

Since the power of the Timurid Empire ebbed, the Aries Sultanate had risen rapidly and became Ottoman's strong neighbor in the east.Prince Mohammed and his father, Sultan Murad II, have had a lot of dealings with each other.

For this Uzun U Hassan, the young Prince Muhammad still admired him a lot.The opponent led the small white sheep tribe to rise rapidly, defeated the old enemy black sheep tribe, expanded its territory to the Caucasus, Anatolia, and Syria, and controlled the entire Iraqi region.After that, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Timurid Empire, it occupied a third of Iran.

Such a wise and heroic lord, even if he is in a hostile relationship, must be respected accordingly.

Uzun Hassan walked into the curtain, greeted Prince Muhammad, and just sat down, he said an amazing news: "Prince Muhammad, I have received the latest news from the west. Mayouf's Crusade has set off , just arrived in Bushegouf two days ago."

"Bushegouf?" In Prince Mohammed's mind, a map of Tunisia suddenly appeared.He remembered where the humble town name "Bushgauf" was located, and his expression changed immediately.

"The crusaders are moving south? Are they going through the Atlas Mountains?"

"Yes." Uzun Hassan looked extremely serious, "It seems that the target of the heretics is our holy mountain."