Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

In his view, Ma Youfu's strategic choice was a big mistake.

Even if they realized that the defense line around Tunisia was strong and it would cost a lot to break through, so they turned to attack the Holy Mountain, they should not choose the current attack route.

If Uzun Hassan were Mayouf, he would make full use of his naval superiority to replicate a series of successful landings by the Western Crusades, set sail from Annaba, circle around the eastern coast of Tunisia, and launch an attack.

As long as the coastal cities such as Sfax or Gabes are occupied, and then proceed to the inland holy mountain, the land march distance will be shortened to about 150 kilometers.This will greatly reduce the difficulty of supply and minimize the impact of the Maghreb Desert on the Crusaders.

However, Ma Youfu chose the most difficult march route, which is really puzzling.

However, although Uzun Hassan had doubts in his heart, the direction of the battle was in front of him, and he could no longer speculate suspiciously, so he could only make a decisive decision.

Four days later, the Crusaders captured Souk Ahras, 27 kilometers southwest of Bushegoof.

Located in an intermountain basin, this town has been an important trading market in the Atlas Mountains since Roman times and was the birthplace of the famous theologian St. Augustine.

The army of Prince Muhammad also completed the assembly and set off first.

He will first advance in a west-south direction, and after arriving at Wadi Zergah on the shore of Sidi Salem Lake, he will join the Mamluk army that was previously stationed in various places west of Tunis.After that, wait for the opportunity.

The coalition forces of Aries and Tunisia will set off in a day.This army will go directly south, and after reaching the holy city of Kairouan, it will march southwest, aiming at Gafsa, an oasis city near the holy mountain.

The reason for making such an arrangement is that a considerable part of the Mulholland coalition forces are still scattered in the vast desert of southern Tunisia at this time, recovering various towns occupied by the Eastern Crusaders.Even if they received an assembly order through messaging, it was impossible for them to rush back to Tunisia in time.So Uzun Hassan set the second assembly point at Kairouan.

In addition, in order to prevent the scheming Seres from temporarily changing their plan, changing from southward to eastward, and attacking the empty Tunisian city, Mohammed's army will slow down and be ready to intercept the eastward Crusaders at any time.On the other hand, Prince Mehmed's Ottoman army also shouldered the task of luring the Crusaders into the preset battlefield.

"May the true God Ankabal bless us."

"Glory to you, me, and the holy crescent moon."

On a rainy morning, Prince Muhammad rode on his Arabian horse and led more than 1 Ottoman troops to set off.

After saying goodbye to Prince Mohammed, Uzun Hassan returned to Tunisia to arrange various affairs in the city to ensure that there would be no major disturbances in the city after he left.

After lunch, Uzun Hassan decided to take a nap to recharge his batteries.

He is not young anymore, and the next step will be hard marching and fighting, and he needs to reserve a lot of energy.

He had just laid down when a guard knocked on the bedroom door.

The Turkmen guards around Uzun Hassan are all his cronies who have followed him for many years. They know that non-emergency matters should not disturb the Sudan's rest.

Since there was a knock on the door at this time, it meant that there was indeed something urgent to report.

"Come in."

A strong Turkmen guard came in and whispered something in the ear of Sultan Aries.

"Princess Siris wants to meet with me and King Aziz II? At this critical moment when the war is about to start, what's the matter with her?" Uzun Hassan looked suspicious.

After thinking for a moment, he still nodded and said: "I understand. Let her wait in the palace hall, and I will personally notify Aziz II."

Although the Sultan of Tunisia is now seriously ill and unable to be a director, Uzun Hassan must show respect for Aziz II at such a time, so as to attract people's hearts.

After half an hour, Uzun Hassan came to the reception hall of the palace.Aziz II was lying on the bed, already unconscious, so he could only see Princess Daming back and forth by himself.

Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu of Ming Dynasty, who was still beautiful and beautiful, was kneeling and sitting in front of the gorgeous low table, sipping tea.Behind her, Ma Hao and Niu Zhuo stood around.There were also twenty Ming warriors lined up behind them, escorting five hooded captives.

When this Princess Seris visited Tunisia before, she would be accompanied by at most five or six followers. She had never put on such a big show, so Uzun Hassan was very surprised to see the scene in front of her.

"His Royal Highness, the beautiful princess from the East, good afternoon. I don't know if you are here to visit. What is the matter?" Uzun Hassan saluted and asked.

"Please sit down, mighty Aries Sultan." Princess Yongfu made a gesture of invitation.

After Uzun Hassan sat down, under the signal of Princess Yongfu, he picked up the delicate teacup and took a sip.

After the clear fragrance of tea entered his throat, his eyes immediately brightened.

"I didn't expect this oriental drink with unique taste, bitterness and sweetness, also has the miraculous effect of 'Kahhuva (coffee)', which can enhance mental power and strengthen the perception and control of magic power..." Uzun Hassan I sigh in my heart.

The Kahuva drink is regarded as a treasure by the Mulhollan people and must not be leaked. As a result, in the far east, there are completely different but similar substitutes.This allowed Uzun Hassan to have a deeper understanding of the vast land and resources of Siris.

After drinking tea, Princess Yongfu said: "His Royal Highness, although the war with the Europeans is imminent, there is one thing I must tell you, otherwise, it may affect the entire battle situation and lead to our defeat."

"What's so serious?"

Princess Yongfu gestured backwards.The cows and horses got orders and immediately ordered people to take off the captives' hoods.

After seeing the iconic white hats of these captives, Uzun Hassan said in a voiceless voice: "Yenicheri of the Ottomans? What's going on?"

"His Royal Highness, you probably don't know yet. That Prince Muhammad has long been guilty of the Prism Magic Cannon. During the time when his army was stationed outside Tunisia, he has been constantly sending spies to infiltrate the New Carthage Fortress, Trying to cooperate internally and externally, and wait for the time to seize the prism magic cannon..."

After listening to Princess Yongfu's narration, Uzun Hassan's face suddenly darkened: "The Ottomans really don't have the sincerity to cooperate with me, are they just thinking about how to monopolize the magic prism cannon?"

"If you don't believe it, you can call a mage and use mental magic to force these Yenicheri to explain everything." Princess Yongfu said with confidence.

Uzun Hassan nodded and stood up immediately: "Your Highness, please rest in the palace for a while. I will be back before dinner at the latest."

After speaking, Uzun Hassan asked the guards to escort several Yeniceri prisoners and walked to the dungeon of the palace.

He is punctual and meets Princess Yongbok again before the sun has fully set.

Seeing the gloomy and somewhat angry expression of the Aries Sultan, Princess Yongfu knew that he should have confirmed his words from those Yeniches.

"I didn't expect that Prince Muhammad would dare to openly violate the agreement made by the four kingdoms of Mulholland, and make a small move against the prism magic cannon in private! I actually want to give the prism magic cannon to the other party as a reward for the two sides to fight together!"

In Uzun Hassan's view, defeating Mayouf and seizing the power of the Tunisian Sultanate is far more important than obtaining the magic prism cannon.That's why he was willing to use it as a bargaining chip to exchange benefits with Prince Muhammad.

He made this decision sincerely, without any intention of making small moves.

But this does not mean that he can allow the other party to engage in some conspiracy in private, in order to create an opportunity to monopolize the prism magic cannon.

"Your Highness, people's desires are endless. And the trust between people is extremely fragile. Prince Muhammad's actions are actually not surprising. After all, the relationship between your two countries is not good." Princess Yongfu said, "The question now is, what will you do next. Continue to maintain the alliance with the Ottomans and fight the Crusaders?"

Uzun Hassan did not answer this question, but asked instead: "Why did you tell me this news again?"

"Because the Ottomans tried to instigate my subordinates, this is absolutely intolerable!" Princess Yongfu's pretty face was full of evil, with awe-inspiring killing intent.

Uzun Hassan nodded and said his plan.

For the sake of the overall jihad, he will still cooperate with Prince Muhammad to defeat Mayouf.It's just that when the victory comes, he will not honestly hand over the prism magic cannon to Prince Muhammad.

That powerful magical weapon, and the Tunisian Sultanate, he wants it all!

Since Prince Muhammad was dishonest and made small moves in advance, Uzun Hassan would naturally not be polite.Anyway, the Aries Sultanate and the Ottomans will eventually be enemies in the future, so it is better to start in advance and take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Ottomans.

However, if Uzun Hassan wants to have both, he must win the support of the Ming army.

He had already made preparations, and in front of Princess Yongfu, he took out a box made of black meteorite from his dimensional bag, and placed it on the table.

"Your Highness, I am willing to exchange this treasure for your help. As long as two thousand Ming warriors stand by my side, the Ottomans will definitely be taught a profound lesson!"

"This is?"

Uzun Hassan opened the box.There is a magical flame floating inside.

Chapter 510

Although it is only a small one, the flame is warm and dazzling, like a small sun.The outer layer of the swaying and dancing flames was even shrouded in a layer of holy white halo.

The territory of the Aries Sultanate, including the Azerbaijan region.This flame is the holy fire collected from the Holy Fire Temple in Baku.

The Holy Fire Temple is a building built by Zoroastrians.Used to worship the sun god Mithra.

Mithra, the sun god, only appeared in the Zoroastrian belief system after Alexander the Great conquered Persia. It is said to be the product of the fusion of Greek mythology, and it is the incarnation of Apollo, the sun god.Later, in the great catastrophe of the demise of the Greek gods, it is said that Apollo—or Mithra, fell in the Caucasus mountains where the fire thief Prometheus was imprisoned.

Later, the Zoroastrians found Mithra's body, took it to the coast of the Caspian Sea for burial, and built a temple on his mausoleum.

Although the Sun God died, his body still retains a certain amount of divine power. Even if it is buried underground, it emits a steady stream of sacred flames. Therefore, this mausoleum is called the Holy Fire Temple.

Later, after the demise of Sasanian Persia, Zoroastrianism lost its living space under the pressure of Mulhollandism, and it has survived in name only today, but some religious customs of Zoroastrianism still remain among the people.

The local rulers of Mulholland also regarded these buildings left over from Zoroastrianism as "pagan assets that can be used" and did not destroy them.

The holy fire temple can condense a holy fire every 20 years.This is not an ordinary magic flame, which contains the power of rules that are closer to the origin of the world.Spellcasters—especially those who are good at fire magic, if they get a sacred flame, they will benefit a lot on the extraordinary way of exploring the truth of magic.

After Uzun Hassan introduced the origin and function of the holy fire to Princess Yongfu in detail, he said: "Your Highness, I would like to present this holy fire to you. Eliminate all the Ottomans and Mamluks in the Fortress, and completely control the Prism Cannon."

Even without this gift, after discussing with Valentina, Princess Yongfu had already decided to provoke Uzun Hassan and Prince Muhammad against each other as much as possible.Now that the other party has proposed it, she has no reason not to agree.

"Yes. I hope we can have a mutually beneficial cooperation." Princess Yongfu said, and then accepted the meteorite box.

Uzun Hassan was determined to have both fish and bear's paws, so he planned to do it when he defeated Mayouf's crusaders and returned to Tunisia triumphantly to hold a celebration banquet.At that time, as long as the Ottomans are drunk at the banquet, act quickly, clear the enemy troops in the fortress of New Carthage, and control them in one fell swoop, then even if Prince Mohammed has more than 2 troops at hand, he will not be able to attack them. Powerless.

"Your Excellency, as far as I know, the crusaders from the west are completely different from the Holy Roman Emperor we defeated before. Among their main forces, the Burgundians are slightly less powerful, but they are the most powerful. Wealthy ones have the highest rate of armor. The other soldiers, whether French or Iberian, have experienced long and brutal wars, and all of them are excellent fighters. Not to mention, this army is also equipped with Facing such a powerful army, what kind of support do you have to defeat the opponent?" Princess Yongfu saw that Uzun Hassan had arranged all the actions to be taken at the victory banquet , with a look of surety, asked curiously.

"Your Royal Highness." Uzun Hassan smiled slightly, his face full of the kind of confident demeanor that only a generation of heroes who pioneered the territory had, "You mentioned Siris's military thinking at the banquet before, It is believed that there are three factors that determine the outcome of a war: weather, location, and harmony.”

The three words spoken by Uzun Hassan are completely standard Chinese pronunciation.This made Princess Yongfu have to sigh with emotion that Mingjun Yingzhu always has some characteristics that can be figured out, such as having a strong ability to learn and understand.

"I admit that Mayouf's crusaders are stronger in fighting power. Even if the strength of the two sides is close, it will be difficult for the Mulholran Jihad army to defeat each other. Therefore, we can think that the opponent occupies the 'harmony'. However, the right time and place are all in our hands. Hand." Uzun Hassan made a grabbing motion, as if victory was within reach.

"I can understand the location. Compared with the Europeans, you are more suitable for fighting in hot and dry places. What's more, there are a lot of locals in the Mulholran Jihad Army who are familiar with the environment. But what about the weather?" Princess Yongfu asked.

"Your Highness, you are a guest from afar. You may not be aware that winter is approaching, and the rainfall in the Maghreb region is gradually increasing except for the southernmost desert."

"I know that rain can disable firearms and greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the Crusaders. But do you really expect that the unpredictable weather can defeat the enemy?"

Uzun Hassan shook his head with a smile and said, "Of course I don't expect to defeat the enemy just by relying on the weather. But if the changes in the weather are all in my hands, it's another matter."

Thanks to coffee and tea, whether it is China in the East or Mulholland in the Middle East, they are better than Europeans in cultivating spellcasters.

Although after many battles in the Maghreb, the total strength of the Mulholran Mujahideen has shrunk from nearly 9 at the beginning of the war to 5 today, but Ulema, as an elite spellcasting force, still has The mages and warlocks still have nothing to lose.

Magic power is the only field in which the Mulholland Crusaders are better than the West Crusaders.

"I have seen through Ma Youfu's intentions a long time ago. On the surface, he is going to attack the holy mountain, but in fact he wants to use this to attract us to leave the fortified city and fortress to rescue the holy mountain. In this way, Ma Youfu can Waiting for us to step into his pre-selected field of battle and defeat us with superior artillery fire while rested."

Princess Yongfu nodded: "Waiting for work with ease, surrounding the spot to fight for aid, this is a very basic, but also very useful tactic."

"Hehe." Uzun Hassan squeezed out a contemptuous laugh from his nasal cavity, as if mocking Ma Youfu for underestimating himself, "It's a pity that the Duke of Baal didn't know that I had killed [-]% of the spellcasters of the Holy War Army long ago. ——A total of fifteen warlocks and sixty mages were placed in the holy mountain. There is abundant water, and the concentration of water elements in the environment is extremely high. There is no possibility of failure in the ritual spell of manipulating rainfall on the holy mountain, and The effect is more than ten times stronger than usual!"

When billowing dark clouds floated over the Crusaders' position and it rained heavily, with the abilities of the Crusaders' mages, it was impossible to counter such a large and powerful spell.

The torrential rain that seems to poke a hole in the sky can not only completely disable the firearms, but also very likely cause floods.Maybe the two sides didn't fight at all, and Uzun Hassan could win a complete victory like flooding the Seventh Army.

"As long as you fight near the holy mountain, no matter where Ma Youfu chooses as a battlefield, it will become his graveyard!" Uzun Hassan said confidently, and then got up to leave, "The time is almost up, I still have a lot of things to do Deal with it. Looking forward to meeting you next time, Her Royal Highness Princess Siris."

"I also wish you victory." Princess Yongfu replied.

The two sides left the Tunisian royal palace one after the other.

After Princess Yongfu returned to the New Carthage Fortress, she called Valentina to tell what happened today.Then, she took out the meteorite box containing the holy flame.

"Valentina, that Aries Sultan has bad motives," Princess Yongfu said.

Valentina looked at the dark and cold box and asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

"Everyone knows that what I want most is to return to Daming. If Uzun Hassan wants to win me over, he only needs to make a solemn promise to help the Daming Fleet return to its hometown after the war is over. But he only wants to win me over. Without mentioning the word, he gave me the so-called holy fire instead. There is no sincerity at all." Princess Yongfu sneered, "I think he not only wants to have both, but also wants to dig a trap and catch a tiger. "