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- In March of the second year of Hongwu's reign in the Tang Dynasty, in the port of Gujrat, India, there were many warships, with sails held high, blocking out the sky. Groups of Tang troops boarded the deck along the gangway. From here it entered the Arabian Sea, then passed through the Red Sea and entered Egypt, officially starting a battle with the Arab Empire for Egypt.
Such a grand occasion is simply unimaginable for the Gujaratis. Even though they know that those brightly-armored soldiers are not pointing at them, just looking at it like this is frightening. , the ignorant and ignorant Gujaratis who are still in the clan system have never seen such a formation.
These Gujarati people gathered at the port, but they did not do so voluntarily. Most of them were forced to come by the local Tang government. If the army went out for an expedition, it would be too neglected if no one came to see them off.
When the army set off from Chang'an, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and all civil and military officials came to see them off. The people of the entire Chang'an City came out to see the soldiers off. Naturally, they were indispensable when they arrived at Tianzhu Road.
Gujarat is not a small place anymore. Its area is equivalent to a Dao in the Tang Dynasty. However, humans have lived here since then. Although there were countries with a slave system, they were too weak. Not only were neighboring countries often invaded, but they were also invaded by the Macedonians, Romans, and cannibals. It was really miserable.
When these outsiders left, the Tang people came again, and eventually became the masters of this place. The Gujaratis did not have much sense of resistance in their minds, and they chose to obey the rule of the Tang people.
Although they are dissatisfied in their hearts, as life gets better and better, they were forced to surrender at first, and now they are convinced.
It cannot be said that the Gujaratis are weak and lack the sense of resistance. For a nation that has not even formed a national concept, they are not willing to care about who will rule. They are more willing to care about how their lives have changed. What's going on?
The Tang Dynasty's rule here did meet their requirements. Advanced farming methods and various handicraft workshops gave the Gujarati people who were accustomed to poverty a lot more chances of survival. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty had great Their national habits do not seem to be willing to interfere too much. Except for the abolition of the burial system after Xue Rengui came here, their lives are still the same as before, except that they eat better and have clothes to wear. Everything Everything seems to be moving in a good direction, and they really have nothing to be satisfied with!
"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
Among the crowd, someone suddenly shouted loudly, and as if they were infected, more and more Gujarati people¡¯s eyes lit up.
Datang!
This is the title of an empire, a symbol of a powerful empire. The Gujaratis once felt that although the Tang Empire was powerful, it had little to do with them. After all, they were the conquered people, not the aloof conquerors. .
But with this shout, more and more Gujaratis actually felt a sense of pride from the bottom of their hearts.
That¡¯s right! We are also members of the Tang Empire now!
"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
More and more people are shouting. This is not forced, and no one is forcing them to do this. This is all from the heart.
No one doesn¡¯t want to live in a powerful country, just like the people of later generations, who have tried their best and worked hard to turn themselves into a banana man. For what reason, they are greedy for vanity and worship foreign countries. Maybe not! After all, it is those Western countries that are more powerful than the boss, China.
But that kind of history will never happen again in this time and space. China will never decline. It will always stand at the top of the world.
Xue Rengui was stunned by the sudden shout. After reacting, he looked at Du Xuewen and Xue Ne standing beside him and said with a smile: "Look, this is the true submission of all nations. This is the case in Tianzhu, and in Egypt." That¡¯s how it should be!¡±
Du Xuewen and Xue Ne, two young men, had not experienced many major wars. Most of them had heard about the development of the Tang Dynasty from their parents. It was not until they saw this scene that they truly understood , why in the Tang Dynasty there was such a grand occasion that all nations came to court and the foreign guests were in uniform.
Set off!
The huge fleet sailed into the Arabian Sea, everything was calm, and the Great Eaters seemed not to notice at all that the Tang Dynasty's troops had reached their hinterland.
After entering the Red Sea, the fleet will separate. Xue Rengui will lead a group of troops to enter the Sinai Peninsula, land in Tours, and attract the main force of the food army. The other group, led by Du Xuewen and Xue Ne, will attack Suez .
Sinai Peninsula, since prehistoric times?There have always been people living here. The earliest written records here date from about 3000 BC. The ancient Egyptians recorded that they came here to search for copper mines.
However, the Sinai Peninsula seems to have been famous earlier, and its name may be derived from the name of one of the earliest religions in the Middle East. There is no doubt that the Israelites passed through Sinai when they left Egypt, but the route and time are controversial.
The Sinai Peninsula is known as the site where Moses received the Law, but the exact location of the mountain remains in doubt. A road along the northern shore of the Sinai Peninsula was the main trade route between Egypt and Palestine for many centuries. Egypt built a series of fortresses to guard this route.
After the fall of the Egyptian Empire, the Nabateans from Petra controlled the Sinai trade routes for two centuries until they were defeated by Rome in 106 AD, and the area became part of the Roman province of Arabia. .
In the early AD, the Sinai Peninsula became the residence of many hermits and ascetics, especially in the southern mountains. In 530 AD, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I built the Monastery of St. Catherine on the lower slopes of Mount Sinai. The monastery became the center of various Christian groups scattered in the area and has been a pilgrimage site in the Middle Ages.
Historically, after 1517, the Sinai Peninsula became part of the Ottoman Empire and was governed by officials sent from Constantinople until Egypt broke away from direct Turkish rule in the early 19th century.
During the original World War I, the El-Arish region became a battlefield between Britain and Turkey. At the end of the war, the Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt. It was governed by Egypt until Israel invaded the Sinai Peninsula in the Six-Day War in 1967.
In later generations, the Sinai Peninsula has always been the focus of every military conflict between Israel and Egypt. There have been tragic battles at the Gidi and Mitra mountain passes in the northeast of the peninsula.
Later generations of archaeologists, based on the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic records discovered in the Megara Valley, believe that the Sinai Peninsula has a history of human civilization of at least 7,000 years. In 1992, an American archaeological team unearthed a 33,000-year-old human skeleton in the Ferran Depression, indicating that the history of civilization in Sinai can be traced back to even more distant times.
In 3000 BC, the ancient Egyptians mined copper and turquoise on the peninsula. The granite mined here was used as building materials for the construction of monasteries and magnificent palaces in the Nile Valley. The northeastern part of the peninsula was a densely populated place in BC and the 1st century, where people built water reservoirs to irrigate the cultivated land on the hillside.
Due to its special geographical location, the Sinai Peninsula became a "march road" in ancient wars. In April 1479 BC, Pharaoh Thutmose III of the New Kingdom led Egyptian soldiers on an expedition to Asia and passed through the Sinai Peninsula.
In the temples of Upper Egypt, there are still murals recording the nine-day arduous march in the Sinai desert and stone mountains, and the march route is still clearly identifiable.
In the 13th century BC, Ramses II led his army through the Sinai Desert, conquered Palestine and Lebanon, and erected a stone tablet commemorating his military exploits by the Dog River on the outskirts of Beirut.
From the 6th to the 4th century BC, the ancient Assyrians, Persians and Greeks invaded Egypt from here. Later, the Arab Muslim armies and the Ottoman Empire army also chose this road to enter Egypt.
Napoleon, the famous general of later generations, regarded Arish as "a key" to open the door to Egypt, Syria and other countries. After World War II, the Middle East experienced four large-scale Arab-Israeli wars, and the Sinai Peninsula was one of the main battlefields.
In another sense, the "Historical Road" is also a channel for trade and cultural exchanges between Egypt and West Asian countries and Gulf countries. It is the intersection of the Nile River civilization and the Euphrates and Tigris civilizations. In addition, Sinai is also a place of worship for followers of several religions.
In history, this was a battleground for military strategists, and it is the same now. Xue Rengui will land in Tours, and then conquer the entire Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula.
Xue Rengui landed in Tours and did not suffer much trouble. Today, the Arab Empire is fighting fiercely with the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic Kingdom. Not only the troops in West Asia have been depleted, but also the Sinai Peninsula. A large number of defenders have been Deployed to other battlefields, and Yezid's defensive center in Egypt is not on the Sinai Peninsula. Most of the hundreds of thousands of troops in the entire Egyptian province are concentrated on the front lines of Alexandria and Port Said, guarding against The Byzantines suddenly attacked, and of course the main defense was the Tang army in Cyprus and Crete.
So Xue Rengui encountered almost no decent resistance, successfully built a defense system in Tours, and made a gesture to attack the west and attack Syria, in order to attract the main force of food.
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Du Xuewen and Xue Na on the other side are not like Xue NaThey were so relaxed, but when they separated from the main fleet, they ran into trouble.
On the third day after the army separated, they suddenly salvaged a human-shaped coffin from the sea. This kind of thing had never appeared in the Tang Dynasty. The cleansed surface on the coffin showed a human face, which looked revealing. Looking weird.
Du Xuewen hurriedly called Hattus, the descendant of the ancient Egyptian priest sent to them by Xue Rengui. Who would have thought that after Hattus took a look, he suddenly fell to his knees on the ground, as if he was frightened, and his face turned pale.
Hatus¡¯ whole body was like chaff, shaking non-stop, still muttering to himself: ¡°Osiris! It¡¯s Osiris!¡±
When Du Xuewen heard this, he couldn't help but frowned. This name was not unfamiliar to him, because before setting off, these main generals had been forced by Xue Rengui to receive some education about the history of ancient Egypt, especially the gods that the Egyptians believed in. , is even more familiar.
The Osiris mentioned by Hattus is one of the nine most important gods in Egypt. Legend has it that he was an enlightened king during his lifetime, and after his death he became the ruler of the earth and the judge of death. He was also the god of resurrection, rain, and vegetation, and was known as the god of fertility. He is the giver of civilization, the king of the underworld, and the judge of whether people can receive eternal life after death.
The first son of Orisis, the earth god Gebu and the sky god Nut. The great elder who married his sister Isis and led Egypt to prosperity.
It is said that Orises was killed by his brother Set during a banquet because he was jealous of him. Seth made a gorgeous coffin made of precious wood, decorated with beautiful gems and gold, and it was tailor-made to the figure of his brother. He declared at the banquet: "The person who can perfectly lie in the box , will get this coffin.¡±
As a result, Seth locked his brother inside, covered it, washed it with boiling water, and threw it into the Nile. His wife Isis found Osiris's body in the jungle, then hid it in a swamp and prepared to resurrect her husband.
But he was discovered by Seth who was out hunting. He cut his brother's body into fourteen pieces and threw them all over Egypt. Although Isis found his body again, only thirteen pieces were found, and the genitals were eaten by fish. Finally, Isis carved a replacement one out of olive wood.
So Osiris was resurrected for only one night and gave birth to a son, Horus, to avenge him. As a result, Horus lost his sight. As the god of fertility and resurrection, he died during drought and was reborn when there was plenty of water.
Because Orises could no longer be resurrected in the human world, he became the master of the earth and the judge of death. Although he is the god of the underworld, he is not a devil or a god of darkness. Rather, he symbolized what the Egyptians believed was the hope of eternal glory after death.
Of course, these are just myths, but after this myth spread among the people, the Pharaoh of Egypt heard it, and used it to deceive the people, saying that the Pharaoh had the help of gods, so he was a ruler while alive and would still rule after death. By. Anyone who opposes Pharaoh will be punished while alive, and will not be able to successfully pass the judgment of Osiris in the underworld after death.
Since then, every Egyptian pharaoh has to perform the myth of Osiris after his death. The first step is to hold a corpse-hunting ceremony. The second point is to hold a cleansing ceremony, that is, dissect the corpse, remove the internal organs and bone marrow, and make a mummy "mummy". The specific method is to first immerse the corpse in an antiseptic fluid to dissolve the grease and wash off the skin. After forty days, the body is taken out to dry. The cavity is filled with spices, and the outside is coated with gum to prevent the body from coming into contact with air and bacteria, and then the body is tightly wrapped in cloth. In this way, a long-lasting "mummy" is made. The third step is to recite the mantra to open the eyes, nose, ears and mouth of the "mummy", and stuff food into its mouth. It is said that in this way, one can breathe, speak, and eat like a living person. Finally, there is the burial ceremony, where the "mummy" is put into a sarcophagus and sent to the tomb of the "eternal residence" they ran for themselves during their lifetime.
¡°Could this thing contain a mummy?
Du Xuewen couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, but since it was a mummy, there should be a lot of these things in Egypt. How could Hattus be so afraid?
"Hatus! What's wrong with you?"
Hatus was suddenly awakened, looked at Du Xuewen, his eyes were as if he saw the God of Death, and said: "General of the Celestial Dynasty! We can't go any further, we have alarmed the god Orisis, and he has alarmed him. We will be cursed by the true form of the underworld. The true form of God Orises appears here to warn us that we cannot go any further. If we go further, he will curse us!"
The mummy¡¯s curse is not surprising to future generations. It was even openly aired on a TV show, widely publicized, and became the subject of many unsolved questions.One of the mysteries.
The most famous one is that in 1922 AD, two serious-looking people came into the steep underground passage at the foot of a pyramid in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. They are British archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. Howard Carter spent decades searching for this tomb. Lord Carnarvon invested a lot of money in the next eight years to support Carter in uncovering the secrets of the Egyptian king's tomb.
At that moment, what they faced was the door of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh's tomb that had been sealed for more than three thousand years.
Carter carefully chiselled a corner of the tomb door, and Carnarvon looked in with wide eyes behind him. As the hole expands, the atmosphere becomes increasingly tense. Carter raised the flashlight with a trembling hand and looked inside. He didn't speak for a long time.
After a while, Carnarvon couldn't hold it in any longer, and finally asked in a hoarse voice: "Did you see anything?"
Carter turned around, eyes shining, and stammered: "I saw a miracle, an amazing miracle!"
Lord Carnarvon took the flashlight handed over by Carter and looked inside. He was shocked. In front of his eyes, there was a faint appearance of piles of gold-plated chariots and couches decorated with huge gold-plated lions and monsters. , a statue of the king as tall as a person, and countless boxes and cages.
This is the most important event in the history of archaeology that has shocked the world in later generations - the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen, the young pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Tutankhamun ruled Egypt for 9 years. In 1323 BC, when he was 18 years old, he died mysteriously. Probably Tutankhamun would never have imagined that thousands of years after being buried, he would become a world-famous "newsmaker."
Tutankhamun¡¯s tomb is located at the foot of the cliff in the ¡°Valley of the Kings¡± where the pharaoh is buried. It consists of four burial chambers. The jewelry scattered on the ground indicates that tomb robbers once sneaked into the tomb chamber, but did not take anything. It may be that the tomb robbers were frightened by the accident and ran away, and the tomb door was later resealed.
Tutankhamun¡¯s tomb is like a museum with an extremely rich collection. There are more than 5,000 pieces of jewelry, handicrafts, furniture, clothing, cosmetics and various weapons in the tomb.
In the pink front room, there are three gold beds surrounded by monster-shaped sculptures. Next to the bed are two life-size black statues of guards standing opposite each other, wearing gold skirts and holding hammers and spears. The room is full of precious treasures, including a throne inlaid with precious stones, a glittering ancient chariot, a vase as white as jade, a beautifully carved gold bed and chair, various musical instruments, and so on.
In the tomb, people also found a bowl filled with mud, which was obviously used when the tomb was sealed. An unknown migrant worker left a fingerprint on the paint surface, which is still clearly visible.
The coffin chamber is guarded by two warrior statues. It contains four golden shrines, a crystal sarcophagus and three sets of coffins. The inner coffin is made of pure gold and has the young Pharaoh's famous saying written on it: "I saw yesterday, I Know tomorrow.¡±
Tutankhamun, who was lying in the coffin, was wearing a large golden mask, which looked almost exactly like himself. X-ray examination revealed only a scar on the mask that was slightly different from the scar on the face of the pharaoh himself. different.
This young pharaoh looks sad and quiet. On his chest is a collar made of beads and flower-shaped carvings. He holds a shackle and a hook in his hand. Although the cornflowers, lilies, lotus and other colors have peeled off, they are still Vaguely discernible. Experts believe that this necklace was presented by the pharaoh's young queen before the coffin was closed.
There is also a mural inside the tomb, showing the young and majestic pharaoh being taken to heaven by two gods.
The mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was wrapped in thin cloth and covered with collars, amulets, rings, gold and silver bracelets and various gemstones. There were also two daggers among them, one was gold, the other had a gold handle and an iron blade. The latter one is extremely rare because the Egyptians had just learned to use iron at that time.
It is unprecedented that so many precious cultural relics were unearthed in one ancient tomb. It took a full 10 years to sort out these treasures and transfer them to the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo.
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb attracted journalists from all over the world, and there was an even greater number of tourists visiting the excavation site at Uxul, 450 miles south of Cairo.
But the matter was not over, because more than 20 people who participated in the excavation died one after another in a short period of time, and the cause of death was unknown. So people talked about it as "the curse of Pharaoh".
It is said that several curse inscriptions on the Pharaoh were found in this tomb, one of which reads: "Whoever disturbs the peace of this Pharaoh, the wings of death will fall on his head."
The myth of the ¡°Curse of the Pharaohs¡± began with the death of Lord Carnarvon, who died of a mosquito bite on April 6, 1923go. At that time, some superstitious people began to talk about it, saying that this was some retribution for those who did not worship God.
Then, headlines such as "The Pharaoh's Revenge" began to appear in newspapers, and the subtitles were "Tutankhamun's Curse Killed Another Person" and other sensational phrases.
The report on the death of the 19th person reads as follows: "Lord Westbury, 78, committed suicide today by jumping from the seventh floor of his London residence. Lord Westbury's son was a former excavation officer. The secretary of Howard Carter, the archaeologist of Tutankhamun's tomb, died suddenly in his room in November last year. He was in good health before his death, and the cause of death could not be ascertained."
Soon Carter¡¯s partner Metz also died. The newspapers also reported the news of his death, but never mentioned that Metz had been ill for a long time. When assisting Carter, he continued to work even though he was ill, but he quit due to illness before the work was completed.
Later, a newspaper reported that a man named Carter lived in the United States and died of unknown causes. He was the person who was recently chased for his life by the Pharaoh.
Carter himself had to come forward to refute the rumors at this time. The so-called "ridiculous reports" such as Tutankhamun's revenge were just a "word game." He said that some newspapers have been mentioning the so-called danger of crossing the threshold of ancient tombs. In fact, science has proved that this danger does not exist at all. He emphasized that scientists have proven that there are no germs in the tomb, and the results of infection tests conducted in the tomb also prove that the above reports are very irresponsible and absurd.
In order to correct the situation, the German Egyptologist Professor George Standolf published an article on the curse of the Pharaoh in 1933, and took the trouble to explore the sources of newspaper information and other similar reports. He said that the Carter who died in the United States and the archaeologist Carter only had the same surname and had nothing to do with each other. He also found that the Westburys had no direct or indirect relationship with Tutankhamun's tomb, the relocation of artifacts in the tomb, and Tutankhamun's remains. After citing a large number of facts, he made a clear conclusion: "The Curse of the Pharaoh" does not exist at all, and there is nothing similar in ancient inscriptions.
Carter later published an article on this issue, writing: "As far as modern Egyptians are concerned, their religious traditions do not allow such curses to exist at all. On the contrary, the Egyptians devoutly hope that we Kind wishes to the deceased."
However, everything that happened in later generations can still be answered through science, but in an era where ghosts and gods are in awe, the so-called curses in legends are naturally very popular.
As soon as Hattus finished speaking, not only the Gujarati boatmen on the ship, but also many Tang Army officers and soldiers looked worried. It was obvious that they were all worried about the curse that Hattus said.
Du Xuewen didn't believe this. He had been taught by Du Rui since he was a child. He naturally sneered at the theory of ghosts and gods. He pulled Hatus up and said loudly: "The theory of curse is false. For a false curse, is it possible?" We have to turn back. The Holy Spirit has ordered us to conquer Dashi. Are we going to return in vain? Come on! Throw this coffin into the sea, and the fleet will continue to move forward, heading towards the Port of Suez!"
Hearing this, Hatus said anxiously: "General of the Celestial Dynasty, you must not do this! This is the true form of the god, we cannot disrespect it! If we offend the god, I am afraid it will be detrimental to us!"
Du Xuewen pushed Hatus away, stretched out his hand to lift the coffin, and said loudly: "Don't say that the curse is false, it means it is true. I, Du Xuewen, am the only one who disrespects Orisis, so there is a curse." , should also be imposed on me, Du Xuewen!"
After Du Xuewen finished speaking, he quickly walked to the side of the ship, raised the coffin high with both hands, and threw it into the sea. Everyone was shocked when they saw it, but Du Xuewen's general order had been issued, so they naturally did not dare to disobey and could only continue to move forward.
For the next two days, Hattus was so frightened that he hid in the cabin and prayed to the sky all day, asking the gods to forgive his sins. However, the gods seemed to have no intention of paying attention to him. The sea remained calm until the ship The team sailed to the sea outside the port of Suez.
Du Xuewen looked at the nearby Port of Suez, ordered someone to show him a map of the sea, and smiled at Xue Ne: "Dingshan! Look, this Port of Suez is so close to the Mediterranean Sea marked on my father's chart. If Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty sent out migrant workers to dig a canal from here, it would be much more convenient to go to Europe by boat from now on!"
Du Xuewen just said casually, how did he know that in Du Rui's plan, the Suez Canal was the primary purpose of conquering Egypt.
Not only Du Rui, but as far back as the 12th Dynasty of Egypt, Pharaoh Senusert III ordered the digging of an "east-west" canal to connect the Red Sea and the Nile in order to conduct direct trade through land-based flat-bottomed boats. Some evidence from later generations??Suggests that the canal continued to exist at least until the time of Ramses II in the 13th century BC, when it was abandoned.
According to the Greek historian Herodotus's work "History", around 600 BC, a pharaoh in Egypt also started to re-excavate the canal, but it was not completed.
The Suez Canal was reacquired by Ptolemy II around 250 BC and was continuously improved, destroyed and rebuilt over the next thousand years until it was finally opened to the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in the 8th century AD. Abandoned.
Since then, the Suez Canal has been dug and opened intermittently, and it was opened for two long periods of time during the Roman period in 117 BC and under Umar ibn al-Khattab in 640 AD.
When Napoleon Bonaparte occupied Egypt at the end of the 18th century, he planned to build a canal to connect the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. However, due to the incorrect survey results of the French, the sea level of the Red Sea was calculated to be higher than that of the Mediterranean Sea, which meant that it was impossible to build a canal without locks. Subsequently, Napoleon gave up the plan and left Egypt in a confrontation with British forces.
After the defeat of Napoleon, France rebuilt the French Second Colonial Empire. Because its colonies in the Americas were lost to the British, France focused on developing eastward. Opening the Suez Canal was of even greater significance to France. In 1854 and 1856, Viscount Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French consul in Egypt, obtained a charter from Pasha Said, the governor-general of Egypt in the Ottoman Empire.
The pasha authorized Lesseps to establish a company and build a maritime canal open to ships from all countries in accordance with the plan drawn up by Australian engineer Alois. By leasing the relevant land, the company could operate the canal for 99 years from the time it was opened to navigation.
On December 15, 1858, the Suez Canal Company was established. It took nearly 11 years for the French to force poor Egyptians to dig canals through the desert, and some of the coolies were even whipped. The project overcame many technical, political and financial problems. The final cost was ¡ê18.6 million, more than double the original budget. Finally, the canal was opened to navigation on November 17, 1869, and this day is designated as the canal¡¯s navigation anniversary.
The economic benefits contained in the Suez Canal are self-evident. In 1956, Egyptian President Nasser announced that he would take back the Suez Canal Company controlled by the United Kingdom and France.
In order to reoccupy the Suez Canal, the British and French imperialists teamed up with Israel to launch a war of aggression against Egypt at the end of October of the same year. The Egyptian people fought bravely and received firm and strong support from people all over the world and public opinion in various countries. They finally forced Britain, France and Israel to agree to a ceasefire and subsequently withdrew their troops.
Historically, for the hegemony of the Suez Canal, so many countries have been involved and fought endlessly with each other. But now, this canal that has not yet been dug can only belong to the most powerful country in the world - the Tang Dynasty. empire.
It has to be said that Du Xuewen is thinking about the long term. Now that Egypt is still in the hands of the cannibals, he is actually thinking about how to use this place.
Xue Ne laughed when he heard this and said: "When my uncle sailed around the world, he never even went to the Mediterranean. Is it possible that you don't even want to go!?"
Du Xuewen also smiled after hearing this and said: "I used to hear my father talk about how big the world is and that the Tang Dynasty is only a corner of the world. I always felt that my father was a bit exaggerated. But now from Chang'an to Tianzhu, and then From Tianzhu to Egypt, I just realized that this world is as my father said, Dingshan! This time I came out, I really don¡¯t want to go back. If Egypt is acquired by the Tang Dynasty, the country¡¯s power will surely decline. There is no rival to the Tang Dynasty in the world, and I am afraid that our martial arts will no longer be useful. Rather than returning to Chang'an to make a show, I would rather be stationed in this foreign land and be at ease!"
When Xue Ne heard this, he couldn't help but feel excited, but soon his fascination turned into deep disappointment. He knew that it was simply impossible. He was Xue Rengui's only son, and his mother was the sister of Song Guogong Du Rui. In this way With his identity, who would be willing to throw him into this wild place.
What¡¯s more, it¡¯s Du Xuewen!
Du Xuewen's status is more noble than that of Xue Ne. Her mother is the princess of the current dynasty and her father is the chief minister of the cabinet. She has a high position of power. Even if Du Rui is willing to let Du Xuewen practice in a foreign land, Princess Ankang will definitely not agree.
Du Xuewen actually knew that, but he always had some illusions in his heart: "Let's leave the future matters for later! At the moment, we should figure out how to capture this port. Once we launch an attack, it will be big." Cannibals must be alert, and by then, the effectiveness of our surprise troops will be greatly reduced. The most important thing now is to figure out what to do?"
Xue Na said: "It is impossible to capture this port without anyone noticing. Da Shi is not a fool. Maybe they will have noticed it when we arrive in Tianzhu. Datang and Da Shi are feuding , over the years, greatThe food collectors must have never stopped collecting intelligence about us. According to my opinion, the first thing we need to do now is to wait to give the big food warriors time to deploy their troops. If my brother¡¯s prediction is correct, my father¡¯s commander-in-chief is now Along the way, we must have landed in Tours. The most important thing now for the cannibals is to expel my father's troops. When all their troops are mobilized, it will be the best time for us to capture the Port of Suez! "
Du Xuewen nodded, deeply agreeing, and said: "What you said is true, we really need to leave enough time for the Big Eater. Otherwise, if the Big Eater's troops in the west of Egypt fail to be mobilized, we will just alert the snake. This battle is going to be a tough one!¡±
Du Xuewen thought about it again, and already had a plan in mind, and said: "Three days! Three days is enough time for Da Chi to respond. By then, as long as Da Chi's troops are mobilized, even if we make trouble in Suez Port No matter how big the movement is, it will be too late for them to readjust their force allocation. By that time, as long as we act quickly enough, we will be able to capture Alexandria and Port Said. And this time we will not only make a big fuss, but also If we want to cause an uproar, we can only make a big fuss in the Port of Suez. Our Datang garrison on Cyprus and Crete will be alert. At that time, there will be a sea and land attack, and Alexandria and Port Said will take over. It¡¯s like picking something out of a bag!¡±
Hearing this, Xue Ne said happily: "Okay! Okay! This is a great plan! The more noise we make here, the more panicked the cannibals will be, and the pressure on my father's handsome side will be less!"
After the calculation was settled, Du Xuewen ordered people to adjust the course and find a place to hide the fleet. Hundreds of warships could hide in the Red Sea. This was also thanks to the fact that the Arab Empire did not pay much attention to the navy. Otherwise, You can't hide it even if you want to.
The Arabs attach great importance to the navy. It was after the failure of the first siege of Constantinople that the cannibals, who were accustomed to fighting on horseback, realized the importance of the navy to an empire for the first time. However, it is a pity that the cannibals' navy Compared with the Byzantines who have been immersed in this way for hundreds of years, they are obviously not good enough. Although on land, the cannibals can beat the Byzantines to tears, but on the sea, the Byzantines are Mediterranean. King, at least before the Tang Dynasty entered the Mediterranean, this was indeed the case.
Moreover, compared to the Tang Dynasty, it was always remembered that the Byzantines, who had recaptured their homeland in Central Asia, were the greatest danger to the cannibals. Therefore, all the cannibalistic navies were concentrated in the Mediterranean Sea, and it was inevitable that the Red Sea would be a serious problem. Something has to be neglected.
Along the way, except for a few merchant ships and fishing boats, the Tang Dynasty Fleet encountered no ships patrolling the sea. Naturally, those merchant ships and fishing boats could not escape their bad luck and were sunk by the Tang Dynasty Fleet and were buried. They were innocent at the bottom of the sea, but the lives of those on board were obviously insignificant compared to the Tang Empire's eternal hegemony.
Although the Great Eater has now noticed that Datang has shown strong fighting intentions, due concealment measures are absolutely necessary. Therefore, for those businessmen, fishermen, and boatmen, they can only feel sorry, they are just At the wrong time, in the wrong place, I saw something I shouldn't have seen. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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