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    Chapter 51

    ¡°Perhaps God is really on the side of the Tang Dynasty, or perhaps Allah, the God that the Arabs believe in, is on vacation.

    The situation seems to have been developing in a direction favorable to the Tang Dynasty. The Mubak army, which originally had a strength of 350,000, was suddenly reduced by one-third of its strength as the local Egyptian servants fled.  .

    Of course, this is not the worst thing. What is even worse is that because Xue Rengui's pursuers are pressing behind him step by step, Mubak has to lead the army into the endless desert. There is a lack of food and grass supplies and he can't find suitable places.  By the time they reached the edge of the desert, the soldiers were already exhausted. Casualties continued to occur along the way. The military strength was reduced to only 200,000 people, and their horses were also worn down.

    Although the Arabian horse is the most outstanding horse breed in the world and lives in West Asia, it is naturally capable of withstanding the heat. However, a horse is still a horse and cannot turn into a camel. If there is a lack of fodder, it may be able to endure it, but it cannot drink.  If it's water, you won't be able to hold on.

    By the time the Arab army came out of the desert, among their 200,000 soldiers, more than the average number of soldiers had changed from cavalry to infantry.  Even if they are still riding horses, their horses have long since lost their energy. How can they still gallop back and forth on the battlefield?

    "Your Majesty the Governor! We only need to walk twenty miles further to Kadishi City. By then we can cross the Oronte River and we will have a solution!" Ali's voice was full of excitement when he spoke. It was obvious that he was also fascinated by this long journey.  The rapid march in the desert was torture enough.

    After hearing this, Mubak's face became better, and he nodded and said: "Send someone to check out the front and see the situation. The army will rest here, eat some food, and drink some water. Otherwise, I will  I really don¡¯t know how many more people I can bring to Cairo!¡±

    When the originally listless Arab soldiers heard that they could rest, they all smiled brightly. They dismounted one after another, unloaded the corpses of the exhausted horses carried on the cart behind, and prepared to bury the pots to make rice.

    They are all too tired!

    Muback found a dead tree, sat down against it, licked his chapped lips, looked at the sky, and silently prayed to his God in his heart, praying that nothing bad would happen.

    He was a devout Islamic believer, but the rumors about the Pharaoh's curse that circulated among the Egyptian people made him worried. After all, sometimes even the Almighty Allah could not defeat the devil, just like them, servants of Allah, many times  At the hands of the Tang army, they suffered a brutal defeat.

    Thutmose III, Ramses II!

    The names of these two Egyptian pharaohs were always in his ears. Going back further, it was the place where these two pharaohs became famous. In Western legends, after some people die, the spirits of the dead will pay great attention to them.  The place where their lives were most glorious.

    Mubak robbed the tombs of more than a dozen Egyptian pharaohs and threw their mummies into the sea. This kind of desecration of the undead must be cursed in the eyes of the Egyptians.

    Some Egyptian servants gathered together, looking at the Arab soldiers from time to time, and whispering in low voices.

    ¡°Ahead is Kadeshite City, the place where Pharaoh Ramses II defeated the Hittites!¡±

    "Damn Arabs for desecrating the sacred body of the Pharaoh, they will definitely be punished!"

    "Then what should we do? Are we going to follow those Arabs and become a burial object to appease the anger of the Pharaoh!"

    "I don't want to die! When I cross the Oronte River, I will leave and go home. No matter who wins this war, it has nothing to do with me. I just want to live!"

    "Yes! Let that Muback pay the price for his stupid behavior! We can't be buried with him!"

    Such discussions were happening in every corner. It was not that these Egyptian servants who stayed behind had never thought of escaping like their companions. However, they were afraid of the boundless desert and were even more worried about becoming the souls of the Tang Dynasty.  I chose to move with the Arabs. At least if I followed them, I would get a little bit of food every day, so I wouldn't starve or die of thirst in the desert.

    The army's morale was unstable, which made Ali worried. He could see that the servants looked at them with ill intentions. If they hadn't been accumulating power all the time and making the Egyptians fearful, a mutiny would have happened long ago.  .

    "But he can't suggest Mubak to suppress it. Now is a critical moment. They must rely on those servants. At least there will be people who can be used as cannon fodder during the war.

    So, from the day he entered the desert, he suggested that Mubak give Egyptian servants?The same treatment as the Arab soldiers, except that his suggestion was sternly rejected by Muback, who was furious because of the escape of the Egyptian servant army.

    "Mr. Governor! Take a rest, let's hurry up as soon as possible! Be careful that the Tang people behind us will catch up!"

    Mubak waved his hand feebly and said: "Okay! General Ali! We are almost safe. Don't worry about the Tang people. Let the soldiers have a good rest before leaving. You have also seen that if we continue to go, the soldiers'  My body is completely exhausted!"

    What Mubak said was just an excuse. He didn't want to go any further just because he was worried about the curse of Thutmose III and Ramses II.

    Ali had no choice but to order people to prepare food for Mubak so that the governor could be more energetic.

    At this moment, the sentinels sent out by Muback came back. Looking at their panicked expressions, you knew that what happened ahead must not be optimistic.

    Ali asked eagerly: "What happened in front!"

    The Arab soldier who was exploring the road said with a panicked face: "Your Majesty Governor! Something strange happened. As soon as we approached Kadeshite City, we were struck by a dazzling light that made it impossible to open our eyes. That  The light is like the sun setting on the earth, and the wind and sand around it are also swept up. We want to get close, but we can't do it at all!"

    When Mubak heard this, his fat face suddenly turned pale, and he trembled: "It's them, it must be them, it's the curse of Thutmose III and Ramses II. I desecrated their mummies, and now they  You are coming to take revenge on me!"

    Mubak was so frightened that he lost his temper and his voice became shrill. As soon as he said these words, the expressions of the people around him suddenly changed. Whether it was the Egyptian servants or the Arab soldiers, they all expressed their opinions about the Pharaoh's curse.  It was a familiar sight, and the already demoralized army suddenly became even more chaotic.
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