Chapter 16 Sunset Barbary (4) Marine Brigade (Part 2)
Just as Ulihan was thinking hard on the road, Zahatai had already brought a brigade to Cairo.
However, he obviously made a mistake. Although he realized that Kabir had a problem, in his opinion, no matter who was in power in Egypt, he could only choose to be loyal to Truchen, because both Qingis and Kabir were unforgivable traitors to the Ottomans and would never trust them.
No matter who is in charge, he will not attack the Truqins, because even if they succeed by chance, what awaits them will be the crazy revenge of the Truqin army.
In this world, no force can escape the crazy revenge of the Truqins.
No, absolutely not, the twenty-one-year-old Zahatai believes in this.
Therefore, although his fleet had three brigades of troops, he only brought one brigade to Cairo.
But he still made a mistake.
He was afraid that something would happen in Cairo City, so he asked Qin Jis to go back early. For him, Cairo City was already a turtle in a jar, and it would be taken down sooner or later. He could not make any doubts about the war horse that had just recovered for the night and was exhausted from the rushing march.
Qingis left him ten of his guards to lead the way. Since the Marine Brigade was on the east bank of the Dumyat River, a tributary of the Nile River, and they were walking along the west bank of the Nile River, he did not give further instructions except to send people to inform Ye Haya.
However, things in this world often don’t go well just because your strength is obviously higher, not to mention that it is in the granary of the entire Ottoman Empire, such as Egypt and a place with a long history.
Just half a day after he arrived in Cairo City, an accident happened under the city. Kabir launched a raid on Qinjis who had arrived in a hurry. At that time, there were 5,000 Mamuliuk cavalry loyal to him, and Qinjis had only 1,000. He marched for a long distance. As soon as he entered the camp outside the city, he was surrounded by Kabir.
Qin Jis's entire army was wiped out!
When Zahatai approached the camp, he immediately smelled something strange.
The three Zahatai brothers received a thoroughly designed education from Qitade when they were six years old. In order to let him experience the hardships of all walks of life, they also put him in herdsmen, workshops, and army during their holidays during their school days. Judging from their current performance, the three brothers are all extremely excellent.
Although Toure performed the best, Qitad still established the status of Prince Zahatai. Since they are almost the same, it is natural to establish the status of the eldest son, let alone Toure is still the younger brother of a mother and Zahatai.
However, although Zahatai has a keen sense of smell, he has never experienced the war in Bangladesh like Toure, and his sense of smell in military terms cannot be better than Toure.
Excellent generals are slowly honed in the war, at least you have to be in the scene to feel something.
But Zahatai was not experienced major war except for being harassed by the Ottomans while they crossed the straits, and the Battle of Limnos is not worth mentioning.
What's more, the entire countryside of Egypt was controlled by Qingis at this time. Even if there were a few dissatisfied people, it would not matter to the overall situation, and it would not pose any threat to his brigade.
But when he approached the rebel camp, he still smelled a strange thing.
Although this place is a battlefield, the smell of blood is obviously too strong. He knew from Qin Jis that there had been no siege here for several days, just to attract the Baghdad Legion.
Also, when the ten confidants left by Qin Jisi took the lead in entering the camp, they did not come out immediately!
Fortunately, although he claimed to be carrying a brigade, the real commander of the brigade was his uncle Asar, who was a long-standing general. He kept the army on his guard along the way.
He did not relax when he arrived at the camp. He lined up the troops of three regiments and appeared in front of the camp.
There were naturally a hundred guards he had given to him by Zahatai. So, at dusk, these more than 3,000 people were waiting quietly in front of the rebel camp...
"Not good!"
Although Asar is Zahatai's uncle, he is only 30 years old this year. Although he has been sending scouts to patrol around the way he comes, he has recruited all the scouts when he arrives near the camp.
This is also a very reasonable thing. Zahatai obviously talked to him about his doubts before, but in Assal's opinion, no matter who is in charge of Egypt, it is inseparable from Truchen's support. As for Qingis or Kabir, there is no difference.
But he never expected that his Marine Brigade would also be involved in this matter!
"Long..."
A large array of horse hooves came from a distance!
They are now on the west bank of the Nile River, while Cairo City is on the east bank, but Qingis set up his camp on the west bank, obviously to leave a way out for himself, which is understandable.
The sound of horse hooves comes from all directions, from both the upper reaches of the Nile River and from the vast desert where the pyramids to the west are located!
At the same time, a team of cavalry flew out of the camp!
Faced with this situation, Zahatai was not panicked. He smiled and said, "It seems that the Baghdad Legion has arrived and has reached a deal with Kabir. Qin Jis is probably in danger."
He was still very confident in the combat power of the Truchen cavalry, so he said to Asar: "Three regiments are just right to face the enemy in three directions, so I will watch the battle from behind."
Asar's expression changed drastically at this time. If there was no Prince here, he could have fought a battle, but now his highness only has one hundred cavalry beside him!
He nodded and said, "Your Highness, please send a messenger to Benha City to help. It is only thirty miles away from here, and reinforcements will arrive soon."
After saying that, he quickly rushed up with his men.
The situation is much more serious than Zahatai and Assal imagined.
From the upper reaches of the Nile are the five thousand cavalry of the Baghdad Legion, from the desert are the three thousand cavalry scattered in the desert, plus the five thousand cavalry of the Baghdad Legion, and from the camp are the five thousand Mamuliuk cavalry led by Kabir himself!
Assal had only one brigade, and there was only one regiment facing the enemy on each side. Although the Truchen cavalry had strong combat power, they had been marching for a day after all, and it was a time when people were trapped!
They obviously would not have thought that they would take a break in advance when they approached Egypt.
At this moment, Wulihan arrived!
He was shocked when he saw that he looked like this.
"Your Highness, please come back to Benha City with me!"
"No, how could I escape before the battle?"
In this case, he will definitely not go down and withdraw from the battlefield. If he does that, he will not be the prince for a long time. However, he is not a reckless man with the courage of a man. He said to Ulihan: "Go back and bring the Marine Brigade here"
"Your Highness, I'm afraid there are problems with Deputy Brigade Commander Ye Haya and Chief of Staff Oma"
Zahatai said lightly: "I know, just take my token. The main forces of the Marine Brigade have converted to Changchun religion. How many people can they take away? Don't be afraid, trust our warriors"
Wu Lihan was helpless and worried about the safety of Zahatai, so he didn't want to say more, so he had to urge the horse to whip and run towards Benha City as quickly as possible.
In less than half an hour, he arrived in Benha City.
At this time, Ye Haya has returned.
"Deputy Brigade Commander, His Highness the Crown Prince was attacked in Cairo City, please send troops as soon as possible!"
Ye Haya said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince? Why don't I know when he came? Also, the release note from the Chief of Staff said that you went out for two hours, why did you come back half a day after you went out?!"
At this time, they were all standing in the big yard of another palace. Wu Li rarely saw that besides him and Oma, another leader also came.
Wu Lihan didn't know what was going on, so he took out the token of Zahatai and a large seal of the dragon head wrapped in yellow silk.
"Everyone, Your Highness the Crown Prince is in trouble. This is his seal. Who would like to follow me to welcome Your Highness?!"
Ye Haya suddenly snatched the seal, opened it and took a look, and threw it on the ground, "Your Highness's seal? Why didn't he know me when he came, but you, the battalion commander of the baggage battalion?"
This really doesn't make sense. At this time, even the leader of the third regiment (Ye Haya and Oma served as the leader of the same regiment) hesitated.
Wu Lihan sneered: "Yehaya, what good did the Ottomans promise you, but you dare to betray Truchen?"
Ye Haya cursed: "What are you talking nonsense? Come and arrest this traitor who did not obey the order and went out privately!"
Wu Lihan suddenly took out something from his body and held it high in his hand.
"Everyone, do you recognize this thing?"
At this time, everyone in the brigade department came out after hearing the movement.
All the people in the brigade department graduated from Ellista Military Academy, either staff or scouts. Qitad attaches great importance to these people. He not only takes the time to teach himself, but also special professors for activists who joined the Changchun Church and performed well.
"Everyone, in our company level or above, in addition to the formally appointed officers, there are also backbones of the Changchun Cult. In special circumstances, they can replace the officers and become temporary hosts!"
"They all have a title called Chongyangzi. Each of them has a token made of peach blossom stone with my name on it"
What Wu Lihan holds in his hand is a peach blossom stone token that can prove the identity of "Chongyangzi"!
Now all the staff and scouts believed it, and most of them rushed to Wulihan.
"Brig Commander, please give the order"
"Okay, first capture Ye Haya, who surrendered to the enemy and treason!"
.....
When Ulihan led three regiments of Marines to the vicinity of Cairo City, it was the time when the three regiments of Asarna were in danger. After all, Kabir's men were very dominant. Many cavalry had already rushed to Zahatai. Fortunately, they fired pistols and barely repelled their attack.
Chapter completed!