Chapter 196
Gulianggang Adan
He talks about benevolence and morality in his heart. This is something that Teacher Martin is like Tang Monk, who keeps reciting in Zhao Fubo's ears all day long. He did this seriously, but unfortunately, Zhao Fubo has a bloodthirsty instinct in his heart.
In the past conflicts, the people they faced had some relationships with each other, and could no longer be as merciless as they were against ordinary robbers. Then this time, he had not had such a good heart when he went to war with thousands of cavalry, so he did not take what the previous merchant station manager said to him.
The subsequent experience also showed that his understanding of this matter was basically correct. When he saw six large ships appear outside the commercial station, those who managed the commercial station thought they had already received news about the people in the castle, so they not only provided food to Zhao Fubo and the others, but even some big families were interested in spending a lot of money to win him over when they saw Zhao Fubo's strength.
Even if the commercial stations that are not fully controlled by the Isle of Ferai are still built on the selected locations by the sea. However, the business activities outside are thrown to the more powerful families in the local area to control. When everyone is profitable, generally no one is willing to make trouble. Especially after seeing the cavalry under Zhao Fubo, more people are willing to deal with Ferai more.
Abu Bakr commanded the fleet to travel 200 to 300 kilometers per day, after bypassing Sur in the southeast corner of the Gulf of Oman on the tenth day, the entire fleet began to turn southwest.
Along the way, Zhao Fubo discovered that Pu Jinshu did have his skills in establishing business roads. The business stations he established were more easily controlled and unpopular islands. Or, based on the special terrain of the coast, a natural port for mooring boats was established.
He even identified the reefs and waterways that could be observed along the coast in accordance with Martin's request. Now these are marked on the chart of Abu Bakr. So much about the matter on the road, everyone knows that the construction of the commercial station ends in the Aden province.
What happened here made Zhao Fubo's purpose temporarily not Egypt, but this place where he might have a bloody battle.
On the night when they approached the ground, Zhao Fubo and the others were welcomed by the big family who controlled the shore. However, today, Zhao Fubo sent Muke to protect Gong Zi to have a party with them. As for him, there are more important things to do.
After sending all the people going to the event away, Zhao Fubo called the captain Martini, the captain Safowan, and the captains of the two thousand-man teams from the Mamluk cavalry on Datongbu Island - Muyiz and McGid.
These people had been training for several months in order to go to Egypt to participate in the war. Not only did they know the tactics of the Yulin Army of the Song Dynasty, but they also became more capable because of their learning of military tactics.
Muyiz and McGid were both on their shoulders, carrying the leopard and wolf head shoulder guards respectively. They served as the post of the lieutenant and the commander, leading the 1,000 Mamluk soldiers of the Arab Legion. Although they seemed to have been demoted, they knew that the 100 Mamluk soldiers are completely different from the past.
The armor was a little worse than the Yulin Army of the Song Dynasty, but in other aspects it was much better than the Mamluk cavalry. Therefore, except for some people who were really unwilling to abandon their faith, most people were considering whether to use the armor of the Yulin Army of the Song Dynasty to wear it.
The one who was found with them was already a nickname of "Little Monkey".
"Aquan, tell us what you know about Aden now!"
A Quan, who was sitting next to Zhao Fubo, was not nervous at all. He had been with Zhao Fubo for a long time and was not afraid of him. He looked at Uncle Zhao Fu with his fat face, blinked a few times, and calmly corrected Zhao Fubo's mistakes.
"Report to the island owner, that place is called Adam, not Aden!"
The Aden in Zhao Fubo's mouth comes from the benchmark points with latitude and longitude on the world map that Martin asked him to remember. For this matter, Zhao Fubo memorized it for more than a month before memorizing thousands of benchmark points. This Aden is one of the strategic iron triangles of the Red Sea, so Zhao Fubo remembers it more clearly.
In the Mande Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea, Pilin Island is located on a major sea route and is a coastal defense outpost in the western Aden. Socotra Island in the southwestern Arabian Sea guards the key maritime transportation links from the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea and Eastern Africa, and has a very important strategic position.
These two key points can be combined with the Port of Aden to completely control the entire maritime traffic jam that connects Europe, Asia and Africa. Moreover, Aden City is named after Port of Aden, which is an Arabic root, meaning "saddle". This is because the Gulf of Aden is composed of peninsular formed by two extinct volcanic lava.
Due to the eruption of the volcano in the past, the volcanic lava formed two saddle-shaped craters, reaching into the Indian Ocean, and the sea lies quietly and gently in an almost oval bay. The unique natural conditions make the Gulf of Aden form a natural port, and its strategic location is very important. Therefore, it has been one of the important ports in the world since ancient times, and surrounded by two extinct volcanic remnants.
Zhao Fubo didn't want to argue with A Quan, and in a simple sentence, he changed the name of Adan City at that time.
"It's called Aden, but it's just a little difference in Arabic pronunciation, it's not a big deal. You should tell me what the situation is there!"
A Quan was not afraid of Amina. Although he was cold, sometimes he would tease Aquan with things like fruits or chocolates. As for Juliana, generally speaking, while taking care of Zhao Fubo, he took care of Aquan.
Therefore, basically, he was not afraid of anyone on the boat. The only fear of Zhao Fubo was the Muke beside him who didn't speak but only killed people. He was not here today, so he was a vacation for Xiao Aquan.
"Okay, the island owner said that he was called Aden, but the people on the shore..."
While Xiao Aquan was still talking, Safowan, who was beside him, gently patted the sword on his waist. When Xiao Aquan saw the expression on the guy's face, shrank his neck and began to talk about the serious matter.
"When my young master and his servant arrived, they originally planned to build a station on the small island called Thira outside. Unexpectedly, the people on the shore saw that the young master was from Song, the governor of Aden, and his name was Ashleph, so he brought many people and some ships to arrest my young master. He was also with him, the long-tongued man Zhemaer. We did not do anything with them according to the rules on the island..."
Indeed, the rule on the Island of Felekai is that when there are many enemies, there is no need to fight to the death. You only need to surrender and tell your family that they will pay a lot of gold coins to redeem them.
Of course, when the island of Ferai came to redeem, it was not just gold coins. Just like Zhao Fubo came here this time, he had half of his mind to give him a chance to kill him, and he would take away without leaving any chickens and dogs.
"Then I ask you, have you been to Aden City? Do you know where your young master was locked up?"
When A Quan thought of Pu Jinshu, his fat face became bitter, and he was no longer as freehand as usual.
"If you go back to the island master, I only know that when I left, he and his men were probably locked up on the Thira Island, and the merchant station we had almost built. At this time... the island master... that governor would not kill my young master, right!"
When she said this, A Quan started crying. Zhao Fubo turned his eyes to Juliana beside her. She hurriedly stepped forward and pulled A Quan aside to comfort her. Before leaving, Zhao Fubo gave him a reassurance.
"Don't worry, A Quan, I will rescue your young master and our people safely. Moreover, that shitty governor, this time, he will also try the awesomeness, otherwise he will be treated as a good person as if he is bullied by our Zhao family!"
After watching Xiao Aquan leave, Zhao Fubo began to discuss combat plans with his subordinates. He glanced at the generals under his command, including Amina, and pointed to the place where Aden City was spread out on the map.
"Everyone, the wise man doesn't say secret words. We want this place on the island of Ferai! But this is a place where black food is very popular, and we can't want it openly. But I just want it, and it must be done in our hands. You are not the first day of joining the army. You all think about what good ideas you have, just say it!"
At this time, Abdul Martini looked at Zhao Fubo's appearance, but his face showed a look of insult. He thought Zhao Fubo was just here to negotiate, but if it really made no sense, he would just give a batch of money to solve the problem, but when he heard Amina's words, he knew that Aden City was over!
"That's not simple, it's easy to just kill the people in the Governor's family. Wear our Mamluk cavalry as civilians into the city, and then take down the castle inside and outside, and the rest..."
Amina didn't say the rest, she knew that Zhao Fubo would do a good job. At that time, on Datongbu Island, the bloodiest thing Zhao Fubo did was to be personally chopped up dozens of heads loyal to the Pan family.
Zhao Fubo, who was holding a butcher's knife in his hand, was stained with blood. When he chopped off his last knife, everyone on Datong Island knelt in front of him.
I remember that Zhao Fubo said this to the person kneeling in front of him.
"Who are we? We are from Song people. Everyone open their eyes to see where this place is! Have you ever heard of the saying that dog bites a dog and goes with his mouth? Is it because we are displaced to the distant place of Song and the world to do this? Now, the swords and guns of our Song people are external, and they bring land and wealth for us all. Foreign enemies want him to crush his bones and ashes, and those who are in turmoil will be punished!"
Chapter completed!