On the wasteland, a group of soldiers stood in line. These soldiers were dressed as civilians. The only difference between them was that they held weapons in their hands. Many of them seemed very nervous, but they adjusted their queues numbly with the shouts of the officers.

Two months ago, most of them were slaves on the sludge ship, and they were rafting the sludge in the dark bottom cabin all day long, but now they have become soldiers.

"Defeat the Ottomans, each of you returns to your hometown to become a free man!"

Once again, Seyed thought of the promise the Turkish officer gave him when he was released that day.

This is a rebellion.

Seyed knew very well about this, but he knew more about how powerful the Turks were.

Defeat the Turks?

Is it possible?

But even though he knew this, he was powerless to stop these things, and he had no choice at all. Just like when he was put in a basket as a "blood tribute" and left his mother, he had no choice but to passively accept it. Even in the end, he became like a slave, working as a coolie in the dark cabin, and he had no choice. For people like him, they had no choice, and they were like duckweed to go with the flow. The same is true now.

"At least, there is no need to row now..."

Seyed thought silently, and at the same time, his eyes couldn't help but turn to the distance, where there was a Chinese queue. Compared to the chaotic queues on their side, the other side was more neat.

The Chinese... can they defeat the Turks?

Besides, they have so few people.

When Seyed and his friends turned their curious eyes to the Ming army, on the hill behind, a group of officers were observing the battlefield through telescopes from time to time. This battlefield was specially prepared by Xu Mingxin for the Mamuliks who came from afar.

"They won't go around here, are they?"

Shaking his head, Xu Mingxin said.

"It shouldn't be. It's unlikely that those Mamuliks will take a detour. On the one hand, because this is the only way to Suez, and it's meaningless to bypass it. Go around the city? We are still outside the city and can attack their flanks. And those Mamuliks are mainly cavalry. With the terrain here, they will definitely not miss the opportunity to fight in the field. After all, we are mainly infantry. Compared with siege, cavalry has a great chance of winning against infantry! Moreover, for Cairo, the problem of Suez must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise Istanbul will inevitably lose patience with him. Therefore, a quick battle and quick decision will definitely be what Cairo wants. In short, as long as they know that we have set up a formation here, they will definitely pounce."

Compared to the relaxation of Xu Mingxin, the commander of the Straits colony, Song Yangshan, as his deputy, looked a little nervous.

"Commander, if their more than 20,000 troops rushed over, we will not be at ease by then. We will only have seven thousand troops in total."

Seven thousand men!

There were less than 5,000 Ming army, and more than 2,000 were "Yi soldiers", that is, the slaves liberated by Ahmed in Suez. In fact, they could only support the field and fight... they really might not be able to point to it.

As for his men, in fact, there are more than 2,000 people, they are now guarding the city in Suez. In other words, those slave soldiers are actually just cannon fodder in his hands.

The Ming army is the one who can really fight.

"It is because our troops are not large, that I chose this place. We have to let them attack. First occupy the favorable terrain and let the Mamuliuks launch an attack. They will definitely do this... As long as we defend the front line, we will not lose this battle. The Han soldiers are invincible, although we only have 5,000 people. But the same is true, we will definitely not lose!"

"The Han army is invincible" seems a bit conceited, but in fact, in the past twenty years, the Ming army has proved this with the enemy's bloody heads on the battlefield again and again. It is precisely because of this that every Ming army has such a belief in the hearts.

The Han soldiers are invincible!

This sentence is definitely not so-called conceit, but self-confidence. It is the kind of self-confidence that comes from the heart. Whether it is a general or a soldier, I have never doubted it.

Xu Mingxin did not have much combat experience, but his 20-year rank career allowed him to accumulate enough experience. Moreover, he had worked as a "horse bandit" in North Korea for many years with his father. He knew very well about cavalry. Although he did not have many cavalry, he still used his clever deployment to play his advantages as much as possible.

"Will they really break in?"

Xu Mingxin did not speak, but riding silently, while he patrolled the battlefield.

When you are on this hill, you can clearly see the desert on the left, which is a desert that stretches for hundreds of miles. The brigade of cavalry will never choose there. On the right is a salt marsh, which is also a military death.

Besides this, can they choose where?

In this wilderness, he felt that the surroundings were particularly quiet at this moment. The valley between the desert and the salt marsh was wide and calm. The breeze that blew from the salt marsh stopped, and the flow of clouds in the air also stopped.

At this moment, the world is peaceful.

In this quiet world, you can clearly feel the existence of the army. This army of only 7,000 people seems to be small in scale, but it still forms a front that stretches for miles. A 9-pound field cannon on the artillery position pointed straight ahead, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Everyone was preparing for the enemy's attack. Of course, most of them were resting there, and the soldiers were sitting there, waiting quietly, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

Even if you look forward from the hill, you can't see the shadow of Mamuliuk, but the more you do this, the more nervous people become.

In the next few hours, every once in a while, cavalry brought intelligence, and some Bedouin brought intelligence.

They are here!

Now, Mamuliuk's cavalry are gathering here and may rush over at any time, and then rushed towards them like a tiger descending the mountain, like a flood, tearing and blocking the defense line ahead of them regardless of everything.

Their cavalry should not charge immediately!

No one would directly attack the infantry with cavalry. The first one to come up should be the Ottoman Guards.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Turks finally appeared in people's sight.

It was the Guards, who wore Turkish military uniforms and flintlock rifles. The "Guards" were the most elite troops of the Ottomans. The so-called elite troops were actually at most equivalent to the European level.

In the past few years, like many European countries, they have eliminated the clamps and replaced the clamps with flintlocks and replaced the heavy cannons with lightweight field cannons.

This kind of change was brought about by the Ming Dynasty. European countries that were beaten will never be self-confidence in this era of great world wars, nor will the Turks!

But they didn't know that the flintlock rifle... the Ming Dynasty did not use that kind of rag. At most, the people used a flintlock rifle. But for Europe and the Turks, the army that could use a flintlock rifle was definitely the elite among the elite.

In fact, most Mamuluks are still using a mesh rope gun. More than a hundred years ago, after Mamuluk was defeated by the Turks with a mesh rope gun, they also used a mesh rope gun and artillery.

The Turkish phalanx raised a splash of smoke, and on one side of the phalanx were the Mamuliuk cavalry. These Egyptian feudal lords received strict military training since childhood. Like their ancestors, they all claimed to be the best cavalry in the world. Now, they all hold scimitars or spears, staring at the opposite phalanx, which was the Chinese square.

Soon, the quadrilateral of yellow and blue will collide and fight under this blue sky. When their defense is torn apart, the Mamuliuk cavalry will launch an attack. They will let the Chinese people from afar taste death, and they will use a scimitar to make those Chinese people hate the battlefield.

The sky is getting brighter, and the white clouds seem to be quiet, floating in the air without moving, quietly set off by the blue sky. At this time, the humidity has also risen a lot, much hotter than before.

At this moment, the battlefield became even quieter. Everyone was staring at each other. Everyone held their breath and looked at each other quietly. Their eyes were staring ahead. People were waiting for orders and waiting for the generals' orders. With just one order, the battle would begin.

Suddenly, a horn sounded, and the dull sound of the trumpet broke through the tranquility between heaven and earth.

The sound of the horn sounds familiar. It is the horn unique to the Turks. In Europe, they only use this horn from the East.
Chapter completed!