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Chapter 1346 Expedition to Egypt

Castella shook his head: "The city of Alexandria has declined. It used to be one of the most prosperous seaports in the Mediterranean Sea. Now there are only 500 defenders there. We can easily capture it. But even if we burn the entire city of Alexandria To the governor of Egypt, they will not feel distressed, and they will not hand over 150 million silver."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.Egyptian provinces are not as focused on seaports as Barbary pirates.If you want the Egyptian province to surrender, you must conquer the capital Cairo.

This is a difficult problem.For the combined fleet, which mainly relied on fleet operations, it was difficult for them to go ashore effectively to capture the large cities of the Egyptian provinces.

Just when everyone was troubled by this, the Dutch businessman Luyter said: "Our problem is that we don't have enough troops to fight on land. Why don't we gather troops from other kingdoms to expedition to Egypt together? The main fleet of the Ottoman Empire has already Destroyed by us in the Tunis Strait, it will take a long time for Constantinople to reassemble a new fleet into the Mediterranean, and it will not take a month to march from Alexandria to Cairo. If Cairo is captured, we will be able to get more The Barbary pirates have even more wealth! The Barbary pirates only have tens of thousands of people in one port, and we can only eat soup if we take down the ports of the Barbary pirates. Egypt, which captured millions of people and accumulated wealth for thousands of years, we only have It's real meat!"

"You mean to assemble an expeditionary force to launch an expedition to Egypt?!" Everyone's eyes lit up.

They focused all their attention on the coalition forces themselves, thinking that with the strength of the coalition forces, it was almost impossible to occupy Cairo from land.But Luyter reminded them.

If you want to make a fortune but your own strength is not enough, then you can find someone to join the group and make a fortune together.

Although the more people join the gang, the less spoils each person gets on average, but it is better than no spoils.

"It's winter now, and it's not suitable for large-scale use of troops. Just when everyone ceases fighting, we will contact new allies and form an expeditionary army together." Luit urged.

Forcibly taken to serve on a battleship by the Fourth Fleet, Luiter became more and more enthusiastic about fighting after participating in the war.He found that being involved in the war seemed to excite him more than doing business.

"It's okay to find new allies. Who should we find to act with us? We need reliable teammates. They must be well-trained, able to stand the test, and not turn around and betray us when the battle is unfavorable." Sun Xu said.

"The Republic of Venice, they are the mortal enemies of the Ottoman Empire. The two sides have been fighting in the Mediterranean Sea for hundreds of years! Although their core population is only 10,000+ people, their soldiers have been baptized in the battle with the Ottoman Empire. The mutual hatred of the Ottoman Empire, they will definitely be reliable teammates! If we propose to capture the Ottoman Empire’s Egyptian provinces and cause trouble for the Ottoman Empire, the budget committee of the Republic of Venice will definitely approve the military plan for Egypt.” Kass Terra said.

"There is also the Papal State and the Kingdom of Spanish Sicily. They are not very friendly to the Ottoman Empire. Maybe they can form an anti-Ottoman alliance and go to Egypt together. I think if we promise to end the war in three months, they will definitely envy Cairo We will act with us.” The Earl of Stratford had a good understanding of the situation in the Mediterranean Sea, and he also suggested setting up an expeditionary force to Egypt.

"The Pope, the Kingdom of Sicily, and Venice are all forces on the Italian peninsula. They are more influenced by Spain. I don't know if they will be willing to participate in the expedition. Let's try inviting them to organize an expedition to Egypt?"

Sun Xu scratched his head, and now they seem to be getting bigger and bigger.

Originally, they just came to Algiers to rescue people, and then they broke the Ottoman Empire Navy and blackmailed the other two pirate ports.Now they have developed to organize an anti-Ottoman alliance and try to form an Egyptian expeditionary force.

If the Egyptian Expeditionary Force is successfully formed, the situation in the entire Mediterranean will become chaotic.

Originally, the focus of the entire West was on the Thirty Years War in Europe, but now the Mediterranean War has begun to steal the limelight from the Thirty Years War.

The Ottoman Empire was not involved in the war on the European continent. It was competing with the Persian Empire in the East. As a result, the Easterners traveled thousands of miles to make troubles.

"Our defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Tunisian Straits must have spread throughout the Italian Peninsula. We are now heroes against the Ottoman Empire. As long as we raise the flag of the Anti-Ottoman Empire Alliance, then many believers in the Italian Peninsula will participate Our expedition to Egypt, to the Levant!" Castella urged.

As the Grand Leader of the Knights Hospitaller, the weakening of the rival Ottoman Empire's power in the Mediterranean is the best thing for him.He vigorously promoted the expedition against the Ottoman Empire and broke the Ottoman Empire's control over Egypt.

"The matter of contacting the Republic of Venice, the Papal State, and the Governor of Sicily will be handed over to your Knights Hospitaller. I have calculated that if they can gather 12000 combat-capable infantry, the expedition to Egypt will be feasible. Otherwise, we should not take the risk In addition, gunboats suitable for navigating inland rivers such as the Nile are needed to deal with the Egyptian inland river fleet, and a large number of war horses are needed to transport artillery and supplies."

Since they wanted to fight, Sun Xu, Sun Chuanting, Zheng Zhibao and others began to conceive a plan for an expedition to Egypt.

"We have to fight, one month, and occupy Cairo within one month. We landed from Alexandria and went straight to Cairo. If we march fast enough, even with some artillery, we can reach Cairo within 20 days. Egyptian Pasha Maybe we would not have thought that we would dare to launch such an expedition. When they reacted and began to gather troops, we would fight with their main force at the pyramids in Cairo." As an army officer, if Sun Chuanting really went to Egypt, he would Take on the responsibility of commanding the landing force.

"It is said that there are many pyramids in Egypt, but we have never seen them, but we want to go to Cairo to see them." The officers of the Fourth Fleet said.

"We haven't seen it either. I heard that the largest pyramid is called the Pyramid of Khufu, and there is a Sphinx nearby." The senior officials of the Royal Navy and the Knights Hospitaller also shook their heads.

"If we successfully capture Cairo, we will find a way to blow up a pyramid and go in to see if there is any Pharaoh's treasure..." Sun Xu said.

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(End of this chapter)