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Chapter 1360 Occupying Cairo

The pursuit of the rout of the Egyptian legion continued until the evening, until the knights under the city of Cairo returned with the spoils along the way.They were very satisfied with the wealth captured in this battle. Some lucky guys even found dozens or even hundreds of gold coins from the enemy's corpse.

Although they saw the outline of the pyramids and the city of Cairo and defeated the enemy, the expeditionary army did not take advantage of the situation to storm Cairo, but cleaned the battlefield outside the city to put psychological pressure on the enemy.

"We have more than 30 casualties in Sicily." The Spanish infantry major reported to Sun Chuanting after counting his own casualties.

"The loss here is more than 50 people, including knights who were killed by the enemy's counterattack when chasing the defeated soldiers." Ludowig of the Papal State said.

The side of Sicily and the Papal States had the least pressure and the losses were minimal.

"How are the casualties in Venice?" Sun Chuanting asked about the situation of the Venetian phalanx attacked by Mamluk cavalry.

"We in Venice suffered more than 400 casualties and lost 3 cannons. The gunner of one of the cannons reloaded too much gunpowder in a hurry and caused the chamber to explode." The commander of Venice, Conor, looked very unhappy.

More than 400 soldiers were killed or injured in the battle. The population of Venice was not large. As a result, it was attacked by Mamluk cavalry, and the phalanx on the right front almost collapsed.They thought that the Mamluk cavalry would attack the hollow phalanx in the middle, but they never thought that the Mamluk cavalry would be deployed to attack the right flank of the expeditionary force.

"The loss is not too big. All the troops are resting. We will set off early tomorrow morning to occupy Cairo. If the enemy wants to hold on to Cairo, we may experience a tough battle. But this is not a problem. Their morale is low. Cairo City It's not as strong as a bastion." Sun Chuanting calculated the loss of everyone, and their loss was less than expected.

Originally, in Sun Chuanting's vision, it would take one-tenth of the casualties of the troops to capture Cairo, but it seems that they won a complete victory without paying such a large casualty.The legendary ferocious Mamluk cavalry did not seem to be able to make a comeback against the modernized infantry, and even the Venetian infantry phalanx could not break through.

When the Knights of the Hospital came back, Costella and Hannah had blood stains all over their bodies. They didn't know whether they were injured in the battle or were stained with the blood of the enemy.

Hannah's trophies hang from her saddle.For the Knights Hospitaller, they do not need to occupy the land of the Nile, but to obtain the gold and silver needed for the Knights Hospitaller to survive and weaken the power of the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean.

"These properties..." Castella asked Sun Chuanting, who was the commander-in-chief, for instructions, and he also wanted to see what Sun Chuanting meant.

After all, this time the Knights of the Hospital acquired a spoil of war by chasing down the retreating enemy with almost no effort.

"The spoils you snatched belong to you." Sun Chuanting said.

The Fourth Fleet is trying to establish a good relationship with the island of Malta as an important stronghold in the Mediterranean, so there is no need to care about this little spoil of war with them.

At dawn the next day, the Egyptian Expeditionary Force set out for Cairo.

The defeated Mamluk cavalry and the Egyptian pasha fled the capital overnight with a large amount of gold and silver treasures.Some carriages and camels transporting gold, silver and treasures were captured by the expeditionary forces before they could leave.These treasures were divided up as collective trophies.

During the partition, the Sicilians, Greek mercenaries, papal knights and believers all quarreled over each other's shares.

"Although Cairo is already an undefended city, we cannot guarantee whether the Mamluk cavalry and the Ottoman army will counterattack. We have roughly assessed the value of the property according to the previous agreement. They all feel that their distribution is unfair, so if the Mamluk cavalry does not make a comeback, our internal fire will lead to the failure of our expedition!"

As the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary army, Sun Chuanting made a timely voice to mediate the dispute.

The uneven distribution of spoils is a serious problem that leads to the failure of the operation!
Under the mediation of Sun Chuanting, everyone reluctantly agreed to the distribution of gold and silver.Among them, Sun Chuanting and the others won a big share, because they contributed the most in the battle of the pyramids, and they were also the initiators of the anti-Ottoman alliance.Otherwise, no one is willing to give up the dispute over the division of spoils just because of Sun Chuanting's words.

The second most spoils were shared by the Venetians, who suffered the most losses in the battle and sent the most troops at the same time.

However, the spoils of the Venetians are not much more than those shared by the Papal States, Sicily, Britain, and Malta. For the Venetians, the biggest spoils are the occupation of several important strongholds in Egypt and Alexandria as their colonies in North Africa.

Sun Chuanting and others didn't think it was a big deal, and they were not afraid of turning the situation in the Mediterranean upside down. Anyway, the Kyushu Army had no vital interests in the Mediterranean, and making the Venetians stronger to compete with the Ottoman Empire was not a strategy to check and balance the Mediterranean.

Anyway, Sun Chuanting is not very worried about Venice. After all, Venice is a small country with a core population of only 10,000+ people, and it is destined not to become prosperous.

The expeditionary force was stationed outside Cairo, and a small team occupied the city and divided Cairo into its own jurisdictions to carve up the cake of Cairo.

There are also many officials sent by the Ottoman Empire to Egypt, local dignitaries, and wealthy Arab businessmen who did not escape from Cairo. The expeditionary force can collect a lot of wealth from these people.

The local dignitaries who have squeezed poor Nile farmers for centuries are richer than the plundering parasite pirates.

"You can loot, but you can't set fire to the area you occupy. We, Venice, will restore order in Cairo after you leave." The Venetians said to their allies, for fear that their allies would set fire to half of Cairo. .

"If the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk cavalry come back after we leave, are you sure that Venice will be able to hold this place?" Sun Chuanting asked.

The expeditionary force divided up the city of Cairo and returned with a full load, so Egypt only had more than 6000 infantry and 10000 sailors in Venice, and they might face the enemy's counterattack.

"We have our Venetian solution..." said the Venetian Commander Conal.

Sun Chuanting's eyes narrowed slightly. These Venetian merchants are really powerful. In addition, the colony now only has a few hundred thousand people. If they dare to eat Egypt with a population of one million, they are not afraid of the Ottoman Empire's counterattack.

"While our soldiers are looting the dignitaries, are you interested in taking a trip to the pyramid?" Sun Chuanting suggested.

(End of this chapter)