Destiny Only Han

Chapter 821 Liu Ying: Egypt?Old unlucky...

Hearing Chongzhong's words, Fan Kang stomped his feet suddenly:

"Yeah, I almost forgot!"

"We've always been eating Seleucus food for free. If we adjust food from other sources, we will obviously have to pay for it, right?"

Chongzhong nodded vigorously.

After all, the Han veterans in his place left their hometowns and did not want to go overseas for cultivation. The only motivation is money, not what makes the Han country greater...

Therefore, eating for free is absolutely impossible!

Xu An smiled:
"Five words floated from the sky, it's nothing!"

"Why do you think I'm worried during this time? It's not that the king of Seleucid came to me and said that some landlord's house had no food left. If the army did not march to Egypt, I am afraid that a large number of people in Seleucid would starve to death." ..."

Fan Kang was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to say that it is autumn, how could there be no food!
But he immediately realized that the climate here is very different from that of the Han Dynasty. The summer is dry and rainless. Apart from planting citrus, olives, grapes and the like to have a good harvest, the rest of the staple food, such as wheat, is absolutely impossible.

The growth of wheat requires a lot of water. Basically, every kilogram of wheat produced requires more than one ton of water!
After all, plants need water, not only physiological water needs, but also ecological water needs.

Less than [-]% of the water absorbed by terrestrial plants is used for internal metabolism, and most of it is lost outside the body, such as spit water and transpiration. Among the major food crops, corn has the highest WUE (crop water use efficiency), Wheat comes next, and rice the smallest.

Therefore, this season, the winter wheat along the Mediterranean coast has not yet been planted or has just been planted, and it is in a state of incomplete harvest.

And Seleucus has basically been fighting for the past few years, no matter how rich his family is, he will be squeezed dry now.

"So, we can find a source of cheap food, which can not only solve our current urgent needs, but also alleviate the plight of lack of food in Seleucid..."

Xu An continued to say excitedly:

"I lived here during this time, and you all know that Seleucus doesn't have many other things, but there are really a lot of gold reserves. It is said that many gold coins can be traced back to the legendary Persian Empire!"

"Therefore, we can not only let Antiochus IV pay for military rations, but also buy a large amount of cheap food from us and ship them back to China, and then let him make a small profit!"

"After all, his food production is far inferior to the empire's many settlements and colonial states in the Southern Ocean!"

"Of course, the prerequisite for Antiochus IV to transport food back home is that we have defeated the Romans and lifted the blockade of the Roman fleet outside the port..."

After hearing this, Chongzhong was relieved.

So he asked again: "So, what should we do next?"

Mrs. Fan thought for a while, and told them to squat down in the corner, and drew on the ground with a dagger.

"Well, this is Arish, this is Suez..."

"The northern part near the Mediterranean Sea is the garrison of the Romans, the southernmost part near the Red Sea is the garrison of the Egyptian Legion, and in the middle is the position of the Roman Confederate Army..."

"Look, the Roman Legion and their allies are hugging each other very tightly. The two armies are fighting each other. Whether they are attacked or attacked, they are both attacking separately and cooperating with each other."

"But only the Egyptian army, they are far away from the Romans, I don't know if they don't trust Rome, or they want to ensure the smooth flow of the road from Suez to the Nile River Basin."

"What I know is that if we launch a surprise attack on the Egyptians, the Romans will definitely not be able to react!"

"Even if they react, their little cavalry is not enough to have an impact on the battlefield. If the Romans' heavy infantry really arrives, then we will cover the whole line and catch him by surprise!"

"The most important thing is that as long as we defeat the Egyptian army and occupy the oasis and small town where they are now, not only can we open the road from Suez to Arish, but we can also pose a threat to the Romans from the side!"

"After taking control of Suez, we can not only transport food, but also connect with the Anman Governor's Mansion. Our flanks and rears are equivalent to being handed over to the Anman Governor's Mansion for defense!"

Chong Zhong waved his fist vigorously: "Good! Good! Good!"

Xu An raised his eyebrows, knowingly asked: "Then, who is in charge of this battle?"

Fan Kang smiled and said nothing.

Chong Zhong did his part: "Of course it's my Black Sail Knights who will fight! After all, those old brothers of mine traveled all the way, can't they not eat a bite of meat?"

Xu An smiled and said:

"I guess I can't eat it."

"Before we were mercenaries, helping the Seleucids resist the Roman invasion, so we beheaded and credited, and the old brothers made a lot of money!"

"But now it is to save the people from the fire and water. In the words of His Majesty, it is humanitarian rescue, and the Egyptians are rescued from the slavery of the Romans!"

"So the current battle not only has no bounties, but also no rewards..."

Chongzhong waved his hand indifferently:

"It's okay!"

"The people of the big man care about the country and have the world in mind. When I say that I can't eat meat, it's not for money, it's just for fighting!"

"Your Majesty said that veterans will not die, but will eventually be reborn!"

"Obviously, here, Egypt, is the place where my big man will rise again!"

Mrs. Fan gave a thumbs up, and scolded with a smile: "It's his grandma's hypocrisy!"

People who don't know the truth will inevitably be confused by Chongzhong's impassioned, but he won't.

The scouts he sent reported that the weapons of the Egyptians were made of iron, but the armor was still made of bronze, shining golden in the sun, it was really beautiful!

And the bronze is slightly smelted to remove the impurities, and it is a copper ingot with high purity!
Then, copper ingots will become the currency with the strongest purchasing power in the world.

Five baht!
When fighting, there is an adjective called throwing away your armor and abandoning your armor!
In other words, as long as the Egyptian army can be defeated, some people can be sent to pick up money on the battlefield leisurely!

More importantly, Mrs. Fan has also heard that the veterans of the Black Sail Knights have practiced a skill hard for the past two years, and now they have basically reached the point of proficiency.

That is when they are chasing and killing the enemy on horseback, the flail or meteor hammer in their hands hits the back of the enemy's head, only knocking them out, never killing them!
After all, a prisoner of war with sound limbs can be sold for nearly [-] yuan. Even if it is converted into domestic farmland, it can also buy more than ten acres of high-quality irrigated fields. If it is overseas wasteland, it will be at least several hundred acres big farm!
Therefore, under the contempt of Fan Kang and Xu An, Chong Zhong suddenly became awkward.

However, he will never give in!
However, Mrs. Fan and the others would not rob him, they just wanted to tease him.

So Xu An asked: "How do you plan to fight? Tell us, we will help you as a staff officer. The so-called one person plans the short and the other two plan the long. It is always good to plan more before the battle."

Chong Zhong thought for a while, shook his head and smiled:

"Those people are nothing more than chickens and wags! What's the point? At dawn, I kicked the camp with five thousand flying riders, and I will definitely turn him upside down!"

"At that time, I will defeat the enemy and clean up the battlefield, and I will just come back for lunch..."

Amidst Xu An's bewildered face, Mrs. Fan said with a smile:

"Don't worry, most of the Black Sail Knights are the former Langzhong cavalry and the good family sons of the Northland. It is no exaggeration to say that if there were such cavalry under the command of the Supreme Emperor, the Battle of Pengcheng would be enough to attack and kill the Overlord of Western Chu. Many subsequent twists and turns..."

Hearing what Mrs. Fan said, Xu An immediately felt relieved.

He, who grew up listening to the stories of the King of Chu, is naturally very clear about the shadow of the famous tree and how fierce the Overlord of Chu is.

Although it is the mainstream of the Han Dynasty to brag about the Liu family, there are not many people who brag about the overlord of Chu among the people, but every time they talk and point out the country, they will always be choked to death by the words of the new generation of Han teenagers.

That is why your Overlord is so awesome, why was he still beheaded in the wilderness by His Majesty today?
Although people of the older generation would like to refute that His Majesty was not as tall as a long halberd back then, but just a little bean. It's a slide you can't even touch...

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Between the Arabian desert and the Sinai Peninsula is a gulf called the Isthmus of Suez, and in the north of the gulf is a green corridor that separates the desert and the wilderness.

The Egyptian army camped along the artificial canal that was once dotted with sails.

When the sun had not yet risen, the land was silent, and all the soldiers were sound asleep, a military tent in the middle of the barracks was still very lively. Many people in priestly costumes were made of pure gold and painted In front of the lacquered god statue, he jumped up and down and kowtowed again and again.

They are praying for rain.

After all, ancient Egypt was also an agricultural nation, and their production methods were more dependent on the natural environment. Only after the Nile River flooded every year, they would sow wheat in the mud after the ebb tide, quietly waiting for a good harvest.

But this year, the rainy season seems to have come a little later.

If the crops in Egypt fail, the entire Mediterranean region will starve!
But this is not important, the important thing is that if the Romans are hungry, they will definitely be beaten up by the Romans...

Then, they are the ones who are starving...

Therefore, those priests who sang and danced rap suddenly worked harder.

Fortunately, the emperor paid off, and in their constant thoughts, their god, in charge of plants, agriculture and fertility, the legendary Pluto, one of the most glorious Heliopolis nine pillar gods, the great Osiris answered them.

In the vast wilderness, there was a sound like thunder!

Thunder strikes, will the rain be far behind?
In an instant, everyone fell to their knees, not only praising the grace of the gods, but also admiring the divine power of the sacrifice.

After all, before this, the priests had never shown even the slightest bit of divine power.

These guys are useless except for bragging...

But it doesn't matter, God will take action.

Therefore, although the priests were full of confusion, they were very strong psychologically. This kind of doubt only disappeared for a moment, and they continued to dance piously to praise the gods.

However, the priests were jumping and jumping, and the generals who were kneeling on the ground noticed something was wrong.

This is not the sound of thunder, but the sound of horseshoes!
"There are enemies!"

A sharp roar broke the silence at the moment.

At the same time, a desolate and low-pitched horn sounded in the distance.

This is the signal of attack!

The iron cavalry of the Han army came at a gallop, and the front team threw a rope and put it on the temporary fence built by the Egyptians, then turned the horse's head and ran away quickly, directly tearing a big crack in the periphery.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of cavalry rushed in!

Kicking the camp to break the account, without giving the other party a chance to react, the battle began.

Many Egyptian soldiers who hurried out of the tents, before they even figured out the situation, were immediately spotted by those Han cavalrymen wearing cavalry breastplates and burqas. It just flew over their necks and heads, bringing up a cloud of blood, and a heavy corpse fell heavily on the ground with a bang, and began to twitch in the blood loss and severe pain, and at the same time let out a piercing dying cry. .

At dawn, the sun has not jumped out of the horizon, but it is not invisible. The earth is gray enough to distinguish people and objects.

In front of those sharp knives that swung freely, under the spears and halberds that stabbed like lightning, the Egyptians who were fighting in a hurry had no ability to resist at all!

They can only lie down in the pile of dead people and pray that this cavalry like gods and demons will not find them and stay away from them!
In the middle of the Egyptian military camp, the white as snow tent looked like the king of Egypt's personal conquest in various ways. Cato hurried out of the tent and let the servants around him put on the armor for him.

In today's era when there is no separation between civil and military, Cato, as the Chief Minister of the Royal Government of Egypt, was also a fierce general in the army, but unfortunately, he is now over fifty, and his body functions are no longer as good as before.

After all, old people don't rely on their muscles and bones. Since ancient times, there have been famous generals in their seventies and eighties who are still in command. But if you want him to charge into the battlefield to kill the enemy, it is really just a thought.

The so-called Guan Gong fighting Huang Zhong, a 47-year-old man beating up a 60-plus old man, is really just Luo Guanzhong's fault...

Therefore, Cato came out of the army tent not to fight, but to flee.

The saying that there is no need to worry about firewood to keep the green hills is not a patent of the Orientals.

Run away if you can't beat it, it's a universal truth...

It's a pity that he was unlucky. When he got on his horse and was about to flee for his life, there was a loud ringing in the distance, and a horse-faced boy with a long halberd galloped towards him.

He fled and he chased, but in the end it was the warm-blooded horse bred by the Han Dynasty that mixed sweat-blooded horses and Donghu horses, which was even faster.

Cato didn't run too far, and was overtaken by Chong Zhong who was chasing him.

"kill!"

Chongzhong yelled, and with a sudden force, the long halberd swept across, knocking Kato off the horse in one fell swoop.

"General?"

"The general is dead!"

Among the Egyptians, voices of desolation and fear quickly resounded.

ps: Drip irrigation only reduces the amount of water directly evaporated from the land surface, and does not help reduce plant transpiration.If you want to reduce transpiration, you have to use transgenic technology to transform C3 plants (such as rice and wheat) into C4 plants (such as corn).

(End of this chapter)