Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 312 Chapter 311
The four ancient civilizations, ancient Egypt, ancient India, ancient Babylon, ancient China, and other ancient countries except China have been submerged in the long river of history. Two very important factors are that our people are owned by others. inclusiveness and tenacity.

Tolerance can lead our people to achieve true national unity, rather than verbal political correctness. Anyone who learns from our Chinese culture and agrees with it from the heart can integrate into this nation. Although this feature is not often mentioned And, but looking around the world, there are very few ethnic groups with such inclusiveness.

The Han Dynasty accommodated the Xiongnu and resettled the Huns when they surrendered, not genocide.

The Tang Dynasty tolerated the Turkic and Central Asian nations. Although it later caused troubled times, its inclusiveness also made these many ethnic groups in the Western Regions a part of China.

The current Ming Dynasty tolerated Mongolia, and the same is true.

You can look at the history of the world. If there is a gap between the ancestors of two different nations, it will often intensify until the end.

Chinese culture is different from other cultures. While being brilliant, it can also accommodate other cultures. Today, Chinese culture is still learning from the strengths of other families and becoming more brilliant.

Another point is tenacity. We have also experienced the invasion of ancient Egypt and ancient India, but unlike them, even in the ruins, our ancestors still tenaciously erected tall buildings in the ruins.

At this time, Zhu Zhanqian led his troops to the vicinity of Cairo City. He rode a horse he bought from a fellow villager.

Zhu Zhanqian looked at the magnificent Nile River in the distance. The great river gave birth to civilization and raised its descendants.

At this time, on the banks of the Nile, it is no longer its descendants, but the people who killed his descendants, and these people continue to be occupied by other people, and the disputes have never stopped.

People from other great rivers in the Eastern Empire came here, they are equally ancient, mysterious, and have experienced many vicissitudes.

The city of Cairo was occupied by troops led by Sehalim III before, and the city walls were also ruined. He did not repair the city, because he knew that he would eventually return to his own city. He just stayed here temporarily, plundered and invaded here.

He just didn't expect a strong enemy to come so quickly.

"Your Highness, the Ottoman army is currently huddled in the city. The city wall is not high and there are many damages. If our army attacks by force, it can enter."

Zhu Zhanqian frowned slightly. According to the news, although the Ottoman army suffered a lot from the previous attack on Suez, the total force in the city was much higher than that of the Ming army.

Although the Ming army won consecutive battles, but with a small number of people attacking the city, the opponent is waiting in full force, and I am afraid that their own damage will not be small.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanqian's goal is not the city of Cairo, and taking this city does not have much effect on Zhu Zhanqian's ultimate goal of building and operating the Suez Canal.

Can't attack by force.

Zhu Zhanqian observed the surrounding locations. The majestic and majestic Nile River passed through the city of Cairo. If there were steel warships now, Zhu Zhanqian could use the warships to directly enter the enemy's hinterland and catch them by surprise.

But now the warships are all in the Red Sea, unable to get through, Zhu Zhanqian had to call all the generals brought out this time to discuss together.

Inside the tent, Zhu Zhanqian looked at the [-]-something non-commissioned officer team below and said: "This time, there are at least [-] teams of the Fang of the Gulf among the guards in front of us in Cairo, and we temporarily lack data on the other guards. , because there is a conflict between the enemy and our side on the territorial issue, we must resolve this conflict if we want to dig a canal, but I don’t want to lose too many troops. The soldiers are all good soldiers of the Ming army. They come out hoping to take them back."

Having said this premise, Zhu Zhanqian patted the table to get everyone's attention: "We relied on the advantages of defending the city and the advantages of firearms to win a big battle, but now we have changed positions and we want to become the attackers. Fang, this is a test for us, you are all non-commissioned officers of our army, so I want to ask for your opinions."

Zhu Zhanqian stretched out two fingers and looked around: "Two purposes, the first is to reduce the casualties of our army as much as possible, and the second is to eliminate the military threat that exists in the direction of Cairo City, that is, the west of the canal that is about to be dug, talk, fight, and behead Anything goes, and I need your brainstorming options."

In front of the sand table, the soldiers began to discuss.

Once they arrive at any place and set up camp, the Ming army will immediately make a nearby terrain sand table and analyze the situation.

There was a lot of discussion among the crowd, and a young man with an immature face stood up, made a military salute and said, "Your Highness, I will have an idea at the end."

Zhu Zhanqian didn't have a deep impression of this young player, and he should be a person who has just been promoted due to his age.

The young man on the side saw that Zhu Zhanqian didn't know him, so he said, "My lord, this general's name is Fan Zhong. He is a graduate of the military academy. He performed extremely well in the first battle of Kezhi before. came up."

As one of Zhu Zhanqian's most trusted people, Xiaosheng is also helping Zhu Zhanqian with some things now, and he keeps all the information in the general firmly in mind.

Moreover, his adoptive father is Eunuch Hou Xian, and the father and son have a strong relationship, so Xiaosheng wants to save his father. He himself is indeed a good hand in internal affairs management, and he has been astute since he was a child. .

Hearing Fan Zhong's name, Zhu Zhanqian was a little surprised. There are not many records about Fan Zhong in history, but a few words can prove that he is a man.

He was a hereditary general of the Ming Dynasty, and he was born as a general. He was very powerful. Because he was good at hammering, he served as a guard in front of Zhu Qizhen in the future. Evil eunuch Wang Zhen.

Unexpectedly, this person appeared in his formation.

"Tell me about your plan."

Fan Zhong stood in front of the sand table and said: "Your Highness, the surrounding area is flat and open. If our army attacks rashly, the local area must be well prepared in advance. It is difficult for tiger cannons to cause effective damage at a long distance. The enemy has a city, and once it is charged, the enemy has the advantage of horses. Once it is accidentally dispersed, our army will be extremely disadvantaged. Booby."

"How to trap?"

Fan Zhong pointed to the city of Cairo on the sand table, and said with great ambition: "The Ottoman Empire just fought a battle with us. Our army won a big victory, and the enemy army was seriously damaged. If the local generals are not ambitious, they will definitely hide in the city. The enemy general is ambitious and must have tried his best to counterattack us, and now he is ready to counterattack at any time, and he is probably waiting for us to take the opportunity to counterattack after we attack the city."

Fan Zhong drew two points on the sand table: "Your Highness, we can pretend to attack and then flee. The enemy should not know the actual strength of our army. After all, we only met once. If our army continues to station troops here, let the city of Suez If the soldiers are hidden, the enemy may take advantage of the emptiness of the Suez city to make a detour and sneak attack, so we will attack back and forth."

"What if the opponent doesn't attack?"

"Then return to Suez City."

Everyone was astonished, isn't this just taking the initiative to stop fighting?

"Why?" Zhu Zhanqian asked with a slight smile.

"Your Highness said that he does not want our army to suffer too many casualties, and His Highness in Cairo City does not have to. His ultimate goal is to ensure the safety of the canal's excavation and operation. Our army is still sending troops over in a steady stream, relying on our army. Compared with the enemy's combat strength, our army is almost impossible to break into the only places defending the city, and we can afford it."

Many generals reprimanded him for being greedy for life and afraid of death, but Zhu Zhanqian was quite satisfied with his idea, because he also had the idea of ​​fighting with Cairo.

Because Suez kept its foothold, Zhu Zhanqian planned to let the first batch of slaves from Kochi City come to dig the canal.

It is impossible for Zhu Zhanqian to put 10,000+ slaves in the city, and many temporary gathering points will be built along the way. Even if the Ottoman Empire comes to attack, it is these slaves who are in direct conflict.

Although the combat effectiveness of the slaves was average in front of the Ming army, with such a large number of abilities, even with flesh and blood, they could continue to consume Ottoman's army.

"Try according to the method you said. Start a feint attack early tomorrow morning. After a wave of attacks, exit the range of Cairo City and defend in the camp."

Zhu Zhanqian finally accepted Fan Zhong's suggestion, and then ordered the soldiers in the city of Suez to hide their bodies, giving people the illusion that the soldiers in the city of Suez are constantly guarding the city.

And now the city of Suez is almost isolated from the outside world, so it is difficult for them to know the specific situation in the city now.

In the early morning of the next day, the Ming army launched an attack, and the artillery fired a volley. When the artillery fire fell, many people rushed out of the city wall, and their bows and crossbows flew towards them.

The other party had been prepared for a long time, and probably didn't sleep all night, just worried that the Ming army would suddenly launch an offensive.

Sehalim III stood on the city wall and watched the retreating Ming army under the broken city wall, and couldn't help but let out a grin.

"I guessed that the Eastern Empire's army came from afar and could not bring horses and siege equipment. Although they have a lot of artillery and firearms, they lack large-scale siege equipment. They want to win more with less. It is also absolutely impossible for us in Cairo, and the soldiers have raised their spirits, the last time Suez lost was because we didn’t know the opponent’s situation, this time we will beat them severely.”

Sure enough, under the leadership of the Fang of the Gulf, before Cairo City, Ming's army was beaten and retreated steadily. Except for the first wave of artillery attacking the city wall, the Ming army was threatened by the range of bows and arrows, and the artillery fell outside the city.

This also made Sehalim III extremely excited: "I just said how the artillery of the Eastern Empire is so flexible. When they attacked the city before, I thought they deployed artillery everywhere, but I didn't expect it to be this small and easy to move. The range and power of artillery are much worse than heavy artillery, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

This is also a deliberate show of weakness by the Ming army.

The entire siege ended in less than an hour. The Ming army consumed a lot of artillery and ammunition, but there were almost no casualties, and they safely withdrew to their tents.

The defenders of Cairo City wanted to pursue them, but Sehalim III vigilantly ordered not to pursue them. Standing on the city wall and relying on the open terrain, they could see far away, and could vaguely see the camp of the Ming army.

Although the Ming army was defeated in this battle, it did not cause a lot of actual casualties. Sehalim III did not pursue it for fear of fraud. He feared that once the Ming army fell to the ground and attacked the city before the terrifying power would reappear. up.

"Order people to take a boat back to the empire to ask for support, and send scouts to observe the situation in the enemy camp and the number of enemy troops."

The subordinate was about to leave when Sehalim III stopped him again: "Send scouts to check the situation in Suez City."

……

Zhu Zhanqian, who was in the camp, looked at Cairo City with a telescope, and found that the guards in Cairo City did not set out to pursue.

"This guy is quite cautious, not bad." Zhu Zhanqian appreciated it quite a bit. If he chased him immediately, then this guy would be too brainless.

In this way, on the fifth day, Zhu Zhanqian asked the Ming army to launch a feint attack again, this time the attack was more fierce, and even a small part of the city wall was destroyed, which was considered a kill.

After the Ming army was defeated again, the morale in Cairo was high, and everyone wanted to chase the fleeing Ming army, but Sehalim III stopped everyone.

"Your Highness, if you don't chase at this time, when will you wait? The morale of the enemy's soldiers is low now and the enemy has no horses and is not fast enough."

"Once the army of the Eastern Empire forms a positional battle, it is extremely powerful. We must avoid letting them fight in a positional position. They are weak in attacking the city, and the ammunition supply is insufficient, so they can't last long in such a battle. Although the second attack will last longer than the first one. , but the level of firepower is insufficient, I think their elixir is not enough, we are going to attack but not to attack their camp, but to attack the city of Suez by detour."

Sehalim III sneered: "There are at least 3000 people in the enemy camp. According to the report from the scouts, there will not be more than [-] defenders in the city of Suez. Even if there are firearms, the effect of these people is limited, and you are right. , The enemy has no war horses, as long as our war horses go out, we will dare to reach Suez in front of them, and when the time comes, we will take two cities and double-team them. They have no cities to rely on."

Theoretically speaking, his idea was correct, but he made another huge mistake, a cognitive mistake, he still treated Daming's army as an ordinary army with slightly stronger combat effectiveness.

Of course, changing perceptions is very difficult.

Sehalim III personally led the cavalry to attack that night. In order to be faster, he led the cavalry to attack this time.

Zhu Zhanqian laughed when he heard the news.

Sehalim III's Gulf Tooth Cavalry suffered heavy losses in the siege battle, and now the rest have basically set off, and they will face more than 4000 Ming soldiers with complete weapons and ammunition.

In order not to make them suspicious, Zhu Zhanqian ordered the current troops to remain still and not return to defense, creating the illusion that the large troops were still near Cairo City.

(End of this chapter)