Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 174 East and West Rome VS Anglo-Portuguese Alliance

"We still hoped to join forces with them at the beginning. Although the past was not very...happy, after all, the Portuguese will attack them directly. We think it is always possible to let them prepare and actively defend." Mohamed also had no choice Said: "It's just that we still think too much."

"As I said just now, the Marin Dynasty is very loose, so the Sultan's court has very weak control over the local area, and even the court is in long-term civil strife. We want to report the situation, but they don't care about a port issue at all..."

"In fact, what he said was too euphemistic." Guo Kang explained to the Queen Mother: "The current dynasty, like the previous regimes of the Berbers, has always been unstable, and even more serious."

"The former sultan was assassinated by the minister, which led to the failure of the eastward expansion. Now... Anyway, the sultan and the ministers are fighting passionately. I don't know if there is still a 'court'."

"At most, we can only let the local emir of Ceuta make some preparations. But there is an important commercial port, relatively rich, and there has been no war for a long time. Everyone has always only thought about making money, and their armaments have been disarmed for a long time. It is estimated that it will be prepared. There will be no impact for a while."

"That seems unreliable." The Queen Mother didn't know what to say: "But I still don't understand, why are you looking for us? We are all in the east of the Mediterranean Sea, and it's too far away."

"Those who are close can't count on it." Muhammad shook his head helplessly.

"Morocco is the most northwestern part of Africa. We have just mentioned its situation." He introduced one by one: "To the east of it is the Algiers area, which is roughly the part of the Mauritania-Caesarea province in ancient times."

"The rulers here are the Zayanid dynasty, but their strength is too weak, they were annexed by the surrounding powers many times, and then they returned to the country because of their internal disputes."

"Therefore, this dynasty has actually been relying on diplomatic means to survive in the cracks. They are brothers and sisters. They must not have much ability to provide support and fight against the fierce Crusades. And if the Christian countries unite, let Cass Tilia and other countries support Portugal, and they probably dare not speak out, for fear of offending the suzerain country."

"They also pay tribute to Castile." The Queen Mother thought for a while and said.

"More than that. They are now paying tribute to the Kingdom of Castile in central Spain, the Kingdom of Aragon in eastern Spain, the Marin dynasty in Morocco, and the Hafs dynasty in Tunisia." Mohamed corrected: "Two Christians, two Christians."

"That's really even more hopeless." Now everyone understands.

"What about the Hafs dynasty in the east?" The queen mother asked: "Since they paid him tribute, he has some strength, right?"

"He is slightly stronger than others." Muhammad said: "Before, the Hafs Dynasty was just attacked by the tribal army of the Marin Dynasty, and the country was destroyed twice, and the losses were quite heavy. In the past few years, they have just recovered. Gained some vitality, and began to build and try to expand the territory, but the control is very weak, it is okay to attack the surrounding city-states, and the others are really impossible."

"Moreover, their military strength is very dependent on the local nomadic Banu Hilal tribe. The dynasty has long paid the various tribes of the Banu clan in exchange for their support, so that they can gain a firm foothold. They also have no intention of going further things."

Everyone looked at each other.

"Why do all of them profess to each other and hand over the old coins." Tuo Huan said helplessly.

"At first, I thought that with so many remnants of multiple dynasties here, we could simply call it the Yuan Universe. Looking at it now, it might actually be the Great Song Universe..." Guo Kang couldn't help but say.

"The ones farther away are the Mamluks in Egypt, and you know their situation well." Muhammad simply finished listing them all in one breath: "Actually, there is another one closer, which is France, but unfortunately they also had an accident and cannot help. "

"Can France also support it?" The queen mother felt that she had opened her eyes today.

"Of course, France has always been very interested in Northwest Africa." Muhammad said: "Moreover, Portugal is a hard-core ally of England."

"When Portugal was founded, it relied on the help of the expeditionary force from England, so their relationship has always been very good. Later, the two signed a permanent treaty against Castile and France. The Portuguese took the opportunity to intervene in the North Sea. Commerce, that's where the English started going down to Africa."

"Of course, there is no need for so many reasons for France. England has benefited, that is, it makes them uncomfortable, so they even hate Portugal. They even played with Castile once before. It's just that France's own The situation is also very bad, and it is estimated that there is no such ability.”

"In this way, there are not many optional targets left, and only your country and the Italian city-states are left with the ability."

"We have also visited Venice and Genoa. However, although they have something to do with local trade, they don't want to offend the Portuguese, so their attitude is very ambiguous. We feel that you are the best choice."

"I think it's too far away." The Queen Mother instinctively had some doubts, then turned to look at Guo Kang: "What do you think?"

"There is nothing far or near in the Mediterranean Sea." Guo Kang thought for a while: "It's just how much support we can get from along the way and from the destination? This is the most critical factor in determining the ability and efficiency of power projection. .I need information in this regard before I can make a judgment.”

"You answer as he said, he understands." The Queen Mother immediately smiled and said happily to Muhammad.

"Okay, Your Majesty." Probably thinking that at least we can talk, Muhammad also heaved a sigh of relief: "As for local support, don't worry about it. We have thought about it for a long time, and we can prepare everything that can be arranged."

"We don't need your country to provide the entire legion. We just hope to get an elite veteran, preferably with technical arms, to serve as the core of the local army. Because we only want to defend, and there are not many defenders that can be called .But their quality is too poor, they lack a reliable backbone, and their performance on the battlefield may be much worse."

"There are many Christian communities in the territory of the Marin dynasty. They have a good relationship with us and the court of the dynasty. In the previous war where the Marin dynasty replaced the Almohad dynasty, these Christian militiamen helped the dynasty capture Malakesh." He said, "Although they don't have much expeditionary ability, they still have a strong will to fight when defending their homeland or helping their neighbors resist invaders. They should also have more common languages ​​with you, and it is easy to can be summoned."

"It's hard to say..." Guo Kang was a little unconfident.

(End of this chapter)