Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 178 Launching a Jihad and Defending Rome

After hearing Guo Kang's words, everyone agreed.The queen mother took the lead in applauding, and for a while, everyone seemed to have been convinced.

"Wait a minute, everyone, don't get excited." Theodora also stood up and interrupted them.

"It's a good goal, but how are you going to execute it?" she asked.

"It's the one who beats you." Tuo Huan slapped the table: "Activate 'Alemanni Silver'! This time directly take Naples and Sicily, beat them out of shit!"

"Alemanni silver" is a reserve fund proposed by Guo Gai when the Khanate just expanded its territory and was at war with Shinra.

At that time, the trade routes leading to the Caucasus and Central Asia through the area around the Black Sea controlled by the Purple Horde brought a lot of gold and silver every year.But at that time, the commodities needed by the Purple Horde Khanate were not only weapons but also agricultural tools. With the completion of industrial and mining areas and manors, the demand for imports became lower and lower, which made it impossible to spend the money.

Guo Gai believed that too much gold and silver entering the domestic market would disrupt prices and be easily exploited by foreign merchants.At that time, the Khanate happened to be fighting with the intervention army of the Alemanni chiefdom, so he took this opportunity to request that the excess money be stored for critical times.

Since then, the Purple Horde has been saving for war preparations, and it has only been used twice in decades: once during the "Civil War", it bought the Venice Parliament, cut off the supply of armor and ordnance to Hungary, and led the Hungarians to form The progress of the new army was greatly delayed; the other time was during Basil's expedition to Syria, he helped the locals make up the ransom money in exchange for Timur's army leaving directly and turning to the jihadist Ottomans.

Today, the money is accumulated day by day, and the amount is very objective.If it is really a big battle related to the fate of the country, it can indeed be unsealed, the army and mercenaries can be mobilized, and the enemy can be defeated in one fell swoop.

However, Guo Kang thought about it and felt that it was not necessary.

"I don't think it is necessary." He shook his head: "This is not a particularly critical situation, and in terms of importance, it may be worth calling when we are on the line with Dongfang in the future."

"Then how are you going to deal with them?" Tuo Huan asked hastily.

"That depends on how they cooperate." Guo Kang turned his head and asked "Old Sea Urchin": "Did the emirs tell you what price they can offer? For example, can they give money to the border fiefs?"

"Money is definitely not a problem. They told me before coming here that as long as they can keep Ceuta, they will give as much as they want." Muhammad said with certainty: "As for the fiefdom, as long as we can win the battle, it should be fine to negotiate."

"The people over there are very rich. But their problem is that they are not powerful enough to fight, but they are still very rich." He was a little helpless: "If they can provide a group of reliable fighters to protect the local area from being looted, then they must be Willing to. Just don't turn around and rob them again."

"It's not a big problem." Guo Kang thought for a while and said.

"What are you going to do?" Theodora asked suspiciously.

"Aren't we going to organize a crusade to rescue the Egyptian Caliph?" Guo Kang replied: "If all goes well, after the mission is completed, the Caliph can call for a holy war to rescue Ceuta."

"Is jihad reliable?" Muhammad felt guilty: "We have invited many jihadists over the past few hundred years. If they are not strong enough, they will not be able to defeat the Christian countries; if they are strong, they will give priority to us. Now When everyone heard about jihad, they were frightened..."

"That's because you have invited a whole force." Guo Kang explained: "They are your neighbors, so they naturally have the idea of ​​​​taking advantage of the opportunity to expand."

"But this time, we can do it differently."

"In Egypt, the fight is fierce now. The Caliph is one group, the Syrian warlord Hafiz is one group, and the Egyptian local warlord Sheikh is another group. In addition, there are many people who have already stood in line, or temporarily Wait and see emirs." He analyzed the local situation.

"Now the caliph asks us to help, and Hafiz also wants us to intervene. But the two are also wary of each other and cannot trust each other. The Sheikh of Egypt wants to become the new sultan, and even prepares to abolish the establishment of the caliph. In short, everyone Fire and water are incompatible."

"Our main goal of this expedition is to defeat Sheikh. But even if we defeat him, the follow-up will be very troublesome."

"You should be aware of the current problems in Egypt." Guo Kang said: "Every time the Sudan is changed, it is a huge chaos. A large number of Mamluks directly under the Mamluks have either been cleaned or displaced. Of course, these people will not be more reconciled. Often they attach themselves to other warlords, causing further crises."

"Because of the country's decline, the number of Mamluks now is far less than that of the past. It is said that in the era of Baibars, there were as many as 6000 Mamluks directly under the Sudan. When the Burji Dynasty was founded 30 years ago, the Sudanese Barkuk has less than six thousand Mamluks in his hands. Later, after Faraj’s chaotic rule, it is impossible for the current number of Mamluks to exceed this number.”

"But even with this amount, to be honest, it's not easy to handle. Moreover, because of the previous chaos, there may be more Mamluks who lost their land."

"It is impossible for us to be enemies of all the emirs and Mamluks. Otherwise, the current strength will not be able to gain a foothold in the local area. On the contrary, our main goal is to mediate the conflict between the caliphate and the emirs. But after mediation and reconstruction In the process of order, more Mamluks will definitely lose their identities and fiefdoms."

"So, I think it's better to set aside a new opportunity. It would be a good place to launch a jihad and let them go to Andalusia." He thought.

"In addition to recruiting the lost Mamluks, the caliphate can also call on those unlucky people who failed to stand in line. Before, the treatment of these people within the Mamluk dynasty was very cruel. But we can only investigate the culprits, and the rest will let them participate in Rome. Jihad, as long as they have military achievements, they will be given fiefdoms in Spain, which is also rich."

"We can give your local emirs the title of governor or prefect according to the size of the sphere of influence. These Mamluks will be named Roman knights." Guo Kang said.

"Of course, there is no need to be afraid of their rebellion. One reason is that these people are just scattered Mamluk ronin. Their lord has long been destroyed, so they were called out to fight. Unlike the previous Berber tribes, they have a systematic power."

"Besides, the Spaniards on the opposite side are also a group of religious lunatics. They could still talk when they were weak. Now that they are strong, they can't wait to drive out all the believers of Tianfang Sect. Those who can't protect themselves will go to them, and there will be no good end."

"On our side, we can also send troops to help you watch—but we don't need to send too many people. I think we only need to send a combat unit with an engineering brigade as the core, with a maximum size of half a legion, and the task can be completed."

"What do you all think of this idea?" He looked around the crowd and asked.

(End of this chapter)