"After you go to Egypt, all you need to do is say that the goods were shipped via the Red Sea, and the Berbers will probably come looking for you."
Su Chen estimated that by the time Merokus arrived in Cairo, the news of his attack on Medina would have spread.
By then, it is estimated that all the forces that are dissatisfied with Dashi will ask for news about themselves.
Su Chen stood at the bow of the ship, watching Merokus leave, when Elsa's voice suddenly came from behind:
"Aren't you afraid that the Hams will run away?"
Su Chen turned around and looked at Elsa with wide eyes: "You learn Chinese very quickly!"
In just a few days, Elsa can speak Chinese?
Even if you max out your language talent, it won't be that fast, right?
Elsa looked at Su Chen's surprised look and was very proud: "I, I..."
As a result, I spent a long time and still couldn't say anything.
After holding it in until his neck and face turned red, he started jabbering in Persian again.
It turned out that I had been holding it in for a long time, just that sentence!
Just say it! Chinese is such a difficult language to learn, how can it be learned in just three or a few days!
"She said that she is very smart and can speak several languages such as Persian, Dashi, Roman, etc. She can learn Chinese very quickly!"
Rappasu translated from the side.
Su Chen shrugged, I hope so!
Elsa was also very depressed inside.
In other languages, after these few days of hard work, with her language talent, she should be able to communicate simply.
But the language of the Tang Dynasty is really difficult to learn!
Elsa pointed at the merchant ship going away, meaning you haven't answered me yet!
Su Chen was too lazy to explain to her,
But seeing how hard she was trying to learn Chinese, she reluctantly said:
"Run away, just run away."
"Anyway, a few boxes of silk are nothing,"
"If I can get any useful information, I'll make a lot of money."
"Besides, Merochus has seen my fleet and probably doesn't have the guts to hack my cargo and run away."
Elsa stared at Su Chen and repeated the words Su Chen just said: "A few boxes...silk...it's nothing..."
She shook her skirt again and stammered to Su Chen: "Silk...skirt...I want it!"
Only then did Su Chen realize that Elsa had changed into a set of Tang Dynasty women's clothing.
How many sets is this in?
Where did she get it all?
Looks like we need to take military discipline seriously!
It's probably Xue Rengui or Cheng Laosan who did something good again.
Now several officers in the navy treat Elsa as Su Chen's maid.
Elsa often asks for things from them, and these guys are not stingy, anyway, the contents of those cargo boxes are not their own!
Yesterday, Su Chen saw Elsa inserting a white jade hairpin into her head!
Su Chen didn't even know there were these things in the cargo boxes on his ship.
…
The frigate was parked in a remote and uninhabited place on the shore.
Ten days later, Yuchi Baolin returned with the marines who went to explore the road.
Taking off his disguise, Yuchi Baolin spread out the map and said:
"Commander, in terms of terrain, this road is the most suitable, but it's a bit far."
"We need to go around to the south of Medina, which is estimated to be nearly four hundred miles!"
Su Chen sighed: "Four hundred miles away, the effect of such a raid will be greatly reduced!"
Yuchi Baolin pointed to a road to the north and said:
"This road is the shortest, less than three hundred miles, but it has to climb two hills."
"If we carry our luggage, I'm afraid it won't be as fast as the road to the south."
Elsa pointed to the road to the north and said: "That is our route out of Medina. Your cavalry can try it."
"But you came by boat, so you don't have any horses, right?"
Su Chen glared at her,
This is no nonsense. If there is a war horse, why bother using it?
"Stay away, just stay away!"
Yuchi Baolin nodded, pointed at the map and continued: "This section of the road is not bad. There are few people along the way. During a surprise attack, the leakage of military information can be controlled."
"But when you get here, you enter the bustling area of cannibalism. Not only are there villages along the way, but there are also merchants and pedestrians on the road!"
Elsa said: "There is a trade road there. You can go north to Medina and south to Mecca. There are many people there, but it is only a few dozen miles away. It can be completed in one day."
"But do you really plan to attack Medina with thousands of people?"
Yuchi Baolin glared at her: "If your information is accurate, 30,000 defenders are nothing to our army!"
At this time, Hashim said: "General, don't worry, the main troops of the Great Cannibal are in Persia, and they are still hunting down the Persian King Yisiqi everywhere."
"In fact, there are not many troops left on the entire peninsula!"
Yuchi Baolin was stunned: "Persia has been subjugated for almost a year, so why is there still a Persian king?"
As he said this, he looked at Lapu Pasu who was standing aside.
Rappasu sighed, pointed at Elsa and her brother and said:
"We also just learned from them that when Ctesiphon fell, our Majesty took some of his cronies and fled northeast. We heard that they had arrived in the Khorasan area."
Yuchi Baolin looked confused. He didn't know where Khorasan was.
Su Chen drew on the map with a pencil: "The information we received is that the cannibals captured the Persian capital of Ctesiphon at the end of last year, so we thought that Persia had perished."
"But we have to take into account that the Persian Sasanian dynasty once ruled a very vast area. If the cannibals didn't kill the Persian king in Ctesiphon, it would have to be pursued."
"But I guess this Yi Siqi will soon have nowhere to escape!"
Su Chen remembered that in the original history, Yi Siqi stayed in the northwest of the Iranian plateau until the end of Zhenguan, and even sent people to the Tang Dynasty to ask for help.
His son Belus also ran all the way to the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at that time, also gave him the false title of Governor of Persia. Later, Belus seemed to have been staying in the Tang Dynasty.
Yuchi Baolin glanced at the place Su Chen painted: "Isn't it almost to the river?"
Su Chen nodded: "Actually, Transoxiana used to be an area actually controlled by Persia. However, it was only after the decline of the Sassanid Dynasty in Persia that the nomadic tribes there became independent."
"Now it has been occupied by the Turks again. The latest information we have received is that the Linghu clan, the Turks, and the cannibals are colluding together and preparing to build a city there."
Everyone glanced at the map and then looked back.
It's still too far away from where you are, but the task at hand is still more important.
Su Chen, on the other hand, stared at the land in the river for a while, then looked at Byzantium in the west, and suddenly had a very bad premonition!
"Commander, when will the fleet arrive?"
Yuchi Baolin's question pulled Su Chen out of his thoughts.
"Oh, just these two days. After all, it's so far away, so it's hard to be sure."
According to time, Liu Rengui should have come to meet Su Chen in the past two days.
"What about the animals?"
Su Chen waved his hand to Yuchi Baolin and said, "You have been running around for more than ten days. Go back and rest first."
