Dakar, the capital of the Adal Sultanate, is a small city located inland.
Oberke almost crawled back here, and hurriedly asked to see the actual controller of the Adal Sultanate, the Emir of Harar, Imam Mahfouz.
The Adal Sultanate experienced huge political changes probably in the third year of the Chenghua Year. The then Sultan Muhammad Ibn Barrett reached a peace agreement with the Ethiopian Empire, ending the long-standing confrontation and war.
situation.
However, the prerequisite is that the Adal Sultanate pays tribute to Ethiopia. This humiliating and humiliating condition has aroused strong dissatisfaction among the emirs in the Adal Sultanate.
Therefore, in the sixth year of Chenghua, Emir Bin Laden and Usman joined many emirs to march into Dakar and successfully seized power. However, they did not establish themselves as Sultan, but concentrated power on themselves.
Become the actual person in power.
Now, Mahfouz has become the actual leader of the Adal Sultanate, integrating Harar, Emir, and Imam. He has always pursued a tough foreign policy, constantly attacking Ethiopia, and also looting wantonly.
Passing merchant ships came to gain wealth.
"What?"
"The Ming Dynasty invaded the port of Djibouti?"
Mahfouz was in his prime and ambitious. When he heard Oberke's report, he couldn't help being shocked.
"Yes, the Ming people were very arrogant. They didn't even have any negotiation with us. They just opened fire and captured the Djibouti port. Our great Adal was not even in their eyes!"
Oberke lowered his head and replied.
He wanted to return to the port of Djibouti right away, because wherever he could find the wealth he had accumulated over the years, he was extremely anxious when he thought that the wealth he had accumulated over the years would suddenly disappear.
Therefore, he very much hopes that Mahfouz's side can quickly send troops to recapture the Djibouti Port quickly.
"These abominable infidels~"
"The Chu Kingdom in the south forced the Lord's believers to convert. I haven't even settled the matter with them, the Ming people. Now they have come to capture our Djibouti Port again. This is too much!"
"Send me an order to assemble all the troops from across the country to take back the port of Djibouti and kill all these infidels!"
When Mahfouz heard this, he became furious.
They didn't have a good impression of the Ming Dynasty, especially since the Chu State established Buddhism as the state religion. A large number of MSLs from the Chu State fled to the Adal Sultanate and sought asylum from Mahfouz.
Deliver justice.
For this reason, the Adal Sultanate also sent troops to attack the Chu State many times, but they were unable to do anything to the Chu State. Now the Ming Dynasty actually came directly to their hometown and occupied the most important Djibouti Port as soon as they arrived.
My uncle can tolerate it, but my aunt can't.
Soon, as Mahfouz's order was conveyed, the entire Adal Sultanate's forces quickly gathered and pressed toward Djibouti aggressively.
At the Port of Djibouti, Mao Lun and Yang Zhen waited for nearly half a month before the army of the Adal Sultanate arrived.
Standing on the newly built concrete wall, Mao Lun and Yang Zhen carefully observed the soldiers and horses of the Adal Sultanate with telescopes.
The number of people is about the same as mine, more than 20,000. Among them, there are about a thousand cavalry, which is very rare. The rest are uneven infantry. The weapons and equipment are naturally compared with the armies in other parts of the world.
It's extremely crude, but in this land of Africa, they can be considered sophisticated.
"It came really slowly~"
"Half a month has passed before they came here."
"We have even built the outer wall."
Yang Zhen looked at the Adal Sultanate army in front of him and couldn't help but laugh.
Their reaction speed was really too slow. It took half a month for a country in a bigger place to assemble such a small force. It's a bit incredible when you think about it.
“It’s indeed very slow~”
Mao Lun also smiled and nodded, then thought about it and asked, "What did the people sent by King Chu say?"
"The King of Chu hopes that we can send troops to help Chu State avenge its humiliation and attack Ethiopia."
"I heard that the Ethiopian king ordered his people to drive a hundred cows, two hundred camels, and five hundred sheep to Izumo City to propose marriage, saying that he wanted to marry the princess of the Chu Kingdom. As a result, the angry King of Chu vomited blood on the spot and threatened to
We must be at odds with Ethiopia.”
When he said this, Yang Zhen couldn't help laughing.
This matter has now spread, and King Chu has become the object of ridicule.
The majestic royal nobleman, the King of Chu of the Ming Dynasty, with an extremely noble status, is now being used by the local indigenous people to propose marriage with hundreds of livestock. This is definitely a big joke, and it is also a shame that the King of Chu cannot wash away.
"Haha~ King Chu must have gone crazy with anger."
"Tell him that we are not free yet and will wait until we repair the military base."
Mao Lun couldn't help laughing immediately.
After thinking for a while, he said: "I heard that the Adal Sultanate is extremely hostile to us Ming people, is very unfriendly to us Ming people, and often attacks Chu."
"Let's attack the Adar Sultanate in front of us first and destroy the army in front of us. Then the Chu State can almost free up part of its troops to attack Ethiopia."
"Yes, I heard from the envoy from the Chu State that the Adar Sultanate is the leader of many surrounding sultanates. The Chu State requires everyone to believe in Buddhism. This makes them very angry and jointly sends troops to the Chu State many times.
, known as a holy war, to destroy the Chu State."
"The Chu State has only more than 10,000 troops. Due to internal and external troubles, it is impossible to send troops to Ethiopia. If we can destroy these troops of the Adal Sultanate, the pressure on them will be much less."
Yang Zhen also nodded quickly and replied.
"Hmm~"
"Go down with the order and prepare for battle!"
Mao Lun did not forget his mission. He led his army here to protect the interests of the Ming Dynasty and at the same time safeguard the interests of the Ming Dynasty vassal state.
There was no way, these vassals were all relatives of Emperor Hongzhi, and they were all named Zhu. They wrote crying letters to Emperor Hongzhi every day, which made Emperor Hongzhi very annoyed.
You must help, otherwise if you write an impeachment memorial back to the Ming Dynasty, your life will not be easy.
On the other side, Mahfouz was riding high on a tall Arabian war horse with high spirits. Looking at the mighty army behind him, which covered the sky and the sun, it seemed as if there was a powerful force coming up.
"What the hell?"
However, soon, his eyes widened slightly, because on the road ahead, a tall city wall stood on the ground.
"This... Ming people can do magic?"
"Why did a city wall appear?"
Mahfouz rubbed his eyes. He really couldn't believe it. He had been to Djibouti Port many times and knew everything about it. There was no city wall or anything like that here.
However, now a city wall has appeared, blocking the way of the army.
The city wall was built very carefully, like an arc, connecting the two ends to the sea, firmly blocking the port of Djibouti. On the city wall, the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty was fluttering in the wind, and the Ming army stood upright like gods.
"Why is there suddenly an extra city wall?"
Oberke was also dumbfounded. Looking at the huge city wall in front of him, Ming people really knew magic?
How could the Ming people build such a city wall in just ten days and a half?
He couldn't believe it.
Soon, Oberke was accepted by Mahfouz as the negotiator. He came under the city wall and looked up at the tall city wall, as if there was a huge shadow covering it.
"I have come to negotiate with you by order of the great Imam Mahfouz, the emir of Harar."
Oberke shouted with some trepidation.
"Go back and tell you what, what, ha, Ma, Fu, tell him that from now on, Djibouti belongs to our Ming Empire, and the fifty miles around Djibouti belongs to our Ming Empire. You must bring everyone
Get out."
On top of the city wall, Yang Zhen looked at Oberke below and said arrogantly.
With such an attitude, there is absolutely no intention of negotiating with the other party.
There is no doubt that this immediately angered Mahfouz.
"Too arrogant~"
"How abominable!"
"We are not even considered in the eyes of these abominable heretics. They all deserve to be sent to hell!"
Mahfouz was completely outraged when he received the reply.
At first, I wanted to have a good talk with the Ming people. After all, everyone knows that the Ming people are powerful. The Ming people have a strong military and are not easy to offend.
He also has mortal enemies, the Ethiopians, and there is no benefit in fighting the Ming people.
It would be best to have a peaceful and good talk.
But now, the attitude of the people of Ming Dynasty is really arrogant, and they don't take themselves seriously at all.
What's more important is that the Ming people's demands are really too much.
Not only did they directly occupy the port of Djibouti, they also occupied the surrounding area of fifty miles.
The Port of Djibouti is really important to the Adal Sultanate. This port is the most important external port of the Adal Sultanate. Losing this port will not only lose the bridge for external communication, but also lose an important tax place.
.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Mahfouz.
What's more, the Ming Dynasty occupied Djibouti today and may occupy more places tomorrow. Once they taste the sweetness, they will inevitably cannibalize themselves gradually.
Therefore, we must give the Ming Dynasty a lesson, take back Djibouti, and drive the Ming Dynasty people out.
"Great warriors~"
"These pagans before us are making extremely harsh and rude demands from us. They are abominable pagans who are persecuting the people of the great Lord."
"Take up the scimitars in your hands and defend our land and honor!"
