Upon hearing this bad news, the emir of the Jebel Shamar Emirate, Abdul Aziz Rashid, was completely at a loss. This is the real disaster!
He believed that he and Yang Feng had no grievances in the past and had no enmity in recent times. They even had quite a business relationship with Kuwait recently. In fact, at this time, the Arab princes were either flirting with the British or continuing to cling to the Ottoman Empire.
He has a big thigh, but no matter who he hangs out with, he knows that Yang Feng is a good friend of his boss, so he takes an indifferent attitude towards his despicable means of killing the Sabah family and stealing their land.
The Rashid family is mixed with the Ottomans, and Yang Feng is still the minister of the Ottoman Empire in theory, so there will be no conflict between the two parties. But now Yang Feng actually helps the Saudi family to seize their own territory, which makes Abdul Aziz
The resentment in Zizi's heart was not to mention strong. While he mobilized the army to defend Riyadh, he also asked Hamid II for help. In his opinion, the Caliph would definitely stand up for him.
The reason why the Saud family was beaten violently in the first place was because they created a Hawabi sect of their own. As a result, the then top Ottoman prince, Sultan Muhammad Ali of Egypt, who was bent on expanding his territory, beat them up on the pretext of their heresy, and even the old family members were beaten.
Duderiya was demolished and has been in ruins ever since, giving the Rashid family an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Therefore, strictly speaking, the Saud family belongs to the hostile forces of the Ottoman Empire.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that Hamid II had already reached a deal with Yang Feng. Didn't the Saudi family just want to return to Riyadh and the surrounding land? It's not from the Ottoman Empire. If you want it, you have to go.
Well! Even if the Rashid family takes all the bones and squeezes the juice, it is impossible to squeeze out any oil or water for themselves, but Yang Feng is different. In recent years, he has helped to get almost all the money for the Ottoman Empire to buy warships. Just this
The first transaction with Spain made His Majesty the Emperor so profitable that his hands went weak. Compared with Yang Feng, Abdul Aziz was nothing.
As a result, the envoy sent by His Majesty the Emir with great expectations traveled day and night to Basra, but could not even see the local governor.
Abdul Aziz was not a fool, so he naturally knew that he could not count on the Ottoman Emperor. In grief and anger, he asked the Hashemite family of Hijaz for help, and at the same time personally led an army of 3,000 people south from Hail.
To reinforce Riyadh, just as he was setting off, the cavalry led by Ma Biao also arrived at the gates of Riyadh.
Ma Biao, who was wearing an Arab robe and sitting on a camel, was nibbling dates under a date palm tree. While looking at the city of Riyadh not far away with a telescope, he couldn't help but express a heartfelt sigh: "Here we are.
It’s really not easy to build a castle in such a hellish place.”
Ibn Saud beside him did not hear Ma Biao's contempt for this small city of less than one square kilometer, but he was a little nostalgic for it.
"Ma, it's a pity that you can no longer see the grand scene of our old capital of Deirye. That is the real magnificence!" He said with infinite melancholy, looking in the direction of the sand pile in Deirye.
"Well, that's really a pity!" Ma Biao said with a smile, and then he gave the order, and the accompanying artillerymen immediately unhooked the 1,200-weight mortars and artillery shells from the backs of the camels, and then placed them in the shade of the date palm trees.
With the center frame in place, a total of twelve mortars were aimed at the city of Riyadh at the same time.
"Fire one round first and send them a message! To avoid people saying we are going to war without declaring it." Ma Biao said reservedly. An artilleryman quickly took out a shell from the ammunition box. He packed it with a suitable ammunition bag and went to
As soon as the muzzle was fired, there was a loud popping sound, and the huge shell weighing more than ten kilograms passed through the sky with a sharp roar. Under the dumbfounded gaze of the Arabs in Riyadh, a huge fire
The regiment exploded on the city wall, and a dozen nearby Arabs were instantly blown away by the shock wave of the explosion.
After the gunpowder smoke passed, looking at the city wall, there was a gap several meters wide, as if it had been gnawed by a dog.
"Things made from mounds of sand just won't work!" Ma Biao shook his head regretfully. He felt that he was committing a sin. Is it easy for these Arabs to build a castle under such difficult conditions? Just like when the Sabah family built Kuwait City.
The four-meter-high city wall looks like it has not been repaired for hundreds of years. The city of Riyadh may have been the result of half a lifetime of hard work. If you let yourself go with one shot, you would have lost about a month.
"Your Highness, it's your turn." He said with regret, looking at the sandcastle under the sunset.
Ibn Saud smiled, and the camel immediately stood up as soon as he picked up the reins. In fact, everyone including Mabiao's cavalry was riding a camel. Although they all had horses, long-distance raids in the desert like this,
Riding a horse is probably no different from committing suicide.
His Highness the Prince swayed forward and shouted loudly outside the rifle range of the city wall: "I, Abdul Aziz bin Abdulrahman bin Faisal Al Saud,
Son of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, I have come back, who of you remembers me? Who of you remembers your kind lord, whom you respect?
Imam? Do any of you still remember your former loyalty? If you still remember, then stand up and drive away the invaders who oppressed you! Otherwise, my brothers will use their cannons to level this city!"
After this guy's aristocratic name was announced, there was indeed a commotion on the city wall. In fact, it has only been six years since the Saudi family was driven out of this city. As the leaders of the Hawabi sect, they still have a strong presence here.
Appealing power, most of the Arabs who were urgently recruited on the city wall still remembered their prince. Ordinary people like these would not have known before that this war was a war for the restoration of the Saudi family. Now that they know it, they are immediately shaken.
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Of course, they were mainly frightened by the cannons. At this time, the Arabs were so poor that they could not even afford to eat. They could not afford to equip them with such legendary weapons as the cannons. In fact, they did not even have a few guns, and most of them were
It's just a knife. Who has ever seen such a ferocious weapon? This thing is simply not something that human beings can fight against. It is estimated that no one will be able to deal with this thing until Mohammed crawls out of the soil.
"Don't listen to him, what he brought is that the Chinese are infidels and the Saudi family are traitors to the Arabs!" The mayor of Riyadh, appointed by the Rashid family, saw that something was wrong and immediately shouted loudly. His words were definitely effective.
Not as big as a cannonball, the Arabs were still looking at each other.
"Yes, my brothers are indeed Chinese, but they are not pagans. They are also devout believers in Allah. They are our brothers. They are the subordinates of the Lord of Kuwait, the powerful prince from the east."
Ibn Saud then shouted.
Now the people of Riyadh are even more shaky. The happy life of the Kuwaiti people is obvious to all, especially the huge mosque under construction. All the believers passing by during the pilgrimage do their best to describe its magnificence to the people of Riyadh. In addition,
There is also Yang Feng who provides free fresh water to the people of Kuwait, and the taxes are pitifully low. Sometimes he even distributes food to the people.
Although it is said that there are more and more Chinese people there, this kind of paradise-like life still makes ordinary Arabs who are under the tyranny of the lords infinitely yearn for it. Now when they hear that the army outside is Yang Feng's people, they immediately subconsciously
I just wanted to open the door to welcome him. It really didn't matter whether he was a pagan or not at this time.
"What are you waiting for? Do you have to be buried with the Rashid family?" Ibn Saud shouted sharply. As soon as he finished speaking, all the mortars on the artillery position not far away roared at the same time.
A shell exploded under the city of Riyadh in an instant, and the row of huge fireballs shocked everyone.
Immediately afterwards, in order to strengthen deterrence, twenty new air-cooled machine guns were set up outside the city. Following Ma Biao's order, a violent storm of bullets swept across the city wall, watching the dust stirred up by the bullets in front of him.
For a long time, those Arabs were even more frightened and expressionless.
"Don't be afraid! Our reinforcements will arrive soon. As long as we hold out for two days, we can wipe them all out under the city. At that time, their guns and camels will be yours." In order to inspire their courage, the mayor of Riyadh said
Waving a black fire rifle and shouting loudly, it was obvious that he knew very well about the guys under his rule who dared to rob even the Muslims who were performing Hajj.
But this temptation is nothing compared to life. It can only last for two days. With such strength, it is good to be able to last for two hours. Those people looked at the mayor with contempt, and then looked outside.
The cannon and the gleaming bayonet quickly made a reasonable choice. Just as he was spitting, one of them quietly moved behind him, and then pulled out his scimitar in the eyes of encouragement.
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"The Emir's army is already on the way, two days, only two days, ah!" With a scream, the mayor turned around with his eyes wide open, grabbed the clothes of the guy he regarded as a confidant, and then said with great resentment
looked at him.
The other party smiled grimly and vigorously stirred the scimitar thrust into his ribs.
In this way, Riyadh changed hands almost bloodlessly. Except for the mayor who was killed by his own men, no one died. Then the Arabs opened the city gate and welcomed their new master or the old master in.
Ibn Saud quickly recruited an army of 500 men in the city, and then set out north with Ma Biao the next day.
This coalition army encountered the Rashid army in Qassim and the reinforcements from the south, and a real war officially began.