"Zhang Tan's wife wanted to see Gu, and said that what she asked to see would be useful to the Ming Dynasty in attacking Egypt?" Wen Di said doubtfully. Seeing his servants nodding, he turned to Cao Xing and Li Jiqian and smiled: "It's really true.
It’s not that one family doesn’t belong to the same family, Zhang Tan’s own background is very strange, and his wife is also unusual. She can actually influence the attack on Egypt.”
"Your Highness, this person may not be lying. It's better for you to ask. If your Highness feels that it is beneath your status, you can ask the guards to ask." Cao Xing said.
"General Cao is still so cautious, so why don't I just meet her in person?" Wen Di smiled. But he thought of something again and said: "Although the protection of men and women in the Christian country is lighter than that in the Ming Dynasty, I can summon her alone."
Is it inappropriate for a woman to be a woman?"
"Your Highness is not summoning her alone, so what's inappropriate?" Li Jiqian also said with a smile.
"In that case, Gu will meet her." Wen Di said to the servant: "Go and call Zhang Tan's wife. Gu wants to see her. Then Xuan Kelavi will be the interpreter."
"Yes, Your Highness." The servant agreed and went down to deliver the order. Not long after, he returned and said, "Your Highness, Zhang Tan's wife has arrived."
"Xuan." Wen Di stopped discussing with Cao Xing and Li Jiqian and sat on the main seat. Soon, a Western woman about thirty years old followed the servant and walked in. When she saw Wen Di sitting on the main seat, she knelt down.
, and said in Chinese: "Your Highness, the daughter of the people, Sophia, I have met you."
"Can you speak Chinese?" Wen Di was a little surprised.
"Dear Your Highness, I once learned a little bit of Chinese from my husband, but I was not proficient and didn't know many words." Sofia added.
"This is already very good." Wen Di calmed down and asked about business: "What do you want to see me for?"
"Your Royal Highness," Sofia glanced at Claviyo who was standing aside, and said in Da Shi language: "I can help the Ming Dynasty capture Egypt with less loss. I just ask you to agree to one request of mine."
"What request do you want Gu to agree to?" Wen Di asked.
"I hope Your Highness can promise me," the expression on Sophia's face turned ferocious in an instant, and there was a hint of hatred in her voice. "After the capture of Egypt, Mutardid II will be executed! No,
Kill his entire family!"
"Mutadid II, is the current sultan of the Mamluk Kingdom?" When mentioning so-and-so, Wen Di's first reaction was that this person was the king of a country. "If this person is from the Mamluk Kingdom,
Sultan, Nagu cannot agree to you." How to deal with the Sultan of the Mamluk country still needs to be discussed with the country of Castile, and he cannot make the decision himself; what's more, even if he can make the decision, he will never agree to such conditions from others.
.
"No, Your Highness, Muthadid II is not the Sultan of the Mamluk Kingdom. He is the Caliph of the Tianfang Sect, the supreme leader of the religion, and is theoretically equivalent to the Pope of Rome. However, he has already lost all power.
He is just a puppet of the Mamluk Sultan." Sofia replied.
"The Caliph of the Tianfang Sect?" Hearing these words, Wen Di was a little moved. Suppressing the Tianfang Sect is a consistent policy of the Ming Dynasty, and it is about to become a basic national policy. If Mutardid II can be caught, it will be a good idea to execute him.
It should be. But Wen Di would not agree casually, and asked: "What is the strategy you mentioned that can help the Ming Dynasty seize Egypt more easily?"
"Dear Prince, what I am talking about is not a strategy, but it will definitely help Ming Dynasty seize Egypt more easily."
Sofia heard the emotion in Wen Di's words and said with some excitement: "Your Highness, if the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty want to capture Egypt, they must capture Cairo. Cairo is the center of Egypt and the capital of the Mamluk Sultanate.
The most prosperous place in a country. Only by occupying this place can we control Egypt."
"But precisely because this city is so important, no matter who controls Cairo, they will strengthen the city's defense. Now, the thickness and height of Cairo's city walls are higher than those of all other cities in Tianfang, and the city gates can also be blocked.
Unless the morale of the army in the city is too low, trying to seize Cairo through normal means will definitely result in heavy casualties. The Ming army is a pagan and has always openly suppressed the Tianfang believers. Even if they are unwilling to fight, they will be resolute in the face of the Ming army.
If we resist, the losses of the Ming army will not be small."
Wen Di nodded when he heard this. He also studied with Cao Xing how to fight a land war in Egypt. When Cairo was mentioned, Cao Xing also said that unless the morale of the defenders in the city was extremely low, they would definitely be able to capture the city.
The casualties were huge.
"But I can let the Ming army capture Cairo with minimal losses." Sophia added.
"How to do it?" Wen Di couldn't help but ask. But he soon realized that he was a little impatient.
Sophia, who was about to continue speaking, heard Prince Ming ask this question, and felt even happier, and said: "Your Highness, I know a passage from outside the city to the city, which can bypass the city wall and allow the Ming army to appear in the city.
.Seeing the sudden appearance of the Ming army, the morale of the defenders in the city must have dropped to the lowest level. If they surrender without a fight, the Ming army can seize the city without paying many casualties."
"Passage?" Sophia only heard two identical words coming from above. She didn't dare to look up and didn't know who said it, so she just continued: "Yes, a passage from outside the city to the city."
"How do you know such a passage?" Wen Di asked.
"I dare not lie to Your Highness. I lived in Cairo when I was a child. And the exit at one end of this passage is the house where I lived when I was a child."