While Wen Di and Donatello were talking, a group of troops was marching underground in the delta towards Cairo.
"This must be under the river. How can there be a tunnel?" A person whispered while walking with the faint light brought by the torch.
"Didn't you look at the walls on both sides? They are all stones. From what I saw, this should be a naturally formed underground cave. If the tunnel dug out by people had collapsed," another person said.
Just as the speaker was about to say something else, he heard a shout from in front: "We're about to reach the exit, don't talk!"
After hearing these words, no one dared to say anything, but just walked forward holding the torch.
The person who scolded him didn't hear anyone speak again, and turned around and continued to lead the soldiers forward. The person walking beside him, probably his deputy, whispered: "According to what the Da Qin woman said, this place is still far from the exit.
There's a long way to go, so don't be so careful."
"Don't be careless." The leader just said.
The people next to him didn't say much when they heard this. He knew that his chief official of the Thousand Households hated the Tianfang cultists very much. This time he had won such an important job and was the first to enter the city through the tunnel, so he was usually careless in conducting battles.
Qianhu was so cautious that he almost went crazy, scolding his soldiers at every turn. Fortunately, these soldiers knew him well and had no resentment at all.
This Qianhu is Lin Xi. He made great contributions in the Battle of India and did not make any big mistakes, so he was promoted to Qianhu. Because his qualifications are enough for him to be promoted to a commanding officer, even though he is only a Qianhu,
However, the commanders above and his colleagues had little control over him, which gave him strong control over his thousands of households.
At the end of last year, Shang Bing had something to discuss with Qin Song, the governor of Delhi, so he sent Lin Xi to lead the troops to escort the messenger to Delhi. Lin Xi delivered the letter to the place and wandered around the city for a while, then he heard that Ming Dynasty was going to send troops.
Things in Egypt. Hearing this, Lin Xi felt itchy in his heart. He had always hated the Tianfang believers, and now there was a war against the Tianfang believers. Why didn't he want to participate? But he was a member of the Qin Dynasty after all, and this time he attacked His Majesty the Egyptians.
He didn't say anything about recruiting soldiers from the Qin vassal, so he couldn't recommend himself.
But unexpectedly, Qin Song thought that he had too few soldiers in Zhongyuan and refused to send any of them to attack Egypt. Shang Bing happened to ask him for something, so he asked Qin Fan to send troops to the Governor's Mansion in Delhi. Of course, he also asked His Majesty
The report was made. Shang Bing could not refuse. Although he wanted to take advantage of the Ottoman Empire to go west to fight a war in Persia, he could only agree to Qin Song's request and send Lin Xi and other three thousand households to replace Delhi.
The Governor's Palace goes to war.
When Lin Xi learned that he was sent to Egypt to participate in the war, he also learned that Qin Fan was going to send troops to attack Shaharul of Persia. He was not in a happy mood. However, when he arrived in Egypt, he found that the soldiers treated the locals this time were different from those before.
India was completely different and he became happy again. After arriving in Cairo and boarding the Delta, he accidentally heard that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince had a very important errand to send someone to do, so he took the initiative to recommend himself. Wen Di and Cao Xing considered it over and over again.
All the Qianhu who were willing to do this job felt that Lin Xi's Qianhu was the most suitable, so they gave the job to him.
He was recalling his drive from Qena to Cairo a few days ago when he suddenly felt the road under his feet rising upward. He knew that this was the exit from the city, and he immediately became more cautious. Not only did he slow down, but also
Also try not to make any footsteps.
After walking for a while, he had reached the end of the tunnel. Lin Xi raised his head and glanced at the wooden board above his head. Just as he was about to raise his hands to push, he suddenly felt dizzy. It took a while before he recovered. 'It seems.
Even after one day and two nights of ventilation, there are not many things named 'nourishing qi' in the air in the tunnel that can be breathed by people. We can't expect more people to enter the city from here.' He couldn't help but think.
He rested again, fearing that it was almost dawn outside and did not dare to delay any longer. He stretched out his hands and tried to push the wooden board on top. Although it was a little heavy, he could still push it. However, he did not push the wooden board away immediately.
Instead, he hesitated. Although people had been sent to check the truth of Sophia's life experience before the army arrived at Cairo, and she should not lie, but more than ten years have passed, and the above may not still be the same as when Sophia was still in Cairo.
If there is someone living up there, and the person cannot be killed immediately and the news leaks out, this battle will be very difficult.
But standing here was not an option. Lin Xi made up his mind and called the people who could kill the people most neatly. He whispered a few words to them and ordered the strongest person to push the wooden plank.
The wooden board was pushed slowly, making a slight sound, but if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't hear it at all. When the gap was wide enough for one person to get through, Lin Xi took the lead and grabbed the upper edge with both hands, and looked out a few times.
.When he saw that the situation outside was similar to what Sophia said, the ground was also covered with dust and leaves and it seemed that no one was living there. He pushed the board up again, and then rushed out.
After running out, he rolled a few times on the ground, rolled to the corner, and took out a short musket from his waist. This thing similar to a modern pistol was not very useful in war because of its short range, so it was made
There wasn't much, and there was no equipment for the army. This time they only gave out a few dozen because of the special errand they were running. Lin Xi looked around from the corner and found nothing unusual, and returned to the exit to greet the soldiers.
Come up.
More than a hundred people jumped up from under the wooden plank. Since there was no one in the whole yard, everyone was much bolder, but they still paid attention to making as little noise as possible.
Deputy Qianhu was the last one to come up. After he came up, he said: "We have sent people back to deliver the message and asked the remaining nine hundred households to come over."
"No, people from nine hundred households can't all walk from here. There isn't much 'nourishing Qi' in the tunnel," Lin Xi said.
"Brother Lin, since we have all come here and haven't suffocated to death in the tunnel, we can still leave." Seeing what Lin Xi wanted to say, he quickly added: "Brother Lin, I know you are good to the brothers.
, but if we want to capture the city of Cairo, we have to let our brothers take some risks! What can we do with more than a hundred people? The Hashemite family has hundreds of men in the master's family alone, plus counting
There are always thousands of servants. Even if they are all ordinary people, more than a hundred people cannot control them. As long as one of them escapes and reports to the Mamluk officials, the plan to seize Cairo City will be ruined. Most of the brothers will
Even if you die in the city, you won’t have a good reputation after you die, and you won’t get much compensation!”
"Brother Lin, before I left, I asked several other brothers from Baihu, and everyone said that as long as they don't suffocate to death in the tunnel, they are willing to take the risk." At this time, Baihu also said.
After hearing what they said, Lin Xi thought for a while, raised his head and glanced at the moon, nodded and said: "Then let the brothers come over quickly. But remember, don't make any noise. And you," he looked towards
People in the courtyard said, "No one is allowed to leave this courtyard without my order."
"I know." Everyone agreed in a low voice.
After that, soldiers from the other nine hundred households came out of the tunnel one after another. As the number of people increased, the small courtyard gradually became unable to accommodate them. Lin Xi personally led more than a dozen people to explore the two nearby courtyards.
While sleeping, the walking patterns of those who were watching at night were also recorded, and the soldiers were invited to occupy these two courtyards. The people in the courtyards, both male and female, were suffocated with quilts, and the new arrivals were arranged in these two courtyards.
After a while, more than a thousand people came out of the tunnel. The three courtyards were crowded, but except for the sound of people breathing, nothing could be heard.
Lin Xi called together twenty hundred households and one hundred trial households, and assigned them tasks one after another. Through the investigation in Cairo City a few months ago, they had a general grasp of the general situation of the Hashim family's house, and could target them accordingly.
Sexual assignment of errands.
After the errands were assigned, Lin Xi said to them: "The Hashim family is not ordinary people. Try not to kill anyone, but don't be lenient if you dare to resist or escape. Of course, you can kill their servants."
"Tell the brothers, don't be busy taking things. If we can capture the city of Cairo in one fell swoop, we Qianhu will be the first to contribute, and we will be rewarded. The good things in the courtyard will also belong to us Qianhu; but if we fail to capture the city of Cairo,
It’s impossible to take many things with you when you escape, and taking them now will be in vain, and it will also affect the capture of the city.” He said sternly: “If I see anyone who dares to take anything, I will kill him without mercy!”
"Brother Lin, don't worry. This is not the first time for our brothers to fight. They know what to do." Everyone agreed.
Lin Xi nodded and finally said: "Let's all go."
"Yes." Everyone agreed softly and dispersed.
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‘It’s so irritating!’ Although it was already late at night, Muthadid II still did not fall asleep. Although he had a beautiful woman in his arms, he was still angry about what happened during the day.
'Tata I cares less and less about me as the Caliph. In recent times, he has lost all surface politeness and treated me like a soldier under his command. Not only that, the Ming Empire and Castile
After the kingdom's coalition forces surrounded the city of Cairo, they actually asked me to pay for money and food!' Tadeid II thought angrily.
But he could only be angry at home. Facing Tata I, no, facing any Mamluk general, he did not dare to show his anger at all. The Ming army had annihilated the navy, the Ottomans had fled, and the possibility of Cairo City being defended was extremely slim.
Tata I will probably not need him as a caliph in the future, and of course he will not continue to treat him well. If he angered Tata I, it would not be surprising to be secretly beaten to death.
