"Stop, what are you doing!" In front of the North City Gate, several Mamluk soldiers shouted loudly at the sudden appearance of hundreds of people pushing vehicles, and immediately pulled out the scimitars from their waists and pointed them at the leader.
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The leader's body immediately began to tremble, and he could not speak completely. But at this moment, a man came from behind the team. This man's clothes were very luxurious and he was imposing. He opened his mouth and said, "Where is General Yahaya?"
?I want to see him."
"Who are you? You want to see General Yahaya?" someone asked immediately. But he was immediately dragged by the person next to him. When he looked back, he saw the person who was dragging him said: "I will go to Yahaya right away."
General Ya." He said, pulling him towards a house under the city wall.
Soon, a general named Yahaya came over with a few guards. With a smile on his face, he walked up to the man in luxurious clothes and said, "Caliph, why are you here? What's the matter?"
He was very puzzled that Muthadid II came near the city gate. Although the caliph had a high status, he had no power. He was guarded by the sultans of the Mamluk Sultanate and would not get any job. He came to the city today.
What's the purpose of the door? Moreover, Yahaya raised his head and glanced at the people pushing the vehicles, feeling that they gave him a very strange feeling. He couldn't tell what the specific feeling was, but it was different from other people.
"I'm here to deliver food to you." Muthadid II deliberately breathed out and said with a slightly unhappy tone: "You should also know that Tata I asked me to give some food to the soldiers.
They wanted to eat. Although I was unwilling, I did not dare to refuse; he also asked me to deliver the food to the north gate. I was worried that your soldiers would be too domineering, so I had no choice but to personally escort the food over."
"So that's it." Yahaya certainly knew that Tata I forced Muthadid II to pay for food, and it was expected that Muthadid II would have to give out money and food. He also
He took a look at the vehicle behind him and saw that it was indeed all grains piled on top, so he laughed and said, "You even bothered the Caliph to personally escort the grains here. I really feel very uneasy."
"If you feel uneasy, ask the soldiers to cooperate with my servants to deliver the food to the warehouse as soon as possible so that I can go back as soon as possible." Mutardid II said angrily.
"Okay, okay." Since the food was delivered, Yahaya didn't care about his attitude and called a few soldiers to take the servants of the Hashemite family pushing the vehicle to the grain depot to unload the food.
"Is the north the focus of defense?" Muthadid II was bored and discussed with Yahaya: "Cairo City was built in the south-central part of the delta. Although it is not close to the beach on all sides, the open space in the north is the largest.
The military camps of the Castile Army and the Castilian Army are also in the north, and they should use the northern city wall as the focus of their attack."
"Of course. If you stand on the city wall, you can see that there is already movement in the Ming army's camp. Many soldiers have gotten up and finished their meals. They are led by various commanders and centurions outside the military camp.
I don’t know what they are going to do,” Yahaya said.
"Is it going to attack the city?" Mutardid II asked.
"This is impossible." Yahaya said categorically: "The Ming army always fired artillery first. I asked people who came from India, and they all said that in India the Ming army also used artillery fire as a signal to attack the city. The artillery shells did not hit the city.
The infantry above them will not charge. Now the cannons are still wrapped in gun jackets in the barracks, so how can the Ming army attack the city."
"Then you can't be too careless." Mutardid II said.
"Of course I won't be careless. Emperor Tata I chose me as the defender of the northern city wall because I am cautious. Although the Ming army will not attack the city, I have ordered the soldiers to be prepared to defend the city. I will do more in a while
Go up and patrol, and if a soldier is found to be lazy, he will be punished in public." Yahaya said.
"That's right. However," Muthadid II frowned and said softly to him: "Tell me the truth, can Cairo City be defended?"
'If you people can sincerely cooperate in defending the city, Cairo City will definitely be defended.' Yahaya thought to himself. But of course he would not say these words. He thought for a while, and said half truth and half threatening: "
With the ordnance, soldiers and food in the city, as long as there is no civil strife, there will be no problem in defending Cairo for half a year."
"Can you defend the city for half a year? Then I'll be relieved." Mutardid II smiled.
Yahaya sneered in his heart, but continued to chat with Muthadid II as if nothing had happened. After a while, Yahaya thought of the person who was delivering the food and said: "It has been so long.
Haven't you put it in the granary yet?"
But at this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from behind him: "The grain depot is on fire! Someone is setting it on fire!"
"Someone set fire!" Yahaya turned around instantly and saw the thick smoke rising from the grain warehouse. Yahaya knew that although the grain could be ignited, it did not burn so quickly. Someone must have set the fire deliberately.
It was not a fire. He hurriedly ordered in a loud voice: "Quickly put out the fire!" Then he turned to Mutardid II and said: "Caliph, you go back first. I will recruit the servants who transport food to help put out the fire. However,
Don't worry, I will definitely send them back after the fire is put out, and I will not force them to do..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt very dangerous. He pulled out the scimitar with his right hand and at the same time turned around and put the scimitar on his chest.
There was only a sound of "", and a short spear was stabbed on his scimitar. The man who attacked him was very surprised that he could block the blow, but without stopping the movement of his hand, he withdrew the short spear and pointed at him again.
He stabbed.
Yahaya's martial arts skills were very high. He blocked the short spear again and was about to bully the man to kill him. At the same time, he was still thinking in his heart: 'How did this man who wanted to kill me get in? He was related to the person who set the fire.
Are we in a group? Wait, this man is wearing clothes that look like...'
Thinking of this, he was about to turn to the right when he suddenly felt a pain in his thigh. He was unable to stand and fell to the ground. He turned around and saw Muthadid II standing behind him holding a blood-stained dagger.
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"You! Muthadid II, as the caliph, you turned to the infidels!" Yahaya shouted.
Muthadid II did not answer and threw the dagger at him. Yahaya could not dodge at this time and could only wave his scimitar. His scimitar blocked the thrown dagger. He was happy in his heart, but then he felt
I felt severe pain in the back of my head, and then fell to the ground.
