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Abbas II said: "My sons and daughters are still very young, and I am waiting for the reply from the Chinese emperor.

Lu Tianxiang said: "We still have to go to Europe, maybe we will return to China later.

Abbas II said: "It doesn't matter. Our businessmen often go to India for trade.

Easy, the farthest can reach Banten in the east.I will send envoys to visit the emperor in China with the ship.I will also send scholars to China to study poetry and painting. Chinese poetry and painting must also be very exciting.

The Persian emperor was extremely hospitable and liked to intermarry with foreign royal families and like to send envoys to communicate with each other.

Moreover, some speech does not go through the brain.

While talking, Abbas II asked, "Does the Chinese emperor have a younger sister?"

Asking this question made Lu Tianxiang and Zhang Ruifeng a little confused, unable to follow the other party's train of thought at all.

Abbas II said: "If the Chinese emperor has a younger sister, I hope to marry one as a concubine, and I will love her very much.

Zhang Ruifeng replied: "I'm very sorry, His Majesty only has one younger sister, and she was married a few years ago.

"Oh, what a pity," Abbas II said again, "my sisters are already married, otherwise they can marry the Chinese emperor as concubines. In this case, I can only let my son marry a The Chinese princess, the Safavid royal family has the blood of the Chinese royal family. It is exciting to think about it, China is mysterious and ancient. After having the blood of the Chinese royal family, the Safavid royal family will definitely be even greater."

This guy has blood collection addiction?

It is said that the royal intermarriage on the Persian side is similar to that on the European side.Over the past few decades, Persia has intermarried with the Mughal royal family while fighting with the Mughals, which has not affected their brains on the battlefield in the slightest.

For the next two weeks, Lu Tianxiang kept communicating with the Queen of Persia, while the King of Persia discussed art with the civil servants of the mission.

This is the most nourishing day for the envoys. Although the Persian countryside is poor, the city is civilized and prosperous.Except for the unappetizing food, all other conditions are not even lost to Nanjing.

Even Cai Yuncheng, who was born as a poor peasant, had great interest in Persia because of Abbas II's warm hospitality and the prosperity and civilization of the city.

When they left, Abbas II learned that they were going to Ottoman, and immediately said: "Ottoman's female sultan was assassinated and died last year. At this time, Osman is at its most chaotic. Be united, because the Ottoman royal family can no longer control the local army."

"Female Sudan?" Zhang Ruifeng was extremely surprised.

Abbas II nodded and said: "In the past hundred years, Ottoman has produced a large number of female sultans.

After repeated questioning, Zhang Ruifeng finally figured out that the so-called Ottoman female sultan was actually the empress dowager.Just like the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were a bunch of little emperors, and the empress dowager monopolized the power for a long time, even if the emperor became an adult, he would not hand over the power.

Moreover, the origins of these female sultans can also be described in various ways.

Like the very famous Sultan Shrem, a Pole who believed in the Orthodox Church.She rose up as a female slave, stood out from the fierce palace battles, and finally became the empress dowager who monopolized power.

And the Empress Dowager Safiye, a slave girl of Venetian nobility.During her reign, the relationship between Ottoman and Venice was as good as wearing the same pair of pants.

The Empress Dowager who was assassinated last year was called Kesem Sultan.

One of her sons reigned for 17 years and the other eight years, all under the empress dowager's control.After her grandson succeeded to the throne, the Empress Dowager was in power for several years, and the noble ministers finally couldn't bear it and killed the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager died, the little emperor was young, and the Ottoman nobles began to fight for power. Now the country is in chaos.

Ottoman at this time is known as the "Sudanese Women's Era", and it will last for more than 100 years.

Don't look at the nobles who killed a queen dowager at this time, there will be a new queen dowager in power, and it will be another female slave from Poland.

Chapter 741 [Inexplicable battle]

Ottoman's capital is already next to Greece, so it is naturally impossible to go there immediately, and has to go by boat in the Mediterranean.

The next stop of the mission was the port city of Sohar.

Hundreds of years later, this place belonged to Oman, but now it belongs to Jabrid.

When the Jabrid dynasty was at its peak, it was able to control the entire Arabian coast, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and parts of Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Before the collapse of the dynasty, three brothers ruled Oman, the north bank of Oman, Bahrain and surrounding areas respectively.At this time, the Portuguese came, their ships were strong and powerful, and they were invincible, and a dynasty quickly disintegrated.

Now split into many tribes, one of the branches of the royal family continues to rule a small number of areas. The main land is only the United Arab Emirates and the northwest coast of Oman.

The navy that once dominated the Arabian coast has also degenerated into pirates of all sizes with the collapse of the dynasty.

At this moment, Saif I, King of Oman, is recruiting these pirates by virtue of his prestige.

Last year, off the coast of Muscat, Oman fought Portugal.Two Oman warships were captured by Portugal, and more than a dozen were severely damaged. The next generation of Saif I

If you are determined to develop your navy, recruiting nearby pirates is naturally a shortcut.

The Chinese fleet sailed out of the Strait of Hormuz, and a group of pirates watched from afar, jealous but did not dare to act.

"Are these pirates, or which country's navy?"

Fan Chao held up the binoculars, always feeling that the other party's intentions were wrong.

But it may also be overthinking. If it is a certain country's navy, it is normal to be on guard in the open sea.

Fan Chao put away the binoculars and said to the adjutant: "Sign out the semaphore to get all ships ready, and fire immediately if any abnormalities are found!

The fleet of envoys continued to advance, and the pirate ships retreated farther and farther, and finally retreated to the port of Sohar, which was the target of the Chinese mission.

The pirates were also very surprised. This is a pirate's lair. Could it be that the other party is coming to exterminate themselves?

The pirate ships fled the port in a swarm, and some pirates disembarked and ran to the city to report to the ruler.

The ruler was Zaid ibn Zamir, a descendant of the Jabrid dynasty.Those pirates outside can be said to be his navy, or it can be said that it has nothing to do with it.

Hearing that a fleet was approaching, Zaid shouted in fright: "Call all the troops, send people immediately, and call the warriors of all tribes here!

There are only three hundred cavalry in this city, and the rest are all infantry, and there are not even musketeers.

About 40 minutes later, the port tax collector came to report: "Master, there is a fleet of envoys from China outside, and they request to visit the master in the city."

At the same time, there was also an Arab businessman who explained to Zayed: "China is located in the far east, and it is a very powerful country. The silk worn by the Persian nobles came from there. They just came from Persia. It is said that he was warmly received by the emperor and was a trustworthy messenger of peace.

"I see, please invite the Chinese envoys into the city." Zaid finally felt relieved.

After the merchants and tax collectors left, the pirate leader who fled into the city suddenly said: "If the silk comes from China, then there are countless treasures on these ships. You can lure their army to the city and capture the leader of the army. Force those ships to surrender.

Such a daring and bad idea, Zaid was actually moved.

There is only one port city and several surrounding tribes in this guy's core ruling area. The rest of the territory only obeys him in name, and usually has to partner with pirates to make money.

In a word, poor and crazy!

Lu Tianxiang and Zhang Ruifeng took 2000 soldiers ashore, and when they entered the city, they were only allowed to bring half of them in.

Those pirates seemed very strange at first, and the members of the mission were always on guard, but now they felt very strange.

Zheng Dayong, the commander of the emperor's personal guard, had already served as the head of the regiment in the north before being transferred back to Nanjing.At this moment, he frowned and said, "We have two thousand soldiers going ashore. Either let us all enter the city, or like the Persian emperor, only allow us to bring two or three hundred soldiers into the city. No more, no less, let us bring a thousand soldiers in, Divide our army in two. What is this trying to do?"

Shi Lang said, "Divide and wipe them out."

Zhang Ruifeng hesitated, looked at Lu Tianxiang: "Ma'am, do you want to go to the city?"

Lu Tianxiang didn't answer immediately, but asked Zheng Dayong: "Commander Zheng is a warrior on the battlefield, what advice can you say.

Zheng Dayong said: "If you want to enter the city, you must first send people back to the ship to report the news. Let the fleet prepare for the battle. Those unknown ships at sea may attack at any time. Send another thousand navy ashore, and stay outside the city. The troops of the army responded together. Niangniang and Ambassador Zhang stayed outside the city to prevent accidents, and the minister led people in to find out the situation.

If there is any change in the city, immediately let the warship bombard the city wall, and the empress can command the army to attack

Hit this city. "

"This is too risky. What if the enemy army has a fire command and the incoming troops are ambushed by firearms? Why not go back to the ship immediately and send only a few envoys to the city to negotiate. In this small state, a few envoys are enough." After Lu Tianxiang went to sea, she couldn't let go and chose the safest way.

On the contrary, Zhang Ruifeng, who seemed calm, was eager to make a great contribution, and said: "It is agreed to enter the city, if you give up halfway, wouldn't it be a loss of face to the Celestial Dynasty? How about this, the empress stays outside the city to support, and I bring the soldiers into the city to check."

Lu Tianxiang felt that he didn't understand military affairs or diplomacy, so he should listen to everyone's opinions more.She turned her head to look at the civil and military people, and found that they were all eager to try, so she had to swallow her objections.

The army of the Datong court has always been invincible, which caused all the civil and military officials to feel proud, "don't take this small country seriously at all."

Lu Tianxiang, who seems to be the most redundant, is actually the most normal one, because she is worried that she will make mistakes, so she always remembers to act cautiously.

Two thousand soldiers, one divided into two.

One thousand emperor's personal guards, all in armor, ready to enter the city.A thousand naval soldiers stayed outside the city to respond at any time.

When sending people back to the ship, several guards rode around the city to observe.They didn't bring many war horses, but they bought some in India halfway, and now there are 32 horses in total.

Although they are all arrogant soldiers, when they really want to take risks, they are fully prepared.

Not long after, the sentry came halfway back and reported the news: "There are only two forts in this city, all of which are aimed at the port. Entering the city from the front, the troops entering the city will not be bombarded, but the troops outside the city should move their positions."

Another sentry cavalry said: "There are several miles outside the city, and the terrain is unobstructed. It is difficult to set up ambushes. If there are ambushes, they must be inside the city.

After all the preparations were done, Zhang Ruifeng held his head high and held his head high, with a fully armored team

Thousands of soldiers entered the city.

There is only one earth city here, and it is very dilapidated, and some of the city walls have cracked.

Although Zhang Ruifeng was apprehensive, he was extremely excited.If the chief of this place doesn't open his eyes and really does black hands, he can lead the army to destroy the country and achieve Ban Dingyuan's unworldly feat!

Watching them enter the city, Lu Tianxiang felt that something was going to go wrong, but she didn't know how to stop it.

Zaid put on a chain armor and was standing on the wall of the earthen city at the moment.Three hundred guards in plate armor, two hundred guards in fire armor, five hundred guards in heavy armor, and the almost luxuriously equipped troops made the Arabian chief terrified, and at the same time greedy enough to make his eyes red.

As long as these troops are lured into the city, all the soldiers will be ambushed and killed by surprise.

After eating the troops entering the city, let the cavalry go to attack the troops outside the city.Even if he could not force the warships at sea to surrender, he would have enough armor and weapons to form a powerful army, conquer the entire Arabian Peninsula, and restore the glory of his ancestors 100 years ago.

The gate of the city was opened, and the local officials tremblingly guided Zhang Ruifeng into the city.

Zhang Ruifeng glanced at the official's expression and knew it, sneered, "Put down your armor."

Zheng Dayong raised his hand and pulled it, like a hard hat helmet, immediately lowered the retractable armor to protect his neck.The rest of the soldiers followed suit.

One side has a malicious intention to set up an ambush.

One side went deep into the tiger's den, intending to bloom from the city and directly occupy this earthen city.

Going forward to a certain crossroads, the officials who guided them forward suddenly stalked and slipped away.

Seeing this, Zheng Dayong yelled: "Stop advancing, line up!"

"Swipe!"

Arrows rained down all around, and archers were ambushed everywhere on the roofs of the surrounding houses.

In the southeast direction, many infantrymen with scimitars and spears rushed forward.The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded from the west, and hundreds of Arab cavalry rushed straight to the flank of the Datong Army.The ordinary army, suddenly ambushed and encountered enemies in three directions, may have already fled towards the north where there are no enemies.

That was Zaid's idea, and he even knew that there would be three missing one. In his opinion, the Datong Army would be defeated, and no matter how well equipped it was, it would not be able to withstand an ambush.

However, the Datong Army had been mentally prepared for a long time, and let the rain of arrows shoot at their bodies, clanging non-stop, and they were all blocked by the armor.

On the periphery of the formation, all guards with heavy armor and spears stood, raising their spears in unison.

On the other hand, these Arab infantry were so poor that they could only wear leather armor, and some didn't even have leather armor.A group of infantry from the south came, facing the hedgehog-like spear formation, they were already terrified before they fought.

Long gun to long gun.

The Datong Army cooperated tacitly, and the Arab soldiers fought on their own.Not to mention, the Arab soldiers' spears could not pierce the armor of the Datong army at all.And the Datong army stabbed out with a single shot, it can be said that the shot pierced the flesh and blood.

At the moment of the battle, the Arab soldiers showed signs of collapse.

Zaid personally led the cavalry and rushed towards the flank of the Datong Army.He believed in the power of the cavalry, and the enemies in front of him were all infantry, and they must have been scared to break up and run away.

But in the face of the cavalry charge, the Datong army stood still, all raising their spears and waiting in place.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Huo Tong guards hiding in the formation finally opened fire.

What the hell?

Although Zaid did not have a musketeer, he knew what happened to the arquebus. Such a dense formation was still hidden in the army formation, and it was impossible for the arquebus to fire.Moreover, he just observed that the enemy's musketeers did not place matchlocks at all.

Matchlock guns do need enough space, but flintlock guns do not.

The Arab cavalry in the front row suddenly turned on their backs.

After finally getting close, facing Lin Li's spears, the war horse automatically chose to brake.A smart horse is also afraid of death, and it is impossible to go straight to the spear or bayonet. This is also the main reason why the infantry's hollow formation can deal with the cavalry.

"kill!"

Three hundred guards in plate armor crossed the spear formation with their warhammers in hand.

The nearly collapsed Arab infantry subconsciously stabbed at these monsters.Some plate armored guards were stabbed down, and they tried to get up with great difficulty. They seemed to be in a mess, but they were not injured.

More plate armored guards stepped forward among countless spears, wielding war hammers, one by one.

"Run!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zaid led his troops and cavalry to flee, turned around and ran in the narrow street.He couldn't even take care of his wife and children, the enemies in front of him were too terrifying, so he had better escape the city with the cavalry first.

There was no need for support from friendly troops outside the city, and the Datong army entering the city had already won a decisive victory.

At this moment, one thousand naval soldiers were outside the east city, and one thousand navy soldiers were outside the west city, and sentries were set up on all sides to observe the situation.