The Eagle of Eastern Europe

Voick was indeed very fast. After receiving the emergency order, he gathered his troops into the Golan Heights, captured Baniyas and took control of this northern fortress. In this way, the entire Lake Tiberias area was exposed to the iron heel of Rome.

In the direction of Gaza, Rome has been immobile since occupying Gaza. They have too few soldiers and need assistance.

At this time, Mahmoud had been attacking Rosetta for 23 days, and the city wall was as immovable as if it were made of iron, even after using all methods. The Sultan was no longer in high spirits and all he could do was maintain the front.

"Sudan, we have failed. They can get supplies continuously through the canal, and we cannot cut off their line."

Mahmoud didn't say anything, but waved his hand to ask him to leave, and he wanted to be quiet.

"I have said that Egypt cannot stand Rome now. We can only look for opportunities. Now we are attacking like this. Sure enough"

"shut up!"

Mahmoud blocked the next words. "What do you think the army relies on to maintain its formation now? It relies on hatred of Rome. Believe it or not, if we return to Cairo like this, the citizens will eat us all."

Mahmoud has gone crazy. He needs a victory so much. Apart from Rome, he doesn't know where or where he can appease the people.

"If we can't occupy this place, we won't be able to establish contact with Jerusalem. No one knows how long he can hold on. I don't dare to think about what happens next."

This was not the only thing that made Mahmoud crazy. Fleets from the Eastern colonies quickly entered the Red Sea Strait after hearing the news of the canal threat, and used the artillery on the ships to attack those coastal cities. Jeddah, a famous port city on the peninsula, has made it so hard that no one wants to do business.

The Eastern colonies were also very angry. Their goods were not circulated, so they were just like scraps. The East India Company directly used local wars to rob two temples, obtain treasures worth 1.3 million lei, and use them to recruit troops. There is a kind of people in the western region who are very powerful in combat, so they are recruited in large numbers.

At this time, some people in Egypt are coming to their senses. If they do this, is Egypt ready? Rome has been doing well in recent years, but it has been preparing its army. It is afraid that Egypt will be defeated before it rises.

After a series of journeys, the Roman Emperor Peter finally arrived in Cyprus, where thirty thousand troops were already waiting.

"Your Majesty, Woike's troops have captured Baniyas, Ashkelon's troops have also captured Gaza, and the Canal Zone has withstood the Egyptian attack."

Christian personally explained the situation to the emperor. The situation had improved, and it was their turn next.

"How long will it take to move all the troops here to Ashkelon?"

"It will take about three days."

Three days is acceptable. Many maritime merchants contributed their own ships to transport people and supplies. They landed from Ashkelon and then occupied Bethlehem and Evelyn. Jerusalem was within their grasp. Moreover, the other party simply does not have enough troops and cannot gather its huge troops like Saladin. Now is the opportunity.

"Your Majesty, according to Rosetta's news, Egypt's recent offensive has been a bit slack. It seems that their Sultan feels there is no hope."

Peter laughed when he heard this. Unless he built the walls and fortresses that he had spent a lot of time building, Egypt had no firearms, so there was no hope.

"It would be dangerous if they took advantage of the war between the empire and other countries to attack, but in the end they were eager to attack. How impatient is this?"

"I believe that the Castilian envoy was also responsible for this. If he hadn't kept persuading us to send troops, I'm afraid we wouldn't be in the same situation today."

It is indeed good to let Egypt attack, and it must also delay time, but the specific delay will probably disappoint them. Also, who said that the empire couldn't fight from both sides?

Without further ado, the army set off from Cyprus. The goal is to reach Ashkelon.

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Mecca's Grand Mosque, Hassan bin Muhammad Ali discussing the possibility of aiding Jerusalem. As a descendant of the Prophet, Ali had always wanted to restore the territory and prestige of the Umayyad Dynasty. From the establishment of the Abbasid Dynasty to the invasion of the Mongols, the entire peninsula was torn apart, and Timur was another peak of the nomadic people.

After Timur left, I thought it was time for them to recover, but the Roman Empire came, the emir of Syria surrendered, and Baghdad paid tribute to Constantinople. It was not right to let the land of Allah surrender to the pagans again. possible. The people on their peninsula need to stand up.

"We must protect the land of Allah and the infidels must be destroyed."

The status of descendants of the prophet is still very useful, not to mention that their trade has been affected. The peninsula is nothing but sand, and there are very few oases. Agriculture cannot develop at all. They cannot be allowed to drink camel milk, eat dates and camels every day. Goat meat. Although they can get by, outside items cannot come in, and their lives lose a lot of fun.

What happened at Jeddah Port was a warning to them, but religion prevented them from bowing their heads. Bowing down meant that the descendants of Muhammad had personally surrendered. This is a serious blow to them.

"We must gather everyone to defend Jerusalem. We will fight for Allah at any time. If we die, this is not the end, this is the beginning!"

Those scholars who preach to pilgrims outside the Grand Mosque are the most reliable cannon fodder and the most loyal believers. When the black flag symbolizing the call was flying above the mosque, everyone's religious enthusiasm burst out, and they could not wait to rush to Jerusalem immediately.

They feel that this time they will definitely achieve the glory of the previous Arab Conquest period. In a few decades, they swept through Egypt, Carthage, Jerusalem, and Iberia, and established a super empire spanning Asia, Europe, and Africa.

The reason why the Arabs established their empire so quickly was that on the one hand they had strong cohesion in their beliefs and had no heresy, and on the other hand they had taken advantage of a good time. At that time, the two major powers in the East, Rome and Sassanid, were exhausted from decades of war. , no longer able to stop him. So these people who came out of the desert first destroyed Sassanid, and then retreated Rome to Anatolia. And in the following hundreds of years of fighting, they besieged Constantinople many times, but of course they were unsuccessful in the end.

As soon as the black flag was raised, the saint was about to embark on the Northern Expedition. Those pious tribes began to recruit people, while the ungrateful tribes took a fancy to the land that could be used for grazing. With different purposes, they formed armies in the hope that Egypt could last longer so that they could harvest Peaches.