"This city is not easy to deal with!" Marching staff officer Gazi said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Farhad Pasha said sullenly.

The two of them looked at Xiongcheng speechlessly, the heat rose in the sun, the more they looked at it, the more they felt as if it was in the clouds, the Chinese officers and soldiers on it were neatly equipped, helmets and armor were readily available, compared to the Ottoman army in various costumes, the Chinese army was as majestic as the army of the gods!

Except for the Janissaries and some of the troops who received the imperial grain, the rest of the army was often "self-provided ordnance and food", with troops of various tribes, speaking various languages and believing in different religions, most of them were green cultists, but there were also Christian troops with crosses, Zoroastrian Persians, and Jews with small yarmulus hats!

The Ottoman Empire was a vast empire with countless nationalities, and when it came time to send troops, all the nationalities had to do their part, without exception.

The village soldiers from the city are not bad, at least they have military horns; There are also some real people, "ten households out of one soldier" and even in some places "five households out of one soldier", and the directly recruited people are pulled into the battle array after a little formation.

Although the source of soldiers is complicated, the veterans are calm, the recruits are excited, and the atmosphere is gradually rising.

After all, the Ottoman Empire was still strong!

Its territory has not been lost, its rule is stable, and it is on the defensive in Europe!

Everyone is still full of confidence in the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire is an agricultural country, the characteristics of an agricultural country are not rich, the people are generally poor in the land, participate in the war, there are dangers, but there are also opportunities!

If the enemy is defeated and the city is captured, these tribal armies and village soldiers may have a chance to get a piece of the pie, and the spoils of war will go to them.

The simple minds of the soldiers were that today did not care about tomorrow, while their Pasha was agonizing: "How can we take this majestic city?" ”

The two of them frantically thought of a way,

"Ding!" With a bang, they were smashed, and it was the army digging a ditch and a hoe knocking stones.

The Ottoman army continued to arrive, and except for some troops and grain baggage stationed in the old city of Cairo, the rest of the troops were close to the city.

After the soldiers recovered from the initial shock, they did whatever they had to do, and proceeded step by step.

First of all, to build a long siege, that is, to dig a trench around the city, to restrain the city, and prevent them from opening the city gate at will and rushing to the army.

In some places, earthen walls were built, drawbridges were made, and firing positions were built, and the Turks also used artillery, and some of the cannons were already installed in place.

The two of them stopped looking and went straight back to the camp, followed by a group of guards.

On the way, Ghazi reported: "My subordinates have asked Damascus to transfer 50,000 men there, according to Pasha's orders, so that the total strength of our army will reach 270,000, and they have also asked for continued transfers!" ”

"Good!" Farhad Pasha nodded.

When encountering difficulties, report to the superiors that it is necessary to ask for resources, and if you give them, you will increase the chances of winning, and if you don't give them, you can use them to shirk responsibility.

This method is exactly the practice of the old fritters in officialdom.

"Our siege equipment is being built, the previous consideration is insufficient, the number of artillery and ammunition, I am afraid that it will not be able to suppress the opponent's firepower, in addition to asking Istanbul for more artillery and ammunition, do you think you want to resume the manufacture of trebuchets?" Ghazi asked.

Since the Ottoman Empire tasted the sweetness of cannons, it has also continued to cast cannons for its own use, for this battle, Farhad Pasha also prepared a full 200 large-caliber cannons, to attack any city in Europe is threatening, but I didn't expect the other party's city to be built so outrageous!

"Build it, build whatever works and can be used!" Farhad Pasha said helplessly.

He brought some military expenses, he didn't want to save them, in case he couldn't attack them, his life was gone, what to do with the money!

He instructed Ghazi to hurry up and build more trebuchets, ladders, rushing carts, well railings, shields and other siege equipment, and the guest secretary Aboud immediately rushed back to Damascus to supervise, and the time limit must be completed!

At this moment, Fahad Pasha is thankful that although we have lost Cairo, we still have Damascus!

The city of Damascus is known as the garden of earth and the paradise of earth!

With a large population and a developed socio-economy, it was a jewel of the Ottoman Empire.

It was here that Farhad Pasha needed the military to build it, which was built by Damascus craftsmen.

The older the people of Farhad Pasha became, the more shameless they became, and Aboud went there to place a deposit and pay for the supplies on credit.

If the battle is won, the Sultan will naturally repay if he is happy, and if he loses the war, the Sultan will be unhappy, and it will be repaid, and it is none of Farhad Pasha's business anyway.

He talked with Ghazi and rode away, and on the walls of Cairo's new city, the officers and soldiers looked relaxed and did not take the enemy under the city seriously!

With faith in the leader!

The musket in your hand, the cannon by your side and the fortified city under your feet!

And the mountains of military resources in the city!

The southeastern country has money, and their leader will not let his soldiers suffer, and in the warehouse in the city, he even prepared a year's worth of snacks for 80,000 people!

Not to mention the staple food, rice and dried meat are enough to eat for two years, and snacks --- toffee or nougat, peanut candy, dried sweet potatoes, etc. are distributed every day.

The soldiers at the head of the city are eating and chewing snacks and drinking tea, but unfortunately there is no stool to sit on.

The officers had to stand for the sake of their manners, and the soldiers were not so particular and sat on the ground.

Of course, there must be a mighty general standing in front of them!

Li Laiheng, the commander of the new Cairo New City and the commander of the newly formed Fourth Army of the Southeast Army, put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Hao Shaoqi: "That person just now should be the enemy's commander-in-chief, Fahad Pasha!" ”

Hao Shaoqi said: "How do you know? ”

"Look at the flag!" Li Laiheng is handsome, and he has done enough homework against the enemy, he said: "That person's banner is three pinch of horse tails!" ”

The Pasha were high-ranking Ottoman military officials who held the banner with a horse's tail and were divided into three ranks, three, two or one, in Turkic-Mongol tradition!

In wartime, bearers display their military flags to demonstrate their military power. Only the Sultan could hold four ponytails, and Kaputan Pasha, the commander of the Ottoman naval fleet, wore two ponytails.

Farhad Pasha has been fighting in Europe, is very old, and is also a pinch of ponytails.

This counter-attack on Egypt was of great importance, and the Sultan deliberately gave him an extra ponytail to restrain the leaders of the various armies.

Hao Shaoqi is a general, he didn't pay much attention to the situation just now, and even despised him because the other party was old, and now it is the same, he said under his fingers: "The Turks are too slow!" ”

"You say, will they tell us to stop and let them finish their prayers before they fight, when they are halfway through the siege?" Hao Shaoqi couldn't help but laugh when he told jokes!

The enemy battalion outside the city is more than ten miles, and the Southeast Army does not take them seriously at all!