The Vizier Humamu Pasha rushed to Antioch, where it had become a pot of porridge, there were many refugees, and a large number of troops were gathered, including the regular army, the local army, and the tribal army, almost 100,000 people were gathered, and the military names were varied, although the regular army was superior, but those leopards in the countryside were also arrogant, saying that if you hang a hair, don't come to us if you have a kind, you come forward to kill all the Chinese, we will not rob you!

The rule of the Ottoman Empire was maintained by the use of violence through religious ties, and there were many ethnic groups and tribes in the country, and there were many contradictions between them, and each was not convinced.

The arrival of the commander quickly stabilized the morale of the army, and everyone reluctantly put down their competitive mentality and stepped forward to see the vizier.

"How's it going?" Humamu Pasha asked anxiously.

"Very good, very good!" Everyone said that the Chinese did not come to attack.

That's good news, so, what have you done?

The answer is that nothing has been done!

There is no strengthening of the defense, there is no moving forward, nothing is done!

Everyone disobeys each other, why do you command me!

The vizier listened to what he said, so Humamu Pasha led his army out to Apoll, a large city where Saladin had also been stationed, and he divided the camps, visited the army, and stockpiled supplies.

Unlike before, the empire began to provide food for the army participating in the war, after all, if you attack the Chinese fortified city, the Chinese are good at fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, and the army that has traveled long distances to reach the edge of the Chinese city is even in danger of starvation.

The Chinese troops did not arrive in Antioch, they did not understand the speed of the soldiers, or they wanted to attract the Ottoman army to attack and repeat the scene of Cairo's new city, and they took us Ottomans too stupidly!

Humamu Pasha announced to the crowd: "The Holy War has begun! ”

So under the banner of religion, all the people were united against the infidels.

Humamu Pasha sent people to the Kurdish and Lianghe valleys to announce the decision of the imperial court, and the response was good, and the defenders and tribes in various places expressed their resolute obedience to the orders of the imperial court, and they either strengthened the city defenses or sent troops to Antioch to reinforce them, and the number of troops in Antioch increased day by day.

The sentinels sent showed that the Chinese garrison in Damascus had not advanced, so Humamu Pasha stretched out his tentacles and sent Kurdish tribal cavalry to attack, and he told the tribal chief Hude: "Don't be greedy, just attack, fight when you are weak, and leave when you are strong!" ”

He thought he had taught the mantra to Hood, who he had chosen to be a safe person and would be able to execute his strategy well.

The Kurdish tribe has a long history and a strong ancestry, and Saladin, a military strongman, recaptured the holy city of Jerusalem from the Europeans and established the Ayyubid dynasty.

But then the Kurdish tribes were conquered by the Turks and fought for the Ottoman Empire, and their tribes were brave and good at fighting, and they were able to fight.

A few days later, the news of the defeat of the Kurdish cavalry came, which made Humamu Pasha lose face.

Or "birds die for food, people die for money", the Kurds are not people for money, but birds die for food!

Hood led more than 3,000 cavalry all the way to Damascus, he had been to Damascus, and when he got to the city, the Chinese were closed, and the Damascus he had seen again seemed to be more majestic and precipitous than before, which had been renovated by the Chinese.

After observing the city for a while, Hood determined that the defenders of the city numbered tens of thousands, at least more than 30,000, so he reported the news to Humamu Pasha, and continued towards Cairo.

Soon he tasted what it was like to starve!

The southeast army is strong and clear, and there are many veterans from the mainland, including the former Ming army, the former mountain bandit army, the former Tatars, etc., and the craftsmanship of "bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates" have not been left behind, and the people along the way have been robbed!

But there is no such thing as a teacher of benevolence, it's all propaganda!

If we don't be Song Xianggong, how can we finance the enemy and let the enemy get supplies to attack us?

So if you can grab it, you can grab it, and if you can't take it, you will destroy it.

As a result, fireworks rose in villages and towns, and the Chinese looted the places and drove the people, and even if the people hid their things, they were found out by the experienced Chinese thieves and confiscated them unceremoniously!

People in various places have been robbed of their supplies, some people are still living in their hometowns, and more people have become refugees and have migrated to various places.

Hood's cavalry went south, and when they saw the people struggling to make a living, they couldn't help but grit their teeth, these heretics!

The infidels are hateful, and while cursing them, Hood did the same, collecting supplies from the people, and the people gave them voluntarily, and robbed them if they didn't give them voluntarily.

This is "bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates", yes, they are not good birds.

However, the cavalry of 3,000 people said a lot of not a lot, but a lot less, along the way, they searched for supplies, but they couldn't find anything, it was common to be hungry and full, often hungry, and the Kurds were on fire, not only angry, but also hungry.

The productivity of most of the Middle East is not strong, the natural conditions for land production are not good, the output is not much, and there is not much left after being robbed by the Chinese, which cannot meet the needs of the 3,000 cavalry, especially the horses not only have to eat grass, they have to be fed, corn, soybeans, peanuts and other things are eaten, only then can there be oil and water, and the horses will not lose fat.

Hungry, very hungry, try to be hungry for a day and see if you panic!

I started to be hungry in the morning, the horses were okay to say, there was grass to gnaw on the top of the stomach, people couldn't eat indiscriminately, they couldn't find anything and starved, food became something that everyone was eager to find, because of the constant tossing in the stomach, the Kurds couldn't sleep at night, they fell asleep and were woken up by hunger, from the commander to the soldier, everyone was hungry, and after a few days, they were so hungry that they became slim and thin!

They never dreamed that they would encounter such a thing on their own land, and the vanguard that had attacked Cairo also had a hungry stomach, and they took it as a joke, and before they went they brought food for three days, and ate very happily, and after three days they began to get hungry, and regretted not doing it at the beginning.

If it weren't for the fact that there was still a sense of honor and a fear of military discipline, the Kurds almost wanted to withdraw their troops.

Then they found the Chinese baggage troops, a large force, escorted by 5,000 infantrymen, plus more than 2,000 vehicles, all marching towards Damascus.

In the same way, Mr. David David, chief of staff of the Southeastern Army, first sent the Second Army under the command of Li Dingguo and Ainengqi into Damascus in an attempt to exhaust the enemy's strength with fortified cities, while the main force was on the line between Amman and Jerusalem, preparing for a battle with the enemy.

The baggage was transported to Damascus, and whenever possible, the Chinese kept piling up supplies to the front, anyway, the Chinese were rich in productivity, and some were things, and they were not given away in vain.

"So many supply vehicles...... Hood looked greedily through the binoculars, thinking about the pros and cons, although the Chinese escort force did not seem weak, but the Kurds' stomachs were too deflated to need to be replenished, saying that they would rather die in battle than starve to death.

"Okay, then attack!" Hood is determined to fight for a full stomach!