Chapter 174 East-West Rome VS English-Portugal Alliance (Part 1)

"We still hoped to join forces with them at the beginning. Although it was not very... pleasant in the past, the Portuguese would attack them directly. We think it is always OK to prepare them and defend actively." Mohamed was helpless.

"But we still think too much."

"As I said just now, the Marin dynasty is very loose, so the Sultan Palace has very weak control over the local area, and even the palace is in a long-term civil unrest. We want to report the situation, but they don't care about the problem of a port at all..."

"Actually, what he said was too tactful." Guo Kang explained to the Empress Dowager: "Now this dynasty, like the various regimes before the Berbers, has always been unstable and even more serious."

"The Sultan was assassinated by the ministers, which led to the failure of the expansion to the east. Now... the Sultan and the ministers are fighting each other passionately, and I don't know whether there is still a 'custom'."

"At the most, we can only prepare for the local Emir in Ceuta. But it is an important commercial port, relatively wealthy, and there is no war for a long time. Everyone has only considered making money, and their military preparations have been deflated for a long time. I guess even if it is prepared,

There will be no impact for a while."

"It seems that it is really unreliable." The Queen Mother didn't know what to say: "But I still don't understand, why are you looking for us? We are all in the east of the Mediterranean, so it's too far."

"No one who is close to you can count on you." Mohammed shook his head helplessly.

"We have just mentioned the situation of Morocco in the northwest part of Africa." He introduced it one by one: "To the east is the Algiers region, roughly the part of the ancient Mauritania-Caissarea province."

"The rulers here are the Zayanid dynasty, but their strength is too weak, and they are annexed by the surrounding powers many times, and then they are restored because of their internal disputes."

"The farther away is Mamluk in Egypt, and you know their situation." Mohammed simply listed it in one breath: "In fact, there is another closest one, which is France. Unfortunately, something happened to them, so they couldn't help.

”

"We have also visited Venice and Genoa. However, although it has something to do with local trade, they don't want to offend the Portuguese, so their attitude is very ambiguous. We just think that you are the best choice."

"Also, their military power relies heavily on the local nomadic Banu Hilar tribe. The dynasty has paid annual monies to various tribes of the Banu clan for a long time in exchange for their support, so that they can gain a foothold. They are also not interested in taking care of themselves further.

Things are."

"I thought at first that there were so many remnants of the Yuan Dynasty here, so I just called the Yuan Universe. Now, it may actually be a Song Universe..." Guo Kang couldn't help but say.

"Of course, there is no need for so many reasons for France. England has the advantage, that is, it makes them uncomfortable, so they also hate Portugal. They have also fought with Castilla before. It's just now France's own

The situation is also very bad, I guess I don’t have the ability.”

"That's really hard to count on." Everyone understood now.

"The Mediterranean is not far away." Guo Kang thought for a while: "But how much support can we get from the way and destination? This is the most critical factor that determines the ability to deliver power and the efficiency of delivery.

.I need information on this aspect to make a judgment.”

"They also paid tribute to Castilla." The Queen Mother thought for a while and said.

"When Portugal was founded, it was with the help of the expeditionary forces from England, so they had a good relationship. Later, the two families also signed a permanent treaty to fight against Castilla and France. The Portuguese took the opportunity to intervene in the North Sea.

Business, the English began to go south to Africa, and that was from here.”

"In this way, there are not many options left, and only your country and Italian city-states are capable."

"I think this is too far away." The Empress Dowager was instinctively confused, then turned to look at Guo Kang: "What do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"More than that. They are now paying tribute to the Kingdom of Castile in central Spain, the Kingdom of Aragon in eastern Spain, the Marin dynasty in Morocco, and the Havs dynasty in Tunisia, a total of four countries." Mohammed corrected:

"Two Tianfang Sects, two Cross Sects."

"Can France support it?" The Queen Mother felt that she was eye-opening today.

"Of course, France has always been very interested in Northwest Africa," said Mohammed. "And, Portugal is a hardcore alliance of England."

"How come these people all pay each other a year's monies?" Tuo Huan said helplessly.

"Where is the Havs Dynasty in the east?" asked the Queen Mother: "Since someone paid tribute to him, he has some strength, right?"

"So, this dynasty has actually been relying on diplomatic means to survive in the cracks, and is a brother in distress. They definitely don't have much ability to provide support to fight against the fierce Cross Cult Expeditionary Force. And if the Cross Cult countries unite, let Cas

Tillia and other countries support Portugal, and they probably dare not speak out, for fear of offending the suzerain state.”

"Answer as he said, he understands." The Queen Mother immediately smiled and said to Mohammed happily.

"He is just a little stronger than others." Mohammed said: "Before, the Havs dynasty had just been attacked by the tribal army of the Marin dynasty, and the country was destroyed twice, and the losses were quite heavy. In recent years, they have just recovered.

After some vitality, I began to build an attempt to expand my territory, but my control was very weak. It was okay to attack the surrounding city-states, but others could not be done."

"Okay, your majesty." Maybe I felt that it was at least possible to talk about it, and Mohammed also sighed with a sigh of relief: "Don't worry about local support. We have been thinking about it for a long time, and we can prepare whatever we can arrange."

"We don't need your country to provide the entire legion, we just want to obtain an elite veteran, preferably a technical army, to serve as the core of the local army. Because we only want to defend, and there are also many defenders that can be summoned.

But their quality is too poor and lacks a reliable backbone, so their performance on the battlefield may be much worse."

"There are many cross-cultural communities in the territory of the Marin Dynasty, and they have a good relationship with us and the dynasty court. In the previous war when the Marin Dynasty replaced the Almohad Dynasty, these cross-cultural militias helped the dynasty capture the dynasty.

Maracoush,” he said, “Although they don’t have much expedition ability, they still have a strong fighting will when protecting their homes or helping their neighbors resist the invaders. They should also have more common languages ​​with you, and it’s easy to

Can call up."

"This is hard to say..." Guo Kang was a little unconfident.
Chapter completed!