In the burnt yellow, he rode a tall war horse, wearing the Ming Dynasty's official uniform, and behind him were a thousand fierce Ming cavalry. This cavalry was specially assigned by Zhou Chong to him as an escort from the border army.

Among them, there were not only Han people, but also many Mongolians, who were top experts in the army. Fortunately, the elite cavalry of this thousand people were able to pass through the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula and safely reach the city of Damascus.

Jiao Huangzhong is over fifties this year. His father is Jiao Fang, who is highly valued by Zhou in the cabinet. Jiao Huangzhong himself is also very talented. He was released as an official when he was in the Governor's Office of the Four Seas. He is in the South China Sea.

Very familiar with overseas affairs. With his background and qualifications, he could have been transferred to Beijing as an official in Beijing. However, because of his father Jiao Fang, even if he was transferred back to Beijing, he would not be able to hold an important position, because this is

There are unwritten regulations in the officialdom that when father, son and brother are in the same dynasty, one side is valued and the other side will be suppressed.

Jiao Huangzhong also passed the Jinshi with his own strength. Although he was taken care of by his father after becoming an official, most of it was his own efforts. Moreover, he was a very ambitious person and was unwilling to return to the capital to work.

A free job, so he has been an official outside. This time the court needs to send an official familiar with overseas affairs to meet the Ottoman Empire's sultan. This great empire is strong and not much weaker than the Ming Dynasty, so the candidates for this official also need to be extra cautious.

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Jiao Fang also knew what his son was thinking, so after hearing the news, he immediately took the initiative to recommend Jiao Huangzhong as the official envoy of the mission. Zhou Chong was also considered Jiao Huangzhong's old boss, so he naturally knew the abilities of this subordinate, and from Nanyang.

The Palembang area has also developed extremely rapidly under the governance of the yellow yellow. In addition, his familiarity with overseas products can be said to be the best candidate.

So in this case, he was urgently recalled to the court in the burnt-up of the foreign official, and then entrusted by Zhou Chong with an important task, becoming the main mission sent by the Ming Dynasty to West Asia and Europe. He was carrying an important task, which was to re-open it.

The Suez Canal is just that the Ming Dynasty is too far away from the Red Sea. Even if the Ming Dynasty's navy has occupied the west coast of India, it is impossible to send troops to occupy Egypt in the past. What's more, it is the period of full expansion of the Ottoman Empire. The strength of this empire

It should not be underestimated. So the best way is to cooperate with the other party, and the task of Jiaohuang is to meet Selim I and then persuade the other party to rebuild the Suez Canal.

Originally, Jiao Huangzhong took over the mission of envoy, and he was very excited, because as long as this thing was done, even if his father was still in the cabinet, he could return to the capital to serve an important position with this creditor, and even

After his father left, he was not unaware of the possibility of entering the cabinet. I thought that the Jiao family could have two cabinet ministers one after another. This kind of honor was very rare, enough to make the Jiao family the Ming Dynasty.

For top officials, the children of the family will also enjoy a lot of preferential treatment in the officialdom in the future.

However, when Jiaohuangzhong left the capital, he rode the Ming warship all the way to India, came from India to the Red Sea, and finally boarded the Arabian Peninsula, Jiaohuangzhong couldn't help but feel a little regretful. When he was on the ship, everything was fine.

Except for the thousand elite cavalry, most of whom were seasick and vomited in a dim way, there was no problem with anything else. After all, from the Ming Dynasty to India, they were all the sphere of influence of the Ming Navy, and no matter how brave the pirates were, they would not dare to provoke them.

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But when Jiaohuangzhong got off the boat from the Red Sea, he found that he had come to a world of barbarians. Although the Arabian Peninsula was the birthplace of the Arab Empire, it has fallen into it again since the Arabian Empire was destroyed by the Mongols.

In the midst of chaos, the place they landed was in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula. This place was once ruled by the Mamluks, but the corrupt Mamluk dynasty was not concerned about the rule here, which led to extremely chaotic southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.

In addition, Mamluk was defeated by the Ottoman Empire some time ago. All the troops retreated to Egypt, while the Ottoman Empire had no time to take over, which made the place even more chaotic.

On the first day after Jiaohuangzhong took the cavalry ashore, he encountered a group of Arab robbers with thousands of people. The robbers seemed to be staring at them for a long time. After all, Jiaohuangzhong's mission brought a lot of valuables.

Gifts, these gifts are enough to arouse the greed of countless robbers, and these robbers also have a lot of eyeliners in the harbor on the coast, so as soon as the burnt yellow came ashore, it immediately attracted a group of the most powerful robbers.

However, this bandit group obviously did not find out the situation clearly. They had no idea what kind of people they were facing. Although their number was more than that of the Jiaohuangzhong, the Jiaohuangzhong led the Ming cavalry.

Among the elite, there are many Mongolian cavalry. Hundreds of years ago, the Mongols could destroy the huge Arab Empire. Now these Mongols are naturally not afraid of a mere group of robbers.

So when the robber appeared and before they could take action, the thousand cavalry under Jiaohuangzhong took the initiative to charge. They had been holding on the ship for several months, especially in the first few days, and even vomited

It was dark and now I was holding my breath, wanting to show off in front of the envoy, and their equipment was extremely exquisite. Not to mention a group of robbers, even if I faced an Arab who was several times more than me.

For regular cavalry, they are also sure to win.

With just one charge, a thousand Ming cavalry defeated thousands of Arab robbers. The next one was a bloody massacre. These cavalry were very experienced. They knew that although their combat power was strong, they were here after all.

I am not familiar with the place and the number of people is limited, so I must use bloody means to let the local robbers know their power. When others want to provoke them again, they must consider their own strength.

I have to say that the general who led this Ming cavalry was indeed very sensible. He ordered the nearly 3,000 people who had no time to escape. Such bloody and cruel methods did indeed play a deterrent role, but this deterrent is

It is only useful for some small robber groups. For stronger robber groups, they will only be more interested in the missions that can dispatch an elite force to guard them, because they believe that the missions must contain extremely valuable gifts.

It is precisely because of this that in the following trip, the Ming Dynasty delegation led by Jiaohuangzhong was constantly attacked by robber groups. The size of these robber groups was generally more than a thousand people, and the attack methods were different, and the light and darkness came out.

Of course, there were Ming cavalry to deal with it, so the secret methods were a little troublesome. Fortunately, Jiaohuangzhong had already found several guides who had written to him when he came. These guides were very familiar with the methods of the robbers and could do it in time.

The group provides assistance.

But even so, Jiaohuangzhong and the others were almost as good as Huansheng. Once they even encountered several robber groups united, with more than 8,000 people together. Although the Ming cavalry was elite, they faced eight

But the enemy is unlikely to be sure to win. Fortunately, these robbers who united each other were not united, and finally the Ming envoys found a loophole, and then a thousand elite cavalry were used as arrows, and finally they rushed.

After the robbers' blockade.

Thinking of the dangers encountered along the way, looking at the peaceful Damascus city in front of you, Jiaohuangzhong couldn't help but sigh. He had only heard that Damascus swords were the treasure swords in the world, produced in the west, but they had never been

I thought that one day I would come to the place where this sword was produced, and I would also meet the sultan of the most powerful empire in the West, the cold Selim I.

It's a coincidence that the Ming Dynasty's sect came to contact the Mamluk Dynasty. After all, the land transportation from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean has always been controlled by this dynasty. Although the Portuguese have always wanted to interfere with this line of transportation, they have also been

He fought with Mamluk for a full ten years, but failed. Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to clear the Suez Canal, he naturally had to discuss it with the Mamluk Dynasty.

However, when Jiaohuangzhong arrived in India, he heard that the Ottoman Empire launched an Eastern Expedition, which had defeated the Mamluk Dynasty and occupied the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula. In this way, the transportation line from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean became the Ottoman Empire

The dividing line between the Mamluk Dynasty is now hard to tell who wins and loses.

Jiao Huangzhong also didn't expect that he would encounter such a situation. If he had followed the original plan to meet the Mamluk Dynasty, but if the Ottoman Empire won the war, the traffic from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean in the future would be from the Ottoman Empire.

If you control it, all his previous efforts will be wasted.

Just when he was in a dilemma in the burnt yellow, he suddenly realized that before he came, His Highness Zhao had summoned him personally and asked him to pay attention to collecting some information from Western countries. Among them, he also pointed out the name of the Ottoman Empire, and Zhou Chong also told him.

He, this empire must be particularly careful, because this empire is in a period of expansion and may become a powerful empire that is not weaker than the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Thinking of Zhou Chong's previous explanation, Jiaohuang felt that he had encountered a bright light in the dark, so he immediately mobilized the Ming Dynasty's power in India and tried his best to collect information about the Mamluk Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire. As a result, he soon

It was discovered that the Mamluk Dynasty is now a corrupt empire that is old and old, but the Ottomans are in the golden age of expansion. Therefore, the Ottoman Empire obviously has an extremely advantage in this war, and this is exactly what makes
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