Chapter 1957： The Battle of New Dakic Grassland (Part 2)

"Then the Turkish army divided 20,000 soldiers. Under the guidance of the surrendering Syrian servants, it crossed the former Lebanese mountains and arrived in Damascus to control the ancient city. Moreover, it took over the entire Syrian area ..." Kohler continued .

"Turkey controls the entire Syria?" Marin frowned—this is not good news ...

You should know that Syria is one of the rare agricultural powers in the Middle East, and later generations are one of the few grain exporters in the entire Arab region.

Although Ottoman Turkey also occupies the Balkan peninsula that produces food, it is a Christian region. In the Lujiao region and the Asia Minor Peninsula, there are still few grain-producing areas. Mainly, the Asia Minor Peninsula is mostly mountainous. Moreover, there is no tradition of developing agriculture.

The Syrian region is different. It has a long history and was once the core ruling area of ​​the Umayyad Empire of the Arab Empire. Although the local climate is not humid, the rivers are abundant and can be used for irrigation. Therefore, the local agriculture is very developed, and it is an important grain production area of ​​the Mamluk dynasty. Moreover, during the Mamluk dynasty, Saladin moved his capital to the historic city of Damascus in his later years.

Then, the famous Damascus Scimitar, let alone say, everyone has heard of it ...

Occupy Syria, for Turkey, it means to get a large granary. Moreover, although Damascus is not the capital of the Mamluk dynasty, it is one of the most prosperous commercial cities and can bring huge economic benefits to the Mamluk dynasty.

Moreover, after the Portuguese and the Spaniards blocked the Arabian Sea, the Mamluk dynasty opened up a spice trade route on land. And Damascus is precisely the main distribution center for camel caravans on land.

The Mamluk Dynasty camel squads carrying pepper and spices set off from the northern state of India and passed through the Sindh region. Then, enter the territory of the once hostile and now friendly Persian Safavid dynasty, all the way northwest, and then into the two river basins of the Iraqi region.

Subsequently, the camel team went west along the two river basins, entered the Syrian area, arrived in Damascus City, and dispersed again. Then, the merchants in the Syrian area or the Lebanese area are transported to the Beirut port on the west coast and resold to the Venetian merchants who come to buy spices, and then shipped back to Italy ...

Therefore, the Turkish seizure of Damascus, the land-based spice transfer station, has indeed greatly damaged the economic interests of the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty.

After losing the millennium commercial city of Damascus, the camels of the spice trade can no longer take the Syrian route. Even if the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt adjusted the spice transportation route, it must have suffered huge losses. After all, it is not easy to change trade routes easily. During this period, many problems will be highlighted. Before the new commercial road is opened, the Mamluk dynasty will definitely suffer a lot.

You know, Damascus goes further south, which is the kingdom of Jordan afterwards. Where is Jordan? It is a rough place where 80 territories are desert. The only place with a little water is the east bank of the Jordan River bordering the Palestinian area. And there are some small rivers in the western mountain area, and the vast eastern area is completely deserted.

Moreover, in the west of Jordan, the towering Ajloun Mountains are difficult to cross. Even if you come from the east and cross the Ajloun Mountains, you will encounter the Jordan River and the Dead Sea.

Damascus in the north, because it is an ancient city, has mature commercial routes, and trade routes to the Lebanese coast, so the previous land spice trade route was set in Damascus.

But now that Syria has been lost, the old business roads have vanished in an instant. If you want to open up a new business path, it will be difficult. Not to mention, it would be more troublesome if it spans the northeast region of later Jordan. Because, there are deserts, there is no oasis along the way.

This era is not as convenient as satellite navigation in later generations. In the vast sand sea, people are also easily disoriented. If the Millennium Trail is okay, the most feared thing is the road that has never been opened, and it is easy for the caravan to get lost.

And North African businessmen traversed the Sahara Desert, and they also went south along the oasis of wells along the way. I really want to walk in the vast sand sea for too long, and the camel can't eat it.

The desert in northeast Jordan is not far away, that is, hundreds of kilometers. But no one walked by. In the beginning, a business path was opened, and someone must be involved. If the spice of a camel team is lost, it is terrible. After all, spices are so expensive this year ...

In other words, because the eastern regions of later Jordan were all desert areas, the Mamluk dynasty did not send people to control it, but sent people to control the mountains of western Jordan.

At this time, according to intelligence, the Turks had occupied most of Syria under the guidance of the original Syrian servants. However, the south also belongs to the Jordanian mountains under the jurisdiction of the Governorate of Damascus, and the Turks have not yet controlled it. The main reason is that the Turks are understaffed and temporarily unable to free their hands to go south. It is already good to be able to control the land in later Syria.

In addition, while admiring his troops to guard the narrow area at the southern end of the Bekaa Valley, he also dispatched troops to occupy the Golan Heights at the southern end of the former Lebanon Mountains, which is where the fierce competition between the Syrian and Israeli nations occurred in later generations.

The Golan Heights, known as the Middle East Water Tower, is the birthplace of many rivers in the Middle East. In later generations, it is the source of freshwater for Israel 40. Therefore, Israel has fought its old fate and is accused by the international community to occupy this place.

Moreover, the strategic position of this place is extremely important. The Golan Heights is located on the border between Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. As long as they occupy this area, they can attack the four regions at any time. Therefore, before crossing, Marin did not see Israel willing to return this place to Syria.

And Adimir did not deliberately occupy this vital place. He heard that the Turks had occupied Damascus under the leadership of the traitors. In order to prevent the Turks from sending troops from Damascus, they went behind him, so they divided 5,000 troops and entered the Quneitra to control the Golan Heights.

Unexpectedly, this is still the magic stroke ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Because, after controlling the Golan Heights, Adimir fully mastered the strategic initiative. Going down the east **** of the Golan Heights for 60 kilometers is Damascus. After the Turks took control of Damascus, they organized an offensive and wanted to capture the Golan Heights. In the first place, the threat of Damascus was resolved. In the second place, it also opened up the road to the west and copied the rear road of Adimir's garrison, and was able to go south to control Jordan.

However, it is too difficult to attack from below the Golan Heights. There are still many musketeers in the Mamluk garrison, who easily repelled the attack of the Turkish army.

In this way, by controlling the "God's Pen" of the Golan Heights, coupled with the terrain advantages of the Bekaa Valley, more than 20,000 troops of Adimir actually blocked the road of 60,000 Turkish troops to the south, forming a trend of seclusion ... r />