Castella shook her head: "Alexandria has declined. It was once one of the most prosperous harbors in the Mediterranean. Now there are only 500 defenders, and we can easily capture it. But even if we burn the entire Alexandria to ruins, they will not feel distressed for the Egyptian governor, and they will not hand over 1.5 million silver."

Everyone looked at each other. The Egyptian province did not pay attention to the harbours as the Barbarian pirates. If the Egyptian province wanted to surrender, it had to conquer the capital Cairo.

This is a difficult problem. For a combined fleet that relies primarily on fleet operations, it is difficult for them to effectively land ashore to capture the big cities in the Egyptian province.

Just when everyone was very troubled about this, the Dutch merchant Reit said: "Our problem is that the troops fighting on land are insufficient. Why don't we gather troops from other kingdoms to expedition to Egypt? The main fleet of the Ottoman Empire has been destroyed by us in the Tunisia Strait. Constantinople will take a long time to regroup a new fleet into the Mediterranean. It will take less than a month to march from Alexandria to Cairo. If Cairo is captured, we will get more wealth than the Barbary Pirates! The Barbary Pirates have only tens of thousands of people in a port. The port of our Barbary Pirates is equivalent to drinking soup. Egypt, which has captured millions and accumulated wealth for thousands of years, is we really eating meat!"

"You mean to gather the expeditionary force to launch an expedition against Egypt?" Everyone's eyes lit up.

They focused their attention on the coalition itself, believing that it was almost impossible to occupy Cairo from land with the strength of the coalition. But Reit reminded them.

If you want to get rich but your own strength is not enough, you can find someone to join us and make money together.

Although the more people join the gang, the fewer spoils each person gets on average, it is better than those without spoils.

"It's winter now, and it's not suitable for large-scale military use. Just as everyone is in a standstill, we contact new allies and form an expeditionary force together." Reit encouraged.

After being forcibly brought to warships by the Fourth Fleet, Reit became more and more enthusiastic about fighting after participating in the war. He found that compared to doing business, it seemed that participating in the war would make him more excited.

"It's okay to find new allies. Who should we find to act with us? We need reliable teammates. They must be well-trained and able to stand the test and not turn around and betray us when the war is unfavorable." Sun Xu said.

"The Republic of Venice, they are the mortal enemy of the Ottoman Empire, and the two sides fought in the Mediterranean for hundreds of years! Although their core population is only more than 100,000, their soldiers were baptized in the battle with the Ottoman Empire, and their mutual hatred with the Ottoman Empire, they will definitely be reliable teammates! If we propose to capture the Egyptian province of the Ottoman Empire and cause trouble for the Ottoman Empire, the budget committee of the Venice Republic will definitely approve the military use plan against Egypt." Castella said.

"There are also the Popes and the Western Kingdom of Sicily. They are not very friendly to the Ottoman Empire. They may form an anti-Ottoman alliance to expedition to Egypt. I think if we promise to end the war in three months, they will definitely be jealous of Cairo's property and act with us." Earl of Strafford was quite familiar with the situation in the Mediterranean and also suggested establishing an expeditionary force against Egypt.

"The Pope, the Kingdom of Sicily, and Venice are all forces on the Italian Peninsula. They are more influenced by Spain. I wonder if they will be willing to participate in the expedition. We might as well try to invite them to organize an expedition to Egypt?"

Sun Xu scratched his head, and now they seemed to be making trouble.

Originally, they just came to Algiers to save people, and then defeated the Ottoman Navy and blackmailed two other pirate ports. Now they have developed to organize the anti-Ottoman alliance and try to form an Egyptian expeditionary force.

If the Egyptian Expeditionary Force was successfully formed, the situation in the entire Mediterranean would be chaotic.

Originally, the focus of the entire West was on the Thirty Years' War in Europe, but now the Mediterranean War has begun to steal the limelight of the Thirty Years' War.

The Ottoman Empire was not trapped in the war on the European continent. It was fighting with the Persian Empire in the East. As a result, the Oriental people traveled thousands of miles to cause trouble, which could be said to be a disaster.

"We defeated the Ottoman Empire in the Tunisian Strait, and this matter must have spread throughout the Italian Peninsula. We are now heroes against the Ottoman Empire. As long as we raise the banner of the Anti-Ottoman Alliance, many believers on the Italian Peninsula will participate in our expedition to Egypt and Livant!" Castella encouraged.

As the chief of the Knights of the Hospital, his mortal enemy, the weakening of the Ottoman Empire's power in the Mediterranean was a great thing for him. He tried his best to promote the expedition to the Ottoman Empire and disintegrate the Ottoman Empire's control over Egypt.

"The matter of contacting the Republic of Venice, the Pope, and the Governor of Sicily is handed over to your hospital Knights. I calculated that if they can gather 12,000 combat-capable infantry, the expedition to Egypt would be feasible. Otherwise, we should not launch an expedition at a huge risk. In addition, we need gunships suitable for sailing in the Nile River to deal with the Egyptian river fleet, and a large number of war horses are needed to transport artillery and supplies."

Since they were about to fight, Sun Xu, Sun Chuanting, Zheng Zhibao and others began to imagine plans to expedition to Egypt.

"We have to fight, one month, and occupy Cairo within one month. We landed from Alexandria and attacked Cairo. If the marching speed was fast enough, even if we carried some artillery, we could arrive in Cairo within 20 days. Pasha, Egypt, might not have thought that we would dare to launch such an expedition. When they reacted and began to gather troops, we would fight with their main forces in Cairo's pyramid group." As an army officer, if Sun Chuanting really made an expedition to Egypt, he would take the responsibility of commanding the landing troops.

"It is said that there are many pyramids in Egypt, but we have never seen them before. We want to go to Cairo to see them." The officers of the Fourth Fleet said.

"We have never seen it before. I heard that the largest pyramid is called the Khufu Pyramid, and there is a Sphinx nearby." The Royal Navy and the senior officials of the Knights of the Hospital shook their heads.
Chapter completed!