Zane led his Mamluk personal guards, ascending the marble steps leading to the Aqaba Palace step by step.
This port city is now filled with fleeing soldiers everywhere.
Rauf led over four thousand soldiers from his main force, along with the troops of vassals and allies, and civilians responsible for transporting supplies, totaling nearly ten thousand.
Those who could return might only be one-tenth.
Today, in Aqaba, nearly every household echoes with cries.
Unexpectedly, a disastrous defeat was encountered at Eira Port. This battle shocked the entire Hejaz region, directly causing the once unshakable hegemony of Rauf in Hejaz to become severely unstable.
Passing guards, minor feudal lords, and local chiefs looked at Zane with complex expressions.
Contrarily, Zane, originally considered bait, suffered minimal losses and, relying on his Mamluk personal guards, quickly rose to become the top general under Rauf's command.
Zane greeted them with a somber expression.
