The Crescent of the Sultan

The Russian army launched an attack again, and the infantry began to attack the flank of the Ottoman army. After providing the infantry with a final round of fire support, the artillery began to follow Suvorov in preparation for evacuation.

Rumyantsev continued to fill in the lives, and finally opened a gap in Napoleon's defense line. Suvorov led the cavalry to rush out, followed by Potemkin.

Seeing this scene, Napoleon frowned and quickly blocked the gap. Nearly a thousand Russian troops who had not had time to evacuate were once again forced back.

While further suppressing the Russian army, Napoleon sent cavalry to pursue the fleeing Suvorov and Potemkin.

As for whether he could catch up, Napoleon didn't care. There were probably only 10,000 Russian troops running back. It can be said that there would be no resistance to the subsequent attack.

Looking at Rumyantsev who was still struggling in front of him, Napoleon intensified the oppression. The Ottoman army defeated Rumyantsev's central army several times, and there were less than ten thousand Russian troops still fighting.

Looking at the dead and injured compatriots around them, one, two, more and more Russian soldiers put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.

In the camp, Rumyantsev, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, murmured: "Dear motherland, your great Majesty, I have tried my best."

He picked up the musket in front of him, stuffed it into his mouth, and pulled the trigger. The bullets from the musket easily chopped into pieces his brain stem. Rumyantsev fell softly to the ground, his thoughts stuck at the last moment. --The family in St. Petersburg seems to be waiting for him to return.

After finishing dealing with the surrendering Russian army, Napoleon walked into Rumyantsev's camp. The summer temperature made the body still warm. The dull eyes did not close and were still looking to the northwest. Napoleon knew that that was St. Petersburg.

The future emperor gently closed Rumyantsev's eyes, asked his adjutants to carry him out, and buried him in the Komlac church.

"No matter what, he is a respectable opponent after all, isn't he? He died for the motherland!" Napoleon said to himself and slowly walked out of the camp.

There is actually no suspense about the next battle. After the main force was lost, the Russian army's resistance was so weak.

Napoleon led the Ottoman army to easily recapture Moldova. When he arrived in Odessa, the defenders in the city had already left.

The next step was to enter Russia, but this time the commander was not Napoleon alone.

Due to the Sultan's orders, Ali Pasha, the commander-in-chief of the Guards, was recalled from the Caucasus, and the defense personnel was replaced by Aladdin Pasha, the second-in-command.

There was no way, Ali Pasha made no mistakes at all, so what could Selim do with him? If he didn't deal with Ali Pasha, how could he build a large number of prisons and clean up the Guards.

In order to create an excuse for Zheng Ali Pasha, Selim specially arranged him into the pursuit force.

And Ali Pasha did not disappoint. He did not know how to fight and did not want to fight.

However, the Sudan could not stand up to his constant urging. In addition, some of the people in Napoleon's group who were also members of the Guards had already made a fortune, which also caused the soldiers below to constantly put pressure on him as the commander-in-chief.

Forced to be helpless, Ali Pasha immediately led 30,000 guardsmen to attack Kherson. Halfway through the siege, Suvorov, who was ambushing aside, came up with his cavalry and faced Ali Pasha in a sudden burst.

The Ottoman army was immediately in chaos, and the Russian troops in the city also rushed out. Under the attack from both sides, Ali Pasha was defeated and returned.

There were 30,000 Guardsmen who followed the expedition, but only 10,000 people escaped back to the camp that day.

This was not over yet. Finally, at night, Suvorov launched another night attack. Ali Pasha was defeated again and escaped again. Suvorov continued to pursue and drove Ali Pasha back to Ao. Desa.

At this time, Selim was sitting at the Ottoman army's headquarters in Odessa. While watching Ali Pasha's wonderful battle report, he complained in his heart: "This is simply ridiculous. I understand that this is a pursuit battle." , those who didn’t know thought Cao Wenzhao was chasing the peasant army.”

Ali Pasha knelt aside and carefully observed the Sultan's face.

As for why he was here, because of his impressive record, he was captured as soon as he escaped into Odessa.

To be honest, Selim was not satisfied with Ali Pasha's performance. After being beaten like this, he actually fled back with seven or eight thousand people. Moreover, in the past few days, broken troops continued to flee back to Odessa. Lim was speechless.

However, it is not good if the number of Guards is too small. Local dignitaries still need to be intimidated.

In fact, if it had not been for Rumyantsev's timely escape, the casualties of the Ottoman army would have been much smaller.

But Selim will not be happy about this. If Rumyantsev really leads the Russian army out of the encirclement, then this Russian-Turkish war will be in vain.

Selim's thoughts drifted from left to right. After a while, Selim focused his attention on Ali Pasha again.

"One Ali, plus one Ahmed, it's probably about the same." Selim whispered.

Ali Pasha on the side trembled all over after hearing this and almost urinated.

"Dear Ali, how about I give you a chance to atone for your sins?"

"Really, Your Majesty? As long as Your Majesty can spare my life, I will do anything, Your Majesty."

"The empire has been a little tight lately. After all, war is all about money and food. You have been the commander-in-chief of the Guards for so many years, so you should know what their situation is.

I don’t want much. Don’t Constantiniya have a lot of treasury and real estate belonging to them? If you can get all these things for me, how about I spare your life? "

It was clearly June, and the Sultan's voice sounded like a breath of spring breeze, but Ali Pasha felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar and his whole body became stiff.

"Your Majesty, are you telling the truth?" Ali Pasha asked in despair. He seemed to see the black heart of the person hidden under that kind face.

"Perhaps he had planned to do this from the beginning. Suvorov was clearly dealing with Napoleon, so how could he suddenly arrive in Kherson? It was just him, only him."

Ali Pasha was furious with incompetence in his heart and said: "Your Majesty, I will complete the task satisfactorily."

"Then I'll look forward to your performance, Ali." Selim put down the battle report in his hand, walked to the window, and said calmly.

According to the news received a few days ago, Sweden in the north has just defeated the Russian Baltic Fleet, and Napoleon has already reached northern Ukraine.

"Soon, the Russians will come to negotiate. My reforms will also begin." Selim thought while writing a poem on the paper.

If I am worthy of this earthly throne and power,

Serving the people will be a pure joy.

May Allah bless Islam.

Collapse and then rebuild, the world would like to call it fate.

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Selim

"Not bad." Selim murmured to himself with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

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