The Crescent of the Sultan

Yesterday's negotiation was very successful. Patriarch Nicholas patted his chest and assured Selim that the church would subscribe for at least five million in national debt. The two hit it off immediately. As for Anna, of course she followed the Sultan back to Topkapi Palace.

"Your Majesty, Miss Anna, yours has arrived early." The valet Paul was waiting outside the door.

For Paul, the Sultan was usually alone. He went in with breakfast, and the Sultan would only praise him for his thoughtful service. However, Miss Anna followed the Sultan back to the palace yesterday. If you go in rashly, the Sultan will chop off his head.

Paul's guess was correct. The two people in the room really had no time to pay attention to him at this time. The great Sultan was choosing today's clothes for his Anna. Compared to conservative Islamic clothing, Anna prefers dresses and jewelry with British and oriental colors.

However, the former is not a skirt like the "Watto Robe". After all, our conservative Sudan hates this design with its large neckline, exposed breasts and protruding buttocks.

However, this type of dress also has advantages. The back has dense pleats, the long skirt is trailing to the floor, and it is decorated with several laces, making the wearer look elegant and fluttering.

According to the normal development trajectory of history, "Watto Robe" will be very popular among British aristocratic women. What's more, in the mid-18th century, bell-shaped bustles became popular again. This retro-style bustle was flat at the front and wide at the left and right. The matching bodice was made with whalebone inserted into the fabric according to the individual's body shape. .

This kind of dress makes the wearer have a straight back, slender waist, plump breasts, and the lower body is as enlarged as a bell jar.

As a pioneer of the times, Sudan would never allow this kind of clothing to become popular. During his stay in England, Selim combined with the later dress "Xiumiz" and improved it. The petticoat and overskirt were made of fabrics of different textures and colors respectively. The overskirt had a long skirt and slits in the front to make it invisible. Revealing beautiful petticoat.

How to promote it? The second princess of Daying agreed to wear it. I dare to ask which noble family would not follow suit? Selim's marketing focuses on celebrity effect, and Princess Sophia's beauty is also first-rate in the entire British aristocratic circle. Coupled with Anna, a clever little girl, the girls in Oxford naturally changed their clothes one after another.

Without further ado, today Anna wears a traditional Chinese hairstyle - a bun, with a phoenix-style golden step. She wears a rose-colored dress with a skirt that extends to her ankles and is decorated with black and gold lace. , wearing a pair of high-heeled and shallow-waisted shoes, which made Selim on the side look at him for a moment.

"I have to say, this girl is getting more and more beautiful." Selim sighed in his heart while trying to grab Anna's little hand. The girl didn't resist, she just looked at Selim with a smile and touched her ear. She put her hair close to Selim's ear and said softly: "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that I will tell the princess?"

But is His Majesty the Sultan someone who gives up so easily? Selim just pretended not to hear and took Anna out of Topkapi Palace. As for Paul, at this time, of course he should go wherever he should.

"Your Majesty, you said today that you would take me to meet a very powerful person. Who is he?" Anna, who was sitting in the sedan, looked unhappy. She finally came back from school vacation to see His Majesty once, but he ended up dragging her around. run. Anna felt a little disappointed. You must know that when he was in the UK, His Majesty would never leave Princess Sofia more than three steps away when she was present.

"That's it, Anna, you'll know what the God of War is when you watch the duel between Hassan and him later." Selim comforted Anna while thinking about what level Napoleon was at this period. At this moment, the girl's little hands no longer smell good to the Sultan.

Entering the new army training camp, Hassan Pasha immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Bonaparte is commanding the army inside. The French have suffered a big loss this time. With Bonaparte's talents, it is absolutely impossible to be a marshal." Question." Selim didn't say anything. After all, the future person inside was the emperor. But Anna is different. She still understands Hassan. This person is a very proud type and will only bow his head in front of His Majesty.

But such a person spoke so highly of Bonaparte, which aroused Anna's competitive spirit. In her opinion, her Majesty is the best, from governing the country to gourmet food and clothing. , Your Majesty knows almost everything, but Haishan has never commented on Your Majesty like this!

Anna hugged Selim's hand and whispered: "Your Majesty, how about you and him doing a drill?" Selim turned his head and glanced at Anna in surprise, thinking to himself: "Girl, you want to murder your husband. .

However, Selim did not intend to refuse. First, he wanted to test the gap between himself and Napoleon of this period. Second, Selim asked: "Anna, if I agree, what reward will you give me?" While Haishan was leading the way, the girl took the opportunity to stand on tiptoes and kissed Selim on the side of his face. He blew hot air into Selim's ear, bit his lip and whispered, "Your Majesty, are you satisfied with this reward?"

Selim responded to Anna's question in a practical way, shouting: "Hassan, tell Bonaparte that today three of us will lead a brigade for a military exercise. By the way, inform the Guards that, Write an observation report, that's what their exam will be about.

The exercise began soon, in the back hill of the training camp. Anna was handed over to the care of Aladdin Pasha, the second-in-command of the Guards, by Selim, who prepared a carriage specially for Anna.

Each of the three parties will lead a brigade of troops, and the exercise content is who can finally capture three or more of the five flags on the back mountain before sunset. Selim held the first brigade, starting from the training camp, Hassan held the second brigade, starting from the plains northeast of the training camp, and Napoleon held the third brigade, starting from the woods in the northwest.

Considering that the levels of Hassan and Napoleon were both above him, Selim decided to take advantage of the geographical advantage of the training camp being close to the back mountain and rush to the back mountain first to seize the commanding heights.

As soon as the exercise began, Selim sent two cavalry battalions as scouts, and at the same time they were responsible for delaying and harassing the troops of Hassan and Napoleon. Another cavalry battalion and four musketeer battalions were sent to cover the artillery troops in occupying the back mountain.

Selim himself led two musketry battalions to block the fast-moving enemy. Selim was thinking wishfully here, but after an hour and a half, the cavalry still found no trace of the other two armies, which made Selim very confused.

What Selim didn't know was that a battle had begun between Haysanne and Napoleon near her starting point.

"Artillery, salvo." Napoleon waved the command flag and issued the first offensive order in the exercise to the troops. At this time, Hassan Pasha had no idea that Napoleon could ambush him on the plains.

Let's move forward in time. Napoleon first deployed his troops on a small hill, placed all the artillery on one side, and camouflaged it with a large number of stones and weeds.

When Hussein's troops passed by, he attacked Hussein's vanguard with two cavalry battalions, and then retreated, attracting Hussein to pursue him. Hussein misjudged him as a Napoleon scout and chose to lead the cavalry in pursuit. When Napoleon blocked Hussein's army from passing through, he first fired a volley of artillery, cutting off Hussein's army so that its head and tail could not see each other.

Immediately afterwards, six musketry battalions quickly adjusted from the back of the hill to the front, and sent two rounds of volleys to Haishan from three directions: left, center and right. Then a cavalry battalion suddenly fired from the side and rear of Haishan's army. Rushing out, there was a swift and violent assault, further tearing apart the defense line of Haishan's army, making the formation even more chaotic. When Haishan's staff wanted to reorganize the army, there was another round of artillery salvo, and then came the Infantry firing on the move.

Seeing that the chaos of Hussein's troops had reached an extreme level, Napoleon waved his flag and shouted: "Infantry, charge with bayonets. Cavalry, turn around, charge a second time, and mop up the remaining enemies."

Looking at Hassan's collapsed army, Napoleon was convinced that he had won the victory at a very small price.

He continued to direct the army to clean up the battlefield, while taking down the flag and pretending to be attacked. On the other side, Napoleon's two cavalry battalions were driving back with Hassan.

At this time, Hai Shan, for some reason, always felt uneasy in his heart. Especially when he looked at the army waiting for him, an unexplained chill came to his heart. He finally realized that something was wrong.

Haishan shouted: "Get back!"

But it was too late. Napoleon stood on the hill, looking at the two armies only eighty yards apart. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and whispered: "It's too late, Hassan, you are finished."

Fierce artillery fire spurted out from the muzzle, and the infantry once again started shooting on the move. Three cavalry battalions blocked the way for Heshan to escape. Looking at the Napoleon troops coming from all directions, Heshan smiled bitterly: "It's over. I knew that Bonaparte was not a good person."

By noon, Hassan's troops had been completely annihilated. After counting his captured artillery and horses, Napoleon ordered to rest in place for half an hour, and then the whole army set off to the back mountain.

"Bonaparte, how did you come up with such a tactical arrangement?" Hassan asked piously. He thought that his level was not bad, but in front of Napoleon, it was like a cat playing with a mouse.

"It's not difficult, Haishan. The Sultan has a geographical advantage. He will definitely seize the high ground. Therefore, I can only have an advantage in firepower by defeating you first and acquiring more artillery. Your war horses will reduce the burden on my soldiers." , to facilitate recovery of physical strength... This is the only way to win."

When Napoleon's army came towards the back mountain with sufficient artillery and horses, our Lord Sudan still didn't know what kind of battle took place fifteen kilometers away from his blocking point.

He just waited silently, imagining that he could defeat the future God of War with his prerequisite advantage.

This chapter was quite laborious to write, I hope you book friends will like it.