sultan's crescent

Chapter 7 The Eagle That Lives in the Empire
Yesterday's negotiations were very successful. Patriarch Nicholas assured Selim that the church would subscribe for at least 500 million national debts, and the two hit it off.As for Anna, of course she returned to Topkapi Palace with the Sultan.

"Your Majesty, Miss Anna, yours has arrived earlier." Paul the servant waited outside the door.

For Paul, Sultan was usually alone. He would go in early with his breakfast, and Sultan would only praise him for his thoughtful service. However, Miss Anna returned to the palace with Sultan yesterday.Go in rashly, and the Sultan will cut off his head.

Paul's guess was right. The two people in the room really didn't have time to pay attention to him. His Majesty the Sultan was choosing today's outfit for his family Anna.Compared with conservative Islamic clothing, Anna prefers dresses and jewelry with British and oriental colors.

But the former is not a skirt like "Wateau-style Rob". After all, the design of the large neckline, exposed breasts, and protruding buttocks is abhorrent to our conservative Sudan.
But this kind of dress also has advantages. It has dense pleats on the back, and the long skirt is dragged to the ground;

According to the normal development track of history, "Watteau Robe" will be popular with British aristocratic women.What's more, in the mid-18th century, the bell-shaped panniers became popular again, and this retro-style pannier is flat front and back and widened left and right. The matching tights are made of whalebone-inserted fabric according to the individual's body shape. .

This kind of dress makes the wearer's back straight, slender waist, plump chest, and the lower body swells like a bell jar.

As the pioneer of the times, the Sudan will never allow this kind of clothing to become popular.During his stay in England, Selim combined the later dress "Shumiz" and improved it. The petticoat and the overskirt were made of fabrics of different textures and colors. Reveals a beautiful petticoat.

How to promote it?The second princess of Great Britain said it was good to wear it. May I ask which nobleman does not follow suit?Selim's marketing focused on celebrity effects, and Princess Sophia's beauty was top-notch in the entire British aristocratic circle. With the addition of Anna, a clever little ghost, the girls in Oxford naturally changed their outfits one after another.

Not much nonsense, today Anna wears a traditional Chinese hairstyle - a bun, with a phoenix-style golden step, wearing a rose-colored dress with the skirt extending to the ankle and decorated with black and gold lace , with a pair of high-heeled low-waist shoes on his feet, which made Selim on the side stunned.

"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, just looked at Selim with a smile, and touched her ear The strands of hair came close to Selim's ear, and he said softly, "Your Majesty, are you not afraid that I will tell the princess?"

But is His Majesty the Sultan so easy to give up? Selim pretended not to hear, and led Anna all the way out of the Topkapi Palace.As for Paul, at a time like this, of course, where should he go?

"Your Majesty, today you said that you would take me to meet a very powerful person, who exactly is it?" Anna was sitting in the sedan chair with a displeased expression on her face. She finally came back from school to meet His Majesty, but she was dragged around by him run.Anna felt a little disappointed. You must know that when she was in England, this majesty would never leave Princess Sofia three steps away when Princess Sophia was present.

"That's it, Anna, you'll know what a war god is after watching Hussein's duel with him." While comforting Anna, Selim wondered what was Napoleon's level in this period?At this moment, for Sudan, the girl's little hands are not fragrant.

Entering the new army training camp, Hussein Pasha immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Bonaparte is in command of the army. The French are at a loss this time. With Bonaparte's talent, being a marshal is absolutely No problem." Selim didn't say anything, after all, the future inside is the emperor.But Anna is different, she still knows Hussein, this person is a very proud type, he will only bow his head in front of His Majesty
But such a person made such a high evaluation of this Bonaparte, which aroused Anna's competitiveness. In her opinion, her Majesty is the best, from governance to food and clothing , His Majesty knows almost everything, but Hussein has never commented on His Majesty in this way!

Anna hugged Selim's hand and said softly: "Your Majesty, how about having a drill with him?" Selim turned his head to look at Anna in surprise, thinking in his heart: "Girl, you are going to murder your husband!" .”

However, Selim did not intend to refuse. One was to test how far he was from Napoleon of this period.Second, Selim asked: "Anna, if I agree, what reward will you give me?" Taking advantage of Hussein leading the way, the girl stood on tiptoe and kissed Selim's side face , 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 practically, and shouted: "Hussein, tell Bonaparte that today the three of us will each lead a brigade and have a military exercise. By the way, inform the guards , write an observation report, and that's what their exam is about.

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

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

Considering that Hussein and Napoleon are both superior to him, Selim decided to take advantage of the training camp's geographical advantage near the back mountain and rush to the back mountain first to seize the commanding heights.

At the beginning of the exercise, Selim sent two cavalry battalions as scouts, and at the same time undertook the work of delaying and harassing Hussein and Napoleon's army.Another cavalry battalion and four musket battalions were sent to cover the artillery to occupy the back mountain.

Selim himself led two musket battalions to stop the fast-moving enemy.Selim was thinking wishfully here, but after an hour and a half, the cavalry still did not find any trace of the other two armies, which made Selim very confused.

What Selim didn't know was that Hussein and Napoleon had already engaged in battle near Hussein's starting point.

"Artillery, salvo." Napoleon waved the command flag and issued the first attack command in the exercise to the troops.At this time, Hussein Pasha had no idea that Napoleon could also ambush him on the plain.

Let's move the time forward. Napoleon first arranged his troops on a small hill, put all the artillery on one side, and used a lot of stones and weeds to camouflage.

When Hussein's troops passed, he attacked Hussein's vanguard with two cavalry battalions, and then retreated, attracting Hussein to pursue him. Hussein misjudged him as Napoleon's scout and chose to lead the cavalry to pursue, but Napoleon blocked Hussein's army from passing through, and first fired a volley of artillery to cut off Hussein's army, making it impossible to look at each other from head to tail.

Immediately afterwards, six musketeer battalions quickly adjusted from the back of the hill to the front, and sent two rounds of salvos to Hussein from the left, center and right, and then a cavalry battalion from the rear of Hussein's army They rushed out suddenly, and there was a swift assault, which further tore apart the defense line of Hussein's army, making the formation even more chaotic. When Hussein's staff wanted to reorganize the army, another round of artillery salvo was fired, and then What followed was infantry firing on the move.

Seeing that Hussein's troops were already in chaos, Napoleon waved his command flag and shouted: "Infantry, charge with bayonets. Cavalry, turn around, charge twice, and wipe out the remnants of the enemy."

Looking at Hussein's crumbling army, Napoleon was convinced that he had won victory, and at a very small cost.

He continued to command the army to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time unloaded the flag, pretending to have just been attacked.On the other side, Napoleon's two cavalry battalions were rushing back with Hussein.

At this time, Hussein, for some reason, always felt uneasy in his heart, especially when he saw the army waiting for him in the same place, a chill came to his heart for no reason, and he finally realized that something was wrong.

Hussain yelled, "Back!"

But it was already too late. Napoleon stood on the hill, watching the two armies separated by only [-] yards, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he whispered: "It's too late, Hussein, you are finished."

Fierce artillery fire spewed out from the muzzle, and the infantry once again started shooting on the move. Three cavalry battalions blocked Hussein's escape route. Seeing the Napoleon army coming from all directions, Hussein smiled wryly: " When it's over, I know that Bonaparte is no good."

By noon, Hussein's troops had been completely annihilated. After Napoleon counted his captured artillery and horses, he 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?" Hussein asked piously. He thought that his level was not bad, but in front of Napoleon, he was like a cat playing a mouse.

"It's not difficult, Hussein. The Sultan has a geographical advantage, and he will inevitably seize the high ground. Therefore, I must first defeat you and get more artillery, so that I can have an advantage in firepower, and your horses will relieve my soldiers. Carrying weight, it is easy to restore physical strength... This is the only way to win."

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

He just waited silently, imagining that he would be able to defeat the future military god by virtue of the first advantage.

　This chapter is quite laborious to write, I hope you will like it.

　　
　
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