sultan's crescent

Chapter 71 The Curtain Opens
When the Guards shouted slogans and rushed into the Topkapi Palace, Selim felt his vision blurred, time seemed to be speeding up, the middle-aged man was imprisoned, and the Guards looted The treasury of Kappa Palace.

They shouted and vented their violent desires in the palace belonging to the sultan.

The middle-aged man was locked up, his face was neither sad nor happy, and there was another young man beside him.

Selim stayed in the "golden cage", watching the middle-aged man teach the young people every day, and he knew who the other party was.

In the future, it was this Sultan, Mahmud II, who solved the Guards and smoothed out the biggest difficulty in the reform of the Ottoman Empire.

Time passed day by day until January 1808, 28.

There were bursts of hurried footsteps outside the palace, and the middle-aged man stood up abruptly. He handed the young man to a servant, took a vase, and walked to the door.

The door was knocked open by several guard soldiers, and the middle-aged man slammed the vase in his hand on the head of the first soldier who entered the room.

Because he was not wearing a helmet, the soldier was knocked to the ground all of a sudden, and the soldiers behind were also frightened by this sudden scene, so they couldn't help but stop.

Seizing this opportunity, the middle-aged man took the opponent's scimitar in his hand and continued to hide by the door, waiting for the opponent's next move.

Several Guards soldiers understood what had happened at this moment, their eyes lit up with anger, they kicked open the door, and then dodged in.

The middle-aged man's martial arts skills were superb. Even though he was not wearing armor, he still relied on his flexible movements to move around and injured two soldiers one after another.

But two fists were no match for four hands, a soldier seized the opportunity and immediately stabbed him in the back.

When he tried to avoid the opponent by rolling again, the severe pain from his back distorted his movements, and he was cut in his left leg.

The middle-aged man no longer had room to move around, but the guards were still worried, and made a few more stabs at the opponent.

Looking at the opponent who had completely lost the ability to resist, the guards immediately began to perform their tasks.

They were provoking each other while inserting the dagger into the middle-aged man's wound and stirring constantly.

"Well, great sultan, oh, former sultan.

This tastes good, your cousin wants us to execute you immediately.

However, considering that you just gave us such a big gift, we decided to let you live a little longer. "

The middle-aged man resisted the pain, his face was extremely pale at this moment, and beads of sweat dripped from his face.

With all his strength, he cursed out a word slowly but firmly: "Bastard."

Selim on the side felt a whirlwind at this moment.

In the Topkapi Palace, the Sultan was lying on the bed at this time, his face was pale, and his whole body was sweating profusely, as if he had just been fished out of the water.

After being in a trance for a while, Selim slowly got up from the bed, looking at the familiar layout around him, he seemed to have a little understanding of what happened just now.

But he thinks it's not so much a dream as a sign that the stress he's been under these days finally has an outlet.

"Hoo, hoo."

Sultan panted heavily, he looked out the window, it was already sunrise.

"Paul."

Selim called the servant, and after a while, the servant was dressed neatly and came to Sultan.

"Go and call Isaac Pasha, I have something to ask him."

After making the arrangements, Selim immediately began to drink tea, his last image of the middle-aged man was still in his mind.

It was the final roar of an unwilling and helpless soul.

Less than half a quarter of an hour later, Selim heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

Ishak Pasha rushed into the room, followed by Paul.

"Your Majesty, something serious has happened. Louis XVI has died. Just now, I received the news."

Selim was a little surprised. In his deduction, Louis XVI was bound to die, but it was definitely not now. The Jacobins did not have the strength to challenge Roland.

Ishak Pasha also knew that the Sudan must be in a rather confused state at this time, so he immediately explained.

"It is so, Your Majesty.

On February NO.15, Leopold II, Frederick William II, and Catherine II sent troops to Poland, and the pressure on the northeast border of the French was greatly reduced.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dimouriez, who was stationed there to guard against Austria, quickly led his troops back to Paris.

In order to create opportunities for Dumouriez, the Jacobins deliberately shrunk their forces in Lyon, causing the Royalists to pull out an army and march towards Paris, and its commander was the Duke of Biron.

In this case, Roland was forced to let Napoleon send part of his army to deal with the opponent. "

Selim couldn't help asking.

"That's all, it can cause such a big mess. Is Roland a waste?"

Ishak continued.

"Your Majesty, the Jacobins or Robespierre's tricks are more than that. Judging from the news from Karemani Pasha stationed in Paris, Robespierre has once again incited the people of Paris. .

They threatened that Prussia and Austria were already preparing to invade France.

The Duke of Brunswick will be the vanguard. When he arrives, he will release all the prisoners in the prisons of Paris. These people will immediately unite in support of Louis XVI.

Regardless of whether the news spread by Robespierre is true, Your Majesty, at least we can say that Robespierre has read the minds of the Parisians. "

Selim nodded, motioning for the other party to continue.

"Your Majesty, just the day before yesterday a massacre began in Paris which, in my opinion, is perhaps the ugliest chapter of the entire French Revolution thus far.

Radicals in Paris, especially the extremist journalist Jean-Paul Marat, called for a pre-emptive strike. He demanded the immediate massacre of all prisoners in Paris.

After receiving Roland's order, Napoleon tried to lead his army to stop him, but Dimrier's troops blocked him, which gave the mob in Paris a chance to attack.

Half of the prisoners (1400-1500) were killed during the riot.More than 200 of them were Catholic priests whose only crime was their refusal to obey the first draft of the Clergy Civil Organization Act.

Moreover, these perpetrators did not kill the prisoners cleanly. They quickly turned into completely out-of-control murderers. They tortured their victims in every possible way, amputated their limbs, and disemboweled them. .

In the chaos of Paris, the Jacobins managed to gain control of the Temple, and the King's family fell to Robespierre.

"The Incorruptible One" has always kept his word, and he sent a message to Roland who had escaped from the city.

This letter is very simple, only one sentence.

"Execute him with me, or I hand him over to the Royalists."

It is said that Roland cursed after receiving the letter.

Well, that's what Napoleon told us. "

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