Chapter 977: Zhao Kuo of the Ottoman Empire (2)
Because Erconi has participated in several suppression of bandits and rebellions, he may have more experience in leading troops than Zhao Kuo during the Warring States Period in the Central Plains, but these so-called experience in leading troops are only a few thousand soldiers at most, and there is no comparison with the hundreds of thousands of troops in Damascus.
Moreover, Erconi is also very similar to Zhao Kuo, that is, Erconi is also the kind of person who advocates offense, keeps attacking, and takes offense as defense. It is conceivable that if Erconi were to lead the Ottoman army, the Ottoman army would definitely change the state of being unable to hold on to the Damascus area at the moment and take the initiative to attack the Qing army.
Perhaps because there were no good candidates, the Ottoman emperor actually took the remarks in Istanbul that the army under the command of Erconi could defeat the Qing army as a revelation from the true God, and ordered Erconi to be appointed as the new commander of the army, so that Erconi would immediately go to Damascus to take over, and capture the 'rebel' Deniseri.
As soon as the news came out, Istanbul was calm, and no one doubted that the young Erconi was really capable of commanding the hundreds of thousands of troops of the empire to fight against the fierce Qing army.
Instead, the Ottoman people of Istanbul took the rumors in the city as a revelation from the true gods, believing that the young Erconi could defeat the Qing army, and they expected Erconi to bring them news of victory.
"Hahahaha, Deniseri, this rebel, I will send him to the true god to confess, and the barbaric Qing army will be defeated by me, Erconi!" Erconi rushed to Damascus with the orders of the Ottoman Emperor and hundreds of Istanbul guards to take over the command of Denisseri and capture Deniseli.
In order to rush to Damascus before Deniseri got the news, Erconi and the others rushed non-stop.
Finally, after four days and four nights of rapid travel, Erconi rushed to Damascus, and Erconi 'expected' that the old fellow Deniseri had not received any news and came out to meet His Majesty's orders.
Looking at Deniseri in front of him, Erconi sneered and began to read out the orders of the Ottoman Emperor.
Remove the Deniseri Emperor from his post as commander-in-chief, announce his succession with Erconi, and at the same time, declare the crimes of Deniseri, listing him as a criminal rebel!
"Arrest this rebel!" The moment he finished reading the Ottoman Emperor's order, Erconi pointed at Deniseri and said loudly.
Immediately, more than a dozen guards who had followed Erconi from Istanbul pounced on Deniseri and caught Deniseri in an instant.
It was only at this moment that Deniseri reacted.
His Majesty actually said that he colluded with the Qing army and intended to rebel, how could this be possible, how could he Deniseri do such a thing.
"It's impossible, I wouldn't do such a thing in Denisser, it must be a misunderstanding, let me go!" Deniseri roared loudly and struggled, he didn't believe in such a thing.
Not to mention that Deniseri didn't believe it, many of the Ottoman generals present didn't believe it either, and their faces were full of shock.
"Hmph, how can a rebel admit that he is a rebel, but your correspondence with your family, the letter that made your family leave Istanbul and go to Qingguo, has fallen into the hands of His Majesty, and under the ironclad evidence, it is useless for you to deny it!" Erconi sneered.
It was precisely because of that letter that the Deniseri intended to betray the empire and defect to the Qing Kingdom that the true god still blessed the empire and would not let the old fellow's conspiracy succeed.
Deniseri was shocked again, when did he write a letter to his family, he didn't!
As the most talented general of the Ottoman Empire at the moment, Deniseri may not be very good at politics, but he is definitely not a fool, and this is undoubtedly a conspiracy, a conspiracy against him.
"Nope! I haven't done this, how could I Deniseri betray the Empire, it's a conspiracy! You can't be fooled! Deniseri was shouting and struggling, hoping to wake up Erconi and the others and clear his name.
It's just that, in this case, no one will be able to return Deniseri a so-called innocence.
Instead, Deniseri's angry shouts and fierce struggles angered the Ottoman guards who had captured him.
"Poof!" One of the guards punched Deniseri in the mouth.
Blood splattered out along with the two old teeth, and the sound stopped abruptly.
"Take it away!" Erconi waved his hand, he didn't care if Deniseri, an incompetent old fellow, was wronged, he only knew that now he was the commander of the hundreds of thousands of troops of this empire, and he would lead the elite army of this empire to defeat the barbaric Qing army!
Deniseri, whose mouth was covered in blood, was dragged out of the country, where he was to be imprisoned and taken back to Istanbul, the imperial capital of the Ottoman Empire, to be disposed of by the Ottoman Emperor.
"No----, this is a conspiracy, you can't be fooled, the empire will be destroyed because of this, and it is impossible for me to betray the empire------" Deniseri was dragged out at the same time, still with blood in his mouth, and kept shouting unwillingly to Erconi and the others.
However, it was useless, Erconi could not have listened to his cries.
The many Ottoman generals present were also still shocked, they may not want to doubt Deniseri, but they are even more reluctant to doubt the emperor of the empire, so they don't know what to do for a while, and naturally no one can stand up for Deniseri.
At this point, Deniseri was imprisoned and taken to Istanbul, the imperial capital of the Ottoman Empire, while the 600,000 Ottoman Empire troops in Damascus fell into the hands of Erconi, who was only 30 years old.
After taking over the command, Erconi was full of spirits, as if he was really sure to defeat the Qing army, and overturned many of the strategies and deployments originally formulated by Deniseri, and ordered all the Ottoman armies to attack and defend and prepare to counterattack the Qing army!
The Ottoman army quickly changed many of its original tactics, and changed its deployment in large numbers according to Erkoni's vision, and in just a few days, almost all of the original deployment of Denisseri was changed, and the action was so large that even the Qing army outside Damascus could clearly feel it.
"Hahaha! The Ottoman Empire really fell for it! A bunch of idiots! The defeat of the Ottoman Empire is at hand! "Qing army camp, Dolgon laughed wildly, to say that he only had about sixty percent chance of winning before, then now he has a full chance of winning.
The Ottoman Empire is bound to lose!
------------------------------