Chapter 930: The Mouse Thrower
Fuad Pasha was angry and humiliated, he was the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, even the caliph was polite to him, but today he was smoked by a small Chinese soldier, looking at the logo on his body, at most he was only a company commander, equivalent to a captain in a Western army.
But under the eaves, people had to bow their heads, their mouths were hard and would only continue to be pumped, Fouad Pasha had to grit his teeth sharply, stood up and shouted: "Don't shoot, I am the Imperial Prime Minister Fuad Pasha, the caliph and several important ministers such as foreign ministers, state ministers, and defense ministers have been detained by the Chinese, temporarily safe, you retreat first, so as not to harm the life of the caliph!" β
Boom, the pot exploded a few hundred meters away, but since Abdul Aziz was still alive, even the young Zhuang faction did not dare to propose to adjust the heavy artillery to bombard, after all, he didn't know that he could pretend to be stupid, and he had to face the reality if he knew.
In fact, it was not the caliph that they feared, the Ottoman Empire was similar to the end of any dynasty in Chinese history, the lord was weak and the minister was strong, the power of the court was gradually controlled by the family, and the power of the emperor became smaller and smaller.
The caliph can be replaced at any time when he dies, but those important ministers who are detained are the big people who really decide the fate of the empire, basically the heads of major families, and their detention has a far greater impact than Abdulaziz being detained alone.
You know, if only Abdulaziz falls into the hands of the Chinese, the important ministers may use the pretext of falling into the hands of the enemy and humiliating the national system to set up a new monarch, and the country has not lost, but now, several big people who are qualified to discuss the caliphate have fallen into the hands of the Chinese, their life and death are more important than the caliphate, and any problem will lead to an earthquake in the political arena of the empire.
After deliberating for a while, Benazoglu also shouted: "Please ask the Emperor of China to release the caliph and his important ministers immediately, and also stop the artillery bombardment of Istanbul by your army." As the commander of the Praetorian Guard, I hereby promise the true God that as long as the caliph and the detained ministers are released, the Chinese emperor and his soldiers can return to the warship safely. The Prime Minister and I can also accompany the Chinese Imperial Palace back to the ship and wait until dawn to discuss the conflict. β
Benazoglu felt that the conditions proposed were very reasonable, and he made the greatest concessions, but what he did not expect was that Fouad Pasha shouted again: "All out, not a single Praetorian Guard is allowed in the palace!" β
Benazoglu almost scolded the mother, is this the Chinese or the Turkish prime minister? But he probably understood the situation of Fouad Pasha, so he had to turn around and ask, "What should I do?" β
Everybody's staring at each other. If you want to talk about rescuing the hostages, it is still under the noses of 500 elite Chinese soldiers, not to mention that in that era, even in modern society, there is no way, as for negotiation and persuasion, people do not eat that at all.
Benazoglu reluctantly replied: "Then let the Chinese soldiers stop the shelling first, and I can guarantee that our batteries will also stop firing at the same time." Let's calm down the situation before we talk. β
"Get out of the palace!" Fouad Pasha shouted again.
βtmdοΌβ Benazzoglu angrily scolded!
A subordinate general leaned forward and said, "Your Excellency, the Chinese have no intention of peace talks at all. They must have been prepared to wait for his marines to come, and the palace was adjacent to the sea, so his warships could sail to the vicinity of the palace, and it was only because it was dark that the situation at the palace could not be clarified, so there was no shelling. But at dawn, Chinese warships will inevitably shell the palace, and we will most likely suffer heavy casualties. β
Another person took over and said, "If the Chinese emperor waits for the support of the marines, and there is a fleet patrolling the perimeter, then." He will most likely continue to hold on and wait for Tsaritsyn's army to come to help, I'm not kidding, this man has been ruthless and scheming since his debut, just look at how many people in the world have died because of him in the past ten years, and at that time, it is likely to be the day of the end of our Ottoman Empire. "This ......" everyone's face has changed greatly, according to Wang Feng's nature of bullying the soft and fearing the hard, it is indeed very likely that when he faces a strong country, such as Britain and France, even if he wins, he is polite, and he smiles and enmities when he meets, giving full Chinese play to the national characteristics of being friendly to the people and loving peace, but when he encounters a weak country, such as Burma, Vietnam, and various ethnic groups in Central Asia, he does not hesitate to burn, kill, rob, and kill.
So, was the Ottoman Empire a powerhouse?
If it was two hundred years ago, it must have been, a hundred years ago, it could be regarded as today, under the continuous blows of the Western powers, especially Russia, the Ottoman Empire is only an empty shelf, if it were not for the fact that Europe needed the Ottomans to watch the Bosphorus and block Russia's access to the Mediterranean, I am afraid it would have been destroyed decades ago.
It is entirely conceivable that the Chinese will never give up the huge wealth of Istanbul.
βtmdοΌ The Chinese are really traitors, and I am afraid that they have long been laid out. "It's a pity that the caliph was so naΓ―ve that he invited the Chinese emperor ashore to negotiate the ownership of the South Caucasus, isn't this an excuse for him? This stupid fork, TMD, killed us. "I heard that the Chinese emperor is very hypocritical, obviously he wants to kill you and rob you, but he has to find an excuse, it is not happy at all, just like the original Tang Dynasty, the Turkic ancestors who attacked us must also list an excuse, otherwise, it will be called a nameless division, and the Chinese are like this." "Enough!" Listening to the discussions of his subordinates, especially the invective of the caliph, Benazoglu roared: "The Chinese are obviously waiting for rescue, not negotiating with us at all, according to the current situation, at most in an hour or two, the Chinese marines will attack the palace under the cover of artillery fire, and the caliph and several important ministers are in the hands of the Chinese, and we dare not adjust the heavy artillery to bombard, what do you say?" β
After all, they are the Janissaries, the armed forces to defend the caliphate, and the caliph and several important ministers have been taken hostage by the Chinese, which is indeed quite life-threatening!
It took a long time before one person swallowed: "Your Excellency, commander, I think we should continue to attack, only 500 Chinese have entered the palace, their bullets must be limited, we can use obstacles to shoot at him, consume his bullets, and then launch a strong attack when his bullets are almost exhausted, maybe we can rescue the caliphate, I think that the Chinese will never dare to kill the caliph." β
"Yes, maybe we can hold the Chinese emperor hostage in turn, then we will be the heroes of the Ottoman Empire!" Another person joined.
"Good!" Benazogru hesitated a little, then waved his hand sharply: "The whole army scattered and attacked, mainly to consume the ammunition of the Chinese, pay attention to concealment, on!" β
The Praetorian Guards quickly scattered around, leaning on the woods, rockeries and other buildings, and firing at the ceremonial palace ping-pong, not in a short time to rush forward, and the Black Hawks really need to save bullets, and only when the enemy is close or sure that they will shoot, ignoring the Janissaline guns.
(To be continued.) )
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