The Ottoman Imperial Army suffered a great defeat, which caused the countries of the world to drop their jaws. The Ottoman Empire boasted of being the third largest country in the world! was actually beaten by the Egyptians, and lost nearly 200,000 people, this is too unbeaten, right? You know, Egypt was nothing more than a province of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Even the local armies at home could not be defeated, and could the Ottoman Imperial Army defeat the foreign* armies? Some even began to wonder why the Ottoman Empire was able to win the last world war.

In fact, in the last world war, the two main enemies of the Ottoman Turkish Empire were Russia, the old enemy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Neither Russia nor Austria-Hungary was defeated by the Ottoman Turkish Empire. The Chinese Empire was the main force that defeated Russia, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire was nothing more than a side drum. The Austro-Hungarian Empire also did not regard the Ottoman Turks as its main enemy, and their main military power was spent on fighting the Kingdom of Prussia at that time. It can be seen from this that the Ottoman Turkish Empire was able to become the victor of the last world war only because they were lucky and took advantage of it. In fact, the army of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was simply vulnerable.

The Spaniards even openly stated that their national and military strength was stronger than that of the Ottoman Empire, whose only advantage was that they had a larger population than the Spanish Kingdom. They are the real third power in the world.

The doubts of the outside world made Abdul. Mejid I was very annoyed. He was determined to strike back in the face of those who looked down on the Ottoman Empire. For this. He asked Fouad to . The Pasha relied on the city of Jerusalem to defend and awaited subsequent reinforcements.

At the same time as the Ottoman Turkish Empire's large-scale conscription and expansion. The Ottoman Turkish Empire also made diplomatic efforts. Hassan, the Ottoman Turkish ambassador to China, questioned why the Chinese Empire wanted to interfere in the internal affairs of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. It is claimed that this will undermine peace in the Middle East and affect relations between the two countries. And also demanded that the Chinese Empire stop its support for Egypt. Otherwise, the Ottoman Empire would retaliate.

Wei Yuan, the foreign minister of the Chinese Empire, said that the Chinese Empire had never supported Egypt, but only sold weapons to Egypt. That's the normal arms trade. As for the actions of the Chinese Navy and the Spanish Navy, it is to maintain the security of the canal. Otherwise, if war breaks out in the Nile Delta, it is likely that the canal will be blocked, thus affecting the trade between the East and the West. As for the threat of retaliation from the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Chinese Empire simply did not pay attention to it. Although the Chinese Empire was a peace-loving country, it faced threats. We never back down. Wei Yuan advised the Ottoman Turkish Empire that it was better to calm down and see the reality clearly. The Chinese Empire is not a small and weak Middle Eastern country that can be bullied and blackmailed. If the Ottoman Empire dared to make a dangerous move against the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire would have made the Ottoman Empire pay an unimaginable price. The Chinese Empire's tough stance has once again added an element of instability to the situation in the Middle East.

Warned by the Chinese Empire, this made the Ottoman Turkish Empire very aggrieved. Abdul. Mejid I even clamored for war against the Chinese Empire and for sending troops to attack the Persian Gulf. It's just casual talk. Attack the Persian Gulf. It will undoubtedly completely anger the Chinese Empire. The final price was that the Chinese Empire sent troops to the Ottoman Turkish Empire and destroyed the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Such a price could not be borne by the Ottoman Turkish Empire. So. In the face of the threats and warnings of the Chinese Empire, they had no choice but to shut up.

The German Reich also stood up and called for the situation in the Middle East to be stabilized. They demanded all parties within the territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Stop the war and settle the dispute peacefully. Though. On the surface, the Germans looked like they were fighting for peace. But privately, they provided a large amount of weapons and equipment to the Ottoman Turkish Empire. to arm the newly formed armies. Abdul. Mejid I promised to join the Holy League, much to William's great satisfaction. In this way, the strength of the Holy Alliance can be further expanded, and it can even be used against the peaceful alliance led by the Chinese Empire. The geographical location of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was too important to threaten not only the Suez Canal, but also the Persian Gulf, the most important energy base of the Chinese Empire.

In late August 1861, the Ottoman Turks sent 300,000 reinforcements to Jerusalem. However, among these reinforcements, except for 100,000 people, they were originally stationed in Istanbul. The remaining 200,000 people were just new recruits. The Ottoman Turks also wanted to wait until they had completed their training before sending them into battle. However, the Egyptian army would not give them that much time. After the arrival of his troops in Jerusalem, Ismail Pasha ordered the Egyptian army to attack Jerusalem.

In the face of the onslaught of the Egyptian army, Fouad. The Pasha could only hold on. However, because of the disadvantage of the troops and the low morale, the Ottoman Imperial Turkish Army was completely at a disadvantage. When the Egyptian army occupied the northern part of Jerusalem and cut off the supply lines of the Imperial Ottoman Turkish Army, the situation became even more unfavorable for them.

Therefore, Fouad. Pasha kept sending telegrams to Istanbul asking for help. Otherwise, his army would not be able to hold out. As a last resort, the Ottoman Turks sent reinforcements before the training of recruits had been completed.

At the same time, the Egyptian army also sent 100,000 reinforcements to Jerusalem, bringing the total number of Egyptian troops gathered in Jerusalem to nearly 400,000. Coupled with the tens of thousands of troops of the Kingdom of Najd, in terms of the number of troops, the combined forces of Egypt and the Kingdom of Najd have a complete advantage.

In the north-west of Jerusalem, a fierce battle was fought between the 200,000-strong Al-Lutdes, Egyptian and Najd allied forces and reinforcements from the Ottoman Empire. Because he was in a hurry to Jerusalem to rescue Fouad. Pasha, so the Ottoman Turkish Empire launched a fierce attack on the combined forces of Egypt and the Kingdom of Najd. Faced with the strong defensive lines of the Egyptian and Najd kingdom armies, the Ottoman Imperial Turkish Army suffered heavy losses as it broke its head and suffered heavy losses.

The situation on the battlefield was still very unfavorable for the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

On 27 August, the Egyptian army broke through Jerusalem. The Pasha led tens of thousands of remnants of the defeated army to break through the siege and flee from Jerusalem. At the same time, the combined forces of Egypt and the Kingdom of Najd launched a large-scale counterattack in Ludd.

In this counterattack, the cavalry of Egypt and the Kingdom of Najd exerted great combat power, and they broke through the defense line of the Ottoman Turkish Army from the flank and rear, causing great turmoil in the Ottoman Turkish Empire. The frontal battlefield of the Ottoman Imperial Turkish Army was affected, and it was immediately defeated by the combined forces of Egypt and the Kingdom of Najd.

In this battle, the Ottoman Turkish Empire lost more than 100,000 men. The remnants of the troops had to retreat to the north. The whole of Palestine fell under the control of Egypt and the kingdom of Najd.

Another fiasco that made Abdul. Mejid I and the top brass of the Ottoman Empire were very dissatisfied. Fouad. The Pasha was relieved of his duties and was replaced by Suliman. Pasha succeeded him.

Suliman. Pasha led more than 200,000 remnants of his army to build a defensive line in northern Palestine to resist the attack of the combined forces of Egypt and the Kingdom of Najd. The Egyptian army and the army of the Kingdom of Najd, on the other hand, had to suspend their offensive due to the supply lines and the fact that the previous war had consumed a large amount of war materials. In addition, the Ottoman Turkish navy also appeared on the coast of Palestine, posing a great threat to the combined forces of Egypt and the Kingdom of Najd. This time, there was no reason for the Chinese Navy to form another group to block the Ottoman Imperial Navy. After all, this time the navy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire operated within its own territorial waters.

The Imperial Ottoman Army began to send troops to the front, as a large number of new armies were formed. The Ottoman Empire was relatively strong and was no longer subject to the effects of insufficient troops. Even after deducting the troops deployed in various places, they can still draw hundreds of thousands of troops to the front line. Egypt and the kingdoms of Najd, on the other hand, will slowly lose their advantages and be at a disadvantage.

If the war continues, it will certainly be very disadvantageous for Egypt and the Kingdom of Najd. In addition, in the plains of Ukraine and the Balkans, local revolts were quickly extinguished under the massive repression of the Ottoman Imperial Turkish Army. The local Slavs and Ukrainians were killed in rivers of blood, and it almost became hell on earth.

It was for these reasons that the Ottoman Empire was confident in this counterinsurgency. As long as the Chinese Empire did not intervene directly, there should be no problem for the Ottoman Turkish Empire to suppress the rebellion.

At this time, unexpected changes appeared again. King Akbar Khan of Afghanistan accused the Ottoman Turkish Empire of massacring the followers of Islam in the Middle East, and as a devout believer in Allah, the Kingdom of Afghanistan would never allow the Ottoman Turkish Empire to do so.

On 3 September, the Kingdom of Afghanistan's 300,000 troops crossed the border between Persia and the Ottoman Empire and entered the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The army of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the southern region of the Caucasus Mountains was already only a few tens of men, and it was simply unable to withstand the attack of the Kingdom of Afghanistan. The situation of the war, once again, was very unfavorable to the Ottoman Turkish Empire. (To be continued......)

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