The first update

Bloody night in Cairo.

The French captured Abdeen Palace much faster than Arabi had imagined. When facing a French elite, the Egyptians are no match at all.

Except for the sporadic gunfire at the beginning, calm had returned to the Abdeen Palace at this time. When Arabi became a prisoner of the French, it all ended. The French soldiers, who kept rushing in, imposed martial law on the entire palace, and the walls and pillars were covered with bullet holes and bloodstains. The French would not be kind to their invaders.

However, he was not reconciled.

But Egypt was almost able to end its long reign trampled by foreign races. Just a little bit, Egypt will go from a colony to an independent state.

"Traitor, you damned traitor, do you know what you're doing! You are destroying the Egyptian people's hope for independence, you are becoming a national sinner! No one will forgive you for your betrayal! Yusuf, you wait for me! I'm going to kill you damned traitors with great hatred! ”

At this time, Arabi's anger can be imagined, he wanted to move forward, but was directly stopped by someone.

France is watching you.

Faced with the anger of the heroes of national independence, Yu Sufu subconsciously took a few steps back. He didn't dare to raise his head to look at the grim face, as if a demon was watching him.

The emotions on that face were mixed, with disgust, anger, and hatred.

In order to emphasize his identity, Yusuf stood behind Conrobel and said in a pretentious manner, "So what? Now I am the guest of honour of the French, and Cairo has fallen into the hands of the French army, and even you have nothing to do. Throw in the towel, General. Your so-called national independence is nothing but a dream. Why plunge Egypt into catastrophe, haven't we suffered enough? It is because of the existence of people like you that we are constantly in the midst of civil strife. ”

"That's why you betrayed the people?"

"That's why I put an end to the civil strife in France."

Hearing the traitor's crooked reasoning, Arabi's whole face turned purple.

Even the gun in his hand was confiscated, and he looked angrily at Yusuf in front of him, at this time Egypt had nothing to do. They were cornered, and perhaps Arabi, the leader of the Fatherland Party, did not expect until his death that it was not the British or the French who would bury Egypt's future with their own hands, but themselves.

However, they credulously believed the promises of the French, and it was only then that they brewed such a tragedy.

"I will never forgive you!"

However, such vicious words sound innocuous to the French. Conrobel said calmly, "So what? Could it be that now the Motherland Party still wants to turn the tables? The British have all but tore through your defenses, and with the collapse of the Cairo stronghold, all your resistance will be in vain! I admire your spirit of resistance, Arabi, and in order to deal with you, the Tuileries Palace spent a long time studying the strategy of conquering Egypt. But alas, you have already lost this war. ”

The Frenchman's words hit Arabi directly to the heart, and he didn't know how much thought the French had put into studying this Egyptian upheaval. Every step of Napoleon's plan was designed for the ultimate victory over the opposing side.

"What the hell are you trying to do? Is it the next time to compete with the British? ”

Although he had expected that the French would eventually have a war with the British, he had only expected that Conrobert might start a battle to defend the Suez Canal, but he never imagined that they would fight the British for all of Egypt.

And Conrobel did not shy away from saying, "Yes, we are going to fight with the British for all of Egypt." As in the war 80 years ago, controlling Egypt is equivalent to controlling a transportation chokepoint. ”

"So that's your ambition...... I've always underestimated you French...... I didn't expect that. ”

Arabi had regained his previous composure, and it seemed to him that everything the French were doing was for the sake of a greater conspiracy. The conflict that Egypt has experienced is just the beginning, and more surprises await you later.

"There are so many things that the whole world has not expected, and France has a surprise for the whole continent. You'll see a very interesting scene before the final judgment comes. ”

"When the French legions once again set foot on the land they conquered, those who had invaded him will be eclipsed by the light of glory."

Arabi heard movement outside, and he turned his head to see the scene that made his heart pound.

The uneasiness and fearful thoughts of the images in front of him lingered in his mind. It wasn't until many years later that I recalled that scene that I was still terrified.

The long night had finally passed, and the dawn sun was gradually rising to illuminate the gloomy room, as the French army was methodically entering Cairo. Even after a night of war, they still walked steadily and neatly, without the slightest wavering. As if the previous war was just a conflict of modest proportions.

What shocked Arabi even more was that at this time, French artillery also began to enter the city one after another. How, with the pull of the horses, did he manage to quickly pull the artillery from the rear of Suez here? It's simply an impossible task.

As if seeing through what the other party was thinking, Conrobell replied bluntly, "The artillery has been prepared in advance, remember what we said when we last met and separated?" I said that France would selflessly support a batch of munitions to resist the invasion of British troops. It's just that the person who happened to receive that batch of arms was General Yusuf. It was your men who kept the weapons for our attack on Cairo. ”

In this way, all the doubts in Arabi's mind were explained. The French offensive was not a whim, and from the very beginning of the entry into the Suez Canal, they were ready to start a war. The so-called friendly cooperation with the Egyptians was a pretext, just to cover up their sinister intentions.

Arabi smiled stumblingly, for he only now realized that he was no match for the French. No matter what he did, the other party had already taken a step ahead of him.

"I see, I see. In this way, all the clues are connected. Why did you help Egypt at any cost, the last time you gave us arms aid, it turned out to be for early deployment in Cairo. I just want to know how far have you French troops counted? Are you ready for a world war? ”

Arabi, however, received an inexplicable answer.

"I don't know how far your majesty has come, but one thing is for sure, you lost this war. And the Motherland Party lost very ugly, and as for the rest, if you are lucky enough to see that scene. ”

Conrobel got up from his seat, his conversation with Arabi was over. He was going to go out to meet the French troops entering Cairo.

"General Conrobel!"

Arabi looked at him and gave him a strange smile, "You can't defeat the British army, see you in the prisoner of war camp." ”

At this time, the tricolor flag was hoisted high in the Abdeen Palace, and the dawn sun was reflected on the French flag, and from this moment on, France officially announced its takeover of Cairo.

It also ended the Fatherland Party's brief rule in Cairo.

In the face of Arabi's taunts, the other party did not feel any anger. Conrobert just glanced at him disdainfully and asked softly, "Not even the royal title of the British Army?" Is he qualified? ”

"General Abiy, you won't die. I will let you see with your own eyes how the French drove the British troops out of the Northern Front. Just like we did during the First French Empire. ”

"None of them will be left."