After Selim Pasha introduced himself, St. Field Marshal Arno and Commander Raglan immediately realized the reason why Selim was the leader of the Ottoman Front: it was probably because His Majesty the Sultan of Constantinople was afraid that Omar Pasha would surrender on the spot, so he appointed his son to command the Ottoman reinforcements.

If St. Arno and Raglan were not mistaken, the real commander appointed by the Ottoman Empire was not the silly-looking young man in front of him, most likely Omar Pasha in the fortress of Silistra.

Sure enough, Selim Pasha's next words confirmed their conjecture, and he said sincerely: "Commander Raglan, St. Marshal Arnault, I know that neither of you looks down on this force, but this is already our greatest sincerity. Ottoman forces were fighting against the evil Russian Empire in Silistra, in Rouen, and in the Caucasus. We don't have enough troops...... Moreover, I am not the real commander of this army, my father is the commander-in-chief of this army. I hope to be able to join you two respected elders in the fight against the Russian Empire. ”

Saint. Arno and Raglan glanced at each other. Marshal Arno cleared his throat and asked, "Your name is Selim, isn't it?" ”

"Yes! Your Excellency, Marshal! "Selim Pasha humbly addressed the saint. Arno responded.

"Tell me how many teams you have in your hands right now that can fight!" Saint. Marshal Arnault asked Selimpasha with a bite to say: "I'm talking about units that can fight the Russian army!" ”

Selim Pasha pondered for a few seconds before responding: "Your Excellency, among the army under my command, only 20,000 soldiers can barely fight against the Russian Empire, and 4,000 of them are cavalry!" ”

"20,000 people!" Saint. Arno muttered and nodded.

Although this army was a big drop from the 80,000 he expected, the 20,000 troops who were slightly able to fight were still not able to penetrate the saint. Arno's psychological expectations of the Ottoman Empire.

If it weren't for Omar Pasha's desperate battle with the Russian Empire at the fortress of Silistra, thus restoring part of the image of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire would have been dismembered by Britain and France in advance because of its incompetence.

It was precisely because of the hard work of the Ottoman Caucasus and the fortress of Silistra that it was in Jérôme. Bonaparte and Albert had united front value in their eyes.

Saint. Arnault's attitude towards the Ottoman Empire was also based on the premise that the Ottoman Empire itself still existed to be able to fight troops.

"You now immediately separate the teams that are still capable of fighting in your hands from those defective products!" Saint. Marshal Arno gave an order to Selim Pasha: "As for the remaining troops (St. . Arno paused and frowned) You can see for yourself! ”

"Yes!" Selim Pasha to the saint. Arno gave a military salute.

"Move fast!" Saint. Arno waved his hand, not forgetting to urge.

After Selim Pasha left the camp, St. A wry smile appeared on the corner of Marshal Arnault's mouth and said to Commander Raglan: "I never thought that only 20,000 soldiers of 300,000 troops could fight!" I really don't know how the troops of the Sillistra fortress were not crushed by the Russian Imperial Army! ”

Commander Raglan nodded sympathetically, and then asked St. Raglan about the Saint. Should Marshal Arno send an officer to the Ottoman army to investigate and prevent Senim Pasha from fooling them with shoddy qualities.

For the Ottoman army there was also little faith in the saint. Field Marshal Arnault agreed with Commander Raglan, who sent his adjutant, Captain Kingscot, to communicate with Saint-Aglin. Brigadier General Trochu, Arnault's aide-de-camp, went to the Ottoman military camp to conduct a field investigation.

In this way, under the influence of the Ottoman "begging army", the coalition forces had to postpone the original plan to leave on the 25th.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has come to evening.

The Varna plain was exceptionally quiet at night, and Captain Kingscot and Brigadier General Trochu, who had finished their day's investigation, arrived at St. Troch. Inside Arno's tent.

"Commander Raglan, St. Marshal Arno, I swear these Turks are simply the most clever liars......" Captain Kingscot, who entered the camp, had long since lost his patience, and he immediately appealed to Raglan and St. Arnault reported: "If they tell you that there are 300,000 horses, a survey will reveal that there are less than 20,000 ......"

Captain Kingscote's report succeeded in provoking Commander Raglan to point at St. Brown. Marshal Arnault burst out laughing. Marshal Arnault's mouth also showed a slight smile.

Captain Kingscote looked at Commander Raglan and St. Saint with a puzzled expression. Marshal Arnault, he doesn't understand what the hell is funny about this.

Subsequently, Commander Raglan told Captain Kingscote what he had come to and St. Brown's conclusions. Marshal Arnault said the same thing in the tent in the morning.

"Brigadier General Trochu, what do you think!" Saint. Marshal Arno looked at his adjutant.

As a brigadier general, Trochu obviously had a different insight from Captain Kingscott, and he did not repeat what Kingscot said, but conducted an in-depth analysis of the Ottoman Empire's weapons and personnel, and concluded that the number of Selim Pasha's men who could barely fight was probably only about 18,000-19,000, and the rest of the team was mostly temporary conscripts.

"Your Excellency Marshal, Your Excellency the Commander, I hope that the commanders of the British and French armies can be evenly distributed to help the Ottoman Empire reorganize its army, and only in this way can the Ottoman army have the initial ability to fight against the Russian Empire!" Brigadier General Trochu reported in a sonorous tone.

"This ...... "St. After a moment's hesitation, Marshal Arnault asked Commander Raglan: "What do you think?" ”

"Why don't you call Selim over and ask him for advice?" Commander Raglan said tentatively.

"That's fine!" Saint. Marshal Arno nodded and responded.

Immediately, St. Arno gave the order to the soldiers guarding outside the tent to invite Selim Pasha into the tent.

The soldiers, having received the order, hurried to the Ottoman camp to invite Selimpasha. After a while, Selim Pasha arrived at the barracks. Marshal Arnault pointed out the problems of the Ottoman Empire in his heart, and hoped that Selimpasha would allow the British and French commanders to enter the Ottoman army and reform the Ottoman army.

Face the St. Arnault and Raglan asked, and Selim Pasha nodded without hesitation.

In this way, under the instructions of the joint command, the grassroots commanders of the British and French armies went to the Ottoman army to help the Ottoman Empire reorganize the army.

After wasting more than a week, the Ottoman army was finally reduced on March 6.

After the streamlining, the Ottoman army was reduced to 19,000 on the basis of the original "300,000 people", of which 15,000 were infantry and 4,000 were cavalry, and their equipment was also changed from the original old smoothbore guns to Minne rifles, each carrying 60 rounds of Migne ammunition.

These are all sacred. Arno's staff tailored a light infantry program for the Selim troops, and the money needed to replace this equipment was also paid for by the Ottoman government.

[PS: The money of the Gordon government is borrowed from French bankers by mortgaging the "property rights" of certain islands. In a way, this is also a left-handed to right-handed operation.

The Ottoman army, which had been re-equipped, finally lost the feeling of a begging army when they first met, and every Turkish soldier had a smile on his face.

Selim Pasha looked at the reborn army in front of him, and he was also full of confidence.

It's just that Selim Pasha didn't know that this glamorous army was actually a one-time army like the Beiyang Army.

If it weren't for Valewski and Kanning putting pressure on the Ottoman Empire, the government would not have gone to great lengths to arm this force.

Each "new" Turkish army cost about two to three times as much money as the previous "Hanako Army", and the Ottoman Empire's existing finances simply could not be promoted.

On the evening of March 4, when the last Ottoman army had been put in order, the French commander of the Combined Command, St. Francis. Field Marshal Arnault commanded the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, Admiral Raglan, and the Minister of War of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Marmora and the acting Ottoman commander Selim summoned them to the barracks and gave them orders to go to the fortress of Silistra to relieve the siege.

Selimpasha was eager to take the order, and he couldn't wait to go to the vicinity of the fortress of Silistra to fight the Russian Empire.

In St. Under the command of Marshal Arnault, 20,000 soldiers from Sardinia and 19,000 soldiers from the Ottoman Empire were dispatched, followed by 10,000 troops from Britain and 30,000 troops from France.

The coalition forces totaled 79,000 men, and with the 40,000-50,000 troops of the Upper Sylistra Fortress, they were fully capable of pushing back the Russian Imperial forces around Silistra.

However, due to the large size of the army itself and the lack of railways in the Varna area, it was impossible to sustain the supply of the coalition forces by local requisition, and to maintain the logistical supply of such a large army, it was necessary to requisition animal power (e.g., mules and horses) in and around Varna to transport supplies.

It took a long time to requisition the animal power, and until now the total amount of animal power possessed by the coalition forces was only 60% of the original plan, and it was obviously impossible for a large force to march quickly, and now they could only order the strong regiments to go to the Varna area at once, and at the same time speed up the collection of animal power, and try to reach Varna in batches within a week.

In St. Under Arno's orders, the rapid reaction forces of the Juaf Regiment of the French Empire, the Chasseur Regiment of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Scottish Musket Regiment of Britain went to the Sillistra area to support the fortress of Sillistra, followed by reinforcements.

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