War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

May 20, 1839.

The fighting off the Syrian coast is over before it even begins.

Once the war began, the Egyptian navy and the renegade Ottoman navy joined forces. Under the bombardment of hundreds of cannons, the new Ottoman army could only escape in panic.

June 4, 1839.

The new Ottoman army fled into the small town of Nizip to prepare for a final stand with the Egyptian army. The Fourth Battle of Nizip broke out.

As soon as the battle began, the Egyptian army, equipped with French weapons, gained the upper hand.

Although the Egyptian army only has 70,000 soldiers, it has won consecutive battles under the leadership of Ibrahim. At the same time, the training of French instructors has made the Egyptian army closer to a modern army. Its morale and discipline are not comparable to the Ottoman army.

On the other hand, although the Ottoman army still has 100,000 troops and occupies a favorable terrain, they have not completed their training and are still just a classical army.

The Egyptians only had forty cannons, but they were able to make a hundred thousand troops scurry away. The number of Ottoman soldiers who died from the cannon fire was not as many as those who were trampled to death.

Ibrahim saw the incompetence of the new Ottoman army, and his experience studying in France made him believe that offense is the true meaning of war.

Following Ibrahim's order, the first to charge was the Sultan's slave army, the "Anubis Army."

Sudan was an African country near Egypt that Ali sent troops to conquer.

Some Sudanese worshiped the conqueror, believing that he was the incarnation of Anubis, the god of death, and volunteered to join his army, which was called the Army of Death or the Legion of Anubis by the Egyptians.

After the Anubis Legion with shields and scimitars came the new Egyptian army. They used the latest percussion guns and had bayonets mounted. They were victorious in every battle and were not afraid of Ottoman artillery fire.

On the other hand, on the opponent's side, Ahmed and his firing squad, even if they created corpses all over the ground, still could not stop the rout of their new army and save their own morale, which had sunk to the bottom.

Ahmed's family was still in Istanbul. It was impossible for him to surrender, and the beliefs of the Tianfang Sect prevented him from committing suicide, so he fired the last bullet in the gun and then pulled out the scimitar encrusted with jewels and diamonds. , rushed towards the Egyptian army that was killing them.

If the new Egyptian army saw Ahmed Pasha, they would definitely find a way to capture him alive. After all, it would be a great achievement to capture such a high-ranking general.

With this merit, they and their families can live a prosperous life.

However, Ahmed Pasha rushed towards the Anubis Army and was cut into pieces in an instant.

In this battle, the Ottoman army was defeated. 4,000 people were killed and countless wounded. 15,000 people were captured. Among them, less than 500 people died in the shelling. Ahmed Pasha died in the battle, and Davoni Pasha died. Captured.

Egypt, Manio Palace.

Ali picked up the wine glass and took a deep sip, slapped the battle report on the table, and shouted "Okay!"

The battle went so smoothly that Ali couldn't believe it. The new Ottoman army was so vulnerable. With this victory, the Ottoman Empire could cede territory and pay compensation. He would seize Anatolia, and eventually use the Tigris River as the border with Russia. The Ottoman Empire was divided.

What he has to do now is to prevent the interference of the great powers, and for this he must show sufficient strength.

Muhammad Ali had two options. One was to launch a blitzkrieg and sign a treaty with the Ottomans before the powers intervened. The other was to give Britain, which had always opposed him, a hard blow to make the powers fear him.

A British naval fleet consisting of three 74 battleships and five frigates will pass through the Mediterranean Sea to demonstrate in Beirut, which is controlled by Egypt.

If they can be eliminated, the French will definitely stand more firmly on their side, and at the same time let the British know that they are not easy to mess with.

The Ottoman Empire's fleet rebelled and the new army collapsed. It could only rely on some miscellaneous troops and militia to support itself. Fortunately, Muhammad Ali's reputation was very bad, and the civilians did not want to accept this brutal ruler, so they joined in the fight against the Egyptian army. team.

This allowed Ali to quickly seize Anatolia and force the Ottoman Sultan to sign an alliance under the city.

Now he can only take the risk and choose the second path. At the same time, he also believes that this must be God's instruction.

On the other hand, Metternich convened a meeting of the great powers based on the Treaty of Münchengletz, with the purpose of protecting the interests of the great powers in the Ottoman Empire.

At this meeting in history, Metternich not only ruined all his political resources, but also exposed the weak nature of Austria. From then on, the center of European diplomacy moved from Vienna to London.

But this time is different. The Austrian army has completed the change of equipment, and the navy has expressed that it is fully capable of facing any emergencies and dealing a devastating blow to the enemy who dares to invade.

At the same time in history, Austria's fiscal revenue was only 140 million florins, but at this time, Austria's fiscal revenue exceeded 200 million florins.

Historically, Hungary, which was unable to dance well, had just experienced a civil strife and was severely weakened. It also looked extremely weak because it missed two key periods of the German Customs Union and the development of railways.

Almost at the same time as the Austrian troops arrived in Novi Sad, Miloš Obrenovich's bloody letter arrived in Vienna.

In Milos' blood letter, he first said that he had been deceived into believing the Russians' lies, and then said how despicable the Russians and those Serbian traitors were, and how much the Serbian people longed for the early arrival of the Austrian heavenly troops. .

Finally, the signature at the end is signed by Miloš Obrenovich, the most loyal servant of the Habsburg family.

Although Miloš Obrenovich's behavior was disgusting and disgusting, he did provide the Austrian Empire with an excuse.

In Metternich's eyes, as long as Serbia is captured, Austria will no longer have any worries in the Balkans.

But in Franz's eyes, this would plunge Austria and Russia into a life-and-death situation. How could the Tsar, who claimed to be the guardian of the Orthodox Church, allow a Slavic country to be annexed by the pagan Austria?

Vienna, Belvedere Palace.

The first owner of this palace was Prince Eugen, who reversed the offensive and defensive trends of Austria and the Ottoman Empire.

Palmerston had no good impression of Metternich, but he felt that Austria would definitely consider its own interests to prevent French expansion. As long as the French were squeezed out, Britain could economically colonize Egypt, and then make the entire Near East a Britain's dumping ground for goods and origin of raw materials.

Prussia, on the other hand, has a mentality of watching the show, trying to see if it can cause some trouble for Austria and France, and get some benefits by the way.

France sent people to attend the peace conference and urged Egypt to sign a peace agreement with the Ottoman Empire.

At this time, France is going to war everywhere, and its national power is already overwhelmed. Now if there is another war, the tragedy of the French Revolution may be repeated.

Russia has always disliked big powers acting together, because it would affect Russia's monopoly rights, but the recent movements of Austria in Novi Sad forced the tsar to send people to test Austria's attitude.

At this time, what the Tsar hoped most was that the Ottomans could sign a city alliance with Egypt, and then take advantage of the war between Britain and France to have another Russo-Turkish war.

After all, the Russo-Turkish War was a pleasure for the Tsar to fight once and for all.

The Tsar was not interested in commercial supremacy; he wanted real land.

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