War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Although the offensive and defensive situation between Russia and the Ottoman Empire had long been reversed, it was unlikely that the old lieutenant would be robbed directly by the Ottoman slave hunting team as he did in his childhood. Even the Ottoman officials had stopped such behavior.

However, due to the huge profits of the slave trade, the slave hunting operation never stopped. It just changed from large-scale plunder to small-scale harassment, and from blatant to covert.

The main method of slave hunting also changed from robbery to abduction and kidnapping. The most classic method was to purchase firewood at a high price in exchange for the victim's trust.

In order to make more money, victims usually choose to bring more firewood to sell, and the victims chosen by slave traders are usually poor young people or teenagers. Their money and life experience do not support them to take more commercial actions. They will ask friends and relatives for help and then take everyone to the area designated by the slave traders.

In this way, the slave traders could easily bypass Russian checkpoints and patrols and capture their victims in one fell swoop.

In addition, there are quite a number of Russians who are also involved in the slave trade profit chain. These insiders usually lure people out by introducing jobs, adventures, or entertainment, and some even instigate serfs to escape.

"Brothers, I have just received a personal letter from Prince Menshikov."

This immediately caused an exclamation in the venue.

"quiet!"

Alexander Plinsky carefully took out a letter from his arms, took out a pair of glasses from his pocket and put them on his nose.

"Mr. Ivan Petrovich:

In the name of His Majesty the Tsar, the Sovereign of all Russia, I hereby declare to you:

The Guards had already set out a week ago, and wherever the holy flag goes, evil will be purged. However, the great cause of the Third Rome is not something that can be calculated by the gains and losses of a city or a place.

In order to accomplish your Majesty's great cause and achieve success in one battle, we now want to have the Guards Cavalry and Cossacks bypass Dobruja to cut off their food supply and their way back.

This is the order of the Tsar. You should build a wall with your flesh and blood and wait for help. I hope you will put the country first and the nation first.

Long live the Third Rome, long live Nicholas I"

"Hurrah!"

"Hurrah!"

"Hurrah!"

On the second, third, and fourth days, countless people died, and both sides tried their best to kill each other.

The battlefield was littered with Ottoman corpses, and the Russians in the fortress had run out of ammunition and food. The old lieutenant was injured in a surprise attack on an Ottoman artillery position, and he volunteered to stay behind to ignite the gunpowder barrels on the artillery position.

The offensive suffered setbacks one after another, and most of the precious Armstrong guns were blown up by the Russians. It was normal that Olma Pasha was furious and dismissed several officers who had poor command.

It seemed reasonable to push those legions that were not doing well in the attack to the front line and ask them to atone their sins. The direct execution of a few people who held opposing opinions did not cause much commotion. Unknowingly, Orma Pasha had become the absolute controller of this army.

Queen Mother Shefkefza, who was far away in Istanbul, also received some news that Orma Pasha was besieging the Russian army. Some people were afraid that Orma Pasha's actions would anger the Holy Alliance. After all, they had just sent away the two archdukes of the Austrian Empire.

In fact, the Ottoman Empire's top leaders also wanted to keep the two Austrian archdukes as guests (as hostages), but when the Austrian Imperial Navy arrived at the port of Istanbul, they gave up this idea.

Friedrich didn't even get off the boat. Although his wife was an Arab, he had no good feelings towards the Ottomans.

In Friedrich's view, it would be good if Franz's two stupid brothers could die in Istanbul. At least no one would interfere with the deployment of the Austrian Imperial Navy in southern Italy.

In addition, hatred of the Ottoman Empire was ingrained in the genes of the Habsburg family. In Frederick's view, the Balkans should have been part of the Austrian Empire, and defeating the Ottoman Navy would mean that the Austrian Navy would have one less rival in the Mediterranean.

The arrival of the Austrian Empire's main fleet directly paralyzed the entire Eminonu Wharf. Although the Austrian Empire's Navy did not take any substantial action, almost no ship dared to approach here.

(Eminönü Pier is the closest pier to Topkapi Palace.)

Some ships wanted to leave, but the Austrian Imperial Navy did not respond, so the former had to go back in shame.

Friedrich gave the Ottomans a 48-hour deadline. No one knew what this dwarf would do. After all, the last Omani Empire that disobeyed him directly destroyed its main fleet and nearly one-third of the country's army.

King Sayyid was forced to cede territory, pay compensation, and marry off his daughter in exchange for peace. Although the Omani Empire had been trying its best to keep the matter secret, the truth could not be hidden.

However, the strength of the Omani Empire had recovered by then, especially after the Austrian Empire had won great victories on the European battlefield. No one would laugh at Sayyid's compromise. Instead, they all praised him for his flexibility and unique vision.

Although Queen Mother Shefkefza was a little worried, she still chose to trust Orma Pasha. After all, there were not many people she could rely on at this time.

Many of those so-called high-level officials have close ties with the British and have their own power. In particular, many of them chose to remain neutral in the previous struggle for the throne.

This made Queen Mother Shefkefza unable to fully trust these so-called pillars, and most of the people she trusted came from the palace, and it was impossible for them to be entrusted with important tasks, so she could only choose to trust Orma Pasha's decision.

Orma Pasha explained this as the advice of British advisers and gave Colin Campbell's original words to Queen Mother Shefkefza.

"This is the best chance to defeat Russia. If the Russians lose this vanguard, they will have to reconsider the war.

This war of annihilation will bring ten years of peace to the Ottoman Empire."

In addition, the reformists in the Ottoman court also believed that the Ottoman Empire needed a victory very much. One of the main reasons for the failure of the Tanzimat Reforms was that the policies could not be implemented after they were formulated.

But as long as there is a victory, all problems can be solved. So Queen Mother Shefkefuza is also looking forward to this victory.

This time Orma Pasha mobilized all his forces, and the Russian troops in the fortress were exhausted just from repelling the Ottoman cannon fodder.

The reinforcements that Commander Alexander Plinsky had mentioned never appeared, and the defenders in the fortress simply thought they were unlucky and did not get to see the victory of the Third Roman Empire.

Before the Ottoman army launched the general attack, Alexander Plinsky finally appeared in front of the soldiers. He felt that he should stand with these brave soldiers at least in the end.

However, the Ottoman army chose to retreat less than an hour after launching the general offensive. A cavalry unit attacked the Ottomans on the flank, and more troops were on their way in the distance.

Although both are double eagle flags, they are not the holy flags of His Majesty the Tsar.