The Crescent of the Sultan

When the Guards shouted slogans and marched into Topkapi Palace, Selim felt that his vision blurred, and time seemed to be speeding up. The middle-aged man was imprisoned, and the Guards looted Topkapi Palace. The treasure trove of Capa Palace.

They shouted and vented their violent desires in the palace belonging to the Sultan.

The middle-aged man was locked up. He looked neither sad nor happy, and there was another young man beside him.

Selim stayed in the "golden cage" and watched the middle-aged man teaching the young people every day. He knew who the other person was.

In the future, it was this Sultan, Mahmud II, who eliminated the Guards and eliminated the biggest difficulty in the reform of the Ottoman Empire.

Time passed day by day until January 28, 1808.

There were hurried footsteps outside the palace, and the middle-aged man stood up suddenly. He handed the young man to a servant, picked up a vase, and walked to the door.

The door was suddenly knocked open by several Guards soldiers, and the middle-aged man slammed the vase in his hand onto the head of the first soldier who entered the room.

Since he was not wearing a helmet, the soldier was knocked to the ground. Several soldiers behind him were also frightened by this sudden scene and couldn't help but stop.

Seizing this opportunity, the middle-aged man took the opponent's scimitar in his hand and continued to hide it by the door, waiting for the opponent's next move.

Several Guards soldiers already understood what had happened, and with anger igniting in their eyes, they kicked the door open and ducked in.

The middle-aged man's martial arts skills were very superb. Although he was not wearing armor, he still relied on flexible movement to maneuver around and injured two soldiers in succession.

But two fists were no match for four hands. A soldier seized the opportunity and stabbed him in the back.

When he once again tried to avoid the opponent by rolling, the severe pain on his back caused his movements to deform, and he was hit in the left leg.

The middle-aged man no longer had any room to move around, but the Guardsmen were still worried and struck a few more blows at the opponent.

Seeing that the opponent had completely lost the ability to resist, the Guards immediately began to perform their tasks.

They inserted the dagger into the middle-aged man's wound and provoked each other while stirring it continuously.

“How about, the great sultan, oh, the former sultan.

This tastes pretty good, but your cousin wants us to execute you immediately.

But considering that you just gave us such a big gift, we decided to let you live a little longer. "

The middle-aged man endured the pain. His face was extremely pale at this time, and beads of sweat as big as beans were dripping from his face.

He used all his strength to curse out one word slowly but firmly: "Bastard."

Selim on the side felt like the world was spinning.

In Topkapi Palace, the Sultan was lying on the bed at this time. His face was pale and he was sweating profusely, as if he had just been fished out of the water.

After a daze, Selim slowly stood up from the bed and looked at the familiar layout around him. He seemed to understand what the scene just happened was.

But he thinks this is not so much a dream as it is that the stress he has been under these days finally has an outlet at this moment.

"Hoo, ho."

Sudan gasped for air and looked out the window. It was already sunrise.

"Paul."

Selim called the manservant, and after a while, the man was neatly dressed and arrived in front of the Sultan.

"Go and call Isaac Pasha. I have something to ask him."

After the arrangements were made, Selim immediately began to drink tea. The last appearance of the middle-aged man was still in his mind.

It was the last roar of an unwilling and helpless soul.

Less than half a quarter of an hour later, Selim heard a rush of footsteps outside the door.

Ishak Pasha rushed into the room, followed closely by Paul.

"Your Majesty, something big happened. Louis XVI is dead. I just received the news."

Selim was a little surprised. In his deduction, Louis XVI would definitely die, but not now. The Jacobins did not have the strength to challenge Roland.

Isaac Pasha also knew that the Sultan must be in a very confused state at this time, so he immediately explained.

“Here’s the thing, Your Majesty.

On February 15th, Leopold II, Frederick William II and Catherine II sent troops to Poland, greatly reducing the pressure on the French northeastern border.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dumouriez, who led troops stationed there to defend against Austria, quickly led his troops back to Paris.

In order to create an opportunity for Dumouriez, the Jacobins deliberately reduced their power in Lyon, causing the Royalists to pull out an army and march towards Paris, whose commander was the Duke of Biron.

In this case, Roland was forced to let Napoleon send part of his army to deal with the opponent. "

Selim couldn't help but ask.

"That's enough to cause such a big mess. Is Roland a waste?"

Ishak continued.

"Your Majesty, the tricks of the Jacobins or Robespierre are not just that. Judging from the news from Kalemani Pasha stationed in Paris, Robespierre once again incited the people of Paris. .

They threatened that Prussia and Austria were already preparing to invade France.

The Duke of Brunswick would be the vanguard. When he arrived, he would release all the prisoners in Paris prisons, who would immediately unite to support Louis XVI.

Regardless of whether the news spread by Robespierre is true or not, Your Majesty, at least we can say that Robespierre has figured out the minds of the Parisians. "

Selim nodded and motioned for the other party to continue.

"Your Majesty, just the day before yesterday, a massacre began in Paris. In my opinion, this is perhaps the ugliest chapter of the entire French Revolution so far.

Activists in Paris, especially the extremist journalist Jean-Paul Marat, called for preemptive strikes. He called for the immediate massacre of all prisoners in Paris.

After receiving Roland's order, Napoleon tried to lead his army to stop it, but Dimrière's troops blocked him, which gave the mob in Paris an opportunity to break out.

During this turmoil, half of the prisoners (1,400 to 1,500) were killed. More than 200 of them were Catholic priests, and the only crime they committed was to refuse to obey the draft of the "Clergy Civil Organization Bill."

Moreover, these perpetrators did not kill the prisoners cleanly. They soon turned into completely out-of-control murderers. They were addicted to bloodthirsty and tortured their victims in every possible way, amputating their limbs and disemboweling them. .

In the chaos of Paris, the Jacobins succeeded in gaining control of the Temple Tower, and the king's family fell into the hands of Robespierre.

The "Incorruptible" always kept his word, and he sent a message to Roland who had escaped from the city.

The letter is very simple, with only one sentence.

"Join me and execute him, or I hand him over to the royalists."

It is said that Roland cursed after receiving the letter.

But, this is what Napoleon told us. "

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