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Chapter 730: Selim III's New Army
A month later.

Stanislaw II returned to Warsaw from St. Petersburg in accordance with the armistice agreement.

The only people who greeted him were Prince Poniatowski and a dozen officials, and the roads were deserted.

The king did not return to the Royal Castle but went to his small villa in the southern suburbs of Warsaw.

The next day, Stanisław II officially announced that he would marry his mistress, Ilzbieta Szydrosławka.

In fact, they have lived together for many years and have two children.

But before that, in order not to anger the king's official mistress, Catherine II, they had never dared to make their relationship public.

Now, he no longer had to worry about the Russian Tsar being unhappy.

In other words, she was already extremely unhappy, and a little more wouldn't matter.

At the end of the month, at the request of the King, Prince Poniatowski was approved unanimously by the Parliament to become the Regent of Poland and take charge of government affairs.

After the king's engagement party, the Polish nobles and high-ranking officials began to spread the rumor that the king was just pretending to be submissive to the Tsar and bought Poland precious time to prepare for war. Many people went to the king's villa to sincerely thank him or apologize to him.

However, the people did not quite agree with this. The ridiculous stories about the king and the tsar were their favorite.

Two months later, the 3900 soldiers who had followed Kościuszko and risked their lives to fight deep into the Russian hinterland returned home through prisoner exchanges and a ransom of 80 rubles paid by the Polish government.

Among them were 2800 people captured in the last battle in Crimea, and 1100 soldiers led by Shvyehcits who continued to fight in central and northern Crimea.

Yes, the reason why the Tsar finally agreed to spit out most of Minsk that he had already swallowed was because Shvyehtsits was still stirring up trouble in Crimea.

The streets of Warsaw were deserted that day, and all the residents gathered on both sides of the streets to welcome the return of their heroes.

Everyone remembered that when they left Mozyr, there were 1 of them, but now only less than 7 of them came back alive, and hundreds of them were left with lifelong disabilities.

It was they who, at the cost of their own lives, dealt a heavy blow to the invaders and won a glimmer of hope for Poland.

When the residents of Warsaw did not see their generals Kościuszko and Dombrovski, cries of grief enveloped the entire city.

The next day, thousands of people gathered in front of the Royal Castle Square and volunteered to participate in the construction of the "Polish Victory Monument".

This is a stone tablet donated by a dozen Polish nobles and wealthy businessmen to engrave the great deeds of Polish warriors in the attack on Crimea. The height will reach an astonishing 50 meters.

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Northeastern Egypt, Sinai Peninsula.

On the north side of Tours, Ottoman commander Mustafa Pasha’s face turned serious when he saw the dust in the sky through the telescope.

That was a sign of a large-scale cavalry movement.

He was well aware of the power of the Mamluk cavalry.

These cavalrymen who ruled Egypt for hundreds of years have always maintained good training, and with generous treatment, they are well-equipped and have very high morale.

To be honest, even though he had won several previous small battles, he still thought that Sudan's decision to attack Egypt was too risky.

Yes, after the outbreak of the Polish-Russian war, Selim III immediately took advantage of the fact that Russia had no time to look south, and decisively sent troops to Egypt on the grounds that the governor he sent to Egypt was restricted by the Mamluks.

The reason why he dared to take action against the warlord forces that had ruled Egypt for hundreds of years was that he had 2000 new troops of Topijs equipped with a full set of French equipment.

If he wins this battle, he will gain the rich Egyptian region and the empire's finances will be greatly improved.

His new policies and plans for training a new army could be implemented more easily. An officer ran to Mustafa's side and saluted, saying, "General, the enemy's cavalry has launched an attack."

The latter nodded slightly and said to the messenger: "Order General Omar Aga to attack."

Omar Aga was the commander of Topiz's new army.

More than 3 Mamluk cavalrymen rushed towards the Ottoman army from the west and north.

Although the Ottoman army was large in number, with more than 3 men, its overall combat quality was far inferior to that of the Mamluks.

Sure enough, the 6 Ottoman infantry on the north side, assisted by 1 cavalry, were tightly entangled by more than 1 Mamluk cavalry, and there were even signs of being broken through several times.

On the west side, the main force of 2 Mamluk cavalry attacked the Ottoman left wing.

In previous battles, several gaps had already appeared here due to multiple rounds of attacks by the Mamluk infantry.

If the cavalry broke in at this time, Mustafa's command post would immediately be exposed to the cavalry's sight.

However, when the Mamluk cavalry could vaguely see the outline of the Ottoman army through the dust, a clear rhythmic drum beat suddenly came from the front.

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Immediately afterwards, a white wall of people walked out from the sand curtain and raised their bayonets in unison.

The Mamluk cavalry commander roughly estimated the number of enemy troops, which would not exceed 2 at most, so he decisively ordered his subordinates to divide into five triangular formations and charge the defense line of the infantry.

According to his previous experience in fighting the Ottoman army, he needed at least 5 Ottoman infantry to barely stop his 2 cavalry.

But the development of things was far beyond his expectations.

There was the sound of three cannons behind the Ottoman line.

The artillery fire was directed very concentratedly, and after only four volleys, the cavalry formation in the middle was broken up.

In fact, Topizius's artillery technology was not very good, but as long as four or five rounds of the 12-pound heavy artillery passed through the cavalry formation, it could cause amazing damage.

The willpower of the Mamluk cavalry was not that strong in the face of cannons.

However, the remaining cavalry successfully rushed to the vicinity of the infantry, and then saw three layers of bayonets with cold light pointing at them.

And those infantrymen stood there firmly, not moving a muscle.

The horses instinctively stopped. The riders hurriedly pulled the reins, intending to pass in front of the infantry line, but the Ottoman guns rang out.

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After several rounds of volleys, the Mamluk cavalrymen who were crowded in front of the infantry line were beaten to the ground. Those who wanted to retreat and those who had just rushed forward were crowded together, and the situation was instantly in chaos.

Mustafa finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.

What he feared most was the Mamluks' elite cavalry.

At this time, these cavalry were defeated by Topizius's infantry, so the rest became much easier.

He immediately ordered the main force of the Imperial Guards in the center to launch a general attack.

Without the cover of cavalry, the Mamluk central army was quickly defeated by tens of thousands of Ottoman guards.

(End of this chapter)