The victory of the Russians spread in all directions. In Greece, when the Orthodox Christians walked on the road and greeted each other, they could see the unquenchable joy in the eyes of each other. A legend began to circulate quietly among them: "The orthodox emperor of the Senate and the Roman people, the great Constantine XI did not die in the siege of Constantinople. He was one An angel took away, hid in a cave, and turned into a marble statue. When the descendants of the Roman Empire recover Constantinople, he will return like lightning. The priests of the Hagia Sophia also disappeared. The wall, when the Orthodox Church recovers Constantinople, they will come out and continue to worship."

In the church, during the service, the Orthodox Christians gathered together, filled with anxiety and anticipation.

"Father Stefanos, we are all devout believers here. There is absolutely no ghost. Tell us about the Roman Empire back then!" said a young man.

"Okay." Elder Stefanos looked at the people. Those who came to listen to his sermon were all the children he had watched and grew up with. There really is no ghost in it.

"I'll tell you something about the fall of Constantinople. At that time..." Elder Stefanos began to talk, and talked to His Majesty Constantine XI. The last orthodox Roman emperor, the last Roman, holding a short spear high, rushed towards the countless pagans.

"Mother!" someone below whispered.

"Elder, some people say that His Majesty Constantine XI is not dead. An angel protected him, took him away, and turned him into a marble statue. As long as one day, we will regain Constantinople, Once the temple of God is recovered, His Majesty Constantine XI will return miraculously. Is this true, elder?"

"Ah, my child, God has done so many wonderful things. I'm just an ordinary old man. What can I know? But one thing I can be sure of is that after the fall of Constantinople, The Turks did not find His Majesty’s body."

"That must have been rescued by an angel. Praise God, and wish your kingdom come as soon as possible, Amen!" said another farmer-like person.

"Elder, I heard that the Turks just lost the battle in the north, is it true?" someone asked again.

"How would I know about this, such a thing?" Elder Stefanos shook his head.

While everyone was sighing disappointedly, Elder Stefano said again: "But a friend of mine, just returned from abroad, he knows some new news..."

...

Austria's new ambassador to France, Ludwig, has just visited the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand. The current situation, especially the war between Turkey and Russia, gave a test of the French voice.

Austria certainly didn’t want the Russians to kill them all along the way, and finally went straight to the Huanglong Mansion, ah, went straight to Constantinople, rebuilt the Eastern Roman Empire, and brought the Balkans and Peloponnese into its own. Sphere of influence. And he believes that the French should not want to see this situation.

So what he discussed with Talleyrand was how to stop the Russians from moving forward.

In order to win the trust of France, Austria has really been slack in its armed forces over the years, so relying solely on the Austrian army? Haha, the number of troops in the country is not as large as that of Russia. Moreover, the equipment training is a little bit better than the Turks, and the level of the Russian army is probably, perhaps, not much different. In short, just relying on Austria's military power is enough to suppress the domestic assholes, and relying on Austrians and Russians to compete for the Balkans? That's too much thinking.

Therefore, to limit Russia's expansion, it is necessary to draw on France.

For France, it is not a good thing for any country on the European continent except France to be too strong. Therefore, the French are naturally also unwilling to see Russia dominate the Balkans and even seize the center of Eurasia-Constantinople.

But at this time, the French are also very limited. Although their army was not heavily invested in a certain battlefield, the presence of the French army suppressed the British army. It was precisely in order to prevent the possible landing of the French army, British talents had to maintain a large number of troops in their homeland, and even seeing the crisis in Dublin did not dare to send too many troops to reinforce them.

But if the French now turn their faces for Turkey and Russia and throw his army into the east, it will certainly be able to force the Russians back, and even if the French army sets foot on the Balkans, the Russians themselves will retreat. But this will harm France's interests in the West. Both Napoleon and Joseph believed that it was more important to kill Britain than to prevent the Russians from controlling the Balkans or even to seize the residence of Constantinople.

However, France is the number one power after all, and it is not the same as a pseudo-power such as Austria. Even without the use of an army, there are ways to influence the situation of the war.

Joseph and Napoleon asked Lucien to summarize the information about the weapons and ammunition purchased by the Russians over the years, as well as the self-built military factory, and then they discussed the matter together.

"According to our intelligence, the Russians are not in a good situation. Their ammunition consumption is actually much greater than their production capacity. We are also very restrained in exporting to them. So although they won a decisive victory, but As long as we stop exporting ammunition to them, the amount of ammunition in the hands of the Russians will not be enough to support the next such battle." Lucien introduced.

"In this case, we will cut off arms and ammunition exports to Russia. We will also provide weapons and ammunition to the Turks in the form of loans." Joseph said.

"But it may not be useful." Napoleon shook his head. "Weapons are important, but more important is the people who use them. Well, Joseph, isn't this what you like to say? Turkey has lost the most in this battle. Elite troops, even if we provide them with enough weapons, what use are these weapons if they are in the hands of the Sudanese soldiers? Maybe it will help the Russians solve the problem of insufficient ammunition."

Joseph fell silent. He knew that Napoleon was really right. Even if they gave the Turks the best weapons and ammunition, they might not be able to stop the Russians now. It's like the American Association troops in later generations with American-style equipment are basically fighting the five scum.

"Maybe we can help the Turks contact some mercenaries? For example, those Italians?" Lucien said suddenly.

Over the years, because of the long-term peace, the mercenary business has been reduced. Now most of the mercenaries have changed their careers. Even in the southern Italy where there are many states, there are fewer mercenaries.

"Italian mercenaries? How many people are there now? One or two thousand will be worth the sky. Such a small number of people, there is a fart?" Napoleon shook his head.

"Italy? Ah, isn't there an army of 20,000 people under the crown of the Pope? Although it is not as good as our army, nor as the army of the Republic of Northern Italy, it is better than the Sudanese soldiers. Pull them over. , Plus the guarantee of logistical supplies, should be enough." Joseph suddenly slapped his thigh.

"I said Joseph, you don’t have a fever? Do you think the Pope is our French? Anyway, the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church believe in one God at any rate. You ask the Pope to send soldiers to support the Xingyue Church. This... Can he agree? Although the people of the Holy See are the most shameless in the world behind their backs, they are still very shameful on the surface, OK?"

"Lucien, if you don't understand politics, don't interrupt indiscriminately!" Napoleon said. "Compared with interests, what is a face? In this world, besides the Turkish Sultan, who is the least willing to see Russia? People, to be more precise, it is the Orthodox Christians who regained Constantinople, then it must be the Holy See. If the Russians are really allowed to regain Constantinople and establish the universal church again, this is not for the Holy See What a good thing. So as long as our sultan can show some sincerity and show enough sincerity, the Holy See can fully support him."

"Sudan probably has no money now," Lucien said.

"We can lend him money, but only money is not enough. Just like you said, the Holy See still has a face on the surface. The Sultan needs to come out with something more sincere." Joseph said.

"With the sincere thing, Joseph, what do you mean?" Lucien asked.

"Jerusalem, or at least some important holy places in Jerusalem." Joseph said, "If you think about it, if the Sultan of Turkey will hand over the sovereignty and management of the Cathedral of the Holy Sepulchre and the other holy places to the Holy See, then With the addition of another sum of money, will the Holy See remain unmoved?" Joseph replied.

This is indeed a very feasible plan, so Napoleon handed the matter to Talleyrand, and asked him to contact the Turks and the Holy See to promote this matter as soon as possible.

At this time, Sultan Selim III was in a panic. The biggest problem brought about by this great failure is not just who can block the Russians. Although this problem is important, it is not the most important. The most important question is: what should we do in China.

The reason why Sultan Selim III was able to withstand the dissatisfaction of domestic conservatives and forcibly promote the reform of Ottoman Turkey is that he has a new army that is loyal to him and supports him. Although the number of this army is far less than that of the Sudanese soldiers, it far surpasses them in combat effectiveness.

Those conservatives who opposed his reforms also knew this, so although they were very dissatisfied with his reforms, they did not dare to openly oppose his rule. Add chaos.

But after this battle, the situation is completely different. He was originally used to suppress the reliance of these opponents in the country. His new army was completely annihilated in this battle. Now the balance of power in the country has been completely reversed. This means that if the problem cannot be solved quickly, let alone his reforms, or even his own life, it may not be able to be preserved. In Turkey's history, not too many Sudans died from various abnormal causes.

So when the Turkish ambassador to France provided him with the French proposal through the telegraph line, he almost agreed without hesitation, as long as he could quickly obtain an army that could support his position and borrow a debt. , And sent out a few more churches, and they are still pagan churches, what is that?

He immediately called back just the ambassador to France, to promote this matter with all his strength and to implement it as soon as possible.

Soon, under Talleyrand’s arrangement, the Turkish ambassador to France had a secret meeting with the representatives of the Holy See. Because both sides were very sincere, they quickly reached an agreement. And initialed the agreement.

Then the Holy See organized the 20,000 troops on hand. Of course, out of facial considerations, they could hardly say that this was the army of the Papal State to rescue the heretics. It was propagated that Turkey used the "Cathedral of the Holy Sepulchre" and the conditions for freedom of pilgrimage for Catholics, and obtained permission to recruit mercenaries in southern Italy.

Then the entire Papal State army, with a total of 20,000 people, turned into mercenaries, and began to prepare to go to Turkey to help the heretics fight the heresy of the Orthodox Church. Of course, this army also changed its name, called "Southern Italy Volunteers."

Sultan Selim III's actions, his enemies in the country will naturally not be ignorant. They knew that if His Majesty Sultan Selim III really got such an army~lightnovelpub.net~, then the balance of power that finally leans towards them will change again...

At this time, in Greece, a group of people began to use the cover of the Orthodox Church to communicate with each other and prepare to initiate an uprising in pursuit of independence and freedom. The uprising first took place in Benibeneza, and then within a few days, there were many uprisings in Greece. The rebels attacked the Turkish garrison and government agencies, and quickly controlled nearly half of Greece.

In order to suppress the uprising of the Greeks, Sultan Selim III had to send out a new army of thousands of people remaining around him. After all, Greece is too close to Constantinople. If the Greek uprising cannot be suppressed as soon as possible, and they are allowed to be active there, the Turks will fall into a state of being attacked, and it is almost impossible to stop Russia. Got to live in Constantinople.

But this transfer also gave his opponents an excellent opportunity. Soon after the new reinforcements went to suppress the uprising of the Greeks, there was a coup in Constantinople, the Sudanese soldiers stormed into the palace, and Selim III became the first emperor.

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