The Turkish Empire...is coming to an end!
As Christmas Day of 1876 in the Western calendar is approaching, almost everyone who cares about current affairs will have no doubt about this - the Ottoman Turkish Empire is coming to an end.
In 423 years of his occupation of Constantinople!
Even Sultan Abdul Aziz I of the Ottoman Turkish Empire no longer doubts that he is the last sultan of the Ottoman Turkish Empire!
The Russians suddenly became the Romans who came back to restore their country!
In fact, after conquering the Pleven Fortress, the Russian army could not wait to fly the Roman eagle flag they had prepared long ago - in fact, the Russian double-headed eagle originated from Rome.
Although Tsar Alexander I has not yet called himself Caesar of the Roman Empire, he will call himself "Caesar" sooner or later, and the Russian Empire's army will also be awarded the legion designation of the Roman Empire.
The heroic advance and glorious victory of the Russian Imperial Army made the Orthodox Christians in the entire Balkan Peninsula excited. From the beginning of the war, Bulgarians and Romanians formed an army to join... They really believed that Russia would help them from the beginning.
Gained independence under Turkish rule.
Perhaps, there is no Roman king that everyone is looking forward to day and night, and no one is looking forward to the return of the Roman Empire's horses to glory.
But no one opposed the overthrow of Turkish rule.
For Tsar Alexander I, what he dreamed of was to regain Constantinople, which had been occupied for 423 years. By then, he would realize his 404-year-old dream since Ivan III.
By then, he will undoubtedly be crowned Emperor of the Roman Empire!
Since the Russian army entered Bulgaria, they have been welcomed by local Orthodox people. People held salt and bread and sang "Messiah" songs with tears in their hands to welcome their arrival.
After they captured the Pleven Fortress, all the Orthodox Christians were there to welcome the liberators - almost no subject of the Turkish Empire would defend their motherland - whether they were Orthodox Christians or Christians.
However, what is different from the former is that as the Russian army advanced, Turkish officials and Tianfang believers in various places either packed up their belongings and fled in a hurry, or were killed by the revolting Orthodox Christians. Before the arrival of the Russian army, they had already launched an uprising.
, occupied some towns.
After news of the imminent arrival of the Russians reached Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Turkish Empire also fell into a boil - 46.2% of the city's Catholics, 45.2% of Orthodox Christians, and 7% of Jews were
, Catholics account for 1.5%. In addition to the former who feel deep despair, there are also the Jews who are also a little desperate - for hundreds of years, the Jews have been attached to the Turks and engaged in work under the protection of the Turks.
Economic and commercial activities, for hundreds of years, they have been... well, the accomplices of the Turks.
Now that the Turks are about to perish, can they not despair?
What's desperate is not only that they will lose the asylum of the Turks, but that the Russians don't even like the Jews, and even hate them.
Compared to the despair of the Turks and Jews, those Orthodox Christians, whether they are Armenians, Greeks, Romanians, or Serbs, are all cheering and cheering for the "Tsar's little daddy"
arrival.
Just after the New Year of 1877, in Constantinople, both the desperate Turks and the excited Orthodox Christians finally saw the double-headed eagle - a large Russian airship hovering over the city, and it dropped
A large number of leaflets - demanding that the Turkish Sultan and the Turks lay down their arms, Russia will ensure their personal and property safety.
The Russian mouth is a liar.
No one will ever believe the Russians' promises!
All Turks in Constantinople know very well that if they lose Constantinople, they will have nothing, and the Russians will never allow them to continue living here - this is the future capital of Russia.
Those polar bears are so cruel!
Constantinople does not believe in tears.
On January 3, 1877, at the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Sultan Abdul Aziz I, wearing a military uniform and a red hat, came here to do morning prayers surrounded by a group of pashas and military officers.
present.
In the square outside the temple, there is already a sea of people - there are Turks everywhere who come to do morning prayers. Among them are adults, children, and of course elderly people, but they are no exception.
They all put on military uniforms.
The city has been completely mobilized - all the men, mobilized to protect their city!
Of course, excluding those heathens, if guns were given to them, they would probably start an uprising before the Russians came over.
People in the square knelt devoutly in the square, with their heads lowered, doing morning rituals there.
The square was filled with devout prayers.
At this moment, it seems that the only thing left is to pray for God’s help!
What else can they do now besides pray?
After the morning prayers, people in the square saw Sultan Abdul Aziz I, who had been hated by everyone for his high-handed rule in the past few years. Although they hated it, they now had to
Support him.
Abdul Aziz I looked at the people in the square. They were the last support of the Turkish Empire. Standing on the steps, he opened his throat and loudly began his mobilization speech:
“Compatriots... now, the infidels from the north are trampling on our land - the land of us Turks, the land that our ancestors conquered with their scimitars, just like this city, where not only we have lived for generations
Our homeland is everything to us! If we lose Istanbul, we will have nothing! ... Between us and them, there will be no compromise, and there will be no mercy. There will be only life and death! Every Ottoman who believes in the true God
People, there is only one choice now, and that is to fight!
Not fighting for me - for the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire, but for the true God, for our faith, I - will go out with you as a devout believer, we will fight together here here - or together
Win the victory and defeat those pagans! Or die together, and with you, and all the believers who died together, go to the paradise promised to us by the true God - where everyone will receive rewards from the true God, and everyone will have countless possessions.
Wealth, countless beauties and slaves are waiting for you!..."
(End of chapter)
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