Chapter four hundred and eighty-ninth on meritorious deeds
The retreat of the Russian Imperial Army gave the Turkish army in Tarbia Bastion a sigh of relief.
Nearly two weeks of high-intensity fighting caused the Turkish soldiers in the bastion to suffer nearly 700-1,000 casualties every day.
Fort Tabia, which originally had more than 10,000 soldiers, had to seek assistance from the main city of Silistra Fortress a week after the war began.
If Omar Pasha had not had enough troops at hand, Tarbia Bastion would have been captured by the locust-like Russian Imperial soldiers.
Nowadays, most of the survivors holding on to Tarbia Bastion are soldiers from the main city of Silistra.
The high number of casualties in recent days has filled the bastion with a dejected atmosphere. Every Turkish soldier has only numbness in his eyes. Now the Tabia bastion is like a bastion that has been compressed to the limit.
spring.
As long as Prince Paskevich can grit his teeth and persist for a few days, the morale of Tarbia Bastion will immediately face the risk of collapse.
It is a pity that Prince Paskevich's own enthusiasm for capturing this castle has been exhausted by the Turkish soldiers in Tarbia.
In addition, after Gorchakov, the largest main combatant, encountered a wall in the coalition camp, Prince Paskevich became even more convinced that what the Russian Imperial Army needed to do now was not to capture the castle.
The Tarbia Bastion was barely saved due to a combination of its own efforts and external factors.
It can be said that the Silistra Fortress achieved a perfect ending with its tenacious will. If we do not count Musa Pasha's return to the north bank of the Danube in the Russian Empire, he "deliberately" sent thousands of Bash Pozuk cavalry
As a gift to the soldiers of the Russian Empire...
In short, after watching the Russian Empire move towards the north bank of the Danube, Musa Pasha, reminded by Captain Barratt, hurriedly brought Captain Barratt and Captain Nesmith to deliver the good news to Silistra Fortress.
When Musa Pasha and others arrived at Omar Pasha's temporary residence in Silistra Fortress, they discovered that the commanders of the two bastions next to Tabia Bastion were also here. Apparently, they were also asking Omar Pasha for help.
Mal Pasha reports on the Russian Imperial Army.
After the three pashas looked at each other, they could see tit-for-tat in each other's eyes.
After a while, the door of Omar Pasha's residence opened, and a pretty little boy appeared in front of the three pashas and said slowly in Greek: "Omar Pasha is giving a banquet now.
Colonel Lage, come with me!"
After saying this, the little boy entered the residence, followed closely by the three pashas, Barret, and Nesmith.
Under the guidance of the suspected male favorite of Omar Pasha, the three pashas, Barret and Nesmith entered a restaurant.
The overall style of the restaurant shows the Rococo style of the last century, showing a sense of elegance and luxury everywhere.
There are more than ten candles placed on the luxurious crystal chandelier, each candle emits orange light, illuminating the entire room.
Directly under the crystal chandelier is a long table about 3 meters long. Sitting at one end of the long table is Omar Pasha, the commander-in-chief of Silistra Fortress, and sitting on his right is a
A pure German with blond hair and blue eyes, he is the person in charge of the fortresses of Ruse and Silistra - Colonel Lach of the Kingdom of Prussia.
At this time, Omar Pasha and Colonel Lach were raising their glasses to drink wine. The arrival of the three pashas and two captains made Omar Pasha put down the wine glass in his hand, and picked up the napkin on the table to wipe it.
After wiping the corners of his mouth, he stretched out his hand and invited: "I know what you want to say! Sit down!"
The three pashas and the two captains sat at the dining table. Omar Pasha clapped his hands gently. The slave stationed outside the restaurant appeared and asked Omar Pasha what else he needed.
Omar Pasha told the slave to prepare five more meals of the same style.
The slaves were ordered to leave. After about ten minutes, the trolley appeared in front of everyone. The slaves following the trolley brought the covered meals on the trolley to Musa Pasha and others.
The wine was opened in front of everyone, and wine was poured into each of their glasses.
After the servants left the restaurant, Omar Pasha raised his glass and suggested to everyone present that they should drink to this hard-won victory.
After two weeks of sleeplessness, everyone agreed to Omar Pasha's proposal.
"To Her Majesty the Queen! (Captain Barratt, Captain Nesmith)"
"Here's to His Majesty the King! (Colonel Lage)"
"Cheers to His Majesty the Sultan! (Omar, Moussa, etc.)"
After everyone present expressed their blessings to their monarch, they drank all the red wine in their glasses.
Later, Omar Pasha raised his glass again to express his respect to Colonel Lach.
Omar Pasha, who had a slightly rosy face, said: If Colonel Lach had not transformed the Silistra Fortress, it would have been absolutely impossible for their troops to defeat the Russian Imperial Army.
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Colonel Lage said modestly: This is all due to the sacrifice of the Turkish soldiers in the bastion. The bastion is always just a tool to help people resist attacks. More importantly, it depends on the contribution of the Turkish soldiers.
"I saw the whole process of a great country uniting to fight against the Russian Empire! Egyptians, Albanians, Tunisians, they worked together for this country regardless of each other! I hope that one day, we Germans can also be united like you.
Together!" Colonel Lach said with emotion.
"I believe that this day will eventually come!" Omar Pasha, a traitor to the Austrian Empire, did not understand the German plot held by Colonel Lach, but this did not prevent him from following Colonel Lach's words.
"Hey! I hope so!" Colonel Lach sighed and drank the red wine in the cup.
Omar Pasha also drank the red wine in the glass like Colonel Lach, and then drank another drink for himself and Colonel Lach.
This time Omar Pasha raised his glass and pointed it at Musa Pasha and the two captains. Omar Pasha said: Without their efforts, Tabia Bastion and even Silistra Fortress would have fallen long ago.
This drink was a toast he made on behalf of the entire population of Silistra to their heroic fight against the Russian Imperial soldiers at Tarbia Bastion.
Musa Pasha showed a flattered expression, while Captain Barratt and Captain Nesmith raised their glasses indifferently.
After the second glass, Omar Pasha poured a third glass of wine.
Two pashas in the two bastions next to the Tarbia bastion drank with Omar Pasha.
After three glasses of wine, Omar Pasha once again assured them that he would report everything to His Majesty the Sultan about their fight against the Russian Empire's invasion in the Silistra fortress complex.
When the time comes, His Majesty the Sultan will definitely reward them.
Everyone except Colonel Lage showed a happy smile, but Colonel Lage showed an expression of deep thought.
"Colonel Lach, what's wrong with you?" Omar Pasha looked at Colonel Lach in confusion and asked.
Colonel Lach, who heard Omar Pasha's call, came back to his senses and said apologetically to Omar Pasha: "That's it! Dear Commander, I was just thinking about what caused the Russian Imperial Army to rush to
leave!"
After being reminded by Colonel Lach, Omar Pasha suddenly realized this problem.
Yes! Why did the Russian Empire choose to leave so quickly? Could it be that something big happened on the north bank of the Danube?
After thinking hard for a moment, Omar Pasha gave up thinking. He didn't care why the Russian Imperial Army retreated.
As long as the Russian Empire does not provoke Silistra Fortress again, then Omar Pasha is not willing to care about the next move of the Russian Imperial Army.
Thinking of this, Omar Pasha's mind suddenly became more open-minded. With a smile on his face, he told Colonel Lach that he didn't need to worry so much.
Colonel Lach, who was Omar Pasha's temporary adviser, simply gave up thinking.
He is just a consultant after all!
The banquet lasted for nearly an hour and a half and everyone who had eaten and drank simply went to sleep in Omar Pasha's residence.
Early the next morning, when it was just dawn, the Turkish defenders on the Tarbia Bastion discovered a cavalry unit in the distance. They quickly blew their bugles and called to Tarbia Leng who was still sleeping.
Fort defender.
The soldiers of Tabia Fort, who had been fighting fiercely for most of the night, reluctantly got up from the ground and walked up to the bastion under the call of the bugle.
When this reconnaissance cavalry unit arrived near the bastion, the defenders of Tabia Bastion saw clearly that the reconnaissance cavalry was the Bash Bozuk cavalry.
They put down their guard and asked about the origin of this group of Bashbozuk cavalry. The Bashbozuk cavalry told the defenders on the Tabia Bastion that they were cavalry from Constantinople and were now serving as the French Major General.
Helped the garrison of Silistra fortress under the leadership of Canrobert.
Hearing the answer from the Bash Bozuk cavalry unit, the defenders of Tabia Bastion hurriedly told him that they were late, and the Russian Imperial Army had withdrawn to the north bank of the Danube early this morning.
The Bashbozuk cavalry below also told the defenders on the Tarbia Bastion that their troops arrived near the Silistra Fortress two days ago and captured a large number of Russian Imperial troops yesterday.
And they also killed their division commander.
After saying this, the Bashbozuk cavalry turned around and left on horseback.
About half an hour later, the defenders of Tabia Bastion once again saw the Bash Bozuk Cavalry.
Behind the Bash Bozuk Cavalry was a large army force.
