Farouk's general saw hope of victory, although he did not know where these sudden troops came from.
But obviously here to help them!
He took the lead and charged into the enemy army. At this time, the troops led by Henry dispersed because they needed to face the sudden appearance of the enemy army.
Faruk's army in front of them had no time to take care of it, and they took advantage of it!
Henry's face changed in shock. If this continues, their troops will be attacked and wiped out by these two forces!
Originally, 10,000 elite troops attacked Farooq's army of 50,000, but it was easy to capture what was in the bag.
They were also prepared for an accident, but they didn't expect that this surprising force would emerge.
It completely disrupted their battle plan!
There was no time left for Henry to think about the identity of this sudden cavalry team.
If they want to win this war, they must quickly defeat Farouk's troops and capture the last city.
"Breakout!"
"Breakout!"
On the battlefield, Henry tried his best to issue orders, but the complicated battlefield made it impossible for his orders to be transmitted to the ears of other soldiers.
Facing the surging Farouk troops, Henry's troops passively launched a counterattack!
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
General Farouk took advantage of the situation and tore Henry's entire army apart.
Henry wanted to break out, but at this time he was already tightly surrounded by Faruk and their troops, and there was no way to leave the encirclement!
It is no longer possible to break out from the front.
Under the division of Faruk's troops, Henry and the dozens of cavalry around him were separated.
Other troops were not much better.
He looked at Faruk's troops holding spears all around. Their general planned to use the lives of these soldiers to disperse the battlefield and defeat them one by one!
Henry's face darkened, he wanted their lives!
He looked at the steady stream of Farouk's troops coming from behind. Tens of thousands of people split into a phalanx, as if they were a copper wall that could not be broken down at one time!
Seeing this scene, Henry lamented, they could only return in defeat!
"Withdraw troops!"
"Withdraw troops!"
Henry shouted coldly and rushed out with his troops. Those Faruk troops armed with long guns were unable to block Henry's firepower.
What they are holding are repeating muskets!
The firepower is extremely fast!
After Henry withdrew, he immediately put on smoke grenades and fired shots to signal his troops to withdraw.
The troops fighting fiercely saw the smoke rising in the sky and immediately knew that this was an order to retreat.
"withdraw!"
General Farouk was overjoyed when he saw Henry's troops fleeing.
This was their first victory since the war!
Henry looked at Faruk's troops who ignored the cheers in the distance and looked at the unclear enemy troops in the distance.
I was thinking who are these enemy troops that suddenly appeared?
Although there were not many troops, their firepower was strong enough to directly contain their attack.
If it weren't for the appearance of these troops, they would not have suffered a defeat!
…
On the front line, in the military camp!
After Harris learned what happened on the battlefield, he frowned and realized that things were not simple: "The troops who suddenly appeared, didn't you see their faces clearly?"
Henry shook his head and sighed: "They wore Arab clothes and their faces were covered."
"But what is certain is that the weapons they have in their hands are definitely not what Farooq's troops can possess!"
"Repeating muskets, long-range artillery!" Henry said coldly: "These look like weapons that the British would have!"
Harris nodded: "It is not impossible for Britain to join the war."
"Farouk is the puppet emperor they supported. If he is eliminated by us, Britain will not have any colonies in Egypt."
Henry looked at Harris and asked: "Do you mean peace talks? Can the alliance leader agree?"
Harris shook his head and said: "It is too early for peace talks. Have you forgotten what the alliance leader said?"
"What we want is peace, to tell Faruk and Britain that this area is not theirs to decide!"
"Since Britain's troops didn't show up this time, it means they don't want to start a war yet."
"We have room to negotiate."
"But this is not the time yet." Harris smiled faintly.
Although they had the advantage, it was against Farooq.
As soon as Britain entered the battlefield, they sent for peace talks. This would make Britain think that they were afraid and chose to negotiate because they did not want to expand the war.
And their current negotiations won't get them what they want.
"Keep fighting, we need to defeat Britain!"
Henry frowned and said: "If the British army joins the battlefield, we have no chance of winning, and this is not what the alliance leader wants to see."
Harris explained: "Don't worry, the British troops will not actually join the battle."
Harris pointed upward and said with a smile: "Don't forget that we also have allies and people to protect us!"
"If Britain goes to the battlefield blatantly, you have to think about Long Yan's attitude."
Henry smiled knowingly, he understood what Harris meant.
Britain would not really go to war against them, and could only send a small force, like today, to contain the battle to a small extent.
As long as the Farouk dynasty and these aiding British troops are defeated.
Their leverage at the negotiating table will also be greater.
…
At this time, Europe.
The war between Tsarist Russia and the Ottomans.
Long Yan did not participate in the war between the two countries, but only warned both sides to exercise restraint!
Hamid does not want to start an expanded battlefield, or even fight this war.
The situation in their own countries is already precarious.
The bloated monarchy had overwhelmed the Ottoman Empire.
Until this war, after the Ottomans finally failed, their battleships fought a decisive battle with Tsarist Russia on the Black Sea.
Countless warships were destroyed in this battle.
The Ottomans, who were strong on the outside but capable on the inside, also faced defeat.
They temporarily lost control of the Black Sea, and Tsarist Russia gained the upper hand on the battlefield.
But the war is not over yet, but the series of problems caused by the war are giving Ottoman a headache.
Under the monarchy system, even with the help of Long Yan.
They have no way to quickly increase the pool of money.
The money was not in the hands of those who needed it, but in the hands of a few Ottoman nobles.
Now that the war is short of money, Hamid has only two options in front of him.
Either reach out and ask for it from the hands of these great nobles and hereditary knights.
Either continue to raise taxes, transfer huge war expenditures to civilians, and then spend money to send these civilians to the battlefield!
But Hamid doesn’t want to choose either of these paths!
Either way would shake the foundation of his rule.
