Everything went smoothly, and the southeastern army was full of confidence in victory.

But in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, there was an atmosphere of shock, panic, and frustration, and the subjects living at the feet of the Sultan could not accept the fact of defeat at the front for a long time, and could not believe it!

The Ottomans were not stupid, they knew very well the terrible consequences of losing Egypt, so they made the largest build-up of forces in the century to retake Cairo, with 600,000 men and men at their disposal!

When conquest, the Ottomans have always liked to attack with heavy troops, such as the Sultan wants to use troops against a certain place, and he likes to send more than 100,000 people at a time, rushing up and beating the enemy in groups.

But 600,000 people ...... Almost none of the Sultans had such a large number of troops.

In addition to setting a record number of people, it was also the largest use of artillery, muskets and gunpowder ever used.

Because he heard that the Chinese guns were sharp, the main general Farhad Pasha was the main firearms against firearms, and the empire satisfied him and gave him a large number of firearms, including 500 heavy artillery pieces and more than 80,000 muskets, but with the defeat and completely lost these important firearms--- in fact, there were not so many firearms, the Chinese counted and seized, only half of them were obtained, and the other half was partially damaged, but many of them must have been "floated", everyone understands.

It also spent a lot of military spending and supplied a huge amount of grain, grass and materials, which set a record!

With so many forces mobilized and thrown into the Egyptian battlefield, and the Ottoman army having the advantage of invincibility in land warfare, everyone decided that the battle would be won.

According to this view, many of the noble children in the city of Istanbul went to the Cairo front line to participate in the war, of course, they did not have to go to the city wall to fight, in fact, they were gilded, as long as they went to the front line to sway, and when the battle was over and the victory was over, they would be able to obtain qualifications and be promoted in the future.

Since the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 AD, the Ottomans have enjoyed the country for 200 years, and there are more and more old lords and new nobles, and they can give birth to a large number of children, all of whom need a way out.

So that every time the Sultan drove his own expedition, he often brought a whole legion of noble children, or even two legions of noble children --- Roman legions, each legion numbered 5,000 to 6,000, and after the battle, all the noble children were promoted, this is because the noble children fought bravely in the battle, made countless military achievements, and all of them were promoted.

This attack on the new city of Cairo was a rare opportunity, and the children of the Ottoman nobles went to everything they could, but as a result, once the army was defeated, only a small half of them returned!

The guns are eyeless, although the southeast army against the Ottoman army is only a rout, but the children of the nobles are pampered, inexperienced, many people were killed on the battlefield in the chaotic battle, and then failed to escape the subsequent pursuit of the southeast army, and many people died on the road, as a result, almost every nobleman in Istanbul City has children lost in Egypt, which can be described as painful!

They hated the coach Farhad Pasha to the core, thinking that he was incompetent and humiliating the country, and they wrote to demand that he be severely punished!

"Farhad Pasha is guilty of taking away all the honor of Fahad Pasha, and his family is in prison!" In the main hall of the palace, the Empress Dowager Kosem Sultan is unquestionably authentic.

Yunhua is no more, her aunt's voice is loud, but she has a feeling of lust and guilt.

Everyone in the hall bowed down and obeyed, and Farhad Pasha was completely finished!

This is the best portrayal of the companion like the tiger, poor Farhad Pasha died on the battlefield for the country, and his body was tragically divided after his death, all the honor before his death was gone, and his family was imprisoned for punishment!

What is the blood and tears of heroes, this is!

Vain Farhad Pasha was loyal to Kosem Sultan, but Kosem Sultan wanted to shirk responsibility, so Farhad Pasha could only take the blame.

In addition to Kosem Sultan and Sultan Mohammed IV, Muhammad IV's mother, the Empress Dowager Duham Khattijie, also came and sat behind the curtain on the side of Kosem Sultan.

Since she is veiled and can't see her expression, maybe Kosem Sultan is deflated, and Duchen Hattijie should be very happy!

The Sultan, though he was young, knew that the defeat of the army had a great impact on his throne.

The six viziers stood in front of the ministers, lined up, and the monarchs and ministers gathered to discuss major policies.

All the people were serious, and the Grand Vizier Bashir Pasha's face was pale and composed, and he knew that he was not long in coming.

If there is such a big leak, not only Farhad Pasha must be responsible, but someone in the DPRK and China must also be responsible, and no one can take this responsibility except him.

But he was unwilling in his heart, for so many years, for this position, he had paid countless prices, but he had to pay for the decision-making mistakes of the superiors, he was unwilling!

Vizier Humamu Pasha's face was respectful, but in his heart he was glad that he had escaped.

He was ordered by the imperial court to go to the Cairo front to supervise the battle, and after learning that the army was short of gunpowder, he left the Cairo front on the pretext of urging the rear to deal with the arms, and even better, he took his children with him before leaving.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone knew that he had served the imperial court for many years, had been favored by the emperor for a long time, and was loyal, it would have almost been suspected that he had colluded with the Chinese.

Everyone admires him for the ups and downs of the sea, and his senses are so keen!

But what makes people even more convincing is the vizier Kopluru Pasha, he did not send the children of his family to the front line in Cairo at all, he is worthy of being an old fox in the political arena, everyone is drunk and he is sober!

Of course, this caused everyone's jealousy, but it was not easy to cure his crimes, at that time, he kept telling everyone that our army would win, and the reason why he did not send the children of the family was because he did not want to grab credit from everyone, and there was no excuse at all.

Kosem Sultan convened a great court meeting to preemptively determine the defeat of the war and prevent others from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

At present, it seems that the government is still in her hands, and no one has come out to challenge her authority, so she does not have to use many means.

Therefore, she quickly cut through the mess, first accused Farhad Pashaan, and took the responsibility for the defeat, because he betrayed the trust of the imperial court!

After the initial explanation, no longer entangled in further accountability, but let everyone discuss how to deal with the current situation.

In order to atone for his crimes, Grand Vizier Bashir Pasha actively offered advice and advocated a defensive position on the European front, transferring the main forces back to Syria, starting from Damascus and recovering Cairo.

At this time, Damascus had not yet been lost, so al-Bashir Pasha asked Kosem Sultan to send troops to strengthen Damascus' defenses, and as long as Damascus was still there, things would be much easier.

The Ottoman army had three generals who were most able to fight, the first one was Farhad Pasha, who was characterized by a steady, loyal to the imperial court, the most obedient, but unfortunately unlucky; The second is Akadullah Pasha, who is good at attacking, can be called aggressive, is very violent, kills prisoners at every turn, the Europeans are very afraid of him, and has a bad reputation in the court; The third was Ihasan Pasha, who was balanced in attack and defense, but the problem was that he was Armenian, independent, and sometimes disobeyed orders on the grounds that the generals did not obey the orders of foreign kings, which annoyed the court and caused poor trust.

Bashir Pasha proposed that Ihsan Pasha defend Europe and use Akadullah Pasha to lead the army and counterattack Cairo.

His opinion was unanimously responded to by the ministers, and so it was done!

This time, it was decided to send a vizier to lead the army with Akadullah Pasha, and the military command was under the responsibility of Akadullah Pasha, and the military and political affairs were left to the vizier to decide, so as to restrain it.

Kosem Sultan asked Koprud Pasha if he would like to join Akadullah Pasha in entrusting him with a heavy responsibility, but he was pushed back by his old age and disadvantaged actions, and finally decided that Humamu Pasha would work hard and go to the front.

"If you have any ideas, you must consult with Akadullah Pasha and not leave the army!" Kosem Sultan admonished.

"Yes!" Humamu Pasha should be down.

After discussing personnel, money, food, and military resources, the ministers dispersed, and Vizier Aisim Pasha walked behind, looking at the back of Kopluru Pasha, thoughtful!