Chapter 1163: Chapter 1071
Three days later, Yunus, an officer of the Algiers Guard, quietly led two thousand of the most elite soldiers into Tunisian territory.
There were fewer than 800 remnants left in Mukra. As long as Yunus could promptly reach his location according to intelligence, he could completely annihilate them in two or three days before swiftly retreating to Algiers.
There was little to no loss on the Tunisian side, so they shouldn’t be too provoked by sothing so trivial.
However, Yunus never anticipated that as soon as he left the Toso Mountain area, he was already being watched.
At this mont, Colonel Zer of the French Tunisian Legion was leading four thousand soldiers waiting at the village of Didela near the western border.
And this was exactly the place Algiers intelligence had indicated Mukra was hiding.
The intelligence had been deliberately leaked to Kurulu by Zer as ordered by the General Staff.
The so-called “Kabyles” who previously attacked the Algiers Army supply line were actually Zer’s soldiers.
Since over a hundred years ago, the People of Algiers have repeatedly interfered in Tunisian politics and sent troops to invade Tunisia many tis, causing deep hatred for Algiers among the Tunisians.
Now, with the Kabyle Tribe, who share the sa blood and language, being “persecuted” by the People of Algiers, everyone in the Tunisian Legion was sharpening their swords, ready to teach the Algiers Guard a severe lesson.
After Tunisia was annexed by France, these Tunisian soldiers had been training to the standards set by the General Staff. Over the years, their combat capability, although not comparable to the formal French holand forces, was unquestionably top-notch in North Africa.
Not to ntion Yunus and his two thousand soldiers, even if Kurulu sent all the main forces of fifteen thousand n, Zer was confident in defeating them.
The next afternoon at two o’clock.
Hiding on the northern slope of Didela village, Mukra held his telescope with trembling hands.
In front of him, the Algiers Guard, who had driven him into a desperate escape, were being blasted into pieces by three cannons.
Imdiately following were Tunisian soldiers wearing European-styled white uniforms and holding caplock guns, forming three neat horizontal lines, encircling Yunus from two directions.
The flash of gunfire and constant gunshots lasted only over forty minutes before Yunus was shot dead, and his subordinate soldiers surrendered completely.
In his heart, Mukra constantly sighed with relief that his choice was correct.
From now on, the Kabyle Tribe would forever claim to be Romans!
After Zer rested for two days, he received the latest orders from the General Staff, instructing him to lead his troops to Majana.
anwhile, the Ney Corps was advancing through the northern side of the Jerid Salt Plain, heading toward the M’sila Pass.
…
Mitidja, the capital of Algiers.
The entire Divan eting was proceeding in a stifling atmosphere.
A mber of the Imperial Guard faction stood up and said, “The urgent matter now is to gather troops to reinforce Lord Dey.”
The Navy faction mbers imdiately shouted, “Kurulu has already spent hundreds of thousands of Liras, yet the Kabyle Tribe got away!”
“I suggest retreating and launching a surprise attack via the northern coast of Majana using warships.”
“That’s rebellion! Lord Dey will execute you!”
Only the Berber faction mbers remained silent, for the rebellious Kabyle Tribe belonged to the Berbers. Had it not been for Kurulu’s unsuccessful warfare, they might have already faced challenges from the other two factions.
While the mbers were arguing vehently, a fifty-sothing man wearing a golden robe rushed into the Divan hall, panic-stricken, waving his hand, “No, it’s bad…”
No one paid attention to him.
The man in the golden robe walked directly to the cushion belonging to Lord Dey and shouted once again, “Quiet! France has declared war on us!”
All the mbers fell silent and turned their heads to look at him.
He held up the notice from the French diplomat: “Lord Dey sent Yunus to invade Tunisia, and for this reason, France has officially declared war on us!”
An Imperial Guard faction mber exclaid, “This, how is it possible?”
Hedem pointed towards the Royal Palace: “The French diplomat brought Yunus’s body, and now there are over a thousand Imperial Guard soldiers imprisoned in Annaba.”
The Divan hall fell into a dead silence once again.
The war a few years ago between France and Algiers had left indelible psychological shadows on all the mbers present.
They were acutely aware of what it ant when France declared war.
Whether it was next month or next week, the terrifying French Army might invade Mitidja.
After a long while, one of the mbers finally shouted, “Quickly, go find Lord Talmothes!”
Lord Talmothes was the British Envoy to the Maghreb countries, although he had remained in Algiers.
In the eyes of the Algiers mbers, only with British support could they possibly resist the French Army’s invasion.
After all, Algiers had only provoked France under the instigation of England.
At the very least, the British should help diate the situation.
A few hours later, the three senior-most mbers of the Divan erged from Talmothes’s residence, looking dejected.
Just now, the British inford them that while they sympathized with Algiers’s predicant, since Algiers had initiated the invasion of French territory, they were unwilling to intervene.
A Navy faction mber suddenly shouted, “We should remove Kurulu and turn him over to the French!”
“Yes, it’s his reckless actions that have brought calamity upon us!”
“Select a new Dey imdiately…”
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