In fact, Conakry's conditions are not excessive. Three million gold marks is undoubtedly a huge sum of money, especially for Osman, whose current financial situation is not very good. This money has cost a considerable amount of money.

The price was collected here and there.

Having said this, Conakry put forward another condition, that is, the officers provided by Prussia to the Ottoman Empire must have four or more years of military experience.

Regardless of the country, soldiers who have served in the army for four years are considered elites, not to mention that the Ottomans are looking for officers.

"Your Excellency, your country's sincerity is enough to move me, but you also know that officers with more than four years of military experience are a valuable asset in any country, although your country only needs our country to send them within three years.

That's fine, but the request for four hundred officers is really too much..."

"Your Majesty the King, I can understand your difficulties, but you must understand that all the money in our country was raised by His Majesty the Sultan with all his might. For this reason, His Majesty the Sultan even ordered to reduce the expenses in his palace.

! In addition, our country also hopes that your country can assist you with a thousand 1790-type rifles currently used by your country to re-equip our Guards!"

In addition to wanting to exchange money for Prussian military talents, Conakry also had a huge weapons order contract in hand.

This time Conakry came, and Selim III gave him a limit of five million gold marks. What Conakry needed to do was to use this money to exchange for four hundred gold marks with combat experience for the Ottoman Empire.

Prussian officers, ten thousand rifles and fifty heavy cannon.

It can be said that this is the largest weapons order contract that Prussia has received so far.

Five million gold marks is equivalent to nearly half of the Ottoman Empire's annual financial expenditure. For this fund, Selim III not only cut his own expenditure, he even ordered the treasures left by the sultans to be auctioned.

raise this cost.

However, due to some reasons, Conakry did not make it clear to the Prussian government that the other two million gold marks would be used to purchase Prussian weapons.

In Conakry's view, Prussia did not suffer a loss in exchanging three million gold marks for 400 Prussian officers. After all, these officers only had to serve in the Ottoman Empire for three years, and the salaries of these officers were all provided by the Ottoman Empire.

Empire pays.

If it were not for the fact that Prussia was still at war, Conakry would not even have proposed the figure of three million gold marks.

When Conakry mentioned a thousand Type 1790 rifles, William was stunned for a moment, but then he became a little calm. Although the Type 1790 rifle has now become the main weapon of the Prussian regular army, its cost is not very high.

High. Converted, the cost is about less than eighty gold marks.

In this case, even if there were one thousand Type 1790s, the total price would only be 80,000 gold marks.

If this contract is reached, there will be no problem in letting William send a thousand rifles to the Ottomans.

In the end, William thought about it and agreed to the deal with the Ottomans. Prussia will send a group of officers with more than four years of military experience to the Ottomans before the end of this year to help His Majesty the Sultan train the Ottoman army. The other two hundred Prussian officers will

sent to the Ottoman Empire within the next two years.

At the same time, Prussia was willing to give the Ottoman Empire a thousand 1790-style rifles to arm Selim III's Guards. In addition, Prussia offered preferential tax policies to Ottoman merchants in Prussia.

The Ottomans' three million gold marks are not a one-time payment. After all, it is indeed difficult for the Ottomans to come up with five million gold marks at once. So the Ottomans will pay one hundred and fifty gold marks this year.

One hundred thousand gold marks, and the rest will be paid within three years.

William's attitude made Conakry overjoyed, and seeing this situation, he struck while the iron was hot and continued to propose that he would spend two million gold marks to purchase active main battle weapons used by the regular army of the Kingdom of Prussia.

After William thought about it for a while, he agreed to Conakry's request. Of course, this matter did not require William's detailed participation. After telling Conakry that he could go to Prince Henry to negotiate for weapons purchase, the two ended the trip.

Pleasant meeting.

On the third day after the talks between Conakry and Prince Henry, in the Prussian palace, Prince Henry signed a series of agreements with Conakry on behalf of Prussia, known in history as the "Prussian-Ottoman Military Trade Agreement."

In this agreement, the Ottoman Empire purchased 10,000 Type 1790 rifles from Prussia at a price of two million gold marks. These rifles were sold at an average price of 130 gold marks each, leaving the remaining 700,000 gold marks.

Fifty eighteen pounders were purchased.

Of course, this agreement was on the surface. As for the other agreement regarding the Ottoman exchange for Prussian officers, it was a secret agreement between the two countries and was not made public like the arms transaction between the two countries.

For William, the deal with the Ottomans was not a disadvantage, and Prussia was even very profitable. After all, Prussia now spends a lot of money. Although the wages of the Prussian troops participating in the coalition were paid by the British, Prussia had just occupied

A large amount of territory. The occupation and maintenance of these territories require a lot of money.

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There was a sea of ​​blood outside Trapp City. The main force of the Fourth Army led by Prince Condé, who did not expect that the coalition forces would ambush on both sides of the road, suffered heavy losses in an instant.

When Arman, who was standing on a hillock, saw the flag of the Fourth Army illuminated by torches and the well-dressed old commander surrounded by a group of officers under the flag, Arman felt something in his heart.

I was stunned, but then I was ecstatic.

The principle of capturing the thief first and capturing the king is universal no matter in ancient or modern times, both at home and abroad. Now that the commander's flag of the Fourth Army has appeared in front of him, the identity of the old commander who is surrounded by thousands of people under the commander's flag can be revealed.

In this way, it is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for Arman. As long as the command center of the Fourth Army is taken away, the Fourth Army that has lost its brain will inevitably turn into a ball of loose sand.

The next battle will naturally be much easier to fight.

After Jarman ordered the ambush, the Prussian army suddenly rushed forward and instantly cut the long march of the Fourth Army in half. Not only that, the Prussian army also focused on taking care of Condé under the command of Jarman.

The location of the prince and the regimental staff officers.

It can be said that the snake was beaten seven inches away. Under the deliberate attack of the Prussians, the command system of the Fourth Army was immediately thrown into chaos. Some of the troops wanted to return to rescue Prince Condé, while the other part of the army advocated all-out efforts.

Clear out enemies on both sides of the road.

The momentum became more and more unfavorable for the Fourth Army. The face of Prince Kongdai who was riding on the war horse became more and more solemn. The old prince's hands had been clenched into fists, and his fingernails were deeply inserted into his palms.

In the heart.

"Damn it, how could I not have thought of it, how could I have not thought of it!"

While murmuring, Prince Kong Dai was already on the verge of tears.

Even though the French army did not suffer any major casualties at this moment, for Prince Condé, his military fortunes were about to come to an end.

"Your Highness, don't worry, there are still a large number of soldiers around us. As long as we can resist the enemy's attack and immediately order the entire army to return for reinforcements, then we still have a chance to turn defeat into victory!"

Seeing the gloomy expression on Prince Kong Dai's face, a staff officer following him immediately shouted loudly.

Because of Jarman's special care, when Prince Condé was attacked, there were only a thousand French troops around him, while the Prussian army besieging them had more than two thousand troops, plus the surrounding areas used to block the French troops.

The total number of Prussian troops in the encirclement net woven by Armen around Prince Condé reached nearly 5,000.

Not to mention that Jarman also specifically ordered the Prussian artillery units to focus on taking care of the flag and command center of the surrounded French Fourth Army.

And just when Armain was trying his best to capture the thief and capture the prince of Condé first, in the west of Paris, Napoleon also led his army outside the ambush circle carefully laid out by Ferdinand the Younger.

However, unlike Prince Condé, although the staff officer of the Fourth Army who came to ask for help repeatedly urged Napoleon to speed up his march, Napoleon completely ignored him.

Napoleon did not disregard everything because of the critical situation of the Fourth Army. In Napoleon's view, since the enemy had attacked the Fourth Army, he must have been prepared for reinforcements that Paris might send.

Just when he was about to reach the ambush circle set by Ferdinand the Younger, Napoleon's keen senses immediately made him feel that something was wrong.

It's too quiet, it's really too quiet! If something goes wrong, there must be a monster

Napoleon looked at the small hills not far away and the surrounding plains, thinking so in his heart.

Maybe it was just his own heart, but for Napoleon, he was extremely cautious and cautious now. Under this situation, Napoleon immediately ordered the army to stop advancing and sent scouts to the front for reconnaissance, and he also asked those scouts

If you meet the requirements, that is, not a single plant or tree will be spared.

Hundreds of French cavalry jumped out of the neat formation of the army and galloped towards the hills and plains ahead. Standing on the hills and seeing the actions of the French army, little Ferdinand's face suddenly changed.

A sudden change.
Chapter completed!