Chapter 55: Great Victory at Suez

"Yes, Uncle Napoleon, I remember," Roland nodded, listening intently as Napoleon earnestly taught him. He knew these were Napoleon's invaluable experiences, which had helped him dominate Europe in the past. While Roland and Napoleon conversed, the French artillery barrage continued relentlessly, eventually leading to the complete psychological breakdown of the Egyptian soldiers.

"I... I surrender!" Finally, a soldier could no longer bear it; he threw his weapon far away and then raised his hands high as he walked out of his position.

"I... I also surrender. I can't take it anymore." The power of example is limitless. Following the first soldier's surrender, the remaining soldiers also came out of their positions, raising their hands and beginning to surrender to the French forces.

"Cease fire!"

Upon seeing the Egyptians surrendering, the French forces also immediately stopped their attack, allowing the Egyptians to surrender.

"Damn it, do not surrender! You are all Mamluk warriors, how can you surrender to infidels? Pick up your weapons and fight," Murad shouted uncontrollably as he saw his soldiers surrendering, waving his lavish scimitar as he yelled.

Murad tried his best to rally his troops, but it was futile as his forces had already crumbled. Nothing he did could turn the tide at this point.

As the French ceased firing and began taking prisoners, more and more Egyptians started to lay down their weapons and surrender, their expressions blank and their gazes vacant, like walking corpses.

Since Napoleon's campaign in Egypt began, they had not had a single good day. Chased by Napoleon all the way from Alexandria to Cairo, and now to Suez, they had had enough of this endless fleeing.

Thus, more and more Egyptian soldiers started coming out of their positions to surrender to the French.

By now, Murad was powerless to change anything.

Murad looked around, his heart utterly desolate. In just a few months, he had experienced more than he ever had in his lifetime—from heaven to hell and back.

Originally, he was the noble Pasha of Egypt, with the entire land under his control, practically an emperor above thousands. But all this changed with Napoleon's arrival.

In the Battle of Ramania, he suffered a crushing defeat to Napoleon, leading to the annihilation of his Mamluk elites and the loss of Cairo, turning him into a dog without a home.

Out of desperation, he had come to Suez and sought refuge with the Turks, thinking he could use their strength to regain his position. But he never expected to end up in such a dire situation.

"Ah!"

In the end, all his desperation could only be expressed with a sigh. Murad picked up his treasured scimitar and placed it against his neck, then committed suicide by slashing his own throat.

Blood flowed down with the scimitar, and along with it, Murad's life ebbed away.

Thus ended the life of a once formidable leader.

Although Murad had become a man without a home, he still held prestige within the Mamluk group. He had always been the one commanding the troops against Napoleon, and with his death, the army instantly lost its backbone and disintegrated.

Ultimately, the leaderless Egyptian army chose to surrender.

This also marked the complete disappearance of Egypt's last resistance force.

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"Roland, look at the opposing position; they've raised a white flag. We have won this battle." Seeing a white flag slowly being raised on the enemy's position, a smile appeared on Napoleon's lips, diminishing some of the shadows left by his previous defeats at Alexandria.

With the disappearance of Egyptian resistance, his dream of an Eastern Mediterranean empire took a significant step forward.

"All soldiers, advance! Take Suez for me. I want to annihilate not only the Egyptians but also the Turks."

Napoleon then once again mounted his horse, riding back and forth among his troops, issuing new orders.

Upon receiving the orders, the French soldiers, as if invigorated, began charging towards the Egyptian positions with their guns.

Countless French soldiers surged forward like a tidal wave, their vast numbers daunting.

This time, the Turks had sent a force of twenty thousand soldiers to counter Napoleon, equipped with a significant number of cannons and artillerymen.

This was a tremendous force, and if Napoleon could annihilate them here, it would serve as a painful lesson for the Turks.

The battle cries of the horses and the booming of the artillery! Countless French soldiers bravely advanced, and soon the surrender of the Egyptians also influenced the Turks.

Under the impact of the Egyptians, the Turks eventually were also forced to surrender.