1798, the third year of Emperor Jiaqing in China, Napoleon led 30,000 French elite troops and launched an attack on Egyptian through Mediterranean . However, many people don’t understand very well: Why did Napoleon fight south to Egypt?
1. Reason
Whether it is the East or the West, it actually emphasizes that "the master is famous". Of course, Napoleon's conquest of Egypt also required some consideration before he could start.
At that time, Egypt was an affiliated area of Ottoman Empire . Although the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th century had passed its heyday, the military strength of the Ottoman Empire should not be underestimated. Even during the World War I , the Ottoman army could still fight the British army. Therefore, if Napoleon's conquest of Egypt caused the intervention of the Ottoman Empire, then there would be great hidden dangers. Therefore, Napoleon came up with an idea: that was to maliciously suppress French merchants with the princes of Egypt. Under the pressure of French merchants, he had to seek justice for French merchants.
So Napoleon launched an attack on Egypt in this name.
Speaking of Egypt's military, at that time, the Mamluk cavalry was considered Egypt's trump card. You should know that when the Mongolian Empire was in great prosperity, the Mongolian army also encountered resistance from the Mamluk cavalry in the Syrian area. The Mongolian army was defeated by the Mamluk cavalry and since then stopped to continue the Western Expedition.
If the Mamluk cavalry had not resisted the Mongolian army, or the Mongolian army might have entered Egypt later, and even sang and sang and drank the Atlantic Ocean all the way.
However, the Mamluk cavalry in the late 18th century was no longer a rival to Napoleon. Because Napoleon's French army armed a large number of modern weapons. Under the impact of modern chemical weapons, the Mamluk cavalry was quickly defeated, and the entire Egyptian territory was later occupied by Napoleon.
2. Napoleon's purpose
What was Napoleon's purpose of conquering Egypt? Of course, the answer is not to occupy the pyramids, nor to greed for the treasures in the tomb of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt, but to deal with Britain. In European history, the grudge between Britain and France was deeply rooted. At that time, Britain and France were competing for hegemony in Europe, and Britain's overall strength was stronger than France. The main reason why Britain is so strong is that Britain occupied India. The UK can plunder a large amount of wealth and resources from India to support its own development.
Napoleon knew the way to remove the fire from the cauldron: instead of spending time with Britain for a long time, it is better to completely cut off the source of Britain's power - India. Therefore, Napoleon's conquest of Egypt was not the ultimate goal, but considering the occupation of Egypt, he continued to fight eastward after taking Egypt as a stronghold, and eventually invaded India and occupied India, which ultimately made Britain lose the capital to challenge France.
Starting from Egypt to conquer India? I believe many people will find this statement incredible. But many regimes have done this in world history.
For example, Alexander Empire achieved the simultaneous occupation of Greece and India, and established the Alexander Empire across three continents. Of course, this empire was short-lived. Of course, many netizens who advocate Western pseudo- historical theory now believe that the Alexander Empire was fabricated. So OK, let’s talk about another thing recognized by Chinese history books: Great Food Kingdom ( Arab Empire ).
Arab Empire originated from Arab Peninsula . During the expansion of the Arab Empire, its territory once occupied the Spanish Peninsula in the northwest and invaded India in the southeast.
So theoretically, Napoleon planned to use Egypt as a springboard to expedition India in the east, which was so delusional. After all, there are successful cases of the Arab Empire.
3, Failed Napoleon
With Napoleon occupying Egypt. The Ottoman court also discovered that Napoleon did not occupy Egypt to seek justice for French merchants, but had other intentions. As a result, the relationship between France and the Ottoman Empire became tense. At the same time, Britain and France were also in a confrontation, and the feudal lords in Egypt also began to resist Napoleon's rule. In addition, infectious diseases in Egypt also began to spread among the French army. Due to these situations, Napoleon had to withdraw his troops from Egypt.The plan to expedition India with Egypt as the base has failed.
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