However, just as they were approaching each other's array, the sudden artillery fire instantly destroyed the cavalry regiment that the Safavi dynasty was proud of, and it was the Ottoman Sultan's killer weapon, Yeniseri Corps, that is, the Ottoman New Army, that reversed the Ottoman unfavorable situation.
0 1 the rise of yeniseli legion
As early as when Ottoman, the founder of the empire, got rid of his dependence on the Sultanate of Rome, he and his successor Urhan supplemented their combat troops by selecting the best prisoners of war. By the time Murad I was in power, this conscription mode had been replaced by a new conscription mode, that is, young children were selected from Christian families in the Balkans and sent to Istanbul or Asia Minor through layer-by-layer selection to learn Turkish and convert to Islam. When these children grow up to a certain age, they will undergo necessary military training and instill the concept of loyalty to Sudan. They will be organized into combat troops. They are the elite troops deliberately trained by the Ottoman Sultan, and they are only Sudan's personal guards. Such a unique training method makes them different from ordinary tribal soldiers or mercenaries, but a new army. In Turkish, "Xin" is called "Yenicherry", which is the origin of Yenicherry Corps.
The officers and men of Yeniseri Corps shoulder an important mission. First of all, they receive strict military training, pay special attention to the use of artillery and muskets, lead a tense military camp life and are not allowed to get married. This is to maintain their strong fighting capacity. Whenever Sudan encounters a tough battle, it will not hesitate to go to the battlefield in order to increase its chances of winning. For example, in the above-mentioned battle against Safavi cavalry and Eastern European Christian Kingdom Corps, Yeniseli Corps was ruthless. They are "symbols of victory". Even when Sultan Bayezid I was besieged by Mongolian and Turkish cavalry in Timur, Yeniseri fought to the death until almost all the troops were wiped out. This shows that.
(Battle of Nicofort, Ottoman troops defeated Eastern European Crusaders)
Secondly, some officers and men of Yeniseri Corps not only defended Sudan and served Sudan's war of conquest, but also served as the central organ of the empire, such as Vizier, the minister of the imperial palace, and sometimes they also served as financial or military and political officials in various provinces. The outstanding people in Yeniseri Legion, together with the clerical officials selected by Demissie's system, supported the benign operation of the huge military and political machine of the Ottoman Empire.
Finally, the Yeniseri legion is limited in number, about one-tenth of the imperial combat troops. Even in the heyday of the empire when Su Liman the Great was in power, there were only about1.2000 people. Different from other troops, they don't make a living directly from private land, but enjoy Sudan's generous military salaries and irregular rewards, which not only stabilizes the morale of the army, but actually lays the groundwork for its future corruption and decline.
Intervene in Sudan to abolish and erode imperial finance.
Yeniseri Corps, a soldier, never wanted to be confined to the military field. When Bayezid II was in power, they began to openly interfere with the abolition of Sudan. At that time, Prince Salim I, who had no chance to ascend to the Sudanese high position, was ambitious, secretly wooing the backbone of Yeniseri Army, using their support to oust his father, and then massacring his brothers to pave the way for his upper position.
Selim mistakenly thought that the other side could submit to himself from now on, but in the war of expedition to Azerbaijan, Yeniseri army defied Sudan's order to continue to pursue the remnants of the enemy and demanded to return to the base camp for the winter, otherwise it would launch a coup. Helpless, Salim I can only announce an adventurous plan and give most of the spoils to the new army to avoid the same fate as his predecessor. From then on, we will see that although the new army claimed to be "slaves of Sudan", they began to influence Sudan's decision-making at the beginning of the16th century, and even countered each other.