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The Tunisia Guard Corps retreated, leaving corpses strewn across the ground. Under orders from the French officers, the rebel army immediately launched a counterattack.

Seeing this, Zhemile drew his scimitar and charged onto the battlefield, shouting as he led his soldiers in pursuit of the Ottomans, hacking and killing.

Although the more than ten thousand rebels surged forward in a chaotic mass, without any semblance of ranks or formation, the Guard Corps had already lost all will to fight and cared only about fleeing headlong. The battle therefore soon became a one-sided slaughter.

More than two hours later, almost the entire Tunisia Guard Corps had been driven into a small area north of the city. Seeing that all was lost, Koja could only order his men to lay down their weapons and surrender.

The rebel soldiers were killing with bloodshot eyes and showed no mercy to the Guard Corps grandees shouting "We surrender!" Only when Zhemile personally intervened to restrain them did the slaughter stop.

By then, the Guard Corps, which had numbered over ten thousand, had been reduced to around seven thousand. Koja and the other senior officers had all been hacked to death amid the chaos.

Zhemile left some soldiers to guard the prisoners, then led the main force straight into Tunisia City while their momentum held.

The prosperous Tunisian capital soon fell under rebel control. The Guard Corps in the city had long since fled. The native residents streamed into the streets, cheering loudly for the rebels in celebration.

Soon, several thousand rebel soldiers had surrounded Kashir Palace. Zhemile charged straight inside with his officers and the leaders of the native tribes.

Protected by Prosper and the other Police Intelligence Division agents, Haji came trembling to the palace entrance. Before he could say anything, the rebel soldiers'