Chapter 58 The lingering voice of the hero
In fact, the Prophet *** has long said that after him, there will be no other prophets.
Probably to avoid it. Just like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, you, the heavenly father, come to me, and I, the god, descend to earth at every turn. engage in political struggle among themselves. Now what Timur has done is obviously beyond.
But Timur didn't care.
During this period of time, Timur was wandering between life and death. In history, Tamerlane's lifespan also came to an end in these few years.
Between life and death, Timur had been thinking about how to deal with King Yan.
After several duels with King Yan, Timur felt that although he had made some mistakes in many things, if he could turn back time and ask him to do it again, he would not be able to do better.
It's not that Timur didn't do well enough. But the difference in strength is too big.
No matter how many chips Timur pressed, it would be impossible to break through King Yan's fire cannon array head-on. He even made a lot of compromises to attract the power of the ***. But the fanaticism of these believers is not as high as the high temperature of gunpowder.
Timur didn't know what to do.
But now the endgame is going to end for Timur too. Otherwise, his life and the life of his family will be lost.
Timur woke up from the moment of life and death, saw the current situation, and confirmed his thoughts.
He can't let go. Once he lets go, everything will cease to exist.
Therefore, he can only give confidence to the people below in the name of ***.
Timur looked at the people around him and said: "The *** told me that the reason why Ming people are so powerful is that there are evil spirits behind them. So he came to tell me to fight against Ming people resolutely and launch a holy war." .”
If possible, Tamerlane would not want to mention this thing.
Christianity is a combination of politics and religion. Has a strong political influence. As a king, Timur naturally had conflicts between royal power and divine power.
Recall the many things Timur did, such as establishing the largest seminary at the time and studying the Quran. It's hard to tell whether it's piety or wanting to keep the power of speech in one's own hands.
But now, Timur has no choice.
He must drag the war between him and King Yan into the war between the Arab world and King Yan.
Otherwise, he would not be able to take a breather. Otherwise, he would not be able to get all-round support from all over the country.
Of course, he still knows something about China and the Ming Dynasty.
After all, Mongolians and Han people are different.
The Mongols are nouveau riche and their cultural heritage is very shallow, almost non-existent.
Therefore, the Mongols who followed the rise of Genghis Khan were easily confused by various religions. It's not just Christianity. And Christianity. The kings of the East who were defeated by Kublai Khan were all Christians.
Timur believed in Christianity, which was even an important condition for his rise. But it is very likely that King Yan will not choose this way.
Of course, Timur doesn't care what King Yan chooses. What he wants first is to limit King Yan's options. Denied the possibility of King Yan converting to Christianity.
That is to wage jihad.
Expel Akito.
It's just that in this way, Tamerlane will always bow before the divine power in the future. Although he didn't want to do this, Timur had no choice.
As soon as these words came out, the generals below shouted holy war, holy war.
Timur immediately issued an order to convey this order to various places, urging them to launch jihad. Every citizen of *** must participate.
So someone below asked: "Should we attack immediately?"
Timur shook his head and said: "We must fight the Ming people to the end. But not now. In the previous war, we fought against the Ming people and suffered heavy losses. *** Promise me a piece of promised land, let Let’s recuperate and fight Akito again in the future.”
"This promised land is in the southeast."
The place Tamerlane was talking about was India.
To the south of Afghanistan is Pakistan, and Pakistan, originally
It is also part of India.
There is a road leading from Central Asia to India, and that is the Khyber Pass. The Indian region is geographically relatively isolated. There are high mountains in the north. It is difficult to enter, but this mountain pass is easy to pass.
What is even more bizarre is that India has been conquered by enemies from the northwest several times, but the Indians seem to have never thought of building a checkpoint or a Great Wall to block this gap.
And this mountain pass was originally under the control of the Timur Empire.
The founder of the Mughal Empire was Timur's grandson. It was after Timur's death that the Timur empire fell apart. Falling into civil war, the Mughals led their subordinates to conquer India through this mountain pass.
Now, Timur has made the same decision.
In fact, Timur visited India. Even south of the mountain pass, he had some subordinates. The reason why he did not continue southward and conquer India. It’s not that Timur didn’t want to.
But Timur's empire was too big.
Located in Central Asia, even part of it reaches Europe. There are enemies on all sides. It was difficult for Timur to concentrate his forces in one place, and the Indian subcontinent was too big.
If Timur wanted to conquer India, he had to focus on this. As for sending other generals to conquer. Over time, these troops will become the general's personal soldiers. This carries great political risks.
Naturally, Timur would not do this.
And, none of this is a problem anymore.
Timur will not attack King Yan. It's okay to say he's scared. Anyway, Timur was sure that he could not defeat King Yan, and it was impossible to return to the Asian capital he had established.
Naturally, he wanted to find a new way out.
When he launched a holy war, he naturally meant it sincerely.
On the one hand, it was to use holy war to restrain King Yan's hands and buy him a certain amount of time. Even if India is easy to fight, it will not be easy to defeat. It will take several years of fighting.
On the other hand, this is what Timur wants to counterattack.
Yes, as things stand now, Timur admits defeat. But just because he admitted defeat did not mean that he had given up and lost his fighting spirit.
Timur would have been defeated so easily.
He is no longer Tamerlane.
Jihad was a bargaining chip for him to use India's manpower and material resources to connect with the Arab world after conquering India. It was also a powerful weapon for him to counterattack King Yan.
The only thing that worries Timur is that he has clearly felt his weakness. He didn't know how long he had to live.
He may not see the time when he is fully prepared to counterattack King Yan and return to his Asian capital.
Therefore, he needs time to do one thing, and that is to determine his successor.
After his death, the Timur Empire remained undivided. This is the most important.
Before this, Timur did not need a prince. But now, he seems to be able to hear the knocking of death. He really needs a prince.
Timur made another great decision in a desperate situation.
Inspired by Timur's spirit, he brought more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, crossed the mountain pass and entered India. He summoned the old local troops and immediately marched eastward, defeating the army of tens of thousands of local Indian princes. Reoccupied Delhi.
They immediately divided their forces into four strategies, and within a year or two, with the help of local manpower and material resources, a powerful country was established, which was naturally incomparable to the original Timur Empire.
After all, Christianity entered India very early. It's been hundreds of years. The last time Timur came here was to defeat the Delhi Sultanate, but after the victory, he had wars in other areas, so he had to withdraw.
Just a few bridgeheads remain here in India.
Today, although Timur only has 10,000 or 20,000 people. After the Delhi Sultanate changed to a royal family. They also recovered some vitality and far exceeded Timur's troops in number.
But it still achieved the same result as last time.
Timur's only remaining tribesmen are all Timur's die-hard loyalists. The news of Timur's defeat has not yet been announced at this time.
There is news coming from the north. Timur took advantage of this moment to bluff. The Delhi Sultanate was made to think that there was a large army behind them, and the morale of the army was shattered.
Then he was defeated by Timur.
The only problem is that although Timur used India's manpower and material resources to quickly recover. All the people he brought were made Indian nobles. Many sepoys were recruited.
But how can the Indian soldiers compare with Timur's original soldiers.
Just like the generals Liu Bei lost in the Battle of Yiling, they were all the elites from all directions gathered within decades and were not owned by one state. And Timur lost his generals in the hands of King Yan, although he was beaten badly by King Yan. But compared to Indian soldiers, the same is true.
India's local manpower resources are very poor.
It seems that whoever comes to India will be assimilated by Indians. Became unable to fight.
The Delhi Sultanate was originally Turkic Arabs coming from Afghanistan. Now, he was defeated by Timur like chopping vegetables and melons. But Timur found it after searching. These people are already the most capable group of people in India.
As a result, Timur didn't know how to revive his army, regain his homeland, and return to his old capital.
He couldn't even think about defeating King Yan with these people in his hands.
It is estimated that fighting back was a dream that Timur could never achieve in his last career.
Of course, this is something to talk about later.
In order to prevent King Yan from knowing that he was in India, Timur blocked the northwest mountain pass. But he didn't know that India is a closed environment on land, but it is very open to the sea.
The news cannot be spread from the northwest mountain pass, but it can be spread from India to the Ming Dynasty, then from the Ming Dynasty to the Western Regions, and then from the Western Regions to the ears of King Yan.
Therefore, King Yan still learned about Timur's existence from the Ming Dynasty.
But that was already a matter of years later. King Yan also had many fights with the local Christian cult, and they managed to get along with each other even though there was no bloodshed. Know each other's thoughts.
This gives me the opportunity to put my mind elsewhere.
For example, tracking down Timur's whereabouts and driving him to death.
