763 Zhang Liang Xiao He

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"Dear Your Majesty, I come under the orders of our Majesty to bring a warning of doomsday!"

Upon hearing what the Mughal envoy said, Abbas II glanced at his prime minister, then looked at the Mughal envoy, sneered and said: "Why, you Shah Jahan can't take back Kandahar, so you are here to scaremonger. Do you think I'm too scared? If you have the ability, just bring troops to rob him!"

"Your Majesty has misunderstood!" Upon hearing this, the Mughal envoy quickly explained, "It is the devil from the east who has come and brought destruction."

"..." Abbas II couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this. After being stunned for a while, he asked curiously: "Devil from the East? What devil from the East?"

The Mughal envoy quickly explained: "It is the bandits from the Eastern Ming Dynasty who have invaded our Mughal Empire and have been heading west. Wherever they pass, not a blade of grass grows. We Mughals have suffered greatly from it. , I’m afraid it won’t be long before they reach Persia. Therefore, our Majesty specially sent me to warn Your Majesty as a precaution!”

"This is impossible!" The Persian Prime Minister Burj Khalifa immediately shook his head and said, "There has never been such a thing. What on earth are you Mughals doing?"

Before it happened, who would have thought that such a thing would happen!

However, Abbas II thought of something from the Mughal envoy's words, and was thinking without speaking.

When the Mughal envoy heard that Persia did not believe it, he became a little anxious and said quickly: "It is true. They are sweeping in from the direction of Dongwu. They are very ferocious and powerful, just like demons. Our Majesty was in a hurry before. The reason for withdrawing the troops is because of them. I didn’t expect that they are more powerful than demons. Therefore, our Majesty sent me to inform Your Majesty to be careful and alert."

Abbas II understood that the Ming people in the Far East were conquering the Mughal Empire. It was probably difficult for Shah Jahan to resist, so he wanted to show his favor and use all his strength to deal with the enemies in the east.

Thinking of this, he smiled. There is only a relationship of interest between countries.

Now that the Mughal Empire is encountering difficulties, if he does not take advantage of the opportunity, he will not be Abbas II.

So, he sneered and said: "I thank you Shah Jahan for your kindness. In this case, I will personally lead the troops and go hunting in Kandahar!"

Today's Kandahar, in Persian hands, lies on the border of the Mughal Empire. He wanted to lead troops to hunt, and the threat was obvious.

When the Mughal envoy heard this, he was stunned at first, and then hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this is very good. Our Majesty has said that as long as Persia sends troops to help us, Kabul and Lahore can be given to you."

"What?" Abbas II was very surprised when he heard this. The arrogant Shah Jahan actually wanted to cede territory to Persia. Was he really in danger of annihilating his country?

Otherwise, he couldn't figure out what Shah Jahan meant by taking the initiative to cede the western territory. You know, Kabul and Lahore were important cities of the Mughal Empire.

The Mughal envoy waited until this time and then took out Shah Jahan's credentials and presented them respectfully with both hands.

After a while, Abbas II's expression became serious after reading it. He forwarded Shah Jahan's credentials to his prime minister, but he immediately asked: "Tell me how powerful the Ming Dynasty thieves are. Don't exaggerate. I will decide whether to send troops or not!"

Yes, Shah Jahan felt that he could not win, so he asked Persia for help.

Abbas II obviously also understood this opponent and knew that Shah Jahan would not cede territory and ask for help if he had no other choice.

In history, the two families actually had this kind of relationship, the kind where they fell in love and killed each other.

The sister of the founding monarch of the Mughal Empire was rescued by the founding monarch of the Safavid dynasty and sent back to the Mughal Empire. There are also Mughal monarchs who suffered betrayal and fled to Persia to seek revenge with troops;

Of course, they also sent troops to each other to compete for important places such as Kandahar. Just like Shah Jahan and Abbas II.

At this time, the Mughal envoy asked the Persians about Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's bandits in detail, including their military strength and tactics.

Upon hearing this locust-like attack, especially when Shah Jahan was killed only in the areas around Delhi, Abbas II's expression became serious.

In fact, the ancestor of the Mughal Empire was Genghis Khan. The Mongol Empire's Western Expedition back then actually followed this locust-style approach, which was very difficult to deal with.

Moreover, at the time of the Mongol Empire's Western Expedition, there were no artillery, so it was generally difficult to attack fortified cities; however, today, the Ming Dynasty's bandits have artillery, and they are a threat to fortified cities.

If you want to eliminate the bandits this time, the surest way is to surround them on all sides with several times the force of the bandits to annihilate them. Otherwise, those thieves will run away without being defeated, causing endless harm.

Even if they only let some of them go, they will enslave the people and it will snowball again.

Abbas II weighed it in his mind, what would happen if Persia encountered such an enemy?

According to the words of the Mughal envoy, there are at least 50,000 elite thieves, and they are basically cavalry. Using this style of play, even if Persia can finally block it, people's livelihood will probably be greatly damaged!

With this in mind, he began to consider eliminating this scourge within the Mughal Empire so that it would not affect Persia.

After making up his mind, he did not show it. He first communicated clearly about the Mughal Empire's cession of territory to ensure that this benefit could be taken into his mouth.

Obviously, Shah Jahan was really anxious. Lahore was really sincere about ceding Kabul and only asked Persia to send troops as soon as possible.

At this time, Persia was relatively powerful and had concluded a peace agreement with its biggest enemy, the Ottoman Empire in the west, so it had no worries.

In fact, Abbas II also knew that there was a struggle for power within the Ottoman Empire, and it was impossible to tear up the agreement and launch a war against Persia.

Therefore, the Persian Empire took advantage of this rare opportunity to annex the important western towns of the Mughal Empire. It also maintained a geographical advantage over the Mughal Empire and firmly suppressed the Mughal Empire.

Of course, preventing Ming disaster from happening outside the country is also one of the purposes of sending troops.

Based on these reasons, Abbas II finally decided to send troops after discussing with his ministers.

However, even if troops were to be dispatched, especially large armies, it would not be possible in a short while.

We need to mobilize troops and raise food and fodder. Especially this time, we have to accept two important towns, so there are more things to do.

But no matter what, the Mughal envoy got the exact news and immediately rushed back to Delhi to report the results to Shah Jahan.

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Besides, Li Zicheng, with the assistance of Song Yingxing and others, began to pay attention to winning people's hearts and establishing his basic base.

Some of the civilians coerced by the army eventually became old thieves in the army. Li Zicheng paid great attention to winning the hearts and minds of these people, and he did not hesitate to reward them, and tied them firmly to his chariot.

By the time Li Zicheng was able to threaten Delhi, nearly half of the old thieves in his army were from the former Mughal Empire.

"General, this is really a treasure land!" Niu Jinxing had a lot of wrinkles on his face, but they were all cracked at this time, as if he was smiling. He was saying to Li Zicheng: "This way, the land is fertile, even It’s better than ours in the Central Plains. As long as you work hard, this land can support many people!”

Speaking of this, he said with emotion: "It's just that I found that people here are relatively lazy."

At this point, Niu Jinxing shook his head and sighed.

After hearing what he said, Song Xiance also said to Li Zicheng: "This Mughal court is very militaristic and exploits the people a lot. It's because the land here is fertile, unlike ours, where a large number of people will starve to death. Otherwise, a lot of people will starve to death." , it is impossible for this court to survive for such a long time.”

At this point, he laughed and continued: "We are right. As long as there is food, there will be soldiers. The Mughal court is still using the Mongolian tactics. Now it has lost the people's support. It should be Let this land change its owner!"

Li Zicheng felt that the wrinkles on his face suddenly disappeared a lot, and he immediately said with a smile: "Thanks to you two, I have Zhang Liang and Xiao He!"

At this point, he also said with some confusion: "I don't know what the Mughal court here thinks, but it is not governed by civilian officials! Could it be that they think that warriors can last long?"

You can only conquer the world immediately, and you can rule the world only by dismounting! This is almost common sense to them. Therefore, Li Zicheng was very surprised.

After hearing this, Song Xiance said to him: "General, I feel that this land is too fertile. When the general becomes the master of this land, I have three strategies to make the general become the owner of this land through the ages. Mingjun!"

When Niu Jinxing heard this, he quickly followed up with suggestions and suggestions. It was nothing more than applying some of the experience of the Central Plains Dynasty here.

Suddenly, what you said and what I said in the lobby made Li Zicheng feel happy and his face was filled with smiles.

But after a while, Li Zicheng's smile suddenly disappeared and he frowned.

Seeing this situation, Niu Jinxing asked carefully: "Is the general worried?"

Li Zicheng nodded after hearing this and said seriously: "I already know the details of the Mughal court. They are just like local chickens and dogs. But Zhang Xianzhong is also developing rapidly here, and Xu Yixian is also helping him. What a serious problem!"

There had actually been some thoughts here before, but Zhang Xianzhong was obviously very alert and didn't believe the oath he made before setting off from Yunnan at all, so he ran away immediately.

In the past, Li Zicheng was stronger in terms of overall strength. But now in this treasure land, the forces of both parties are developing very rapidly. If this continues, it will be hard to say who is stronger and who is weaker.

When he just said these words, he saw his general Liu Zongmin hurriedly entered.