"Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry up!" On the rugged mountain road of Dongwu, a group of people was rushing. The leader, dressed as a vassal king, in his twenties, urged others to hurry up from time to time.
This vassal king is the prince Zhu Cizheng, born to Concubine Tian Guifei.
Emperor Chongzhen's previous decree was sent back to the country, which was for him to join the Mughals instead.
A few years ago, Zhu Cizheng was already prepared. Therefore, Zhu Cizheng joined the feudal clan and took with him the officials at all levels who had been recruited in the past few years. Thinking in his mind that when he arrived in the vassal state, he would be able to take sole control of the military and political power, he couldn't help but be excited. He wished he could grow wings and fly to the Mughals.
I just felt sorry for Concubine Tian, and she felt extremely reluctant to leave her son when she saw that she was going to travel far away. However, Zhu Cizheng didn't care that much. As soon as the decree arrived, I immediately took the train south, hurrying and hurrying, and finally I was almost there.
His officials were also excited at first. After all, they are not doing well in the country. However, following the prince and being able to guard one side has real power.
However, I didn't expect Zhu Cizheng to be so hasty that all of them, the literati, were as tired as dogs. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't regret it, and if they couldn't look forward to the good days in the future, some people would really give up.
After arriving in Dongwu, along the way, we saw a steady flow of materials being transported to the Mughals, as well as a steady flow of manpower, including civilians and soldiers. It can be seen from this that the Mughals are definitely going smoothly, which makes Zhu Cizheng even more anxious. He wishes he could become his father and follow his father to fight the Mughals and rule the world for himself.
At the same time, he was also a little proud. Because he is the current prince, he can directly apply for the Mughal vassal. There is no need for other vassal kings to compete for two places in the capital in order to get the legendary Buddhist kingdom.
Finally, Zhu Cizheng led his men to Bangladesh. After hearing the news, Zhang Huangyan rushed back from the west to greet him.
Zhang Huangyan was very happy about this, and someone who could help him finally came.
Therefore, as soon as he saw Zhu Cizheng, he quickly handed over local jurisdiction and lost all of Bengal to Zhu Cizheng.
Zhu Cizheng was very excited when he saw that it would be his own land in the future. While arranging his men to take over, he followed Zhang Huangyan to the west and continued to take over the city.
At this time, he was young, passionate, and ambitious. Although he saw that in these Mughal places, transportation basically relied on two legs, and the people looked like they were about to become black slaves, and they looked very backward at first glance, and there was no way to get along with them. Compared with Ming Dynasty, he was not disappointed. I feel that if my father is so powerful, I will definitely not be far behind.
According to the area designated by Emperor Chongzhen, Zhang Huangyan gathered his officials and led Zhu Cizheng westward to continue to hand over the local city.
When he arrived in the Arabahad area, which was half way to Delhi, where Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb had their decisive battle, Zhu Cizheng finally caught up with his father.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cixiang who was so hot that he said to him: "Your vassal state ends here. But if you work hard, you can continue to fight south, and those places will be yours."
Emperor Chongzhen attacked the Mughals mainly in the northern part of the Mughals, from west to east, and then from east to west. In fact, the Mughal territory at this time was basically in the north. The Deccan Peninsula in the south is still in the hands of other indigenous people. According to the original historical development, Aurangzeb would not go south to capture those territories until he became the emperor of the Mughal Empire.
When Zhu Cizheng heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. Along the way west, he had already seen that the area he would rule in the future was the largest vassal state among all the vassal kings in the past. Naturally, I would be even happier if I could go further south and expand territory for myself.
The father is here, attacking with overwhelming force. It can be seen that the fighting power of the indigenous people here is too weak. He had great confidence that he could win the southern territory.
After Emperor Chongzhen gave him some details on how to govern the place in the future, he asked him to busy himself with the affairs of his vassal state. Emperor Chongzhen himself continued to march westward and beat the Mughals, the lost dog.
At this time, Zhang Huangyan breathed a sigh of relief. He has already taken back all his subordinates who can take over the place. The emperor continues to conquer the city, and he doesn't have to worry about having no one available.
Thinking of this, he was very grateful to Zhu Cizheng for coming at such a timely time!
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As for the Mughals, Aurangzeb kept chasing Shah Jahan, denying him a chance to rest and reorganize his troops.
In this regard, Shah Jahan hated his "outstanding" son with all his heart. While cursing, he could only continue to flee westward. In the end, he had no choice and fled into the territory controlled by the Safavid dynasty. He bowed his head and surrendered to Abbas II. On easy terms, he just begged for protection.
Aurangzeb, who was chasing after him, after passing Delhi, already knew that all parts of the west were occupied by the Safavid dynasty. He was angry about this. Because, in his opinion, that is his territory.
However, before he could react, Odom had already caught up with him and reported to him the news that the Ming Emperor led hundreds of thousands of troops to massively attack the Mughals.
In order to exonerate himself, the Ming army claimed to have 500,000 troops, which he said was true.
Aurangzeb was certainly shocked when he heard this. Half a million horses came to attack, but he didn't have that many troops. But fortunately, he is really good at leading troops in war. He knows that when two armies are fighting, although the number of troops is an important factor, it is not the decisive factor.
For example, whether the troops are elite or not, as well as the commander's commanding ability, are also key factors in the outcome of a decisive battle.
Aurangzeb hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to continue westward to pursue Shah Jahan. For him, some of the land to the east can be lost, but Shah Jahan must die!
Of course, affected by this news, Aurangzeb also changed some strategies when he moved westward. He tried his best to avoid conflicts with the Safi Dynasty and sent an envoy to the Safi Dynasty. This envoy was none other than Odom, who had just escaped.
At this time, Lahore also belonged to the Safi dynasty. However, Abbas II was not in this border town, but in Kabul behind.
Odom knew that Aurangzeb was very anxious, so he had no choice but to risk his life and urge the Safi dynasty who led him to Kabul day and night.
To be honest, he started running in Dhaka, Bangladesh and never stopped. He was really exhausted!
In Kabul, Odom finally met Abbas II. At the same time, he also met Shah Jahan in the palace.
Seeing him coming on behalf of Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan became furious and wanted to kill him. The two of them had a violent quarrel, and were finally suppressed by Abbas II.
"Dear Your Majesty, we, the new Great Khan of the Mughal Empire, send you our greetings and are willing to make peace with the Safi Dynasty forever and share peace."
Hearing Odom's words, Shah Jahan, who was stopped by someone, jumped to his feet and yelled, "Who is the new Khan? He is not dead yet!"
At this time, Abbas II ordered Shah Jahan to be taken away and no longer allowed him to interfere with communication.
In fact, everyone knows that as long as Shah Jahan is here, there will definitely be a fuss if he meets Aurangzeb's envoy. And Abbas II wanted to make them cause a scene. Let both of them know the existence and threats of the other party. In this way, he can easily take the initiative in subsequent negotiations.
Abbas II was very clear about Odom's intention. Therefore, when he heard Odom speaking on behalf of Aurangzeb, Aurangzeb recognized that the land that had been occupied by the Safavid dynasty belonged to the Safavid dynasty. , the two countries were willing to conclude a peace agreement, but he was not surprised at all when he was asked to hand over Shah Jahan.
In this regard, Abbas II said to Odom: "What you said, Shah Jahan has already said it before. In addition, he also said that he would borrow troops from me to kill those who conspired to kill the king and kill his father. Son, promised to pay me an annual tribute of 100,000 sheep, 200,000 gold, silver, jewelry and other property. You said, after all, Shah Jahan was still the Great Khan of the Mughal Empire, and these promises he made ultimately represented the Mughals. Right?"
When Odom heard this, he immediately became anxious and said quickly: "Your Majesty, Shah Jahan is fatuous and incompetent, and has long been unpopular with the people. On the contrary, His Highness the Third Prince has the support of all people, and his ascension to the throne is in compliance with public opinion. Furthermore, Well, His Highness the Third Prince now has an army of 300,000 people, but Shah Jahan has nothing. Once His Majesty decides to help Shah Jahan, when the two countries are at war, people's livelihood will be miserable, and it will not be a blessing to the two countries!"
Having said this, he took a peek at Abbas II's face, and then quickly added: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince is also willing to give what Shah Jahan promised to give. Not only that, he is also willing to respect His Majesty as my brother forever. Repair it and never cheat!”
After hearing these hard and soft words from him, generally speaking, there is no need to think about it, it must be Aurangzeb's choice. After all, Shah Jahan was chased by Aurangzeb like a lost dog. This is a fact. A real fight between the Safi Dynasty and Aurangzeb was not what Abbas II expected.
For Abbas II, he was satisfied with annexing so many places in the western part of the Mughal Empire at once, and wanted to digest it first. And another very important point is that he is far away from home, and he is a little worried.
This worry does not mean that there will be rebellion in the country like the Mughals, but in the northwest of the Safavid dynasty, there is another empire that is eyeing it, which is the Ottoman Empire, the feud of the Persian Empire.
At this time, although the two countries had signed a treaty, he could guarantee that if the Ottoman Empire knew that its lord was absent for a long time, it would definitely invade the border.
However, for Abbas II, there was one more thing that he couldn't figure out. Therefore, I want to find out first before making a decision.
