Chapter 1366: The Rebellion of Qajar
"You, are you going to betray the caliphate, the prophet will punish you......"
The eunuch Haji's intimidation only had time to protrude halfway, and Qajar's knife had already stabbed Haji in the stomach, and then slashed horizontally, and the sharp blade easily cut open his belly, and the intestines were instantly squeezed out of it, and a large pool of red and yellow with a disgusting stench fell all over the ground.
Haji was so frightened by the horrific scene that he even forgot about the pain in his body and watched in horror at the strange scene that was happening in his body.
"This, this...... How is this possible?"
His first reaction after realizing it was to lean down to pick up the intestines, intending to stuff them back into his stomach, but the severe pain in his body and the loss of life caused him to fall to the ground in the next second.
The eunuch who was originally jumping around and commanding was unconscious.
Khazar kicked Haji twice in the head, and although the donkey was not dead for a while, it was only a matter of time before he was sent to hell.
Without waiting for the surrounding to react, Qajar grabbed Haji's blood-stained hair, and then lifted the scimitar and slashed lightly between Haji's neck, and a bloody head was already in his hand.
"In the name of the caliphate, the eunuchs intended to burn Ctesiphon and force everyone to move the capital, so as to usurp the power of the caliph, and now, I hope that all those who are effectively loyal to the caliph will stand up, kill all the eunuchs, and rescue the caliph!"
It is not a matter of a day or two for eunuchs to jump up and down in and out of the court in the name of the caliphate, this is a fact that everyone knows, especially in recent months, Mansur has rarely appeared in public, and even rumors inside and outside the court that Mansur is dead.
Fortunately, those are rumors, not true. But this time, the strangeness of the fire of Ctesiphon, coupled with the fact that those eunuchs jumped up and down to move the capital, and most of them were reluctant or even opposed, so that all kinds of connections made it seem that the truth is about to come out.
Of course, Qajar would not be naïve to think that the caliph had been deceived by the eunuchs to do foolish things.
But he was clever enough not to point the finger at the caliph, but to poke at the eunuchs around the caliph, so that those who were skeptical or hesitant would naturally stand on his side and oppose the relocation of the capital in the name of killing the eunuchs.
In fact, the relocation of the capital has harmed the interests of the vast majority of people, and it is natural for these people to stand up and oppose it openly or implicitly in order to protect their own vested interests.
It's just that this time the arson of the city to force people to move the capital is a bit too much, and it is inevitable that there will be no further contradictions in the plan.
It was precisely when Qajar keenly smelled the opportunity that he made a decisive move when Haji was showing off his might.
Now, in the name of firefighting, people can unite people's hearts, and there is no need for anyone to persuade the organization, and those whose homes have been swept away by the fire, or who are about to be burned down, have taken the initiative to stand up and join the firefighting army.
This time, Khazar had to recruit not only slaves, but also young men from all over the city.
After killing Haji, at least half of his mind was not on fighting fires.
In Qajar's view, it was no longer important whether the fire of Ctesiphon could be extinguished or not, but the important thing was that the account would be credited to the caliph, and he himself won the hearts of the people, and a large number of elite forces were justifiably requisitioned, and when the time came, as long as the weapons were issued, it would be an army that could go out to fight.
Mansur, Ahmadsour, you are a hero, but you didn't expect to end up in the hands of eunuchs.
The eunuchs are indeed loyal to Mansur, and it is easy for them to usurp the throne and kill the king, but most of them are greedy and incompetent, and it is not easy to succeed with these people, but there are ten failures.
The fire was blazing in the distance, and Khazar had some embarrassing thoughts.
Soon, Qajar made a decisive decision, and ordered his own tribal private soldiers as the backbone, and then 2,000 slaves who distributed weapons to the palace in the name of rescuing the caliph.
At this time, Khazar did not know that Mansur was not in the palace, and he slowly followed behind with his personal guards.
The palace was located on a high ground northeast of the city of Ctesiphon, and a canal was drawn from the Tigris River as a moat, so it was impossible for the fire to spread to the palace.
While the city was in chaos, the palace was unusually calm inside and outside, and when a large number of armed slaves rushed to the palace gate, the Praetorian Guards who guarded the gate even thought that these slaves were taking advantage of the chaos to rebel.
The Praetorian Guards on the palace walls did not wait for them to make further moves, and they never showed mercy on the rebels, not to mention that the Caliph had prepared for rebellion since he temporarily changed their guards.
After all, the slaves are a rabble, not soldiers of a hundred battles tempered by training and war, and after a few rounds of arrows, they are completely disorganized, some turn around and try to flee for their lives, and some lie on the ground and pretend to be dead......
Qajar, who was far behind, was angry when he saw this situation, slaves are slaves, and they don't even have the courage to fight hard, do they want to be this despicable person all their lives?
Know that it is possible to go to hell forever with blood on your hands, but at the same time it is possible to regain your life and freedom.
For the sake of freedom, for the sake of a lifetime of wealth, don't you even have the courage to fight hard?
Angry to angry, Khazar knew that he had no way out, and at this time he had to stand up.
He came to the palace gate, escorted by private soldiers, stopped a stone's throw away, and then shouted loudly to the palace wall:
"I am the Prince of Qajar, the eunuchs falsely spread the caliph's will to set fire to the rebellion in Ctesiphon, I have killed the eunuchs who rebelled on behalf of the caliph, and now I have come to the palace to save the caliph! If you are still loyal to the caliph, open the palace gate quickly, otherwise the eunuchs may ...... the caliph at any time."
The Praetorian guards guarding the palace gate are all descendants of the caliph, and they will never leave their posts without receiving an order, let alone open the palace gate with just a few words from Qajar.
But since it was Prince Qajar on the other side, the commander guarding the door did not dare to order to shoot easily, so he responded:
"The fire in the city will not spread to the palace, we will not and dare not open the palace gate without receiving an order, if His Royal Highness intends to meet the caliph, please wait until sunrise, and then someone will lead His Royal Highness into the palace......"
Qajar didn't expect these soldiers guarding the palace gate to be so stubborn, but they couldn't turn their faces immediately, so they resorted to coercion and temptation on the one hand, and ordered people to gather their strength as soon as possible and make the final preparations for storming the palace.
In any case, before dawn, the palace of Ctesiphon must be in his hands!