Chapter 703: The Great Qing Empire in the Middle East
Dolgon didn't know that the Ottoman commander didn't really want to share the Persian Empire with him, and the reason why he opened his mouth and proposed half of it was actually for bargaining, however, Dolgon was too lazy to bargain, and directly said his bottom line in one bite, this big war, after all, the Qing Dynasty had the advantage, although he also wanted to preserve more strength, and he didn't want the Eight Banners to suffer too many casualties, but he didn't need to make too many compromises.
Ten castles?
The two Ottoman guards looked at each other, they were not stupid, and they could see that Dorgon would not let them continue to bargain!
"Honorable king, we will convey your meaning to our marshal, our marshal said, if the war is stopped, it will be the horn of retreat!" As he spoke, the two guards turned their horses' heads around, and went back to report to Gatjevic.
When Gatyivich received the news that the two guards had brought back, he was silent for a while. Dolgon's bottom line was not unexpected, and the ten castles were also his final bottom line, and he didn't expect Dolgon to be able to determine his final bottom line in one bite.
"To be able to defeat Kegrid in one battle, and to destroy the Persian Empire two years later, the wisdom of this Manchurian commander is not low!" Getivich muttered, feeling a lot of pressure in his heart, the pressure brought to him by Dorgon was much greater than that of Kgrid, and he was a little unable to conclude that this strike with the Manchus was right or wrong for the Empire, and what it would bring to the Empire in the future!
"Order, retire!" Gatjevich finally raised his hand and ordered.
"Woo woo" the Ottoman horn blew twice.
On the opposite side, in the rear of the Qing army, when Dolgon heard it, he also ordered the horn to be sounded.
Hearing the response, the trumpets of the Ottoman Empire continued to blow, and so did the Manchurians.
The horn of the retreat sounded throughout the battlefield, and all the soldiers on both sides stopped in unison, and in a moment, the Ottoman soldiers and the Qing soldiers withdrew from the battlefield at the same time, retreating towards their own camp.
The first great battle between the Manchus and the Ottoman Empire ended in a nominal tie and each of them dismissed their troops!
In the end, the Ottoman Empire got ten castles on the western border of the Persian Empire, two of which were border cities, which were important towns to resist the Ottoman army.
On the way back to Isfahan, Dolgon was depressed. He felt a lot of shame to say that it was the first time that he had been so preyed upon in so many years of fighting, but he believed that this was all temporary, and when he stabilized the political situation, fully integrated the newly conquered territory, and raised the Eight Banners, he would still seek back the shame from the Ottoman Empire.
The troops withdrew back to Isfahan, and the Persian nobles, led by several halal elders, came to meet Dolgon and the Qing army.
Several halal elders were extremely satisfied with the performance of Dolgon and the Qing army, and even more convinced that Dolgon was the king who could lead the Persian and Ottoman Empire to fight, and fully agreed with the status of Dolgon and the Manchus.
Immediately, with the support of the mosque, the cities of Persia surrendered to the Manchus.
In less than ten days, the territory of the entire Persian Empire, except for the ten castles occupied by the Ottoman army, were all included in the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty nearly doubled, becoming a great empire spanning thousands of miles from the Ming Dynasty in the east, the Kazakh Khanate in the north, the Ottoman Empire in the west, and the Mughal Empire in the south, with a population of 20 million.
On August 10, the Qing Emperor Fulin and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang arrived in Isfahan under the escort of thousands of Eight Banners.
On August 15, under the auspices of the Grand Elder of the largest mosque in Isfahan and other mosque elders, Dolgon and Fulin, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and many Manchu generals changed into the unique costumes of the Halal sect and received the instructions of Allah at the Isfahan Palace, and the Grand Elder crowned Fulin, succeeded to the throne of kings, and officially recognized the Manchu dominance over Persia.
Fulin is the emperor of the Qing Empire, Dolgon is the regent of the imperial father of the Qing Empire, and the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang Da Yuer is the empress dowager.
The Qing Empire was still dominated by Dolgon.
The Qing Empire was truly based in the Middle East and became one of the two great powers in the Middle East alongside the Ottoman Empire.
"Allah forbid, crowning is complete!" With the announcement of the Great Elder, the coronation ceremony was completed.
From the moment he stood up on his knees, Dorgon's heart fluctuated greatly, and his face was full of coldness, and anyone who knew him well could see that he was extremely uncomfortable.
Isn't it, Dolgon describes himself as a man of great talent, and the king is supposed to be the one who dares to disobey the world, but today, he has to be crowned by others to become a king, which is very different from the real king in his mind.
Then there was the robe and the turban on his head, which undoubtedly made him uncomfortable as well.
Dolgon had ostensibly converted to Halal, but in his heart would he have believed it?
As a king, a king who is now in his forties, he has been influenced by the Han culture of the Central Plains, and has also learned a lot of Han culture in the Central Plains. But that's it, Dolgon didn't believe in Buddhism either, and now let him convert to halal?
Hehe! Dolgon's heart was chilling, and the Buddha would not at least want to crown him before admitting that he was king.
Dolgon's pupils were filled with murderous intent, wait, when he completely controlled all the power of this land, then he would definitely explain what the real king was who dared not disobey, and anyone who dared to oppose him would be the object of his eradication, even the so-called true god could not stop it.
"Next, it's time to exchange for the 200,000 clansmen who are still in Daming!" Dolgon said to himself.
As he made his decision, Dolgon's heart was bleeding.
100,000,000,000 taels of silver! This will almost empty out all the wealth obtained by the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Persian Empire, and after paying such a price, even if the Persian Empire is annexed, it will not be able to improve the strength of the Qing Dynasty much in the short term, but the return of 200,000 ethnic groups will restore the size of the ethnic group to more than 800,000 people, which will be a qualitative change for the Eight Banners.
After all, the Eight Banners are the core of the Qing Dynasty's rule, as long as the strength of the Eight Banners goes up, the Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire will be the targets of the Qing Dynasty's future attacks.
Thinking of this, Dolgon's expression was full of infinite firmness, and he returned to Manchuria, and then defeated the Ming Dynasty, and ruled the Central Plains is his highest pursuit of Dolgon, he was defeated twice in the hands of Zhu Cijiao, but he still thinks that his talent is probably not lost to anyone, let alone Zhu Cijiao, he firmly believes that next time he will not be defeated again!
Da Ming, Zhu Cihe, wait!