Chapter 554: The Manchus and the Persian Empire

From the fifth year of Zhongxing to the seventh year of Zhongxing, the Ming Dynasty developed for two years, the reform measures were steadily implemented, and the Mongolian steppe was basically stable, and the large-scale assimilation of Mongolia was carried out in an orderly manner.

On the Central Asian side, it has been more than two years since the Manchus moved westward.

Northeast frontier of the Persian Empire.

Since Dolgon led the Manchus to defeat the Dzungar Khanate two years ago, destroyed the Kokand Khanate, and exchanged the steppes of the Kokand Khanate and the Bulha Khanate for a steppe close to the Persian Empire, the Manchus settled on the northeastern edge of the Persian Empire.

The Manchus moved westward, in addition to bringing more than 30,000 Manchu Qing young and strong Eight Banner Iron Cavalry, but also brought more than 500,000 Manchu old and weak women and children, although on the way to the west, some Manchu old and weak women and children died on the way to the west for various reasons, but in the end when the northeastern border of the Persian Empire settled in the steppe, the Manchus still had 500,000 old and weak women and children.

The population of 500,000 is not even the leader compared to the Persian Empire, which has a population of nearly 20 million, but in Central Asia it has basically caught up with the surrounding nomadic khanates, at least not much worse than the population of the Burraha Khanate.

For about a year after settling down, the Manchurians were extremely quiet, but a year later, when the Manchurian Eight Banners restored their 40,000 iron cavalry strength, the Manchurians' fangs also grew.

After a year of westward migration and settlement, the unprecedented unity of the Manchu people seems to have returned to the Nurhachi period.

However, Dolgon's situation is much better than Nurhachi's, at least the Manchurian population was less than 400,000 during the Nurhachi period, but at this moment, Dolgon has a population of 500,000 around him, and it is also the strength of 40,000 iron cavalry of the Eight Banners, and Dolgon has more than 30,000 excellent armors, whether it is the speed of the Manchurian youth and the various weapons of the Eight Banners, they are much stronger than those in the Nurhachi period.

In the next year, Dolgon led 40,000 Manchurian Eight Banners to the east and west, and in one year, he successively defeated the Bulha Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, and the Kokand Khanate, which was destroyed when moving westward, and the Manchus unified the three khanates in the northeast of the Persian Empire, and rebuilt the Qing Dynasty.

By the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty, although Dolgon still had only 40,000 Manchu Eight Banners in his hands, there were nearly 80,000 servant troops composed of the remnants of the original three khanates.

The nomads were originally respected by the strong, and the Manchus moved westward, but with only 40,000 iron horses, they broke through the three khanates in less than two years and unified this steppe.

There are nearly 120,000 iron horsemen in Dolgon's hands!

At this moment, Dolgon's eyes finally began to focus on the Safavid Persian Empire, which was close at hand.

The Safavid Persian Empire is an empire in the Middle East, and it is also an extremely powerful existence, with a population of no less than 25 million, and the Ottomans were defeated more than 20 years ago, but since the death of the old Safavid Emperor 20 years ago, the Safavid Persian Empire has fallen into a years-long royal war, and its national strength is declining day by day. The contemporary Persian emperor is a mediocre and incompetent person who only cares about pleasure, so that the Safavid Persian Empire has been defeated in successive battles under the attack of the Ottoman Turks in the West, and the battle of Baghdad a few years ago has buried hundreds of thousands of elites of the Safavid Persian Empire, and has successively lost Hamadan, Tabriz, and Baghdad and other rich places, and the Safavid Persian Empire has been greatly damaged since then, and officially entered the end of the dynasty, even if it is not many years away from the destruction in history.

It can be said that Dolgon took advantage of the current Safavid Persian Empire, and happened to take advantage of it, and it happened to be at a time when the Safavid Persian Empire began to decline in all directions.

At the beginning of the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty, Dolgon attacked the Persian Empire month by month, and from time to time he led tens of thousands of cavalry into the territory of the Persian Empire to plunder property, food and various materials.

In the past, only the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate bordered the border, and these two khanates had scarce weapons and no armor, and their strength was not strong, so it was not difficult for the Persian Empire to deal with it, but today, the Manchurian weapons and armor were excellent, and the three khanates were unified, and the strength was not much weaker than the original three khanates united, and the Persian Empire had just suffered a great injury, although there were 70,000 troops deployed on the border to defend, but unfortunately the 70,000 troops had to defend the border line for thousands of miles, and there was no Great Wall to rely on like the Ming Dynasty, It was extremely difficult to deal with the raids and plundering of Dolgon and other Manchurians.

In February, Dorgon led 60,000 cavalry directly into the territory of the Persian Empire for more than 300 miles.

"Kill!"

Jin Ge Iron Horse, full of people wielding cold and shining steel swords, galloped on war horses.

"Poof! Burst! "Many innocent people of the Persian Empire fell under the steel swords of the Man, their heads rolling off, and the earth was stained red with blood.

Dorgon led the people into a no-man's land, plundering everything they could, including women and people.

Dolgon was full of spirits, he seemed to see the days of the southern and northern wars with Nurha's Chifu Khan, at that time, Dajin, three thousand miles of territory, even the original Ming did not dare to respond to their full edge, how strong it was, when he was still young, he once thought that Dajin was the strongest country in the world.

Thinking of that year, Dolgon thought of the defeat a few years ago, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty after all, with a population of more than 100 million, once it is prosperous, it is also unstoppable, and the Qing Dynasty, which has laid a deep foundation between his father Khan and Huang Taiji, was controlled by him Dolgon at the peak, however, he did not go further under the leadership of his Dolgon, and even in order for the people to continue to survive, he had to move westward with his people, what a shame and decadence.

However, the Qing Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty, they are still the most brave and warlike soldiers in the world, the Ming Dynasty is relying on the strong advantage of firearms to defeat them, if there is no advantage of firearms, he believes that the Ming Dynasty is not their opponent of the Manchurians, looking at the Persia known as the empire at the moment, is it not the same as being killed by him into the territory as if no one is in the land, he believes that with his own strategy and the courage of the Manchus, it will not take him a few years to destroy the so-called Persian Empire, and take the Qing Dynasty and the people to occupy a prosperous land with a large population again.

The Qing Dynasty declined at its peak and had to move westward. The Ming Dynasty of the Central Plains can prosper in the hands of Zhu Cijiao, and after the Qing Dynasty moves westward, it will also rise again in the hands of his Dolgon, and it will be stronger than the original, and finally one day under his leadership to return to the Central Plains, and the Ming Dynasty will fight to the death again, he firmly believes that when the time comes, the Qing Dynasty will not be defeated again!