Chapter 686: Soldiers Arrive in Isfahan
After capturing Yazd, Dolgon did not order the army to continue to approach Isfahan, the capital of the Persian Empire, but let the army rest in Yazd for a day, after all, the army attacked the Kur fortress and Yazd for a day and a night, and the people were sleepy. Isfahan is the capital of the Persian Empire, and a large number of troops must have been gathered at this time, although Dolgon does not take the Persian army in his eyes, but the lion fights the rabbit and still does his best, and the battle of Isfahan will be related to the Persian Empire and the Ming army of the Qing Dynasty, and there can be no carelessness.
Dorgon wanted to keep his Qing army in the best possible condition for the final decisive battle between Isfahan and the Persian Empire.
Just when the Qing army decided to temporarily rest in Yazd, the news of the fall of the Kur fortress and Yazd reached Isfahan, the Persian emperor was shocked, the Persian ministers were shocked, the halal elders were shocked, and the people of the imperial capital Persia were also in chaos.
"Bastard! Bastard! Smack"
"Waste, two waste! 110,000 troops, only one day and one night for the Qing army to capture the Kur fortress and Yazd! The Persian emperor scolded and threw several fine porcelain.
The Persian emperor never thought that the Qing army would be so powerful, he was angry and his heart was full of fear, this time the Qing army was obviously coming to destroy his Persian Empire, it was impossible to negotiate peace, he was the emperor of the Persian Empire, once the empire was not guaranteed, his life would not exist.
"Nope! The empire must not perish! The Persian Emperor roared. He is the emperor of Persia, the king of kings, how can he die if he has not enjoyed enough!
The Persian emperor summoned his Persian ministers to discuss strategies to defend against the Qing army, and ordered the legions still on the road to speed up their convergence to the imperial capital.
When the Persian emperor tried everything to keep the Persian Empire, no one expected that in the largest mosque in Isfahan, seven of the most prestigious halal elders of the Persian Empire gathered here, and they were also discussing the imminent killing of Isfahan by the Qing army.
"The Manchus are now also the people of Allah, we should not favor one over the other, Your Majesty has been too incompetent over the years, has lost consecutive wars with the Ottoman Empire, and is now forced to perish by the Manchus, too incompetent, I think he is no longer suitable to continue to be the emperor of Persia." An elder said indifferently, as if he wanted to decide the fate of the Persian Emperor with one word.
"Well, that's exactly how it should be! We need a strong king to defeat the Ottoman Turks! The other elder nodded in agreement.
Although the Ottoman Turkish Empire also believed in halal, it was not a faction with them, they were different in philosophy, and they could not coexist with each other, so it can be said that the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire were like an undying feud, one of them had to be completely defeated or even destroyed.
The Ottoman Empire was in full swing, and the Persian Empire had lost large swaths of land one after another, and the halal elders of the Persian Empire were already disillusioned with the current Persian Empire, and urgently needed to support another talented king.
If Dolgon did not take the lead in bringing the Manchus to convert to Halal, even if Dolgon and the Qing army were strong, these elders would not give in, but Dolgon converted to Halal in the largest mosque in Murkala two years ago and became a child of Allah, so in the eyes of several elders, he can naturally be regarded as his own person.
"Isfahan is the final test for the Manchus, and if they can attack Isfahan, then we will step forward to support them in ruling Persia." In the end, several halal elders unanimously decided.
In other words, they wanted to stay out of the matter, let the Persian emperor and the Manchus fight, and in the end they would support whoever wins, and in any case, the final victorious side needs their nod if they want to rule the Persian Empire.
The Persian emperor had no idea that he had been abandoned by the elders on whom he had relied so much.
Under the strict orders of the Persian Emperor, the legions that had not yet come to Isfahan traveled day and night, and finally, on the day that the Manchus began to attack Isfahan from Yazd, all the main Persian legions gathered in Isfahan.
Isfahan's Persian army numbered 320,000 men, which was almost all the Persian Empire could have gathered at present.
Although it seems that the number of the Persian army is tens of thousands more than that of the Qing army, neither the Persian emperor nor the Persian ministers are sure of victory, and they are just fighting to the death.
After resting for a day and a night in Yazd, the Qing army, which had recovered both mentally and physically, began to pounce on Isfahan.
Due to the loss of Yazd, there was no place on the road to Isfahan that could stop the Qing army, and even if there were, it was only a few small castles, but in the face of the Qing army, it was like a flat boat in the sea, which could be capsized at any time.
In half a day, the Qing army even took down three castles blocking the road.
The Qing army was getting closer and closer, and the news continued to spread to Isfahan, which made the Persian emperor sweat.
"Boom" The Qing army's iron horses galloped, and the dust and smoke produced by the galloping horses covered the sky.
"Regent, Isfahan is still forty miles away!" A Qing scout came to report in front of Dolgon.
"Is there a Persian castle in the way?" Dorgon asked indifferently.
"Back to the regent, there is a small castle with a population of thousands twenty miles away!" The scout replied.
Dolgon nodded, his pupils flashing with murderous intent, and ordered: "Order, step through that little castle, and come to Isfahan!" ”
"Wow!"
More than 250,000 Qing troops marched mightily, and after breaking through the last small Persian castle that stood in the way, they gradually approached the city of Isfahan, the imperial capital of the Persian Empire, with overwhelming coercion.
Isfahan City, not only the thousand-year-old capital of Persia, but also the largest castle in Persia, the loss of Isfahan almost represents the end of the Persian Empire, for the survival of the Persian Empire, the Persian Emperor tried every means to defend the city, and even assigned one of his most trusted generals to command the 320,000 Persian legions defending the imperial capital.
Dust and smoke rose everywhere, and the sound of rumbling war horses galloping.
With the appearance of a green dragon flag, the white flag of the Manchurian Eight Banners wearing white armor appeared first, followed by other tens of thousands of Manchu Eight Banners, more than 100,000 servant cavalry, 15,000 all-firearms Dragon Breaking Army, and 70,000 Persian Banner infantry appeared one after another.
More than 250,000 Qing troops finally arrived at the city of Isfahan at this moment.
The most important decisive battle between the Persian Empire and the Manchu Qing is about to begin, both sides have dispatched all the troops that can be mobilized, this is a decisive battle between the two sides, the Persian Empire is defeated, the Persian Empire is defeated, and the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will delay the real rise of the Qing Dynasty for a few more years, and for the Manchus, the Ming Dynasty has pushed the border to their eastern grasslands, once they lose a few more years, they have no confidence to compete with the Ming, and the end is not much better than destruction.
Therefore, neither the Persian Emperor nor Dorgon could tolerate their own defeat.