Less than a hundred miles west of Kandahar, the camp of the Persian Safavid Empire.

Sultan, the Imperial Minister of War, was pacing back and forth in the tent, his face full of anxiety.

He was afraid, he was really afraid, the Ming Empire was one of the few powerful countries in the world today, a huge country like the Mughal Empire, it didn't even last a year in front of them, and it was extinguished!

The Persian Safavid Empire was stronger than the Mughal Empire, but it was not strong enough to crush them, and the Mughal Empire even used its numerical advantage to defeat the Persian Safavid Empire several times.

It can be said that the Persian Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire are completely opponents of the same level, and in the face of the Ming Empire, which can easily destroy the Mughal Empire, how can Sultan not be afraid.

He really wanted to withdraw his troops, but he didn't dare to go back so quickly, because he had made a terrible excuse for sending troops this time.

That is, according to reports, the Ming Empire gathered more than 200,000 troops on the Kandahar line, preparing to attack the Persian Safavid Empire, occupy the Aral Sea coast, and open up the Eurasian Railway.

This is a typical lie about the military situation, in order to fulfill the lie, he must make an appearance, if he just ran over a few days and then withdrew, the prime minister will definitely be suspicious.

That old thing is not easy to fool, let him know that he accepted a bribe from the Earl of Trafford and sent troops to provoke the Ming Empire, the Earl of Trafford is fine, he is absolutely dead!

Therefore, no matter what, he also has to pretend to be like a great enemy, and stay here for a month, and then he can go back and say that the Ming Empire feels that there is no opportunity to take advantage of it and retreats.

In this way, not only will he not be cleaned up, but he will also be able to cheat a little credit.

As the saying goes, whatever you are afraid of comes, he is worried all day long, for fear that the Ming Empire will gather an army to clean him up, but the Ming Empire has really gathered an army and is ready to clean him up.

Moreover, not only did the Ming Empire gather a large army, but their old rival, the Ottoman Empire, also gathered a large army.

Just as he was pacing back and forth in the tent, he remembered a rush of horses' hooves outside the tent, and soon a scout horse appeared outside the tent, and the scout on the horse directly turned over and dismounted, ran into the tent, knelt on one knee and gasped: "Report, Lord Sultan, two large camps of the Ming army suddenly appeared outside Kandahar City. “

Sultan chuckled in his heart and asked, "Not before?" “

The scout replied, "Not yesterday." “

Sultan asked, "On how large?" “

The scout replied: "The scale is too big to see the end at a glance, but the sun and moon dragon flags have been erected in the camp, and the moon is full and the sun is missing, it should be two third-class legions." “

The third-class legion of the Ming Empire is also stronger than the army under his command, and Sultan's frightened cold sweat broke out.

Kandahar originally had a first-class legion of the Ming Empire, and now there are two third-class legions, so doesn't it mean that the Ming army in Kandahar has reached a terrifying 300,000!

This is a big trouble, and the crime of lying about the military situation can be exempted, but if the Ming army rushes over, it will be more serious than lying about the military situation.

Just as he was panicking, he remembered the sound of horses' hooves outside the tent again, but this time the sound of horses' hooves was more dense, and it was obviously not one or two horses.

Soon, a Sudur hurriedly walked in and said, "Lord Sultan, Tabriz is besieged by the Ottoman army, and Lord Bunqi asked me to ask you, can you send some troops here to support?" “

This Sudur is a position in the Safavid Empire of Persia, which is roughly equivalent to the eunuchs of the Ming Empire, who are not eunuchs, but are also responsible for conveying the emperor's will.

Now that the old emperor Safi has died, the little emperor Abbas is still unable to govern, and the military and political power is under the control of the big vizier, that is, the prime minister Bunqi, so this Sudur is now giving a message to the prime minister.

If Sudur had asked a few days earlier, Sultan really didn't know how to answer.

If you easily agree to transfer troops to support, it is very likely that you will be suspected by the Prime Minister, you said that the Ming Empire has gathered more than 200,000 troops to attack us, and now you can still send troops to support, do you think that our army is stronger than the army of the Ming Empire?

If he didn't agree to send troops to support, then he really didn't dare, if Tabriz was lost because of his lies, then the prime minister would have to skin him.

Now he didn't have to lie, because the Ming army had gathered more than 200,000 troops in Kandahar, but 300,000.

He said with mixed feelings: "I can't send troops to support Tabriz now, according to the latest report, the Ming army has gathered more than 300,000 troops in Kandahar, and I still want Lord Qiqi to send troops to support me." “

When Sudur heard this, he said in a panic: "Lord Sultan, what should I do, the Ottoman Empire has gathered 200,000 troops to storm Tabriz this time, if there are no reinforcements, Tabriz will probably not be able to hold it!" “

When Sultan heard this, his legs were weak and he almost fell to the ground, is the Ottoman Empire crazy? Unexpectedly, 200,000 troops were gathered to storm Tabriz!

He still knows how many troops the Ottoman Empire can muster, which is tantamount to attacking with all its might.

He really guessed correctly, Suleiman did have a bit of an intention to attack, and after he learned in detail about the intentions of the Ming Empire, he immediately found that this was a good opportunity, an opportunity to show his military talent!

Although he pretended to be a Pasha, he had never led a leader to fight, and he was indeed not very good at military talent, but his ability to grasp the opportunity was super strong, how could he let go of such a great opportunity to perform.

Therefore, he directly mobilized all his connections, urgently gathered an army of 200,000, and personally led the army, all the way to Tabriz, the western important town of the Persian Safavid Empire.

When he came to Tabriz, he didn't care about anything, and directly ordered: surround and storm!

His idea is very simple, anyway, the 200,000 main forces of the Persian Sawifa Empire are confronting the Ming army in Kandahar, and it is impossible for them to organize 200,000 troops to Tabriz to support, this Tabriz can be captured and captured, and it is okay if it can't be captured, as long as the Ming Empire sees that it has contributed.

Anyway, this time I won, I have shown such a positive attitude, with the generous temperament of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, I can definitely get a lot of benefits.

This inexplicable great war of the Safavid Empire in Persia was a good opportunity for Suleiman to perform, but it was a disaster for Sultan.

Sultan didn't realize at this time that it was precisely because he was tempted by the Earl of Trafford to lead an army to provoke the tiger whiskers of the Ming Empire, which caused the anger of the Chongzheng Emperor of the Ming Empire, which caused the crisis of the Persian Safavid Empire today.

This is completely Richelieu using them to disperse the forces of the Ming Empire, and he has been tricked like a clown without knowing it.

Originally, if the Persian Safavid Empire had honestly agreed to the transit of the Eurasian Railway built by the Ming Empire, not only would they not have done anything, but they would also have gained huge benefits from it.

Well, now a good thing, he played a farce, the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire both shot, this farce, I am afraid that it will eventually turn into a tragedy, a tragedy of destroying the country!