Chapter 1 Invasion of Isfahan Persia was forced to throw in the towel

On the Western Front, Ningde let the officers and soldiers simply celebrate the New Year, that is, after a few meals of wine and meat were open to eat and drink, the Third Cavalry Army began to advance towards Isfahan. On the way, they encountered several checkpoints and post stations set up by the Persian army, which were cleared and then their personnel were released. It was to ask them to go back and deliver the letter and put pressure on Abbas.

The Persian mission returned to Isfahan, reported the peace talks to Abbas and his ministers, and handed over to Abbas the agreement that had to be signed.

After reading the agreement, Abbas said angrily: "You bastards, have you been bought by the Ming army!" How can you sign such an agreement? ”

When the ministers heard the agreement, they all began to complain.

The envoy's heart was transparent, he knew that this was acceptable to Abbas, just for a show, and the responsibility for this traitor must be borne by himself. Those ministers are the same, let them go to peace talks, none of them go, they all know that if they sign an agreement, they will inevitably pay a price, and if they can't sign an agreement, the Ming army will fight over, and it is also a responsibility. When these ministers saw that they had signed the agreement, they naturally wanted to make a difficulty, so as to appear that they were very protective of the interests of the empire.

The envoys let Abbas and his ministers scold them like a storm, but they did not respond. When everyone said that they were tired, the envoy smiled and asked, "Your Majesty, have you finished scolding?" ”

"You, you!" Abbas didn't expect the envoy to do this, and said in his heart, even if you have to sign this agreement, you have to pretend to be a little guilty! I was so angry that I couldn't speak.

The ministers also knew that the envoy was going to speak, and they stopped talking.

Seeing that the envoy was silent, he smiled bitterly and asked, "I have a question for you, one is that we have ceded these places to ensure the peace of our empire; The second is that we will not cede these places, and when the Ming army hits us in Isfahan, which one do you choose? ”

The envoy glanced around and said, "There's still a choice." As long as we tear this agreement up, then it doesn't count. If you agree to cede these places, we will ask Your Majesty to sign and agree. However, I would also like to remind you that now the Ming army has begun to march towards us in Isfahan. They said that they would not stop attacking us in Isfahan until we signed the agreement and sent it to them. The agreement I signed is to give everyone a chance to choose. What to do, everyone see? ”

The special envoy is really powerful, and he does not make the decision whether he signs the agreement or not, and does not agree to cede land for peace. Seeing the performance of Abbas and the ministers, the envoy thought it was very funny, and now it was like slapping them with a big mouth.

Abbas and the ministers did not expect the envoy to come to this hand, and they were all stunned at once, and no one spoke, and they had already scolded the envoy 800 times in their hearts. Abbas's heart said, "You bastard, you can still die if you take the responsibility?" You've made it impossible for everyone! But it was not okay not to speak, Abbas looked up at everyone and asked, "Didn't everyone just talk about it?" Let's talk about how we choose, right? ”

Seeing that the ministers all bowed their heads and did not speak, the envoy felt that there was no need to embarrass them anymore, smiled and said: "I know, all my lords know that this errand of mine is not good inside and outside, and no matter what result I bring back, you will challenge me to show your cleverness and loyalty to the empire." ”

Abbas listened to what he said a little too bluntly to be like words, and stopped him from saying, "Don't say these things!" Tell us about the agreement! ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! The envoy said, "I don't dare to sign this agreement, but if I don't sign it, I won't do it, and if I don't sign it, they will come in a big army." I thought about us mobilizing all the forces of the empire to fight them to the end, but I didn't dare to agree at that time. However, we met our front-line commander-in-chief, who was captured by the Ming army, and he asked me to tell Your Majesty that under the current situation, we must not fight with the Ming army, and we are not the opponent of the Ming army in terms of weapons or tactics. The result of the fight is the end of the empire! We must seek a peaceful solution to the matter at hand. Therefore, I agreed to the conditions put forward by the Ming army, in order to prevent them from marching on Isfahan in full force for the time being. Of course, I don't want to be a victim of you people, I bring the agreement back, how to choose, it's up to you to decide! ”

"Alas! Now the main force of our army is gone, and the combat effectiveness of the newly recruited army is far inferior to the original army! I really can't fight with the Ming army! "Someone said.

The envoy glanced at him and said, "Aren't you very dissatisfied with the agreement I brought back, and you still call me a traitor?" ”

The man was speechless, and Abbas shouted, "You, don't make trouble here!" ”

The envoy stopped talking, and one of the ministers said: "That's a large fertile land near the Caspian Sea!" How did we get by losing these places? ”

The envoy glanced at him and said, "Those places have now been occupied by the Ming army. If we want it, we're going to send an army to take it back!" ”

"What? Already occupied by the Ming army? Abbas and his ministers looked at the envoy in horror.

The envoy nodded and said, "It's all lost!" I remind Your Majesty that the Ming army is coming towards us in Isfahan! If we agree to this agreement, we should send it to the Ming army as soon as possible. If you fight them, you have to prepare immediately, you can't waste time here! ”

Everyone knew that the agreement had to be signed, but no one said that it had to be signed. Abbas did not dare to make such an agreement right away. He knew that if this was not done well, the Turkmen nobles, who had long been dissatisfied with him, would probably take the opportunity to oust themselves from power.

Seeing that everyone did not express their attitude, Abbas said: "This matter cannot be settled for the time being, we will immediately organize an army to intercept the Ming army, and at the same time mobilize the soldiers and civilians of Isfahan to prepare to defend the city." ”

The Persian Empire was in turmoil again. The Persian envoy wanted to meet Abbas, but Abbas did not meet him. Abbas now hates the envoy, and if the envoy insists that he signs this agreement, the matter will be over. As for the fact that if the agreement is torn up, it will not take effect, and the ministers all know that no one will break it, so let everyone perform and it will be over. But this damn guy has to make things like this. Abbas wanted to cut off his head right away.

When the envoy saw that Abbas was not in sight of him, he was also a little anxious. He knew that the ministry would persuade Abbas to sign the agreement as soon as possible, and the Ming army would come over and occupy more space, and the price would be higher if he went to sign the agreement. However, Abbas could not help him without seeing him, and the envoy did not regret his attempt to bring the question back to Isfahan, although he wanted to share his worries for Abbas, and he had to protect himself. Otherwise, if you die, you will die unjustly. A smart person would never do such a thing.

The Third Army of the Yaogang Cavalry, crossed from the east side of Elborz, and along the way, occupied some plateau villages and towns without encountering resistance, and the people here were not many, and they basically ran away when they knew that they were going to fight. It was not until they reached the southern part of the Alborz Mountains that they encountered a relatively large village town of Tehran, where a part of the tribal army resisted by a walled wall.

The 3rd Cavalry Corps blasted open the gate with infantry artillery and made a few more openings in the earthen wall, and the soldiers of Yaogang rushed into the town, fought an almost massacre battle, and successfully occupied the place. They left Tehran and headed south for Qom, when they encountered a cavalry that had come to stop them.

This was the more than 20,000 cavalry sent by Abbas to stop the Ming army. The horsemen all wore red hats and veils over their faces. On the dry plateau, the cavalry kicked up a cloud of dust. When they lined up on the march of the Third Cavalry Army of Yaogang, the commander of the Third Cavalry Army felt a little funny. Since the formation of the Third Cavalry Army, there has never been such a cavalry-to-cavalry, face-to-face battle. From the bottom of his heart, he wanted to lead his troops to rush over directly, and cut down his opponents one by one with a saber that he didn't know how many times he had practiced, and try how well his officers and soldiers were training. But he didn't dare to do this, he knew that the consequence of doing so was that even if he was victorious, without causing much loss, the lightest treatment he would be a demotion. Because, the Yaogang military regulations clearly stipulate that firearms can be used to solve all kinds of battles, and soldiers are not allowed to engage in cold weapon combat, and they must give full play to the role of their firearms.

In front of the cavalry was the Turkmen nobles who led the tribal Red Hat Army. Although these Red Hat troops were not the regular army of the Persian Empire, they were the main force in the previous wars. The officers and men of the Red Hat are good at fighting and eager to fight, and they will be rewarded handsomely for their meritorious achievements on the battlefield, which is an opportunity for these low-level officers and soldiers to get ahead.

The nobles who led these cavalry of the Red Hat Army received an order from Abbas to intercept the invading Ming army, so that they could delay the advance of the Ming army as much as possible, and buy time for the construction of Isfahan's city defense and the gathering of men and horses.

Although this Turkmen nobleman knew that Abbas's hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated by the Ming army, he was inevitably a little jealous in his heart. But he just didn't believe that the invincible cavalry that galloped towards him would be wiped out so easily.

When he learned that the Ming army had occupied Tehran, he decided to intercept the Ming army on the way south to Qom, this Turkmen nobleman was a tribal prince, and he was also the kind of guy who was skilled in swords and horses, he didn't know, if he was born ten years earlier or he could still play sword and horse kung fu on the Great Plains, but he met an opponent who used ***, no matter how fast the knife was not as fast as the bullet.

The commander of the 3rd Cavalry Corps, after looking at the situation with a telescope, immediately issued an order to prepare to meet the enemy. There are many classic examples of fighting like this in the textbooks of the Yaogang Military Academy, and you don't have to use your brains to know how to fight.

The Turkmen nobleman, of course, knew that cavalry was most powerful only when it rushed up. Therefore, when his cavalry was finished, he immediately gave the order to urge the cavalry to rush forward. He could see that the number of cavalry in front of him was not too much different from his own, and he felt that if he rushed first and took the lead, the chances of victory would be very great.

But what he didn't expect was that the opponent was a timid layman, who did not rush over, and retreated with the team, which is a taboo for cavalry field combat, and the retreating team is easy to be scattered, and if it is scattered, it will be waiting to be slaughtered. Seeing this, the Red Riding Hoods brandished their scimitars one by one, "Oh! Screaming and rushing forward, they all knew victory was in sight!

But when they rushed to the place where the cavalry was arrayed, there were suddenly a few explosions, and a few black things suddenly flew up underground, although the prince behind didn't know what was flying, but he knew that it must not be a good thing, and he suddenly thought in his mind that the opponent's retreat was a trick, but it was too late, those flying things exploded in the air, and the shock wave formed by the loud sound of "boom" blew away the cavalry and war horses under the explosion point to the wind and grass. Countless fragments of the surrounding war horses and cavalry were full of holes, where had the Persian cavalry seen this thing, just before they could recover their senses, they rushed close to the cavalry of the Ming army, and with a dense burst of gunfire, even men and horses fell to the ground. Then there was a strange cry of "squeak" in the air, and countless **** fell in the rear of the Persian cavalry. The Persian cavalry was in confusion, and then the sound of the hooves of the Kiln Gang cavalry was heard. The Kiln Cavalry approached the Red Hat Cavalry, and the automatic rifles fired at them, knocking the Red Hat Cavalry off their horses one by one. The Red Hat cavalry was not at all able to resist.

The Turkmen prince was too late to give the order to retreat, and the Kiln Gang cavalry rushed behind them from both flanks. Of course, the prince understood that the opponent wanted to surround them from behind, and the prince did not care about anything else, and started a horse race with the Yaogang cavalry on the Persian plateau.

In the end, the horses of the Yaogang cavalry were not as good as the prince's horses, so they could only watch the prince ride away on his war horse. The company commander of a kiln cavalry looked in the direction of the prince and said, "Hey! What a real horse! If we catch Mr. Yan who gave us the kiln, Mr. Yan will also be happy! ”

When Ningde received a telegram that the Persians had sent cavalry to intercept them, he was a little angry and ordered: "Send a telegram to the Third Army and occupy Qom at once." ”

Sun Chuanting said to Ningde: "It seems that Abbas has repented!" ”

"Humph! Abbas did not expect us to make such a request, and the envoy signed an agreement with me, but Abbas did not agree, and the agreement only served to delay our actions. I'll put a little more pressure on them. When Li Kui and his army bypassed the western side of Mount Alborz, we attacked Isfahan together. If not, we will take Isfahan and destroy the Persian Empire. Ningde said.

Sun Chuanting said: "It is better not to do this, in this case, the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire cannot be fought." We now have a border with the Ottoman Empire, and we are a great threat to them. It makes sense that Mr. Zhang didn't want to tear up his face with those countries of the Ottoman Empire so early. We still have a large area of newly occupied places behind us, which will take time to digest. Besides, we'd better not be enemies of all the countries to the west. ”

"Hmm!" Ning De nodded in agreement with Sun Chuanting's words, "But it doesn't hurt this Abbas." He will not surrender! ”

"Huh! This time, our Third Cavalry Army wiped out more than 20,000 of their cavalry. It's not a small sore spot. The main force of the Persian Empire has been wiped out by us, and now they have sent 20,000 men to deal with us, and it seems that it is the end of the crossbow! Sun Chuanting said. Let's see how Abbas reacted! ”

In fact, Abbas sent out more than 20,000 cavalry to come out, not to fight with the Ming army, he wanted to send these cavalry to lead them to harass the Ming army at a speed like the wind, and buy time for the defense of Isfahan in the future. Or buy time for everyone to agree to that agreement.

The Turkmen prince quickly ran out of the blockade of the kiln gang people, ran past the Qom, the war horse was really unable to run, he changed two horses on the way, came to Isfahan to report the situation to his own family, the Turkmen nobles. These nobles deliberated for a while and came to the conclusion that we were indeed no match for the Ming army. They told the prince to go to the palace and report to Abbas at once. These nobles asked the ministers who could enter the palace to enter the palace immediately, and made a message to Abbas, asking Abbas to agree to the demands of the Ming army and ask the Ming army to retreat.

Abbas didn't expect that the Turkmen prince would lead his troops to fight the Ming army, and he was so angry that he almost let people pull him out and cut him down. It was the ministers who followed into the palace who saved this guy who didn't know the height of the sky.

These ministers who entered the palace, Abbas knew at a glance that they had a very good relationship with those Turkmen nobles, and their opinions could basically represent the opinions of the Turkmen nobles. These ministers asked Abbas to make a decision immediately and agree to the demands of the Ming army. Ask Abbas not to let the Ming army come to Isfahan.

Osborne sighed and said, "My lords, don't I know that the main force of our Persian Imperial army has been completely lost on the frontier, and we have no power to fight again, no matter how much it costs, in exchange for our respite. If we fight hard with the Ming army, we will inevitably perish, this is what we can all see! I don't dare to make this decision, because we can't be united. If everyone is not satisfied, I make a decision, and it is easy to cause civil strife. ”

The ministers said, "Your Majesty, you will immediately invite all the adults, and we will unify this opinion in front of everyone." What do you think, Your Majesty? ”

"Okay!" That's what Abbas was waiting for.

Now that the ministers came over, there was no one to pretend to be any more, and they all agreed to accept the opinion of the Yaogang people and cede the northern part of Mount Alborz to the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone agreed on the same opinion, and Abbas turned his attention to the envoy who went to the peace talks, "Look, we have all agreed to the agreement you signed with the Ming Dynasty, and after I sign and seal it, can you go again?"

When the envoy listened to Abbas's words, he felt awkward in his heart, as if the Persian Empire had lost so many places and it was he who had benefited. The envoy hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is no longer appropriate for me to go again!" Let's send someone else! ”

Abbas knew that the envoy was not satisfied with his words, and said: "You are familiar with them, or you should make a hard trip!" ”

"The ministers cannot go any further," the envoy insisted, "and we have not sent them back the agreement immediately, and the two armies have resumed fighting." They won't trust me anymore! Please ask Your Majesty to send someone more capable! ”