Chapter 106: Nader Shah's Revolt
That is, while William was planning how to conquer the mountains, the owner of the mountains, that is, the theoretical king of Afghanistan, Nader Shah, was feeling a headache, a headache, and of course a headache. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
William von Hereford, for the Zoroastrians, the steppe nomads, and for everyone in the Middle East, the terrible existence that represents the "natural disaster" is back.
He returned with his terrible army of natural disasters.
This time he was ready to conquer everyone.
Army, navy, a large number of ships, cavalry units as far as the eye can see. With such a powerful and terrifying army, Nadir Shah could naturally understand that such an army was not just coming for him.
I'm afraid that this conqueror, who is stronger than himself and countless times more advanced, has the same ultimate goal as himself, which is to conquer the entire Indi.
This made Nadir Shah feel very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
Obviously, William already has so much, and he is already the ruler of the richest and largest empire in the world, why would such a powerful monarch still come to compete with him for this insignificant territory?
Of course, for a moment he completely forgot how ambitious he was in the beginning, and that ambition was to conquer the whole world and become the greatest conqueror in the world. Annexed all the territories, defeated all the enemies, and made everything your own.
He had completely forgotten how greedy he was in the first place. Completely forget that the rulers of this world, every one of them has such greedy thoughts. Completely forgetting that the better the ruler, the bigger his heart and the more he wants more things.
That's it.
Wilhelm von Hereford was one such being.
"Well, if you really want these trivial things, then come on, maybe for you, it's just a leisurely hunting game, but for me, it's a vital war that determines life and death, the survival of the family, and the honor!"
Thinking so in his heart, this guy, who is often evaluated as a powerful ruler full of majesty, showed a hideous, even hysterical expression: "Let's fight a good battle, to decide the victory or defeat, to decide who should rule this territory!"
And so, after receiving the news of the return of William's army, after an initial panic, followed by irritability, restlessness, and anger, Nader Shah finally came to his senses, and his determination, and his decision.
That's a war.
He had also heard about the current situation of his former master, Darius III, and knew about William's strategy of "tenderness".
In fact, William's emissaries did not fail to visit the country, nor did they use Darius Shah's current situation as an example to persuade Nadir Shah to become a vassal state of the Russian Gothic Empire.
That's good for everyone, at least on the surface.
However, it can't be done, and in any case, Nader Shah does not want such an ending.
Although, in terms of the ending, it was good enough, and it could even be said that, after hard work, Nader Shah went from being a servant of Darius Shah to a servant of Willem von Hereford, who was on his footing.
This is a commendable, very inspiring, very inspiring and enjoyable story.
However, Nader Shah was still dissatisfied, dissatisfied, and very dissatisfied.
After tasting the taste of independence, after tasting the benefits of being able to act autocraticly, no one on his head to press him, and being able to be the boss as he pleases, Nader Shah no longer wants to lose this freedom.
Whoever it was, whether it was Wilhelm von Hereford, who was so powerful that it was hopeless, or his original master, the useless, cowardly and incompetent Darius III, they were all the same.
Whoever it is, don't want to take away his freedom, his country.
And more importantly, his power.
Without hesitation, Nader Shah killed the emissary of the Russian Gothic Empire, cut off his head, and hung it on the head of Kabul.
For this barren mountain country, there is only a place like Kabul that can barely be called a city.
In other words, if our army succeeds in obtaining Kabul, then it means that this war is won. ”
At the same time, on the way to Afghanistan, William was discussing and planning for the war with his aunt Freya.
For Freya, although the war seemed difficult. But that's just the thing.
She was strange, confused, and at the same time a little incredulous and eager to try William so much about a small country.
The reason is simple. If she could have come up with advice, or if she had gone to the battlefield and conquered the country, then William would have been impressed by her.
Although she still can't think of what William should do next after he was impressed by her, it didn't prevent her from working in this direction.
"Take Kabul, well, yes. William was noncommittal.
In previous lives, the three Anglo-Afghan wars have proved one thing, and that is that although the city is the capital of Afghanistan, although it can be said that it controls it, it can be symbolized as controlling Afghanistan, but this does not say much about the problem.
The Britons had taken control of Kabul several times in previous wars, but eventually had to run back in disgrace. Give up there.
If we want to solve Afghanistan's problems, we need to solve the unruly mountain people and tribes. Only by solving those guys, so that those guys don't mess with themselves, they don't use any guerrilla tactics. At the same time, it ensures its own logistical supply. In this way, the final victory can be achieved.
"In other words, the war in Afghanistan, more than the war itself, is what is really important, or at least more important. William thought to himself.
"Of course, it's not like I can't do this. Thinking of this, William smiled pleasantly.
It's like he said it, this kind of thing, he hasn't done it before.
Just as the army of the Russian Gothic Empire was preparing to go to Afghanistan, on the way to Afghanistan, that is, at the same time that Nader Shah did not hesitate to kill the envoy of the Russian Gothic Empire, another group of William's envoys also entered the territory of Afghanistan, and these envoys were certainly not looking for Nader Shah. Armed with William's orders, as well as letters, seals, and promises from Darius Shah, they went to the tribes to lobby.
Theoretically, Darius Shah is still the ruler of the Zoroastrian Empire, although Nadir Shah has established his own state on its own. But this time is less than three years, which means that the Zoroastrian Empire is still very hard now. After all, the Zoroastrian Empire has ruled Afghanistan for hundreds, if not millennia.
People here may feel xenophobic and hateful towards William and his Russian Gothic Empire, but they definitely don't have such feelings towards the Zoroastrian Empire.
It is even said that many tribes have a higher level of recognition of the Zoroastrian Empire than they do for their current king, Nadir Shah.
That's it, with a lot of benefits and promises, the emissaries of the Russian Gothic Empire, in the name of the Zoroastrian Empire, persuaded a large number of Afghan tribes to either defect before the battle, or to go against the sun, and even said that these guys bet on both sides, and there is no problem in not working in the battle against the great army of the Empire.
Either way, they will be rewarded, but the amount of the reward will be different.
And even say if these guys are tired of the barren mountain life in Afghanistan. They could even acquire a fief in the rich valley of the Two Rivers, or in Mesopotamia, as their new ruling region.
Just like William thought, it was like that insightful quote. There will be no betrayal, just because the price of betrayal is not enough.
The vast majority of tribal leaders were tempted after hearing about such good conditions.
Those who are impulsive, brave, reckless, or more ambitious, simply show that they will defect. And those who have little ambition, or are a little more rational and timid, have also shown themselves to be openly or implicitly going to fight against the great rulers of the Zoroastrian Empire, or that they will not contribute to the war.
In this way, the two sides agreed on such and such things. Then, many secret messengers, with good news, happily returned to William's expeditionary force, waiting for a promotion to receive a reward or something.
At the same time, however, a small number of unlucky, careless messengers were caught by Nadirsha's men.
Of course, there are also some guys who are simply loyal to Nader Shah's tribe and handed them over directly to Nader Shah.
After rigorous interrogation and torture, Nader Shah finally learned about William's tactics and his schemes.
Nadir Sha is like sitting on pins and needles.
"In this world, there are people who are so vicious and shameless. This bastard wants to cut off the foundation of my rule over the mountains of Afghanistan!" The other party said something like this almost through gritted teeth after being stunned for a long time.
(To be continued.) )