The Sun and the Lion

"Sheikh, someone has rebelled again!"

"Bad luck." Ibrahim thought silently in his heart. Today is the first day of 1495, and this news is also the first news.

It was so festive to receive news of the rebellion just after the New Year.

Since the decree calling for conversion to Shia was promoted in the two provinces, Ibrahim has received constant reports of rebellions. But fortunately, as time went by, more and more tribes entered the Shirvan area, and the size of the tribal cavalry returned to ten thousand people.

These Turkmen cavalry come and go like the wind on the flat Shirvan Plain, and it is easy to fight against these poorly equipped rabble. However, even so, there are still several groups of rebels of different sizes active.

"I know." After hearing this kind of news too much, Ibrahim became numb and his answers became mechanical. "In the future, unless you can't suppress the news about the religious rebels, don't report to me anymore." Ibrahim waved his hand, dismissed the messenger, and then read another report.

As the tribe moved north to Baku, there were also a large number of non-Turkmen followers who requested to join the army. If these Ghazis were included, the number of troops could reach nearly 17,000. The order was short of manpower, and Ibrahim readily agreed to their participation in the ensuing jihad against the Circassians and Georgians.

After sending the report and reply, Ibrahim looked at the map again.

After all the hard work, Ibrahim finally received a letter from Ahmed Sultan a few days ago. In the letter, Ahmed briefly mentioned Ibrahim's fishing in the military operation against Rostam. Then he asked Ibrahim to fulfill his obligation and go south to help him fight against Murad who was separatist in Baghdad and Alwand who was separatist in Shiraz.

In response to this, Ibrahim said in his reply that he had just succeeded in revenge and spread all Farooq's ashes. However, in order to fight against Shirwanshah, the cult suffered heavy losses, and because the cult's beliefs were different from the local beliefs, it would take a year or more to stabilize its rule. During this period, the military strength would be involved. In order to express Apologize, the sect can send some financial compensation and ensure that the tribes within the territory will not involve Ahmed's energy.

Since the messenger was Ali Mirza's, Ibrahim wrote another letter, mainly asking about Ismail's situation, and said that as long as the time was right, he would remove Ismail, a hot potato. Take over his territory and train yourself.

"Sheikh, rebel..." Ibrahim, who was writing a letter, raised his head when he heard the voice.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to send someone, Ibrahim saw clearly that the person who came was not a messenger from the tribe, but his newly recruited staff.

The staff looked at Ibrahim's face and quickly explained: "Dear Sheikh, this rebellion is different. We have just lost dozens of people, and..."

Ibrahim stopped writing and continued to listen to his staff's report with a frown.

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The river bank has been stained red with blood, and hundreds of corpses have fallen into a pool of blood. On the battlefield, a group of people dressed in messy and inconsistent clothes are handling these corpses.

"General, we have killed a total of sixty-seven people, but there are still no prisoners."

The leader of the rebel army, known as the general, did not say anything after hearing this, but his hands were stained with blood. The red hat that originally belonged to the red-headed officer was thrown into the river. This was the sixth red hat belonging to an officer that the rebel army had captured.

Then he raised his head, glanced at his subordinates, and then observed the surrounding terrain, thinking about his next move.

As the staff said, this rebellion is indeed very different from the previous religious rebellions instigated by the Ulema. This uprising is not only because of religion.

After the sect took over Shirwan, in order to replenish losses and gather strength, Ibrahim ordered most of the monks from various tribes and sects to gather in Shirwan.

With the arrival of the monks, orders to convert to Shiism were also implemented throughout the region. But Ibrahim, at least for now, only requires the unbelieving civilians to pay the Jizya tax. However, these red heads use swords to preach, often lynching civilians, or capturing them as slaves and selling them, and the monks do not bother.

In order to reward Qizilbash, the core of the army, Ibrahim ordered that all the real estate that was ownerless due to the war be rewarded to the red heads, but in the end there were more wolves and less meat. Moreover, the new red heads who came in relied on themselves as conquerors and ignored Ibrahim's orders to use swords to force landlords and peasants to annex their fields. They also shouted in the name of Ibrahim and plundered the property of those who did not convert, because The tribal leaders shielded him, and the military judges did not punish him.

As a result, under the leadership of a mysterious man named Lyndon Wan, the farmers, landowners and prisoners of war who had been demoted as slaves revolted and formed the largest community in the Sylvan area. zhaoshuyuan.com The most powerful peasant rebel.

In this world line, Lindenvan's name first appeared in the classical era. According to legends and vague records from various places, this man seemed to have led the slave uprising throughout the Mediterranean region, and severely damaged the armies of various countries that came to suppress it in Athens. , and killed a prince in the Mesopotamia, and battles in Gaul and other areas also brought great losses to the slave owners.

However, for some reason, just when the rulers of various countries thought that the end of this war was far away, Lin Dengwan suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. The slave army was leaderless, and the massive slave uprising around the Mediterranean turned from prosperity to decline.

In the following more than a thousand years, many rebels throughout Asia and Europe used the banner of Lin Dengwan. But people don't believe that anyone can live forever, but because of Lindenwan's extremely high prestige, the rebels are very tolerant of this behavior under the banner of Lindenwan.

They took advantage of the fact that the red heads mainly focused on quelling chaos in the cities, while the rural garrisons were small and scattered, and moved around, constantly fighting small groups of troops, and defeated several troops with heavy losses.

Ibrahim did not know this before his staff came in to report. All his energy was devoted to the newly formed bowmen and Gulam and preparations for the expedition to Georgia.

The Bergs wanted to deal with it first and then report it to the superiors, but they didn't expect it to turn over this time.

Lin Dengwan, this name looks a bit familiar.

Suddenly remembering something, Ibrahim looked as if he was facing a powerful enemy. He looked urgent and said through gritted teeth: "Give me an order to assemble all the troops in Baku and nearby. I will personally conquer this rebel army and notify all ministries." Berg, take your personal guards and accompany me on the expedition, notify the military judge, and count those who violate the order, and I will deal with them together after the war."

Although they felt strange, the staff and guards faithfully carried out Ibrahim's orders.