The Sun and the Lion

Ibrahim thought a lot about the next battle plan, and without exception, he used the Hezhong area as his rear. Taking advantage of the time when the troops needed to rest, he planned to kill Babur and bring Hezhong and Fergana under his rule.

To this end, he convened a secret meeting of senior military officers to discuss preparations for a coup to force Babur to surrender.

This meeting was very brief, and it can be said that it was completely a unilateral output by Ibrahim. The senior military officers had no objections to this and expressed their determination to implement all decisions of the King of Kings.

After being fully prepared, Ibrahim planned to formally discuss with Babur how to repay Safavid the cost of sending troops. Regarding this matter, Babur had been mentally prepared when he wrote the letter asking for help, and his attitude was very calm about the subsequent negotiations.

An agreement was sent to the palace in the city via messenger. Babur accepted it and read it anxiously. There was no meeting as expected, only Ibrahim's unilateral order, and Babur could only answer yes or no.

The terms in the agreement were very harsh to him. The first one required Babur and his subjects to convert to Shia Islam. This alone was enough to make his hands tremble. It would invalidate the legitimacy of his rule. It also challenges his ideas.

When he thought about rejecting this option, he could always think of the advice of the dervish who came to hand him the document: "You have the right to control your own destiny, but what about the lives of your entourage and relatives? For the sake of temporary It is unwise to waste one's own life and the lives of others in anger. I believe you can understand the current situation, but please make long-term plans, Your Majesty."

"What should I do...what can I do..." After a painful psychological struggle, in order to continue his political life, Babur finally chose to give in. At the same time, the goodwill he had for Ibrahim basically disappeared.

The following conditions are not important anymore, it is nothing more than taking Ibrahim as the suzerain, and as a vassal, he must serve his master well. Originally, he had naively imagined that he could send away the reinforcements just by paying to cede territory, but this time he was shattered by the ruthless reality.

After signing his name, Babur directly asked the waiter to hand over the agreement to the Iranians, then closed the door tightly, asked the waiter to bring drinks and sesame seeds, and then he didn't know what to do.

After learning about this, Hasmubek wanted to discuss with Babur how to deal with this powerful reinforcements, but was turned away by the guards and could only return in frustration.

The angry Hasim Bek passed by the dervish. If he saw the agreement given by the Safavid side, it would probably ruin Ibrahim's plan, but it would be too late.

The dervish returned to the tent outside the city and handed the signed agreement to Ibrahim: "Dear Sheikh, the mission you entrusted to me has been successfully completed, and the people in the river will soon find their way back."

Seeing Babur's handwriting on the agreement, Ibrahim couldn't help but start imagining: "Babur, Babur, do you think it's over after signing the agreement? Next, I want you to provoke them in front of the people of Samarkand. of anger."

He waved the dervishes to leave, and then began to confirm whether the troops were deployed at the city gate and castle. After all, this was related to whether they could successfully take over Samarkand.

He also checked the correspondence with Tanbal. This disloyal Burke was brought under his command after being suppressed by Gaolaberi, and was responsible for helping the Burkes who instigated the rebellion in Fergana.

As for why he hasn't been liquidated yet, it's mainly because of Gaolaberi's persuasion. Fergana was nominally administered by Babur's brother Jahangir, and Babur relied on reinforcements to fight the disloyal Burke to obtain local financial and military resources. This forced him to first consider the high LaBery's attitude.

Fergana has Tanbal as an internal support, and Ibrahim only needs to worry about how to control Samarkand.

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After several days of preparation, Babur, who was forced to open his business, had to announce the agreement between him and the Safavids to the people in Samarkand's most magnificent mosque, the Bibi Khan Noum Mosque, on Juma Day. Including converting all the people to Shi'ism, making Ibrahim the suzerain, increasing taxes to bear the expenses of military expeditions, etc.

With an expressionless face and a smooth tone, he announced to the people that he had abandoned the wrong false beliefs of the past, would respect the Twelve Imams in the future, and embark on the correct path of faith. Then he put on the red hat of the Safavid Order in public.

The following ceremony made the ulema present even more unbearable. First, several dervishes recited scripts to publicly insult and curse the three caliphs. Then they carried up dummies representing the Sunni caliphs and other important figures, and first used stones to Smash it through, chop it to pieces with a sword, and finally burn it.

"That's enough! Dear Emir, don't you feel ashamed to beg for mercy from heretics in the mosque built by your ancestors?" A well-known Hezhuo spoke directly to Silence. Babur scolded, this move caught the people present off guard.

It was indeed torture for Babur to announce his betrayal of his original faith in the mosque built under the orders of the cripple Timur. It can only be said that Ibrahim knew how to make people uncomfortable.

Seeing no one to refute, He Zhuo continued to fan the flames and encouraged the people present to actively resist this blasphemous act. The scene became chaotic for a while, and many citizens were talking privately, seemingly very dissatisfied with this decision.

The red heads who were monitoring the scene took the opportunity to create chaos. They began to suppress the people present, and their swords fell on everyone indiscriminately.

Babur watched the "allies" causing massacre in the mosque in front of him. He could do nothing about it and could only quietly leave the mosque under the escort of his close associates.

"By God, what have they done!"

Chaos quickly spread to the streets. Faced with such chaos, the powerful Safavid army retreated to the mob. For a while, only the city gates and the castle were still under control.

Babur wanted to know why things turned out like this. He questioned and complained loudly, but no one could give him an answer.

After learning about this incident, Hasmubek and others were very panicked. They knew that Samarkand could no longer stay, and they kept suggesting that Babur flee to Fergana. However, there was still a basic problem - the entrance and exit of the city were not blocked. They take control.

"Believers of God!" In Samarkand's Registan Square, Hezhuo spoke to the citizens who participated in the riots and were still watching: "The heretics and tyrants have shown their true colors. We have no choice but to Use blood to drive out all these invaders who are trying to enslave us!"