The Sun and the Lion

A few days after the emissaries from various places were dismissed, sudden changes occurred in the city of Delhi. Safavid soldiers who were on vacation in the city were attacked by dissatisfied citizens. Several people were killed in the street, and the riots expanded.

The hungry citizens tried to storm the heavily guarded granary. Matchlocks and shotguns repelled the crowd. In an instant, hundreds of Indian corpses lay scattered on the street, with more minced meat and blood. The death was extremely tragic. .

This incident triggered widespread anger among citizens, and fierce anti-Safavid sentiment was brewing. Just when the curfew was on that night, the revolting citizens once again clashed with the red heads who came to suppress them. After a night of fighting, the number of casualties exceeded 3,000. .

Romlu Khan, who was in charge of public security affairs in the city, realized that the matter would continue to ferment, so he took the initiative to come to the palace to see Ibrahim: "Your Majesty, the citizens in the city have openly rebelled. Please give orders to the army."

Ibrahim, who ordered the forced price control, had already thought about this day. When he heard the news of the citizens' resistance, he was not surprised: "Tell me everything that happened before."

Fortunately, after the previous month's efforts, the Safavid army had transferred all the people scheduled to be robbed to the camp outside the city. No matter how fierce the "war" inside the city walls was, Ibrahim's new subjects would not be able to escape. They will not be affected, and they should still be grateful to him for their own safety. The kindness of the King of Kings is not yet complete.

"Your Majesty, those Indians first attacked our army's granary for no reason and tried to steal your food and grass. Our sentries did their duty and successfully defeated these thieves. I thought this was enough to teach the mob a painful lesson, but I didn't expect them to intensify their efforts. Defying the curfew and confronting our troops, now that the nighttime riots have been suppressed, I don’t think the mob will give up..." Romuru Khan simply stated the incident and his speculations and worries about the development of the situation.

"I understand." Ibrahim calmly called the messenger to inform various senior military officers to come to the palace for a meeting.

As soon as the generals sat down, Ibrahim ordered: "According to recent signs, after several small-scale resistances, the mob in Delhi will soon set off a large-scale riot. I will mobilize the entire army." Enter the city and brutally suppress all resistance."

After speaking, a simple schematic diagram of Delhi's urban area was unfolded: "It is necessary to ensure that enough camel cannons and musketeers are deployed at the city gates and various intersections. Strong firepower is the key to suppressing the mob."

He then divided each unit into different urban areas as war zones to ensure the orderliness of the suppression operations, which also made it easier for him and the generals to command.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals who took the order immediately carried out the deployment after the meeting ended.

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Many citizens were aware of the occupying forces' unusual movements, but most people were hesitant at this time. These angry and dissatisfied citizens did not have a unified organization at this time, nor did they have leaders with enough appeal to guide people's actions. After all, in the Safavid Army The officers and soldiers who had stayed in Delhi before entering the city had been taken prisoner, and most of the senior officials had fled.

At dawn the next day, Ibrahim stood on the balcony of the palace overlooking the city of Delhi, then drew his sword and raised it high. All the friends of the Shah present cheered - this was the signal for the massacre of the city to begin.

The cannon sounded, and the Safavid troops deployed in various urban areas immediately launched an "offensive." Amid the joyous shouts, the red heads broke open the doors of each residence one by one, and robbed, raped, and killed all visible persons without explanation. resident.

Due to clever deployment, various urban areas and even neighborhoods have been separated from the beginning. At this time, even if some people still have the courage to resist, it is difficult to gather the power to threaten the invaders.

The leader of the ten captains hacked the young and old members of the family to death. Then he grabbed the woman's throat and dragged her deep into the room amid her panicked eyes and pleas.

The other red heads who entered the house were very sensible and did not disturb the captain. After searching for their belongings, they surrounded the children in the hall. The children who were forcibly controlled could only lie on the ground. The most desperate thing was that when they raised their heads, It was his father, grandfather or eldest brother who had just been killed that filled his eyes.

If anyone can survive such atrocities, the sadistic red head drags them from the house to the street, displaying their "prey" in broad daylight like a hunter.

In addition to the citizens who were caught off guard and killed in their houses, there were also some people who escaped from their houses through various means and moved forward in narrow alleys with an uncertain future. Perhaps when you encounter a musketeer, you will be met with a head-on shot, ending this suffering and pain.

Running to the mosque, dozens of people had gathered here, hoping that the religious attributes of this building would help the soldiers regain some sense. But there is still no relaxation here, because various ulema and brahmins have been taken out for target shooting in the previous weeks. These intruders don't care about religion or morality at all! What does it mean to desecrate a mosque and kill those who seek refuge in it?

A dozen heavily armed Gulam infantrymen rushed into the mosque. These Christian recruits who were allowed to retain their faith had no sympathy for these Indian Muslims and immediately rushed into the crowd and killed them. Find the bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com

The refugees tried to swarm these butchers, who were far outnumbered by their own, but these well-trained infantrymen still maintained their formation, ensuring that no comrade would be left alone and surrounded by the mob.

Under the fierce blow, the courage born of despair was covered again by fear. The ensuing trampling helped these invaders kill all the humans in the courtyard and hall. Those who panicked even climbed to the minaret. In the end, He was forced to jump off a building.

What the Safavid soldiers did to the masses in residential and religious buildings was just to vent their desires. Bazaar and caravanserai were the real places to make money. Although after several blackmails from Ibrahim, the soldiers still entered various places. Workshops and shops scraped the ground to see if they could find anything valuable.

All the decorations and even the roofs of each building were plundered, like locusts passing through, especially the public buildings and religious buildings built and maintained with funds from the sultan and various nobles. Although their main structures were not destroyed, their interiors were luxurious. All the decorations were scraped clean.

It was not until nightfall that the soldiers who had had enough fun counted the slaves and belongings and returned to the camp. Only the troops on duty were left to continue to guard the city to ensure that the cooked duck would not fly away under the night. Others rested until daytime the next day before entering the city, and this lasted for nearly four days.

The previously captured prisoners of war were driven by the guards to appear on the streets of the city. Restricted by shackles and ropes, they shouldered the heavy responsibility of cleaning up the corpses. The corpses and body parts were piled randomly on the streets and were carried onto carts. , and then pulled to the river bank.

These corpses, stripped of all valuables, were pushed into the Yamuna River. This happened for several days. The river was filled with rotting and smelly floating corpses. The polluted river water flowed downstream, conveying to the residents downstream what happened in Delhi. Atrocities.