The Sun and the Lion

Shamakhi City, Gulustan Castle

The defenders in the castle lowered their heads, and many of them looked unwilling. However, under the supervision of the Qizilbas, they handed over all their weapons and armor and were then escorted to the designated location.

After capturing Faruk, Ustaji used the Shah to force the defenders in the city to open the city gates.

After seeing Faruk, the officers and tribesmen in the city split into two factions, but the main surrender faction gained the upper hand. In the end, the city gates were opened wide, and the heads of the main war faction officers were presented to Usta. Ji, the soldiers who opposed surrender were subdued.

In this way, Ustaji led a thousand people into the castle, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and began to count the seizures.

battlefield

The red heads formed a team, stripped off the armor, weapons and valuables from the corpses, kept them, cut off the enemy's heads, and then threw the corpses into the river.

Not far away, the prisoners, forced by swords, were digging graves to bury the Qizilbash who had gone to heaven.

"Dear Sheikh!" A messenger came to the battlefield on horseback, then dismounted and walked to Ibrahim and saluted, "Muhammad Beg used Farouk to surrender the Gulustan Castle. Muhammad Beg was Aftermath.”

"I understand." Ibrahim nodded, and then ordered the soldiers: "Go and inform Mustafa Beg that I am going to Gulustan Castle. Remember to inform me after cleaning the battlefield."

After saying that, Ibrahim led his soldiers and rode towards Gulustan Castle.

Inside Gulustan Castle

In front of Ibrahim is a stone palace, surrounded by magnificent double walls and towers, gardens and pavilions. On the west side of the palace, Shirwan Shah built a large and deep palace. Pool, in the mountain, the Shahs built an unknown number of underground rooms.

Ibrahim walked in and walked around, looking at this palace that he would never live in several times in his life, admiring the interior decorations, just like taking a quick look at flowers. After a while, Ibrahim came out.

Returning to the tent, Ibrahim asked the guards to move the tent to the palace. Ibrahim first took a bath in the bathroom of the palace, and after enjoying himself, he went to his bedroom to rest.

tabriz city

After a knockout round, the center of the Azerbaijan region has a new owner. Ahmed bribed Rostam's generals and turned his troops against him, eventually defeating Rostam. Rostam could not escape his fate.

After obtaining Rostam's body and the heads of the enemy's dead and wounded, Ahmed directly piled up the Jingguan under the city. The Grand Vizier of the Aries Dynasty, Muhammad Zakaria Kujuj, Taking advantage of the situation, he surrendered the city. Ahmed immediately held an entry into the city, and a large number of troops marched through the streets, officially declaring Ahmed the master of this important town.

In the palace in Tabriz, Ahmed looked at Baghdad and Shiraz on the map, then at Ardabil and Gilan, and after thinking for a while, he wrote a letter.

"Go and ask the messenger to deliver this letter to Lahijan." He called a guard and ordered.

Shamakhi, Palace of Gulustan Castle

"Sheikh, Sheikh." After sleeping for an unknown number of hours, Ibrahim was woken up by the guards.

"Huh?" Ibrahim opened his eyes with difficulty and sat up on the bed.

"Muhammad Beg and Mustafa Beg ask for an audience," the guard replied.

"Take them to the council chamber and let them wait for a while."

"yes."

It took him less than ten minutes to tidy up his appearance and walked to the meeting hall. When they saw him entering the meeting hall, Muhammad and Mustafa who were waiting here stood up and saluted. They sat down after Ibrahim sat down. .

"Mustafa Beg, you speak first." Ibrahim looked at Beg of Romulu and said.

Mustafa, who had just sat down, stood up again, bowed to Ibrahim, and said: "Sheikh, in this battle, our army captured Shirwan Shah Farooq Yasar and killed him. His son Bahram received a total of 7,457 heads - all of which have been dealt with, including more than 12,000 prisoners, nearly 10,000 horses, food, grass and weapons..."

After listening to Mustafa's harvest, Ibrahim asked: "What about our losses? How many people do we still have in our army now?"

"Sheikh, in the battle by the river alone, our casualties were close to 3,000. If we have suffered casualties since entering the country, there will be more than 4,000. Now our army has more than 5,000 left in Qizilbash that can fight. "

"I understand." Ibrahim nodded, and then asked Beg of Ustaji: "Muhammad Beg, how much did we capture in the city and the castle?"

"Eight hundred and seventy-nine prisoners of war, twenty trebuchets, as for food, grass, weapons and treasury..."

More money was seized in the city than in Shah's camp.

"There is one more thing, Sheikh." Muhammad said suddenly: "What are you going to do with those civilians?"

Before the siege, the city heard the news, and most civilians chose to leave the city and hide in the mountains. Some of the slow runners happened to encounter the religious group, but Ibrahim did not make things difficult for them, and just asked them to forcibly convert. They are just members of the Ye sect, and those who do not convert will be plundered as slaves by tribal warriors.

Now, the ownership of Shamaki has been determined. As time goes by, the entire Shirwan region will also be brought under the rule of the religious order. How to treat the people under its rule is still very important.

"I won't embarrass them." Ibrahim cleared his throat, and then continued: "Follow the previous method, find those who do not convert, and deal with them as heretics."

"Yes, Sheikh."

"If everything is okay, you can go back to handle official business."

"yes."

After receiving permission, the two stood up, saluted Ibrahim, and exited the room.

"Guard! Bring me pen and paper."

Although the Order destroyed Shirvan Shah's military strength in the first battle, nearly half of the Qizilbash who participated in the battle were also lost. Ibrahim planned to ask Hussein Ardabil how many followers he had come, so that he would not have any troops available when he swept through Georgia.

The letter was sent, but Ibrahim did not intend to spend time waiting for a reply. He planned to leave five hundred red heads in the city, and then lead the remaining people to march to Baku with twice his number of prisoners of war.

One day later, Baku city, Shirvanshah Palace

"You mean, my father was defeated and captured?" Prince Gaz, who stayed behind in the capital, looked at the defeated troops who escaped in surprise.

"It's absolutely true, Shah was either captured or dead, and so was your brother." The officer being questioned cried with a look of panic.

"So, I am the new Shirvan Shah?" What was unexpected was that Ghazi said such words, and his tone was a bit excited?

"Your Highness, if the enemy besieges the city, we don't have many soldiers to defend it. If we can't defend it..." The Grand Vizier on the side sounded excited and seemed a little angry.

"I know what you want to say, but he will be the Shah of Shahs, and I am still a Shah, a Shah who surrenders to the King of Kings." Ghazi made up his mind. Since he couldn't keep it, Then why don’t I just surrender and become an An Le Gong?

"You..." The viziers, ulema and officers present all just looked at Ghazi blankly, this prince who was not very prominent in the past.