The Sun and the Lion

Three days later, the camp outside Baku

The envoy from Baku entered the tent under the guidance of his own soldiers and came to meet Ibrahim with Ghazi's willingness to surrender. Beside them, there were Beig from several tribes and Faruk who was being escorted by two soldiers. The messenger felt a little embarrassed when he saw Farooq, so he turned his head, out of sight, and brought the new Shah's request to Ibrahim.

"You're surrendering now?" After hearing the news brought by the messenger, Ibrahim raised his eyebrows in surprise, but he still refrained from saying anything.

The city defense of Baku is strong and backed by the Caspian Sea. In addition to the city walls of the main city and the castle known as Maiden's Tower, the Shirvan Shahs of the past dynasties have built some large and small castles in the surrounding areas of Baku to strengthen the city defense of Baku. It is a very difficult nail to remove for the current religious order.

Although the main force of the army has almost been depleted, by organizing the imperial guards guarding the palace, the defeated soldiers who escaped, and the residents of the city, they can form a garrison force no less than that of the besieging party.

Moreover, there are hundreds of oil wells in Baku, countless workshops for processing kerosene, and the city walls are well-equipped with defensive equipment. There was a fearsome Athenian hot oil in ancient times. If Ibrahim had stormed Baku, the battle might have been even more tragic than in Athens back then.

So when Farouk learned that his son was holding a fortified city but was going to surrender without a fight, he was filled with anger. But he was controlled by the soldiers and could not have an attack. He could only curse a few words in his heart.

Ibrahim also wanted to humiliate Farouk by having him ride a mule backwards under the city wall, shirtless, with disheveled hair, and his naked body.

But Ghazi was a filial son, and he was afraid that Ibrahim would embarrass him if he released Faruk after he surrendered, so he made an additional request to get Faruk's body back.

Hearing this, Faruk's blood pressure immediately exploded. The soldiers increased their strength and whipped them to "pacify" the out-of-control Faruk.

Ibrahim and the messenger ignored the commotion in the corner and did whatever they were supposed to do.

"Go back and tell your master to open the city gate and lead the army out of the city. The defenders of the surrounding castles must also come out."

After receiving Ibrahim's answer, the messenger returned to the city.

Shirvanshah Palace

"Your Majesty, you pretended to convert, but you will regret it every day. You hid your faith because you were coerced, and the Lord will understand." The Ulema on the side seemed to have no psychological burden, and persuaded the new Shah to convert to please Ibrahim.

Gaz glanced at the council chamber. Most of the ministers who were shocked by his words three days ago now supported his decision, which was made after several minutes of ideological struggle and went against their ancestors.

By the way, the Sheikh of the Safavid Order also has the blood of Uzon Hassan, and he can be regarded as an Aries prince. In this way, surrender is nothing more than swearing allegiance to the new Aries Sultan, the same as the previous one to Yelqubai , just like usurpers like Rostam, now they are only loyal to a new one.

After figuring this out, the psychological burden on everyone present is no longer so serious.

And when the messenger who came back said that Ibrahim allowed those who surrendered to retain their faith, there was nothing to fear.

Thinking of this, Gaz put down the red hat in his hand again, feeling a little scared. After all, Ibrahim did not make a personal guarantee to him, but asked him to lead his troops out of the city for an interview. If Ibrahim doesn't follow martial ethics and suddenly turns against him, Field Ghazi has no confidence in defeating Ibrahim. Although Baku is a fortified city, its granary—not to mention running mice, or running horses, according to Igaz—cannot feed the whole city by relying on the navy to fish in the Caspian Sea.

After dilly-dallying for a while, the army finally set off from the castle area. The team of thousands of people, with bright helmets and bright armor, was so majestic that the residents on both sides of the street thought that the new Shah was going out of the city to fight the enemy in the field. Only the participants knew what they were doing.

The city gate opened wide and the team left the city. The defenders stationed on the city wall joined the team like a tributary at the city gate. After a while, the team swelled a lot.

After learning that Ghazi was leading his troops out of the city, Ibrahim, who was pretending to be working in his tent, quickly swallowed the fermented grape juice he had just drank, put down the cup he had not finished drinking, and ordered two thousand red heads to leave the camp and add gas. Hereby meet. Then another thousand people were ordered, led by Mustafa Beg, to control the city defense of Baku to prevent unexpected incidents.

After walking for only ten minutes, Ibrahim met Ghazi.

"Ghazishah, don't you want to be loyal to the new monarch? For your throne." As soon as they met, Ibrahim got straight to the point.

"Please don't take everything away from me. I don't dare to hope for anything else." Gaz took the initiative to get off his horse, not daring to raise his head and look at Ibrahim.

Ibrahim nodded: "I will not break my promise."

After saying that, Ghazi knelt down to Ibrahim and swore allegiance to Ibrahim: "The great Aries Sultan, descendant of Uzon Hassan, the conqueror on both sides of the north and south sides of the Arras River, the true The knight, the great saint Ibrahim, I, the lowly Shirwan lord Ghazi and my descendants are loyal to you and your descendants, find book garden www.zhaoshuyuaｎ.com and serve the great Safavid family forever ( Just follow the nomenclature of P Club and treat this as your last name) and never betray."

Hearing these words, Ibrahim wanted to laugh, but he couldn't, so he had to hold it in and accepted Ghazi's allegiance.

Next, Farooq was brought up. His clothes were messy and his back had several scars from the whip, some old and new. Ibrahim did not humiliate Farooq. Although Ghazi was a filial son, as a noble he also wanted to have face. Moreover, Gaz has already surrendered, so the humiliation is just superfluous.

Farouk, who was being held in custody, had watched the whole process, and now he looked at Ibrahim and Ghazi like a wounded beast (in his own opinion). Next, Farooq was tied tightly with ropes by the soldiers. After making sure that Farooq could not break free, they stuffed him into a bag as big as one person and placed him on the ground.

Next, hundreds of red heads rode horses and trampled the bags back and forth several times. The entire bag was stained red with Farooq's blood, and some minced meat fell out of the mouth of the bag. The smell of blood was nauseating.

After the torture, Ibrahim said to Ghazi: "You can take the bag back for autopsy."

Ghazi endured his nausea, asked his men to take away the bag, and nodded to Ibrahim in thanks.

After dealing with Ghazi, Ibrahim successfully took over Shirwan's power and treasury. Then Ibrahim wrote to Shamaki and Ardabil, conveying the news of Shirvan's change of ownership and the order to assemble in Baku.

Because of the war, large areas of unclaimed real estate appeared in the plains. Ibrahim took advantage of the situation and rewarded all these real estates to the tribes to stabilize the sect's presence here.

Next, let's rest for a while in Baku City. Anyway, it will take less than half a month for the messenger and the team to get back and forth.