The Sun and the Lion

A few days later, this simple mission, led by the messenger, entered the city of Baghdad with great swagger. These riders wearing red hats are very conspicuous among the many turbans in the city.

"Stop, who are you?" This group of riders rushed straight to the gate of the palace, then reined in their horses and stopped in front of the gate. The guards moved forward to stop them.

The leading rider took out the document from his pocket and handed it to the guard: "I am Assad, the envoy of Shah Ibrahim of Iran. I have come to meet the leader of your country on the order of my lord."

The illiterate guards looked at the document that was handed to them, then looked at the red hat on the other person's head, and reported the letter to Murad in the palace with doubts.

"Your Majesty, the Safavid envoy is here."

Murad turned around and glanced at the guards who came to report, calmed down, waved his hand and said: "Let the envoys in and let them wait. Then go and notify Barik and ask him to get here quickly. Come!"

"Yes." The guard nodded and strode out of the room.

On the streets of Baghdad, news of the red-headed riders swaggering through the streets spread quickly, and everyone was speculating on the envoy's intentions. Radical Sunni clerics planned to gather fanatical believers to attack the mission out of hostility to the Safavid sect.

However, because of Murad's arrangement, the mob failed, but they gathered in front of the palace to demonstrate, waiting for the death of these red-headed heretics.

The military leaders also received the news quickly, but they did not act rashly, but waited and waited.

"Will the Lord of Baghdad surrender or not?" Assad and his entourage were sitting on the sofa, drinking drinks brought by the palace attendants. At this time, half an hour had passed since they entered the palace. Through the window, they could see the people gathered in the square. Their angry shouts made him feel fear in his heart. It seemed that in the next second they would rush in and kill several people. People were torn to pieces.

"Barik, I'm done." After meeting the military chief, Murad said in despair: "Now the whole city knows that I am going to succumb to the heresy."

According to Murad's idea, both sides should maintain secret exercises, and then when the Safavid army moves south to attack Baghdad, he will use his direct troops to cooperate with Ibrahim inside and outside, and then conduct a city-wide purge in Baghdad.

At this point, Barrick has no good solution. If his Bonak tribe had the ability to solve the current crisis, he would not propose surrender.

"Your Majesty, we are here. If we regret it, then..." Barrick said helplessly. Externally, one's own side took the initiative to request surrender, but the other side sent representatives and then refused, which was equivalent to cutting off the chance of survival. Internally, those opposing forces will definitely think that this retreat is their fault, and will only become more unscrupulous in the future.

While Murad was talking to Barik, a guard came in and reported the situation outside the palace to the two.

Then, Assad and others saw this scene through the window: a group of cavalry rushed into the crowd with whips, beating the mob's flesh. Rags and flesh were soon mixed together, and the whip marks were shocking. The palace guards also came out to drive away these fanatical believers.

"This is really stupid." Assad frowned, Murad's method was too rough.

A servant came in and informed: "Everyone, His Majesty has summoned you." After saying that, Assad and his entourage walked out of the room and arrived at the hall under the guidance of the servant. When he saw Murad sitting on the throne, his face was expressionless, but some subtle movements still showed his emotions. There were not many people meeting the envoys with the monarch. The highest-ranking one was the military commander Barik, as well as low-level secretaries and guards responsible for maintaining order on the scene and filling the number.

"Envoy Assad, I send you my sincere greetings on the order of our Lord." Everyone saluted and greeted you first. After the polite words were finished, Murad asked the envoy: "Your reinforcements are still far away from Baghdad. How many days’ journey is it?”

"Don't be impatient, Your Majesty. Our army has just ended the war in Kurdistan and needs to rest." Assad said unhurriedly: "The most important thing now is to return to Huda's true faith. With that With the blessing of Huda, those stubborn people are worth mentioning.”

"In that case, there is no need to delay."

In the eyes of everyone, Murad took the red hat from Assad's hand. The attendant skillfully took off the turban on his head, and Murad brought the red hat to his head. Find Shuyuan www. zhaoshuyuan.com

"Yes, I have returned to the right path... I use everything I have as a guarantee and swear to the all-knowing and all-powerful Huda to obey Shahan Shah Ibrahim, the son of Huda and rule the world on Huda's behalf, and build a community that belongs to A New Shia Order….”

Barik also wore a red hat, but instead of saying a word like Murad, he just knelt down.

Assad nodded with satisfaction. This mission was completed perfectly. By this time, the square had been cleared of the mob, leaving only a chaotic bazaar, bloodstains and horse hoof prints.

"Your Majesty, you made a wise decision today, Huda will protect you."

The mission was successfully completed, and Assad and others set out on their way home.

But after officially converting to Shiism, Murad felt that Baghdad had become the crater of a volcano about to erupt—even though he had no idea what a volcano was. In short, Arab Iraq cannot stay any longer.

Murad decided that he was going to run away and seek foreign aid.

Barik did not object after learning of Murad's decision, but planned to pack up Xinruan and run away with Murad. After preparing for a day and a night, the two of them left Baghdad with an excuse and fled to Aleppo with hundreds of trustworthy guards.

A few days later, news of Murad's departure from the city reached Diyarbakir, and Ibrahim ordered the army to move south.

At the same time, Baghdad was indeed in chaos because it was leaderless, and Murad's absconding was quickly exposed by the priests and military leaders. Although they succeeded in preventing a Shia monarch from coming to Iraq, Murad's escape caused a complete breakdown of order. Military chiefs scrambled to separatist forces and clerics continued to incite believers in the hope of gaining more influence.

Anyway, Murad gave Ibrahim an assist