There is a saying that goes well, wishes are beautiful, but reality is skinny!
The Persian army tried its best to avoid fighting, just to wait until it rained so that the Ming army's firearms advantage could be reduced.
As a result, God refused to rain, and Abbas II was anxious to wait.
The Persian army had more troops than the Ming army, which meant greater logistical pressure. After preparing for war on the border for more than a year, food and grass were tight. Abbas II actually preferred a quick victory. After all, Persia was not a country.
A wealthy country has many plateaus, deserts and deserts, and its products are limited.
Therefore, the first thing Abbas II did when he got up every day was to see how the weather was.
On this day, when he woke up in the morning, the guard happily told him that there was no sun today!
If there is no sun, it will be cloudy, and it may rain. Abbas II was overjoyed and immediately announced that this was the result of his prayers. God was blessing them to win this war!
The weather just turned cloudy, which greatly improved the morale of the Persian army.
However, before Abbas II had time to be happy, urgent news arrived.
"What?" Abbas II was shocked when he heard this. He stared at the messenger and asked with an incredible expression, "The Ming army annihilated the United Fleet and landed at Bandar Abbas Port?"
The words of the Dutch Governor Kuiyi are still in my ears: There are more than a hundred sailing warships in the combined fleet. This is the most powerful force on the sea and can fight any country in Europe. The Ming Dynasty
The navy came from afar and easily annihilated the combined fleet?
The British and Danes who came with the army listened on the side and found it incredible. According to the description of the messenger, the Ming army seemed to have conquered Bandar Abbas Port with overwhelming force. It always seemed a bit fantasy!
No one knows better than Europeans like them how powerful more than a hundred sailing warships are! This is not fighting in the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ming Navy gathers, I'm afraid not many will come. As long as the number of warships is not too far off.
, I can call you back and forth no matter what!
The rapid fall of Bandar Abbas meant that the capital of the Persian Empire would be in danger.
Abbas II was immediately in trouble!
The man in front of him was on a personal expedition, facing off against the Ming army here. At this time, there was a fire in the backyard, and the capital city could not ignore it. But if he returned to the army at this time, what would he do if he faced the enemy in front of him?
In front of Abbas II, the only person who could lie down was his sick Prime Minister Khalifa Sultan. He told him: "Your Majesty, I am blocking the Ming army here. Your Majesty will go back and deal with the Ming army on the seaside first."
The army and the capital cannot be lost!"
Abbas II had great trust in Khalifa Sultan. Historically, it was because Khalifa Sultan died of illness. Then he had no ministers to advise him and began to let himself go, which led to the decline of the Safavid dynasty!
At this time, he listened to Khalifa Sultan, but he was also worried about Khalifa Sultan's health.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about me!" Khalifa Sultan continued to advise, "As long as me is still breathing, the Ming army will never be able to pass me!"
After a period of discussion, Abbas II finally decided to return to rescue the capital, but there was another dispute over how many troops to bring back to rescue.
But before the debate could come to a conclusion, another urgent message arrived, saying that the Ming army's offensive from Bandar Abbas was so rapid that it was only about half way away from the capital city of Yinsfahan.
This time, Abbas II was frightened.
He was on the border with the Mughal Empire, further away from Insfa Khan than Bandar Abbas Port.
He originally thought that the resistance along the way would slow down the Ming army, but as a result, the attack speed far exceeded his expectation.
Such a powerful army, if we don't bring more troops back, we will be doomed if we can't win!
Finally, the still resourceful Prime Minister Khalifa Sultan came up with an idea and said: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the Ming army here is weak. The Ming army coming from the sea is the main force for their attack on Persia.
.It’s actually not difficult to break this situation!”
When Abbas II heard this, he was overjoyed and asked quickly: "How to break it?"
Others were also surprised. They all knew that this Persian prime minister was very resourceful, and he might actually have extraordinary wisdom to solve the current problem!
Just listen to Khalifa Sultan's reply: "As long as we make an urgent gesture of returning reinforcements and let the Ming army know that their troops on the sea have succeeded, in this case, when they see that we are rushing to return reinforcements, they will definitely
Follow and pursue. So, we can use the trick, pretend to return reinforcements first, and then set up an ambush to annihilate them in one fell swoop. At least we can defeat the enemy in front of us, so that we can safely return to support Yinsfa Khan."
After hearing this strategy, everyone thought about it and immediately felt that this strategy was good!
No, Abbas II always smiled and praised his prime minister without hesitation.
Under the pressure of time, Abbas II quickly followed the plan of Khalifa Sultan.
In the border area between Persia and the Mughal Empire, there is the Sulaiman Mountains. The Persian side selected an ambush point, and then began to move around, pretending to be panicked and went back to rescue.
Their guess was not wrong. After discovering this situation, the Ming army did not sit idly by and ignore it. Instead, as they expected, they began to pursue it.
A beautiful ambush started under the personal command of Abbas II.
Persian soldiers from all directions launched an attack on the Ming army that fell into the trap. Infantry, cavalry, including troops equipped with new firearms, all launched an attack at the first opportunity.
Seeing this scene, Abbas II was in a very good mood. If this strategy was successful, there would be no worries on the eastern front, and all the main forces would be able to return to the capital to help the capital, and then annihilate the Ming army there.
However, his prime minister did not have much happy expression, which surprised him, so he asked: "At least 30,000 Ming troops have fallen into our encirclement. As long as they are annihilated, the Ming army on the eastern front will definitely not be defeated."
If you dare to pursue me again, this plan is successful, why are you unhappy?"
While asking this question, he thought of a possibility and added: "Are you worried that you can't annihilate these Ming troops? You should have seen that many Ming troops have died!"
After hearing his words, Khalifa Sultan said with a little worry: "Your Majesty, take a closer look. Most of the Ming troops trapped in the siege should be the original Mughals. According to the news, these are just Ming troops newly sealed here."
The armies of the vassal states, the real elite armies of the Ming Dynasty, are all their local armies, and they look a little different!"
"???" Abbas II was a little surprised when he heard this, and quickly took out the telescope presented to him by the Europeans and looked at it.
He didn't know this, but after a quick look, he realized that his prime minister was indeed right. Most of the Ming army were simply Mughals. He had not noticed this at all before.
This time, his brows also wrinkled.
Even if the army of this Ming vassal country is annihilated, as long as the Ming expeditionary force is not destroyed, the eastern border will still be in danger!
Abbas II was worried about this, but he found that the situation seemed to be beyond his imagination.
The surrounded Ming troops were like rocks in a torrent. After the initial panic, no matter how the Persian army attacked, they could never be eaten.
Abbas II also saw that these Ming army's firearms were really powerful, their range was too far, and they caused great harm to Persian soldiers.
At this time, he didn't care anymore. He wanted to at least eliminate these Ming troops, so he sent out his rifled fusiliers.
However, at this moment, another Ming army arrived.
This time, Abbas II had experience and used telescopes to observe and found that these Ming troops were indeed the Ming troops from the Ming Dynasty. So he quickly mobilized his troops and generals in an attempt to expand the encirclement and encircle this new Ming army.
Surround it.
However, this time, he was dumbfounded.
The Ming army that came from behind was so ferocious that it killed people when they blocked it, and killed Buddha when they blocked it. The Persian army in front of them couldn't stop them at all. The brave ones died directly, and the rest
Run away!
As for the reason, he also discovered that the Ming army's fighting method was something he had never seen before. They actually lay on the ground and fired, and the rate of fire was super fast. The dense firepower formed could kill the enemy in front of them in one go.
It was extremely difficult for the Persian soldiers to injure the Ming army lying on the ground!
What the hell is this?
Subconsciously, he immediately realized that the muskets in the hands of this local Ming army were probably more advanced muskets!
Thinking of this, Abbas II felt numb!
What kind of world is this?
In the Persian Empire, it was difficult to produce even ordinary flintlock guns by itself, and had to buy them from Europeans. Finally, they grabbed a rifled flintlock gun from the Ming Dynasty, and worked with the Europeans to imitate this rifled flintlock gun.
, As a result, before I had time to feel complacent, the firearms in the hands of the Ming army were actually more powerful than rifled flintlock guns!
Is there anyone who bullies people like this?
In the past, I didn’t think Easterners were very smart, but now, are they crushing people from other countries?
This gap in firearms made Abbas II feel a strong sense of powerlessness. How could he fight?
Even at this time, he felt a trace of regret. If he had known this, maybe by handing Darashuko over, the Ming Dynasty might forgive Persia?
However, by this time, it is too late to say anything!
Abbas II quickly turned to look at his prime minister, wanting to ask his most trusted prime minister if there was any other way to stop the Ming army's offensive.
As a result, he turned around and found that his prime minister was motionless, with his eyes wide open and a look of shock and surprise on his face, but his head was tilted to one side in a weird way.
He seemed to be dead, and looking like this, he seemed to be scared to death!
Upon seeing this, Abbas II immediately panicked and quickly checked the situation and found that his prime minister was indeed dead!
Hearing the shouts of killing and seeing that the Ming army had merged and launched a counterattack against the Persian army, Abbas II's eyes went dark and he didn't know anything anymore.