741 【What a coincidence, are you also here to attack the city?】
Like Ahmed next door, the state of Bijapur also split from Bahmani.
Yusuf, the first Sultan of Bijapur, was once the regional governor of Bahmani.
Due to the large number of Hindus in the country, Yusuf implemented a policy of religious tolerance at the beginning of the founding of the country. He not only allowed people to practice religion freely, but also married Hindu women as wives and appointed Hindus as senior officials.
Today, it has been passed down to the fourth generation of sultans.
The third sultan died suddenly the year he succeeded to the throne, and a bloody political struggle ensued. In order to win over the green aristocrats, the new sultan finally ended decades of religious tolerance and carried out continuous persecution of Hindu officials and people in the country.
, deportation and massacre.
"Your Highness, Kamalhan has rebelled!"
Prince Ali Adishal is enjoying a delicious meal. He is a fat man with a round figure. He has two major hobbies in his life, food and beautiful women. Not long ago, he took in a Hindu beauty, which made Prince Consort Chand Bibi very unhappy.
Prince Ali was so frightened that he dropped his spoon when he heard that local powerful forces had launched a rebellion.
My father took all the best soldiers in the country to fight. Some time ago, unknown enemy troops came from the sea, burning, killing, and looting all the way to the royal city. Fortunately, the prince and princess stepped forward and used strong methods to strengthen the walls and clear the country. This solved the huge crisis in the royal city.
Now, the enemy is attacking the second largest city in the country in the north. Although they have not conquered the city, they have wreaked havoc in the north.
At this critical moment, local powerful factions actually rebelled?
Prince Ali asked: "Where is the prince and concubine?"
The attendant replied: "Her Royal Highness the Princess is recruiting militiamen."
"Okay, that's good," Prince Ali finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued to eat. "The matter of the Kamalhan rebellion will be left to the prince and concubine to handle with full authority."
The attendant was hesitant to speak, but finally couldn't help but speak: "Her Royal Highness the Princess said that she would like to ask the prince to appear in person to encourage the people to join the army. In addition, the palace treasure trove will be opened and used for militia military expenses, and the rest will be used to reward meritorious soldiers."
Prince Ali stood up in confusion: "Impossible!"
The attendant dared not speak.
Prince Ali did not bother to eat and asked his attendants to take him to find his wife.
Chande Bibi is now standing on the tower of the palace. There are a large number of civilians gathered outside, some of whom she moved here from the clear country. Chande Bibi is doing recruitment and mobilization: "...the rebels are about to kill, and this is our home.
, does not allow anyone to desecrate and destroy. The great Sultan is conquering the infidels in the south. As long as we insist on guarding the capital, the rebels will be crushed to pieces by the Sultan when he returns... I, Chand Bibi Nizam Shah, will
The first one to sign up to join the army, I will be at the forefront of the crusade against the rebels! All civilians who are willing to join the army will receive twice the military pay, and will be promoted if they perform meritorious service. If you kill the rebel officers, I will grant you noble status.
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Prince Ali looked at his wife silently, admiring and complaining at the same time. How could he give the militia twice the military salary and promise to grant him a noble status?
The atmosphere outside the palace has been aroused, and the common people are raising their arms and shouting. It is not known whether they are inspired by the spirit or attracted by the conditions offered by the prince and concubine.
Chande Bibi asked the recruitment officials to set up recruitment points on the street. She walked out of the palace in person and was the first to sign up to join the army. The civilians immediately cheered and stepped forward to queue up to join the army.
When Chand Bibi returned to the palace again, Prince Ali stepped forward and grabbed her by the lapel of her clothes and angrily shouted: "You are crazy, how can you make your own decisions? At least discuss it with me!"
Chand Bibi looked at her husband with cold eyes: "If I discuss it with you, will you agree to take out the palace treasure?"
"Of course not!" Prince Ali said.
"Then what else should I discuss with you?" Chand Bibi asked.
Prince Ali was furious: "You are a crazy woman!"
Chand Bibi sneered: "Have you seen the civilians joining the army outside? Anyway, I have made a promise. If it is not fulfilled, they will storm into the palace out of anger. Then we will die together. Kamalkand is a place
Governor, even if the Sultan takes away the elite, if he hides private soldiers, can the remaining troops in the royal city resist it? Once the city is broken, no matter how much treasure you have, they will all be taken away by Kamalhan!"
When Prince Ali heard the noise outside, he was really afraid that the common people would enter the palace. He let go of his wife and gritted his teeth and said, "When the Sultan returns to the court, I will definitely depose you and marry another wife!"
Chand Bibi laughed: "You don't dare."
"asshole!"
Prince Ali cursed angrily and said to his entourage: "Lock her up!"
Chand Bibi was placed under house arrest. Prince Ali ordered people to carry out the treasure and began his career as a drama star.
This guy personally distributed military pay to every civilian who joined the army in advance, and said that the words and deeds of the prince and concubine before were all based on his instructions. If the rebels came to kill him, as a prince, he would be the first to stand up.
Anyway, he took all the credit for Chand Bibi and gained the support of the common people in no time.
Do you think he is stupid?
They are just sneaking around!
A few days later, Kamalqand's rebels came from the northeast. They encountered little resistance along the way. Instead, they took a large number of civilians with them, and the number of troops surged to more than 30,000.
Prince Ali came to the city in person, and when he saw the overwhelming rebels, he was immediately frightened to the point of numbness.
This guy doesn't know how to set up defenses, but he likes to point fingers and mess up the city's defense system.
The loyal ministers and generals were so upset by the prince that they united to force him to go to the palace.
These people stood in a circle, surrounded Prince Ali, and then knelt down and begged: "Your Highness, please let the princess command the battle!"
Prince Ali said: "She is sick and needs to recuperate."
The ministers and generals also said: "Please give the prince and concubine the command even though she is sick!"
"She..." Prince Ali obviously felt that something was wrong. His bodyguard actually stepped away and allowed the ministers to surround him. The guy immediately changed his mind and said to an attendant, "Invite the prince and concubine quickly!"
The ministers and generals suddenly felt more relaxed. If the prince was allowed to continue messing around, they would all want to rebel collectively.
The moment Chand Bibi appeared at the top of the city, countless defenders and civilians cheered and shouted, and his popular prestige obviously far exceeded that of Prince Ali.
Prince Ali's eyes were full of jealousy, but he pretended to be wise and stood beside his wife with a smile, as if all her instructions were given by him.
Chand Bibi did not immediately command the army, but summoned ministers and generals to inquire about all the conditions of the defenders. Then she began to arrange defenses and appointed a talented and loyal minister, giving this person full authority to take over weapons, food, grass, and military pay.
Waiting for supplies.
Prince Ali stared at the minister, and after deciding to win the war, he found an excuse to execute the man!
The rebels outside the city did not attack the city immediately. They retreated slightly to camp, and then cut down trees to build siege equipment. A war would break out in three days at most.
On the second day of the siege, the rebel general Kamal Khan was climbing up to look out, when he suddenly noticed thousands of cavalry coming from the east.
Kamalqand felt like he was facing a powerful enemy and thought that the Sultan had sent cavalry back.
Lu Sheng was also a little confused. Didn't he say that the enemy country was empty? Why was there a large military camp outside the city?
The two sides stood face to face for a while, sending sentries to each other to see what was going on.
Then, each of them breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the other party was not the Sudanese army.
What to do?
Attack the city directly, kill each other first, or cooperate with each other to attack the city together?
Kamalhan rode forward in person and asked the Han generals to negotiate. Lu Sheng happily rode there.
Kamalhan directly made a condition: "Let's conquer the city of Bijapur together. After I become Sultan, I will cede a large area of land in the southeast to Tianzhu, and I will never go to war with Tianzhu."
Lu Sheng agreed directly: "Okay, I will help you attack the city, but all my troops are cavalry."
Kamalhan said: "You don't need to help, you just need to retreat far away and don't interfere with my attack on the city."
Lu Sheng asked: "How far back?"
Kamalhan said: "Step back fifty miles."
Lu Sheng said: "Our army does not have enough food and grass."
Kamalhan said: "I can give you some."
In this way, Lu Sheng extorted a batch of grain and grass, and there was no need to rob everywhere for the time being.
Not far after Lu Sheng's cavalry withdrew, another troop came from the north, but it was Ning Botao's rabble. Because of the strong walls and clear fields, they made a large circle to the north and failed to attack the country's second largest city, so they attacked from the north again.
Grabbing food along the way.
Not only that, Ning Botao also held tens of thousands of Hindus hostage.
These Hindus, because of the policy of religious tolerance, were able to live well in the past. But after the Sultan came to power, he began to persecute them. This time, they followed Ning Botao to fight purely semi-voluntarily, and by the way, they could also grab weapons along the way.
Money grabs food.
What the hell?
We just sent away Lu Sheng's cavalry, why are there so many foreign infantry?
Kamalhan is depressed to death. Is it easy for me to rebel? After finally reaching the royal city, I actually broke into various third-party forces. Can you let me rebel more easily?
Changde Bibi's brain exploded. The princess stood at the top of the city, looking at Ning Potao's troops in the north, at the domestic rebels in the northeast, at Lu Sheng's cavalry in the east, and then at the losers around her.
Husband, I always feel like God has played a big joke on her.
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I only have a group of left-behind troops and newly recruited militiamen in my hands, and I don’t want to take such bullies with me!