Chapter 42 three

As Central Asia, West Asia, and Asia Minor continued to be included in the territory, King Timur followed the story of Genghis Khan's founding of the country and divided the vast land he conquered into his sons and grandsons. At this time, the entire territory of Persia was basically pacified.Except for the last Persian king, Ahma, with the help of the Mameluk king Balhu and the chief of the "Black Sheep" tribe, Yu Sufu, he regained the land of the report and continued to maintain his dying rule. All ministries were incorporated into the Timurid Empire.King Timur had plenty of time to deal with the King of Persia, and before that, he had more important military goals.

This time the campaign is known as the "Seven Years' War", King Timur's lofty goal is: to re-conquer the richest land in the world. The primary target of the Seven Years' War was identified as India.In fact, it took King Timur a lot of twists and turns to determine the target of the battle at first. However, King Timur wisely found the basis for the expedition in the end, and convinced everyone through the guidance of Allah. India is a rather mysterious country in my mind, and I know very little about it other than its heat.The princess and I went through all the information we could find about India, and came to a general conclusion: India is located on the Indian Peninsula of the South Asian subcontinent, and is divided into North India and South India.The northern part of India is the Himalayas, the southern part is the Deccan Plateau, and the middle of the northern and southern highlands is a large plain.The northern and eastern parts of the Great Plains are the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins.Between India and Pakistan there is a river called the Shen River (ie the Indus River).Most of India has a tropical climate, but the northern highlands are very cool. Due to the influence of the monsoon, it is divided into two seasons, dry and wet.With the arrival of the wet season, the southwest monsoon contains water vapor and blows from the Indian Ocean. There is a lot of rainfall in the eastern Ganges and Yarlung Zangbo River basins, and the products are relatively rich.But the northwest is out of the reach of the monsoon, the air is dry, and there are many grasslands and deserts.In addition, because of the relationship between soil and climate, the forests in India are lush, and there are often beasts and poisonous snakes.

The communication between North India and the outside world is mainly through several mountain passes connecting Afghanistan in the northwest.The transportation between North and South India is very inconvenient, but because the subcontinent has the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west, and the Indian Ocean in the south, the overseas transportation conditions are quite good. Before King Timur set out on a large-scale expedition, India had a total of 23 administrative divisions.The Kingdom of Delhi once occupied almost all of India's land when it was strong, but the kingdom soon declined and its territory was torn apart.Several larger provincial governors were liberated from the regime of the King of Delhi, and each opened up an autonomous Muslim country.These autonomous Muslim countries include Bangladesh, Deccan, Ude and others.The separation of the Muslim Kingdom reduced the Kingdom of Delhi to the territory of Punjab and Dob, and the current ruler of Delhi, Mahathir Shah II, is an authentic puppet, and his power was manipulated in the hands of Prime Minister Malu Iqbal .

In addition, what I am most interested in is that India has an elephant army that uses elephants as mounts. Later, we experienced the power of this elephant army in actual wars. It has been determined that Princess Oeira will accompany Ulugh Beg on the expedition.Even young princes must accept the tempering of harsh wars, which is the strictest requirement of King Timur for his children and grandchildren. Before the war, Shah Ruth returned to Samarkand.He came back on the one hand to participate in the ensuing campaign, and on the other hand to attend the grand banquet that his father was about to give.Not long after King Timur and his young queen Turan got married, Shahru was ordered by his father to go out of the town of Khorasan, and his seat was in Halle.Samarkand and Harleh are thousands of miles away. Since sitting in Harleh, Shah Ruth has rarely been able to come back, which makes meeting each other so precious, and the connection between us and Shah Ruh Only by letter.

Ever since Shahru sent his eldest son Ulugh Beg to the side of Princess Oela, he seldom saw the princess. I knew he was doing this just to avoid some kind of dazzle, but the more he avoided, the more this dazzle became. irresistible.I could see all his troubles and struggles, because, after all, I was the only person in the world who knew him, the love he had, and the sacrifices he made for it. At the banquet, Ulugh Beg was arranged to sit with Princess Oeira.He is a shy child who likes to live a clean life like a princess. It is the first time for him to participate in such a grand banquet with such a warm atmosphere, especially when his father is sitting opposite him, he can't help but put his knees together Clamped tightly, showing a look of embarrassment.However, when the princess spoke to him tenderly like a mother, he quickly calmed down.As for the mother-son intimacy between his son and Princess Oela, I can see that on the one hand, Shaharu is pleased, but on the other hand, thinking of his past, he is a little jealous of his son.

After the banquet was a military parade.The army is ready, the military parade is over, and we will set off on another day. In July 800 of the Muslim calendar (about January 1398), King Timur led an expeditionary force of 92,000 people and set off from Samarkand.Among them, 30,000 cavalry, as the right wing and vanguard, marched from Kandahar under the command of Pier, the grandson of King Timur.Pi'er, like his elder brother and crown prince Shaletan, was brave and good at fighting, and both of them were born of the eldest prince Jihanjar by the concubine Hanzedai.King Timur loved his eldest son the most among all his sons, and he never changed his mind in his life. Only after Hanjar died in battle, he made his eldest grandson Shale altar the crown prince, and made Afghanistan, Kunduz, Kabul, Ghazni, Kandahar and its vicinity were given another grandson, Pier.

Ulugh Beg was incorporated into Pier's army, and the princess was responsible for taking care of him. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, the princess and I followed Pier all the time.Pier was a brave and resourceful general. He first conquered Soleiman, crossed the Shen River two months later, besieged Otcha, and began to besiege Murtan. When Pi Er was a child, he often visited Orinburg. Because he didn't like writing and ink, and he had the style of a general, the princess presented him with a precious bow of the Yuan Dynasty that she brought to the Chagatai Khanate from Mongolia.The princess's generosity was beyond Pi Er's expectation. After that, he loved the princess even more. Even after he went to the fief, he still kept correspondence with the princess.Not only that, he also sent people to deliver local specialties to the princess' mansion throughout the year.

The princess has always loved and admired Pi Er so much. When she talked with Pi Er, she was as gentle as a mother and as frank as a sister.And Pier always comes to our tent to visit the princess whenever he is free.Although the journey is difficult, I can see that Pi Er is very happy to have the opportunity to spend time with the princess again. Ma conspired with King Sha II, worried that Ertecha might be wrong, and sent an army to rescue.Predicting the enemy's opportunity, Pi'er sent his trusted generals to set up ambush where the reinforcements must pass, gathered and wiped out the enemy's army, and won a complete victory.The garrison of Etecha could not be helped, and the chief general personally supervised the battle, but was killed by a cannonball. Then, several generals fought for the position of the chief general, and the defense force was seriously weakened. Chacheng.

After Ertecha was dispatched, Pi'er's army began to attack Murtan with all its strength. The terrain of Muertan was dangerous and the city defenses were solid. Pi'er's attack for several months was fruitless, and he also suffered huge casualties.He didn't want Murtan to tie his hands and feet, so he sent an emergency soldier to ask King Timur if he would give up the siege. Soon, the oral order was brought back, and King Timur ordered Pi'er to take down Murtan at all costs. Pierre was chatting with the princess outside the princess's tent when he received the message, which was the most relaxing moment for him during the arduous siege battle.His grandfather's order was beyond his expectation, and he couldn't understand it, so he couldn't help resisting: "Why does grandfather insist on doing this?"

But the princess seemed to understand clearly: "The king should be thinking about the long-term." Pi Er froze for a moment, and looked up at the princess. "Long term?" He murmured for a long time. The princess patted the back of his hand understandingly: "Pi'er, I know you care about your strength. But, after all, Murtan is the largest city in India. King Timur must take down Murtan, probably I want it to be my base for moving to India in the future." Pi'er had a look of surprise all over his face.He had to admit that this woman did impress him sometimes.

"What do you mean..." When he spoke again, his tone was something I had never heard before, and there was clearly a kind of humility in it. "As the chief general, you have no choice." "I'm afraid we can't afford it." "Our consumption is very high, and the other party's consumption must also be not small. We still have ways to think about outside, even if we kill horses to use as army rations, saw off trees to make ladders, and move stones to use as cannon stones. In short, we always have ways to do it. I think. But people in the city use up one arrow feather and one less one, and use one less log than one. Besides, Muertan is a mountain city, and the cultivated land is outside the city. Now there are not only troops in the city, but also There are so many people, even with the best preparations, the ration reserves may be exhausted." Pier understood what the princess meant.He turned his head and stared at the sunset glow in the sky, with a firm expression and serious eyes.Later, he once told Shanai, who had a deep relationship with him, that in his life, he would never respect any woman again like he respected the princess at that moment. Pi Er continued to command the army to besiege Murtan.A few days later, an army tried to break out of the city, but was defeated by two of Pier's generals.After interrogating the prisoners, Pi Er learned that the city had been out of food for several days, and he immediately thought of a brilliant idea. That night, Pi Er came to the back camp and asked us women accompanying the army to put on soldiers' attire.This is the second time I have dressed up as a warrior. The last time was when King Timur pursued Tok Khan along the Terek River. Now I am a little taller than then. Pi Er bought a set of light leather armor for the princess, and the princess gladly put on the armor. The princess in military uniform was so beautiful that Pi Er was at a loss. Pierre arranged all the trebuchets, fire throwers, and arrow carts at the front of the line, while our "army" was put at the end by him.At dawn, the defenders of Multan saw from the city wall that the army below the city was as boundless as an ocean. The only possibility they could think of was that King Timur sent reinforcements.At this moment, they are just a handful of sand, which will be swallowed mercilessly by the waves of the sea in a blink of an eye. The will collapses in an instant. Muertan's defenders, who had held on for half a year, finally surrendered to Pi'er. After taking down Murtan, Pi Er went to the Bis River as planned to join the left wing and the central army.At this time, the battle reports were continuously sent to Pier's army. The 30,000 cavalry on the left wing were commanded by Shah Ruh, and were ordered to break through the territory under the jurisdiction of Lahore.Shaharu seemed to be a born lucky general. The army he led set off from Kabul without encountering too many twists and turns, captured countless capitals along the way, and rushed to the Bank of Bis River eight months later. King Timur personally led 32,000 people from Samarkand, set up a pontoon bridge to cross the Amu Darya River, and then went straight to Mount Hindukus, intending to advance from the pass by surprise.This was a rather risky act, but later facts proved that such an adventure completely disrupted the enemy's deployment, thus adding another example of the clever use of troops to King Timur's series of conquest wars. Because the ice and snow near the pass melted and the ground was soft and slippery, horses could not walk.As a last resort, King Timur ordered the troops to stop advancing during the day, spread animal hair on the snow, and then let the horses stand on the animal hair to wait for the heat to subside.When the snow gradually hardened at night, King Timur led his army across the mountain.On the other side of the mountain, the soldiers showed their skills, or climbed ropes down the cliff, or slid down the slope with their backs on a slightly gentle slope. King Timur rode a basket pulled by ropes and was guarded. Protected down the mountain.After passing the Hindukusi Mountain, King Timur drove straight in, broke through the cities along the way, and went straight to Kabul by way. Half a month later, the three armies met on the banks of the Bis River as scheduled. I dare say that even though King Timur himself had a near-death experience, he still has never seen a more miserable team than ours.When we fought all the way to the Bank of Beas, there were less than 10,000 people left, and there was not even a horse in the army. Everyone walked on foot, and the few cattle were used to pull the cart, which contained us Qianxin Arrows and a few trebuchets that have been protected by hardships. King Timur and Shaharu, accompanied by veterans such as Shanai, Aiku, Shauke, Duoge, and Nuridin, hurried towards Pier and us. Shaharu caught sight of the princess.He took a step forward, then stopped again, dumbfounded. Although he didn't see anyone else in his eyes, he still couldn't believe that the woman in front of him, who was dusty, ragged, and with messy hair, was his princess, the one who always liked to wear simple, clean, and exquisitely crafted robes, who lived in Orinburg and the court. A woman who comes and goes leisurely. In addition, what was even more appalling was the boots on her feet. The uppers were about to fall off, and they could only be fixed with ropes, and her toes could almost be seen from the cracked toes. God, what happened along the way, why did this fairy-like woman become what she is now? Shaharu's heart tightened again and again, the pain made him almost out of breath.He asked himself over and over again, is this really his princess?Knowing this earlier, why didn't he insist on letting his son Ulugh Beg stay by his side?He only knew how to avoid, but he didn't know that his avoidance almost made him regret it. No, he has already regretted it at this time. King Timur didn't have time to talk to Pi'er, so he came to Princess Oela first. "Princess." The princess smiled at King Timur. Although she was obviously embarrassed, she still couldn't hide her relaxed and happy expression. Did he read it right?Unexpectedly... It was actually relaxed and joyful. "My lord, the scenery here is so beautiful!" For the first time, King Timur felt completely speechless. Pier's army lost nearly half of it when they attacked Multan. On the way, they fought a tough battle with the army of the powerful minister Malu Iqbal. King Timur learned about these through battle reports.Even so, he still did not expect the situation of the right-wing army to be miserable. "King." Pi'er took a step forward, and Shili saw his grandfather.His voice was still clear and bold, obviously, he didn't mind his embarrassment with his helmet and armor removed. Even if he was as cruel as King Timur, he couldn't help being moved at this time. He caressed Pi'er's shoulder with great emotion, his eyes were slightly red: "Thanks for your hard work." "No, I feel fine!" "very good?" Pi'er turned his head to look at the princess, and smiled: "My lord, the princess said, we are all still alive." Ulugh Beg also came forward to meet his grandfather.Of all the people, only the four-year-old still had his clothes and shoes intact.This is because before we fought with Malu Iqbal's army, Princess Oela wrapped the child's clothes in a small package and carried it on her back.She is simply a mother who will leave the last morsel of food for her children. King Timur leaned over and hugged Ulugh Beg, and kissed his little face, so as to hide his awe and admiration in a kind smile. Shaharu never came over, he just stood where he was, staring at the princess obsessively.In his slightly flickering eyes, there are heartache, love, thinking, and pride. The three-way army took a short rest and continued to march towards Delhi. King Timur allocated 5,000 soldiers and 30,000 horses to Pi Er, so that Pi Er reorganized his own cavalry. In May of the following year, the right-wing army led by Peer first arrived at the town of Loni to set up camp.After the camp was set up, Peer ordered the soldiers to dig trenches around the camp to set up fences and wind them with branches and grass leaves.Add trip wires to the four legs of the bison behind the fence and link the cattle together to defend against surprise raids.The next day, Pier's army fought a fierce battle with the cavalry commanded by Prime Minister Iqbal. Iqbal was defeated and was forced to flee to Barang.At the same time, the army led by King Timur and the left-wing army led by Shah Ruh also repeatedly defeated powerful enemies, and Chen Bing fell under the city of Delhi. The danger of national subjugation ruthlessly hung over Ma's conspiracy with Sha II.In the face of a strong enemy, the originally cowardly King of Delhi burst out with amazing courage.He decided to fight to the death with King Timur.The next day, King Sha II Ma conspired to lead 10,000 cavalry, 40,000 infantry, and more than 100 war elephants to attack King Timur's position. Throughout my life, I will never forget that scene: the elephants are dressed in gorgeous military uniforms, and at the same time they are covered with thick leather, so that no matter the feathered arrows shot by the opponent or the spears and swords in the hands of the soldiers are useless to the elephants .Not only that, but the clever Indian soldiers also put poison-coated broadswords on the elephant's tusks, and erected small towers on the elephant's back. Inside the towers sat fire-throwers and archers. Oil tanks, or shoot rockets and iron arrowheads. This battle also made me understand what it means to have a sky beyond the sky.The Indians use advanced weapons that we have never seen before. Rockets and iron arrowheads will explode when they hit the ground. General of guts. The horses of the Timurid army were frightened by the loud noise and fled in all directions. The infantry were even more unable to withstand the impact of the elephant team, and many people died under the terrible iron hooves of the elephant team. Ma conspired with Shah II to win the first battle. King Timur ordered the troops to retreat ten miles. After a hasty dinner, King Timur ordered the main generals and princes of all armies to attend a meeting in his military tent.He specially asked Aiku to inform the princess that she would bring Uluh Beg and me to the meeting, which was unprecedented. Shah Ruh was the last to come because he was interrogating the prisoners.When he sat back in his seat, he saw the princess and me, and he couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face. King Timur sits high in the middle.Over the years, I have been used to his coldness, his calmness, and his composure, but I have never seen him so worried. The atmosphere at the venue was heavy and oppressive. Although King Timur asked everyone to analyze the reasons for the defeat in the first battle, everyone remained silent. In the silence, King Timur's eyes met those of the princess. The princess looked at King Timur speechlessly, and there was an expression on her face that could almost be described by the word "pious".In fact, this piety comes from the princess's long-term understanding, trust, appreciation and respect for King Timur.She never doubted that King Timur was a person who could create many miracles in war, just like her ancestor Genghis Khan. Just a moment of looking at each other, a moment of hesitation, the heavy burden was transferred from King Timur's heart to the princess's body, and the worry and depression disappeared so suddenly that he couldn't believe it for a while. He smacked his lips and began to tease his veterans in a joking tone: "What's the matter? Shanai, Aiku, Duoge, Nuridin, and you, Shauke, you were all conspired by Ma Sha's elephant Are you dumb from fright?" Shanai and Aiku looked at each other in blank dismay, and then looked around at the crowd. Seeing that everyone's faces were exactly the same, they couldn't help but smile wryly.Although it was a wry smile, my heart finally relaxed a lot. Anyway, Timur Wang Hongliang's optimistic and vigorous voice echoed in their ears again, which was already a great comfort to them. King Timur first made a summary of the defeat in the war: "I have to admit that the responsibility for the failure in the first battle lies with me. I underestimated the combat effectiveness of the enemy. However, I still feel that although the Indian army is brave and good at fighting, it can be defeated just now. It is the elephant team that plays a decisive role in the confrontation between the two armies. Under such circumstances, how to deal with the attack of the elephant herd has become the first problem that our army must solve.” Everyone agreed with King Timur's analysis. There was a buzzing sound in the military tent, and then it fell silent again. People began to think seriously about how to deal with the elephant herd. For a moment, King Timur saw a light flash in his son Shaharu's eyes. "Shaharu." "exist." "You tell me." Shaharu expressed his thoughts cautiously: "I interrogated the captives just now, and one of them was the mahout's mahout trainer who conspired with Shah II. He said that although elephants are huge and brave, they also have their weaknesses. Its One is the eyes, the other is the trunk, and the other is the elephant's feet. The elephant's eyes will shed tears after smoking, so the elephant is very afraid of fireworks, and its trunk and elephant feet are also the weakest parts of its body. Therefore, I I'm thinking about using fireworks to scare elephants, maybe it's a feasible way." "Oh? Be specific." "We can tie the camel's head and belly with sharpened branches and burning resin, and then drive the camels to the elephant caravan. In this way, once the elephant herd is frightened and flees back to the army, we can To achieve the purpose of repaying the body of the person with the way of the person." Shaharu's suggestion opened up people's thinking. Pi'er and Zhihansha thought of other ways at the same time, and Pi'er rushed ahead of Zhihansha and stated his strategy: "I think the fourth uncle's method is feasible. In addition In addition, I have another idea, since the trunk of an elephant is the weakest part of its body, we might as well order the soldiers to shoot arrows at the trunk of the elephant or hack the trunk with knives and guns, which can also prevent the elephants from fighting. effect." Not to be outdone, Hansha added confidently as soon as Pi'er finished speaking: "Besides the trunk, the elephant's feet are also the parts that elephants cannot defend. Therefore, when the elephant herds attack, we can make iron rakes." Putting it on the sole of its foot will make it difficult for it to bear the pain, and it will not be able to play its offensive role." By the way, only Hansha is the eldest son of Shawuke and Princess Nuominjing, and the nephew of King Timur.Over the years, King Timur has given Zhihansha more power than his own descendants and grandchildren.King Timur was never ambiguous about how to be a good uncle. After discussing the proposal of the three young men, the generals all thought it feasible. Although King Timur was superior in strategy, he was not self-willed. He immediately ordered: "Shanai, Aiku, this matter is still entrusted to you two. You bring 5,000 people, according to Shaharu, Pier, and Hansha. It is said to be prepared, and when Ma conspires with Shah to attack again, we will give him three strategies in parallel." A few days later, Ma conspired with King Sha II to take the initiative to fight again. He divided the army into left and right wings and his own army, placed the elephant team at the forefront of the army, and attacked the Timurid army's position.This time, King Timur responded calmly. He still lined up his troops in two rows as usual, and fought from the side first, driving the elephant team back to the main formation with iron rakes, knives, hacks and spears.Afterwards, he ordered the soldiers to ignite the fat and dry firewood carried by the camels and drive towards the Indian army.The camels on fire were terrified and rushed straight to the elephant team. The poor elephants roared and ran towards their wings because they were afraid of the fireworks.Immediately, the Indian army was trampled by its own elephant herd, causing numerous casualties. Seeing this situation, King Timur lost no time in ordering to chase down the enemies who were disturbed by the herd of elephants.In this way, the Indian army was almost wiped out, and the army was approaching the city of Delhi.King Timur ordered to attack the city, but it failed.That night, Ma conspired with King Sha II to escape quietly through the back gate of the city. In the early morning of the next day, the army and civilians in Delhi surrendered without a fight. King Timur defeated Ma conspired with Shah II by surprise, and most of India's land was incorporated into the territory of the Timur Empire.King Timur ordered Shah Ruh to escort the food back first.Soon, King Timur took the huge wealth he plundered from India, crossed the Indus River, and returned triumphantly through Afghanistan. Objectively speaking, King Timur's conquest of India was achieved at a heavy price.If India had not been divided before, and the monarchs of all states could unite against the enemy, it would not be impossible to defeat King Timur. The rich India was trampled underfoot by King Timur, and he determined his next target to be Mameluke.King Balhu of Mameluke (reigned 1382-1399) was a decisive and strong-minded monarch. When he was at his most powerful, he rejected King Timur's proposal to form an alliance with him, and violently Killed the envoys of King Timur.Not only that, he also took in the Persian monarch who was hunted down by King Timur, and threatened to let him rearm to take back the lost land from King Timur. At that time, King Timur did not crusade against him because of the intense war, until Balhu's son Farazhi (reigned from 1399 to 1412) came to the throne.From the day the new king ascended the throne, he was unwilling to recognize the suzerainty of King Timur just like his father.In order to retaliate, and of course for strategic needs, King Timur decided to go to war against him. Mameluke's land is not very rich, but its geographical location is very important.If you can occupy Mameluke, you can contain Egypt, Armenia and other countries and regions, making them surrender sooner or later.In addition, Mameluke has a long Mediterranean coastline, which is a natural barrier.It was from these considerations that King Timur finally made up his mind to completely conquer Mameluke. The Mameluk dynasty rose one hundred and fifty years ago, annexing part of Egypt first, and then occupying Syria.Before the throne passed to Barhu, Mameluk's power had already begun to weaken.Most of the time after Ba Erhu came to the throne was spent on quelling the rebellion of the generals.In the 795th year of the Muslim calendar (about 1393), King Timur proposed an alliance to Balhu, promising that if the two countries form an alliance, he would send troops to help Balhu quell the civil strife.However, as a scheming monarch, Barhu knew very well what kind of danger the powerful country miraculously appeared in the east would bring to the Mameluk dynasty. In more than 20 years, King Timur has successively conquered Khwara Zimo and Persia captured the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Golden Horde, and their territory was getting bigger and bigger, and their ambitions were also expanding infinitely. If they agreed to form an alliance with King Timur at this time, it would be tantamount to bringing wolves into their homeland.Therefore, he flatly rejected King Timur's request. Balhu's son and successor, King Falji, was even more unafraid of any threat.Compared with trying to survive, he would rather be prepared to fight against King Timur. In the 802th year of the Muslim calendar (about 1400), King Timur sent troops to Mameluke.He first invaded Gu'erzhi, plundered wantonly, and destroyed many churches and monasteries.Soon, he took the way of Avonik and began to attack Asia Minor.At the end of the year, King Timur used the war elephants brought back from India in the battle to conquer Tashu, and then began to besiege Damascus. At this time, the young King Fala only came to Damascus from Cairo to inspire the morale of the defenders.Fara only carefully studied the formation of the Timurid army, trying to use the time when the opponent moved its position to enter Hutta, southwest of Damascus, so as to form a surprise attack on the Timur army.Unexpectedly, in this way, he just fell into King Timur's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.King Timur moved his position in order to create an illusion for the enemy. Shortly after Faraji led his army out of the city, King Timur sent a group of troops to attack Damascus, and another team pursued Faraji.After the battle, the army of Faraji and the defenders of Damascus were defeated. While besieging the city, King Timur sent intelligence personnel to buy off the generals and ministers around Falazhi, and promised them high officials and generous salaries.Fala only thought that victory or defeat was a common matter for military strategists, and planned to rectify the army and horses to decide the outcome with King Timur.Unexpectedly, because of the betrayal of the traitor, he had to abandon Damascus and return to Egypt.Faraji's escape made the defenders and dignitaries in the city lose their confidence in sticking to the city. After discussing with each other, they decided to surrender to King Timur.A delegation was sent out of the city to ask Timur for forgiveness, including the famous Tunisian historian Ibn Khaldun.Ibn Kaldun's frank attitude and profound knowledge surprised King Timur, and he persuaded King Timur with all his strength. In the end, King Timur promised to spare the citizens of Damascus. So far, King Timur has completed the conquest of Mameluke.After a short rest, he decided to send troops to pay back and destroy his last enemy in Persia, King Ahmad.Before the birth of King Timur, the Hulagu Ili Khanate, which was once powerful for a while, had already split. One of the four dynasties split from the Khanate was the Yile Khan Dynasty. land.King Timur has always dreamed of reunifying the four major Khanates. After the country bowed its head and became a vassal, he wanted to conquer the territory that belonged to the Ilkhanate. However, King Timur met his match in Repayment. In return for the tenacity of the defenders, King Timur's side suffered heavy casualties. Several important generals were killed in the siege, including Zilkas, who was good at playing the piano and brave in fighting.Angered by the resistance of the defenders, King Timur ordered the troops not to rest, and attacked the city of reward day and night.After more than 20 days, the city of reward fell.In order to avenge the generals who died in the siege, King Timur ordered the massacre of the city. In return for the attack, King Timur led his army to attack Azheer Baizhan and Guerzhi without stopping, and the cities of the two places were looted again.At this moment, the severe winter came, and King Timur had to rein in his horse. Then, he climbed up the tower, and cast his restless eyes to a farther place.