Several arrows pierced the night s
ky, shooting several charging riders wi
th red hats off their horses, but to this
group of hundreds of red-headed rider
s, this was just a pebble thrown into th
e pond. Not to be outdone, the riders
who were attacked accelerated their charge.
When the chasing cavalry saw tha
t the enemy was approaching, they im
mediately put away their riding bows u
nder the order of the officer, took out t
heir swords and lances and rushed to
wards the riders who were charging ta
wards them. Soon, the two groups of
people collided with each other. The s
cene was extremely chaotic, and the r
ed-headed riders seemed to have the upper hand
After using his saber to cut off an
unlucky red-headed rider from his hors
e, the cavalry officer briefly observed t
he battlefield and found that there wer
e mostly enemies in front of him and o
n his left and right, and his face beca
me a little ugly.
"Why haven't the reinforcements f
rom the royal capital arrived yet? If our
troops are annihilated, the Sultan's pur
suit order will not be fulfilled!"
Just when the cavalry officer was
complaining about his colleagues in hi
s heart, the reinforcements he was lon
ging for happened to arrive. However, t
he red-headed riders did not react and
allowed them to support the friendly f
orces.
As time went by, more and more c
avalry came from Tabriz. The quality w
as uneven, and the red-headed horse
men who lost their organization due to
the chaos quickly fell into a disadvant
age. However, none of them escaped
and continued to fight with religious fa
naticism. Finally, when the cavalry of t
he Aries Dynasty cut down the last rid
er, the sun had risen from the east, an
d the bodies of both sides covered thi
s mountain road.
"The bandit leader has been foun
d, sir." A soldier found the body of the r
ed-headed rider leader.
After listening to the report of the
soldiers under his command, the offic
er's nervous look relaxed a little. "With
the head of the bandit leader Ali, we s
hould be able to go back and report." T
he officer discussed with his colleagu
es next to him.
"You first take the head back to th
e royal capital and report to the Sulta
n. I will continue to lead the troops to
Ardabil to search for the rebels." The c
ommander of the reinforcements, a hi
gher-ranking officer, ordered.
"yes.
Gilan, inside the palace of Lahijan
Ibrahim sat cross-legged on the b
eautifully crafted carpet, took a piece
of baklava from the plate on the low ta
ble in front of him and put it into his m
outh, then picked up the cup, drank a f
ew sips of coffee, and started a new d
ay's work.
As a feudalized order, although th
e Safavid Order has no territory, the Sh
eikh is like their monarch to the monk
s and secular members of the order. S
ome fanatical Qizilbash even Consider
the Shaykh as God and Prophet. (Spea
king of which, the Ottoman Yenicheriswere also members of the Sufi order)
Over the years, lbrahim has used t
he advantage of being a time traveler t
o escape Rostam's pursuit. With the h
elp of the Battle of Dilan), he was pro
moted as Sheikh and continued to run
the order in place of his elder brother i
n prison.
After these years of hard work, th
e work of the sect has been going rela
tively smoothly, and it has developed
many more followers than in history
Ibrahim picked up a letter on the t
able and opened it.
This letter was a report from Ardabil, which briefly described the prison robbery and escape, and also highlighted the feats of Ali Sheikh,
After learning about his eldest bro
ther's death and confirming Ismail's sa
fety, Ibrahim opened the second letter
happily.
Ibrahim first looked at the signatu
re, and then read the contents of the le
tter. After reading it, Ibrahim looked a Iittle solemn.
This letter came from Prince Ahm
ed, a secret ally of the Order. As Rosta
m's brother, Ahmed chose to support
Rostam in the civil war and saw the ca
pabilities of the Safavid Order.
After the civil war ended, Ahmed believed that as his biggest supporter,
Rostam should share state power with
him. But he did not make a request directly, but chose to wait and see how Rostam would deal with his allies
Rostam believed that the Safavid
Order was a great threat. After taking
advantage of it, he arrested Sheikh Ali
and his brother Ismail of the Safavid Order. Qizilba lost his commander. They
were also defeated by Rostam's army.
After killing the chicken, Rostam began to appease his allies. However, Rostam did not want his own strength to be damaged, so he only gave some
money to other princes. Most of the onfiscated loser fiefs also fell to Rostam. Tam's fanny pack.
Although the princes were dissatisfied, Rostam's intimidation prevented
them from openly rebelling for the time being, but there were still many smalI actions in secret.
The mobilization ability of the sect was noticed by the princes. In order to have a better chance of winning in t
he future battle for the throne, the am
bitious princes began to secretly cont
act and fund sects in various places,such as the Safavid sect operating in Azerbaijan. regiment and the Musshasa
sect that ruled Khuzestan and Basra.
The Safavid sect, which had a deep hatred for Rostam, became Ahmed's
first choice. Because they had a common enemy and the distance was close, lbrahim naturally readily agreed to t
his alliance request and relied on this
A lot of information was obtained from the high-level alliance
Now, Ahmed, who has been preparing for three years, believes that the time is ripe and plans to launch a rebellion at this time. He hopes that the Order can attract more attention, such as
gathering an army on the coast of the
Caspian Sea and promising the Order
The military expenditures will be borne by oneself, and Tabaristan will be allocated to the order after the event is completed.
But the tone of the letter was stro
nger, and it seemed that Ahmed would
act no matter what the Safavid sect diG
"Go and call Hussein and Ali Sha
h." lbrahim ordered the guards
"As you wish, my dear Sheikh."
After a while, the staff Hussein and the lord of Gilan Ali Mirza Kakia entered the room under the guidance of the attendants, and sat on the carpet facing lbrahim across the low table.
"You should take a look at this letter first." Ibrahim handed the letter to the two of them.
After the two watched, Ali Mirza broke the silence first.
"Sheikh lbrahim, I think it is not ap
propriate to start an army now." Ali objected expressionlessly, his tone also calm. "Although you have tens of thous
ands of Qizilbashi, it would take months to assemble them, and their upkeep is beyond the Order's ability to pay.'
"What about gathering only the Qizilbash of Azerbaijan?"
"If only the Qizilbashi of Azerbaijan are gathered, then even if Ali Shah's
army is included, there will only be more than 10,000 people." Hussein, who
was sitting next to Ali, replied. "But these thousands of Qizilbash are of the best quality, both in terms of equipment
and training."
"In this case, we can't even match
Shirvan Shah in terms of numbers, let
alone Rostam. Tabriz is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Rostam has time to unite with Shirvan Shah to annihilate the Qi. Zirbash then deal with Ahmed " Ali Mirza continued to object.
"Ali Shah, if we don't send troops and watch our only ally be defeated by
Rostam, the situation of the Order will
only become more difficult." Ibrahim planned to end this topic. "Hussein, you
can go write letters to various ministries and gather in Astara. Ali Shah, my brother Ismail will be arriving soon. lI ho
pe you can arrange a good teacher for
him."
"As you wish, distinguished Sheikh." After receiving the order, Hussein stood up and left the room, but Ali Mirza did not say a word. After Hussein left, he slowly stood up and faced lbrahim. Rahim nodded and left.
Half a month later, Tabriz, the royaI palace
"Hiding in Lahijan? Ali Mirza Kakia, my most reliable ally in Tabaristan, is hiding the Safavid order?" Rostam stared at the officers and spymaster who came to report
"Yes, Your Majesty, we interrogated everyone in the city of Ardabil, searched all the buildings, captured a few rebels who participated in the operation,
and learned their general location." The officer explained first.
"After determining the general location,I sent several people disguised
as dervishes to enter Gilan. Now we can basically determine the crime of Gilan Shah." The spy chief continued to r
eport to Rostam after the officer's words.
"You guys, please retreat first."
The officer and the spymaster retreated.
Just when Rostam was about to send an envoy to negotiate with Ali Mirza, an embarrassed messenger, accompanied by guards, hurried over and shouted: "Your Majesty, there is a rebellion!"
"Huh?" Rostam expressed doubts
and then felt annoyed in his heart.
Can these talkers finish their sentences in one breath (annoyed).
"Your brother, Ahmed, has rebelled in his fiefdom!"
Rostam thought about the location of Ahmed's fiefdom, his expression
changed, and then ordered: "Quick! Go
and give an order to all the Azerbaijani
troops to gather in Tabriz."
"You," Rostam said to the guard, "go inform the messenger and ask him to go to Shirvan and let Farouk Yasar send troops to defeat Gilan!"
"yes.'
Only Ahmed is rebelling now, but if he cannot put down the rebellion as
quickly as possible, others will also rebel.
Thinking of this, Rostam didn't want to use Tabriz's city fortifications to
slowly wear out Ahmed. Now he just
wanted to gather the army and defeat
the rebels in the field as quickly as possible.
Thinking of the Safavids, Ahmed,
and the growing rebellion everywhere
Rostam felt a rage growing in his heart.
"How the hell did the country become like this?"