Chapter 1271: Hunt and Kill
As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there is power, there will inevitably be struggles, and the Persian Empire is no exception. Although Babur was a prince of Persia, he was not a crown prince, he was only one of the many sons of King Takmasp I, the sixth in line, so it is unlikely that the crown would fall on his head.
However, the world is unpredictable, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, the son of the vassal king, didn't he also take shit luck in the end and became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty? And as it happens, Prince Babur seems to be about to be hit by this piece of shit.
The thing is probably like this, the current king of Persia is called Takmasp I, his name is long, his life is a little long, he is already sixty and five, and he is still in good spirits, but his eldest son, that is, the first crown prince, boiled him but, ten years ago, so the second son took the crown prince, hey, this second son didn't even survive Lao Tzu, and he died five years ago.
Because the third son of Takmaskap I died at a young age, so the fourth son succeeded to the crown prince, but the fifth and fourth were the same age, only half an hour before and after, and they have been fighting with each other.
Cannibalism and manipulation in the same room, the Persian king was half angry and arrested the fifth child and locked him up for half a year, but after all, he couldn't make up his mind, and finally let him go, but he never made up the crown prince again.
In this way, until now, there is still no crown prince in Persia, but the old five are ruthless, coupled with the means, using the identity of the prince to loot a lot of wealth, and then recruit troops and horses, becoming the strongest of the princes, always eyeing the throne.
This old man is indeed a ruthless man, seeing that Lao Tzu is unwilling to establish the crown prince, he plans to get rid of the other princes one by one, so that the old man has no choice, and in the end he can only choose him to inherit the throne.
As the sixth-ranked prince, Babur naturally became the first target of the fifth to be eradicated, but Babur is clever, usually quite low-key, travels all day long, likes to travel abroad, and never participates in politics, but dispelled some of the old five's vigilance and temporarily picked up a life.
Over the years, the fifth brother has finally taken care of the other brothers, leaving only the sixth Babur, the "unlucky" brother, but the fifth obviously does not intend to let go of the sixth brother, after all, the dead will not compete with him for the throne.
At the end of last year, Babur led Wang Cuiqiao from the Uzbek Khanate back to Tabriz, the capital of Persia.
It is said that Babur has not returned to China for nearly two years in order to avoid his fifth brother Sumani, and even the old king is a little suspicious that he was secretly killed by the fifth brother, and suddenly saw the sixth brother come back.
Although the old king was old, his heart was not confused, and in order to prevent Babur, the only remaining son, from being killed by the fifth child, he declared Babur the crown prince on the same day, and sent a group of personal guards to protect his safety.
The fifth Su Mani was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and almost rebelled and killed the old man directly, but in the end he held back, since the assassination could not be done, Su Mani had a plan and hit Wang Cuiqiao with the idea.
After a performance in the palace, Sumani proposed to Wang Cuiqiao in public, but the latter politely refused, but Sumani did not give up, and later sent troops to trap Wu Cuiqiao in his residence, and declared that if Wang Cuiqiao did not agree, he would not want to leave Persia.
At the same time, Sumani also found the old king and expressed his willingness to assist the sixth Babur to be the king, but the premise was to marry Wang Cuiqiao to him, and the old king believed it and immediately agreed to Sumani's conditions.
In the eyes of the old king, it is simply a good thing to be able to use a Ming woman to solve the battle for the throne, not to mention that Wang Cuiqiao is just an ordinary Ming woman, even if it is a princess of the Ming Dynasty, he will not hesitate, after all, the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away, and even if it is strong, it will not pose a threat to Persia.
However, the old king was really fooled this time, although Sumani was really attracted to Wang Cuiqiao, but he was not obsessed to the point that he could give up the throne, he just wanted to use this to drive a wedge between the old king and Babur, Babur was very obsessed with Wang Cuiqiao.
Sure enough, when the old king announced that he was going to forcibly marry Wang Cuiqiao to Sumani, Babur was furious and had a big quarrel with the old king, and the two fell out completely. A few days later, Babur gathered a group of henchmen, suddenly robbed Wang Cuiqiao and fled from the city, and then quickly fled to the Uzbek Khanate.
Babur's move played into the hands of Sumani, and he began to pursue him justifiably, fleeing all the way north, Babur's men suffered heavy casualties, but in the end, he still allowed him to escape to the Uzbek Khanate with Wang Cuiqiao.
However, this does not mean that they are safe, and the dead soldiers sent by Sumani are still chasing them, but they do not dare to pursue them blatantly.
In the past few months, in order to avoid pursuit, Babur, Wang Cuiqiao and others have hid and finally escaped to the vicinity of the Green Ridge, but they also missed the best month to cross the Green Ridge, and could only risk crossing the ridge before the heavy snow closed the mountain.
Fortunately, they seem to have succeeded, at this moment finally arrived at the Bulun Pass, as long as they cross the Bulun Pass, they are not afraid of heavy snow to cover the mountain, and then go more than 500 miles to the east is Kashgar, and continue to the east is the capital of the Yarkand Khanate, Shache, after the Shache is the end, then Ruoqiang, then Loulan, and then Yumen Pass, the Ming Dynasty is close at hand......
However, the ideal is very full, but now it is very cruel, and disaster still comes.
It is said that Wang Cuiqiao and his entourage had just come down the Buren Pass and came to an open valley, when there was a sound of people neighing and horses neighing, and a cavalry in black robes chased after them from behind.
Babur's face changed miserably, he naturally recognized his fifth brother's dead soldiers, and this black-robed cavalry was obviously sent to hunt him down.
"Protect Prince Babur!" More than 30 Persian warriors under Babur's command drew their scimitars and protected him in front of him.
"Madame Protection!" Erniu hummed and shouted as he pulled out the machete he was carrying.
More than a dozen old soldiers immediately stood in well-trained positions, some raised their spears, some bent their bows and arrows, and some drew their swords and glared.
Song Dayan slammed the cooked copper stick to the ground, smashed a big stone into cracks, and scolded: "Grandma Cao, these ghostly turtle grandsons, let them have no return this time, Er Niu, you protect Mrs. and Qiu Yan when the fight starts." ”
As he spoke, the black-robed cavalry had already rushed to the front, and the number was not large, only fifty or sixty people, but they were all strong cavalry, and they also carried long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows.
So in one shot, more than half of the Persian warriors under Babur's command were killed and wounded, and even Babur's mount was shot dead, and the blood flowed like rivers and corpses were strewn all over the ground.
Of course, seven or eight black-robed cavalrymen were also killed, after all, the warriors under Babur's command and the old soldiers who protected Wang Cuiqiao also had a small number of bows and arrows, how could there be no casualties under the fire.
However, the strange thing is that after the remaining black-robed cavalry surrounded Wang Cuiqiao and the others, they stopped attacking, as if they were waiting for someone.
Wang Cuiqiao traveled all the way in the past, and she was used to seeing big battles, so she didn't panic much at this time, she got off the camel and stood quietly behind the old soldiers.
Those black-robed cavalry obviously didn't want to hurt Wang Cuiqiao, so they only fired arrows to greet Babur's men just now, but they protected Wang Cuiqiao's dozen old soldiers and there was no damage, but someone was shot in the shoulder, which was not fatal.
The mountain wind whimpered, and the two sides confronted each other in a tense atmosphere for about two teas, and the sound of horses' hooves came from the direction of the mountain pass again, and everyone subconsciously looked up, only to see a white-robed cavalry of about twenty people appearing in sight, led by a middle-aged Persian man, with deep eyes and a high nose, a full beard, very rough, and his eyes were as dark as an eagle.
When Babur saw this man, his face was instantly shocked, and Wang Cuiqiao was also terrified, and immediately this man was her nightmare, and it was this man who had trapped her in Tabriz's residence - Sumani Muhammad.
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