The so-called Old Man of the Mountain is nothing more than an extreme branch of the Ismailis of Islam: the Assasin. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The founder is said to be Hassan? Born in Qom, Persia, Sabah read the scriptures and teachings from an early age, and was proficient in mathematics, astronomy, geometry and other subjects.

In the early years of Hassan's debut, he was sent by the Ismaili chief missionary teacher to Egypt under the rule of the Fatimid dynasty to preach and study, but because of his involvement in the political struggle of the Fatimid dynasty, the eldest son of the emperor supported by Hassan lost power, and Hassan was expelled from Egypt.

However, this defeat did not deal a blow to the future mountain man, and Hassan returned to Persia to spread the teachings, rally his followers, and seize the fortress of Almut in west-central Persia, using it as a base to establish his assassination kingdom, known as the "Almut Fort Sheikh Dynasty".

"Almat" means "eagle's nest" in Persian, which accurately expresses the dangerous terrain of this mountain fortress, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the word "sheikh" means "elder", "senior", "teacher", which is the origin of "old man in the mountain".

In addition to Almat, the Old Man of the Mountain also seized several strategic points in the surrounding area, and his power grew as many Persians under the Seljuk dynasty of the Turks were dissatisfied with the rule of the authorities and took refuge in the Old Man of the Mountain.

At the same time, the Old Man of the Mountain also trained a terrifying team of assassins------ "Fidai", which means "people who give their lives", that is, death squads, and use them to assassinate political opponents and strike them hard and accurately.

The Old Man also created a unique method of training the Assassins, adding numb/numb to drinking water to numb the young man he picked and sending them into a garden.

When these young people wake up from their psychedelic state, they feel that they are surrounded by the delightful scenery that they have once described.

Everyone was surrounded by lovely maidens, singing and dancing, and caressing them with the most seductive kisses and hugs; Serve them food and wine, and let them indulge in the real milk and wine stream. At this point, they believe that they are indeed in Paradise, and they do not want to abandon the joy here.

After four or five days of living like this, they again fell into a state of anesthesia and were sent out of the garden.

When they were brought to the old man and asked where they had been, their answer was, "In Paradise at the Extreme, it is due to the gift of the Great King."

The chief then took the opportunity to say to them: "Our prophet assures that all who support his master will enter Paradise, and if you sincerely obey My commands, this happy life awaits you." ”

All the people were inspired by these words, and when they received the command of their master, they were very happy, and they bravely served him unto death.

The success of this assassination organization was remarkable, and the first high-ranking official to be assassinated by "Fidai" was said to be a certain prime minister of the Seljuk dynasty.

The vizier believed that these Assasins were heresies, not to promote but to destroy Islam, so he sent an army against the "Old Man of the Mountain", and in 1092, the prime minister was killed by the "Fidai" in his sedan chair.

This assassination shocked the world of Is/Lan, and the Seljuk Sultan sent his army to attack the Fort of Armat, but was never able to conquer it.

The "Old Man of the Mountain" then carried forward his assassination spirit, first by a caliph Amir, then by the Crusader King of Tripoli, then by the King of Jerusalem, and even by the most famous king of the era, Sultan Saladin of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt, who was attacked twice by the assassins of this faction.

How to deal with these assassins?

For example, Frederick II, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire------ who was said to be far away from the "old man of the mountain" and was not afraid, actually sent an envoy to the old man of the mountain with 80,000 dinars.

When the "old man in the mountain" saw that the Tatars were coming, he also took on a big job, and sent forty killers to the Tatar capital city and Lin at that time, and he actually wanted to assassinate Meng Ge!

Due to the fact that the Tatars had strengthened their guard beforehand, and because their IS/Lan characteristics were clearly obvious, they were quickly captured by the Tatars.

This apparently provoked Möngke, and he decided to send his brother Hulegu Khan to the Great Food Region to crusade against the cultists, to be precise, the "cultists" meant the "old man of the mountain".

Meng Ge ordered to raze the lair of some "old man in the mountain", leaving not a single grass or person!

Of course, the attack on the fort of Armat was not an easy task, otherwise Saladin and Frederick would have taken them in their possession, and even the Tatar cavalry had initially besieged them for two years without making the slightest progress.

But the problem is that the Tatar bandit group has sent their Han army of a thousand men again!

They combined the terrain to create and operate large and small return cannons, and finally announced the end of the "Old Man of the Mountain" organization, their walls were smashed little by little, and the defenders were forced back by the fireballs dropped...... The Tatar soldiers slowly climbed the cliffs!

The group of "Old Man in the Mountain" retreated step by step, and finally, when the Hulegu soldiers approached the Fort of Armapp and set up a large return cannon, he only said one sentence:

"Come out and surrender in five days, spare you from death! If not, just wait for the shells! ”

As a result, the "old men of the mountain" succumbed, they obediently came out and surrendered, and the dozens of castles were all razed to the ground, leaving not a single cornerstone to rely on each other.

Hulegu said again at that time, what I said can be counted, but it can also not be counted, and you happen to be the latter.

So they killed all the people in these groups, and then all the members of the Assasins, from men in the prime of life to beautiful women, and even babies in swaddling clothes.

This act may seem cruel, but to the Tatars, it is really nothing.

Many ancient civilizations are still treated like this, let alone such a notorious faction?!

At that time, the offensive ability of this Han army of 1,000 people made Hülegü quite satisfied, and then immediately expanded, and as a result, a special force was organized that was very good at attacking cities.

At the same time, they also used the captured tama to encourage the army, indirectly promoting the use of narcotics.

The scale of this Han army's thousand-man team continued to increase, and it played a higher level in the siege field battles that followed, and soon completed the task of the western expedition------ if it wasn't for the unexpected death of Meng Ge, the big leader at that time, I really don't know where they could fight!

This Han army of 1,000 people has long been more than 1,000 people, and the main fighters are not only Han Chinese, but more suitable personnel are selected from other armies.

Strictly speaking, they were multi-race troops------ the envoy of the big leader Kublai Khan, Boyan, had high hopes for this army of the Ilhan Kingdom, believing that they would be able to deal with the Liuqiu people, and even be used to attack the Song city in the future!

ps: I've been feeling unwell again in the past two days, I'm sorry, I'm missing. (To be continued.) )