The western suburbs of Kandahar, from the Persian capital Isfahan, are flat terrain. Such terrain is very suitable for troops carrying heavy equipment such as artillery and caravans transporting large quantities of caravans. Therefore, Kandahar became a must-pass place for large-scale army invading India from Persia or Central Asia, and also became a key trade route between ancient India and Persia.

Originally, Kandahar belonged to Persia. However, because Abbas II's father was very good at making a fortune, he would do whatever he wanted to make the Persian people disperse.

Among them is Ali Madan Khan, the governor of Kandahar. He was afraid of being killed, so he eventually took Kandahar to surrender to the Mughal Empire, thus adding a great achievement to Shah Jahan: he seized Kandahar from Persia.

After Abbas II ascended the throne, he decided to take Kandahar back when he was eighteen years old and launched an attack on Kandahar.

Shah Jahan actually received the news in advance, but he and his ministers both thought the winter in Kandahar were too cold. The army that was supposed to rush to support him retreated halfway back to Delhi, preparing to talk about it next spring. Because they felt that Abbas II would definitely not be able to stand the cold and retreated.

Even if the troops do not retreat, Kandahar has solid city walls and fortresses, with 7,000 well-equipped soldiers stationed, and the stored military rations and ammunition is enough to support for two years. No matter how powerful the Persian army is, it is impossible for him to conquer Kandahar in the cold winter.

As a result, it was very dramatic. The Persians did not retreat, and the Mughal guard stationed in Kandahar was a sixty-year-old veteran Dorat Khan, who was an incompetent person at all. The mercenaries and the Tatars did not want to defend themselves, so they instigated the Mughal troops in Kandahar to surrender to the Persian troops. During the entire battle, the Mughal troops died in total.

This was the most effective achievement of Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire, which captured the important city of Kandahar under Persian rule.

This was also Abbas II's most proactive achievement, regaining the important Kandahar town stolen by the Mughal Empire.

Kabul is an important town on the famous "Silk Road" of the East-West trade route. More than 2,000 years ago, it was a center of East-West trade and cultural exchanges. It can be said that the importance of Kabul is even more important than Kandahar.

Originally, Kabul was also from the Persian Empire, but it was taken away by the founding emperor of the Mughal Empire and was always in the hands of the Mughal Empire.

As for Lahore, that's even more important. This is originally the capital of the Mughal Empire, which shows that.

But now, a large area of ​​land, including Kabul and Lahore, is all taken as a condition for military service to be transferred to the Persian Empire. This is of great significance to Abbas II. This matter can leave a strong mark in Persian history books.

In the eyes of future generations, Abbas II will have great possibilities and will be regarded as an existence beyond Abbas I. This is naturally what Abbas II yearns for the most.

Therefore, Abbas II sent troops this time not only to ensure that he would defeat the bandits from the Ming Kingdom, but also to firmly occupy the territory ceded by the Mughal Empire. To this end, he issued a national mobilization order. Except for the people on the western frontiers who did not mobilize to prevent the Ottoman Empire from taking advantage of the opportunity, all other troops would be set sail, either to become the defenders of Kabul and Rahar, or to become the main force to clear out the bandits of the Ming Kingdom.

The news that Li Zicheng heard from him was that the Persian army had arrived at 100,000, but in fact it was only part of the Persian army. The total number of Persian army entering the Mughal territory was exactly what Song Xiance said when he fooled Zhang Xianzhong. The leader was Abbas II, who led the army in person.

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For Shah Jahan, he had no choice.

If Delhi is lost, he may not have a place to stay. The enemy from the Ming Kingdom is too powerful. Instead of being destroyed by them, it is better to ask Persia for help. As for the price of asking for help, he naturally cannot bear to let the child trap the wolf.

If the Ming people really want to be eliminated, then I will find a way to regain the western territory. Otherwise, everything will be empty talk.

Of course, Shah Jahan was not that stupid either. He really didn't do anything to the western territory at all and then cut it to Abbas II.

He sent people in advance to empty the details of the wealth of Kabul and Lahore, and forced the wealthy people from these cities to Delhi. Important defense measures also made some damage.

In order to be wary of Abbas II, Shah Jahan certainly would not do it openly. On the one hand, he secretly threatened the rich to move voluntarily, saying that it would be safer to hide from Delhi; on the other hand, he made a noise, saying that the thieves were going to kill them.

In fact, after the wealthy moved, an army looted the two cities and also carried out destruction.

There are rumors that Shah Jahan sent people to do this, because the thieves looked like they were not Ming people. However, some people refuted that many of the thieves are now Mughal thieves. The robbery of these two cities was done by Ming thieves, and even swearing that they were doing something by Ming thieves, and they even saw it with their own eyes.

In short, in this chaotic year and under the turmoil, no one can tell the truth or the false.

After Abbas II came, he did not go to investigate who did it, nor did he rush to go to Delhi to join the Mughal army, but began to deploy the army to completely control these newly obtained territories. The external reasons are also very simple. When the thieves came here, he naturally had to consolidate his way out first.

As a result, the war in the Mughal Empire had never really begun, but there were many troops, including thieves.

We have to mention the Persian army here.

The Persian army was originally very garbage, but thanks to Abbas I's military reforms, and with the help of the British, they finally trained a strong army, with cavalry and musketeers, and their combat methods were also Europeanized.

However, the main body of this army is actually a slave, called Guram.

During the reign of Abbas I, this army was indeed good at fighting and achieved the glory of Abbas I. However, it was ruined by Abbas I's son Safi.

During the reign of Abbas II, although he recovered a little, he still had the foundation of the past. However, he was not as powerful as he was back then. Otherwise, Abbas II would not have had only Kandahar's achievements, but would have regained Baghdad and other places that were stolen by the Ottoman Empire in his father's hands.

In the Mughal Empire, after staying in the western region for a long time, Abbas II Mo finally led 120,000 troops and began to advance to the east. When he was about to join the Mughal Empire's army and preparing to start fighting with the Ming traitor army, Li Zicheng began to flee.

Li Zicheng naturally knew how to fight. He took away whatever he could, and did not leave any fire to the enemy if he could not take away.

As the Persian army had already said before, it was actually the slave army, and their military discipline would naturally not be very good in this foreign country. The Mughal people finally escaped the disaster of Li Zicheng's troops and were harmed by the Persian army again!

Not to mention the Persian army, even the Mughal Empire's own army is just like a ball.

Just like that, the outcome of the war, and who loses, who wins and who wins, but the people on Mughals are suffering from the war.

There is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and white bones are exposed in the wild. This scene that happened in the Ming Dynasty was also staged in the Mughal Empire.

The population within the Mughal Empire decreased dramatically.

The most important thing for the army is food, and when the army fights, the food consumes more.

Originally, Abbas II came with a large army, just to rely on his troops to end the war sooner, but whether it was Zhang Xianzhong or Li Zicheng, they were all in a hurry. No matter what strategy you use, what bait you put, or what empty city plan you sing, these two people are not fooled, Men Qing!

As a result, the Persian army and the Mughal army fought to the back, and the food and grass began to be tight.

The territory of the Mughal Empire had been ruined by war, and even if it was robbed, it would not be much. As a last resort, Abbas II had no choice but to transport grain from the country into the territory of the Mughal Empire.

No matter how Abbas II calculated the food, there was one thing he could do to change. That is, ninety percent of the food he transported was consumed on the way to transport.

To a certain extent, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are really pests, and no grass grows wherever they pass. When they arrive in the Mughal Empire, they will even cause disaster in the Persian Empire.

The monster in war had a head that ate people in the Mughal Empire, but its tail swept around in the Persian Empire, which also made the Persian people miserable.

As for when this monster will return to the cage, it is not something that a person can decide, but that it will take several people who released the monster to return to the cage before it can be possible.

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At the same time, the Ming Empire finally began to relocate. The capital was moved back to Nanjing, and the capital became the capital, indicating that the Ming Dynasty's focus began to move south and the national strategy also moved towards the ocean.

In addition, there is another very important thing, that is, the western army entered the Weilat Mongolia-controlled area and established provincial and provincial government offices. The Ming Dynasty also added Western Regions and Tibet provinces.

This matter became more smooth after Gu Shihan and others entered the pass, especially after meeting Zhang Mingwei.

However, due to the size of these two provinces, the acceptance of resettlement work cannot be completed in a short while. It should be said that this is the matter for the whole year.

In Europe, Poland and Lithuania are still in civil strife, with Tsarist Russia and Sweden eyeing each other. Britain and the Netherlands are fighting, while civil strife in France is still continuing.
Chapter completed!