The Sun and the Lion

The city gate opened, and the defenders inside the city were dejected and lined up to surrender to the red heads.

After the Jingguan fortification outside the city was erected, nothing could stop the spread of fear, and the surrender of the defenders became a matter of no doubt.

The red heads quickly went to control the castle, treasury, neighborhoods and mosques according to their respective organizations. Ahmed's savings, which he had not yet had time to spend, were transported out. As Ibrahim expected, there was not even a tuman left in silver coins and coppers, and there was not much leftover grain in the granary.

The officials here were also very sensible. In order to keep their official positions, they took the initiative to convert to Christianity and then pledged their allegiance to Ibrahim. The handover of various files was completed intact.

However, in Ibrahim's view, these are just trivial matters, and he simply leaves them to Kamran and other staff.

Your Majesty, Gharamanluhan wishes to see you. The guard at the entrance of the big tent came in and reported to Ibrahim.

A few days after the victory in the Battle of Diyarbakir, Bayram and Heraclius, who had received the news, first sent a letter to Ibrahim, and then quickly came with their personal guards to join Ibrahim. The remnant soldiers are still on the way, but Ibrahim has already sent troops to respond, so there should be no accidents.

Your Majesty, sir... Byram knelt down and bowed to Ibrahim. His humble look was not like a tribal leader at all.

Get up. You said in your letter that you wanted to give me a gift. What gift is it? Ibrahim looked at Bairam and said slowly.

Jaramanluhan was a little uneasy. He didn't know whether his gift would be favored by His Majesty, but there would be no harm in giving it away, at least it would reduce his expenses.

For the tribe that has been maimed, livestock, people and land are the most important. As long as they can obtain enough vast pastures and cultivated land in Kurdistan, they will not worry about being unable to restore their power.

Your Majesty, my gift has been prepared. Please allow me to lead the way for Your Majesty.

Ibrahim nodded, then stood up, put on his boots, and walked to an open space at the edge of the camp surrounded by the bow holders.

Several targets were set up in the open space, and a dozen men faced the targets, about fifty meters apart. They were not wearing armor, and the most important thing was that each of them had a matchlock gun, which attracted Ibrahim's attention.

You can start. Byram ordered the musketeers.

The musketeers loaded their ammunition expertly. They first relied on experience to judge the distance between themselves and the target, and then filled different amounts of gunpowder with gunpowder horns based on the estimate, then inserted lead bullets and stabbed them firmly with a purge bar. Then fill the medicine pool with the introduced medicine. The entire process takes about half a minute to complete.

They pointed the loaded matchlock guns at the targets in front of them. The smoldering matchlock ignited the primer and caused the gunpowder in the barrel to explode. There was a loud gunshot and thick smoke quickly erupted, and a large piece of the target was knocked off by lead bullets.

Is this the gift you gave me?

Byram couldn't tell whether it was anger or confusion, so he had to bite the bullet and said: Your Majesty, the Ottoman army relied on these inconspicuous gadgets back then...

I know. Ibrahim was a little happy. He didn't expect that his firearms unit could be formed so quickly. He planned to recruit firearms craftsmen from the Ottomans and even Europe.

How many such weapons do your tribe have? Thinking of this, Ibrahim couldn't wait to ask.

Your Majesty, this is probably what is available...I don't understand these specific matters. If allowed, I can recommend someone to you. Byram didn't know much about it. After all, they were too few in number and did not have stable logistics supply. This makes them of little use on the front.

At Jaramanluhan's signal, one person walked out from the musketeers, came to the two of them, and knelt down again.

This man's name is Karatayi, who was originally a small officer in the Ottoman local army and was captured in a battle to suppress the Garamanlu tribe. Then he quickly showed his characteristics as a Shia sympathizer, and soon converted to Shia and served Bairam.

Then Ibrahim learned the details from him. There are less than a hundred matchlock guns in the tribe, all of which were stolen from the Ottoman army. The craftsmen in the tribe cannot prepare gunpowder, nor can they maintain and manufacture matchlocks. Many firearms have become unusable due to improper use and poor maintenance.

In other words, all I got was a dozen intact matchlocks and a dozen skilled musketeers, and both gunpowder and lead bullets were in short supply. Find the bookstore www.zhaoshuyuａ.comｍ

Yes, Your Majesty.

But this is not bad, isn't it. Ibrahim turned to Gharaman Luhan and said, I accepted your gift.

After the bow bearers took away these dozen people, Bayram followed Ibrahim back to the big tent.

With the inclusion of the city of Diyarbakır, the conditions for the establishment of a province of Kurdistan have also matured. Garamanluhan, I will give Siverek and the surrounding countryside to your tribe, and I will appoint you as the Kurdistan How about the Governor of Stan Province?

Your Majesty, this...is truly a great gift.

Of course, you will not be the only tribe in the province. I plan to move the Ustagi tribe to the surrounding areas of Şanliurfa. Moreover, there is no peace in the province. You must ensure that all regions surrender to me. The unrest factors must also be eliminated in time. When talking about unrest, Ibrahim thought of the Kurdish emirs who provided all support except help.

According to Ibrahim's vision, all the current provinces have been divided into crown territories and governor-general territories, including Shirvan (Ibrahim felt that dividing it into two provinces was unnecessary and decided to re-merge it), Azerbaijan and Armenia The three provinces are the Crown Territory, which is completely under the jurisdiction of Ibrahim's civil officials and clergy, and the local military and political affairs are separated.

The governor-general's territory is similar to a vassal town, and the governor-general is similar to a military governor. In these areas, military nobles serve as local governors and are in charge of military and political power. Georgia, Kurdistan and Tabaristan are temporary governor-general states.

After Kurdistan is pacified, the trade routes to Syria will be open, and it will not be difficult to go to Alexandria to connect with Europe.

After arranging the Garamanlu tribe, Heraclius, who was summoned, walked into the big tent.