"Batu Tuk, even if you are the king of the Han people, as a Han Chinese, you can choose to seek refuge from the Turks at such a critical moment of life and death. After all, in the words of their Han people, they are not afraid of running out of firewood to stay in the green mountains. Only if you survive will you have a chance to return to the country in the future. This does not affect your Han Chinese legitimacy, and as long as you survive, when our Turkic army defeats these Han Chinese recapture the kingdom of Gaochang. You can still be the king of Gaochangguo, but if you die, you really won't have anything. The bearded Turk persuaded.

"Uncle, I know what you mean. However, before I came, His Royal Highness Kulu had told me that a king who was defeated and destroyed in a war could certainly stabilize many unstable factors in the country soon after he was restored, but a dead king could more effectively arouse the hatred of the Han people in the Western Regions in the country. In other words, in the eyes of His Highness Kulu, a dead king is more valuable than a surviving king.

Therefore, even if I can kill myself from the encirclement of these Han people and pick up a life to return to the Turks, His Highness Hulu will find a way to let me die at the hands of the Han people. At the beginning, I didn't listen to the advice of His Royal Highness Kulu and insisted on choosing to become the king of Gaochang in this way, and I had no way out. What's more, if I die here today, I may be able to satisfy His Highness Kulu's intentions, and I won't die in vain if I can fight for more benefits for my family. I will stay here and accompany Gao Changguo until the last moment. Uncle, you should first escape from Gaochang City through the secret passage, and return to the Turkic military camp to inform His Highness Kulu, saying that I died on the battlefield. Batu smiled, then sighed and shook his head.

"You, you! Batu Tuk, how can you be so stubborn? Alas, that's it, everyone has the right to choose their own destiny. Since you have chosen this path so stubbornly, then I will not hinder you much. Don't worry, even if His Highness Kulu won't treat your family well, I will do my best to make your family's life better. When the Turks saw that they were persuaded to pull out the tuk and not move, they gritted their teeth. Then he flicked his sleeves and got into the secret passage in the palace, escaped from the encirclement of the Western Regions Army from the secret passage, and hurriedly fled westward alone.

Seeing that his uncle had chosen to leave Gaochang City, Ba Du stood up from his seat and said to the people outside the door with a strong spirit: "Come on, wait for me to change my clothes." ”

On the other side, at the head of Gaochang City, which had been occupied by the Western Regions Army, a night owl Fei also ran over from outside the city, and after landing on the top of the city, he whispered a few words in Zhang Juntai's ear. After Zhang Juntai heard this, he hurriedly walked down from the city, opened the city gate, and saw Li Wenyuan not far outside. Zhang Juntai hurriedly walked to Li Wenyuan's side and said, "Chief, why did you come to the front of these two armies in danger again. Earlier you said that I don't know how to use those advanced weapons, so what do you mean this time? ”

Li Wenyuan waved his hand, then turned over from his horse and grabbed Zhang Juntai's hand and said, "Juntai, I'll ask you." Seeing that the palace of Gaochang City has been captured, do you know who the king of Gaochang City is? ”

"King Gaochang? Isn't the king of Gochang Kingdom the Koji Boren who came to power through a palace coup d'état not long ago? Zhang Juntai looked at Li Wenyuan in front of him with some confusion, and he didn't know why he suddenly asked.

"I know his name is Koji Boren, but do you know who he really is?"

"This, this last general does not know. But these don't matter, as long as our army captures the palace and captures the king alive, we will know his true identity at that time. Zhang Juntai shook his head.

"I know you don't know who the people are here, you lead the way in front of the head, take me to the front line of the siege of the palace, and I will tell you slowly on the way."

Zhang Juntai had no choice but to lead the way in front. Li Wenyuan rushed to the front line of the siege of the palace surrounded by Zhang Juntai and a group of guards, and on the way, Li Wenyuan sorted out his thoughts and explained to Zhang Juntai why he insisted on going to the forefront of the battle.

On that day, Li Wenyuan was looking at the military intelligence report sent by Zhang Juntai in his governor's mansion, which said that the naturalized army led by Mueller had completely annihilated a sudden Turkic advance, and he had also captured all the territories in Gaochang, leaving only Gaochang City that had not yet been breached. At this time, Qiu Niang hurriedly walked in from outside, and before she even had time to knock on the door, she said, "Chief, we have found out the specific identity information of Lu Boren." ”

After Li Wenyuan heard this, he was naturally very curious and said, "Then tell me what is the specific identity of this Koji Boren?" ”

"After careful investigation by our night owls, as well as the bribery of some people within the court, we finally came to the conclusion that Ko Boren is his own pseudonym, and that he seized the throne of Ko Boya through a palace coup d'état carried out by the hands of the Turks. Since this person succeeded to the throne, he vigorously excluded the Han people who were originally in Gaochang City, and instead moved many Hu people who had been suppressed into the city. We have made the inference that this person may have been a Hu himself, or even a Turkic.

So we followed this line and carefully traced down, and finally the intelligence officers in the Western Turkic royal court traced a trace of clues, before the coup d'état was launched, Ashina Hulu's guards inexplicably reduced by one person. Moreover, after the coup d'état was launched, Ashina Hulu's originally marginalized position inexplicably began to return. Therefore, we can infer that the coup d'état carried out by Ko Boren was supported and planned by Ashina Hulu behind it. Therefore, after the coup d'état, Ashina Hulu once again returned to the political center of the Turks with such a feat. Boss, do you know who this guard is who has disappeared for some reason? Qiu Niang told Li Wenyuan all the information in her hands, but in the end, she sold another pass in the name of her specific identity. Looking at Li Wenyuan with his big eyes, he asked with a slight smile.

"The guards around Hulu, do you say yes?" Li Wenyuan looked at Qiu Niang with a hint of disbelief.

"You guessed it, sir. It's Batuk. ”

"Chief Administrator, you said that this Koji Boren's real name is Batu, and he is a guard beside Ashina Hulu, isn't it the identity of the Turkic spy who was captured by us in the Western Regions a few years ago?" Zhang Juntai was also very curious after hearing this.

"Yes, that's him. So I didn't come in a hurry this time because I didn't trust your ability, but just to see if I could subdue this Turkic who had both force and ability, after all, the Turks could not completely rely on force to stabilize the rule of a country. ”

(End of chapter)