"That's not right!" Li Wenyuan suddenly reacted and said.

"What's wrong? What do you think of again, boy? Batu also asked curiously.

"You said that in order to ensure his status, Hulu needs a group of staunch supporters to support him, and according to what you said, Hulu chose to let you be the king of Gaochang Kingdom to carry out the tribalization process of Gaochang Kingdom, right?" Li Wenyuan said.

"Yes, that's it." Batu nodded.

"But a mere Gaochang kingdom is far less powerful than the Turkic tribes in terms of population, wealth, and military strength, and how can it be possible to influence the succession of the Turkic court with the support of the tribal kingdom here?" Li Wenyuan asked curiously.

"Oh, that's what you're talking about, it's very simple, it's not just here, not far from the west of Yanqi, Qiuzi, and even Tocharo, Hedu, Bodo, and Ximi to the west of the Green Ridge, all of which have already started the same infiltration operation. The ultimate goal is the same as mine, they all ascend to the throne through a coup d'état, and finally begin to introduce a large number of Turkic people into the country, and slowly make the Turkic people in their respective countries become the main people, so that the original main people are gradually marginalized, and finally become a minority. In the end, these kingdoms and dynasties were all tribalized, and eventually joined the Turks and became part of the Turkic peoples. And these Turkic dynasties will eventually become staunch supporters of His Highness Khuru under the rule of the people arranged by His Highness Khulu. You must know that although the Turks on the steppe are the kings, after all, there are more than ten times their own national regimes that are subordinate to the Turks, but the Turks still inevitably have to face the dilemma of few people. Therefore, the Turkic vassal state is considered a large force, enough to support His Highness Kulu to ascend to the throne of the new Khan. Ba Du sorted out his thoughts a little, and while drinking and eating meat, he slowly told Li Wenyuan all the details.

Li Wenyuan nodded, secretly surprised in his heart, Hulu's method was to follow the example of the Hu people who invaded the Central Plains in the process of rule, and they slowly melted into the Han people and there was no trace to implement it, but it was the opposite, to take the initiative to strengthen the Turkic strength by making the subordinate countrymen under the rule Turkic.

And Hulu often haunts the Central Plains, personally feel how powerful a unified country is, while intoxicated with the benefits of the Central Plains Dynasty's strong centralized system and county system, Hulu also once fantasized about how powerful a unified Turkic will be, how much panic will it bring to the enemy, intoxicated at the same time Hulu has also made an assessment, according to the vast territory of the Western Turks, the number of people in the subordinate countries, Even if all the young and strong Turks gave up joining the army and went to rule the place, it was not enough, so the top priority was to increase the population of the Turks, with the population had the strength to digest the land, the reason why the previous Turks were completely divided into two parts by the Central Plains Dynasty was because the Turks occupied an unprecedentedly vast land, but there was not enough population to digest it, so that the subordinate states under their rule were provoked, divided into two parts to support the two regimes, and finally led to the division of the Eastern and Western Turks.

"Then now your Gaochang Kingdom has perished, and the Hu people who disobeyed the king have also fled westward, this is the country of our Han people, and it is natural for me to recover it. But you don't have a chance to turn the tables now, why don't you escape from the secret passage with those people? Li Wenyuan pointed to a few things behind him that were covered by cloths and could vaguely be seen to be spherical objects.

Ba Du looked in the direction of Li Wenyuan's finger, and suddenly his pupils shrank, and he saw that the corner of the cloth was stained with some blood, so he said, "These things are?" ”

"These things are those cowards who fled from the battle, abandoned the masters they served and fled for their lives first, and were blocked by my people at the exit, and after persuasion failed, my people could only kill all those who resisted, and not one was left." Li Wenyuan said solemnly:

"Although our Han people may not be as strong as you steppe people, we also know that we must be loyal and martyrful, and when it comes to the critical moment of life and death, the more we must fulfill the responsibility of being a courtier and serve by the side of our monarch until the last moment."

Ba Du shook his head and said: "As soon as the city wall was broken, I knew that the situation in Gaochang City was hopeless, and it was better to let them escape and reunite with their families than to let them stay by my side and die in vain. ”

Li Wenyuan was silent, it was impossible for these people to leave Gaochang City alive no matter what, this was the fate that had been decided since the beginning of the war, and no one could change it, so he said: "They are all dead, no one knows your identity, I also cherish your ability, and now I am also short of manpower, are you willing to give up your identity as a Turk to serve me?" I can only give you more than Hulu, no less than Hulu. ”

Ba Du said without thinking about it: "The letter eagle on the grassland will only have one owner in its life, and if the owner dies, the letter eagle will also die of hunger strike." Now that I am the king of Gaochangguo, I want to accompany him to the last moment, this meal will be treated as your young man to see me off, for the sake of the past face, I will order my troops to lay down their arms and surrender, and I myself will commit suicide in the court and go with the country, if you really remember our old friendship, please burn my body according to the custom of my Turks after my death, and wait for the grass and trees to fall and be buried at the foot of the White Mountain. ”

Then, without waiting for Li Wenyuan to express his position, Ba Du drank the last bowl of water and wine, put the bowl on the ground, then stood up, walked back to the military formation of Gao Changguo, and said to the Gao Changguo army guarding the palace: "You have all worked hard, I have already decided to surrender to the Heavenly Empire, you should no longer stubbornly resist to the end and increase the unnecessary casualties, now start to lay down your arms and accept the instructions of the Celestial Empire army." ”

After Batu finished speaking, he walked into the court of the palace without looking back, and after retiring the people in the house, Batu Tuk put on the most gorgeous dress of the king, and then took a small bottle of wine bought from a passing merchant, and endured the discomfort in his body, Batu Tuk leaned on the throne, and finally died of poison.

Li Wenyuan watched Gao Changguo's army lay down their weapons one after another under Batu's order, and he was relieved, but it was still very heavy, Batu was also his old friend, at this time, each was his master, and the only thing he could do was to give him the name of a loyal martyr.

(End of chapter)