Chapter 1304: The Death of Ba Zhuo (II)
Ba Zhuo was blocked by Wu Su by the river, and in a rage, he led the remnants of his soldiers to rush to Wu Su, ready to fight with the other party, but unfortunately Wu Su sneered at this time, and then waved his hand, and the cavalry behind him immediately showed countless strong crossbows, which made the front Ba Zhuo was also frightened, and then countless crossbow arrows flew like raindrops, and the guards around Ba Zhuo also fell layer by layer.
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the guards around Ba Zhuo were killed or wounded, and even Ba Zhuo was hit by an arrow, but this made him even more angry, because the crossbow arrow was not something that they Tiele people could make at all, only Datang would have such a sharp crossbow arrow, and Datang had extremely strict control over crossbow arrows, and it was not allowed to flow out of Datang at all, and now Wu Su took out so many strong crossbows at once, which is enough to show the depth of his collusion with Datang.
"Kill them all except for the scorching!" At this time, Wu Su ordered loudly again, more than half of the guards around Bazhuo had been killed and wounded, and the rest were not to worry, and his side also had an advantage in troops, so he wanted to capture Bazhuo alive.
With Wu Xu's order, the Hui cavalry behind him immediately pounced like wolves, and the guards around Ba Zhuo were also fighting to the death, hoping to fight a bloody way to protect Ba Zhuo and escape, but their number was too small, and after fleeing in the middle of the night, they were already exhausted, and at this time they were not the opponent of the Hui cavalry at all, and they had been killed and wounded in just half an hour.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, although Bazhuo was unwilling, he had to face the reality, but he didn't want to fall into the hands of Wu Su anyway, because he knew that if he was captured, he would probably suffer humiliation, and it was better to die, so he was also ruthless at the moment, swinging his knife and slashing at his neck.
"Snort~" However, the knife that pulled out the scorching had not yet cut his neck, but suddenly he only heard a sound of breaking the air, and then he felt a sharp pain in his wrist holding the knife, and the scimitar in his hand also fell down all of a sudden.
However, he was also determined to die, one hand was abolished, and the other hand immediately drew a sharp arrow from the quiver and plunged it into his throat, but although his movements were fast, it was too late at this time, and at this time several Hui cavalry immediately pounced on his horse, and threw him to the ground at once, and then he was tied so strong that he could no longer move.
"Wuhu! If you still have a conscience, kill me now, and don't let me be humiliated! Bazhuo scolded at this time, but in the end, he already had a little pleading, because he knew that if he fell into the hands of Tang Jun, it might be better, but if it fell into the hands of the Hui people, I am afraid that he would be unable to survive and die.
"Hehe, Great Khan, your life is very valuable, maybe after we dedicate you to Datang, Datang will give us all your Xue Yantuo's pastures, so you don't have to struggle anymore!" I saw that Wu Su smiled proudly at this time, although he was a fine work that Datang placed beside Bazhuo, but he was not a person from Feinusi, in fact, he and Datang were only cooperative, and Datang might promise to support him in the future to win the throne of Hui Hui, which is what he wanted.
Hearing that Wu Su was going to dedicate himself to the Tang Dynasty, although Ba Zhuo roared angrily on the surface, he was a little happy in his heart, if he could see the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, maybe there was still a possibility of survival, after all, Jieli was not killed by the Tang Dynasty at the beginning.
No matter how angry he roared, Wu Su was unmoved, and immediately ordered the whole army to return, and in the afternoon, he finally returned to the Xue Yantuo royal court that had been occupied by the Hui Hui, only to see that there were dead bodies and blood everywhere, and the Xue Yantuo people who dared to resist were all killed, and the rest all laid down their arms and surrendered, after all, the strong are respected on the grassland, and surrender is not a shameful thing.
"Uncle!" When Wu Su came to the royal court, he immediately had a gray-haired old man personally lead his troops to greet him, which made him hurriedly step forward and salute, this old man is the Khan Tu Fan of Hui Hui, but although Wu Su is respectful to his uncle on the surface, he has long coveted his sweat position.
"Wu Su, you brought Bazhuo back, what a great achievement!" Tu Midu saw Bazhuo tied to the horse's back at a glance, and he also laughed at the moment, but although his laughter was bold, there was no smile in his old eyes, because he also knew that his nephew had long been eyeing his position, and even did not hesitate to take refuge in Datang, although he was also friendly with Datang, but unlike Wu Su, he even did Datang's meticulous work.
"Uncle, what should I do with Bazhuo?" Wu Su also knew that Tumidu didn't want to see him, so he didn't take his praise to heart, but directly asked about dealing with Bazhuo, after all, Tumidu is now the Khan of Hui Hui, and the reason why Tumidu agreed to send troops this time was that in addition to seeing the decline of Xue Yantuo, Datang also promised some benefits to Hui Hui.
I saw that Tumidu heard Wu Su's words but suddenly sneered, and then suddenly pulled out his waist knife, and cut off the head of Tu Zhuo with a knife, Tu Midu was too close to Bazhuo, and the action was too sudden, which made Wu Su too late to stop, and when he reacted, Bazhuo's head had fallen to the ground, and even he was a little confused on his face to death, and it is estimated that he didn't understand why Tumidu wanted to kill himself before he died?
"Uncle, what are you doing here?" Seeing that Tumidu actually killed himself with a knife and finally captured him alive, this made Wu Su couldn't help but be furious and said, the living Bazhuo is naturally more valuable than the dead Bazhuo, not to mention that he also wants to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty by offering the Bazhuo, but now he is killed by Tumidu with a knife, how can he not be angry?
"Hehe, if Bazhuo is alive, Xue Yantuo has hope of revival, Xue Yantuo's clan will not be willing to surrender, the Tang Dynasty is too far away from here, they can take Bazhuo away, but we have to continue to survive here, and even rule Xue Yantuo's pasture, if Bazhuo is alive, I'm afraid we don't want to rule here in peace!" Tu Midu sneered.
He didn't know what Wu Su was thinking, but now that Wu Su and Da Tang have gone too close, if Da Tang really supports him, his position will not be imprisoned, and as he said, in order for Hui to be able to take over Xue Yantuo's pasture and tribe, it is better for them to die than to live.
"You ......" Wu Su naturally knew the intentions of Tu Mi, but the righteousness of what the other party said was awe-inspiring, and he couldn't refute it, which made him secretly annoyed, he knew that if this was the case, he should have hidden Bazhuo just now, and then secretly handed it over to Datang's people.
"Okay, Wu Su, you are a good man for us to return to Hui, don't hurt the harmony for someone like Bazhuo, and now although Bazhuo is dead, but Xue Yantuo's tribes are numerous, we want to completely defeat Xue Yantuo, we also need to use the strength of other tribes, I have contacted the servant bone and Tongluo before I came, but they are a little hesitant, but as long as they know that we kill Bazhuo, they will definitely raise troops to help, and then the big thing can be done!" At this time, Tu Midu smiled again and said with a bold smile, but a little smug flashed in his eyes, although Wu Su was ambitious, he was still too tender to fight with him.
Wu Su also knew that he couldn't help Tumidu now, and he could only suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart at the moment, and then began to discuss with Tumidu how to attack Xue Yantuo's other tribes, but before that, they slaughtered all the royal members of Xue Yantuo in the royal court to eliminate the possibility of Xue Yantuo's revival.
A few days later, the servant bone and Tongluo heard that Bazhuo died in the hands of Tumidu, and immediately raised troops to attack Xue Yantuo, speaking of which, Xue Yantuo has been strong over the years, and has also vigorously suppressed the surrounding tribes, even if it is a tribe like Hui and Servant Bone, who are also Tiele, they are also ruthless, which also makes Hui and other tribes extremely resentful of Xue Yantuo, but in the past, Xue Yantuo was powerful, and they could only bury their resentment in their hearts, and now that Xue Yantuo is weak, they will naturally not let go of this opportunity.
With the eradication of Xue Yantuo by the big tribes of Hui Hui, Servant Gu and Tongluo, coupled with the fact that Xue Yantuo had no leader after Bazhuo's death, and even the members of the royal family were almost killed by Tumidu's uncle and nephew, as a result, they could not form an effective resistance at all, and finally were broken by Hui Hui and other tribes, and for a while, the huge Xue Yantuo also collapsed.
The life of the grassland people is very fragile, maybe a strong man, an illness can kill him, the wealth on the grassland is also unstable, a pasture with countless cattle and sheep, maybe a strong wind and rain can freeze most of the livestock, the same way, the power on the grassland is also unstable, the old and the new are replaced very quickly, even the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic empires that were extremely strong at the beginning, have also disappeared in the cold wind of the north, not to mention a short-lived force like Xue Yantuo.
However, although the big tribes of Hui and Servant Bone defeated Xue Yantuo, their number was too small, and it was really powerless to completely destroy Xue Yantuo, but don't forget, there is also a Tang Dynasty next to Xue Yantuo.
Not long after Bazhuo's death, Li Shimin sent the generals Li Ji, Li Daozong, Zhang Jian and others to lead their troops and horses into Mobei, especially Li Ji was a combination of cavalry from Hui and other departments, and entered Xue Yantuo's northern homeland, and finally beheaded more than 5,000 people, captured more than 30,000 people and returned to the Tang Dynasty.
"Xue Yantuo has been destroyed, Mobei has also subsided, and the last obstacle to our annexation of the grassland has finally disappeared!" In the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin handed the good news sent by Li Ji to Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji and others, and his expression was also very relaxed, the "Pingbei Policy" presented by Li Xiu before had also been perfected, and the Tang Dynasty had also prepared a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, so it was almost impossible to eliminate the obstacle of Xue Yantuo.