A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1196: Kill Another Khan
Spring blossoms,

The Suiye River Valley is as beautiful as a fairyland.
Everything has been going well for Wu Huaiyu recently. The Tocharian Yehu knelt down and kissed his boots, and the Khazar Yehu was very aware of the current situation. These two former Western Turkic Yehu kingdoms have now become protectorates under the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

Bobu, the Khan of Nanting, who was originally the ruler of Tokharistan and Khazars, is now basically a Khan without any troops. Wu Huaiyu not only separated the two protectorates from Nanting, but also appointed them as Khans on an equal footing with him.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Huaiyu proposed that the states of Yanqi, Qiuci, and Khotan, which were originally subject to the Southern Court, on the southern route of the Tianshan Mountains, should be directly under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate and separated from the Southern Court.

Wu Huaiyu was going to send troops to destroy Shule, Kepantuo and Zhujubo, the three vassal states of Nanting. Not only could Bo Bu not protect them, he also had to help send troops and supplies to support them.

The thin cloth is a bit confusing.

It's hard to accept,
If you give in any further, there will be a cliff behind you.
When Wu Huaiyu fought Duolu Khan, Bo Bu did not have the chance to participate. He felt quite happy afterwards. After all, Yugu set up a plan of Eastern Turks coming from the west, but won over the Nushibi tribe and proclaimed himself the Great Khan of Western Turks. He defeated his uncle Dilishi Khan and eventually forced his uncle to flee to Boghan.

After he succeeded to the throne as the Great Khan, he was still suppressed and beaten by Dulu Khan. Asijie and Shiguo and Shule refused to obey his orders, which made him hate Dulu Khan very much but he could do nothing about it. Suddenly, the Tang Dynasty captured Dulu Khan and sent him to Chang'an.
It finally allowed him to catch his breath.

Soon after that, Wu Huaiyu annihilated Gaochang and defeated Helu's alliance of eight tribes. Bobu Khan acted as if it was none of his business and even thought that it was a good thing that the Dulu tribe in the east wing had finally become chaotic again.

When the younger Khan of Beiting, Bu Zhen, suddenly attacked the Great Khan, Mishe, the two brothers fought among themselves, but Bo Bu was still secretly happy.

The Asiji and other two tribes joined forces with Shule and other three kingdoms to rebel. At that time, Bobu was in the Khan's court at Qianquan Mountain and was considering where to escape to Gaochang.

Unexpectedly, Wu Huaiyu came to kill him again.
He also chased the two great Shijins of Asijie to the Shi Kingdom in one go, and also captured the capital of the Shi Kingdom and captured the two Turkic kings of the Shi Kingdom.

When Bo Bu heard the news, he laughed out loud and felt proud. From now on, as the Khan, he would no longer be bullied by Asijie. At least he could become the lord of Xixiang Nushibi.

He has always been grateful to Wu Huaiyu and cooperated with Wu Huaiyu very well.

Even if the boundary between the North and South Courts was redrawn from the Yili River to the west to the Jieshan Mountain, he readily agreed.

But Bobu had never read any books.

He did not understand the principle of "the lips and the teeth are in danger when they are gone". As the Khan of Nanting, he was indeed bullied by the Nushibiqiang and Asijie tribes in the past. Even his uncle, Dilish Khan, was killed by Asijie and Tutong of Shiguo.

But in the eyes of the Tang people, the Western Turks, or the Nushipi of the Southern Court, were one and the same.

After Wu Huaiyu successfully eliminated the two Asikya tribes,

The entire West Wing, and even the entire South Courtyard, was no longer able to compete with the Anxi Army.

When Wu Huaiyu confronted him and said that he had petitioned the emperor to separate the two protectorates of Tokharistan and Khazars from the Southern Court, to establish a protectorate, and to appoint the two protectorates as khans,

Then he said that the states south of the Tianshan Mountains would be placed under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate.
The thin cloth is confused.

He felt that he was very respectful to Wu Huaiyu, but in the end, the knife still fell on his head.

As the Khan of Nanting and the Protector of Mengchi, he was left with only the western part of the northern Tianshan Mountains, which was bounded by the Jieshan Mountains in the north, the Qianquan Mountains in the south, the Aral Sea in the west, and the Lingshan Mountains in the east.

Qianquan Military Governorate, Kulan Military Governorate, Talas Military Governorate, Suiye Military Governorate, Rehai Military Governorate, Jieli Military Governorate...
As the Great Khan of Western Turkic Khanate, he first lost control of the Eastern Dulu tribe, and now also Tocharistan, Khazars, and the south of Tianshan Mountains.
Even the nine states of Zhaowu in Hezhong were no longer given to him.

"Prince Wu, I'm sorry I can't accept this."

The thin cloth shook his head.

At most, he accepted the titles of minor khans from the Khazar Yehu Ashina Moheduo and the Tokharistan Yehu Ashina Ushibo.

Anyway, even though they had three khans in their lineage, they were unable to truly control these two places. They had always ignored the Khan's court, but he also could not accept letting them separate directly and become equal to him.

Once you give this point, you will never have the chance to get it back.

The countries south of the Tianshan Mountains and the Sogdian countries in Transoxiana were also things that Nan Ting could not give up.

If we give up on them, what will be left of Nan Ting?
"Jiwangjue Khan, go back and think about this carefully. This is the trend of the times, so we should follow the trend and not go against it."

Wu Huaiyu had expected that he would refuse.

After all, this is indeed too much of a shock.

An Lushan watched Bobu Khan leave with cold eyes, and said to Wu Huaiyu, "Foster father, this Bobu doesn't know how to appreciate your kindness. The reason why he is still the Khan is because you appreciated him.

Does he really think he is the Great Khan of Western Turkestan?
I'll go chop him up."

Wu Huaiyu shook his head,
"It's really a bit rude. It's a shame to keep him, but there's no need to dirty our hands."

Wu Huaiyu explained to An Lushan:
That night,

Bobu Khan was attacked in his own camp outside Suiye City and was killed.

Afterwards, the Suiye army arrived quickly and captured some of the attackers.

They confessed that they were from Shiguo and were former subordinates of Tutun, the leader of Shiguo. This time, the king had recruited troops to come to Suiye to assist the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty. They encountered Bobu Khan during the day. Because their horses were startled, they ran into Bobu Khan's troops and were beaten by his guards.
After these people returned to the camp, they were filled with resentment.

They said that they had joined forces with Tongtutun to rebel against Dilish Khan, the uncle of Bobu Khan, and wanted to make Yugushe the Great Khan. They once defeated Dilish Khan and forced him to flee to Yanqi.
But just when they were winning victory after victory, Tongtutun was assassinated.

In short, they said that Tong Tutun was killed by assassins sent by Bobu and his son, and that they were beaten today because people around Bobu Khan recognized them as Tong Tutun's former subordinates, so they were severely punished and whipped for a trivial matter.

With new grudges and old hatreds in mind, they attacked Bo Bu's camp at night, shot him to death in the camp, and cut off his head.

Wu Huaiyu is in Suiye City,
He summoned the leaders of the northern and southern Khanate, the Zhaowu states in Hezhong, the Tokharistan Yehudi, the Khazars Yehudi, etc.

The court heard the case together, and the case was not complicated.

However, Nanting Jiqujue Khan, Mengchi Duhu, Huqi General, and Guiyi King Ashina Bobu died in their own tents outside Suiye City.

It still shocked everyone.

No one could have imagined that Bobu would die just like that, outside the city of Suiye. This Dulu Khan, the nephew of Nisu and Dilish Khan and Eshe, was originally Shaboluoyehu Khan, but was later renamed Jiwang Juenanting Khan by the Tang people.
Say no, it's gone.

Everyone was silent.

Everyone knows that things are not that simple. Although it seems flawless on the surface, the one who can sit here is at least a leader.
Some people even knew that Wu Huaiyu had just summoned Bo Bu yesterday. After Bo Bu met Wu Huaiyu, he left the city and returned to the camp, and died in the evening.

The ones who attacked and killed Bo Bu were warriors from the Shi Kingdom. They claimed to be former subordinates of Tong Tutun, but who doesn't know that the current king of the Shi Kingdom is Wu Huaiyu's adopted son Shi Shouxin?
Furthermore, Wu Huaiyu recommended Wushibo as the Khan of Tokharistan and Moheduo as the Khan of Khazars, and also established the Hezhong Protectorate for the nine states of Sogdia in Hezhong.

Even the various states of Kucha in Shannan were to be transferred from Nanting to the Anxi Protectorate. These were no longer secrets.

The news had already spread throughout Suiye City.
And now the thin cloth is dead.

No one can stop Wu Huaiyu anymore.

So on the surface, Bo Bu was attacked and killed by Shi Guotong Tutun's former subordinates, but the truth was that he refused to follow Wu Huaiyu's arrangements.

The truth is easy to guess.
But no one said it.

I don't dare.

At this time, all the Turkic nobles could finally feel the tyranny and pressure. When the sword fell on the heads of Duolu Khan, Helu Yehu, Buzhen Khan, Asijie Quejijin, Nishujijin, the kings of Shiguo, the prince of Gaochang and others,

They didn't feel it as clearly as they do now.

But at this moment, they really felt a little sad.

Unfortunately it's too late.

Everyone understands.

Nan Ting was completely ruined.

The situation in Beiting is not much better.
Or we can simply say that the Western Turks were destroyed.

Wu Huaiyu closed the case,
Leading the moment of silence for Bo Bu,

The next question is, after Bobu died, who would succeed him as Khan of Nanting?

Bo Bu had sons, but unfortunately his two older sons died in the night raid last night, and the rest of the sons of Qianquanshan Khan's court were too young.

"The overall situation of the Southern Court should still be handled by the older and more prestigious Ashina."

"I would like to recommend a candidate, Ashina She'er, the Left Wise King of the Eastern Turkic Khanate. What do you think?"

Hearing this name, everyone was stunned again.

Ashina She'er, this name is not unfamiliar to the Western Turkic nobles present here, because in the early years, She'er was a vassal of the Eastern Turkic people in the northern desert.
Later, they were defeated by Xueyantuo and fled to Khan Futu City in the Western Regions.

At that time, the Western Turkic Khan Moheduo poisoned his nephew, the Great Khan Tongyehu, and the East and West sides were in internal strife. She'er first surrendered to Moheduo Khan, and then took the opportunity to attack Moheduo and seized most of the Western Turkic territory. Later, he even called himself Dubu Khan.
At that time, many Western Turkic tribes paid tribute to Dubu Khan, especially the Dongxiang tribe. But later She'er was eager to return to the northern desert to seek revenge, so he hurriedly marched eastward, but ended up being defeated and had to flee eastward to the Tang Dynasty.

Although Yibi Duolu Khan Yugushe had been very powerful before, when She'er proclaimed himself Khan, Yugushe had no choice but to surrender.

She'er is also a member of the Golden Wolf family. He is the second son of Choro Khan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate and a direct descendant of Tumen Khan. He has noble bloodline and has served as the Great Khan in the Western Regions. There is no problem for him to succeed Nanting Khan.

but,

She'er had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty for many years and had already become the emperor's brother-in-law. He was married to Princess Hengyang and granted the title of Duke of Bi. After the Eastern Turks restored their country, he was canonized as the Left Wise King.

Everyone knows,

Although She'er is the most orthodox descendant of the Golden Wolf family, he has already sided with the Tang Dynasty.

"Do you think She'er is suitable to succeed the Khan of Nanting?" Wu Huaiyu asked again.

Not loud,

But in the hall of the General's Mansion in Suiye City, no one spoke.

This is silent opposition.

Wu Huaiyu picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put it down and put away his smile. "Since no one objects, that means everyone supports it. I will report it to the Holy Emperor right away."

Still no one spoke.

Although their silence was not support, no one dared to stand up and speak out against it.
The thin cloth can still warm the body.

No one wants to be the second thin cloth.

"Before the Saint issues the decree to appoint a new Khan of Nanting, Nanting will be temporarily ruled by me."

(End of this chapter)