Chapter 256: Take charge of the Western Regions

In September of the fourth year of Wude, the Liushan army, which had been resting for a short time, began to leave the grassland one after another. The army was divided into two parts. Tens of thousands of troops originally belonging to the Liangzhou army began to move towards Liangzhou, while the Hebei army and the reorganized Turkic army marched towards the Western Regions under the leadership of Liu Shan.

After Liu Shan left the royal court, the power of the King of Qin also began to withdraw from the grassland quickly. After all, Princess Yicheng and the King of Qin were two enemies. When Liu Shan was here, Liu Shan could still play a ease between them. However, once Liu Shan left, no one could guarantee whether the grand occasion of blood washing the grassland would be immediately staged in the next moment.

However, it is impossible for the King of Qin to get no benefits. After coming to the Turkic Grassland, he helped the Turks drive away his old enemy. The King of Qin also obtained a lot of spoils. However, the difference from what he had expected before was nowhere near. As for what the result the King of Qin had expected would be, no one knows, and the King of Qin would be even more unlikely to say it.

But if you think about it, you can think of something. When the Turkic civil strife, the King of Han led the army to aid the Eastern Turks. The King of Qin must have wanted to be a fisherman. As for why he was a fisherman, because the snipe and clam were fighting.

At the moment when the two major forces quickly withdrew from the Turkic grassland, a change that shocked the entire Turkic grassland was staged in the Turkic. What shocked this change was not the change itself, but the change made a person become the master of the Turkic at least in form. This person was not someone else, but Liu Shan.

On September 3, 2018, Wude, Khan Jie Li died in the Turkic tent. According to the news from the royal court, Khan had experienced the war between the East and West Turks and the Liangzhou War, his energy was no longer as good as before. However, Khan was still bearing the pressure of the war alone for the Turkic people, and carried the unfalling flag of the Turkic tent alone. However, humans are not gods, and have experienced too many changes and unsatisfactory. Khan has exhausted his last trace of energy for the Turkic tent and has been buried in the royal tent forever.

This news itself is not enough to cause too much trouble in the royal court. After all, the upper-level organizations of the Turks are not all fools. Since the Wang Court's incident, Princess Yicheng has been supporting the things in the royal court and even the entire Turks. It can be said that Khan has long become a political puppet, and it has no specific effect when it is placed there and is a deaf ear.

However, the incident caused by the death of Khan made the Turkic royal court turbulent. There was no reason. In the words of the Han people, the family could not be without a master for a day, and the country could not be without a king for a day. Khan died, but he did not leave a heir.

Of course, with the boldness of the grassland people, there is no major problem in that regard. They will not have the disease that they have to go to a hospital that loves to treat as some people think.

The fact is that Khan left behind a large number of successors, more or less royal bloodlines. However, don’t forget that there was a war before. In this war, Princess Yicheng sent these heirs to the battlefield in batches in various righteous names. This is normal for the Turks with strong folk customs, but what is abnormal is that these heirs who went to the expedition successively contributed their last strength to the country and the nation, and died on the battlefield.

No heir can come back. Even if they come back, they will have to bear the crime of unfavorable combat. The deserter must be executed, so what about the escaped generals. In fact, they are destined to their fate as soon as they go out. There are only three fates. The first one dies on the battlefield, and the second one surrenders to the Western Turks. Naturally, those who choose this will lose their status as the successor of the Eastern Turks. The third one, when they come back, they will be charged with death. Three, two dead ends, and one way that cannot be turned back.

After a war, people found pitifully that there were no one on the grassland who had royal blood and could successfully inherit the position of Khan.

The royal bloodline was actually cut off in a war. Of course, it has not been completely cut off. Going to the battlefield is a man's business, not a woman's business. The royal bloodline is almost completely preserved in terms of women.

However, in many countries in history, women were not included in many countries. This was the case with the Turks. When people finally faced the Khan's corpse, they couldn't help but cry, and no one succeeded the Turks. Unexpectedly, when Khan was alive, he was busy with all kinds of animals, leaving behind the next generation for the royal family that could definitely be passed on to the family line, but was destroyed in a war. This is a huge tragedy.

At this time, people found that among the remaining women, one had to choose a descendant who was related to the royal bloodline to complete this major event related to the Turkic inheritance. After all, these princes were not of blood, and their descendants were more or less a little bit. However, people were surprised to find another thing. The princes of the Turkic clan were all killed in battle, and even those of the minor generation were no exception. At this moment, people truly realized that the royal bloodline was over, and even the princesses who were separated were over.

At this moment, someone suggested that there was another son-in-law who existed in the world. This son-in-law was naturally no one else, but Liu Shan.

However, Liu Shan was not a Turkic person, but a Han person. The person who proposed this was immediately scolded and scolded by nearly half of the Turkic nobles, and almost pulled out his knife and killed him on the spot.

However, the person who proposed this is in line with the will of a person, and this person is naturally Princess Yicheng who holds real power.

This has to be said to be another blessing in Liu Shan's fate. He became the only candidate for inheriting the Turkic Han throne because he married Princess Sinan. It was not that he was close to this position, but that people who were closer to him had arrived in another world. However, he still faced great pressure to inherit this position.

But he received the support of the Turks at this time, who could Princess Yicheng support if she didn't support her son-in-law? Liu Shan had a high reputation at this time. After all, the previous East-West Turkic War was the condition for the army led by Liu Shan to help the Eastern Turkic war win the war.

However, facing Liu Shan's problem, the inheritance of the Khan throne was almost impossible. After all, the Turkic aristocratic class would definitely not allow this to happen.

At this moment, it was reported that Princess Sinan was already pregnant. Moreover, after confirming that Princess Sinan was pregnant, Princess Yicheng invited many strangers who believed that she could see clearly whether the princess would give birth to a boy or a girl to confirm. Everyone said that the princess would definitely give birth to a boy.

Therefore, the absolute power of the Turks bargained with the nobles and finally determined a condition that both sides could barely accept. The Khan throne would be temporarily appointed by Princess Sinan, and King Liu Shan was the regent of the Turks. After Princess Sinan's little prince was born, the Khan throne would be officially passed on to the little prince.

In this way, the throne of the Turkic Han Kingdom, one of the four major khanates that belonged to the Tang Dynasty, was confirmed in later generations.
Chapter completed!