Chapter 882 Thunderous Means
When the situation developed to this point, everyone realized that Li Yan was determined to fight to the death.

The three Yehu and Shiluodie's generals were also in a frenzy: "Your Highness, it is the Right Wise King who wants to rebel. Please understand your Highness."

"The Right Wise King wants to usurp the throne of our Turkic Khan. Please execute him, my Lord."

Everyone looked at Shi Luodie expectantly, but Shi Luodie felt bitter in his heart. These people really thought that he could make the decision. If you could bring an army of one hundred thousand or eighty thousand, you might be able to turn the tables. But now the troops of the Right Wise King have surrounded this place.

If I stand on your side, we will just die together.
Shi Luodie knew that this was the real decision for whether he could ascend to the Khan's throne, but now he had no more choices. Either die together, or sacrifice these confidants and live a quiet life as a Khan in name only.

The reason why Shi Luodie chose to compromise with Li Yan was not only because the situation was not in his favor, but also because there was a glimmer of hope deep in his heart.

That is, as a Han Chinese, Li Yan will return to the Central Plains sooner or later. If he cooperates well, perhaps by then, he will be able to give up power to himself.

But it’s not necessarily the case for others. Once their butts are in the sweat position, it’s impossible for them to move.

Sighing in his heart, Shi Luodie said expressionlessly: "The three royal family Yehu colluded with Xueyantuo and many generals to plot a rebellion. The evidence is irrefutable. Execute them immediately to comfort the soul of my father Khan in heaven."

Li Yan immediately turned around and gave the order: "The prince has ordered that anyone who assassinates the Khan will be killed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards who had been instructed in advance no longer hesitated, their faces were grim, and they all drew their scimitars.

'Swish, swish, swish'

An ear-piercing sound was heard, a cold light flashed, and the blade, filled with murderous intent, chopped madly at these nobles who were usually out of reach.

"you dare."

"No"

"Please spare my life, Lord Right"

"Your Highness, we are wronged."

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Facing the executioner who had been prepared long ago, both the royal Yehu and the tribal generals were like lambs to be slaughtered.

The three Yehus of the Ashina clan did not expect that Shi Luodie and Li Yan would be so cruel and ruthless. Ashina Gu screamed: "Shi Luodie, you are such a fool. You put our Ashina clan relatives aside and trusted a Han abandoned person."

"Just wait. Without our restraint, Li Yan will sooner or later pull you down from the Khan's throne. It won't be long before you follow in our footsteps."

“No, ah.”

Seeing that Ashina Gu was still trying to sow discord even when he was about to die, Gu Rentu stepped forward and cut off his head with a knife.

A captain who had followed Li Yan before but betrayed him during the expedition to Liao in the south begged: "Right Wise King, I was wrong. I shouldn't have betrayed you. Please give me another chance! Spare my life. I am your man."

Gu Rentu rushed into the crowd, waving the steel knife in his hand non-stop, taking away the lives of those who were usually extremely noble, without any change on his face. He had already received Li Yan's order to eliminate all the people on the list, leaving no one alive.

"Shi Luodie, Li Yan, you will not die well."

"The Turkic Khanate is finished, Khan, open your eyes and see."

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The desperate howls of the crowd meant nothing, no matter how much they begged for mercy and cursed.

Amid the slaughter, one could hear the screams of death and the continuous sound of steel knives cutting into flesh.

Blood was splattered everywhere.
After a while, the big tent became completely quiet, and corpses covered with knife marks were piled up in the middle of the tent.

The blood slowly gathered and soaked the carpet in the big tent. The smell of blood in the tent almost made the remaining people breathless. At this moment, except for Shi Luodie at the top, the others who could stand here safely were all the people of the Right Wise King.

Li Yan also knew that his operation was very crude and could not stand up to scrutiny.

Fortunately, this is not the Central Plains where people would rather be castrated than record history truthfully, but rather a grassland barbarian tribe where even the written language is not very complete. Changing dynasties does not need to be too elaborate, as long as you learn a little from the history of the Central Plains dynasties and have a reasonable reason.

What's more, no one will know these reasons after two or three generations.

The history of the grassland is often recorded by the dynasties in the Central Plains that followed. They have no evidence and can only see things in the fog.

He chose the isolated Hanar grassland as the place for the coup in order to complete the change of power with the least impact. Anyone who dared to question would be eliminated. The rest were either those who dared not speak out or those who were his own people.

The tent became eerily quiet!

The remaining nearly twenty people seemed to hold their breath, their hearts beating nervously as they watched this tragic scene.

Many people had warm blood splashed on their faces and bodies. At this moment, even the captains of the Right Wise King's side were terrified and shocked by Li Yan's cruel methods.

The Right Wise King is so brave!
So many pillars of the Khanate were killed at will, and just like that, half of the Khanate's power collapsed.

Zhuolibuhua, who was at the top, saw many noble leaders who had more power and higher status than himself lying on the ground like dead pigs. His legs were trembling slightly and his face was pale. He secretly said in his heart that he was lucky that he had surrendered to the Right Wise King in advance.

Otherwise, I would probably be one of those corpses now?

He couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Only then did he realize that his testimony just now was of no use except to prove that he would stand on the side of the Right Wise King at the critical moment. The Right Wise King had already made up his mind to get rid of them.

Whether there is a legitimate reason or not is not important at all.
However, the Turks are not like the people in the Central Plains who value benevolence, righteousness and reason. They believe in the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak and the fittest survive.

Without thunderous means, it is impossible to subdue these fierce men who struggled to survive in the harsh environment. Just this time, Li Yan's ruthless side was deeply engraved in everyone's mind, even more than the previous Jie Li.

Everyone in the big tent felt an indescribable sense of awe in their hearts!

Coincidentally, everyone except Shi Luodie knelt on one knee, lowered their heads, remained silent, and silently offered their loyalty.

However, the person they kowtowed to was not Shi Luodie who was sitting at the top, but the Right Wise King who was standing in the big tent.

Li Yan looked at this scene and nodded with satisfaction: "Everyone, please stand up. Now that the Khanate's rebels have been eliminated, the remaining ones are the most loyal soldiers of our Turkic people. We must unite closely around the prince and carry forward the Turkic Khanate."

"We will respect the Crown Prince and be loyal to the Right Wise King!" Many generals and soldiers responded and then stood up.

Li Yan gave Gu Rentu a wink, and Gu Rentu waved his hand, and the soldiers started to carry out the body lying in a pool of blood.

After a while, all that was left in the tent was a pool of blood and an almost suffocating smell of blood.

Shi Luodie's face was stiff and his body was so frightened that he couldn't move. When Li Yan's gaze swept over him, his whole body trembled and he almost collapsed to the ground again.

"Your Highness, the Khanate has suffered heavy casualties among its high-ranking officials. In order to prevent its strength from being weakened and being taken advantage of by the Tang Dynasty, I have a list of names here. I hope Your Highness can promote all the generals to captains of ten thousand men to strengthen the Khanate's strength."

After saying that, Li Yan pulled out a piece of cloth from his sleeve and handed it to Shi Luodie.

Shi Luodie was horrified, his face was as pale as paper, and his body was trembling slightly. Facing such a bloody scene, he was already frightened and did not dare to hesitate. He said directly: "Everything is allowed. Please let the Right Wise King announce it!"

Violence is still the most direct and efficient method, Li Yan smiled slightly.

Without any hesitation, he turned around and stood proudly: "His Royal Highness has ordered that the captain of a thousand men, Yu Jiulu, be promoted to the captain of ten thousand men, the captain of a thousand men, Shi Lulin, be promoted to the captain of ten thousand men, the captain of a thousand men, Afugan, be promoted to the captain of ten thousand men, and the captain of a thousand men, Boduo, be promoted to the captain of ten thousand men."

Li Yan read out twelve names in one breath, all of whom were those who chose to be loyal to him in Liaodong City.

The twelve generals in the crowd were all excited and surprised. They stood up and knelt down to say, "Your Highness, Shi Lulin, Afugan and others thank you, the Crown Prince, and the Right Wise King!"

When they were in Liaodong City, Li Yan had promised these people to be promoted to captains of ten thousand men, but the Right Wise King's army had a total of only 50,000 soldiers, which could not accommodate so many captains of ten thousand men. Everyone thought that the Right Wise King was encouraging everyone's loyalty in the face of difficulties.

After safely escaping death, everyone became excited.

At the same time, he was hesitant. After all, all positions above the rank of captain of ten thousand men had to be appointed by the Khan himself, and the Right Wise King did not have this power. Even Hermu and Gurentu were appointed by Jie Li himself when the Left and Right Wise Kings were not yet divided.

Ever since Li Yan joined the Youxian King's tribe, Jie Li never conferred the title of captain of ten thousand men on his tribe again.

Everyone had also discussed in private whether the title of captain of ten thousand men given by the Right Wise King was valid. Unexpectedly, before everyone returned to the Khan's court, the Right Wise King had used thunderbolt means to cleanly solve the obstacles of Jie Li and the upper echelons, took over the entire Khanate, and gave everyone a real title.

When they stood up again, everyone looked at Li Yan with eyes of crazy worship, as if they were looking at their own belief.

Under the combination of kindness and force, everyone was full of admiration for Li Yan. In their hearts, only Li Yan was the real Khan, and Shi Luodie, who sat on the upper throne, was just a puppet, a banner that the Right Wise King could not personally show up.

At the same time, all those who were promoted were very calm in their hearts. At the critical moment in Liaodong City, they stood on the side of the Right Wise King and sacrificed their own lives. They proved their loyalty with their lives, and now they felt it was natural to be rewarded.

Instead, he becomes even more loyal to Li Yan and cherishes the high position that he obtained at the cost of his own life.

This is also the ultimate purpose of killing dissidents in person this time. Li Yan wants everyone to understand the situation of the Khanate in the future.

After this great purge, Li Yan wiped out the power that originally belonged to Jie Li and Shi Luodie, and promoted those who were loyal to him. Perhaps there would still be some resistance from those people's tribes, but the rest of the things would not be difficult.

These centurions of his own are no pushovers either.

What comes next will be both a test of their abilities and an opportunity to train them to adapt to holding greater power.

After several days of reorganization and after all the remaining forces were under control, the army began to set off for the Khan's court.

(End of this chapter)

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