Chapter 147 Assassination of the Khan

Chapter 147 Assassination of the Khan

Chapter 147 Assassination of the Khan
Xiao Xia led more than 40 soldiers and walked south for more than 20 miles. A small town appeared in front of them, but upon closer inspection, it was not a small town. It was a town composed of many business tents. To the south of these tents was indeed a military camp. The camp covered a large area and was surrounded by fences.

As the crowd gradually approached, Xiao Xia stopped his horse, pointed at the big flag at the camp gate and asked, "Captain Li, look at that flag over there. Isn't it the Turkic flag?"

Captain Li Wang looked carefully and finally saw the flag above the camp gate. His face suddenly changed, "It's really the Turks!"

Xiao Xia nodded and said to everyone: "Everyone follow me!"

He turned his horse around and galloped eastward, gradually moving away from the camp. Xiao Xia pulled the reins and turned southwest, where he found a small mound about two meters high.

Xiao Xia jumped off his horse and ran towards the small mound. Lying on the mound, he could clearly see the camp a mile away, and even the situation inside the camp.

There were not many tents in the camp, very few in fact, only a few hundred. Most of them were training racecourses. It was estimated that there were only about three thousand people, which was exactly the same as the number Princess Guanghua said.

Li Wang stepped forward and said, "It's strange. Why are the Turks near the Tuyuhun king's city?"

"It's right to be near the royal city. If we go too far away from the royal city, the Tuyuhun king will be worried. Maybe these business tents are ordered to monitor them."

"Young Master is right, we really can't let it go too far!"

Xiao Xia stared at the camp for a moment, then pointed to a large dome tent in the camp and asked, "Is that the Turkic Khan's royal tent?"

Li Wang nodded, "It should be!"

Xiao Xia walked back and said to Li Wang and all the soldiers, "I decided to sneak into the Turkic camp at night to check the situation. If there is a chance, I will kill Bujia Khan. If you see a fire, you can meet me at the horse farm!"

Everyone agreed, and Xiao Xia began to pack and prepare. He entrusted the horse, lance and steel whip to Li Wang, took five daggers with him, carried a bow and arrow on his back, and a straight knife on his waist.

"Mr. Xiao, this is for you!"

Li Wang handed a small wooden tube to Xiao Xia, "There are three fire starters and two thin torches in it. They are specially used by military scouts and are very suitable for starting fires!"

Xiao Xia took the wooden barrel and saw that the workmanship was very exquisite. This kind of military supply was completely different from civilian supplies. There was also a belt buckled around the waist. It was indeed a good thing.

Xiao Xia finished packing and waited patiently for dark.

Night finally fell, and Xiao Xia ran towards the camp under the cover of darkness.

On the hill, Li Wang and several soldiers watched Xiao Xia disappear into the camp. Fire Chief Xu Min whispered, "Captain, it's too dangerous to go over like this and be discovered easily!"

Li Wang shook his head. "Master Xiao is not an ordinary man. I saw him escape from under the noses of the Tuyuhun people. His movements were too fast. Moreover, the Turkic Khan is now at the end of his strength, with only a few remnants left. This is a rare opportunity."

Several fire captains were eager to try, as this was a good opportunity for them to make a contribution.

At this moment, a burst of dog barking was heard in the camp, making everyone's heart tighten in an instant.

Xiao Xia climbed over the camp fence and entered the large training ground. Suddenly, he heard a burst of dogs barking and saw a dozen black shadows running towards him.

Xiao Xia quickly took out the bow and arrow, drew the bow and put arrows on it, and shot more than a dozen arrows at the hunting dogs like a string of arrows. Every arrow hit their heads, and more than a dozen hunting dogs whimpered and fell to the ground, dying instantly.

But the dog's barking still attracted the attention of the Turkic sentries. Several sentries walked towards the playground from afar. Xiao Xia ran forward dozens of steps, lay on the ground, and waited patiently for them to approach.

Soon, three Turkic sentries came closer, muttering something. If they moved forward, they would see the dog's body.

Xiao Xia jumped up and shot out two daggers at the same time. "Puff! Puff!" The two daggers penetrated deeply into the forehead at the same time. The two men screamed and fell on their backs.

The third Turkish soldier turned and fled in fear, and the third dagger shot out, "Poof!" The dagger pierced the back of his head, and the soldier fell headfirst.

The playground suddenly became quiet. Xiao Xia half-crouched on the ground, using his maximum perception to sense the movements in the enemy camp. He could only hear the rustling sound of the night wind blowing through the playground, and no other movement.

This was because the playground was too large and far away from the big tent, so it did not attract attention. However, this silence was only temporary, and soon a sentry would discover the body.

Xiao Xia moved instantly and rushed into the tent area at a rapid speed like a shadow. The weather was quite cold at night and most of the soldiers were eating dinner in the tents.

There was only one team of sentinels patrolling the camp area. Xiao Xia avoided the patrol team and searched for traces of Chang Sun Sheng and his men in each tent, but after searching around, he did not find any heavily guarded tents.

There are only two possibilities: either Changsun Sheng and his party have been executed, or they did not come here but are somewhere else.

Xiao Xia did not find Changsun Sheng and others, so his gaze turned to the king's tent. He gradually approached the king's tent. Logically, the king's tent should be heavily guarded, but Xiao Xia only saw four soldiers at the door of the king's tent.

Xiao Xia walked around the king's tent and suddenly discovered the secret of the tent. In the brightest light, he saw several soldiers squatting on the ground with spears in their hands.

It turned out that the king's tent was a sandwich tent with two layers, an inner layer and an outer layer, and hundreds of guard soldiers were hiding in the middle layer.

Xiao Xia looked at the big tent again. He originally thought that the Turkic Khan must have used a sheepskin tent, but after looking carefully, he found that it was actually a wool tent.

But if you think about it, you can understand that Buqa Khan fled to Tuyuhun in a hurry and it was impossible for him to carry baggage with him, so his current tent was provided by the Tuyuhun people.

How could the Tuyuhun people possibly give them leather tents? It was not a question of stinginess, but the Tuyuhun king would not allow Buqa Khan to be on an equal footing with himself.

The Han people have their own rules, and the Hu people also have their own rules.

That’s why Tuyuhun gave them wool tents, but wool tents were already good, so they didn’t give them cloth tents.

Xiao Xia pondered for a moment and finally made up his mind. He hid in the dark, pulled out a tinder, lit a thin torch, and threw it on the top of the king's tent. Then he used the tinder to light the big tent beside him and quickly hid in the dark not far from the king's tent.

The king's tent was on fire. The torches fell in and set the tent on fire. Someone immediately shouted, "Fire! The king's tent is on fire!"

The shouting alarmed the soldiers in the surrounding tents, and they all ran out to put out the fire. However, Xiao Xia squatted in the darkness dozens of steps away, staring at the gate of the king's tent. A dozen steps in front of him there was a three-foot-high stone stake used to tie up horses. There were many tents behind him on the left, so it was easy to escape.

At this time, Xiao Xia saw a large group of shadows reflected on the tent, and someone was about to come out.

I saw more than twenty guards holding shields, closely guarding a man in his forties who rushed out from the front, back, left and right.

Buga Khan was the famous Datou Khan, the former overlord of the grassland. He was defeated by the Sui army several times and his strength was greatly damaged. He was no longer able to maintain his hegemony. The Tiele tribes that had always been dependent on him, as well as the Xi, Xun, Shiwei and other tribes in the east turned their allegiance to Qimin Khan who was supported by the Sui Dynasty.

With his rope tied to his chest, Buqa Khan had no choice but to seek refuge with Tuyuhun, hoping to encourage the Tuyuhun people to rebel against the Sui Dynasty.

But the Tuyuhun people were not so easily instigated by him and were neither cold nor enthusiastic towards him, which really put Buga Khan in a dilemma.

But at this time, Buqa Khan could not have imagined that death was already beckoning to him.

In fact, Xiao Xia didn't know what Buqa Khan looked like, but the other party's posture told him clearly who Buqa Khan was.

More than twenty guards protected Buqa Khan as they headed south. The guards in front were very tight and there were no loopholes, but it was impossible to have no loopholes at all, as Buqa Khan's head was exposed.

Xiao Xia jumped up, ran a dozen steps, stepped on the horse tie stone post, and jumped up to a height of ten feet. His chance came at this moment. The dagger in his hand shot towards Bujia Khan, who was thirty steps away, like lightning. With a flash of cold light, "Puff!" the sharp dagger accurately pierced Bujia Khan's head.

Buqa did not move, and suddenly fell on his back. By the time everyone realized that something was wrong with him, Buqa Khan had already died.

The surrounding Turkic soldiers were in chaos, and some shouted in grief and anger: "The Khan has been killed! The Khan has been killed!"

Countless Turkic soldiers, holding swords in hand, searched for the murderer everywhere, but could not find him.

At this time, Xiao Xia was no longer in the king's tent. As soon as the flying knife was thrown, his men fell to the ground and rolled, then quickly ran to the other side of the camp. To the west was a horse farm.

Xiao Xia set fire to dozens of large tents along the way. As soon as he rushed into the horse farm, he met a dozen Turkic soldiers head-on. They also saw Xiao Xia and drew their swords to kill him.

Xiao Xia drew his sword and rushed into the crowd, knocking down three people head-on. His figure flashed in the crowd, as fast as a ghost, and people screamed and fell to the ground wherever he passed.

In just a moment, thirteen Turkic soldiers were killed by him, and the remaining two ran away, but two cold lights flashed, and two daggers pierced through the back of their necks almost at the same time, nailing them to the ground.

Xiao Xia continued to run into the horse farm.

(End of this chapter)