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Chapter 429: Death of Bu Shitu

It took only a few breaths from the time Zhu Shenzui started to the time he finished. In the blink of an eye, the several Mongols guarding the gate of the city lord's mansion were easily dealt with.

At this time Zhu Shenzui frowned slightly. Although they were fast, they still couldn't ensure that everyone was dealt with without being noticed, especially his subordinates' movements were a little slow just now, causing the other party to scream out. He didn't know if it would alarm Bu Shitu's people nearby.

However, Zhu Shenzui did not think too much about this possibility and consequences at this time. Since the attack had already started, there was no need to think too much about it. He ordered his subordinates to directly open the door of the City Lord's Mansion, leaving four people to tidy up the corpses at the door, and then took off their outer leather coats, revealing the leather armor they had already put on inside, pretending to guard the gate to prevent anyone from noticing the situation here.

Zhu Shenzui led the others and rushed directly into the City Lord's Mansion. After entering the mansion, he glanced around and quickly determined where the target might be, and then led his men in to kill.

From the main gate to the room where Bu Shitu was, there was a front and back yard in the middle, as well as other rooms and residences. Hearing the noise outside, someone from the City Lord's Mansion quickly came out to check, but before they could figure out what was going on, they were killed without hesitation by Zhu Shenzhui and his men.

The group was unstoppable and extremely fast. Although there were many Bu Shitu's guards in the city lord's mansion, they were beaten by Zhu Shenzhui and others before they could react. Zhu Shenzhui was like a tiger with a group of hungry wolves. He killed more than ten Bu Shitu's guards without much effort. The remaining guards ran away in fear, shouting that the enemy had entered the city lord's mansion! At this time, it was meaningless to hide it. Zhu Shenzhui took out a firework from his arms without saying a word, and lit it with a flick of the fire stick. With a bang, the firework instantly soared into the sky and exploded over the city lord's mansion.

Throwing away the debris of fireworks in his hand, Zhu Shenzhui held the spear in one hand and took out a musket in the other, and continued to charge forward with his men. The group rushed straight to the innermost part, which was the room where Bu Shitu lived.

In no time, he killed the last few guards guarding the door. Zhu Shenzhui raised his foot and kicked towards the door. The sturdy door was kicked open directly, and two figures in the room rushed out instantly. Needless to say, they must be the guards around Bu Shitu who intended to protect their master from counterattack.

Zhu Shencui pulled the trigger without thinking. The musket fired two bangs and two figures staggered and fell. Zhu Shencui took the opportunity to rush into the house. He swept his eyes around the house and saw a pretty Mongolian woman of relatively young age lying on the ground not far from the two bodies. She was trembling with fear and could not even speak.

"Where is Bu Shitu?" Zhu Shenzhui stepped forward and put the short spear in his hand directly against the opponent's throat, and asked sternly.

The woman's face was filled with fear. She wanted to speak but her teeth were chattering and she couldn't say anything. She raised her hand tremblingly and pointed towards the room on the left.

"Keep an eye on her!" Zhu Shenzhui understood immediately and directly instructed his subordinates who rushed in with him. This woman was probably Bu Shitu's wife. It would be easy to kill her now, but considering her identity, it might be useful to keep her for the time being.

Then, Zhu Shenzhui rushed directly to the room on the left, kicked the door open as before, and carefully scanned the room to make sure there were no more Bu Shitu's personal guards hiding inside who might cause trouble for him.

But this time Zhu Shencui was overthinking. There was no one hiding in the room. There was only a bed that could be seen at a glance. There was a person lying on the bed, and his face could not be seen clearly from a distance. Zhu Shencui walked straight into the room, walked a few steps to the bed, lifted the curtain and took a closer look. When he saw Bu Shitu with his eyes closed, his face pale and dying, he finally felt relieved.

Capturing Bu Shitu and occupying the City Lord's Mansion is the most critical step.

If this step cannot be achieved, Zhu Shenzhui's plan for today will be in trouble. Now that Bu Shitu has fallen into his hands, the next step will be much easier. He asked someone to come in and watch over Bu Shitu, and told them not to let Bu Shitu fall into the hands of others. If there is any accident, don't worry about anything else, just kill Bu Shitu directly.

After arranging these, Zhu Shenzui turned around and left the house, continuing to clean up the city lord's mansion with his men. After a while, except for a few Mongolian guards who resisted stubbornly and were killed by Zhu Shenzui without hesitation, the remaining people, including Bu Shitu's wives and servants, were all controlled, tied up, thrown into the house and imprisoned.

At the same time when Zhu Shenzhui took over the city lord's mansion, Wang Hai and others who received the signal also launched an attack in the city. After a short fight, several trusted subordinates of Omubu and Bu Shitu, who had no idea what was going on, were all captured. After that, the two city gates were also controlled. With the control of the city gates, the entire Guihua City had basically fallen into Zhu Shenzhui's hands. With the arrival of key figures, although there were still two thousand people of Bu Shitu in the city, these Mongols who had lost their commander and leader could no longer play any role. In the name of captives, Zhu Shenzhui asked these people to lay down their weapons and surrender, and promised that as long as they surrendered, they would never be harmed and their families. Faced with such a situation, these Mongols quickly lost their determination to resist. After their surrender, Guihua City was completely controlled in less than an hour.

Then, Zhu Shenzui sent people out of the city to notify the troops outside the city to enter the city to take over the defense. In addition, the main force that had been hundreds of miles away from Guihua City also quickly received the news of the capture of Guihua. The main force of the Tengger tribe began to march towards Guihua City. When they arrived at Guihua, Zhu Shenzui had completely controlled Guihua City and even used the name of Bu Shitu to appease the main force and tribe of Bu Shitu outside the city. When the army arrived, facing such a sudden change, some Mongols who had originally intended to discuss resistance completely gave up the idea.

After taking control of Guihua City, Zhu Shenzui had the leaders of the Emubu and Bushitu tribes brought to the city lord's mansion for custody, and also met them in person.

When he met them, Zhu Shenzhui did not beat around the bush and told them directly that Bu Shitu was seriously ill and would not live long. As one of the most powerful Tumed tribes, the Tenger tribe could not watch the entire Tumed fall apart after Bu Shitu's death. For the sake of the Tumed tribes and the overall situation, someone must inherit Bu Shitu's position as the King of Shunyi and the Lord of Tumed, so as to lead the Tumed tribes to fight against the possible counterattack of Ligdan Khan and the threats posed by the Qing Dynasty and other Mongolian tribes in the east.

The Tenger tribe had this responsibility and obligation, and from the facts, it was the most appropriate for the Tenger tribe's Taiji Tenger to replace Bu Shitu. Not to mention that the Tenger tribe was currently powerful, it had helped Bu Shitu annihilate Lin Danhan's southern army when Bu Shitu and Lin Danhan went to war. In addition, Tenger was the Dragon and Tiger General canonized by the Ming court, and had the titles of Wanhu and Jinong, and was second only to Bu Shitu in terms of status.

No matter from which point of view, there is no problem with the Tengger tribe taking over after Bu Shitu's death. The reason why Zhu Shenzui used this method to capture Guihua City and control them was not to destroy Bu Shitu's tribe or Guihua City.

As a member of the Tumed tribe, the Tengger tribe wants the Tumed tribes to unite and live in peace for the future and overall situation of the entire Tumed. If they can agree with this view and support Tengger to become the next King of Shunyi and Lord of Tumed, then Zhu Shenzui will be very pleased.

It doesn't matter if you disagree. People always have different ideas. It's normal to have opposing opinions. This cannot be forced. Everyone can speak freely. As long as you speak frankly, Zhu Shenzhui will not blame you. There is no need to worry.

How could everyone not understand Zhu Shenzhui's frankness? They immediately expressed their attitudes very tactfully. Everyone supported Tengger to become the next King of Shunyi, especially Bu Shitu's son Omubu, who could not wait to express his support. He even said in front of everyone that no matter what others thought, he would definitely support it. He also asked on the spot to merge his tribe into the Tengger tribe and was willing to contribute a little to the Tengger tribe and the King of Shunyi.

Omubu's behavior made others curse him as shameless in their hearts. It was really like the father was a hero but the son was a coward. It was a pity that he was the son of Bu Shitu. Now that the Tenger tribe wanted to replace him, he couldn't wait to recognize the other party as his master. It was really unbearable.

But the facts were in front of them, and the others knew in their hearts who held their lives in their hands. If they said no, they might soon follow Bu Shitu to see Changshengtian. Omubu's attitude was actually the same as theirs, but they were not as thick-skinned as Omubu, and they did not have his bottom-line attitude.

Since Omubu was like this, what choice did others have? So they quickly reached a consensus, and everyone supported the Tenger tribe to replace Bu Shitu as the next leader of Tumed.

When Tana brought Tenger to Guihua City under the escort of the tribe, Bu Shitu's tribe had been completely controlled by Zhu Shenzui. The original tribe and army were directly disbanded and merged into the Tenger tribe. As for the tribes that were affiliated with Bu Shitu, they remained the same for the time being. Zhu Shenzui did not even touch Bu Shitu's family and subordinates. They all saved their lives and were given certain promises.

Zhu Shenzhui had done all this before after the Tenger tribe's internal strife. This time, the operation was not much different from the previous one, so it was not difficult to do. In addition, Zhu Shenzhui had already made preparations, and everything was arranged in an orderly manner. After the two tribes were combined and these leaders, including Guihuacheng, were controlled, there was not much trouble. Even if there were some minor problems, they were quickly resolved and dealt with.

On February 4, the first year of Chongzhen, Bu Shitu finally breathed his last. This member of the Golden Family, the King of Shunyi of Mongolia, the Lord of Tumed, and the hero who called himself Bu Shitu Khan ended his life.

Before he passed away, Bu Shitu had lost his mind and fell into a long coma, not knowing what was happening in the outside world. This result may be a relief for him, and his death also marked the end of the Bu Shitu tribe. On the second day after Bu Shitu's death, Tenger was elected as the new Tumed leader and the Mongolian Shunyi King, and moved his headquarters from the original tribal location to Guihua City.

(End of this chapter)