Subsequently, Yuan Shao led Hu to the throne, had him sit down, and then drafted a treaty on the spot.

"Sign it, and I'll take care of the rest!"

Hu signed the treaty presented by Yuan Shao without the slightest hesitation.

After putting away the treaty, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo, and others left the palace directly.

Not long after Yuan Shao and others left, news of Hu Yu's coup in the palace and the killing of the former king quickly spread throughout the city.

Hu readily acknowledged the news and issued a proclamation declaring that the Hu Kingdom would forever submit to the Han Dynasty.

Not long after the notice was issued, Dong Zhuo, Yan Liang, Xiahou Dun, and others led five hundred Imperial Guard trainees and three thousand soldiers from the Mountain Kingdom into the city and began to arrest the followers of the Futu Sect.

Hu also dispatched his guards to assist him.

Faced with the sudden arrests, some of the Buddhist monks inevitably resisted.

Dong Zhuo showed no mercy to those who resisted, and directly swung his long sword.

After a bloody purge, more than a thousand monks were killed in the country of Guhu, and more than a thousand others were replaced and recruited into suicide squads. All the temples were also burned down.

After clearing out the monks, Hu, in order to curry favor with Yuan Shao, spared no effort in conscripting able-bodied men from across the country, even resorting to force to arrest them.

Two days later, 1,500 able-bodied men were incorporated into the guard, bringing the total to 2,000, all of whom were placed under Yuan Shao's command.

After scattering all the soldiers of the Hu Kingdom and incorporating them into his own ranks, Yuan Shao led his men toward the next country.

While Yuan Shao was on his way, Xie Zhiyu, who had been recuperating for several months in Wutan Kingdom at the northern end of the Western Regions, finally began to move.