Batu Min Ho

Batu Min Ho was a general first in Shou Lung army and later in Grand Army of the Tuigan.

History
Batu was a promising young general in Shou Lung of Tuigan ancestry. He was married to Hsuan Yu Wo, daughter of the great old general Hsuan Yu Po. Batu served well in the provincial Army of Chukei for eight years. In 1359 after the failing of the War Minister Kwan Chan Sen at the Tsen-Ching, a tributary of the Sheng-Ti river, the emperor Kai Tsao Shou Chin ordered to Batu to counterattack against the Tuigan that were invading the Empire. However after some clues of possible treason about Batu the emperor decided to took near to him Batu's wife and children. Batu ordered to burn everything in Tuigan path and decided to attack the Tuigan near the city of Shu Kuan coordinating his army with the personal armies of nobles, the Twenty-Five Armies led by mandarin Tzu Hsuang. When Batu arrived in Shou Kuan after ascending the river Shengti the Tuigan had destroyed the Twenty-Five Armies but were besieged in the city. During this siege Batu spoke with the tuigan spokesman Koja,that offered peace condition, explained that Yamun Khahan had tratred the war against Shou Lung only because Kwan Chan Sen and Minister of State Ju-Hai Chou had conspired to had him killed: Yamun only wanted those two men in exchange to peace. When Batu went back to capital to discuss with the emperor about the offer he discovered that meantime his wife was accused of treason and executed by Minister of Security, Ting Mei Wan, that for gain political advantage had secretly offered value information to the Tuigan. For being a supposed accomplice of his wife and for took too many troops from others provinces Batu too was accused of treason but in verge to being execute a tuigan document proved Ting Mei Wan's treason. The emperor so punished Ting Mei Wan and agreed with Yamun's peace terms, closing the Tuigan war with Shou Lung. However devastated by the loss of his family Batu left the service of the Emperor, joining the Tuigan army.

Yamun welcomed him having him a place among his high-ranking advisors. Batu later led the tuigan army during the second invasion of Thay and destroyed in battle the Griffon Legion. After the death of Yamun at the hands of king Azoun Obarskyr IV in the battle on Thesk against the Faerûn allied armies the Tuigan army retreated under the command of General Chanar Ong Kho. Batu Min Ho instead refusing to be captured alive committed suicide, finally joining his murdered family

Appearance

 * Dragonwall (novel)
 * Crusade