Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 202, Yongding River Campaign (I)
Beijing.

Bazin knelt in the hall with a defiant look on his face.

Kah Khan looked at Bazin below with a gloomy expression.

Not long ago, Bazin blatantly allowed his soldiers to kidnap the daughter of the fifth-rank official, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, in the city.

Eventually, the woman couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide.

Because of this incident, many officials united and sued Bazin, which made Kah Khan very embarrassed.

After he entered the capital, he implemented a lenient policy under Li Hao's suggestion in order to quickly control the city and deal with Fang Yong.

That is, do not infringe upon the people, do not change the original system on a large scale, treat the officials of Daxi with leniency, and if anyone surrenders, give them high positions and generous salaries.

This policy was very effective after its implementation.

Originally, the people of the capital were very hostile to the foreigners from the grasslands.

The culture that had been passed down for thousands of years made it impossible for the people to accept the rule of these foreign races, and they were always thinking about how to drive the foreign races out of the capital.

Some gangsters even formed groups spontaneously to assassinate the grassland soldiers in the capital.

When this policy was implemented, many Han officials came over. These corrupt officials were not good at other things, but they were very skilled in dealing with the people.

With the help of these corrupt officials, the people were easily suppressed, which greatly consolidated Kah Khan's rule over the capital.

But now this is happening.

If it were any other time, Bazin's behavior, though excessive, would not be a big deal. He could just ignore it, delay it for a few days, and wait for the storm to pass.

After all, there are racial differences. In the eyes of Kah Khan, those Han people are just loyal dogs. There is nothing to care about. If someone is dissatisfied, he can just find a reason to kill them.

But it's different now.

Fang Yong has stationed his troops outside the capital, eyeing it covetously. There is also Mao Cheng in Jizhou, who should not be underestimated either. Kah Khan has just captured the capital and has not yet established a firm foothold. If this incident causes turmoil, his situation will be very dangerous.

"Why did you allow the soldiers to seize decent women?"

Kah Khan asked Bajan angrily.

Bazin didn't care.

"If she's good-looking, I'll just grab her and make the brothers happy!"

Upon hearing this, all the Han officials standing by glared at Bazin.

Bazin looked at these people and curled his lips.

In fact, he was not what he said.

The reason why he disobeyed orders and seized the daughter of the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple was because the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple had a grudge against Gao Zhi.

Bazin and Gao Zhi have a very good relationship. This matter can not only satisfy his own animal desires, but also avenge his brother. Why not do it?
So this happened.

As for the consequences.

Bazin did not think he would be punished.

He is the nephew of Kah Khan and has made great contributions, but what does it matter if he raped a mere Han woman?
I didn't force the other person to commit suicide. She wanted to die on her own. What does it have to do with me?
With this idea in mind, Bazin was very disdainful.

The Han officials were extremely angry and knelt down to ask Kach Khan to severely punish Bazin.

Among them, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple kowtowed so hard that his hair was all disheveled and his eyes were red as if they were about to shed tears of blood.

In fact, he didn't care too much about his daughter's death.

In this era, daughters are far less important than sons.

What the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple really cared about was the shame this incident brought him.

If he cannot save face, his political career will end here, and the shame will follow him for the rest of his life and bring disgrace to generations.

The entire civil service group will not be able to hold their heads up.

That is why these officials came collectively to ask Kach Khan to severely punish Bazin. Kach Khan was very angry at this time.

He actually didn't want to deal with Bazin.

Bazin was his confidant, had made great contributions, and was his right-hand man.

But now he was put in the fire.

These Han people have just come to him and are currently wavering. If he cannot handle this matter properly, these Han people will definitely turn to Fang Yong.

By then, there will be a high probability that a rebellion will occur in the capital city that has just been captured.

There are as many as one million Han people in the city, and the relationships between them are complicated. It is impossible for him to control them completely.

The only way to appease the public anger is to severely punish Bazin.

"Abuka Bazan, who raped a woman and violated military orders, is dismissed from all duties and his troops...are handed over to Deng Ren for command."

Kah Khan made his decision.

At first, when everyone heard that Bazin was only dismissed from his post, they were all indignant, thinking that Kah Khan's punishment was too lenient. However, after hearing the following content, their emotions calmed down.

Deng Ren was a surrendered general of Daxi and naturally belonged to the same faction as these officials. Kah Khan's handing over of troops to Deng Ren was a kind of compensation to these officials.

After receiving the compensation for the troops, all the officials were very satisfied and praised the Khan for his wisdom!

At night, Bazin drank alone in depression.

He didn't understand why Kah Khan would choose to get close to those Han people and punish himself.

It is obvious that he is the confidant of Kah Khan.

The two have the same surname and are related by blood.

Without his contribution, how could we have won this expedition?

How can Kah Khan enter this capital city?

Gao Zhi was drinking with Bazin.

Before he knew it, Bazin got drunk and told Gao Zhi about his doubts and dissatisfaction.

Gao Zhi's eyes flickered as he listened to Bazin's words.

Just a few days after Bazin was demoted, urgent news came from the front line that Huleleyong's troops had been ambushed and were in extreme danger, and they requested emergency support.

Kah Khan did not dare to delay and immediately summoned his troops.

Kah Khan led a total of 150,000 troops on this expedition. Among these 150,000 troops, 30,000 were Kah Khan's own cavalry, which were the strongest. The troops under Chen Zhengdu and Bazan were all from this unit.

The rest of the army was made up of various tribes.

There are eight large tribes on the grassland, among which the Xilin tribe is the largest, which is the tribe of Huleleyong, with an army of more than 30,000. In terms of numbers alone, it is slightly stronger than Kah Khan.

The number of troops of the remaining seven tribes was between 10,000 and 20,000. Gong Yulie and Batu Xiong, whom Fang Yong had met before, were two of these seven tribes. Now Batu Xiong had been destroyed, and Gong Yulie escaped by pretending to be dead, but he was also seriously injured. Only one in ten of his soldiers remained, and they were no longer useful.

Kah Khan now only has his own troops and five other tribes to command.

In addition to these grassland troops, Kah Khan also has tens of thousands of Han surrendered soldiers, who are currently led by Deng Ren and Gao Zhi.

The previous destruction of Gong Yulie and Batu Xiong had already caused heavy losses to Kah Khan. He could not sit idly by and watch the Huleileryong tribe being destroyed by Fang Yong.

It is necessary to support the Huleleyong tribe as soon as possible.

If you want quick support, you must send cavalry.

Kah Khan personally selected two larger tribes and ordered them to take more than 30,000 cavalry to quickly support the Huleileiyong tribe.

at this time.

Huleileyong was being besieged and attacked by Wei Xing and Zhang Yuan, and his troops suffered heavy losses.

(End of this chapter)