Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 212: Inside the City

Zhai Xun said: "You can give it a try, but... General, don't hold your hopes too high."

Fang Yong asked: "Why?"

Zhai Xun looked at the many names written in blood and said:

"Things are accomplished by keeping secrets, and fail by leaking them. If there are many people, then they will not keep secrets!"

That night, at 2:15 a.m., a fire broke out in the west of the city.

The Huaiyin army outside the city saw the fire as a signal and immediately launched an attack on the city.

However, as soon as they stepped onto the city wall, they realized it was a trap.

The grassland people learned the news in advance and set an ambush, in which all 600 soldiers died.

Even though the Huaiyin army retreated in time when they saw the situation was not good, they still suffered many casualties.

Inside the city, Kah Khan sat in his tent.

Soon, his men came to report.

"Reporting to the Khan, there were indeed rebels at Ximen tonight, and they have all been killed. The Huaiyin rebels suffered heavy casualties and have been forced to retreat."

Kah Khan smiled upon hearing this, looked at Gao Zhi who was sitting next to him, and said:

"Well, you have made an invaluable contribution to this battle. If you want any reward, just tell me!"

Gao Zhi said: "The Khan has given me a new life. How dare I ask for a reward for such a small thing? I only ask the Khan to transfer me to the army and sacrifice my life to repay the great kindness!"

Upon hearing this, Kah Khan glanced at Gao Zhi.

Naturally, he didn't believe a word of what Gao Zhi said.

How could a villain like this, who kneels down and betrays his own nation, be loyal to him?

Kah Khan generally divided the Han people who surrendered to him into three categories.

The first type is people like Li Hao and Chen Zhengdu.

He has good character and great ability, and he only comes to him because he is burdened with hatred.

This kind of person can be regarded as a confidant by Kah Khan.

The second type is people like Deng Ren.

He has certain abilities and surrenders because things are impossible. Although his character is slightly flawed, he can be trusted.

The last type is Gao Zhi.

A pure villain, with no moral character and poor ability, who relies entirely on betraying others to gain credit.

This kind of person is totally untrustworthy; you never know when he might sell you out.

Representative figures include Gao Zhi, Sun Shaozu, Sun Huaiyi and so on.

Although Kah Khan did not show any dissatisfaction towards these people on the surface, he actually despised them in his heart. If he could accomplish anything in the future, he would definitely eliminate these parasites.

But not now.

Now that the war is critical, Gao Zhi has made great contributions, and it will be difficult to convince the people if he is not rewarded.

Although Kah Khan didn't want Gao Zhi to take charge of the army, he couldn't refuse.

So he transferred Gao Zhi to the area that Deng Ren was in charge of, and at the same time Bazan was also transferred there to supervise Gao Zhi.

Kah Khan had heard that Bajan and Takashi had a good relationship.

However, no matter how good the relationship between the two is, they are of different nationalities after all, so how good can it be?

Bazin was his nephew from the same clan, and it was impossible for him to betray him because of an outsider. Therefore, Kah Khan did not take the matter to heart.

Soon, Li Hao rushed over after hearing the news and discussed with Kah Khan how to deal with those who participated in the rebellion.

During this period, Li Hao was responsible for sending people to contact Mao Cheng.

Mao Cheng still has 80,000 troops in Jizhou outside the capital. Now the Huaiyin army and the grassland are fighting fiercely. Mao Cheng's attitude is unclear, and he seems to be holding out for a bargain.

If we can win them over, it will definitely be the key to turning the tide.

Even if we cannot win them over, we cannot let them side with the Huaiyin Army.

Secondly, Li Hao was also responsible for transferring troops from the grassland.

To be honest, there are not many troops on the grassland now.

Only by resorting to militarism and forcibly pulling those young boys who have not grown up to fill the front line can it play a certain role, but it cannot turn the tide of the war.

The most critical issue now is food. If food cannot be solved, it is only a matter of time before the city falls.

It was precisely because he was busy with these things that Li Hao did not notice that those people in the city were preparing to cause chaos.

These people definitely cannot stay now.

The charge of treason would not allow them to survive.

But if they were killed directly, many Han soldiers on the front line would still be fighting, and slaughtering Han people at this time would inevitably cause people to be uneasy. So after thinking about it, Li Hao came up with a strategy that would satisfy both sides.

We can kill these traitors without affecting people's hearts.

The so-called one thing does not bother two masters.

Since these people were reported by Gao Zhi, the task of dealing with them naturally fell to Gao Zhi's uncle Zhao Shihong.

The trial, conviction, and execution were all under the responsibility of Zhao Shihong alone.

Naturally, most of the final impact was blocked by Zhao Shihong.

There were many people involved in the rebellion. There were twenty or thirty families on the blood letter given to Fang Yong alone, including officials, great scholars, merchants, and even gangs.

In the end, after the arrests, more than a thousand people were caught.

Although Zhao Shihong was nominally in charge of judging these people, anyone with a sound mind would know that these people could not survive and could only be sentenced to death.

More than a thousand people!

No one wants to be involved in such a serious cause and effect.

Not to mention the bad consequences of killing so many people.

It’s just the most basic thing. Among these more than a thousand people, who doesn’t have relatives or friends?

There are always those who are not caught, those who escaped, those who hid, etc.
If we kill all these people, someone will definitely come to take revenge.

By then, I will be worried every day.

And another point is that no matter what these people were like before, they have now become loyal and righteous people.

If I kill them, wouldn't I become a traitor?
Oh, I was originally a traitor.

That's fine.

Zhao Shihong had no choice.

At this point, he has no choice but to go down this path.

With an order, heads flew up one after another.

Men, women, young and old, even children as young as three years old, all died on the spot.

That day, the executioners' arms were sore from exhaustion.

The beheading knife was full of broken pieces.

The sticky blood was clogged at the street corner and it smelled extremely fishy. People said it was caused by lingering resentment.

Zhao Shihong was terrified and couldn't sleep all night, fearing that a ghost was coming to take his life.

He was so scared that he took people to deal with the accumulated blood overnight, and only then did he feel a little relieved.

Li Ni was in the city and witnessed the entire brutal massacre.

He also rescued several of the members.

At the beginning, Li Ni knew these people's plans.

But he did not take the initiative to contact these people.

Because among these people, many have taken refuge with the grassland people.

Li Ni found it hard to believe them.

When the people from the grassland entered Beijing, many officials took refuge in the grassland. Some of them had accepted bribes from Li Ni and knew Li Ni's identity, so Li Ni's identity was exposed, and many strongholds such as Xue's shops were closed down, and many people died. Now Li Ni's situation is very tense, and it is very difficult to even contact Fang Yong.

In such a dangerous situation, Li Ni naturally acted extremely carefully.

But it's okay now.

Those people's families were wiped out, their family members were killed by the grassland people, and they had a hatred for the grassland for genocide.

According to the general thinking of the Chinese people, there is no greater hatred in the world than the hatred of genocide.

In ancient times, assassins wanted to destroy family ties and human relationships, and use the lives of their own wives and children to gain trust. They assassinated Prince Qingji, which was an unprecedented event and left them with eternal infamy.

It's impossible for someone to risk the lives of their entire family to gain trust and become an undercover agent, right?

Therefore, Li Ni believed that the remaining people could be trusted.

Li Ni took action and protected some people.

After being rescued by Li Ni, these people were moved to tears of gratitude.

They expressed their willingness to help Fang Yong take the city.

Although their families have been destroyed and their relatives have been killed, they still have classmates, teachers and students, and old friends.

The relationships among aristocratic families are so complicated that they cannot be destroyed so easily.

(End of this chapter)