Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 240, Internal Strife Erupts

Afterwards, Bazan showed no mercy whatsoever.

He drew his butcher's knife, ready to end the lives of these two men.

In his view, women and children were nothing more than commodities.

Uriren knelt down and begged Bazan indiscriminately.

She swore to the Eternal Heaven that she would never reveal Bazan's whereabouts.

But at this moment, Bazan was like a wild beast on the edge of a cliff, with one step back leading to an abyss. How could he trust others?
Uriren kept pleading.

"No, no, please spare my child and me, I can let you play with me again!"

Bazin remained unmoved.

Urilian kowtowed repeatedly, drawing blood from his forehead, pleading:
"Don't make a move. We still have value. We can help you rescue Prince Dorei from the inside."

Bazan sneered, not believing it at all.

Given their status, how could they possibly have access to the place where Dore was imprisoned?

The cold, long sword was drawn, brimming with killing intent.

Uriren was so frightened that she retreated repeatedly, her clothes falling off and revealing her lewd body.

Faced with the threat of death, she exhausted all the words she could muster to save herself.

"No, no, that's right, there's also Princess Minmin! Princess Minmin will help us. If you kill us, Princess Minmin won't be able to find us, and you'll be exposed!"

"Oh?"

Bazan finally became serious and pressed on:
"Why would Princess Yimin help you?"

Uriren then explained the whole story.

Zhuo Erkang, who was not far away, lowered his head and remained silent, not uttering a word.

He knew that his words of interference would have no effect.

He had to endure, to suppress his emotions...

The next morning.

Urilian returned to her tribe in a daze.

Zhuo Erkang was left behind by Bazan as a hostage.

Perhaps it was the strength of the people of the grasslands, or the fortitude of a mother, but despite the pain, Urlian was able to walk without difficulty.

She had a cloth wrapped around her head to cover the injury on her forehead.

She agreed to help Bazan work from the inside to rescue Prince Dorei. But she had no idea how exactly to do it.

I happened to run into Yimin on the way.

The girl asked with concern about Ah Zhuo's whereabouts.

Uri Lian dared not tell the truth, and could only lie and say that A Zhuo was in a bad mood and was going out to clear her head by herself.

The girl looked dejected upon hearing this.

But looking at Urriren with her forehead wrapped up, she felt a little doubtful.

She and Zhuo Erkang were childhood sweethearts, and she often saw Wu Rilian, but she had never seen him dressed like this before.

at that time.

Tuolei's trusted generals took turns advising him to execute Dorei.

But Tuolei ultimately couldn't bring himself to do it.

He went to see his mother, Tenerife (his stepmother).
At his mother's request, Tuolei released Dorei from prison and placed him under house arrest in a palace.

After that, Tuolei stopped paying attention to Dore and began to devote himself to political affairs.

The Abuka tribe currently has three most important matters to attend to.

First is the status of the Great Khan.

Kah Khan dominated the grasslands with his powerful military force and unique personal charisma, and all the major tribes submitted to him and respected him as the common master of the grasslands. However, this did not mean that Tuolei could unconditionally inherit Kah Khan's position.

Now that Khan Kah has died, the Abuka tribe has suffered a great loss of strength. Tuolei must quickly demonstrate his achievements and strength to maintain the Abuka tribe's powerful image, otherwise ambitious tribes will soon challenge him!
The second was the Han Chinese dynasties in the south.

After this battle, the grasslands suffered heavy losses and could no longer afford large-scale warfare. He needed to send envoys to probe the attitude of the Han dynasty. If peace could be negotiated, that would be ideal; if not, he needed to prepare for a Han attack. The third was the neighboring Adil tribe.

The Adil tribe and the Abukha tribe were linked by marriage. Qah Khan married Adil Tenier, a princess of the Adil tribe, and they had a second son, Dore. The two tribes had a good relationship and often shared pastures and migrated together, just like one family.

However, due to various reasons, relations between the two tribes have now reached a freezing point.

Tuolei knew that his identity would never earn him the favor of the Adil tribe, but as the leader of the tribe, he could not act impulsively at this moment.

Both tribes would benefit from cooperation, while both would suffer from conflict. If possible, he was willing to make a slight concession in exchange for peace between the two tribes.

For this reason, Tuolei had great respect for his mother, Tenier, because she was the linchpin of the relationship between the two tribes.

However, what Tore didn't know was that while he was wholeheartedly thinking about the tribe, his mother Tenier was secretly plotting with Urrilian to rescue Dore and stir up trouble.

Uriren knew she couldn't rescue Dore on her own, so she risked being exposed to find Emin and asked him to introduce her to Lady Tenier.

Besides the eldest son, Tuolei, the second son, the third son, and the fourth princess are all Tenier's children.

Things went very smoothly. As for Tenier, between Tore and Dore, she naturally favored her own son Dore without hesitation, wanting Dore to inherit the Khanate.

So the two hit it off immediately.

Tenier used his power to secretly bring Bazan and others from outside the tribe back to the tribe, hiding them in Urilian's house, providing them with weapons, armor, and food. The whole process was surprisingly undetected.

Now we're just waiting for the right opportunity to rescue Dorei.

The opportune moment arrived quickly.

Since Li Hao had unfortunately died at a previous gathering, Tuolei began preparing for Li Hao's funeral after successfully succeeding to the position.

He has great respect for Li Haotuo Lei.

Therefore, on the day of the funeral, Tuolei's subordinates all came to pay their respects.

This is clearly a golden opportunity.

The day before the funeral, Tuolei was handling some business when there was a sudden knock on the door.

Tuo Lei opened the door.

Outside the door stood Yimin, all alone.

Tuolei smiled and sighed:
"Good sister..."

The following day, all of Tuolei's trusted generals went to attend Li Hao's funeral.

At that time, Tenier arrived at the palace guarded by Dorrey, accompanied by several maids.

Tenier asked the guards if he could go in to see his son.

The guards, of course, could not agree to that.

Tenier then deliberately started a tug-of-war and argument with the other party.

During the process, a dagger suddenly pierced Tenier's abdomen.

A large amount of blood flowed out, and Tenier collapsed to the ground. Everyone panicked.

The maid frantically touched the wound, splattering blood all over her hands. She hurriedly shouted, "Hurry and report to the Great Khan!"

Seeing this, the head guard dared not delay and hurriedly led a few men to report.

After the captain of the guard left, Tenier suddenly stood up.

"Do it!"

Bazan and the others rushed out.

The total number of guards watching over Dore was thirty.

The head guard took five people away, leaving twenty-five.

In terms of numbers, the guards still had the advantage.

However, Bazin and his men came here with the determination to die, and they were all desperate men. In addition, Tenier interfered from the side, and the guards dared not fire arrows for fear of accidentally injuring Lady Tenier. Therefore, in their hesitation, Bazin broke through and opened a gap.

Dorrey limped out.

His injury hasn't healed yet.

Bazan carried Dore on his back and led his men on horseback to escape.

(End of this chapter)