The next highlight is the interrogation.
When it comes to interrogation skills, the navy officers and soldiers are definitely not as good as the Jin Yiwei.
They are professionals, and Class 18 is proficient in all crafts.
The interrogation by the navy officers and soldiers was very simple and straightforward.
They tied up his hands and feet and threw stones into the sea without confessing.
Simple and crude, but very effective.
Although these pirates were usually very ferocious, they all turned into cowards when they were about to die.
The officers and soldiers of the Navy would answer whatever they asked, without daring to show any disobedience.
After some questioning, I came to a very embarrassing conclusion.
These pirates were not from Denglai, or even from the coast of Shandong, but from Fujian.
Their Minnan accent further proves this point.
Zhang Kentang, the governor of Denglai, was suddenly discouraged.
He originally thought that by catching these pirates, he would be able to plow through the courtyard and clear out the nests of the pirates, but who would have thought that this would be the result.
Even if these pirates confess their lair, Kent Chang can't order the navy to go all the way to Fujian to suppress the bandits.
But Kentang Cheung soon became puzzled.
Why did these pirates from Fujian come to Shandong to rob?
This is too unusual.
Could it be that they can no longer survive in Fujian and plan to come to Shandong to find a way out?
This is really puzzling Zhang Kentang then ordered people to continue interrogating these pirates, and it was necessary to find out the reasons.
But before the pirates could let go, the navy officers and soldiers made a new discovery.
The cabin of the pirate's Guangzhou ship was filled with rice and grain, filling the cabin to the brim.
Pirates steal food This doesn't make sense.
Gold, silver, jewelry, porcelain, lacquerware, and even spices are all valuable, but I have never heard that food is also valuable.
Besides, even if these pirates happen to hijack a grain ship, there is no need to carry the grain with them.
This thing is so heavy that it seriously affects the sailing speed of the Guangzhou ship.
The pirates would only do such stupid things if their brains were kicked by donkeys.
But they just did it.
This is so abnormal.
Zhang Kentang felt that there must be something fishy about this matter, and he would not be able to figure it out for a while, so he wanted to take these living pirates back to Dengzhou for personal interrogation.
Zheng Chenggong naturally heard the news.
He was also shocked when he learned that these pirates came from Fujian.
The distance from Fujian to Shandong is too far, and the supplies along the way are not known to be consumed.
Ordinary pirates will not do this kind of loss-making business. unless Zheng Chenggong had an unknown premonition that this matter might have something to do with the Zheng family.
After all, only the Zheng family has the financial resources to buy so much grain and transport it to Shandong regardless of the cost.
But Zheng Chenggong still couldn't figure out why the Zheng family transported grain to Shandong.
If you sell it, the profit will be too thin, right?
And why do you need to borrow the pirates' hands again?
There are too many unreasonable things in this.
Zheng Chenggong shook his head, hoping that he was overthinking.
Zhang Huangyan was very excited.
He had never been on a ship before, let alone witnessed a naval battle.
When the pirates jumped into gangs and started a battle with the navy officers and soldiers, Zhang Huangyan felt his blood boiling.
There was only so much space on the ship, so it was impossible to escape, so we had to bite the bullet and climb up.
Even those who are naturally cowardly will become much more determined and brave after experiencing a boarding battle.
The only thing Zhang Huangyan regretted was that he failed to join the battle and killed a pirate.
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You must know that Zheng Chenggong personally drew his sword to kill the thief.
He was also a student from the Huangming Military Academy.
After this incident, Zhang Huangyan felt that he was outclassed by Zheng Chenggong.
On the way back, Zhang Huangyan secretly vowed that if he had the chance to encounter pirates again in the future, he would kill one of them himself.
With Sha Dingzhou's advice, Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Dingguo finally sent troops to attack Kunming.
Chuxiong Mansion is not far from Kunming, and the Daxi Army has been recuperating and marching forward very quickly.
According to Sha Dingzhou, the Ming army blew open the city wall.
Nowadays, the city wall of Kunming is riddled with holes and there are flaws everywhere.
As long as the Daxi Army reaches the city, it can easily capture Kunming City.
Zhang Wenxiu naturally wouldn't be too suspicious about this.
Sha Dingzhou had just escaped from Kunming, so he should be very familiar with the situation inside and outside Kunming.
Even if what he said is not completely true, there is still no problem if there is some or eighty percent truth.
Therefore, the faster the Daxi Army marches, the better.
The sooner it reaches Kunming, the greater the advantage it will have.
It was impossible for the Ming army to repair all the gaps in the Kunming city wall in such a short period of time.
The Daxi army could use these gaps as breakthrough points to break through the city easily.
As for the commander of the Ming army, Zhang Wenxiu also heard about it.
Qin Liangyu, an old woman who was mostly buried in the ground.
A man in his twilight years is still leading troops to fight.
It seems that there is no one left in the Ming court.
Even though Qin Liangyu was famous before, he is already over seventy years old after all.
Leading troops to fight is not as simple as writing two articles.
It very tests the commander's on-the-spot judgment and decisiveness.
A single mistake in judgment will put the army at risk of destruction.
Can Qin Liangyu make reasonable judgments in the face of emergencies?
Zhang Wenxiu doesn’t think so.
Of course, there will definitely be deputy generals in the Ming army to assist Qin Liangyu, but these people cannot make the final decision on military strategy.
At most, they only have the power to make suggestions.
As long as Qin Liangyu is confused, not even gods can save the Ming army.
Zhang Dingguo, on the other hand, looked worried.
He felt that Sha Dingzhou's arrival was a bit too sudden.
As Sha Dingzhou said, he escaped from the tunnel, but the Ming army did not send anyone to pursue him after discovering it.
This is unreasonable no matter how you look at it.
Could it be a deliberate trap set by the Ming army?
Of course, he also knew that these were all his guesses.
Zhang Wenxiu would not listen to him without evidence.
Zhang Wenxiu had a competitive relationship with him originally, and now that he commanded a large number of troops, he naturally would not give him face.
Hey, let's just take it one step at a time.
At this moment, Zhang Dingguo actually regretted asking Zhang Xianzhong to send more troops to Yunnan.
Arriving at a place thirty miles outside Kunming City, Zhang Wenxiu ordered to set up camp.
On the one hand, he wanted to send scouts to investigate the reality of Kunming City, and on the other hand, he also needed to make some siege equipment in case of emergency.
In case the Ming army has really repaired the broken city wall and blocked the gap opened by the explosion, the Daxi army will still have to attack the city head-on.
Sha Dingzhou never raised any objections from beginning to end.
He knew very well that now, whether the Daxi Army or the Ming Army won, he would never be able to dominate Yunnan.
The only difference is that he can still survive if the Daxi Army wins, but if the Ming Army wins, he may only be dead.
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Therefore, he certainly hoped that the Great Western Army could win this battle and seize Kunming
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