1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2386
When watching this group of people fighting before, Sun Zhen and Gong Shiqi had already noticed that these people had a very clear division of labor and cooperation, and they could enforce orders and prohibit them, and their classes were distinct. During their conversation with this Hulusha, no one else Interrupting, it can be seen that this person has absolute authority in this team.Performances like this are rare among civil armed organizations.

Hu Lusha claimed to be a Yellow River boatman, but if even the boatmen on the Yellow River had such a strict organization, then the Qing army might not be able to find enough boats so easily for the main force to cross the river and attack the city.

If it wasn't for the fact that Hulusha's accent sounded perfectly fine, they might have ordered it taken down long ago.However, if such a large group of people fled here, they would inevitably drag their families with them, and this was also the best breakthrough to verify their identities.Hu Lusha pushed that his family had gone to Fushan County first, but Gong Shiqi and Sun Zhen didn't believe it. In such troubled times, who would want to keep their family away from them?
Hu Lusha said that he would go to Fushan County to join his family later, which made them even more vigilant. They must first verify the true identities of these people, otherwise they may be released at any time if they are allowed to enter Fushan County. Bigger mess.Faced with Sun Zhen's doubts, Nahu Lusha really couldn't say one, two, three for a while.

Seeing this, Sun Zhen already knew what was going on, and immediately raised his hand to signal: "Don't explain, you and your brothers, come with us first!"

When Sun Zhen raised his hand, the Haihan soldiers immediately drove their horses to disperse, separating these people from the other refugees from the outside.And the refugees who were still watching the excitement just now saw that this posture was about to start fighting again, and quickly retreated far away-the new group of people are all cavalry, and it is inevitable that Chi Yu will be hurt if they rush, so they should stay away to ensure their own safety.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Lusha raised his voice and said, "You oppress good people in broad daylight, don't you see the law of the king?"

Sun Zhen said with a smile: "Who said that the king's law will not be respected? After you are captured, you will be sent to Fushan County for interrogation. If you are innocent, you will be reunited with your family. If you do something wrong, then don't worry about us being rude!"

Nahulusha's face was cloudy and uncertain, obviously he had no definite plan on how to deal with the current situation.Although there are not many Haihan soldiers at present, they are all musketeers. If they really want to fight, it is definitely not something they can resist. Put your life in the opponent's hands.

Gong Shiqi sneered on his horseback: "If you are going to Fushan County, we will send soldiers and horses to escort you there, so why hesitate?"

At this time, Hu Lusha had already figured out the stakes, and shook his head to reject the proposal: "I'm sorry, we will arrange how to get to Fushan County, everyone's kindness is appreciated!"

"You can't do it, it's up to you!" Sun Zhen raised his horsewhip and pointed at Hu Lusha and said, "Tell your people to put down the things in their hands and obey the arrangement, otherwise they will be shot!"

Hu Lusha said angrily: "Don't you claim to help the people? How can you coerce us with force?"

Sun Zhendao: "Are you guys ordinary people? Do you want to continue acting?"

After some conversations, Sun Zhen was basically convinced that these people were not ordinary refugees.In the past few days in Zhaoyuan, he also came into contact with many refugees. The anxiety, humbleness, fear and other emotions that normal people would have in this situation did not appear in these people.There is only one thing that is very obvious about them, and that is nervousness.

Sun Zhen could clearly feel that the group of people headed by Hu Lusha was not afraid of him, they were just very nervous. This nervousness may be due to anxiety, or it may be because they have already prepared to fight the Haihan army. Prepare.

No matter what the real identities of these people are, it is impossible for Sun Zhen to let them get by under his nose again.The only thing that made him feel a little strange was how such an organized and purposeful group of people did not prepare enough rations in advance, and needed to rob them on the way to obtain food, so that they exposed themselves whereabouts.

Hu Lusha suddenly let out a strange cry, and his subordinates immediately scattered like birds and beasts, as if they wanted to take advantage of the surrounding environment and flee in all directions.This is obviously trying to rely on the large number of people, trying to count as much as they can run.

Sun Zhen had already given clear instructions before, and when he saw these people were about to escape, there was a burst of gunfire.The refugees who had already retreated to watch from a distance saw this posture, and immediately retreated to a further place.

There are about 80 to [-] people in Hu Lusha's group, which is much more than the men brought by Sun Zhen. It must be difficult to catch all of them alive if they spread out and escape.But these Haihan soldiers are not defensive with their eyes. They have horses in their crotches and guns in their hands. It is also a blink of an eye to bring people down.

However, within a short time of meeting, at least a dozen people were shot and fell to the ground, and the troops led by Sun Zhen were all equipped with bursting muskets, which could be fired quickly without reloading, which invisibly made it difficult for the other party to escape. greatly increased.

Hu Lusha couldn't run. He was standing only four or five meters away from Sun Zhen. Before he moved his feet, Sun Zhen had already pointed his gun at him.He knew that if he really dared to move, the other party would definitely shoot without hesitation.

After hesitating for a while, two lassoes, one left and one right, were thrown over, and fell accurately from his head, encircling his body at once.Before he could react, the two nooses were tightened, tightly trapping his arms and body.Although the two legs can still move freely, it is impossible to escape under the pull of the two nooses.

Hu Lusha and his gang just wanted to escape, and they didn't make any decent resistance, so the situation soon became overwhelming.This battle came suddenly and ended quickly, but it was declared over in a short while.

About 30 people were shot and fell to the ground, and about [-] people were knocked down by the cavalry after they picked up their guns. Although some people inevitably fled into the nearby refugee settlements and were difficult to catch up, at least they were Most of them were intercepted.In particular, its leader, Hu Lusha, has been firmly tied up, and a cloth ball is stuffed in his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide.

The two consecutive battles made the refugees panic. Most people don't know the reasons for the two battles, but one thing everyone can realize is that Zhaoyuan County is no longer a completely safe place. The next battle could break out here at any time.

The propaganda measures of the Haihan army followed up very quickly. When they were still cleaning the battlefield, several propaganda officers who rushed to the scene held up their iron horns and announced to the crowd that the group of people who were besieged by the Haihan army just now came from The bandit gang from Jinan Prefecture wanted to sneak into Fushan County to make trouble, but the wise and powerful Haihan army saw through their activities and tried to resist stubbornly. That's why this battle took place.

The heavily armed Haihan army suffered no casualties in this battle of great disparity in strength, which made Sun Zhen, who felt sorry for not being able to wipe out his opponent, feel a little relieved.

Soon the Haihan army found the temporary residence of this group of people by following the clues, and then found out that this group of people brought three carriages with them, and in addition to thousands of catties of grain, there were also hidden treasures hidden in the carriages. The large bundles of standard knives and guns below are not the standard configuration of the Yellow River boatmen, and even ordinary folk regiments cannot have such neat weapons and equipment.

Naturally, Sun Zhen felt as if he had found a treasure, so he asked people to immediately take these things to the refugee area for public display, so as to confirm the gangster status of this group of people.

Moreover, these people have so much food in their hands, which is enough to support them to reach Fushan County. The previous fight for food is probably not the nature of these people robbing others.

Sure enough, the interrogation that took place later also confirmed this point. Instead of fighting, those people coveted the food in their car, and then stole some when they were not prepared. After being discovered, the two sides fought.But the other side was full of stragglers, and they couldn't beat this group of people at all, so they didn't last long before they were beaten to pieces.When Sun Zhen and Gong Shiqi arrived, they saw that they were cleaning the battlefield, and the recovered food actually belonged to them.

But it was precisely because of this sudden fight that they showed their possessions in front of the Haihan army. Otherwise, with the small number of Haihan stationed in Zhaoyuan County, it was really not enough to treat the refugees who passed through here to Fushan County. After a detailed investigation, most of them will be fooled by these people.By mistake, it can be regarded as eliminating a hidden danger.

Although there are still some fish that escaped the net, but without food and weapons, I believe it will be difficult to make a difference.Moreover, the screening measures for refugees in Fushan County are much more careful. Groups like this will soon be exposed in the refugee camps.

Although Sun Zhen had previously said that they would be escorted to Fushan County for trial, he did not do so after they were caught.He agreed with Gong Shiqi, that is, to start the interrogation as soon as possible, and not to leave too much time for these people to fabricate their confessions.

Due to the fact that many people were caught during the operation, as long as cross-examinations are carried out and some methods of inducing confessions are used, it is basically possible to confirm whether some of the key information they said is true.Gong Shiqi can be regarded as a semi-expert in this area, so he came to direct the interrogation of the prisoners.As for Hu Lusha, the leader of this group of people, Gong Shiqi was also personally involved in the trial.

"You can say nothing, but your subordinates can't keep their mouths shut. Whoever confesses the fastest and most thoroughly will have a chance to live. I have seen many hard-talking people, and I have killed many with my own hands. So don't pretend to be a tough guy in front of me. Tell me everything you know, or I will let you know what life is better than death."

While talking, Gong Shiqi was playing with a small knife. The knife was no more than five inches long, four inches of which were the handle, but the blade was only a short inch.The whole body of the knife is made of fine steel, and the blade glows with metallic light.Gong Shiqi slowly scratched a leaf with a small knife, and the blade effortlessly cut the leaf apart into thin lines, which showed its sharpness.Such a small knife, whether it is used to cut leaves or skin, must be so smooth.

When Gong Shiqi spoke, he didn't look at the blade and the knife in his hand, but stared blankly at Hulusha who was kneeling in front of him, as if what was cut in his hand was not the blade, but Hulusha's spiritual world .

At this time, Hu Lusha had lost his previous composure, and there were several fresh scratches on his forehead and cheekbones, which were the marks left when he was pressed hard on the ground and tied up just now.He is now tied into a strange posture with his hands tied behind his back, his legs stiffly tied into a kneeling position, and there is a rope behind his neck connected to his feet, which stretches his body up. While kneeling, he had to look up at Gong Shiqi in front of him, and he couldn't lower his head even if he wanted to.

Being fixed in such a posture is naturally very uncomfortable. Although the temperature is still relatively low at this time, dense beads of sweat are already appearing on Hulusha's head. He feels that his legs are about to become numb and his waist is painful. It's about to break.He had never seen such a weird criminal law, and the constant discomfort made it difficult for him to concentrate on resisting the pressure exerted by Gong Shiqi.

But he still didn't rush to respond, he knew that he had to try his best to get some bargaining conditions at this time, otherwise his own value would disappear quickly with the end of the interrogation.

Gong Shiqi continued to say with a blank face: "If you tell me the truth, I will loosen the rope on your body and let you relax. If you resist, I will cut off the flesh of your leg one by one. Don't worry, you Your leg will soon be numb enough to feel no pain, and I will reposition your body so that you can see for yourself how all the flesh is being removed from your leg bit by bit, and it won't be because of The pain passed out early, this kind of experience is not available to everyone, and you will definitely like it."

Hu Lusha's body began to tremble, and the other party's cold tone showed that such a criminal law should not be fictional, and the cruel scene described by the other party appeared in his mind unconsciously, and he never thought that one day he would suffer the same torture as Ling Chi. General torture.

Gong Shiqi put the knife beside him, picked up the water glass and said, "You can think about it again, I'll do it after drinking this glass of water!"

Hu Lusha was about to come up with a countermeasure, but Gong Shiqiyi poured the glass of water into his mouth as soon as he raised his head, and then stood up with a knife with a sneer. The time he dared to give him to think about was just playing with him.

Hu Lusha saw that the other party had already walked in front of him, and he could not allow himself to think about it any longer, so he whimpered and signaled Gong Shiqi to take out the cloth ball stuffed in his mouth.

Gong Shiqi reached out and tore off the cloth in his mouth, and asked coldly, "Do you want to recruit?"

"Trick! I'll do it all!" Hu Lusha begged loudly, "I just ask my lord to walk around me so I don't die!"

(End of this chapter)