The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 152
Besides, Jia Ke defeated the Tatars outside Kaiping Town and captured many prisoners in order to obtain specific information about the current Xuanfu Town.Jia Ke immediately ordered Wei Kun to torture the nobles among these people, and must get useful information out of their mouths.

Although torture doesn't work for some people, it still works for most people. After all, human bodies are made of flesh.

Wei Kun set up a battlefield in the dungeon in Kaiping Town, where the two sides fighting here are fighting for will.

Wei Kun didn't have any experience in these tortures, but in the dungeons in Kaiping Town, there were some government servants who deeply analyzed this method, and one of them was a master of torture.This person's name is Ai Baoquan, and his ancestor was a master of torture in the capital's Ministry of Punishment, but he didn't know how he ended up in this place.Ever since Wei Kun knew that he had this ability, he took this man with him and used him as his master torturer.

This time, Wei Kun also handed over the matter to Ai Baoquan, and carefully ordered: "Tonight, you must torture me for the news. My lord is still waiting in the mansion."

"My lord, please don't worry. These are all my ancestral handicrafts. They are almost useless all these years and they are about to be scrapped. I will take them out to air today." All trembling with excitement.After so many years, he hadn't had the opportunity to show all his abilities, and today these Tatars just let him practice his skills.

"In that case, I don't care. I'll leave it to you. I just want the answer." Wei Kun left the dungeon after finishing speaking.Ai Baoquan nodded and bowed and sent Wei Kun out of the prison.

When Ai Baoquan saw Wei Kun leaving, his expression immediately changed, the flattery just now was completely gone.There was a cruel smile on his face.

"Little ones, go and drag the ten Tartar nobles over here, and let me practice first." Ai Baoquan sat on the bench and ordered the servants under him.

His yamen servants immediately dragged more than a dozen aristocratic-looking Tatars who were imprisoned in the next room into this room.

These Tartars were diehards, if common herdsmen or slaves were likely to confess.Then the nobles in these tribes, no matter what the reason is, will not confess easily.But they knew the most about the information Jia Ke needed, so they were the ones who were tortured this time.

After these people were pushed into the house, all of them raised their eyebrows and even scolded, but they didn't pay attention to Ai Baoquan.There is no obedience like that in front of Jia Ke at all.

Ai Baoquan looked at their bullying appearance, instead of being annoyed, he laughed "hummingly".

"Since the masters have come to our place, let's loosen the skin and flesh for these masters first, which is also a meeting gift." Ai Baoquan changed his face as soon as he finished speaking, and said to the yamen servant next to him: "Go, Bring the leather whip. Dip it in cold water and give me a hard whip."

Ai Baoquan ordered all the servants under him to act.They tied the dozen or so people to stakes.Then there is a bucket of cold water in front of each person, and a whip made of cowhide seeps into the cold water.

This time, the dozen or so people were shocked. In fact, only one or two of these people are real diehards.Others thought that as long as someone asked for a little training, they would recruit truthfully.After all, everyone was raised by their mother's parents, all of them are flesh and blood, and they are all nobles in the tribe, there is no need to suffer from such flesh and blood, besides, what they know is only some news from the big road, where is the real secret? They can know.Who would have thought that Ai Baoquan would give him a whip without saying a word.

Then there were shrill screams throughout the dungeon, and Ai Baoquan sat beside him drinking tea while watching these people suffer.I couldn't help feeling a strange satisfaction in my heart.

Ai Baoquan saw that everyone had been whipped dozens of times before he said, "Okay, everyone, let's rest."

At this time, all the yamen servants rested and rubbed their arms one by one. After dozens of lashes, although the prisoners were all tortured, they were also tired from the beatings.

Ai Baoquan stood up at this moment and walked around in front of the captives.Finally, he said: "Now everyone can talk properly? They are all recruited, do you need me to trouble you?"

Now these Tatars have hated Ai Baoquan to the bone, and they had some thoughts of confessing, but now they swallowed them all back.

Seeing that none of these people confessed, Ai Baoquan was not angry but became happy.What's the point if you confess all of a sudden now?
Satisfied, Ai Baoquan sat down on the bench again, and said to the servants below: "These masters have come to our Kaiping town in a hurry. It seems that they haven't washed their bodies for some days. Today we will give a few Master cleans up and cleans up, and makes these masters feel comfortable serving them, which is also a good thing for us to become landlords."

Then he ordered people to boil boiling water on the stove next to him, and the water was ready in a short while.Ai Baoquan pointed at any of these Tatars, and immediately a government servant came forward to strip off the man's clothes, and then tied him to the iron bed next to him.Immediately afterwards, all the boiling water was poured into the wooden basin, and two people carried him to the side of the man and poured boiling water on him.

Just this one moment made the man yelp in pain, struggled hard on the iron bed, and slammed his head against the iron bed, wishing he could die immediately.

"Where is this? This master can't stand it anymore, so I want to wash you up."

Then some yamen servants took out several pairs of iron combs and brushed off the flesh on his body one by one with an iron brush.Just like a folk butcher who scalds a pig with boiling water and then removes its hair, until the skin and flesh are brushed away to reveal the bones, the Tatar will die of anger before the end.

By this time, several other people had been frightened out of their wits, how could they dare to be stubborn, and before Ai Baoquan asked, they rushed to confess to Ai Baoquan one by one.In just one night, these Tatars said everything, not daring to hide anything.They were completely frightened by Ai Baoquan.

The next morning Wei Kun received the information from Ai Baoquan. Wei Kun didn't ask him how he got it. Now Wei Kun only wants the result and not the process.

Wei Kun rushed to the Garrison immediately after receiving the information.Wei Kun, as a former member of the personal army, was very convenient to enter and exit the garrison mansion.

As soon as Wei Kun entered the gate, he asked people to go in quickly to report that he was asking to see him, and soon someone came out and told him to go to the study to meet Jia Ke.

When Wei Kun entered the study, Jia Ke was already waiting there.

Seeing that Wei Kun had come so early, Jia Ke knew that he had good news, so he smiled and said, "Why did someone speak?"

Wei Kun quickly took out the confession, handed both hands to Jia Ke and said, "Master, I'm afraid the news I gave you this time is not good news. Xuanfu Town has been surrounded by Tatars."

After hearing what he said, Jia Ke immediately frowned, took the confession and read it carefully. The above contents were similar with minor differences. After complementing each other, he had outlined a general content. Coupled with his careful reasoning, the general situation should be like this .

The Tatars penetrated into the interior of the dynasty from other passes, and each pass was in the way of the wind, and there were few who could resist.In the entire Xuanfu Town, only the main town of Xuanfu Town and Kaiping Town were not lost, and almost all other places were breached.

This time, the Khan of the Tatars sent heavy troops to besiege Xuanfu Town, trying to take down the nail in Xuanfu Town.At that time, the Tatars will have a huge space for detours, and they can attack south and east.

They can go straight to Shanxi in the south, and with Shanxi's wealth, they can make a lot of money.At that time, both population and wealth will be enough for them to enjoy for decades.

If you go east, Xuanfu Town is not far from the capital, and hundreds of thousands of troops will come to the city at that time, forcing the emperor of this dynasty to sign an alliance under the city.Let this dynasty pay tribute every year and become a minister every year.

When Jia Ke got the news, she didn't dare to neglect, and immediately sent someone to invite Fan Kang.

After Fan Kang arrived, Jia Ke immediately showed him the Tatar population, and told him about his deduction.

After Fan Kang read the information, he thought about Jia Ke's deduction again, and felt that it was very possible.Said to Jia Ke: "My lord is urgent now, so we should make preparations early. Once there is an order for your lord to reinforce Xuanfu Town, then we can set off immediately, and don't panic at that time."

Jia Ke took his words seriously, "Since we have to make full preparations, food and grass are the most important thing. Now we have enough food and grass."

Fan Kang is very familiar with this matter. Since he came to Kaiping Town, he has become the No. [-] person in Kaiping Town. He is responsible for the food, supplies and logistics supplies.

Fan Kang replied to Jia Ke: "The grain and grass in Kaiping Town can fully support a foreign war for several months. Persevere for a long time."

Jia Ke was very satisfied with this, but asked again: "Should we report the news to the imperial court now, so that the imperial court can make preparations in case Xuanfu Town is suddenly attacked by the Tatars, so that it is too late to rescue."

"Of course I have to report. If I don't report it to the higher authorities, I just don't report it when I know it. Now all the civil servants are staring at Xuanfu Town. If they don't report it, it's tantamount to putting this handle in the other party's hands." resolute.

Jia Ke said: "Speaking of which, this is a leapfrog report. There won't be any trouble in the future, right?"

Fan Kang said firmly: "Don't worry, my lord, not only will there be no trouble, but it will be a great achievement."

Jia Ke's face was calm, and he was not worried about the future war, "Since this is the case, I can rest assured. As long as the court orders, I will bring people to reinforce. The Tatars will definitely be defeated by then."

Next, Fan Kang wrote an urgent document, ordering his soldiers to ride a fast horse and send it to the capital in the form of an emergency military situation of [-] miles. At the same time, he told him to send it directly to the Ministry of War. If someone intercepts him on the way , Shouting eight hundred miles of emergency military situation to block those who die.

This regulation is the order of Emperor Taizu since the founding of the country.It is because they are afraid that the people below will prevaricate and obstruct the person who sent the emergency military order, causing the military situation to be delayed.This provision was strictly enforced when the country was founded.At that time, the turmoil was very serious, and there were often 800 miles of urgent military information sent to the capital, and there were even several cases where members of the royal family accidentally blocked the military information and were executed.

(End of this chapter)