The next highlight is interrogation.

When it comes to interrogation skills, the navy officers and soldiers are definitely not as good as the Jinyiwei.

They are professional and are proficient in all craftsmanship in Class 18.

The navy officers and soldiers interrogated them very simply and simply, and they tied their hands and feet and tied them to the sea without admitting them.

Simple and crude, but very effective.

Although these pirates are extremely cruel on weekdays, they all become cowards when they die.

The navy officers and soldiers answered whatever they asked, and they would never dare to disobey them at all.

After a while, after a questioning, we 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 confirms this point.

Denglai Governor Zhang Kentang was immediately discouraged.

He thought that if he caught these pirates, he could plow the veils and sweep the holes and hold the pirates' nests, but who would have thought that this would be the result.

Even if these pirates confessed their nest, Zhang Kentang could not order the navy to fight all the way to Fujian to suppress the bandits?

However, Zhang Kentang soon became puzzled. Why did this Fujian pirates come to Shandong to rob? Is this too unusual?

Could it be that they can't make it in Fujian and plan to come to Shandong to find a way out?

This is really hard to understand!

Zhang Kentang then ordered people to continue interrogating these pirates, and it is necessary to find out the reason.

However, before the pirates could let go, the navy officers and soldiers made new discoveries.

The pirate's wide ship was filled with rice and grain, filling the cabin.

Pirates rob food?

This is unreasonable.

Gold, silver, jewelry, porcelain, lacquerware and even spices are valuable, but I have never heard of food as valuable.

Besides, even if this pirate really happens to rob a grain ship, there is no need to keep the food with you all the time, right?

This thing is so heavy that it seriously affects the navigation speed of the wide ship. Pirates will only do such stupid things unless their brains are kicked by donkeys.

But they did it.

This is too abnormal.

Zhang Kentang felt that there must be something strange about this matter and would not be able to figure it out for a while. He would 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 were from Fujian.

The distance from Fujian to Shandong is too far, and I don’t know how much supplies to consume along the way. Ordinary pirates will not do such a loss-making business.

unless...

Zheng Chenggong had an unknown premonition that this incident was vaguely related to the Zheng family.

After all, only the Zheng family has the financial resources to buy so much food and transport it to Shandong at any cost.

But Zheng Chenggong still couldn't understand what the Zheng family had to transport the grain to Shandong?

If you sell it, it's too profitable, right?

And why do you have to use the pirates’ hands?

There are too many unreasonable aspects.

Zheng Chenggong shook his head and thought to himself that he was thinking too much.

Zhang Huangyan was very excited.

He had never sailed on a boat before, let alone witnessing a naval battle with his own eyes.

When the pirates jumped to join the navy officers and soldiers, Zhang Huangyan felt the blood was overwhelming.

The total space on the boat is only that big, so it is impossible to run, so I can only bite the bullet and go on it.

Even a cowardly person will become much more resolute and brave after experiencing a battle on the board.

The only thing Zhang Huangyan felt a little regretful was that he failed to join the battle and killed a pirate.

You must know that Zheng Chenggong personally pulled out his sword to kill the thief.

He was also a student from the Imperial Ming Military Academy. After this incident, Zhang Huangyan felt that he was surpassed by Zheng Chenggong.

On the way back, Zhang Huangyan secretly swore that if he had the chance to meet pirates again in the future, he would definitely kill one person himself.

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With the advice of Shadingzhou, Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Dingguo finally sent troops to attack Kunming.

Chuxiong Prefecture is not far from Kunming, and the Daxi Army has been raising its strength and marching very quickly.

According to Shadingzhou, the Ming army exploded the city wall. Now the Kunming city wall is full of holes and flaws everywhere.

As long as the Daxi Army approaches the city, it can easily capture Kunming City.

Zhang Wenxiu naturally would not be too suspicious of this.

Shadingzhou had just escaped from Kunming, so he should have a good understanding of the situation inside and outside Kunming City.

Even though what he said is not very true, there is no problem with being 70% true.

Therefore, the faster the marching speed of the Daxi Army, the better, and the earlier it arrives at Kunming, the greater the advantage it will have.

In such a short time, the Ming army could not repair all the gaps in the Kunming city wall. The Daxi Army could use these gaps as breakthrough points and easily break the city.

As for the commander of the Ming army, Zhang Wenxiu has also heard of it.

Qin Liangyu, an old woman who was mostly buried.

The twilight man still led his troops to fight, and it seemed that there was no one in the Ming court.

Even though Qin Liangyu was famous before, she was already in her seventies.

Leading troops to fight wars is not as simple as doing two articles, and it tests the commander's on-site judgment and decisiveness.

A mistake in judgment will put the army at risk of destruction.

Can Qin Liangyu make a reasonable judgment in the face of emergencies?

Zhang Wenxiu believes that it may not be.

Of course, there will definitely be deputy generals in the Ming army to assist Qin Liangyu, but these people cannot finally decide on military strategies, and at most they only have the power to suggest.

As long as Qin Liangyu is confused, even a god cannot save this Ming army.

However, Zhang Dingguo seemed worried.

He felt that the visit from Shadingzhou was too sudden. As Shadingzhou said, he escaped from the tunnel, but after the Ming army discovered it, it did not send anyone to pursue it. This was unreasonable.

Could it be the intentional setting of the Ming army?

Of course he also knew that these were his guesses.

Zhang Wenxiu would not listen to him in the absence of evidence.

Originally, Zhang Wenxiu had a competitive relationship with him, but now he has a large number of troops, so he naturally won't give him face.

Alas, let's take one step at a time.

At this moment, Zhang Dingguo actually regretted asking Zhang Xianzhong to increase his troops to Yunnan.

When he arrived thirty miles away from Kunming City, Zhang Wenxiu ordered camping.

On the one hand, he had 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.

If the Ming army really repaired the broken city wall and blocked the gaps that were exploded, the Daxi Army would still have to conquer the city head-on.

From beginning to end, Shadingzhou raised no objection.

He knew very well that no matter whether the Western Army wins or the Ming Army wins, he will never be able to become king in Yunnan.

The only difference is that if the Daxi Army wins, he can survive. If the Ming Army wins, he will probably have to be in a different position.

Therefore, he certainly hopes that the Western Army can win this battle and take over Kunming.

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Chapter completed!