Kai Fu Han

Chapter 12 Interrogation
Liu Xin'ang walked around the ancestral hall and led ten soldiers, heading north along the alley on the north-south axis of Liujiabao. As soon as he passed two courtyards, he heard a rustling sound in a courtyard on the right, and raised his hand to signal Everyone stop.

Liu Xinang carefully moved close to the wall of the courtyard where the sound came from, listened carefully, and found that there were two people inside talking quietly. The living people were speaking Jurchen dialect, and Liu Xinang could not understand what they were saying.

After the killings just now, Liu Xinang was very confident in his own force.Without thinking much, he took a few steps back and ran quickly. When he got to the base of the wall, he stepped on the wall with his feet, put his hands on the top of the wall, and climbed over the foot-high wall and jumped into the yard. inside.

Looking back, I saw two Jurchens hiding behind the courtyard gate, holding swords in their hands and on guard.Hearing the noise, they turned around and saw that Liu Xinang had jumped in. They were very surprised, but they didn't pause much. The two of them yelled and rushed towards Liu Xinang with their swords in hand.

Liu Xinang pulled out the gun from his back and the knife from his waist.One hand holds a knife, and the other holds a gun. The knife is a machete seized from the Tatars, and the gun is a homemade iron-tipped wooden gun made by the tribe.He stepped hard on the ground with his right foot, and using the recoil from his feet, he leaned over and rushed towards the two of them quickly.

Liu Xinang's speed was too fast. Before the two Tatars could adjust their swords, Liu Xinang rushed between them. The Tatar on the right abandoned his knife and covered his neck with both hands. His neck had been cut open by Liu Xinang. Most of the time, the Tatar on the left abandoned his sword and held the spear shaft inserted in his heart with both hands, and they both fell to the ground.

"Am I already so strong? If I had been so strong earlier, my clansmen probably wouldn't have experienced this disaster." Liu Xin'ang thought silently when he turned around and saw the two of them on the ground.

He pulled out the spear inserted into the Tatar's corpse, wiped the blood on the knife and gun with his clothes, walked a few steps forward and opened the courtyard door, and was about to go out, when he suddenly heard faint whimpering coming from the room in the courtyard, and something like There was a "bang, bang" sound of his head hitting the wooden board. Liu Xinang went back and kicked open the door. He saw a young man lying on the bed in the room, tied up with a rope and with a rag stuffed in his mouth.

Can be tied up by the Jurchen, so he is not an ally of the Jurchen, Liu Xinang stepped forward to remove the cloth ball from the tied man's mouth, and asked:
"What do you do and why are you tied up here?"

"Thank you, hero, for the rescue! Thank you, hero, for the rescue! I am from Dengzhou, and my surname is Luo Gao. I went to Beijing to study this time. On my way home, I was robbed and kidnapped by the Tatars." Luo Gao, who was tied up, replied.

"Then why are you tied up here by one person, and there are still people guarding you?" Liu Xinang heard that he was a Han, and asked while untying him.

"To be fair to you warriors, the student's family has quite a lot of wealth. When they were captured by the Tatars, I discussed with them that I was willing to spend money to redeem myself, so I could save my life." Luo Gao replied: "This time the Tatars should plunder When I didn't get to Dengzhou and Laizhou, they originally planned to take me back to the north and then send a letter asking my family to send money to redeem me."

After Luo Gao was released, he stood up and continued: "I ran away twice and was caught both times. I was beaten severely every time. That's why I was tied up during breaks."

After hearing this, Liu Xin'ang asked: "I was caught and beaten for running once, but if I dare to run again, I'm not afraid of being killed by them?"

"Afraid! How could you not be afraid?" Luo Gao replied: "But I also understand that this war is in chaos, and we and the Jin Kingdom are enemies. We are willing to spend money to redeem ourselves. It is just a delaying tactic. Otherwise, if we really get to the Jin Kingdom, we will most likely return. not coming."

"You are a sensible person here." Liu Xin'ang said: "Go out from here and walk south. There is an ancestral hall. It is very bright and eye-catching. There are people there and it is very safe. You can walk there by yourself. I have something else to do."

After saying that, Liu Xinang left the courtyard gate and continued heading north with ten people.

"Don't worry, strong man, I won't run around. Let's go over there." Luo Gao followed out and said to Liu Xin'ang, as if he was worried that Liu Xin'ang would no longer care about him.

After Liu Xinang walked a few steps, he found that there were people in the courtyards on both sides of the road ahead. However, they were not Jurchens, but all Han people. Their clothes were tattered and dirty, and they had no weapons in their hands.Dozens of people crowded into a courtyard, with no one watching over them.

After choosing a courtyard, Liu Xinang went in and asked, "Who is in charge here? Come out and talk."

"This strong man, I think you look familiar. Are you from Liujiabao?" An old man in his 50s came up and said.

"you are?"

"I'm from Lijiazhuang in the north, and our yard belongs to Lijiazhuang." The old man replied.

"Then the first few yards are also filled with villagers from nearby villages?" Liu Xinang asked.

"Yes, we were all brought here by the Tatars." The old man's answer was a bit submissive, as if he was hiding something.

"I don't see anyone guarding them, why don't you run away?" Liu Xin'ang asked again.

"The gate to the north is guarded by ten Tartars," the old man replied.

"Okay, you continue to stay here." When he heard that there were still Jurchen Tatars, Liu Xinang said no more.Turn around and go out, leading ten soldiers directly towards the north gate.

……

Liujiabao Ancestral Hall Hall.

All the people in the cellar were rescued, they were all old people and middle-aged and elderly women, less than 80 people.There were also five injured young men, and Liu Lizhen was one of them.

Liu Qi, Liu Lizhen and Zhou Xinyuan were sitting in the main room behind the ancestral hall.

This time Liu Qi tried his best to turn the tide, leading 21 young and strong men to attack the Tartars at night, and they all won.In addition, among the older generation here, only Liu Lizhen died, and he was also injured.Liu Qi's status naturally improved, and Liu Lizhenli allowed him to sit in the middle, where he was considered to be in charge.

"Why are there only so few wounded?" Liu Qi asked.

"Only a few wounded who were injured when the Tatars first attacked the fortress were sent to the cellar. Later, they were worried that the Tatars would find the cellar, so they sealed the entrance to the cellar in advance. Later, the injured were all in the hall of the ancestral hall. I just took a look, and they were all We're in trouble." Liu Lizhen replied.

"How on earth was Liujia Fort breached? I heard Liu Xinang say that there were only 100 Tatars. We had 200 militiamen guarding the fort, and there were more than 100 tribesmen providing logistics, moats, fort walls, etc., occupying the right people and geographical location. How could the fort be breached so quickly?" Liu Qi continued to ask.

"The Tatars were very cunning and cruel. They spent two days plundering the surrounding villages and gathering all the villagers. When they attacked the fortress, they drove these villagers to fill in the river and build ladders in front..." Liu Lizhen did not finish. But Liu Qi already understood everything.

Liujiabao's militiamen were not professional soldiers, and the people who led the militiamen to defend the city were not professional generals, so they were inevitably soft-hearted.The people who were driven in front by the Tatars to block arrows and pave the way were familiar villagers nearby, so it was normal for them to be reluctant to take action.In this way, the advantages of moats and fort walls are gone. In this case, if two hundred militiamen who have never fought against a hundred Jurchen Tatars who have been fighting for a long time, there is still an equipment gap. The outcome can be imagined. It was only a matter of time before the fort was breached.

After asking some more questions, Liu Qi felt a little depressed.

"Hey, I don't know how many tribesmen will survive this time." Liu Qi sighed: "I'm going to interrogate those Tatars and see if there are any backup troops behind."

When they came to the hall, a total of six living Tatars were tied to pillars. They were covered in wounds and groaned in pain.

"The third one on the left is their leader, Centurion Mohe Hanhai. I didn't expect him to be still alive." Liu Lizhen, who was following Liu Qi, saw a few living Tatars and recognized the Jurchen Bai who was chatting under the fort wall at that time. The husband then said to Liu Qi, "You can interrogate him directly. He can speak Chinese, has a high status and knows a lot."

Unexpectedly, Liu Qixin came up with a plan and went directly to interrogate the centurion without listening to Liu Lizhen's suggestion. Instead, he walked up to the first Tatar on the right and asked:
"Can you speak Chinese?"

"Hmph!" The Tatar was so stubborn that he didn't know if he understood Liu Qi's question, so he snorted coldly and turned away from Liu Qi.

"Knife!" Liu Qi said to a soldier next to him.

After the soldier heard this, he directly pulled out his sword and handed it to Liu Qi.Liu Qi touched the blade of the captured Jurchen scimitar, looked at the Jurchen who didn't answer anything, and stabbed it directly into his heart.The Jurchen was suddenly stabbed, and she let out a cry of pain. Her eyes stared at Liu Qi, as if they were about to bulge. After a few breaths, her head dropped.

Seeing that he was dead, Liu Qi pulled out his knife and stopped looking at him.Take a few steps to the left and come to the second Tartar.

"Can you speak Chinese?"

The Tatar was frightened by the situation where Liu Qi killed people just because of a disagreement. He shouted at Mohe Hanhai, speaking Jurchen words, but Mohe Hanhai did not respond to him.

"It seems you don't know how to speak, so what's the point of keeping you?" After saying that, Liu Qi directly stabbed the Tatar into the heart.

Seeing this scene, except Mohe Hanhai, the other three Tatars all shouted, probably cursing.

Zhou Xinyuan stood behind and watched Liu Qi's behavior, which was a bit surprising. He didn't expect that this incident would be so irritating to Liu Qi, and his temperament would change drastically from before.It turns out that the kind and gentle Liu Qi would never be able to do such a cruel thing.

Liu Qi didn't realize that his change had shocked his master Zhou Xinyuan.Continuing to walk in front of the third Tatar, he asked knowingly:

"Can you speak Chinese?"

Of course this tartar can't speak Chinese, otherwise he wouldn't have cursed in Jurchen.When he saw Liu Qi walking up to him, he looked panicked, stopped cursing, and shouted loudly towards Mohe Hanhai, probably begging for mercy and asking Mohe Hanhai to help translate.

"He doesn't know Chinese." Mohe Hanhai finally couldn't help but said to Liu Qi.

When the Tatar heard what Mohe Hanhai said, he looked at Liu Qi expectantly.

Liu Qi didn't look at Mohe Hanhai who was speaking, "What's the use of keeping you!", and once again stabbed the Tatar into the heart.

Zhou Xinyuan frowned when he saw Liu Qi killing another person. It wasn't that he thought the Jurchens didn't deserve to die. It was just that seeing Liu Qi's murderous behavior, he was a little worried that something was wrong with Liu Qi's psychology.

"Liu Qi..."

Liu Qi raised his hand to interrupt Zhou Xinyuan's words.

Continue to walk to the fourth person, Mohe Hanhai, and look at him, staring into his eyes with no expression on his face.

"I can speak Chinese." Mohe Hanhai said directly without waiting for Liu Qifa to ask.

"Bring some salt." Liu Qi said to the soldiers watching on the side without asking Mo He Hanhai.

The soldier responded directly, ran out of the ancestral hall, and went out to find salt.

"What do you want to do?" Hearing Liu Qi looking for Yan, Mohe Hanhai panicked: "What do you want to know, just ask me, and I will tell you everything."

"I lost this time, and I admit it. I don't ask for forgiveness, I just want a good time!"

……

Watching Mohe Hanhai keep talking, Liu Qi didn't respond to him and just watched his performance.Mohe Hanhai became more and more panicked as he looked at him, as if he was being stared at by an ancient beast, and he felt cold sweat breaking out all over his body.

"The salt is here." After a while, the soldier who went out to look for salt came back with a small bag of salt in his hand and handed it to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi took it, opened the bag, pinched out a pinch of salt, and without saying a word, applied it directly on the wound on Mohe Hanhai's chest.

"Ah!...Ah!..." Mohe Hanhai screamed.

Liu Qi looked at him and screamed.Another pinch of salt.

"Don't come, don't come, ask me, please, ask me. I'll say anything, say anything, don't come again..." Mohe Hanhai begged for mercy incoherently.

"I'm worried that you're lying to me, so I'll let you try lying to me first." He then rubbed the salt in his hand on Mohe Hanhai's wounds.

"Ah!...Ah!..." Mohe Hanhai screamed and begged for mercy: "I will never...never lie to you. Please give me pleasure."

Seeing Mohe Hanhai completely collapsed.

"Bring some water and wash the salt off his wounds." Liu Qi said to the soldiers who were watching blankly.

"Oh, okay... okay, I'll get some water right now." The soldier said, taking off the water bag from his waist, and stepped forward to clean the salt from Mohe Hanhai's wound.

Liu Qi asked when the vast sea of ​​​​Mohe calmed down.

"How many people are there in total when you come to Liujiabao?"

"A centurion, including me, one hundred and one people." Mohe Hanhai replied.

"Will there be Jurchens coming later?" Liu Qi asked again.

"If we don't return to Changqing County to assemble as scheduled, Chief Wan will arrange for people to come over to check, but I don't know if we will send troops again." Mohe Hanhai replied, fearing that Liu Qi would not believe it, he added again He said: "I'm not important. I'm just a marginal figure. I don't know if those big shots will send troops again for this Centurion."

"Captain of Ten Thousands? How many people are you coming to Changqing County this time? 1 people?" Liu Qi continued to ask.

"There are not 1 people. This time we captured Bianjing and kidnapped Emperors Hui and Qin. Most of the people escorted the two groups to escort Emperors Hui and Qin to retreat. This time only more than 7000 people came to Shandong. , led by Captain Wanyan Jingzhe, came to Shandong to plunder."

"What, Bianjing has been breached?" Zhou Xinyuan said in shock.

(End of this chapter)