Chapter 229: Sending Prey Back to Ming Dynasty
Hong Chengchou felt hungry, so he reached out and touched it, and found that there was food in the box for him to eat. So he grabbed a piece of food and stuffed it into his mouth regardless of everything.
At this moment, Hong Chengchou heard someone talking outside the box:
"But I finally caught the old thief Hong Chengchou! It was really not worth it when General Cao Bianjiao died for him!"
"That's right, all the civil and military officials of the court have already sacrificed their lives to the country. The late emperor personally paid tribute to the old thief. His Majesty has shed so many tears for him for nothing. It's not worth it."
"That's right, I didn't expect that this old thief turned around and slapped the civil and military officials in the face!"
Hearing these words, Hong Chengchou understood that he must have fallen into the hands of the Ming Jinyiwei! Now he definitely has no good results. He knew that the current Ming Emperor was Zhu Ciyang, the son of Chongzhen. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, which was equivalent to slapping Chongzhen in the face. Today, he fell into the hands of Chongzhen's son, and he would have a good ending?
Hong Chengchou felt the box where he was shaking gently, and there was a sound of water flowing around him. He knew that he must be on the boat. He felt that he had not been unconscious for a long time. If he got on the boat from Luoyang, it must be on the boat of the Yellow River. From Luoyang to Kaifeng, there was a section of the river in the Qing Dynasty. Can these Ming dogs really take him back to Nanjing for trial?
At this time, Hong Chengchou hoped that the ship he was in would be intercepted by the Qing Dynasty King's Army. He also knew that once the ship he was in was stopped by the Qing Dynasty King's Army, those eagle-clawed grandsons would definitely kill him.
Hong Chengchou was very afraid of death. If he was not afraid of death, he would have died for his country. How could he surrender to Huang Taiji? But at this time, he urgently hoped that the Eagle Claws could bring pain with one knife. Although he was afraid of death, he was shuddered when he thought about what kind of torture he would suffer after he arrived in Nanjing.
What kind of institution is the Jinyiwei? That is the Hall of the King of Hell! The King of Hell asked people to die in the third update, and no one should be left until the fifth update; but the King of Hell asked people to die in the third update, and if they wanted to die in the first update, there was no way! If you don't let a few layers of skin take off, you won't die in an instant.
It is said that the current commander of the Jinyiwei, the son-in-law, and the loyal and brave uncle Zhao Peng, is a cruel guy. As the saying goes, when two countries fight, they will not kill the envoys, but this guy not only killed Chen Hongfan, but also tortured Ning Wan and others to the point of being unhealthy. Finally, he cut one ear before he released it back. This is simply unprecedented. Who treats the envoy like this?
In addition to the original tortures such as wearing mourning clothes, playing the pipa, knocking teeth, scrubbing, breaking vertebrae, inserting needles, sawing legs, filling lead, sucking intestines and slapping, Hong Chengchou, which was said to have added water beatings, copper cows, pear blossom sticks, bathing buckets, double-headed forks, pointed stools, iron lady, interrogation chairs, rat beatings and other new tricks of Thais.
Some tortures sound painful. It is said that people who have been tortured, even those who are afraid of death, will ask Jinyiwei to give themselves a knife.
Hong Chengchou said in his heart: Want to rob me back and have a three-in-one trial? Go dreaming! It takes more than a thousand miles from Luoyang to Xuzhou. Although it is a waterway, it takes four days and four nights, right? This is still a day and night trip. If you rest at night, it may take at least seven days to arrive.
For more than a thousand miles, most of the roads were controlled by the Qing army. After arriving, when the Qing army interrogated, even if they could not be rescued, they could avoid the pain they would suffer after going to Nanjing. What's more, the traffic in the Yellow River is not smooth. There are floating bridges in Kaifeng area to block east-west routes. When the boat arrives in Kaifeng, you must stop, walk across the floating bridge, and then change the boat.
Humph! Minggou, I see how you took me to Nanjing! Hong Chengchou thought fiercely.
However, along the way, Hong Chengchou's dreams were shattered one by one. Heyin, Xingyang, Zhengzhou, and towns passed by, and there was no Qing army inspecting the ship along the way. When he arrived in Kaifeng, the ship only stopped for a short time and did not get off the boat and changed the ship. The Qing army stationed at the pontoon bridge directly drove away a few ships that formed the pontoon bridge and released a channel, allowing the ships that the Jinyiwei were riding successfully through Kaifeng.
After the ship passed Kaifeng, Hong Chengchou finally heard the sound of his expectation: he only heard a boat behind him catching up, and someone shouted in his direction: "The ship in front, stop the ship to check!"
The answer to the Qing army was the rumbling sound of cannons. The roaring sound of cannons sounded from the river. From time to time, the sound of water splashing when shells entered the water came into Hong Chengchou's ears. With his years of military career, Hong Chengchou heard that the cannonballs were coming from the downstream direction.
The Qing army ships upstream also fired artillery and counterattacked, but compared with the warships downstream, the Qing army navy upstream was significantly worse.
The sound of cannons roared on the Yellow River, and the navy from both sides fought fiercely on the river surface. It was obvious that the Qing army navy was repelled by the Ming army navy in a short time and retreated back to the upper reaches.
Hong Chengchou only heard a "bang" sound, and his eyes suddenly lit up. The box was opened. The two Jinyiwei lifted Hong Chengchou out of the box like an eagle catching a chicken.
The strong sunlight stinged Hong Chengchou's eyes. He narrowed his eyes for a while before opening his eyes, and found that he was thrown on the floor of a big boat. Hong Chengchou tried hard to raise his head and looked around. There were dense ships on the river surface. The boats were filled with Ming Dynasty flags. Around him, several burly men in casual clothes surrounded him, just like watching a monkey.
I saw a large ship leaning on the Ming Navy fleet, and a burly man on his ship bowed to a young man dressed in a Confucian scholar on the opposite ship: "Thank you, Mr. Kurasui, for your help!"
The Confucian scholar on the ship opposite laughed: "The old thief Hong Chengchou surrendered to the enemy and treason, and everyone was punished! The student just came to pick up all the heroes by his orders! What's the point of raising his hands!"
After the burly man on Hong Chengchou's ship thanked the scholar opposite, the huge fleet went downstream and headed towards Xuzhou. The black-faced man bent down, put his face in front of Hong Chengchou, and said with a smile: "Old thief Hong, just stay at ease. When you arrive in Nanjing, you will definitely let you taste all the big meals of the Jinyiwei!"
"Eagle Claws, let me go!" Hong Chengchou shouted at the top of his lungs. He recognized the man with black face, the guy who grabbed him with his own hands that day.
"Hmph, let you go? Let you do something for Jiannu? Let you help Jiannu shave your hair and change your clothes?" Wang Quan sneered, "Old thief, what is waiting for you is a justice punishment!"
Then, the Jinyiwei put wooden shackles and shackles on Hong Chengchou and were imprisoned in a small cage. The cage was carried into a cabin by the Jinyiweiwei.
There are still more than 300 miles from Kaifeng to Guide (now Shangqiu). The downstream of Guide is the Ming Dynasty controlled area, the upper reaches of Guide, and the controlled area of the Qing Dynasty. However, with the Ming Dynasty navy escorting the entire journey, the Qing army navy did not dare to get close at all.
When the fleet arrived at the waters of Guide Mansion, the Ming Navy broke out again with the Qing Navy who came to intercept it. The sound of cannons rumbling on the river and the smoke filled the smoke. Hong Chengchou, who was locked in the cage, watched in despair as our Qing Navy warships were shot after fire one by one, slowly dulling in the thick smoke and fire.
Not long after, the Ming Navy and the fleet escorted Hong Chengchou broke through the interception of the Qing Navy of Guide Prefecture, entered the downstream, continued downstream, and headed towards Xuzhou.
Only then did Hong Chengchou discover that most of the warships of the Ming Navy were fast crab boats with both sails, which were the centipede fast crab boats mentioned by the Ming Dynasty, which were called fast crab boats in the Qing Dynasty. The ship had more than ten oars on the left and right, six to seven zhang long and one zhang wide. There was a cannon similar to a general's cannon on the bow and stern of the ship. On both sides of the ship, there were two light cannons called the Red Armored Cannon by the Qing army.
Chapter completed!