Chapter 208: Subjugating Captives
But he was a tough guy on the battlefield after all, and he didn't give in to the pain. Xie Xin was not in a hurry and continued to instruct his men to torture him.
He Zhiyong finally couldn't stand Xie Xin's various tactics and gave up Ying Zong and Wei Haohan.
In fact, even if he didn't tell Wei Haohan, Xie Xin could still judge whose soldiers they were based on information such as ships and weapons.
However, Ying Zong's matter surprised him a little.
After all, it was he who led people to deal with the Ying family, but he didn't expect that some of them would slip through the net.
To be precise, this was still his mistake.
To prevent any mistakes, he immediately sent a letter to Lu Shiyan and also told Jiang Tangtang the news.
Jiang Tangtang was busy capturing prisoners at the moment.
The soldiers who followed He Zhiyong to attack the island were not all elite, but they were all excellent soldiers. They were unwilling to be prisoners, obey the orders of a woman, and do hard labor on the island.
After the effect of the drug wore off, they all resisted and tried to escape.
But Jiang Tangtang was well prepared. He ordered his men to beat him up first, then starve him for three to five days. If there were any unruly troublemakers, he would give them medicine directly.
Even the strongest man would be tortured by Douxianer's strange poison.
Within two days, a group of captives who could not bear it any longer compromised and followed Jiang Tangtang's orders to go to the western bay to work.
There were many rocks in the bay to the west. Jiang Tangtang thought they could be used to build houses and military fortresses, so he asked the prisoners to carry the rocks.
They were not given enough food and soldiers were sent to guard them, but they were not worried about them escaping. Moreover, on the island, without a boat, they could not escape even if they wanted to.
The ships captured this time had already been sent to the shipyard for renovation. The other ships on the island were strictly controlled, and these captives could not cause any trouble at all.
Of course, Jiang Tangtang's methods are not just suppression. If the prisoner performs well, he will also give certain rewards.
For example, those who moved the most stones would be able to eat their fill at mealtimes. Prisoners who came up with efficient methods of moving stones would not only be able to eat their fill in the future, but would also receive clothing and other daily necessities as rewards.
They even have people conduct ideological education on them, brainwash them and paint them a rosy picture, so that they will voluntarily become members of the underworld.
At first, the captives rebelled together, ignored the various rewards she arranged, and were even full of hostility towards the soldiers who came to carry out ideological education.
But there are always people who can't hold on. In order to no longer go hungry and to live a slightly better life, they choose to work hard to transport food and get rewards.
As a result, the small team that had originally stuck together collapsed in an instant, and the person who stood out in order to fill his stomach was regarded as a traitor by everyone.
Since everyone regarded him as a traitor, the person who showed up earlier decided to go all out and completely sided with Jiang Tangtang, and took the initiative to propose many ways to improve the efficiency of transporting stones.
Jiang Tangtang might have thought of these methods before, but she deliberately kept them to herself so that the captives could not gather together.
Seeing that conflicts had arisen among the prisoners, Jiang Tangtang further divided the relationship between them.
It was announced that those who had special talents could come to her to register. Once confirmed, they would be exempted from the hard work of transporting rocks and would be assigned new jobs.
For those who always take a negative attitude, the next step is to be sent to the mine to work as a miner.
Everyone knows that the miner has to work in the mine, and not only will his life be miserable, but he may also lose his life if he is not careful.
Seeing that the lives of those who first turned to Jiang Tangtang were getting better and better, while their own lives were getting more and more miserable, the remaining people became shaken.
Relying on such means, Jiang Tangtang subdued batch after batch of prisoners.
But let’s not talk about the matter of capturing prisoners for now, and first talk about Yingzong.
Lu Shiyan hid the food in the cave at that time, and then deliberately spread the news that the food in the cave was secretly hidden by the Ying family, just to protect Jiang Tangtang.
But I didn't expect such a big mistake to happen.
There was actually someone in the Ying family who was still alive, and this person was the younger brother of the head of the Ying family.
Jiang Tangtang's expression turned grim. "What did he confess?"
Xie Xin knew that it was his own mistake that led to the disclosure of the location of the island, which almost brought disaster to the entire island and put the Lu family in danger.
He tried hard to save the situation, and after finding out that the leader was a member of the Ying family, he immediately arrested the person and interrogated him strictly.
"I have interrogated him severely, and Ying Zong claimed that he did not tell anyone about the island's location."
This wasn't what Jiang Tangtang wanted to ask, "Anything else?"
"How did you convince Wei Haohan to lead an expedition to the island?" Xie Xin asked, "He said that Wei Haohan was already dissatisfied with the growth of your power and had long wanted to deal with the Lu family. It just so happened that he had an enemy of the Lu family, so he took the initiative to recommend them and offered to lead the way. The two of them hit it off, so that's why the island attack was planned."
This reason was very reasonable, and even Xie Xin had no doubts about it, but Jiang Tangtang was always worried, "Is it convenient for me to meet him?"
"Of course I can, but..." Xie Xin hesitated for a moment and then spoke frankly, "I used some tricks during the interrogation. I'm afraid you'll have nightmares if you see it."
"It's okay, I'm brave!" Jiang Tangtang said.
Xie Xin was really afraid that the appearance of the dungeon would scare Jiang Tangtang, "Then I'll have someone bring him over later, so don't run away!"
Even without him saying it, Jiang Tangtang could guess that the dungeon must look horrible. She nodded in agreement.
After a while, Xie Xin had Ying Zong brought over. It was obvious that Xie Xin was afraid of scaring her, so she gave Ying Zong a simple beating.
But even so, the moment she saw Ying Zong, Jiang Tangtang still felt strongly unwell.
All ten of his nails had been pulled out, there were several bloody lumps on his head, and his whole body emitted a fishy stench.
When Ying Zong saw Jiang Tangtang, hatred suddenly flashed in his eyes. He struggled and pounced on Jiang Tangtang, shouting, "Witch! You witch! I'll kill you!"
Before he could get close to Jiang Tangtang, the soldiers around him suddenly tightened the iron rope in their hands, and Ying Zong fell to the ground with a "bang".
Xie Xin stepped on his back, her voice a bit playful, yet somehow chilling, "Why haven't you learned your lesson yet?"
Ying Zong had been tortured with various instruments and was already at the end of his strength. Just now, he rushed towards Jiang Tangtang with hatred in his heart.
Xie Xin's kick almost took his life, and now he was lying on the ground, unable to move.
Jiang Tangtang was afraid that Xie Xin would beat him to death, so she quickly raised her hand to stop him, saying, "You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll have someone send him back later."
Even though Ying Zong was badly injured and had chains tied around his body, Xie Xin wasn't afraid that he would do anything bad to Jiang Tangtang, so she safely handed him over to her and left.
After Xie Xin and the others left, Jiang Tangtang said to the guards around him, "You all should go down as well! I want to ask him a few questions in private."
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