After spending several hours setting up the six trap zones, my mood improved significantly. After all, as long as the enemy does not have an army of more than 100,000, I will not be afraid at all. However, this time, my losses will definitely be very heavy... Well, it seems to be a matter of money...
"Sir, when do you want to interrogate the guy captured by the scouts?" Seeing me standing at the edge of the forest looking up, Matthew also ran over after arranging military affairs.
"Hey, I was so busy preparing gifts for the East Continent coalition that I forgot about this. Someone, bring him to me..." Now, I really hope that guy is a scout sent by the East Continent coalition. If so, then my terrifying interrogation method from fantasy novels will probably be very profitable.
"Sir... Sir, I am innocent... I am just a civilian who works in the mountains, not a spy... Please be more careful! I... uh..." He was thrown under a big tree by two soldiers, and then one soldier tied his feet to the tree root, while another soldier put a rope around his neck and tied his neck to the tree trunk. Finally, seeing that guy was still yelling, a soldier smashed the handle of the knife on his belly.
"Don't shout. If you have any questions, the adults will ask you. If you dare to hide anything, you will suffer the consequences..." After scolding and beating the guy to shut up, the two soldiers stood on both sides of the guy, one on the left and one on the right.
"Not bad, you tied him up quite skillfully..." After watching the two soldiers tie up this guy, I nodded and praised the two soldiers.
The tying was indeed very clever. In old movies, we often saw that those who were tied up with ropes could always use their hands to twist each other, their teeth to bite, or their feet to hook some tools to facilitate their escape.
But now, not only was this guy's neck and feet tied, but even his hands were tied behind his back, so he had no room to move his hands, let alone struggle.
"Let me ask you, you said you are a local villager? Then tell me the location of your village, and introduce yourself and your occupation..." Hehe, interrogation? Then I just use you as a practice.
"My Lord, I am a villager from a small mountain village in the Bayik region of the Qiaok Province in the western part of the empire. I usually just farm and go hunting in the mountains in my spare time. In fact, if you don't believe me, you can ask someone to take me to the village to investigate..."
"Shut up, tear off his clothes, and bring me his belongings..." A small mountain village? Farming and hunting? Didn't you hide your identity? This is simply a situation where there is no evidence. I send someone to investigate and confirm? If I have the time to waste troops like this, I might as well chop you up with a knife and bury you on the spot. It would be easier, and I wouldn't worry about any sequelae.
"Farmer... hunting... but what were you doing at that time? You had nothing on you, all alone? Do you think you can defeat the monsters in the wild with your bare hands? Tell me, who are you? Are you a spy sent by those guys from the East Continent? If you tell the truth, I can spare your life, otherwise... otherwise I will let you experience the feeling of being unable to live or die..." Looking at the things I searched from him, I became even more suspicious.
"Sir, I am really an ordinary villager..."
"Damn it, look at what you are wearing. Would a villager wear standard underwear like yours? Stupid guy... Well... what is this..." I picked on him randomly and stepped hard on his bare feet. When he struggled with his feet in pain, a small piece of paper suddenly appeared under his feet.
The soldier who saw this immediately smashed the knife on the guy's foot who was trying to step on the piece of paper, quickly picked up the paper and handed it to me.
Damn, isn't this the topographic map of the Western Territory of the Empire? And it's so accurate. Although this map is definitely not as good as the three-dimensional magic map I use, it is undoubtedly more accurate than the old-fashioned map used by the Imperial Army.
"Lift up his other stinky foot, maybe there's something underneath..." Looking at the guy's even more unnatural leg, I gave an order to the soldier next to me.
"Sir, look..." A soldier immediately took out something from under his other foot, a thin piece, as crystal clear as crystal. "Damn, it's a recording crystal." After seeing that, I immediately growled. If we don't catch him, then my enemy will probably see everything we do outside the maze forest.
"Beat him hard, let him suffer first, and then let everyone use all the torture methods of the General Staff on him. I don't believe that he can really bear not to reveal any information." Now that his identity has been confirmed, I have lost even the last worry. Now even if I dare to torture this guy in name only, those stubborn and rigid-minded officers will not have any objection. ...
Two hours later, when Matthew came to me, I looked at his extremely bad face and almost wanted to laugh out loud. I was not worried that he would bring any bad news. I just had a hunch that he would be scared to death by those bandits and thieves in the General Staff. . . . . .
"Matthew, how is it? Are the interrogation skills of those guys from the General Staff okay? If they still can't get the truth out of us, then I don't think there will be any other common way to get information from them in this world."
"It's so horrible... I can't believe there are such cruel people in the world... If he wasn't a spy, I would have almost pleaded for him... Damn him, I almost vomited out the dry food I just ate..." Matthew's face turned worse as he choked on his saliva, as if the food he had just eaten had come up again.
"Matthew, I have to remind you again. You are now a senior commander of the army. Your every move and every decision you make will affect the lives of your subordinates. Womanly kindness should never be allowed to spread in my army, otherwise I will directly clear people out of my army. Because they are likely to ruin my army, and then they will kill not only themselves, but also their comrades..." Restraining the smile on my face, I taught Matthew seriously, until he nodded firmly, I signaled him to report the results of the interrogation.