Chapter 370 Interrogation

With the two roads of life and death in front of them, most of the captives would choose to confess to save their lives, but it is difficult to judge whether there is any element of lying or concealment just by looking at the confession.

In order to force the prisoner to tell the truth, the interrogator will always tell the other party that he is not the only prisoner being interrogated, and that other prisoners of war are being interrogated in the same isolation place where he cannot see. Sorry, that would show that at least one person is lying.

Under such circumstances, if a prisoner of war tries to deceive the interrogator, he has to worry about his fellow party telling the truth. After the comparison between the two, his lie is likely to be exposed on the spot, leading to his being hanged. Lying is obviously not An option that is best for you.

So what about refusing to confess?

Occasionally, among the prisoners of war, there were indeed one or two tough men who would rather suffer torture than confess.

But tough guys are very few after all, and they also know that other captured companions may not be as tough as themselves. If others confess obediently, their persistence will be meaningless, and they will just lose their lives in vain.

As long as the interrogator makes all prisoners of war clearly realize this point, most of the tough guys who are determined to be heroic and righteous will collapse on the spot, give up futile persistence, and choose to give in and confess.

Torture is not necessarily required to destroy the will of prisoners of war, it is enough to plant a seed of doubt in their hearts.

If the captives are strong enough, have common beliefs, and have absolute trust in the captive comrades, this interrogation method that exploits human weaknesses will not be effective.

However, this kind of situation is too rare, at least the gang of wolf men does not have such organizational discipline and common beliefs, and no one is willing to be a martyr. After being coaxed and frightened by the interrogator, they all truthfully confess.

Colonel Harrison personally interrogated the leader of the gnolls who had thrown the javelin at Joan. According to his testimony, the total number of gnolls who participated in the northward plunder was no less than a thousand, divided into six battle groups, scattered on the east and west sides of the Delin River , looting the villages along the way.

The leader of the Gnoll also confessed a piece of key information: the six major regiments are independent of each other and act independently, but all the regiments must obey the command of a Gnoll chief named "Alpha". , must be executed unconditionally.

According to the pre-agreement of the Gnoll gang, when a battle group encounters a village with a large population and fortified defenses, or is intercepted by a regular human army and cannot fight it with its own strength, it will send a letter to the leader Alpha, please He summoned his followers to come for reinforcements.

After Colonel Harrison's interrogation, he ordered his attendants to imprison the leader of the jackals. As soon as he walked out of the interrogation room, he saw Major Vasa walking with Joan and the Tyndall brothers, and greeted him with a smile.

"George, what's the result of the interrogation of the other prisoners?"

"They all confessed, but the confessions are not the same. The difference is mainly concentrated in the number of gnolls - some say no less than a thousand, some say four or five hundred, and some say six or seven hundred." George Vasa frowned and replied, "Joan and I have analyzed it for a long time, but we still can't confirm whether they are just talking nonsense."

"George, it's not worth making a fuss about." The old colonel laughed, patted the young deputy on the shoulder and said, "You haven't dealt with jackals before, so of course you can't understand what's going on in the mind of this crazy creature. As for our talented little mage, he probably only knows about the wolf man through books, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Colonel, today is the first time I have seen real gnolls outside of books. They are more ferocious and dirty than those depicted in the illustrations."

Joan replied a little embarrassed.

"It's more brutal, dirtier, and more importantly, you have greatly underestimated the stupidity of the wolf man."

The smile on Colonel Harrison's face became a little weird.

"Young man, those idiots with hyena heads, the discrepancy in their confessions is not because they dare to cheat and lie under the threat of torture, but because most jackals don't know how to count at all. More than ten The numbers on just one finger are innumerable, there is no difference in their eyes between one hundred and one thousand, they are too many to count anyway!"

After listening to Colonel Harrison's explanation, Joan suddenly realized why there was a huge difference in the number of troops among the confessions made by the prisoners!

Looking back on the record about the Gnoll in the "Wares Monster Illustrated Book", there is indeed such a very inconspicuous passage, which mentions that the intelligence level of this creature is similar to that of orcs, and most of them are illiterate.

At that time, Joan only thought that the word "illiterate" meant that the jackals were unable to read and write. Only now did they know that not only could they not write their own names, they could not even count.

This made him realize that the knowledge gained from books is superficial after all. If he wants to understand the most real side of the world, he still needs to go out and walk more. Personal experience is more reliable than words on paper.

"Mr. Colonel, even if we take the numerical error into account, according to the most conservative estimate, there are no less than four to five hundred gnoll bandits from the Brass Pass, which is comparable to the strength of our army going south."

"As for the other details of the prisoner's confession, such as being divided into six battle groups, for example, the six battle groups are all under the command of the wolf man chief 'Alfa', they are all correct, so it is true."

George Vassar handed the interrogation report compiled by Joan to Colonel Harrison.

Colonel Harrison took a look at the report and murmured softly: "Alpha... Alpha... It's been a long time... This name reminds me of the 'ear war' fourteen years ago."

"At that time, I served as the cavalry company commander under the command of Lord Custis, and our enemies, in addition to the regular sea blue army from Muspelheim, also had gangs of jackals colluding with the sea blue people."

"Hundreds of gnolls and gangsters rushed out of the Brass Mountain Pass, took advantage of the turmoil to loot the southern villages and towns, and slaughtered our compatriots. The crimes they committed were far more serious than the sea blue regular army who still cared about their chivalry. The leader of the bandits is also known as 'Alpha'."

"What a coincidence! Maybe we have a chance to recover the blood debt he owed from that jackal leader fourteen years ago!" Roger clenched his shotgun excitedly.

"No, boy, you misunderstood."

Colonel Harrison smiled and shook his head.

"The 'Alpha' who led the Gnolls to invade Alfheim fourteen years ago has already been beheaded by Lord Custis, and the 'Alpha' who is making a comeback now is probably his heir or heir to power."

Colonel Harrison stroked his beard and explained further.

"'Alpha' is not a name, but the title of the leader of the wolf man tribe, just like the 'patriarch' and 'chief' of the Asa natives. It is not easy to win this title. Every generation of wolf man 'Alpha' All four conditions must be met at the same time.”

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