In the past two months, Ankos has lived a fairly good life in the prisoner of war camp, not to mention having to work every day, not to mention eating and drinking.

Of course, the food and drink mentioned here refers to being able to eat a full meal, and the quality of the food can only be said to be improvised, and naturally it cannot be compared with his city of Gelanza in Taiwan. But our Major Onkos is already satisfied with this, as a prisoner of war, he can eat and drink without worrying about being dragged out and beheaded, what else can he not be satisfied with, just like today, he is sitting on a lump of dirt, with a grass root in his mouth, and is boredly counting the ants on the ground in a daze, and next to him are also sitting several officers.

An officer with long gray hair and the rank of lieutenant held a twig in his hand and said boredly playing with a few ants on the ground: "Mr. Major, do you think we will be able to return to Holland alive?" ”

Ankos looked at the sentry not far away in a bit of confusion, and then shook his head for a long time: "Lieutenant Neham, although I would love to tell you that we can definitely return to our hometown, for now I can only tell you that only God knows about this issue. ”

A young ensign next to him said in a complaining tone: "Your Excellency, I would rather you comfort us with lies now than hear such frustrating words. ”

"Well, poor boy, you're right, what I just said really made you sad!" Onkos stood up, spit out the grass roots in his mouth, and patted the young lieutenant on the shoulder loudly, "I take back what I just said, and I tell you now, tomorrow we can be free again!" My child, are you feeling better now? ”

The second lieutenant smiled helplessly: "Your Excellency Major, you better tell the truth, I found that your lies are so bad that even children can't deceive them." ”

Ankos frantically spread his hands, saying that he had nothing to do.

Just as Ankos and his party were boredly counting the ants, there was a sound of neat footsteps at the gate of the camp, and several soldiers in green uniforms walked from outside, surrounded by a group of soldiers in iron armor and armed with firearms.

Seeing these officers and hundreds of heavily armed soldiers, the prisoners in the prisoner of war camp suddenly became a little nervous, and the young second lieutenant couldn't help but say: "These Ming people are not going to drive us to do hard labor, right?" God, I don't want to die yet! ”

After listening to the second lieutenant's words, the captives began to stir a little, and the noise began to grow louder.

"Tajik, shut up for me!" Lieutenant Neham glared at the lieutenant fiercely and cursed in a low voice, but he didn't notice that even his voice trembled a little.

In fact, it was not only Lieutenant Neham who was afraid, but the vast majority of prisoners of war felt the same way as him. Although these Ming people have not embarrassed these Dutch prisoners of war in the past two months, and the food they are given every day is only some rough mashed potatoes and brown rice, but at least they don't have to go hungry, but everyone, including Angos, understands that the Ming people will not feed them in vain, the sharp butcher knife is still hanging above their heads, and they don't know when it will fall, and now after seeing the arrival of these officers, everyone has a premonition in their hearts, and their long-awaited answer is likely to be revealed.

Soon, the officers were escorted by dozens of soldiers to the center of the prisoner of war camp, and a man who looked like an interpreter held up a tin horn and shouted, "Everyone come here and gather...... Come and assemble! ”

In the voice of the interpreter, these Dutch prisoners of war consciously gathered in front of the officers without being driven by soldiers, and soon more than 500 Dutch prisoners of war were all gathered, and dozens of officers led by Onkos stood in front of the crowd.

As soon as Ankos arrived, he recognized the middle-aged man in a red official uniform standing in front of him, who was none other than Lu Guangbiao, the commander of the Fujian Navy of the Ming State who had defeated them and captured them in the last naval battle.

Since entering the prisoner of war camp, it was the first time for Ang Kesi to see Lu Guangbiao, and at this time, his heart was boiling like a river and a sea, what was the matter with this high-ranking officer of the Ming Kingdom coming here? Is it to send them to the mines to open mines? The thought of the dark life in the mine made Ankos shudder.

"Major...... What's wrong with you? You okay? Lieutenant Neham's voice was heard from the side.

"I'm fine!" Encos smiled reluctantly, a smile that was uglier than crying.

"You're fine!" Lieutenant Neam didn't know that the person in front of him was the "culprit" who captured them, he looked at Lu Guangbiao who was standing in front of him and said in a low voice: "Major, it would be great if they came to announce the ransom, no matter what, I will let my family make up enough for the ransom, I don't want to stay here anymore." ”

At this time, Lu Guangbiao's voice also sounded.

"Hello everyone, first of all, let me introduce myself, my official's name is Lu Guangbiao, and he is currently serving as the commander of the Fujian Navy in the Ming Dynasty. That is, the commander of your Ming fleet who captured you in the naval battle two months ago! ”

"What...... It's him! ”

"God, is he the one who captured us?"

As soon as they heard that Lu Guangbiao was actually the commander of the Ming fleet that had defeated them two months earlier, all the other Dutch captives except for Ankos, who had known for a long time, were in an uproar, and many people standing behind began to rush forward, trying to see Lu Guangbiao's appearance clearly. After seeing that the captives began to stir, the officers and men of the First Fleet around them also began to get nervous, worried that Lu Guangbiao would be attacked by Shanghai, they rushed to the front of Lu Guangbiao almost at the same time, and the fire gun with bayonets in their hands was also aimed at the prisoners, and the interpreter on the side was also anxious when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted "Retreat...... Hurry back! ”

In fact, not only those officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division, but also several officers such as Onkos also changed their faces after seeing this, and once there was a conflict on this occasion, they hundreds of unarmed people would probably have to be killed by the other side in less than half an hour, so they also hurriedly and loudly ordered the prisoners to retreat.

"Everyone, hurry back, hurry back, don't squeeze any further, or they're going to shoot!"

"You idiots want to kill us all, back off!"

"For God's sake, don't squeeze any further!"

The officers cursed, pleaded, and warned, and for a moment there was a commotion in the clearing, but to Encos's relief, the somewhat tumultuous prisoners of war were quiet again.

Seeing these prisoners of war quiet again, a sneer appeared on the corner of Lu Guangbiao's mouth as a party involved, as the admiral of the sailor, he was naturally not small, and he never worried when those prisoners of war were in a commotion just now, you must know that there are more than 100 heavily armed officers and soldiers around him, if this can still hurt some unarmed prisoners, that is the biggest joke.

Seeing that the prisoner of war camp had restored order, Lu Guangbiao said indifferently: "It seems that you are still very wise and did not continue to rush forward, otherwise you will be greeted by ruthless bayonets and lead bullets." Now that you've quieted down, let's talk about your intentions for today. ”

After the translator translated the words, Lu Guangbiao glanced at the Dutch prisoners of war in front of him and found that these prisoners of war were all looking at him blankly. He coughed lightly before saying: "In view of the fact that you took the initiative to provoke the Daming Sailor in the territory of the Ming Dynasty some time ago, and dared to fight with the Daming Sailor, according to the Daming system, all of you have to go to the mine to serve in labor, and you can only return to your hometown after five years." ”

Hearing this, there was an uproar in the prisoner of war camp, and how could the Dutch, as colonizers, not know the meaning of the word "hard service". In this era, serving in the mines was almost synonymous with the death penalty, and many people's faces immediately turned pale when they heard it, and even the more timid people immediately collapsed to the ground, and the captives cried, made noise, and yelled, and for a time became a mess.

Looking at the reactions of these captives, Lu Guangbiao's face was expressionless, but many of the officers standing behind him showed disdain, and these Dutchmen were too bold.

Just when the Dutch were desperate, Lu Guangbiao's voice sounded again.

"But God has the virtue of a good life, our family's marquis said, I read that you are all soldiers who obey orders, so I can give you a chance to make meritorious contributions and atone for your sins. Recently, our Fujian Navy Division has expanded, and we need a large number of instructors, if you are willing to be instructors, you can come to our fleet as instructors, also for a period of five years.

During these five years, you will be able to enjoy a salary and benefits that match your rank, correspondence with your family, and various rewards such as battle allowances if you encounter a battle, and you will be able to return home after five years. Of course, if there are people who don't want to be instructors, we won't force them, these people can go to the mine to do labor, and after five years they can also go home! ”

"Whoa......

After Lu Guangbiao's words were translated, there was another uproar in the prisoner of war camp, and many people looked at each other and couldn't believe their ears, there was still such an operation? And there are smart people who immediately realize that the people of the Ming Kingdom must be very short of naval officers and sailors today, otherwise they would not have offered such conditions to recruit them. Some people also showed a look of sudden realization, isn't Nima's mercenary?

"Silence...... Silence ......"

Seeing the noisy appearance of the prisoners of war below, Lu Guangbiao was not angry this time, but continued with a smile: "In addition, I want to tell you one thing here, that is, our Fujian Navy Division is divided into two fleets. If you agree to our employment, some of you will work in the First Fleet where I belong, and the other part will work in the Second Fleet where Vice Admiral Liu belongs, in principle, you are free to choose which fleet to enter, and now I will introduce you to the commander of the Second Fleet! ”

As Lu Guangbiao's words fell, a slender figure stood up.