Chapter 460: The Prisoner's Choice
Van Bommel was indignant: "You Ming people always like to play with this kind of wordplay, and there is no integrity at all!"
Sima De's eyes rolled: "Don't open your mouth and shut up, we don't talk about credit, so let's let the city open the city gate, let us go in to collect the money, and rest for the night by the way, and I will let you go." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Although the Dutch have a tendon, they are not stupid after all, and the strength of the Qiongzhou battalion is seen by everyone, and putting it in the city of Geranza is equivalent to giving up the castle. Van Bommel shook his head like a rattle: "If you want to play the Trojan horse strategy, I won't fall for you!"
Of course, Sima De didn't know what the hell the Trojan Horse was, and when he saw the other party's refusal, he immediately lowered his face and said coldly: "If you don't take us into the city, we don't want any ransom." Now I will give you two ways, one is to be loyal to our general, and the other is to send you to Hades. β
The interpreter told Van Bommel what he had said, and added: "Seeing Hades means the same as seeing God, and he means that if you don't obey them, you will be killed!" β
Van Bommel wanted to curse, but when he thought that his life was now in the palm of his mind, he swallowed the words again.
Seeing that Van Bommel was silent, Sima De said to the interpreter: "Their superiors do not want to tell me, you tell everyone these words, and I will give them a stick of incense time to consider." β
It's time for another stick of incense! The interpreter shuddered, and he was deeply impressed by the fact that he opened fire after a stick of incense that had been set for a limited time. He quickly turned around and loudly announced Sima De's meaning to all the soldiers and pirates.
The Dutch soldiers were in an uproar when they heard this, and their emotions fluctuated a little. They usually have the advantage of ships and firearms over the Chinese pirates and the imperial navy, and they have a deep-seated sense of superiority in their hearts.
Seeing the Dutchman's expression, even if he didn't understand Dutch, Sima De knew that most of these red hairs were unwilling to serve the Qiongzhou battalion. He took a sip: "It's really hypocritical!" Battalion Commander Wei, let your subordinates teach them how to do it. β
Wei Lianheng responded loudly, and then raised his hand to signal: "Ammunition is loaded, ready to shoot!" β
After receiving the order, the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, who were on guard around the perimeter, raised their rifles and aimed them at the prisoners in the middle, and the bayonets reflected dazzling light in the sunlight, stabbing people's eyes and slowly spreading a tense atmosphere.
Van Bommel looked at the other party's black muzzle and bright bayonet, swallowed his saliva, and felt a little bottomless in his heart, wanting to be soft, but he couldn't overcome the hurdle of self-esteem.
Wei Lianheng came to the front and said loudly: "You don't have much time to think about it. Those who are willing to serve the Qiongzhou battalion stay still, and those who want to go go to the right. β
Several Dutch soldiers hesitated and walked slowly to the right. One of the soldiers also muttered to himself, as if to encourage himself: "I can't stay in the Far East for a long time, I have to go back to Utrecht to marry my fiancΓ©e Helen......"
Seeing that the red-haired man moved, some pirates were also ready to move. A few pirates hid in the crowd and whispered:
"Let's go over it too-let me surrender the officers and soldiers, I have to obey the rules, and I have to live a life without money, so I don't want to, how happy it is to drink wine and eat meat in a big bowl at sea......
"Think about it, they said they were going to kill if they didn't serve them!"
"You see, the red-haired people are gone, they're fine, they're just scaring people."
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The pirates were talking, but not many were standing on the right. They didn't have such a lofty reason as their fiancΓ©e to convince themselves to risk their lives, and in the end, only a dozen people passed by.
Wei Lian glanced around: "It's time for a stick of incense, have you all chosen?" β
The Dutch soldiers and pirates responded with silence, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.
Looking at the dozen pirates and three or five Dutchmen on the right, Wei Lian cast an inquiring gaze at Sima De, wondering how to deal with these early birds.
Sima De's face was expressionless, and he reached out and made a motion to wipe his neck.
After Wei Lianheng knew what to do, he retreated to the encirclement formed by the soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion, raised his right hand, and then waved down vigorously, and ordered loudly: "Aim at those few red hairs and pirates who toast and don't eat and drink, and fire!" β
"Woohoo!" The guns rang out, and the thick smoke enveloped the captives in it, and only the screams were heard in the gunshots, and the crowd on the right fell in pools of blood.
After the smoke was blown away by the sea breeze, Van Bommel looked at the corpses lying in a pool of blood, and his face changed greatly: "You barbarians! Indiscriminately kill captives who have given up resistance, and they only deserve to go to hell after death! β
The other people also became excited, and shouted: "If you drop it, you will kill it, then let's drop a fart, brothers, let's fight with them, and kill it in one go!" β
After witnessing the process of "killing prisoners" and hearing these inciting words, nearly a thousand pirates had the audacity to storm the encirclement formed by the soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion. Although they had no weapons in their hands, they were numerous, and they rushed towards the soldiers with their fists.
Wei Lianheng ordered in time: "Toast and don't eat and drink...... Everyone, bayonet ready! β
Hearing this, the soldiers lowered their rifles against their shoulders and placed them flat on their waists and abdomen, ready for assassination.
When the pirates' fists were about to smash into the soldiers, Wei Lianheng's command sounded: "Thorn! β
All the soldiers kicked the ground with the sole of their right foot, stabbed their bayonets forward with the help of the strength of their waists and abdomen, and shouted in unison: "Kill!" β
The sound of killing resounded in the sky, and the pirates with their bare hands were blocked by the ferocious assassination, and many people were stabbed in the heart and died on the spot. The rest of the people were stunned, and the shouts came to an abrupt end with this "kill", and the pirates asked themselves
After a stabbing maneuver, the soldiers took a few steps forward with their bayonets in hand, hugging the captives tightly together.
Van Bommel was dumbfounded as he watched the neat and powerful assassination action, and his mouth couldn't close. Musketeers with short blades on their heads can be turned into all-round warriors who can attack from a distance and in close combat, which is much more powerful than the soldiers of the East India Company.
Wei Lianheng raised his hands over his shoulders again and gave an ultimatum: "Don't try to storm our soldiers and run away, bullets and bayonets don't have long eyes!" You still have a chance to choose, do you want to serve the Qiongzhou battalion or kill yourself? β
After experiencing several "blood lessons", the pirates no longer dared to mention escaping, and they did not dare to come out, so they honestly squatted in place and did not dare to move.
"Very well, I think you've all figured it out." Sima De shouted, "Bring all the captives alive aboard, and let's return to Lingao!" β