"Joanna, it's good all the way," it seems to be a little embarrassing, Zhang Fan also wants to find a topic to talk about slowly, that is, to ask about this matter, in fact, after Joanna met him, he was carefully observing, Joanna has definitely changed a lot compared to before, that temperament is definitely honed from surviving on the battlefield, but other than that, Zhang Fan didn't see more, "During this time, how did you get here,"

Listening to Zhang Fan's words, Joanna laughed, but the smile was completely bitter, and there was no relaxed look in it.

"That year, as soon as I got home, that happened," Joanna began to recount, "and then, less than a week later, I was convicted, forced to get on a ship, sat for two months, and sent to the battlefield......

That year, in fact, when Joanna was still in Daming and had not yet returned to China, in Portugal, the conspiracy against her had already begun, so that when she had just returned home, she had not actually fulfilled her responsibilities as a diplomat of your country, and she had not even seen the presence of Emperor Philip II, and she was arrested almost as soon as she got off the ship.

And then, when it came to the trial, in fact, Joanna had never been to court at all, and she hadn't even seen the judge's face, but the verdict for her was placed in front of her, just to ask her to sign, for Joanna at that time, she didn't think much about signing her name, first, she was indeed a little desperate, and second, she knew that even if she struggled in this regard, it would be useless, and it was too easy to forge such a thing as a signature.

So, Joanna, who had done nothing, was sentenced, but she was not sentenced to death, but deprived of her aristocratic status and rank of officer, and treated her as the lowest soldier and sent to the front, and for Portugal, which is now in the midst of a colonial war, a lowest-level soldier is no different from cannon fodder, and they are all sent to the front line to die.

Even if they are colonizers, they have much more advanced weapons and equipment than the other party, and they have more rigorous training and combat than the other party, but in this era, in fact, the gap is not very different, especially when facing a group of people who are facing the loss of everything, what kind of variables will be brought by the ferocity of the other party, it is also difficult to predict.

In short, this is tantamount to a death sentence for Joanna in disguise, and for a woman like Joanna, the risk of going to the front line to fight is not only from the enemy, after all, most of the soldiers on the front line are men, she is a woman, and she is such a young and beautiful woman, in that kind of place, it seems that the danger from her own people is greater than that of the enemy opposite.

And in fact, there is nothing wrong with it, this happened on the first night of Joanna's arrival, and several soldiers who had not seen meat for several months were interested, and they also knew what reason Joanna was assigned to the front, so they understood that no one would punish them even if they did anything, and even if there were officers passing by, they obviously saw this situation, but they were indifferent.

It's just that these people picked the wrong time, or they didn't catch up with that time, what happened in Portugal made Joanna desperate, and in the few months on the ship, although she was a cannon fodder, she was also a prisoner, coupled with European superstitions, there has always been a misfortune if a woman is on the same boat, so for a few months on the ship, Joanna was also kept alone, and no one would get close to her at all.

And it was these few months that made her think about a lot of things, the most important of which was that Joanna's heart, which was already like ashes, was once again rekindled with hope.

And it was that faint hope that saved her, those few soldiers who dared to mistreat her, were killed by Joanna, and two were castrated by Joanna with a sword, this time, no matter how young and beautiful Joanna looks, no matter how ugly the woman is, even if she is surrounded by men who have not seen a woman for more than half a year, no one dares to touch her.

Even the officer didn't dare, although it was said that if Joanna killed the officer, she would be shot immediately, but the officer was dead, and the calmness that Joanna showed that day, and the madness revealed when she wielded her sword, was already very telling, she would kill any man who dared to do anything to her, no matter who the other party was.

Therefore, it only took one day for Joanna to remove her greatest threat, and no one dared to harass her anymore.

And after that, all she has to face is how to survive the war, and at this point, it is because of the previous incident that she is facing more great trouble, after all, that incident makes everyone afraid of her, but also makes many people hate her, and therefore want to find her trouble.

If this is put on the battlefield, it will be easy to find a loophole, rush too far forward, and will be entangled by the enemy, because life will be in great danger, and if you stay too far back, someone will deliberately look for trouble, saying that she is disobeying military orders or something.

However, Joanna has done a very good job in this regard, in every battle, she is not the most active one, but she is definitely not a lazy person, every time, when she wins, there will always be a record of her fighting; And every time she retreats, she will definitely not be the last person to retreat.

How to say it, maybe during this period of Daming, it also taught her the "golden mean", maybe in this regard, it is really invincible, as long as she has insisted on this, no one can find her trouble, of course, this is not a drip-tight approach, if you really want to find her trouble, racking your brains can still come up with flaws, but, obviously, Westerners in this area of experience and talent are too lacking, in the face of Joanna's imitation of painting a gourd and not knowing its essence, but they can't see any flaws.

After that, the only thing Joanna needed was how to win the battle, Portugal had a huge advantage in the face of India at that time, large and small dynasties, after all, they had strong ships and guns, and they also held muskets in their hands that were more lethal and long-range than the opponent's bows and arrows, and behind them, every successful invasion of a place would become their supply point.

Therefore, although they are advancing layer by layer, the speed of advance is not slow, and the speed is not slow, which means that the probability of them encountering the enemy will increase, in Joanna's memory, there are three months, almost every day there will be battles, which is simply dragging people on the verge of fainting, but in order to survive, they can only hold on strongly, there is no other way.

And in this case, there is no way to take advantage of it, it is not a risk that can be avoided by turning quickly in the brain, or being able to come up with something, and, on the contrary, if you want to survive in this situation, you will only make people die faster, and if they invade other people's homes and advance every day, they cannot be more familiar with the geography than their enemies, which are the homes of their enemies.

And Joanna, she has never been on the battlefield, her first time, will face a fierce battle that is no different from the future, but for Joanna, there is no problem, at that time, she has a desperate existence in her heart, feeling that her motherland has betrayed her, maybe it doesn't matter if she dies in this situation.

But at the same time of despair, there is more of a hope in her heart, she is a Christian, she sees all this as a test of God for her, and there is still hope in front of her, and that hope is not an ethereal thing, but something that is small, but something that can be seen.

With these things, Joanna survived the battle, although she was also wounded, and it was a serious injury, and she was almost about to return to heaven, but she still survived, just because there was that hope to support her.

Of course, Joanna didn't say anything about her injury, maybe she didn't want to worry Zhang Fan, or she didn't feel that she needed to mention these things to Zhang Fan to gain his sympathy for herself, but these don't matter now, the past is the past after all, and in the present, she is no longer in danger.

"Until last month," Joanna said, "I have gone inland with the army, and it is far from the harbor, but I heard that there is a group of Ming merchants who have returned from our country in the harbor, and I heard that it is the adult's men, I know that this is the last chance, I escaped from the barracks that night, for fear of being discovered, I had to take the path, it took nearly half a month, this is the seaport, God forbid, the adult's men have not left, until today, I finally see the adult again,"

Zhang Fan didn't interject when Joanna was talking, just listened quietly, and didn't say a word until she finished speaking.

Although Joanna's words were very flat and simple, even when it came to those terrifying life and death lines, her tone did not change much.

But Zhang Fan understands that no matter how plain she says, she can't hide the danger.

And now, after Joanna finished speaking, Zhang Fan still didn't speak, not because he didn't want to say it, but because he really didn't know what to say.

Joanna seemed to be able to understand Zhang Fan's mood at this time, and she didn't mean to blame.

After a long time, Zhang Fan could only open his mouth and say a few short words like "Welcome back", but even so, Joanna still laughed, this time, there was no helplessness in her smile, it was a completely happy smile,