Chapter 66: New and Old Prisoners of War

Geng Rui finally raised his eyebrows once, and kept driving away the pirates who were tied up in a string with a wooden stick. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As the dirt road continues to stretch, more than 100 prisoners of war grow in hope every day. But yesterday suddenly a young ensign with dozens of soldiers drove them back to the prisoner of war camp, not only was everyone told not to talk, not to move, but even the door of the prisoner of war camp, which had not been locked for a long time, was re-hung with a big lock, which made all the prisoners of war feel uneasy, could it be that Yulin Bay was lying to them, and they still had to be beheaded after the road was repaired?

After a very uneventful night, the young ensign once again arrived at the prisoner of war camp. The difference was that he brought the good news to everyone's delight, that all the prisoners of war would soon be free, and they would not have to wait for the dirt road to be completed, because there were new prisoners. However, the condition is that these old prisoners of war must assist the army in managing these new prisoners of war.

More than 2,000 pirates sat on the beach by the docks, and more than 100 old prisoners of war each had a wooden stick in their hands, surrounded by 120 soldiers from the first company of the army.

"This military master, you are doing well, I'm thirsty, can you give saliva to drink?" A swarthy-faced pirate hurried over Geng Rui.

"Stay honest and don't cause trouble." After Geng Rui finished speaking, he poured a bowl of water from the jug next to him and brought it to the pirate's mouth. The second lieutenant's order was that as long as it was not excessive, all the demands should be met, and everything should be treated according to the treatment of Geng Rui when they were first captured.

"This military master, there are still a few taels of silver in his small clothes. Your boss has great virtue, can you give the little one convenience. The pirate finished drinking the water and whispered in Geng Rui's ear. He still didn't understand that the GIs had only stolen their weapons and had not touched all their personal belongings, not even their silver.

Geng Rui didn't speak, but raised his head and looked coldly at the pirate in front of him, and suddenly the wooden stick in Geng Rui's hand suddenly pulled into the pirate's body: "You TM give me honesty, Lao Tzu wants to make a lot of money, you want to kill Lao Tzu." ”

The pirate didn't react for a while, how could he have done harm by giving away the silver.

The wooden stick in Geng Rui's hand was raised again, and before it fell, he heard a sound of footsteps behind him, and a voice came: "Okay, stop fighting." ”

Geng Rui looked back, and a mighty officer came over with a few people, and Geng Rui recognized this officer as Jiang Beiming.

"Sir, he'。。。。。。"

"Alright, you're doing a great job." After Jiang Beiming finished speaking, he took out a piece of paper from his clothes:

"Now announce the order of the Yulin Bay Military Commission. All prisoners are treated in the same way as prisoners of war。。。。。。 ”

Several people around raised their voices and shouted Jiang Beiming's orders in all directions.

"If there's anything you don't understand, ask them, they're coming before you." Jiang Beiming pointed at Geng Rui and added, "What's your name?" ”

"Report sir, I'm One-Three-Five." Geng Rui's conditioned reflex is upright.

Jiang Beiming almost laughed out loud and put on a kind face: "I'm asking for your name." ”

"Report sir." Geng Rui's heart suddenly surged with excitement, for a few months, no one had called his name, let alone asked his name, and 135 became his name. Geng Rui sometimes thinks that maybe no one knows what his name is in this life, and even he himself may forget what his name is, "Report to the chief, my name is Geng Rui." ”

"Geng Rui, if there is anything they don't understand, you try to explain it to them, and when these people are settled, you will be free."

"Thank you, sir." Geng Rui replied loudly, and then a tearful feeling spread throughout his body, freedom, Lao Tzu finally wants to be free.

Jiang Beiming left, Geng Rui turned around and looked at these pirates with satisfaction, Lao Tzu is different from you, Lao Tzu is going to be free.

"Military master, military master." The pirate who had been beaten just now quietly shouted again, "Dare to ask the military master, what did the adult mean by what he said just now, what is a prisoner of war, and what is the court wearing?" ”

Geng Rui looked at the pirate who was asking, and then glanced at the people around him: "Don't you all understand?" Well, I'll be kind to you today. ”

"This prisoner of war." Geng Rui shook his head, this thing is really not easy to explain, "This prisoner of war is you fighting with Yulin Bay, and now that you have lost the battle and surrendered, you are a prisoner of war." ”

"Is that going to be beheaded?" Someone asked cautiously.

"Beheaded? No, no, as long as you are honest and obedient, no one's head will be cut off. After Geng Rui finished speaking, he twitched his chest again, "Do you see Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu was also a prisoner of war like you." ”

"It turns out that you are also a prisoner of war, I thought you were a military master."

"That was before, Lao Tzu now, no, Lao Tzu will not be a prisoner of war soon, not only will Lao Tzu not be a prisoner of war, Lao Tzu will make a lot of money." After Geng Rui finished speaking, he muttered to himself, "Actually, it's not bad to be a prisoner of war." ”

Seeing that Geng Rui was no longer as stern as he was just now, all the pirates had the courage to ask, "Is there any benefit to being a prisoner of war?" ”

"To talk about the benefits." Geng Rui looked at the pirates in front of him, "Look at you, all of you are in tattered clothes and skinny, don't you have enough to eat?" If you want to talk about the advantages of being a prisoner of war, the first is that you can eat well, and you have new clothes to wear, as long as you are honest and obedient, and work hard, not only will no one beat and scold, but you will also have a full meal, and you will have meat when you work. Whoever wants to be sick or wounded, he will be healed by you. As long as there are new prisoners of war, you will be as free as I am. ”

"That's a good point."

Geng Rui looked back and saw a young officer standing behind him at some point, and this person Geng Rui also recognized, it was Li Fuqiang, who was the first to rush into Wagangzhai.

"Hello sir." Geng Rui is another upright, "It's not good, it's nonsense." ”

"It's so good to talk nonsense, so how about talking nonsense." Li Fuqiang smiled, "What's your name?" ”

"Report sir, my name is Geng Rui." was asked by 2 chiefs about his name one after another, and Geng Rui felt that he might be about to develop.

"You go on." Li Fuqiang patted Geng Rui, "I'll bring them food in a while." ”

After a short time, two platoons of soldiers came over carrying buckets of rice. Yulin Bay did not expect to capture more than 2,000 people at once, and there was no preparation at all, so the committee temporarily requisitioned all the pots and bowls, boiled pots of rice porridge, and sent them to the beach with pickles.

Sixty soldiers formed a circle with fires and spears, untying the ropes of 100 pirates at a time, each with a large bowl of rice porridge and a spoonful of pickles. After about 10 minutes, the GIs took the dishes and chopsticks away, tied the pirates up again, and carried the barrels to the next wave of pirates.

"I've seen it all." Geng Rui said to the pirates in front of him who were tied up again after eating, "Lao Tzu didn't lie to you, it's all white rice porridge, and not a single grain is mixed." In the future, you will be obedient, you will eat better, work hard, and have meat. ”

"One, three, five." Geng Rui was talking endlessly, when a soldier behind him shouted.

"Here." Geng Rui reflexively responded, and scolded in his heart, "Even Chief Jiang and Chief Li asked me for my name, and you still call me 135, and I will settle accounts with you when Lao Tzu is free." ”

"One, three, five, take them over there to take a shower and change clothes."

"Yes." After Geng Rui finished answering, he shouted at the pirates again, "Get up, get up, go take a shower and change your clothes." ”

A platoon of soldiers with spears and fires walked over and escorted more than 100 pirates to the bathhouse outside the quarantine area. Several young soldiers came up and untied the pirates.

"Listen up, everybody." A young non-commissioned officer shouted at the top of his voice, "Take off your clothes, each of you will receive a basket and a brand, put your things in the basket, don't hide them, Yulinwan will not ask for your things, and they will all be returned to you after taking a bath." Also, don't put the silver in your asshole and suffocate you if you can't pull out shit. ”

The non-commissioned officer's words caused a burst of laughter from those around him. Geng Rui also laughed a few times: "Listen to the words of the chief, and after a while, you will have new clothes to wear after taking a shower, which is guaranteed to be better than what you are wearing now." ”

Each prisoner of war was given a basket with a white cloth and a small bar of soap. Some of the prisoners of war had never seen soap before, and they looked at it over and over again in their hands.

"That's called soap." Geng Rui explained, "When I take a shower, I touch my body vigorously and wash it clean." ”

A quarter of an hour later, the pirates came out of the bathhouse one by one, dressed in all sorts of new clothes. There were no such ready-made clothes in Yulin Bay, and the committee decided to temporarily distribute the military uniforms prepared for the army to these pirates, and all the shortages were purchased from the clothes of the Ming Dynasty people in Yulin Bay. There were fewer pirates who came out than when they went in, and a few of the medical soldiers who had been trained by Dr. Ouyang were found to have injuries and infectious diseases, and were temporarily quarantined.

The existing prisoner of war camp could not accommodate the more than 2,000 people, so the Military Commission found an open space and set up some tents as a temporary prisoner of war camp. These new POWs began the first work of the old POWs, cutting down trees to build houses and locking themselves up.

The entire reception and screening of prisoners of war went on for several days, but He Laosan was still not found. However, according to some prisoners of war, He Laosan was buried at the bottom of the sea when the flagship was sunk, and the Military Commission had to put the matter aside for the time being.