Empire

In the prisoner-of-war camp, armed and sharp-armored rebel soldiers stood guard every three steps and every five steps, keeping a very strict watch.

A group of dishevelled, blood-stained prisoners of the Dynasty Army sat together dejectedly, looking exhausted.

They were still members of the Far East Dynasty regular army a day ago, but they did not expect that the situation on the battlefield would change rapidly.

In just one night, they became prisoners. Facing an unknown fate, they seemed terrified.

"Will the rebels let us go?"

Seeing the grim rebel guards around them, the prisoners seemed uneasy.

"I heard they haven't taken any prisoners yet."

"I don't want to die......"

"I have a 70-year-old mother and children at home. What will happen to them if I die?"

"Now I can only leave it to fate."

""Don't make noise!"

When several Dynasty Army prisoners of war were whispering and worrying about their fate, an insurgent garrison rushed over and started punching and kicking them.

Soon, these Dynasty Army prisoners of war were beaten black and blue, and the rest of the Dynasty Army prisoners of war dared not speak.

Because they have become prisoners of war now, their fate is in the hands of others.

As the saying goes, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, facing an unknown fate, they seem anxious and uneasy.

The two sides were originally mortal enemies on the battlefield. Although the Dynasty Army soldiers became prisoners of war, the insurgent soldiers still did not give them a good face and beat and scolded them at every turn.

Li Lang He was one of these captured Dynasty soldiers. He was originally a sergeant of the third battalion of the Qinghe Provincial Guard.

Compared to the other prisoners who were pessimistic and disappointed and waiting to die, Li Lang did not give up.

He had been observing the situation around the prisoner-of-war camp and had gathered several capable prisoners, ready to escape after nightfall.

In Li Lang's view, the rebels never kept prisoners. If they stayed here, they would die, so they could not sit and wait to die.

Just as Li Lang was looking around to observe the situation and prepare for his escape at night, Chen Ziang, surrounded by Wang Hu and others, arrived at the prisoner-of-war camp.

""General Qian!"

Seeing Chen Ziang coming, a general in charge of guarding the prisoner-of-war camp quickly stepped forward to salute.

The prisoners also saw the arrival of Chen Ziang and others, and they became restless, thinking that they were coming to kill them.

"Be quiet, everyone!"

When the rebel guards saw the agitated Dynasty soldiers, they immediately beat them up and kicked them to stop their agitation.

"How is the situation?"

Chen Ziang walked towards the prisoners and asked the guard of the hundred men.

"My Lord, as long as I am here, they can't cause any trouble."The general said confidently.

"Sir, are you going to train the new soldiers in batches, or mobilize a group of archers?"

The guard asked Chen Ziang as he walked. He thought Chen Ziang was also here to execute the prisoners of war.

"These captives will be kept and not killed."

Chen Ziang glanced at the general of a hundred men and said

"ah?"

"What? This is the leader's order. Wang Hu added

"Sir, these bastards of the Dynasty Army have killed many of our brothers, we cannot let them go." The guarding general was anxious and spoke hastily.

Chen Ziang said:"They did kill many of our brothers, didn’t we kill many of theirs too?"

"Besides, they were just following military orders. The blood of our fallen brothers should be recorded on the account of the dynasty emperor."

"But......"

"There is no but. We all come from poor backgrounds. When will the cycle of revenge end?"

"How long have they been hungry?"

Seeing the speechless general, Chen Ziang asked

"We haven’t given them any food since we caught them." The general said angrily.

"Immediately give orders to prepare food for them."

"this......"

"Execute the command"

""Yes!"

Although the general was very confused, since it was Chen Ziang's order, he still gritted his teeth and carried it out.

Soon, Chen Ziang walked up to the captured Dynasty soldiers and sighed in his heart when he saw their panic-stricken looks.

If it weren't for him, I'm afraid that the only fate waiting for them would be slaughter. This time, he broke the convention of killing prisoners in the hope of killing less and gaining more manpower.

"Let them gather!" Chen Ziang ordered.

"promise!"

""Get up, get up, all of you stand up!"

Driven and pushed by the rebel guards, these hungry prisoners were gathered together.

There were about a thousand prisoners captured by them, and they were all young and strong.

When they saw Chen Ziang, most of them were full of hostility, and some were full of fear, thinking they were going to be killed.

"I am Chen Ziang, the commander of a thousand men in the uprising army!"

Chen Ziang had a bench brought over and stood on it, so that he could look down at the crowd and let them see him.

After hearing Chen Ziang's self-introduction, the prisoners looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what he was up to.

"I came here today mainly to announce my decision on your treatment!"

After hearing this, many prisoners of war felt desperate. They were anxiously worried. Finally,

"According to convention, you are the dynasty's running dogs and have killed many of our brothers on the battlefield. Although you have laid down your weapons, you cannot escape the guilt and will all be beheaded in public!"

"But!"

When the prisoners were getting restless, Chen Ziang suddenly changed the subject.

"I think you have wives, children and elders, and you are also following military orders.���I had no choice but to go to the chief to plead for you, asking him to forgive you!"

"Now, you don't have to be executed!" Chen Ziang announced after looking around.

The prisoners were desperate and worried just now, but when they heard this, they were stunned. They couldn't believe it and thought they had heard it wrong.

"Not only will you not be executed, I will also give you the freedom to choose!"

"Now I give you two choices. First, join my army and fight with me in the future. I, Chen Ziang, will eat the meat and will never let you drink the soup!"

"There is another choice, that is to lay down your weapons, return home, and stop working for the Dynasty Army!"

As soon as Chen Ziang finished speaking, the prisoners of war immediately whispered to each other. They didn't believe that the rebels would be so good.

But Chen Ziang said it himself, so they had to believe it, because the choice had been made, and it was up to them to choose.