"Okay, let's give them a good meal. Don't turn off everyone's appetite, they will have to eat New Year's Eve dinner soon!"

Returning to the place where the factory guards were still dutifully giving 'lessons' to the Xiyi ghosts, Wang Bing couldn't help but frown.

No way, killing people and torturing people are two completely different concepts.

Therefore, even someone like Wang Bing, who is used to seeing killings and would not even blink an eye when ordered to chop off the heads of thousands of enemies, could not help but feel a little numb when faced with this cruel punishment.

"Thank you for respecting and benevolent Your Majesty the Marquis!!!"

Although I didn't understand what Wang Bing was talking about, I saw that under Wang Bing's instructions, several companions who were used as 'teaching materials' were given a 'joy' by the factory guards. These 'students'

The Yifan ghosts couldn't help but bow to Wang Bing and thank him.

"Haha, could this be the legendary 'Stockholm Syndrome'?"

Seeing these Xiyi ghosts actually thanking themselves as the 'culprit', Wang Bing couldn't help but laugh jokingly.

"Uncle, what disease are you talking about?"

Hearing the new term coming out of Wang Bing's mouth, the prince Zhu Changluo immediately transformed into a curious baby.

"Uh, how do you put this? It probably means that the person who was hurt develops a liking for the person who hurt him. It is a kind of mental illness!"

"Hey, what kind of mental illness? Isn't this just a shame?"

After hearing Wang Bing's explanation, Li Chengming on the side couldn't help but sneer at his statement of "mental illness".

"Uh, that's right, these damn people are just mean and won't obey unless beaten, hahahaha!"

When Li Chengming said this, Wang Bing couldn't help but smile.

"Ask them if they want to be free again!"

…

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Merciful Marquis, are you saying that you want to let us go?"

After hearing Wang Bing's inquiry from several interpreters, a group of Portuguese and Dutch people couldn't help but become excited.

"Of course! But there is no free lunch in the world. If you want to regain your freedom, you will always have to pay a certain price. If you are willing, let your commander come and talk to me!"

Seeing these excited ghosts, Wang Bing also opened the skylight and spoke frankly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Merciful Marquis, this is Condeta, the Portuguese Governor of Goa, and Van Linberg, the Governor of the Dutch East India Company. I wonder what kind of price you are referring to by the 'price'?"

After a while, two ghosts, who were about forty or fifty years old and looked like they were no ordinary sailors, stood up and bowed to Wang Bing respectfully.

"The Portuguese Governor of Goa, the Dutch Governor of East India, haha, you are really united!"

Seeing that the Portuguese and Dutch governors in the Far East personally participated in the war, Wang Bing couldn't help but sneer.

"Tell them that if they want me to give them their freedom, let them exchange this city of Manila for me!"

After sneering, Wang Bing spoke again and directly stated the conditions.

"In exchange for the city of Manila?"

Knowing that the exchange for the freedom of these people was actually Manila, which was firmly defended by the Spanish, Conde and Van Linberg couldn't help but look confused. How could this group of unarmed soldiers be able to capture the strong city of Manila?

?

"Yes, if you want to regain your freedom, you can only exchange Manila with me."

Looking at Kong Deda and Fan Linberg who looked confused, Wang Bing reiterated the conditions just now.

"Does the Marquis want us to serve as a suicide squad to attack the city?"

After hearing Wang Bing's affirmative answer again, Kong Deda and Fan Linberg looked at each other, but they couldn't help but think of the words "suicide squad" and cannon fodder.

"Suicide Squad? That's pretty much what it means!"

He nodded and had no objection to the death squad's statement.

"Your Majesty, although the Spanish fleet was completely wiped out by your fleet, including their militia and soldiers, there are still at least four to five thousand people. We only have a total of five or six hundred people. Even if we are all killed in the battle,

Even if I don't, I can't help you capture Manila..."

After receiving Wang Bing's affirmative reply, Kong Deda and Fan Linberg shook their heads firmly.

Just kidding, although there is no freedom for prisoners in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and there is also the risk of being used as a "teaching material", but at least it is still safe for the time being, right?

But if they really attack Manila in order to regain their freedom and serve as cannon fodder for the Ming army, then they will really be dead.

"Hmph, have you forgotten that you are now my captives of the Ming Dynasty! I tell you clearly that if you volunteer to help me take the city, I will have a way to give you a chance to live. But if you don't want to go

, that only shows that you have no value, I will not waste my Ming Dynasty’s food!”

Seeing that these two people actually regarded their "good words" as equal negotiations, Wang Bing couldn't help but look cold.

"Uh, this, this..."

Seeing Wang Bing's instant rebellion, the two old Xiyi ghosts immediately became silent.

There was nothing they could do, they were under the eaves, but more than a hundred Spanish heads were still piled on the altar table not far from them!

"Then, what is the method that His Excellency the Marquis said?"

Seeing that it was no longer feasible to stay here as prisoners of the Ming army and survive, the two old Xiyi ghosts had no choice but to give in and helplessly asked Wang Bing about a way to give them a chance of survival.

"My method is to let you deceive the city! Tomorrow I will let the army pretend to drive you away and attack the city. Then you can take advantage of it..."

Seeing the two of them surrendering, Wang Bing revealed his detailed plan.

It turned out that Wang Bing's plan was to let these Portuguese and Dutch prisoners join the Spanish army in an act of betrayal, allowing them to take the opportunity to seize the city and let their own army enter.

"I believe that although there are various conflicts between your countries, you are all Europeans after all. In addition, we have a common enemy like the Ming Dynasty, so the Spaniards who are currently short of manpower will definitely not doubt you.

of!"

In the end, Wang Bing once again beguiled the two of them with a confident look.

"Well, isn't the Marquis worried that we will really join the Spanish and then turn our guns against you?"

Seeing Wang Bing's confident expression, Kong Deda and Fan Linberg looked at him with strange expressions after making eye contact again.

You know, as Xi Wangbing said, they are all Europeans after all, there is no reason to turn their elbows outward, right?

"Hahahaha, are you worried that you will rebel? You are overthinking! Do you know why I left the army unused and insisted on letting you attack the city?"

After hearing the two people's inquiries, how could Wang Bing not know that these two people had been tempted by what he said.

"It's just that I want to capture Manila with minimal casualties. It's not that my tens of thousands of troops can't capture a small Manila!"

In the strange expressions of the two men, Wang Bing made no secret and frankly stated that the reason why he let them attack the city was just to reduce the casualties of his own soldiers.

"Of course, if you really join the Spaniards again and become my enemy and want to be buried with them, I won't mind killing more people after breaking the city. After all, although the Han people in Manila were killed by the Spaniards,

, but they are also part of you white Europeans, aren’t they? The lives of my more than 30,000 Han people cannot be repaid by the lives of just a few thousand of your white Europeans!”

Finally, when mentioning the more than 30,000 Han Chinese who were massacred by the Spaniards in Manila, Wang Bing did not hide his intention to kill Europeans like them at all!

"Your Majesty the Marquis, can you please let us discuss it with the soldiers? After all, if this matter cannot be unanimously agreed by everyone, it may be difficult to achieve success. If someone leaks the news of betrayal before the battle, we will be in danger

Already..."

Finally, under Wang Bing's unabashed murderous intent, Kong Deda and Fan Linberg trembled and made a request to him to discuss with his soldiers.

"Yes! But you'd better remind your soldiers. The blood feud of the Spaniards who massacred more than 30,000 Han Chinese in Manila during the Ming Dynasty is not so easy to resolve!"

Nodding, Wang Bing agreed to the two's request. After all, as they said, if any soldier leaked the news to the Spaniards, then this plan to defraud the city might fail. By then,

, they had to rely on casualties of their own soldiers to attack the city.

…

"Uncle, do you think these Portuguese and Dutch people will really help us fight against their own people?"

Seeing Kong De and the other two people turning around and leaving, the Crown Prince Zhu Changluo looked at Wang Bing with some uncertainty.

"Haha, as long as they still want to live, they have no other choice. Otherwise, they can only be killed by us now or die with the Spaniards!"

Wang Bing shook his head, but he was not worried at all that the Portuguese would turn against the Dutch and join the Spanish.

"Respect the kind-hearted Marquis, after we discussed with the soldiers, we all agreed with the Marquis's method and are willing to capture the city of Manila for the Marquis as atonement!"

As Wang Bing expected, it didn't take long for Comte and Van Linberg to return again and agreed to Wang Bing's condition of using Manila in exchange for their freedom.

"Very good, you have made the wisest choice! In order to show my sincerity, I can give you Portugal and the Netherlands an additional gift!"

Seeing the two people who had made the decision, Wang Bing, who was in a good mood, smiled and decided to give them a favor and plan the next move for the future.

"Oh? I wonder what gift the noble and kind Marquis is talking about?"

Seeing Wang Bing with a smile on his face, Kong Deda and Fan Linberg couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't pay too much attention to the gift Wang Bing said.

"As far as I know, you Dutch only signed an armistice agreement with the Spanish. The Spanish did not really agree to your independence. And your Portugal also served as the king of your country because Felipe II also served as the king of Portugal.

The achievements of independence that you have worked hard for three hundred years to achieve have come to nothing..."

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