POW camp

With his hands behind his back, Lauter paced slowly in the open space, his eagle-like eyes fixed on a group of prisoners of war opposite him, staring at them one by one, and then one by one.Koto's guard stood expressionlessly on the left, and on the right was Tada with a whip, and behind him stood a few jailers with big arms, round waists and brows, as if they were about to drag a certain prisoner out just waiting for Laut's order. Like shredded.

Lauter walked to the front and stood in the middle, and said: "My friends, some very bad rumors have been circulating in the prisoner-of-war camp recently, saying that our army has lost Congling, and the country of Ole will attack soon. Of course, I know you all wish for this, but unfortunately, I have to break your illusions, rumors are always rumors, and they cannot bear any scrutiny." He raised his voice, "In fact, the opposite is true. Our army occupied Jinshan as early as the beginning of March. On March 27th, Luoyang was bombed; on March [-]th, Western Asia was captured; on April [-]th, the day before yesterday, Changhe was taken back from your hands. These are the facts! "

He paused for a moment, then lowered his voice: "Of course, you are very closed-minded and eager to know the situation outside. I can understand this feeling. However, you must not be deceived by others, listen to rumors, and cause unnecessary conflicts between us. I am lucky about the future situation. I tell you very solemnly, only surrendering with sincerity is the right way, and you can be free!"

A loud yawn came out inappropriately, Lauter stopped, narrowed his eyes and looked at Duowei: "What's wrong with you?"

Duowei shrugged: "Too sleepy. I want to be free, I want to yawn!" The prisoners of war secretly laughed.

Lauter walked slowly to Duowei, but he didn't get angry: "Want to be free? It's easy, as long as you sign the surrender document."

Duowei stuck out his tongue: "I am illiterate."

"Then." Laut whispered as if to confess, "Tell me, who first spread the rumors?"

"Ah." Duowei's eyes widened, "How do I know?"

"Don't you know?" Lauter smiled miserably, "But I know." He turned his gaze to Lanting standing in the middle, "It's you, Captain Lanting."

Duowei put away the playful expression on his face, and the surroundings suddenly became strangely quiet.Lauter continued confidently: "You were the first to tell the news that Congling was captured, and you asked the people in the same cell to spread the news as much as possible. Captain Lan Ting, it's very difficult for us to do whatever you want. He met Lan Ting's eyes and said, "You'd better tell me where you got this ridiculous news."

Lan Ting did not speak, but looked at him contemptuously.Laut smiled: "Of course, you don't have to say it, but all the prisoners in your cell will be locked in the punishment room until you say it."

Lan Ting glared at Laut angrily.Lauter wasn't in a hurry, he paced slowly.It took a long time for Lan Ting to stammer: "It's Huo..."

Lauter's eyes lit up and he stopped.Lan Ting stopped talking, and suddenly said: "I want to have a private interview with you."

"Of course." Lauter raised his eyebrows and asked Tada to take the prisoners down.Duowei looked at Lan Ting worriedly while walking, and Lan Ting gave him a soothing smile back.

Laut led Lan Ting to the office building, and there was a lot of noise from a long distance away, and many workers were busy in front of the gate.He frowned and asked, "What is this for?"

Coto replied: "I heard that Director Hovis is going to set up a tuning room to deal with prisoners he is interested in." He glanced at Lan Ting, who seemed to have no expression on his face. "Oh?" Lauter felt very interested, "It's very good, I really want to see his training skills if I have the opportunity." He lowered his voice and said in a whisper, "A method that can make Princess Maisie full of praise. , it must be very amazing." After speaking, he burst out laughing.

Corto grinned, obviously he didn't hear the funny of this sentence.

It's just that the noise is too harsh and chaotic, it's almost disturbing.As soon as Lauter stepped into the main hall, he saw Morton coming out with Lindsay.Seeing Lauter, Lindsay hurriedly stood at attention and saluted. Morton was a little annoyed: "What is Hovis doing? It's making a mess. OK Lauter, I'm going back to the security hall. I'll come back after Hovis finishes. Call me if you have anything to do." Lindsay couldn't hear it and was not affected, she smiled apologetically at Lauter, and followed Morton away.

Lauter covered his nose to avoid the rising smoke and dust. The corridor was full of hewn large stones, as well as iron brazing, sandstone, cement and all kinds of unrecognizable things. There was not even a passageway left. come out.The short distance was like field training. After finally entering the office and closing the door, I breathed a sigh of relief.There was still noise relentlessly coming in through the cracks in the door, but at least they could hear each other talking.

"Okay, Captain Lanting." Laut said in a drawn out voice, "Tell me everything you know, and cooperate a bit, so as not to suffer."

Lan Ting sat cross-legged on the floor unceremoniously, and looked around the office casually, not like a locked prisoner, but like a distinguished guest invited to be a guest.He pointed to himself and said, "I'm thirsty."

Lauter waved his hand, and Cotto brought a glass of water.Lan Ting gulped down his drink, licked his lips, and put down the glass: "I'm hungry."

"Fuck you!" Lauter grabbed Lan Ting's collar and said word by word with a gloomy face, "Be honest with me, or you will feel better!"

"You are really impatient." Lan Ting squinted at him mockingly, "I guess."

"what?"

"Guess." Lan Ting raised his voice, "Are you deaf?"

"Hmph, that's funny, why did you guess?"

"Based on your actions." Lan Ting put his arms on his knees and put his hands on his chin, "After you captured me, you only interrogated me once, and you never questioned the military officers in the Changhe area and the Huaihe Committee. Deployment, like you bastards who eat people and don't spit out bones, how can you let me go without asking for a result? There can only be one reason, and that is that this information is no longer important. If someone provides it to you, then you must You have to ask me to verify, or—" He paused, looked at Lauter, "The Changhe Huai Committee has fallen, and my statement is no longer needed. Congling is the barrier of the Changhe Huai Committee, and those two places have fallen. Do you need to talk about Congling?"

Lauter stared at the young officer in front of him, and asked after a long time, "Just because of this?"

"Also." Lan Ting held up a finger, "I heard that there was a jailer who used to smoke plumes, but now he has turned into a stone fortress. This is a manifestation of the lack of supplies in Fancheng. Congling is where your army provides military supplies. The largest channel for people's supplies, this channel will definitely not be used."

"Is there anything else?" Lauter listened very seriously, like a schoolboy studying hard.

"Originally I was just guessing, but hope is better than disappointment. Anyway, the news here is blocked, and neither the good nor the bad can get in. If I spread some news, who can tell the truth from the fake? Appropriate use of means is necessary " Lan Ting smiled, "But your act of gathering the prisoners together to try to dispel the rumors just confirmed the accuracy of my guess."

Lauter was silent for a while, then suddenly he laughed and clapped his hands: "Okay, not bad. Lan Ting, sometimes I really doubt your identity. Being a mere captain is really wronging you."

Lan Ting raised his eyebrows, and said in an awe-inspiring manner, "I'm not just a captain, I'm the captain of the independent combat brigade of the Fifth Division of F."

"Yes, Captain." Lauter walked up to Lan Ting with his hands behind his back, bent down, and leaned close to Lan Ting's ear, "You can make these prisoners crazy, Lan Ting, I really should kill you... "

With a loud bang, the door was kicked open, and Hovis strode in.Kelan and Ami followed behind.

"Hovis, what are you doing, come in without knocking?" Lauter straightened up and asked loudly.

"Knock on what door!" Hovis looked a little ugly, "What do you want to bring my people to your office?!"

Laut sneered: "Joke, how could it be yours? You are not the only one who has the right to interrogate prisoners, Hovis. As a military representative, I can also handle matters related to prisoner-of-war camps."

Hovis sneered, he walked to the large sofa and sat down, with his fingers in white gloves intertwined: "I know you are looking for rumors, and this rumor happened to come from his mouth after I trained this bastard It leaked from inside." Hovis pointed at Lan Ting, "Then you are trying so hard to find out, are you looking for him, or are you looking for me, or are you hoping to track me for the reason of checking him."

The muscles on Lauter's face twitched, and he said with a fake smile: "Hovis, you have misunderstood me too much. I just don't want to condone the villain and indulge the villain."

"Oh——" Hovis nodded as if suddenly enlightened, stood up and said lightly, "Then you go ahead and don't bother. Just don't mutilate this prisoner. You can also see that I am building a tuning room , I think the eldest princess will definitely be interested in a slave of an enemy officer."

"Don't." Lauter hurriedly stopped him, "No need for Hawes, I've finished the interrogation, I'll return this kid to you." He deliberately said mysteriously, "Don't keep the eldest princess waiting. I heard that The official who came to inspect this time is the eldest princess's capable subordinate?"

"Maybe, who knows." Hovis shrugged casually, turned his head and told Crane, "Take him away."

Hovis' office was closer to the so-called tuning room, so it was even more chaotic.Howes has always been flamboyant in front of outsiders, as if he was afraid that others would not see him, and he looks like he is full of glory.Once the eyes and ears are avoided, the whole person looks extremely tired, as if he could lie down and sleep at any time.

There were only him and Lan Ting left in the room. Hovis rubbed his brows and said, "I advise you to be more honest, Lauter is not an ordinary person. To be honest, he is just afraid of me, otherwise, he would never be so easy Let you go."

"Afraid of you?" Lan Ting sneered bluntly, "Is he afraid of the so-called eldest princess?" He paused, and finally couldn't help asking, "What's your relationship with that woman?"

Hovis looked up at Lan Ting in surprise, suddenly smiled, and the tired look on his face disappeared: "You care about me, Lan Ting, that's a good sign. Are you jealous?"

"I'm jealous of your mother's size!" Lan Ting cursed angrily, "I don't care what you adulterers and prostitutes do, I'm afraid you won't be able to control yourself and betray the country!"

"How could it be?" Hovis stared intently at Lan Ting with a sincere tone, "There is only one person in this world that I can't control, and that is you."

"Pooh!"

Hovis smiled, and then said seriously: "I have something important to tell you." He took out a map from his pocket and put it on the table, "This is your escape route, and the starting point is this office building .”

"What kind of classroom adjustment? Huh, the way a rotten person like you came up with."

"No, I just dug a tunnel in the name of teaching the classroom. There is a small storage room between me and Captain Morton's office. When the tunnel is dug, I will take you in the name of training." Come here, you stun me, then enter the storage room, lift the floor, and enter the tunnel, there will be someone to meet you, as long as you obey, you can escape quickly."

Lan Ting frowned: "This way you will be very suspicious."

"So far this is the fastest way. I can't wait until your identity is exposed. Since I dare to do this, I have a way to solve the follow-up problems. But I'm still very happy that you care about me so much." Hovis said with a smile.

"Public is public, private is private." Lan Ting glanced at him, "I am not as selfish as you. I only pursue the completion of the task, completely disregarding the safety of my comrades."

Hovis said nonchalantly: "I don't think there is anything wrong with that, after all, the mission comes first."

"Okay." Lan Ting took a deep breath, "I thank you no matter what, I just hope that we won't see each other again from now on."

"I also hope that you don't make too many troubles and can leave smoothly." Hovis pondered for a moment, then added softly, "This place is too unsuitable for you, Lan Ting."

Lan Ting was sent back to the prison, and his comrades in the same room all stood up.Duowei stepped forward and asked repeatedly: "Lan Ting, they didn't do anything to you, did they?"

Lan Ting shook his head, with a stern expression, he said: "We have traitors here."