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The rain, like a surging river, fell from the sky like crazy, and the yards and streets were full of muddy pictures.

Feng Xiangwen frowned deeply, his eyes stared at the two hints made by Wang Sirui on the ground, and he didn't know what kind of mystery existed in them for a long time.

The wooden door of the small courtyard was knocked on from the outside, and a soldier in a coat and a straw hat ran towards the gate under the pouring rain.

The heavy wooden door and the damp air made the wooden door creak with a particularly piercing sound.

However, the heavy rain completely drowned out this harsh sound, and even in the yard next door, it was difficult to hear this sound.

Ma Sanru was also dressed in a straw hat, with a sensitive step under his feet, quickly ran to the eaves, took off the wet straw hat and robe, and hung it on the wall.

The clothes under the cloak were already soaked, and with such a huge amount of rain, even if there was a robe, there was nothing to be done.

"My lord, there is no fighting in the city at present, the defeated soldiers are braving the rain from the three gates of Guangning Gate, Xibian Gate and Xizhi Gate, and some people are also leaving the capital with these defeated soldiers. Most of the foreigners also stayed in the camp or in the house of a certain big man. However, I noticed that there were some people watching near every city gate, and if they found someone entering the city, someone would quietly follow them. Ma Sanru reported the situation found outside to Wang Sirui in 1510.

Wang Sirui nodded secretly, judging from the current situation in the city, it basically confirmed Wang Sirui's thoughts.

"It seems that the foreigners are giving us a chance to leave the capital." Wang Sirui said.

"My lord, why is that?" Ma Sanru didn't quite understand, since the foreigners had entered the city, they must occupy the entire capital as soon as possible.

Even if it rains, so what? Being able to occupy the capital as soon as possible is also of great benefit to the foreigners.

Obviously, there will still be a slight gap between occupying the capital in one day and occupying the capital in three days.

"After entering the capital, there will definitely be some differences among foreigners. After all, this is the capital, and our country has experienced thousands of years of accumulation, how many gold and silver treasures does this capital have? Now the top brass of the foreigners must be thinking about clearing the remnants of the city as soon as possible, and then gaining power. governance interests.

But after all, this is not a matter of one country, eight countries, it is inevitable that there will be some differences, and some countries must want to focus on robbery.

It is no exaggeration to say that they will grab a day here, and it will be many times higher than the tax revenue of their country in a day. Besides, in front of so many gold and silver treasures, how many people can stick to their original intentions?

The rain just interrupted the differences between the foreigners, and also gave the rout one last chance. Once the rain stops, the foreigners will definitely quickly occupy the entire capital, and the soldiers or civilians who have not left the city at that time are afraid that they will suffer. Wang Sirui said.

History does not clearly record whether it rained after the coalition broke the city, but since it has rained in reality, Wang Sirui can only speculate based on the actual situation.

Now the coalition forces have not carried out large-scale massacres. killed, that is because the coalition army has just entered the city and has not yet occupied the entire capital, and there are still a lot of soldiers hidden in the city.

Although the foreigners broke through the capital, they were not careless enough not to take anyone seriously.

So, Tu. Killing will only happen after the foreigners have completely occupied the capital. In other words, it will be the second or third day after the heavy rain stops at the latest.

"My lord, do foreigners really ......?" Feng Xiangwen plucked up the courage to ask, you must know that in the Qing Dynasty, when the commanders were talking, the soldiers interjected, and the lightest would be deducted from the salary, and the worst would be punished, and even removed from the military.

Of course, whether to punish or not, and how to punish it, is completely in the thoughts of the chiefs.

"There is no need to doubt this anymore, foreigners will definitely do it. Although most of the Qing troops withdrew from the capital, some were unwilling to leave. Moreover, there are still many people in the Boxers who remain here. In order to achieve their goals, foreigners will inevitably confuse the public and kill innocents indiscriminately. Wang Sirui explained.

Originally, Wang Sirui's most important subordinate was only Ma Sanru, followed by Wu Yang, and now, there is another Feng Xiangwen, the big soldier.

Therefore, Wang Sirui also deliberately told them more about his own analysis, hoping that they could understand some truths from it, so as to enhance their strength.

After all, it is impossible for Wang Sirui to maintain this battalion of troops all the time. One day in the future, the army will definitely be expanded, and he does not want to wait until that day to find a general who can lead the army.

"My lord, will we continue to recruit troops outside the city?" Ma Sanru nodded, he also didn't understand Wang Sirui's words, and Ma Sanru had other tasks on his body, so it was naturally impossible to concentrate on thinking about one thing like Feng Xiangwen.

"This plan will be stopped immediately, if I am not mistaken, those who enter the city from outside the city, the places they end up going to have been recorded by the foreigners, and once this rain stops, those places will be the first places to be visited by foreigners." Wang Sirui immediately called off the plan to recruit troops outside the city.

Although there were many regular troops outside the city, they could be put into battle with a little training after being recruited. But this kind of person's willpower is the least firm, and after taking them in, it is also a potential threat to Wang Sirui.

Similarly, recruiting a large number of defeated soldiers into the city will definitely attract the attention of foreigners, and Wang Sirui doesn't want his old nest to be taken care of by foreigners.

Although he had two heavy machine guns and more than 300 people, once he attracted the attention of the foreigners, his troops and firepower were simply not enough.

Besides, if they don't recruit troops outside the city, it doesn't mean that they can't absorb new forces to come in.

Wang Sirui continued: "You have been paying more attention in the city these days, there are still many troops in the city who are unwilling to surrender and do not want to leave. Wait for the right opportunity to bring them in. ”

"Yes, sir!" Ma Sanru replied respectfully.

It is not difficult for them to recruit external forces to come in.

First of all, the more than 300 of them have achieved good results, although they have not been publicized. Secondly, the treatment on their side is good.

This morning, every soldier received a military salary of five taels of silver, and regardless of whether he joined the army for a term or not, the uniform was five taels of silver. And the next month's military pay is also paid on this day, that is, on the 21st (the 15th day of the solar calendar).

So, the morale on their side is still quite high now, at least compared to before. After a battle, coupled with the salary that he couldn't think of before, Wang Sirui has successfully turned the more than 300 people under his command into followers with more than 70 loyalty.

Of course, judging from Wang Sirui's ability, it is estimated that it will not be long before this group of people will completely become Wang Sirui's followers.

Looking at the lightning and thunder that had already left, but the rain did not look like it had left at all, Wang Sirui suddenly felt as if he should do something, at least not just wait for the foreigners to attack.