Chapter 52: The Cave of Hidden Soldiers

In the next few months, the coalition forces will slaughter and raid homes in the capital!

These nearly 10 million taels of silver, gold and all kinds of jewelry and antiques are absolutely unsafe to put in the capital.

Wang Sirui didn't want the gold and silver treasures he had worked so hard to get would eventually be snatched away by foreigners, but now Wang Sirui had to face a problem, that is, how to transport these treasures.

It is absolutely impossible for them to continue to use their 'Japanese' identity, at most at night, their identity will be revealed, and if they have not left the capital by then, then it will be difficult to say what will happen later.

Leaving Prince Gong's mansion, Wang Sirui ordered people to arrest the strong men along the way, and then let these strong men go to drive the carriage, while his more than 200 people were on guard, with a Japanese attitude.

Because Wang Sirui strictly ordered the troops not to speak, and those arrested strong men also dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, as if they were resigned to their fate, they drove the carriage in fear.

In this way, about two quarters of an hour after Wang Sirui and others left Prince Gong's mansion, they left the capital through Xizhi Gate.

If it weren't for the incessant rain and muddy roads, it would have taken only a quarter of an hour to get out of the city.

After walking about ten miles to the west, Wang Sirui ordered the troops to stop advancing.

After that, these captured strong men are not suitable to continue to follow, they must hide these treasures as soon as possible, and then return to the capital as soon as possible.

"My lord! You can give us a way out! Please! A man in his forties fell to his knees, pleading bitterly with a soldier beside him.

But the soldier remained expressionless and did not intend to say a word.

It's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's that he can't say it. Once they spoke, their identities would be revealed, so without Wang Sirui's order, they would never dare to speak.

Although Wang Sirui treats soldiers like a son on weekdays, Wang Sirui is still relatively rigorous on some key issues.

Some mistakes can be made, and some mistakes can never be made, Chu and Han are clear, this is the characteristic of Wang Sirui leading the troops, and it is also the point that the soldiers below admire the most, and they are willing to follow him.

As the man knelt down, hundreds of strong men who were then captured fell to the ground one after another, and kept kowtowing to those soldiers and begging for mercy, this scene made people feel a little embarrassed.

Wang Sirui hurriedly picked up the nearest strong man to him, and said with some helplessness in his tone: "Everyone get up, you kneel like this, we can't afford it." ”

Wang Sirui's words made everyone stunned, this ...... Isn't this Japanese? Why do you speak Chinese so smoothly?

"Now that the foreigners have broken through the capital, our soldiers are also forced to make this choice out of desperation, but unfortunately we have limited manpower and cannot rescue all the people, so we can only rescue a group of people in this way."

"Sir, you're not Japanese?"

"Of course I'm not Japanese, but if I don't wear this dog skin, how can we get through the capital unimpeded?" Wang Sirui said helplessly.

"Great! That's great! When they heard that Wang Sirui was not Japanese, everyone jumped up excitedly, they were not Japanese, which meant that they would not be ruthlessly killed, and they still had hope of going home.

"Okay, now that you've left the capital, your safety shouldn't be a problem. We have other tasks to follow, so we can't continue to take you with us. Wang Sirui said.

"My lord, can we go home?"

Wang Sirui nodded, but still persuaded: "Yes, you can go home, but I don't recommend you to go home." We have already heard the news that in the next few months, the foreigners will carry out a massacre in the capital. Kill, and all those they believe to be members of the Boxer Rebellion will be executed.

So, I suggest you find a place around here to hide and wait a while before you go home. If you have to go home, your life will be hard to come by. ”

"Now the foreigners deliberately want to let the army in the city leave, so they deliberately left a few gates on the west side. They don't care about those who leave, but they take advantage of the opportunity to follow those who enter.

Although I rescued you, you were also targeted by foreigners, and once you entered the capital, the foreigners will immediately arrest you and ask us about our whereabouts. At this time, whether you talk about it or not, the final result will be inevitable death. Besides, even for the sake of your family, I wouldn't recommend you go back. ”

"This ......"

Although Wang Sirui broke his throat, in the end, there were still a few people who said that they would go back, after all, their families were in the capital, and it was impossible for them to escape alone.

Since it can't be stopped, Wang Sirui won't stop it.

From the more than 100 people who were willing to stay, more than 30 qualified people were selected to join, and the rest were dismissed by Wang Sirui himself, and scouts were sent to find out the direction in which these people left, so as to prevent someone from following.

"Company Commander Wu, you are familiar with this area, is there a remote place where you can hide these things?" After Zhuang Ding left, Wang Sirui asked about Wu Zixuan.

Although he left the capital, Wang Sirui didn't know where to hide these treasures.

It's not that there is no plan, but Wang Sirui is not familiar with this neighborhood at all. Only when Wu Zixuan can't find a suitable place, then Wang Sirui will come up with his plan.

"My lord, my subordinates know such a suitable place, about a hundred miles away from here, is a hidden soldier cave, and the place inside is very large, enough to hide all these things in it. It is rumored to have been built in the late Ming Dynasty, but in the end, the Ming Dynasty died before it could be used. Wu Zixuan said.

As a hunter, they have access to many things that many other people can't. In particular, there are some secrets in the mountains, no one can know better than them.

Just like this Tibetan Soldier Cave, it was indeed secretly built by the Ming Dynasty in order to resist the Manchus, and after the construction of this Tibetan Soldier Cave, all the craftsmen and troops involved were transferred to the west thousands of miles away.

The purpose is to prevent this secret base from being leaked and besieged by the Manchurians.

Of course, they didn't know some of the secrets, but at least they had a base for now.

"Lead the way!" Wang Sirui nodded and ordered Wu Zixuan to lead the way.

If it is really suitable there, it can become their base outside the city, and when the time comes, they can secretly transport the treasures in the city out, and then go to Beijing every once in a while to have a good time with the foreigners.

Now with these silver taels as constraints, Wang Sirui can't let go of his hands and feet to play with foreigners.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the rain stopped, but the muddy roads didn't get any better. In order to cover up the movement of the group, Wang Sirui ordered the carriage to be in front, and the troops of a company to walk in the back in an orderly manner, covering up the marks of the carriage with footprints.

In this way, even if they catch up, they will not be able to determine Wang Sirui's whereabouts.

It wasn't until the second half of the night that Wang Sirui and his entourage arrived at the Tibetan Soldier Cave that Wu Zixuan said, but there was no less offense on the way, and the road was even more rugged and difficult, often in the mountains and wilderness, and it took a squad of soldiers to push the carriage one by one.

And along the way, Wang Sirui once again gathered more than 200 defeated soldiers, and more than 100 people took the initiative to join them. At this point, the size of Wang Sirui's troops has once again been expanded to more than 600 people, reaching a new height.