Chapter 44: Shangshu Mansion
After dealing with his worries, on 1 July, Wang Jundao confidently set off from Tanzhesi Town to Yanjing City with a total of more than 2,000 people from the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, the Special Operations Battalion, the Pistol Battalion, two logistics companies, and a communications company disguised as the Boxers.
Since the Boxer Rebellion had become a legal organization, and Yanjing City was now in complete turmoil, Wang Jundao's more than 2,000 people were divided into 20 groups and entered the city from different gates at different times.
Yanjing City was too big, and the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army who disguised themselves as Boxer soldiers did not accept any investigation at all, and disappeared into the streets and alleys not long after entering the city, without attracting anyone's attention.
Wang Jundao took more than 100 soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army, turned countless streets, walked through countless alleys and alleys, and finally walked into Xijiaomin Lane.
In the marching procession, Li Jinghua said to Wang Jundao: "Commander, I have found a good place according to your instructions, it is the Christian church in Xijiaomin Lane, this church was jointly established by British missionaries and French missionaries, the buildings inside are very foreigner-style, the quality is very good, covering an area of more than 100 acres, relying on Chang'an Hutong, the south and north are not facing the street, it is a long alley, and the east and west of the alley are the mansions of large families, especially the mansions of many high-ranking officials of the imperial court. ”
"Oh, what a great place." Wang Jundao nodded, and couldn't help asking, "Is it occupied by the Boxers now?" ”
"Nope." Li Jinghua shook his head and said: "The day before yesterday, a group of Boxer soldiers with three or four hundred numbers wanted to capture this church, but unfortunately they were beaten and abandoned their armor and fled for their lives. ”
"And this?" Wang Jundao was slightly surprised.
"Well, these days, there are a large number of believers and congregants from all over the Christian church, now there are about 1,000 people, and there are more than a dozen British soldiers in the church, there are two machine guns at the front door and back door, and the Boxer soldiers are all big swords and spears, so naturally it is impossible to attack it." Li Jinghua said.
"No wonder it can be safe and sound, there are two machine guns at the front door and back door, and outside the front door and back door are narrow alleys, one machine gun just controls one side, and it is strange that the Boxers can attack it." Wang Jundao smiled and said, "How did you get in?" ”
"Naturally, I sneaked into the house on the east and west sides of the church at night, and then climbed over the wall to get in." Li Jinghua said with a smile.
"Alright, you can take me around now." Wang Jundao said.
"Okay." Even though it was daytime, Li Jinghua did not hesitate and walked forward with Wang Jundao.
Wang Jundao beckoned more than a hundred soldiers to follow.
It didn't take long for more than 100 people to arrive at the mansion on the east side of Christ Church, which was a majestic and luxurious mansion, and above the main entrance was a huge plaque, with the book "Xu Mansion", Wang Jundao couldn't help but ask Li Jinghua: "This is the mansion of that big man?" ”
"Military Commander, this is the residence of Xu Yongyi, the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Secretary of the Ministry of War." Li Jinghua replied.
"Tsk, it's this old guy, no wonder the Christian church next to it is safe and sound, it turns out that the military department is still in charge here." Wang Jundao sighed. For Xu Yongyi, Wang Jundao is very clear, he and Lishan, Xu Jingcheng, Lianyuan, and Yuan Chang together called Gengzi the five ministers of disaster, Wang Jundao can't talk about hatred for him, and he can't talk about good feelings, at least he can see clearly that the Boxer Rebellion is not a good thing for Qing Zhengaxe.
After observing for a long time, there was no one outside the door of Xufu, and the gate was tightly closed. Wang Jundao said: "Lei Ba, knock on the door for me, knock hard, if after ten knocks, no one will open the door, you will blow up the door with a grenade." ”
"Yes." Lei Ba shouted the order and said to the two Tiger Benwei's brothers, "You two, come with me." ”
After a while, Lei Ba pulled the lock on the gate of Xufu and smashed it against the gate, almost smashing the gate completely, if it weren't for Wang Jundao not letting him exert himself, I am afraid that this gate may not be able to withstand his huge force.
When the ninth door slamming sounded, an impatient voice sounded in Xu's mansion: "Who?" ”
"You two, back to both sides." Lei Ba waved his hand and said to the two tiger ben.
The two tiger guards were instructed and retreated to both sides of the gate.
After a while, the two doors began to separate on either side, and the crack in the door became larger and wider.
In the end, Lei Ba saw a person around sixty years old through the crack in the door, and looking at his clothes, Lei Ba could tell that this was the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion, and he couldn't help but say loudly: "My young master wants to borrow your mansion to use it, and he will leave when he runs out." ”
Seeing Lei Ba's dress as a Boxer soldier, the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion was startled, and hurriedly pushed the door and was about to close it.
How could Lei Ba let him succeed, he pushed the door open completely with one hand, and pushed the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion back a step by the way.
When Lei Ba saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh: "You old man, I can't imagine that you are still a master, but it's a pity that you are a little older, and your body is not good, don't worry, my young master will not kill innocents indiscriminately." ”
"Someone." The housekeeper of the Xu Mansion didn't believe Lei Ba's words, his master was the Lord and the faction he knew, in his opinion, the fierce Boxer soldier in front of him must have come to the Xu Mansion to look for trouble, so he shouted loudly the moment the door was completely opened, and more than 20 people with rifles immediately aimed their guns at Lei Ba who was standing in front of the door.
Rao is Lei Ba is martial arts is strong, and he couldn't help but be startled: "I'll be an uncle, I said the old housekeeper, you are too unkind, right?" My young master is just borrowing your mansion for a while. ”
The housekeeper glanced at Lei Ba coldly, and snorted coldly: "Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing hearts, if you really don't have bad intentions, why do you want to come to Xu Mansion?" ”
"If we really want to do you any harm, we will knock on the door just now? Wouldn't it be enough to just slam the door? At this time, Wang Jundao walked up, followed by Han Muxia, and behind him were ten 'divine soldiers' holding twenty Mauser pistols in both hands, as long as the more than 20 family members in the courtyard dared to shoot, they would definitely be able to shoot them completely before those family members could shoot.
The housekeeper obviously also recognized the seriousness of the problem, and with his vision, he had already seen the strength of the group of people in front of him, if he really wanted to make a move, he was afraid that the more than 20 families in this courtyard were not opponents, even if all the more than 100 well-trained families equipped with rifles in the Xu Mansion were gathered, they were not necessarily opponents.
He could see that Wang Jundao was the head, and he could also see that Wang Jundao was actually not malicious, so he said: "I don't know what this prince has to do in the Xu Mansion?" ”
"My brother just said, borrow the treasure land of your mansion for a while, and leave when you run out, and you will never hurt every grass and tree in your mansion, and every person will be killed." Wang Jundao said flatly.
"I don't know how to use Childe? Please also make it clear that the old slave can also arrange it. Although the housekeeper was very reluctant in his heart, he had to do it, after all, now Wang Jundao is a knife, and Xu Mansion is meat, he is not afraid of death, but he can't let hundreds of people up and down Xu Mansion suffer.
"I wonder if there are stairs for climbing the wall in Xu's Mansion?" Wang Jundao was not polite, and asked directly, he didn't want his brothers to climb up with hooks and ropes for a while, it would be very difficult, and it would be difficult to perform after going up the wall.
"How many does Childe need?" The butler asked. Xu Mansion naturally has such a staircase, because the family in Pingyu needs to climb the stairs to the roof to change tiles.
"Do you have ten?" Wang Jun asked.
"Yes." The butler nodded.
"Then carry it all to the western wall of the Xu Mansion and listen to his arrangement." Wang Jundao said as he stretched out his hand to summon Li Jinghua and motioned for him to lead the way.
"Yes, please come with me." The housekeeper said helplessly. He already knew the intention of the group of people in front of him, they wanted to enter the Christian church, but he had no choice but to do so.
Wang Jundao gave an order, and asked Han Muxia to lead more than 100 people to wait here, as long as the gunshots rang out, he moved towards the door of the Christian church, and when the time came, the inside and the outside should be combined to take the Christian church.
After the arrangement, Wang Jundao took Lei Ba, ten divine soldiers, and ten soldiers of the 'Divine Sword' special operations battalion, and followed the housekeeper into the Xu Mansion.
I have to say that the area of Xu Mansion is very large, and Wang Jundao walked with more than 100 people for a while before walking to the west courtyard of Xu Mansion.
Before entering the West Courtyard, Wang Jundao heard a very beautiful piano sound, which was like resentment and admiration, like crying and complaining, as if it was telling the girl's heart, and it seemed to be yearning for the nature of heaven and earth, and it seemed to be pursuing some kind of freedom.
Wang Jundao only felt a burst of joy in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Dare to ask who played this?" ”
"This west courtyard is the residence of the eldest lady of my family, and the sound of this piano is naturally played by the eldest lady of my family, and I hope that the son can keep his promise and not be unfavorable to my young lady, otherwise, even if I Xu Zhong fights for this old life, I will make you pay the corresponding price." The housekeeper stared at Wang Jundao deadly.
"Although I am not a hero, I will never be like the ordinary Boxers, who will continue to support the slogan of destroying the foreign and do that kind of thing of annihilation and silver captivity." Wang Jundao looked at the housekeeper and said in a deep voice. He knows that today's Yanjing City has become a pot of porridge, everyone is in danger, everyone is afraid, the Boxer Rebellion is not only to bring the people to awakening, but more to disaster, more than 100,000 Boxer soldiers gathered in Yanjing, only so few people really want to help Qing and destroy the ocean, and most of them are taking this opportunity to collect money, destroy * silver and plunder, and satisfy their own selfish desires.
"I hope you'll keep your word." The housekeeper pushed open the courtyard door and walked in, and Wang Jundao followed in.
What catches my eye is a woman who is clear water out of hibiscus, naturally carved and decorated, this woman is only about seventeen or eighteen years old, like a fairy in the mortal world, dressed in white as if not stained with a trace of dust, and the unparalleled jade face is elegant and clear.
Rao is Wang Jundao's determination is extraordinary, and at this time he can't help but be completely amazed, he didn't expect that there is such a big lady in the mansion of the military department, he is sure that the woman in front of him, looking at the world, will definitely not find a few people, but I am afraid that only Tangtai Mingyue can be slightly better than her.
The group of Tiger Ben soldiers behind Wang Jundao also fell into a stupor, such a woman has completely exceeded their cognition, in their hearts, there is only one thought, this woman, if you want to compare with other women, only the army commander's wife can be slightly better.