Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Planting Landmines and Bombarding Xishikufa Animalistic Looting of Beijing City

The bright moon is shining brightly, the stars are twinkling, and there is no wind in Beijing city in hot summer.The Xishiku Church was terribly silent at the moment, and even the sporadic gunshots disappeared.At this time, a few figures appeared behind the sandbags on the north side of the church. It turned out that Zhang San was digging a tunnel with some Boxer brothers. After digging more than ten feet, they came across a ditch.Zhang San and others crossed the ditch and continued to dig forward, and controlled a length of more than one hundred feet. Zhang Sanzhuo felt that he had dug to the east side of the altar of the church.There are white marble railings around the three sides of the altar, and there are three steps in the center and left and right of the altar.On the front of the church, there is a side of white marble with a length of one foot and two feet and a width of more than four feet, engraved with a statue of Jesus.On both sides of the front of the lobby, there is a Chinese-style yellow pavilion, which houses the stele of the Chinese emperor's oracle.There are thirty-six couplets of bright pillars in the hall. The foundation stones of the pillars are all made of white marble, and the tops of the pillars are carved in the shape of cabbage leaves.In the main body of the hall, there are twelve double-pointed holes, about three feet high, covered with five-color burnt glass, which is dazzling, and several places have been smashed by artillery fire.The altar is exquisitely carved and resplendent in gold and jade; outside the main altar there are nine supporting altars, painted and painted in gold, which are also very gorgeous.

Zhang San was watching, when he suddenly saw a dozen people lying on one side of the altar, he walked towards the altar quietly, and when he got closer, those people were yellow and thin, they turned out to be the priests who died of starvation.Due to the severe shortage of food in the church, except for the foreign soldiers who ensured the supply, other people had to eat horse feed and leaves, so more and more people died of starvation.At this moment, the church door opened with a "squeak", and Zhang San hurriedly hid behind the stage, only to see a slender old man wearing a black priest's robe and a cross on his chest, with a haggard face, walking in with difficulty.He walked slowly to the front of the statue of Jesus, slightly closed his cloudy eyes, raised his hands and cried, "Lord, please save us faithful slaves. The invulnerable Boxers have nothing to do. Lord! Bishop Fan Guoliang of Xishiku Church prays to you!"

When Zhang San heard this, his heart was shocked, and he thought to himself: So he is the bishop, and God gave me a good opportunity to capture this old thief and avenge the father and daughter of the Yu family and the sacrificed Boxer brothers.Then I thought about it: Wouldn't it be nice for me to tease this old thief for fun?Thinking of this, Zhang San floated up to the altar, hid behind the altar, looked at his voice and said in a rough voice: "I am the Lord of the gods, I understand your piety, I know you have no food, you can eat each other Big dung, because this is the shit that the Lord gave you!" Fan Guoliang was shocked when he heard this.He looked up, and it was still the same statue of Jesus, and the same altar. He felt terrified, his heart "thumped" with fear, his face and spine were sweating, his legs were trembling, and Jinri's insomnia, nervousness and fatigue , His nerves were a little deranged, and he yelled like crazy: "The Lord has come! The Lord has come down! The Lord has come to save us! Servants of the Lord, come quickly!" His cry attracted many foreign soldiers. And the believers, they heard the sound and rushed in.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang San jumped down from the altar three times and two times. "There are Boxers!" Several foreign soldiers spotted him and shot at him with their guns raised.Zhang San made a move of "stealing body and changing shadow", jumped into the entrance of the cave, and several Boxers from the cave came up to meet him.Zhang San said: "Detonate the landmine quickly." Unexpectedly, several foreign soldiers jumped down, Zhang San swung his knife and cut down the frontmost foreign soldier, and then retreated.The Boxers panicked a little, dropped the mines and ran away.Zhang San picked up a few landmines, ran a few steps, and put them on the floor. Several foreign soldiers chased after them. Zhang San raised his hand, and a few darts flew out. A foreign soldier in front fell down and blocked them. The foreign soldiers behind.Zhang San took advantage of the situation and ignited the fuse of the landmine, and then ran back.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and the landmine detonated. Due to the deviation from the church lobby, only the Mercy Hall above was leveled, and dozens of houses were shaken and collapsed.More than 200 believers sleeping in the Mercy Hall were all killed.At this time, the Boxers who had been waiting outside the church took the opportunity to launch another fierce offensive.The vicar Lin Maode in the church led the remaining foreign soldiers and Christians to resist stubbornly. Due to the strong fortifications, the Qing army's artillery did not cooperate, and the attack launched by the Boxer Regiment failed.

That afternoon, Zhang Decheng, the leader of the Boxer Regiment, invited Wang Wu and Zhang San into the house. Zhang Decheng said: "The shells for attacking the church are all gone, and the Shenji Battalion refuses to give them. I want to invite you two to find Prince Qing." Yikuang, ask him to send some shells over here: "Wang Wu asked: "Where is Prince Qing now?" Zhang Decheng said: "I heard it is at Sai Jinhua's place, and Sai Jinhua lives on the downhill side of the Dongcheng Temple." Wang Wudao : "I know this place." When Wang Wu and Zhang San walked down the slope of the Earth Temple, it was already night. They saw an official sedan chair from a distance, lit four palace lanterns, and was led by a half guard of honor, and hurried away.The Boxers and Qing soldiers sent out to the guard post on the street to question him, but when they saw the scarlet letter on the palace lantern: "Prince of Qingjun", they all knew it was Yikuang's master, so they didn't question him.The sedan chair slowed down when it came to a gorgeous residence.After a while, the sedan chair was carried in, and the door was slammed shut.A dark and quiet alley is still dark and quiet.

This is a beautiful small western-style building, covered by sycamore trees and crabapple flowers. The sedan chair rested in the front hall. Prince Qing Yikuang walked down. He saw the light shining through the green screen window, showing a relaxed expression smile. The two maids quickly drew up the plain blue Xiang curtain and let him in.Flowers and plants are hung in the veranda, and pearls are placed on large porcelain flower stands.A parrot on the shelf puffed out its mouth, raised its throat, and yelled in a mouthful of pure Jingbai: "Second Master Sai, Second Master Sai, a guest is here, and a guest is here!"

"You don't need to talk too much!" the delicate voice twittered, and an extremely well-dressed beauty came out with a smile. She was wearing a sapphire blue shirt with gold thread on the wide cuffs, and a pair of water jackets. Green trousers inlaid with mandarin duck patterns, her hair combed shiny, and a pair of small pink shoes with colorful butterfly veneers. "I'm a little late today, and I made you wait for a long time." "Nothing." He took a cup of Hangzhou Chrysanthemum Yuqian tea that Sai Jinhua handed him.Yikuang took a sip and lay down on the couch. The maid handed him a towel and let him wipe off his sweat, then stood behind the couch and fanned him, while another maid stood beside him to fill the hookah.Yikuang took a puff, and sprayed a puff of white smoke onto Sai Jinhua's face, and she took advantage of the situation to hide and sit beside Yikuang.

"Lafayette seems to have changed his mind." Sai Jinhua asked. "No, Lafayette is a bit regretful. He regrets that he shouldn't have let the Yihe regiment enter the capital. He originally wanted to use them to restrain the foreigners, but he didn't expect to lose a handful of rice instead of stealing the chicken. The army of foreigners is about to arrive." "What will happen when a large number of foreign soldiers enter the city?" Sai Jinhua stared at the small Yixing teapot with a bit of gloom, then grabbed a handful of sparrows and a few chrysanthemums, and put them in the pot.

A frivolous smile appeared on Yikuang's face: "Then you women don't have to reward the three armies." Sai Jinhua slapped Yikuang angrily: "You are not serious at all, so what can I do?" Said and stood up. Sai Jinhua slapped Yikuang angrily: "You're not serious, so what should I do?" Said and stood up. Yikuang glanced at Sai Jinhua's twitching buttocks with his triangular eyes: "You have traveled around Europe, met the Kaiser, and you can speak German. How can the foreign soldiers treat you badly? At worst, you will go back to your old job!"

At this moment, Yikuang's bodyguard came in and sent a message: "There are two boxers who want to see you, and they have something important to say." Yikuang waved his hand impatiently: "What's the important thing? The master doesn't have time tonight, let's talk about it tomorrow." "No, this matter is very important." Before the words finished, Wang Wu and Zhang San walked in. Yikuang looked them up and down, and asked, "Where are you from the Boxers?" Wang Wudao: "I am the Boxers who attacked the Dingshiku Church. The shells are gone. The chief Zhang Decheng asked us to ask you for the shells." Yikuang blinked: "Lafayette has ordered you not to attack the church. Tens of thousands of foreign soldiers from the Eight-Power Allied Forces have already marched outside Beijing!" "Oh! Fire! Fire..." Sai Jinhua suddenly yelled.There is a real fire out there, a very fierce fire!In this inner room, I saw a very strong and bright flame. The fire seemed to be only separated by a wall. It turned out that it was fired by the artillery shells of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. The capital of China has fallen!The Eight-Power Allied Forces of Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia, France, Britain, and the United States attacked Beijing at dawn on August 14, 1900 (Gengzi) (July 20 in the lunar calendar).In the early morning of the next day, Cixi took Emperor Guangxu and fled to Shaanxi in a panic, escorted by Qing palace guards Yin Fu, Li Ruidong and others.Foreign soldiers flooded into the city of Beijing, massacred the Boxers and ordinary people, and set fire to Zhuang Wang's Mansion. There were more than 1,700 Boxer martyrs who gathered in Zhuang Wang's Mansion alone. On August 17th, the coalition forces chartered public robbery and rape for 3 days!Temple of Heaven Zhai Palace, this sacred place for offering sacrifices to heaven, became the headquarters of the American and British troops. Thousands of Chinese women were imprisoned here, and they were ravaged by foreign soldiers on the Circular Mound Altar.The Imperial Guards of the Qing Palace had already fled in panic, and most of the Boxers died in battle. Only a few Boxers led by Zhang Decheng withdrew from Beijing.Before leaving, Zhang Decheng repeatedly advised Wang Wu to go out and hide for a while, and then pursue a great cause in the future.But Wang Wu shook his head and said: "A man would rather die standing upright than live in an ignoble manner. I can't watch my compatriots be massacred." He insisted on staying and leading the bodyguards to fight the enemy heroically to protect the Xibanbi Street where the Yuanshun Bodyguard Bureau is located. The area was saved from catastrophe.Cheng Yanhua and other martial arts masters also hid in the five belts of the flower market and started guerrilla warfare with the invading army.At this moment, Zhang San is also temporarily hiding at home, covering the transfer of Boxers as a public security patrol, and trying to protect innocent people.During the breakout battle of the Boxer Regiment, Zhang San's friend Yang Banhou charged into the enemy's formation with a big knife in his hand, hacking and killing dozens of foreign soldiers in a row. Later, he was outnumbered. He jumped up into the air, stepped lightly on the ass of a foreign officer's horse with his two feet, raised the knife in his hand, chopped off the foreign officer's horse, and drove the horse back to Tongzhou. Staring and pursuing, he was forced to retreat into the forest. After firing several rows of guns, the foreign soldiers and cavalry saw no movement, so the foreign soldiers got off their horses and searched the woods, but after a bag of cigarettes, the foreign soldiers did not come back.The foreign officer immediately ordered the forest to be set on fire.Relying on the strength of the wind, the flames soared into the sky, turning half of the sky red, reflecting the red glow of the western sky.Yang Banhou died for his country in the fire. Zhang San has been in a very depressed mood these past few days. He has never been so depressed in his life. Seeing his compatriots being massacred, he bleeds from the heart.Where he lives, the woman's screams can be heard every day.After the Eight-Power Allied Forces captured Beijing, they burned down the boxer altar in Yu Qian's ancestral hall, and took the Xizhuan Hutong where Yu Qian's ancestral hall was located as the place where they imprisoned and ravaged Chinese women.The west entrance of Ding Zhuanxuan Hutong was blocked with an iron gate, guarded by foreign soldiers to prevent women from escaping.The east entrance of Ding Zhuanxuan Hutong is the way in and out, and people supervise it. Officers and soldiers of the Eight-Power Allied Forces are allowed to enter and play, and rape and sleep at will. This morning, Zhang San led a few soldiers to patrol behind the German soldiers. Clean up a few of them!" This group of people walked along Dongdan Maxian Hutong to the downhill of Tudi Temple, and the traitor "Mustache" who led the way pointed to the small western-style building and said, "There are probably remnants of the Boxer Regiment hiding here." German second lieutenant Pulled out a pistol and broke into the yard.Zhang San also followed behind. The courtyard is full of towering old trees, covered with green shade, winding paths for planting flowers, and evenly colored and fragrant. A group of people broke into the courtyard and entered the building.At this time, Sai Jinhua came out in a pink cheongsam.When the second lieutenant of the German army saw it, his soul flew into the sky, and he went forward to hug Sai Jinhua.Sai Jinhua spoke proficient German: "Which unit are you from? What's your name?" The second lieutenant was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why do you speak our German?" Sai Jinhua smiled sweetly: "I I have also met your Kaiser and Prime Minister Bismarck!" The second lieutenant let go of his hands in a panic: "Really?" Sai Jinhua said in German again: "Your commander, General Waldsee, and I are old friends. Yes, we were very good friends when we were in Europe, and I still have the business card given to me by General Waddin." Said, Sai Jinhua took out a delicate business card from his arms.The second lieutenant took it over and saw that it really had Vadsi's name on it.The second lieutenant immediately saluted Sai Jinhua and said, "I'm sorry for disturbing Madam, I will definitely report to General Vadsi when I go back." At this time, the traitor with the mustache squeezed forward and whispered to the second lieutenant: "There is a flower girl in the courtyard next to it..." The second lieutenant saluted Sai Jinhua again, and led them back out. Next door to the Xiaoyanglou residence is a large courtyard. The Li family in the east room has a daughter who is in her teenage years and is still asleep.The second lieutenant of the German Army kicked open the door, and the girl woke up suddenly. Seeing the foreigner standing in front of the bed, she was trembling with fright.The second lieutenant of the German army saw the girl's delicate features, fluffy temples, and snow-like cheeks, he couldn't help being shaken, and with a lewd smile on his face, he stretched out his hand to look away from the corner of the bed, and with a single pull, the girl was naked.