The empire has also accumulated sufficient experience in dealing with various security incidents, so Xu Shiyang himself does not think that an explosion can cause too much chaos.

It's just that he always feels that something is wrong in his heart - why did an explosion of this magnitude happen in Dali City?

This kind of thing is already very abnormal in itself.

After sending guards to the scene to investigate, Xu Shiyang decided to end the inspection of the farm and go to Dali City first to see if the accident just now caused any unnecessary chaos - since he is here, it is natural for such a big accident to be dealt with on the spot.

However, his idea was stopped by Li Kui.

"Dashuai, you'd better not go in that direction now." Li Kui said with a serious face: "Whether it was an accident or not, you are very dangerous in the past now, and no one knows if there will be a second explosion." What's more, dealing with accidents is the job of the local government. ”

There is some truth in this statement, and it is not a good thing to overstep the command, which is a distrust of the work ability of subordinates, and it is also easy for grassroots workers to have a certain dependence mentality and lack subjective initiative.

Besides, Xu Shiyang is not an expert in safety production, and there is a possibility of blind command at the scene, which may bring unnecessary psychological pressure to the on-site staff.

Of course, Li Kui, a big black man, would definitely not have such an idea, in his eyes, Xu Shiyang is omnipotent, and not letting him go to the scene is purely for safety reasons. Being able to come up with a similar reason for not overstepping the command has already proved that he has not learned anything from Xu Shiyang's side for so many years.

"Li Kui, you've made a lot of progress."

Xu Shiyang praised:

"Okay, I'm not going to the scene, but it's not suitable to stay here, let's go to the political envoy department and wait for the results of the accident investigation."

Rumble!!!

The earth trembled again, and Xu Shiyang looked in astonishment in the opposite direction to the explosion just now.

Another thick cloud of black smoke rose, this time in the direction of the garrison camp.

"This is definitely not an ordinary safety accident!"

Xu Shiyang shouted angrily:

"Go see what's going on! Notify the garrison to dispatch, and notify the political envoy to block the gate of Dali! ”

There was a second violent explosion in the completely opposite direction, if this was still regarded as an ordinary accident, then how stupid would Xu Shiyang be.

"Also, organize a defense on the spot!"

There is no need to be humble, now the most worthy target near Dali is only himself.

If the explosions in the two directions of Dali City and the military camp are just some kind of containment, then the first target of those guys hiding in the shadows must be themselves.

"Form a phalanx with a carriage!" Li Kui shouted loudly: "Don't worry, the garrison will arrive in a blink of an eye!" ”

Xu Shiyang never concealed his whereabouts, which gave the assassins a good chance, but also made the garrison clearly know where to rescue in the first place when they encountered problems.

The Guards showed their tactical adaptability, and everyone worked together to quickly form a square with the carriage as a basis, enclosing everyone and the horses in the chariot formation.

Xu Shiyang likes to travel in horse-drawn carriages, and all the carriages in his fleet are the latest Mercedes-Benz III, the carriages are made of 30 mm thick yellow rosewood, and Xu Shiyang's own car is also lined with 5 mm steel plates, which can effectively defend against the blows of imperial rifles and magic guns.

Of course, you can't defend against standard field artillery, even the smallest and oldest 3-pound gun, but if you let people put the field artillery in front of Xu Shiyang, then there is no point in defending - this can only show that there is something wrong with your own army.

The guards formed in the fields of the farmstead, and more than a hundred rifles protruded from the gaps in the vehicles, pointing outward.

In addition to the guards, the civil servants of the Chinese Empire also had guns - in a newly conquered region like Dali, everyone in the Han people had to have a gun, which was already some kind of common sense.

There are also four heavy weapon carts at the four corners of the carriage phalanx, the shape and appearance are not much different from ordinary carriages, and they are also dragged by four healthy horses, but the carriages are relatively thin to reduce weight.

This kind of carriage was called "a gun card" by Xu Shiyang.

……

"Hurry, hurry! The thief is ahead! ”

The spiritual leader of the Dali Rebellion, the young man known as "Little Wangye", wielded a sword and pointed in the direction of the farm.

"Kill him! Kill him!! Kill him!!! Whoever takes down Xu Shiyang's head, this king will crown him as the general of Zhenguo! ”

"We've got the news that the thief is now on the farm he occupied! He now has up to sixty guards around him! The little prince of Dali shouted at everyone in a hoarse voice: "We are side by side, we will definitely be able to kill him!" ”

But no one paid any attention to him.

The assassination of Xu Shiyang today is said to be initiated by the remnants of Dali, but it is actually a deliberate joint operation.

Participants included former Dali royal families, nobles, monks from temples, heroes from the Central Plains, beggars, monks from Shaosen Temple, lamas from Tibet, and fugitive slaves from all over the empire.

The total number of participants exceeded 800 people, but for some reason, some people did not arrive on time, and there were only 622 people who really came to lurk near Dali.

The leaders of the various families discussed, and the Dali bereaved family, which had the largest number of people, prepared a large amount of gunpowder and horse-drawn carriages in advance to cause two explosions in Dali City and the garrison barracks.

This can not only cause a lot of damage, but also attract the attention of the Chinese army, so that the defense around Xu Shiyang is minimized.

At the same time, there were more than 100 masters in each of the two places, ready to desperately snipe Xu Shiyang's reinforcements.

Then, the main force of the assassins, about 300 martial arts masters from all over the country, supported by two carriages full of gunpowder, attacked Xu Shiyang himself.

The self-detonating carriages participating in the war have been modified, each can carry 200 catties of gunpowder, and then add thicker wooden planks, and even cover them with cowhide, which is estimated to be able to resist the attack of lead bullets.

As long as the formation is dispersed and the martial arts masters enter close combat, they are confident that they can defeat the same number of Chinese troops, not to mention that there are far fewer guards around Xu Shiyang than the attackers now.

The idea was good, but the execution went wrong at the beginning.

The first carriage that was planned to explode in Dali did not enter the city at all, because the attackers could not pass through the checkpoint at the city gate, and the temporary bribery of the prosecutors with money only aroused greater suspicion on the other side, and the attackers could only strike first, and a fierce battle broke out with the Chinese army inspectors at the city gate.

Seeing that the self-exploding carriage had become a luxury to enter the city, it had no choice but to crash into the city gate checkpoint and blow itself up.

200 pounds of gunpowder blew up the city gates, killing about 20 Chinese soldiers, more than 30 attackers, and more than 200 innocent people waiting to enter the city by surprise.

However, it did not cause large-scale chaos in Dali City, as the attackers had hoped.