Chapter 557: Riot
"Preparing for ......"
A loud roar sounded like thunder on the ground, and the chaotic scene suddenly fell into a momentary silence.
Immediately afterward, even greater riots erupted.
Some people don't know what's going on. Okay, what are you going to fight?
Some people are shocked, some hesitate, and some are not sure of their minds.
The only ones who didn't have any surprise, who didn't have any panic, were the Praetorian guards.
The group of soldiers who stayed in place quickly picked up the weapons and equipment placed by the other team of comrades-in-arms beside them, and then took out their own equipment, and quickly surrounded Ma Wu and Li Chengguang as the center.
Fifty people, which is not a lot compared to the entire construction site.
You can use fifty elites to protect one person, this defense density, I dare not guarantee it, and there is no problem for a while.
And those soldiers who were still in the crowd quickly pulled away and hurried back towards the position where the team was.
'Bang ......'
With a muffled sound, a signal flare with a bright light and thick black smoke rose into the air, not fast, but extremely dazzling.
"Kill!" I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and then someone began to launch a frantic assault on the Praetorian guards who were rapidly evacuating.
However, their reaction is still a little slower, this is what the soldiers of the forbidden army do on weekdays, if these rabble are caught by loopholes, then it will be worth it?
Of course, the opponent's response was also quick enough, although there was a trace of confusion before, which delayed the best time to attack, and the uneven quality of personnel led to the failure to launch an attack at the same time.
This gave the Praetorian guards who had mixed in with the crowd more time to evacuate, so that when the order to attack was issued, after such a brief moment of stunned, the direct consequence was that most of the Praetorian guards had already evacuated the crowd.
Only a few people were bitten by the tail, but this was not a difficult task for the Praetorian guards.
Some of the soldiers who were bitten on their tails turned around with agility, and reaching out or stretching their legs was a sudden attack.
In this instant, someone took a dagger from his body and stabbed directly at the vital parts of the enemies who attacked him.
And the defenseless and unconscious enemy, in an instant, dozens of people fell to the ground, some wailing in pain, others covering their wounds, moaning in pain.
The ruthless action of the forbidden guard's hand made the enemy who had not yet had time to follow up slightly stunned.
Taking advantage of this short gap of only a few seconds, the forbidden army guards have all evacuated the crowd scene, and the fastest has returned to the camp and received their weapons and equipment from their comrades, and the original escort formation of only fifty people is rapidly growing.
In terms of combat effectiveness alone, if both sides were bare-handed, these fifty Praetorian guards would have enough ability to take down these enemies on the scene.
But the Forbidden Army's mission is not just to fight, combat is only a side mission, and their first task is to protect the safety of the target person.
Therefore, after the first blow, the forbidden army did not take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, or leave a deeper shock on the other side, but quickly withdrew.
In the blink of an eye, the hundred forbidden army guards formed two formations, inside and outside, the formation was very dense, the scale was not large, Li Chengguang was protected in the middle, and in front of him was Ma Wu.
There is nothing special about this formation, it is simply a human shield, in this case, unless it is directly blown up with grenades or artillery, even if it is with bows and arrows, Li Chengguang will not have any problems before these people die.
Ma Wu's hunch came true, there were really people in this construction site who wanted to be unfavorable to His Highness.
"Withdraw!" The team returned to the cage, the formation was complete, and Ma Wu immediately gave the order to retreat without the slightest hesitation.
With an order issued, a dense formation of 100 people retreated quickly without panic, even on the way to retreat, the entire formation did not give the other party any loopholes to find.
"Rush! That's all there is to them! In the crowd, at the scene of the accident, the workers who were injured by the accident had long been under the control of the people, and they were thrown on the ground, and no one even wanted to take a second look, a middle-aged man frowned, and the reaction of the forbidden army was obviously beyond his expectations.
And looking at the people who ate melons for unknown reasons, the middle-aged man suddenly had a plan in his heart, and after a short pause, he had an idea, and continued to shout loudly: "What are you doing in a daze? Come on! Kill them all, only by killing them all, can we survive......"
Listening to the shouts of this strange man, the people who eat melons are even more confused, what happened? Wasn't it good before? How did it come to this?
The reaction at the scene was exactly what the middle-aged man meant, so he patted his head in annoyance and continued: "That kid is a candidate for the crown prince, there was an accident on the construction site, and they were afraid that the news would be bad for him, so they wanted to kill us just now, so that the news would not spread, and it would not have any impact on him." We must not let them leave like this, otherwise, in less than an hour, a large number of troops will arrive, and none of us will be able to escape......"
"Huh? It can't be, right? ”
"yes, how could that be?"
"No...... Don't listen to his nonsense, the forbidden army was helping to save people before, and he never said it......" The Ministry of Industry officials reacted, realizing that this man was inciting the crowd to attack the forbidden army, and realized the seriousness of the problem, although he also wanted to run, but if he ran at this time, his life would be over, so he could only stand up hard, hoping to appease these people who did not know the truth.
As for the middle-aged man, do you need to think about it?
There must be a problem, he was the first to shout for killing, and now it is he who is inciting the crowd, the question is, whether the forbidden army has the intention of killing people and destroying their mouths, they know very well, and they themselves know very well, the forbidden army has never said such a thing at all, nor has it acted like that.
It is unlikely that the Ministry official will try to stop the unrest, and the only thing he can do is to reassure the masses as much as possible before they reach more and more people.
"Dog officer!" The middle-aged man spat and pointed at the official of the Ministry of Industry and scolded: "I didn't expect you to look good on weekdays, and at a critical moment, you actually instigated the forbidden army to kill people and kill people, and it was this dog officer who first mentioned it, otherwise how could the martial artists of the forbidden army think of killing people and killing people?" ”
"Yes, he brought it up first, Dog Officer......"
"Dog Officer ......"
"Nothing good......"
More and more scolding will point the finger to the Ministry of Industry officials.
As the sound of cursing became more and more, the hearts of those melon-eating people who did not know the truth began to shake in their hearts.
Human beings are social animals, and where there are people, they will be lively, and the thoughts and actions of the people around them will also have some influence on other people.
Some are faint, others are straightforward.
Just like now, more and more people have confirmed that the middle-aged man's words are true, and those who understand the truth want to explain, but at this time, wouldn't explaining themselves put themselves in danger? Besides, there are really not many people who understand the truth at this time.
"Hu ...... Nonsense...... When did the old man say this? "The officials of the Ministry of Industry are a little out of breath, their hearts can be punished, this person is their hearts can be punished.
His eyes skimmed slightly, and he looked at the retreating forbidden army, the speed was very fast, and at this moment there was already a distance of hundreds of meters from here, and a large number of people were still chasing behind him.
In the distance, groups of cavalry seemed to be rapidly approaching, faintly, you could feel the earth trembling, and in the distance, you could faintly see the dust that was rising.
The middle-aged man took advantage of the opportunity of the Ministry of Industry official's distraction to quickly grab a crowbar used to build a railroad and viciously smashed it on the head of the Ministry of Industry official.
In an instant, blood flowed everywhere, and the whole person of the Ministry of Industry collapsed to the ground in an instant, and the whole person became a soft ball.
At this point, the other party still refused to give up, and continued to smash the crowbar on the head a few times, until the whole head was shattered.
"Reinforcements are coming, run quickly, if you don't run, you won't be able to leave......" confirmed that the official of the Ministry of Industry had died, the middle-aged man didn't take another look, continued to hold the blood-stained crowbar, stuck his head on the ground, held one hand tightly, and said the opposite of before, at this moment, the middle-aged man seemed to be incarnated as a hero of heaven and earth, and his voice was very tragic and magnificent: "I'm here, waiting for them to come, buy you as much time as possible, if anyone can escape, In the future, when you celebrate the New Year's holidays, don't forget to burn me paper money. ”
Siege of the Forbidden Army?
They would never dare, even if they were right, besieging the forbidden army, they would be wrong in the end.
But run away?
Hehe, what else to say? Spread your feet and run.
The crowd that had just gathered dispersed again, and the whole scene was a mess, and there were people fleeing in all directions, no one cared about anyone, and no one even knew where they could flee to?
In short, it's just to get out of here as soon as possible, and then save your life first.
The scene was chaotic again, the middle-aged man smiled slightly, and the hand that was originally holding the crowbar was directly released, and the clothes on his body were torn off, revealing another set of clothes that were very dirty and had a lot of holes, just like the clothes of ordinary people.
"Withdraw!" whispered orders to the entourage around him, and then, the twenty or so people quickly split up and blended into the crowd that was fleeing for their lives.
No one noticed that the people who let them attack, let them escape, and buy time for them were actually in the ranks, and the speed of escape was not slower than theirs, the route was clearer than theirs, and the chances of escaping were greater.