Chapter 63: Assassination
Seeing more and more people rushing over, Bai Mu glanced at the crowd vigilantly, and whispered to Jiang Chuan: "Lord, there are more and more people, I'm afraid there will be trouble." The last general should lead someone to disperse the crowd, right? ”
Jiang Chuan felt a faint hostility from Liu Lin, the Duke of Wei, before, although he didn't know the cause of Liu Lin's hostility towards him, but he understood that he was now a thorn in the side of many people, a thorn in the flesh, and an object that must be eliminated quickly.
For example, the Manchu remnants, Li Zicheng, and even the emperor or Wei Zhongxian are all possible.
There is no eternal alliance in this world, and all faction relations change according to the development of the situation. Former allies are likely to turn into enemies in the next second. Enemies who fought to the death in the past can quickly become allies who fight side by side.
Nothing is eternal, the only constant is change itself. And as a wise person, it is necessary to adjust your mentality and meet new changes at any time.
Although he didn't think that the emperor or Wei Zhongxian, or even Xia Junze, would think about dealing with him now, after all, although Li Zicheng had lost a few games and injured his vitality, he still had a lot of strength. And there is also a Zhang Xianzhong who is far away in Shuzhou, and he also needs to clean it up by himself.
This is an external factor, and of course Jiang Chuan doesn't think that the emperor and these people have the courage to plot against themselves now.
But he still tried his best to make himself mentally prepared as much as possible, after all, the road to the top is just that, and it is very narrow. If you take this road, others will have no way out, and people will definitely not be reconciled.
So he planned to continue according to Xia Junze's original route, just to see what would be waiting for him along the way.
More and more crowds made him frown, after all, there are so many people, once there is chaos, there will inevitably be innocent people killed and injured.
Jiang Chuan is not a good man and a woman, but he also does not want to watch innocent people die because of him.
Bai Mu's words made him groan for a while and then ordered: "Just disperse, there is no need not to do it." ”
"The last general understands!" Bai Mu took the order and left.
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin has entered the city, and the idle people have retreated! His Royal Highness the King of Qin entered the city, and the idle people retreated ......"
Under the command of Bai Mu, the three thousand soldiers of the guard battalion shouted in unison, and the sound was rolling, which actually overshadowed the noise of all the people, and many people unconsciously closed their mouths and looked at these silver-armored iron guards with admiration.
Under the shouts and dispersal of the three thousand guards, the crowd gradually moved to the sides, slowly leaving a road for the carriage to pass.
As the crowd retreated, the uninvited guests who were mixed in the crowd suddenly became troubled.
A "whoosh" of fireworks burst into the sky and exploded in the air.
The fireworks were the signal to move, and almost at the same time as they exploded, dozens of crossbow arrows were instantly shot from the crowd on both sides, and even from the rooftops on both sides of the street, whistling towards the two carriages walking in front of the procession.
These crossbow arrows were very strong and fast, and they were suddenly attacked, and the targets of the two carriages were so large that all the crossbow arrows hit the carriages.
The two carriages turned into hedgehogs riddled with arrows in an instant.
The sudden change occurred, the crowd was frightened, and quickly rioted, some people ran forward, some people picked up behind, men screamed, women screamed, and the cries of many children were mixed together, and the whole scene was chaotic in an instant.
The Assassins who attacked with cold arrows were well-trained, and when they saw that the attack was successful, they all had to retreat.
In the face of the sudden attack, Jiang Chuan did not panic, nor did he care whether the people in the two carriages were dead or alive, but quickly dismounted, drew his sword in his hand, and calmly observed the surrounding situation.
In the face of this sudden assassination, these powerful guards of the guard battalion did not panic at all, and there was no need to command, and soon a team of guards quickly surrounded Jiangchuan, all facing the periphery, and quickly and neatly set up a watertight defensive array with swords and shields, and even had swords and shields above their heads to ensure that no arrows could fly in.
The same was true around the two carriages that had been shot into hedgehogs, which were quickly surrounded by the guards to ensure that the Assassins could not launch a second attack.
The first mission of the guard battalion was to ensure the absolute safety of Egawa, and as for the pursuit of the assassins, it was second.
Someone dared to assassinate King Qin under the heavy protection of the guard camp, Bai Mu was furious.
With great speed, he snatched his bow and arrow from the saddle, bent it, and fired it at an assassin who had just jumped down from the roof of the opposite house.
Although Bai Mu's archery technique is not as magical as Jiang Chuan, it is also quite powerful.
His arrow rushed like a meteor towards the Assassin, and just as the Assassin was leaping into the air, the arrow pierced his thigh, and the man fell from the sky and rolled off the roof.
At the same time that Bai Mu fired arrows to fight back, many guards were also shooting back.
The guards of the guard battalion are all all-round warriors, and they are all very proficient in horseback riding, archery, and battlefield fighting.
Dozens of arrows flew out in an instant, whistling towards dozens of uninvited guests.
Although the assassins deliberately hid in the crowd, it was not too difficult for the sharp-eyed guards who had already locked on to them, and screams were heard from the crowd one after another.
However, these assassins were obviously on the principle of one hit and go, and they seemed to be quite elite, so even if more than a dozen people were lost under the rapid counterattack of the pro-guard battalion, the rest of them quickly disappeared from the scene without any delay.
Bai Mu threw down his bow and arrows and shouted angrily: "Chase!" Leave a few alive! ”
The two centurions, under the command of the two centurions, quickly pursued the streets on both sides.
Since someone went to check the corpses of the assassins who had just been hit by the arrows, Bai Mu hurried towards Jiang Chuan.
For him, the life and death of other people can be completely ignored, as long as Jiang Chuan is safe and sound, it is the best.
While the Guards Battalion was fighting back and chasing the assassins, Egawa was beginning to think about what was going on behind the scenes.
The Assassins only fired arrows at the two wagons, but not at themselves, apparently having been informed in advance that they would be sitting in the second carriage, apparently a premeditated assassination.
However, the group of Assassins did not know that they did not like to ride in a carriage, and continued to ride horses, apparently due to their impromptu change of heart, which frustrated the Assassins' assassination plans.
However, it seems that the Assassins were apparently unaware that their assassination had been missed. From this point of view, although the person who planned the assassination behind the scenes is also well-informed, it is still a little worse.
So who is behind these assassins?