Xie Bao was dressed in fish-scale iron armor, carrying an eight-sided bronze hammer, and hurried out of the Taifu's Mansion. When he raised his eyes, he saw several black smoke pillars rolling up from the southern sky, and he suddenly felt frightened.
In that place, a large amount of military rations and supplies were stored, all of which were accumulated with great difficulty by Xie Guang in recent years as he desperately searched the eastern capital states. The food and grass alone is enough to consume the Xuanjia Army for half a year. Other equipment, cloth and herbs are also available in large quantities. Therefore, if the granary in the south of the city in Luoyi is lost, it will be tantamount to directly cutting off an important source of supply for the Xuanjia Army.
Even if Xie Bao grows a hundred heads, it won't be enough for Xie Guang to chop off.
"Quick! All members of the personal barracks mount up and come with me to put out the fire first! Put out the fire!"
Xie Bao couldn't care about anything at this time. If gangs fight with each other, just fight! Whoever is going to be killed will die! Put everything aside! The granary in the south of the city must not let anything go wrong! While roaring loudly, he jumped on his mount, Dark Cloud Cone, and rushed southward desperately.
The five hundred soldiers also became fierce at this time, whipping their riding whips fiercely, and chasing the general closely behind.
However, what they didn't expect was that they were intercepted by the surging crowd just after running two or three miles away.
Blocking Xie Bao's path were the people of Luoyi who were crying for their fathers and shouting for their mothers and scurrying like wolves and rats all over the streets. At this moment, Dongdu was falling into chaos.
As the deputy capital of the Holy Tang Dynasty, many places in Luoyi were built in imitation of the regulations of the imperial capital, especially the special settings of the East Market and West Market, which looked and functioned exactly the same. Although the scale here is not as large as the East and West Market in the imperial capital, it is still bustling with streets and shops, and there is an endless stream of tourists coming and going. It is the most prosperous and lively place in the city.
Previously, fierce fighting broke out between the Luoyi Gang and the Jinhe Gang, mainly concentrated in the north of the city. The people of the Governor's Office promptly isolated several nearby streets, successfully blocking the further spread of the situation. Therefore, the east and west cities controlled by the Municipal Government did not suffer any great tension due to the sudden situation of gang fighting.
Many people didn't even know that there was a big trouble in the north of the city at this time, and they went shopping and having fun as usual.
But just a quarter of an hour ago, when Xie Bao had just heard a report from his subordinates that the granary in the south of the city was on fire, a series of explosions occurred almost simultaneously in the East Market and West Market, which were several miles apart.
Although the power of those explosions was not too great, they only injured and burned a dozen passers-by. However, firstly, the places where the explosions occurred were all in places where people gathered, such as teahouses and restaurants; secondly, the continuous loud noises and the billowing smoke filled the air, which looked very scary. Therefore, the sound of the explosion frightened the business travelers on the street into silence on the spot.
Immediately afterwards, a group of masked men appeared out of nowhere, armed with sticks, and rushed onto the street from different directions, beating anyone they saw without saying a word.
This time, it was like pouring a ladle of cold water into the boiling hot oil, causing the pot to explode immediately. The common people visiting the market and the merchants and merchants doing business had no time to think at all. They just ran away like crazy to avoid the unexpected disaster.
Those big men were also very strange. They seemed to be beating them randomly, but in fact they drove everyone towards the Taifu Mansion intentionally or unintentionally.
In the blink of an eye, the originally bustling and orderly streets were filled with chaotic scenes of people flipping over, cars overturned, and sedans crooked.
At this time, it happened to be the critical moment for Xie Bao to rush to the south of the city to put out the fire with his personal guards.
Facing the crowds of people fleeing all over the street, Xuan Jiajun was all dumbfounded. According to the current situation, it is simply impossible to divert the people and clear a smooth channel in a short period of time. And Xie Bao, who was anxious to put out the fire, was even less likely to abandon the shortcut and make a long circle to the south of the city.
Adding to the chaos, Xie Bao couldn't help but feel angry. He raised the sledgehammer in his hand and shouted wildly: "My sons, listen to my order and kill them!"
Having said that, he spurred his war horse and rushed forward. Anyone who stood in his way, whether it was a person or an animal, a carriage or an official sedan, would be knocked over and smashed to pieces!
When the soldiers saw the general operating like this, they immediately stopped thinking too much. They quickly formed their formation, drew their swords from their sheaths, and charged all the way forward, determined to open a passage forcefully.
As a result, the situation at the scene immediately changed from "chaotic" to "horrifying."
"It's murder! Run for your life!"
"Xuanjia Army is killing people!"
"Oh my God! Help! Help!"
"Si baby, Si baby, where are you?"
"Second brother, hide in the store, quickly! Hide in the store!"
"Master, my wife is still behind! She fell down!"
"Son, son, don't worry about the pick, your life is at stake!"
Exclamations filled the streets one after another, and the main road in Dongdu Luoyi seemed to have suddenly turned into a hell on earth.
With that ruthless spirit that did not care about human life, Xie Bao finally led his troops through several of the most congested areas and arrived at the granary located in the south of Luoyang City.
When he got there, he realized that the situation at the granary was not much better than the chaotic street just now.
At this time, the granary in the south of the city was surrounded by soldiers and civilians of all colors carrying buckets and shouting, pouring water around the smoky warehouse and cellar. The entire fire-fighting operation seemed to be unorganized and a complete mess.
Fortunately, of the fifty huge warehouses, only seven or eight were burning violently at this time. A rough calculation showed that the loss of materials was not as great as Xie Bao had imagined before.
He jumped off the horse, grabbed a small colonel next to him, and asked anxiously: "Where is Pang Jie, the military commander?"
The commander clearly saw that General Xie Bao was coming. He quickly gave a military salute, pointed to the front not far away and said: "Report to Commander Bao, Pang Pang is directing the fire fighting there."
"Idiot!" Xie Bao ran quickly behind an officer in the direction pointed by the primary school officer, raised his foot and kicked the man in the lower back. At the same time, he cursed angrily: "You trash! You killed me. La!"
Pang Jie, the military commander, was concentrating on directing his men, dispatching various people to put out fires and save food. Leng Buding was kicked from behind, and he immediately fell forward, falling hard and chewing mud.
He struggled to get up from the ground, and was about to turn around and fight the person who kicked him. Unexpectedly, when he looked closely, he saw that it was Xie Bao himself. He was immediately frightened and turned pale. He knelt down and begged for mercy.
Xie Bao was furious, grabbed Pang Jie's collar, and said angrily: "You bastard, are you so impatient?! You only want to be lazy on weekdays, and you have caused such a big mess for me! Believe it or not, I Hammer you to death!"
Pang Jie was worried that Xie Bao would really kill himself in anger, so he quickly defended himself: "Shuai Bao, you are wronged! Since I took over the granary in the south of the city, I have never dared to slack off. In addition to routine morning and evening inspections every day, , and even moved to the outpost to avoid any mistakes..."
"Shut up! I don't care where you fucking live?" Xie Bao yelled angrily: "You just said, why did it catch on fire? Why did it get to this point? If you don't know, I will smash you to death!"
Pang Jie, the military commander, was also full of grievances and said with a mournful face: "I still haven't figured it out yet. At dawn today, I took my brothers and I just did a careful inspection. Everything in the warehouses and warehouses is normal. I still don't understand." I really don’t know why a good thing suddenly caught fire, and the fire developed quickly and violently, making it very difficult to control..."
Pang Jie has been following Xie Bao for a long time. He can be regarded as his trustworthy quartermaster, otherwise he would not be responsible for the important task of the granary in the south of the city. After hearing what Pang Jie said, Xie Bao gradually calmed down and looked at the people running around him. The crowd gave Pang Jie another kick: "What's the use of a fool like you?!"
At this time, he couldn't care less about the unfortunate guy in front of him, and he didn't have the time to inquire in detail about the whole story.
Putting out the fire is the top priority.
Xie Bao took over the command of the scene and successively issued orders to divide the five hundred soldiers into multiple groups. While grabbing tools and rushing to extinguish the fire, he quickly set up isolation zones in the surrounding area to prevent the fire from spreading, and the surrounding areas were still intact. of grain depot.
After two or three hours of hard work, several warehouses with the worst fires were finally brought under control, preventing further losses.
Xie Bao, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, finally felt relieved and secretly said that thanks to God's blessing today, the guy eating from his neck could be saved for the time being. At the same time, he was still thinking about the situation at the camp, wondering if something went wrong later. In addition, the chaos in the north of the city and the east and west cities has not yet been resolved. Without his support, the governor of Luoyi does not know whether he can control the situation.
This random lawsuit on the forehead made Xie Bao upset. He raised his eyes and looked around, and happened to see Pang Jie, the military commander who was accompanying him. Xie Bao was angry from the bottom of his heart, and he was thinking about whether to kill him and execute this guy who almost caused big trouble on the spot, so as to relieve the suffocation in his chest. At this time, Pang Jie seemed to feel that something was wrong with the way the general looked at him, and his face turned pale with fright, and the corners of his mouth kept trembling.
At this critical moment, several messengers ran toward them in a panic, as if their buttocks were on fire.
"Inform the general, the governor's mansion was attacked by unidentified bandits, and the government officials suffered heavy casualties! The governor requests the Xuanjia Army to quickly reinforce!"
"Report! General, Taipingfang is besieged by a large number of bandits. The situation is critical! The residents of the square are in mourning. They kneel down and beg the general to rescue the siege."
"Let me report to Commander Bao, something bad has happened! The Guobin Posthouse in Changshengfang sent news that dozens of foreign envoys were suddenly kidnapped by gangsters, and their lives are in danger at any time! They are extremely worried and beg Commander Bao to send troops to rescue!"
