Yecheng.

The soldiers lined up in formation, carrying big Liu character flags, and strode towards the city.

The flag flutters in the wind.

The armors collided together, making a pleasant sound.

The gate of the city was open, and the defenders inside the city looked at the soldiers in the distance at a loss.

The knights mounted their horses, and the sound of horse hooves resounded on the road. The knights, four in a row, holding spears and not looking sideways, rushed into the city of Ye.

The crisp sound of horse hooves appeared on the street.

The people hid in their homes and looked out onto the street through the cracks in their doors.

They saw knights riding outside one after another. The armor and flags of the knights were different from those they had seen before. They did not make any noise or screams, and just moved forward in silence. The knights quickly went

Each city gate controls the twelve large city gates of Ye City.

The knights came all the way to the palace. The soldiers who were left behind in the palace were also a little frightened at the moment. They slowly retreated looking at the knights who were constantly pressing forward.

On one side of the north city gate, Gao Yuanhai watched the soldiers filing in, and looked at Gao Mai aside with a smile.

The young Gao Mai looked indifferent and just watched the troops under his command break into the capital of the dynasty one after another.

Next to Gao Yuanhai stood many ministers, all of whom were left to manage the affairs of the government when the emperor left.

"King Qinghe."

Gao Yuanhai stepped forward and asked with a smile: "I wonder when the general will come?"

"I can present a gift to the general in person."

"The general has no time to come here to waste time. He has important things to do in the north."

Gao Mai replied coldly.

Gao Yuanhai was a little confused. When entering the capital, wouldn't such a thing happen?

What could be more important than advancing into Yecheng?

Looking at Gao Yuanhai's face, Gao Mai said slowly: "The general always prioritizes his work. Why is it so trivial that the general needs to come in person?"

Gao Yuanhai felt the other party's arrogance and the humiliation directed at him.

But he didn't dare to refute.

A disintegrated Qi State was no match for Liu Taozi, who had strong soldiers and horses.

In Gao Yuanhai's view, Liu Taozi's usurpation of the throne was only a matter of time.

He smiled and nodded, "What you said makes sense."

Gao Mai watched the army march into Yecheng and the nobles standing aside with their heads bowed, but he couldn't feel the slightest excitement in his heart.

He never thought that advancing to Yecheng was a big achievement.

Daqi has long been rotten.

Except for the Jinyang soldiers in Bingzhou, the officials everywhere were alienated, the soldiers were incompetent, and there was no resistance at all.

Gao Mai came all the way and didn't even experience the feeling of fighting.

Gao Mai looked at the deputy general on the side. The deputy general nodded and stood beside Gao Yuanhai and others with a smile. "Gentlemen, I'm sure there are still thieves in Yecheng. You should go back to the house first and wait until we clear them out."

Thief, Yushi Hu should be here soon, and then we can meet him again to discuss important matters."

Gao Yuanhai dared not disagree.

Gao Mai then rode into Yecheng.

The sky in Yecheng is still gloomy. For some reason, the sky here has always been so gloomy in these years. Even if there is not much rain, there seems to be no sunshine.

Yecheng was very large, several times the size of an ordinary city. The roads were spacious, and a royal road was built for the emperor to travel alone. Most of the buildings on both sides were tall, and there was no shortage of luxurious buildings among the residences.

However, everything is broken.

The roads are in disrepair and are full of potholes, and the buildings are always covered with a layer of dust and dirty.

The supposedly gorgeous door was stained with unknown blood and gave off a stinky smell.

The courtyard door could not be closed, leaving a gap that seemed to open with a push.

Gao Mai rode a tall horse and looked at the situation along the road.

The drains on the street corners were clogged, accumulating a lot of filth, even dirtier than the border fortress.

Tang Yong, the minister of state affairs, proposed to overhaul several major cities in the frontier fortress, and built complete drainage and garbage disposal equipment in the eight important cities. The other counties followed suit. Although the environment was harsh, the cities were clean.

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Gao Mai arrived in front of the palace all the way.

Within the dilapidated and dirty capital, the imperial palace remains the same, luxurious and majestic, a city within the city, with tall walls separating the inside and outside, and a faint fragrance coming from inside.

Gao Mai stood at the entrance of the palace.

There was no one left in the palace, and the remaining soldiers did not dare to stop him at this moment.

"General, do you want to go in?"

An officer came forward and asked Gao Mai for his opinion.

Gao Mai looked at the palace in front of him and finally shook his head.

He turned his back to the palace and looked at the city under the clouds in front of him. He simply sat down. The steps were relatively clean and he was not afraid of getting his clothes dirty.

Gao Mai was young, had no pretensions to being a prince, and was familiar with these officers.

Several officers stood beside him, watching the distance together.

Gao Mai laughed and said, "I didn't even expect that one day I would be able to lead troops and surround this place."

"However, this is really not a place."

"Whoever comes will go crazy."

"No matter how brave you are, how kind you are, how smart you are, once you enter this wall, you will no longer be able to see the ruin outside and become a selfish monster."

"Anyway, I don't want to go in here anymore."

Several officers looked at each other, not quite understanding Gao Mai's words. Gao Mai smiled and pointed into the distance, "Let's take care of the things outside first. None of these officials and officials in the city are really useful.

Before General Kou and the others arrive, we will step up our guard and ask these people to stay in the official offices and not to go out again until our people arrive."

"only!!"

Gao Mai did not enter the palace, let alone Santai, but he temporarily requisitioned the Yecheng magistrate's office.

The officials in the original Yecheng government office were directly detained by him temporarily.

The city was filled with frontier soldiers. These soldiers patrolled everywhere. Gao Mai summoned the officers several times and asked them to observe military discipline and not to tarnish the reputation of the general in Yecheng.

Inside Yecheng, there was still deathly silence.

The sky is dark.

A farmer opened the door uneasily and peeked outside.

Several children hid behind the man and did not dare to show their faces.

The man looked at the street until he heard footsteps from far away, and then he quickly closed the door.

The sound of footsteps gradually passed away, and the man came to the courtyard again.

Suddenly, a head appeared from the partition wall on the side.

"Lao Xie, what happened in the city?"

The neighbor man also looked confused, "Who is here?"

"I don't know."

"It's been three days, and no officials have come to the door for three days. Yesterday I opened the door to check and met some soldiers. They ignored me and went straight over."

"Then do you want to go out and take a look?"

"Wait for another day. If nothing happens yet, then go out and have a look."

"become!"

The people of Yecheng have always been troubled and troubled, but since the martial law began that day, it has been several days. No officials have come to collect taxes, no soldiers have sneaked in to plunder, and there are not even those who torment people.

Various commands.

This is really a bit abnormal.

After waiting until the next day, the official's voice finally came from outside.

An official was beating a gong and reading the order loudly, "The general has an order. Regardless of officials or soldiers, no one is allowed to invade the people! Anyone who violates it will be executed!"

There is only this one command, no unnecessary gossip.

The man stuck his head out and saw that those officials were not ordinary county officials. They were military officials, and each of them was very strange.
To be continued...