In the afternoon, before the pass.

The autumn afternoon sun is soft and covers the whole world, and the golden mountains are filled with bleakness.

A devastating battle ended. Huang Yuanwu brought all the soldiers to the front of the seventh pass, and arranged in an orderly manner. A piece of black armor was shining under the soft sunlight, like a dark cloud.

This sudden change caused a slight change in Huang Yuanwu's heart; it was a bit different from what he originally thought.

There was still no one above the seventh pass. No matter from any angle, there was no way to see the ambush in it. It seemed like an empty city.

And it was this empty city that took the life of a team of 100 people in the East Prince's Mansion silently.

The large army has been assembled, and the 50,000 soldiers from the central army have entered other passes. The camps established by the rear army outside the mountains ensure the smooth flow of retreat. No matter from any aspect, Huang Yuanwu could not think of what the other party was doing so.

An army of thousands of vulnerable people could not have any effective threats in front of the Eastern Palace, as if they had only the use of delaying the speed of the march.

Huang Yuanwu was in charge of the army, frowned slightly. He looked at the pass that looked like an empty city not far away, and was thinking in his heart.

General Ding Jiang stood beside Huang Yuanwu, and at the same time he also looked at the pass not far away, and was also very puzzled.

"Little Prince, aren't we going to attack the city?" Ding Jiang leaned close to Huang Yuanwu and asked softly.

Huang Yuanwu didn't say anything, but just shook his head gently. Whether the pass in front of him was an empty city or whether it was to be captured was no longer important. When he was considering the direction of the march later, things were no longer within his control. It seemed that some other forces had mixed in, and the information he obtained also had a huge deviation, which led to a very likely deviation in his judgment of the imperial capital. Now, if he takes a wrong step, he will lose everything.

If you forcefully attack the city...

Huang Yuanwu frowned and looked at the flag of the praying sky empire flying on the city wall, and hesitated in his heart.

If he forcibly attack the city now, this pass is nominally under Qi Tian's control. Once the city is attacked, it will inevitably lead to a result, that is rebellion. If the imperial capital is already under the control of Huang Zhengchu, the next step is that the Eastern Palace will face the blockade of the entire Qi Tian's troops.

If you don't attack the city, retreat now...

This is just a temporary solution. After the Emperor Zhengchu has firmly settled his seat, the Eastern Prince's Mansion will inevitably have a life-and-death battle.

What made Huang Yuanwu the most headache was that he was stuck in this place. No one was stationed in the first six levels, and he passed through unimpededly without any battles, but the last time was different.

Those soldiers who came from unknown places could be bandits, and those who said they were bandits, and those who said they were defenders in the city could be defenders. Whether they were treasons depends entirely on the mouths of others.

"Damn it." Huang Yuanwu cursed in his heart, but his face remained silent. He turned his head and whispered to Ding Jiang beside him: "Send a team of 100 people to call the door. According to the previous method, if no one responds, push the door directly."

"Sir," Ding Jiang responded, then took the order and left.

In the end, Huang Yuanwu decided to move forward. Instead of putting his hopes on others, it is better to take them into his own hands. Even if the road ahead is slim, he must find out. After all, the matter of the Emperor's Capital of Qitian is related to the life and death of the Eastern Prince's Mansion and the great revenge of the Eastern Prince.

A team of 100 people quickly escaped from the large army and rushed straight to the pass not far away.

Everything was no different from before. The centurion called the door, but no one answered, and everyone pushed it, but couldn't open it. However, unlike before, the 100-man team was not ambushed when they evacuated this time, and the gate of the pass seemed to be locked from the inside.

Seeing this, Huang Yuanwu sneered and immediately ordered to send a military master to climb the city directly. If he saw a living person, he would be captured alive. If there was no one in the city, he would open the door immediately.

There were many people with advanced cultivation in the Eastern Prince's Army. Immediately, more than a dozen masters flashed out and climbed the pass at a very fast speed. This towering city wall seemed unattainable to ordinary soldiers, but in the eyes of masters of cultivation, it was just a slightly higher wall.

Huang Yuanwu originally thought that fierce battles would occur in the city, but to his surprise, in less than a quarter of an hour, the pass gate was opened from the inside, and more than a dozen masters who had just entered came out of the city without any damage.

Seeing this, Huang Yuanwu waved his hand, and immediately a large group of soldiers lined up in an orderly square formation and entered the pass from the front, leaving the army where they remained unmoved.

Half an hour later, the messenger sent a message back: "There is no one in the city, and there is not much material left. The situation inside the pass is no different from the previous passes."

After receiving this news, Huang Yuanwu frowned even more, and he became increasingly unable to figure out what the other party meant.

Who ordered all the imperial guards from the pass to evacuate, and who arranged ambushes in the mountains on both sides but were vulnerable, and what was their purpose in doing this?

This matter became Huang Yuanwu’s most concerned thing now, but he still ordered several large groups of people to enter the pass, but did not order all the personnel to enter. It was not until an hour later that the pass was checked inside and outside, and after confirming that there was no danger, Huang Yuanwu ordered the army to enter the pass.

Huang Yuanwu also rode his horse and entered the last pass with all the soldiers.

Standing on the head of the city gate and looking into the distance, there was a flat horse in front of us, with dense jungle and weeds, no more towering peaks, and there were no more passes on the road ahead. From now on, the cavalry of the Eastern Palace could move forward with one horse in flat horse and head straight to the imperial capital.

But Huang Yuanwu always felt something was wrong, and he kept wondering through several passes.

Looking at the endless plain in the distance, Huang Yuanwu stood on the top of the city, dazed intently. He felt that he had been used by someone, but he couldn't tell why. This feeling was very bad, which made him begin to doubt his judgment.

There were definitely some things that he didn't know about in the imperial capital, and these things directly led to the East Prince's Mansion passing through the seven passes unimpededly and entering the hinterland of Qitian. Huang Yuanwu asked himself that if he was Huang Zhengchu or Yang Qin, he would never give this order to retreat. Without several passes to protect the imperial capital, the East Prince's Mansion's army would face directly, which was of no benefit to the two of them.

After thinking for a moment, Huang Yuanwu said to the messenger beside him: "Transfer, the front army gathered at the fifth and sixth passes, and the rear army entered the first pass, waiting for the order."

"Ode to the Lord!"

After issuing the order to deploy troops, Huang Yuanwu felt a little relaxed, with a large army in his hand, and now all seven passes are in his hands. Now he can advance, attack, retreat and defend. No matter what the other party has plans, he has a way to crack it.

Immediately, Huang Yuanwu walked down the city, checked the layout of various locations, and ordered the troops without patrol to rest. He himself returned to the mansion. He did not close his eyes for two days and a day. Until now, Huang Yuanwu's energy is not left.

...

The Empire of Prayer, the Imperial Capital, the Inner City.

There are only three people in the magnificent palace.

One person was sitting on the dragon chaise, with a pale face and dodging eyes. The other person stood beside the dragon chaise, smiling.

There was a man standing in the hall, with a handsome face, looking only in his thirties, wearing a python robe and a wicked smile on his face.

"You are still entering the city, my Lord Bei." The man standing next to the dragon throne grinned and looked at the person standing under the hall. He opened his mouth and the person sitting on the dragon throne trembled obviously, as if he heard some scary sound.

The Northern King Emperor Zhengchu didn't look at Yang Qin at all, but looked at the man sitting on the dragon throne, with contempt and said, "As a person like you, you dare to sit on the dragon throne to pray for the sky? Why don't you come down for me?"

The person sitting on the dragon throne was obviously stunned by Huang Zhengchu's words. He looked at Yang Qin beside him with embarrassment, as if asking what he meant.

"The King of Northern is too anxious, this is not what we did." Yang Qin smiled slightly and said to Emperor Zhengchu: "Since the King of Northern is allowed to enter the city, then this location will belong to you sooner or later, why bother to hurry up?"

The King of Northern sneered, looked at Yang Qin, and said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have such troubles when I pushed this waste to the stage at the critical moment. Tell me, what do you want?"

"You will agree to whatever I say now, but after the matter is done, I, Mr. Yang, will be killed." Yang Qin grinned and said, "It is not a good thing to hold it in your hand."

"Oh?" Huang Zhengchu looked at Yang Qin with interest and said, "You have a lot of fun, but you should tell me, what are you doing with such great effort to do this?"

"Of course it is revenge." Yang Qin said: "Qi Tian destroyed my homeland, almost slaughtered my whole family, and left some blood to Qi Tian as a lackey for him, and continued to be the king of Qin. We have endured such a life for decades. Revenge is my only purpose."

"Then are you ready to die?" Emperor Zhengchu of course heard what Yang Qin meant. He laughed instead of anger. He looked at Yang Qin above and said softly: "You used a trick to kill Qi Tian's emperor and kill the Eastern King before the inner city, causing Qi Tian to rise up. What do you want? Are you planning to be the emperor yourself?"

"The King of Northern is joking. How dare I spy on Qi Tian's throne with my last identity?" Yang Qin smiled and continued: "What I want is this capital."

When Emperor Zhengchu heard this, his eyebrows froze and stared at Yang Qin. He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Yang Qin. He only heard him say, "Don't be busy refusing first. The only way for you to have the throne now is to abdicate, otherwise your reputation will not be right or wrong. After ascending to the throne, the capital city can choose another location. In order to save my life, I just want the capital city."

"Qi Tian has been the founding of the Kingdom of China for three hundred years. This is the place of origin. Do you want it if you want it?" Huang Zhengchu felt a little angry at this moment. If the emperor's life was not in Yang Qin's hands, he would not be in the mood to talk to Yang Qin. With the current power of the Northern Palace, it would be easy to destroy Yang Qin. He dared to enter the imperial capital alone because of this: "Do you believe it or not, I will kill you now?"

"I naturally believe it." Yang Qin nodded slightly and said, "Will you believe it? After I die, the Eastern Palace will inevitably attack the imperial capital and erase the Northern Palace from this world?"

"Ha..." Huang Zhengchu laughed silently when he heard this, and said, "Huang Yuanwu of the Eastern Prince's Mansion has a grudge against you to kill your father. I avenge him. He thanked me for not having time, and he would still fight with me?"

"Then you are wrong, King Bei." Yang Qin said with a hint of splendor in his eyes: "Things are not as simple as you imagined."
Chapter completed!