In the afternoon, before the pass.

The autumn afternoon sun softly spreads the whole world, and between the golden mountains, the eyes are full of gloom.

A devastating battle was over, and Huang Yuanwu led all his soldiers to the seventh pass, lined up in a neat line, and a piece of black armor was like a dark cloud under the soft sunlight.

This sudden change made Huang Yuanwu's heart change a little, which was a little different from what he originally envisioned.

Above the seventh pass, there is still no one in it, no matter from any angle, you can't see that there are ambushes in it, it seems to be an empty city.

And it was this empty city that took the life of a hundred-person squad of the East Wangfu, silently.

The large army has been assembled, and the 50,000 sergeants of the Chinese army have been stationed in other passes, and the rear army has set up camps outside the mountains to ensure the smooth retreat. No matter what he thought about it, Huang Yuanwu couldn't figure out what the other party's intention was in doing this.

An army of thousands of vulnerable people could not pose any effective threat in front of the Eastern Palace, as if they were only useful in delaying the speed of the march.

Huang Yuanwu sat in the army, his brows were slightly furrowed, he looked at the pass that looked like an empty city not far away, and he had been thinking in his heart.

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

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

Huang Yuanwu didn't speak, just shook his head gently, it didn't matter whether the pass in front of him was an empty city or not, whether it was to be captured or not. He was thinking about the direction of the march behind, the matter was no longer within his control, as if some other forces were involved, and the information he obtained was also greatly deviated, which led to a very high probability that his judgment of the imperial capital was biased.

If you force a siege now......

Huang Yuanwu frowned, looking at the banner of the Prayer Heaven Empire fluttering on the city wall, and hesitated in his heart.

If he forcibly attacked the city now, this pass, nominally still under the control of Qitian, once he attacked the city, it would inevitably lead to a result, that is, rebellion. If the imperial capital is already under the control of Huang Zhengchu, the next step, the Eastern Palace, will face the resistance of the entire Qitian army.

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

This is just an expedient measure, and when the emperor is in the early seat, there will inevitably be a battle of life and death in the East Palace.

The most headache for Huang Yuanwu was that he was stuck in this place. The first six levels were unmanned, and they passed unhindered without any fighting, but the last one was different.

Those sergeants who come out of nowhere, say they are bandits, they can be bandits, say they are the defenders of the city, they can be the defenders. Whether it is a rebellion or not depends on the mouth of others.

"Damn it. Huang Yuanwu scolded secretly in his heart, but his face was silent, he turned his head and whispered to Ding Jiang on the side: "Send a team of 100 people to call the door, according to the previous method, if no one answers, push the door directly." ”

"Honorable Order. Ding Jiang answered, and then took the order.

In the end, Huang Yuanwu still decided to move forward, rather than putting hope on others, it is better to take it into his own hands, even if the road ahead is slim, he must find out. After all, the matter of praying for the imperial capital is related to the life and death of the East Wangfu, and it is also related to the great enmity of the East King.

A team of 100 people quickly broke out of the large army and went 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 the door, but could not push it open. However, unlike before, when the 100-person team evacuated this time, it was not ambushed, and the gate of this pass seemed to be locked from the inside.

Seeing this, Huang Yuanwu sneered, and then ordered to send a master in the army to go directly to the city, if he saw a living person, he would come to see him alive, and if there was no one in the city, he would open the door immediately.

There are many people in the army of the Eastern Wangfu who have cultivated to the top of their ranks, and immediately more than a dozen masters flashed out and climbed the city wall of the pass at a very fast speed. This towering wall seems unattainable to ordinary sergeants, but in the eyes of cultivators, it is just a slightly higher wall.

Huang Yuanwu originally thought that there would be a fierce battle in the city, but to his surprise, in less than a quarter of an hour, the gate of the pass was opened from the inside, and more than a dozen masters who had just entered came out of the city unscathed.

Seeing this, Huang Yuanwu beckoned, and immediately a large group of sergeants lined up in a neat phalanx and entered the pass from the front, and the army was left in place.

Half an hour later, the herald sent back the news: "The city is empty, there are not many supplies left, and the situation in the pass is no different from the previous passes. ”

After getting the news, Huang Yuanwu's brows furrowed even tighter, and he couldn't figure out what the other party meant.

Who ordered the evacuation of all the Imperial defenders in the pass, and who arranged an ambush in the mountains to the left and right but was vulnerable, and what was their purpose in doing so?

This matter has become Huang Yuanwu's most concerned thing now, but he still ordered several brigades of men and horses to enter the pass, and did not order all the people to enter, until an hour later, the pass inside and outside all checked, to make sure that there is no danger, Huang Yuanwu ordered the army to enter the pass.

Huang Yuanwu also rode his horse, and together with all the sergeants, he entered the last pass.

Standing on the head of the city pass, looking into the distance, a horse flat river in front, the jungle is barren and grassy, there is no towering peak, on the road ahead, there is no pass, from now on, the cavalry of the East Prince's Mansion, can go straight to the imperial capital with a horse and a flat river.

But Huang Yuanwu always felt that something was very wrong, and he kept doubting in his heart through a few passes.

Looking at the endless plain in the distance, Huang Yuanwu stood at the head of the city, stunned, he felt as if he was being used, but he couldn't say why, this feeling was very bad, so he began to doubt his judgment.

In the imperial capital, there are definitely some things that I don't know, and these things have directly led to the fact that the East Wangfu has passed through the seven passes unimpeded and entered the hinterland of praying for heaven. Huang Yuanwu asked himself, if he was Huang Zhengchu or Yang Qin, he would never give this order to retreat. Without the protection of several passes, the imperial capital faced the army of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, which was not beneficial to the two of them.

After thinking for a while, Huang Yuanwu said to the herald beside him: "Order, the front army will gather at the fifth and sixth passes, and the rear army will enter the first pass and wait for orders. ”

"Honorable Order!"

After giving the order for the deployment of troops, Huang Yuanwu's mood relaxed a little, with a large army in hand, and now the seven passes are in his hands, now he can attack, retreat and defend, no matter what calculations the other party has, he also has a way to crack it.

Immediately, Huang Yuanwu walked down the city, inspected the layout of various positions, ordered the troops who were not patrolling to rest, and he himself returned to the mansion. didn't close his eyes for two days and one day, and by now, Huang Yuanwu's energy was not much left.

......

Qitian Empire, Imperial Capital, Inner City.

There were only three people in the splendid palace.

One person, sitting on a dragon chair, pale and dodgy. The other stood beside the dragon chair with a smile on his face.

There was a man standing in the hall, handsome, who looked no more than thirty years old, wearing a python robe and a wicked smile on his face.

"You're not still in the city, my lord of the North. The person standing on the edge of the dragon chair grinned, looking at the person standing under the hall, he opened his mouth to speak, and the person sitting on the dragon chair trembled visibly, as if he had heard some terrifying sound.

Emperor Zhengchu of the Northern Emperor didn't look at Yang Qin at all, but looked at the person sitting on the dragon chair, with a look of disdain, and said, "With a good look like you, you dare to sit on the dragon chair to pray for the sky?"

The person sitting on the dragon chair was obviously stunned by Huang Zhengchu's words, and he looked at Yang Qin on the side with some embarrassment, as if asking what he meant.

"The North King is too anxious, this is not the way things are. Yang Qin smiled slightly, and said to Huang Zhengchu: "Since you let the Northern King enter the city, then this position will be yours sooner or later, why rush for a while?"

King Bei sneered, looked at Yang Qin, and said, "If it weren't for you, pushing this waste to power at a critical moment, there would be no such trouble, let's say, what do you want?"

"Whatever I say now, you will agree, but after the matter is completed, I, Yang someone, am afraid that I will die. Yang Qin grinned and said, "If you don't have a benefit in your hand, it's not a benefit at all." ”

"Oh?" Huang Zhengchu looked at Yang Qin with more interest, and said, "You still have a lot of flowers, but you should tell me, what are you doing with such painstaking efforts?"

"Nature is revenge. Yang Qin said: "Pray for heaven to destroy my homeland, almost slaughter my entire family, and leave some blood for prayer to be a lackey, continue to be the king of Wangqin, such days, we have endured for decades." Revenge is my only purpose. ”

"Then are you ready to die?" Of course, Huang Zhengchu heard what Yang Qin meant, he didn't laugh angrily, looked at Yang Qin above, and said softly: "You killed the emperor of Qitian with a trick, and before you killed the king of the east in the inner city, you caused a storm to rise in Qitian, what do you want?

"The king of the north laughed, how dare I spy on the throne of Qitian with my last status. Yang Qin smiled and continued: "What I want is this capital." ”

When Huang Zheng first heard this, his eyebrows condensed, he glared at Yang Qin, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Yang Qin, and only listened to him: "Don't be busy refusing the king of the north first, the only way for you to take the throne now is to make Chan, otherwise your throne will not be stable." After ascending to the throne, the capital can choose another location, and in order to save my life, I only need the capital. ”

"Pray for the three hundred years of the founding of the country, this is the place of origin, you said you want to?" Huang Zhengchu had some anger in his heart at this moment, if it weren't for the fact that the emperor's life was in Yang Qin's hands now, he wouldn't be in the mood to rub his tongue with Yang Qin, with the current power of the northern palace, it would be easy to destroy Yang Qin, and he dared to enter the imperial capital alone, and it was because of this: "Do you believe it or not, I'll kill you now?"

"I naturally believe it. Yang Qin nodded lightly and said, "Then do you believe it or not, after I die, the Eastern Wangfu will inevitably attack the imperial capital and wipe the Northern Wangfu from this world?"

"Heh......" Huang Zheng smiled dumbly when he first heard this, and said: "Huang Yuanwu of the Eastern Palace, I have a grudge against you for killing my father, I avenged him, he thanked me too late, and he will fight with my sword?"

"Then you're wrong, King North. Yang Qin's eyes showed a hint of essence and said: "Things are not as simple as you imagined. ”