Liu Yuan calmly finished saying his thoughts, and when he saw Huang Yuanwu's uncertain face, a smile appeared on his face, and he said softly: "Little prince, don't worry, I'll wait for you." ”

Huang Yuanwu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and opened his mouth to say something, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything.

Liu Yuan's meaning is already obvious, and now it is impossible to determine whether the current situation is a trap set by the forces behind him, since Huang Yuanwu cannot be involved in danger, without figuring out the enemy's reality, entering Shuinan City to see Huang Zhengchu is the best way to solve the matter now.

Huang Yuanwu can't go, and the only one who can replace him is Liu Yuan. Only Liu Yuan has this weight and can see Huang Zhengchu.

"It's a dangerous trip. Huang Yuanwu looked at Liu Yuan quietly and said softly: "If the general does not return for an hour, I will lead the army to break through Shuinan City." Since they want to force me, I will simply fight to the end. ”

"Little prince, don't be impulsive first. Liu Yuan smiled and said: "Things are by no means as simple as they seem, we have almost surrounded the two cities of the Northern Palace, but they have not made any moves, which is absolutely unusual." Even if I don't return safely, the little prince must remember not to act rashly. The best direction of attack is not Shuinan City, but the imperial capital. ”

Huang Yuanwu frowned and looked at Liu Yuan, things were indeed not as simple as imagined, but they were by no means complicated.

Huang Yuanwu asked himself, did he really want to let Liu Yuan, the big city lord of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, take risks alone? If Liu Yuan went here and something really happened, then what should Huang Yuanwu himself do? Attack the imperial capital? If he attacked the imperial capital, wouldn't he fall into the enemy's strategy.

"The enemy's situation is unknown, whether to go to Shuinan City or not, is it so important?" Huang Yuanwu seemed to suddenly think of something, and frowned: "As you just said, the forces behind him have been eyeing our palace for a long time, and he is familiar with my style of acting, and there should be danger in Shuinan City." Now that I know that there is danger, why do I have to go? Attacking the imperial capital is easy to fall into the hands of people, and if you don't take the opportunity to make a decision, take Shuinan City, and don't deal with them anymore. ”

"If that's ......" Liu Yuan pondered for a moment and replied, "The little prince is ready to withdraw his troops." ”

"Why?" Huang Yuanwu was stunned for a moment and immediately asked.

"The combat power of my Dongwangfu in the imperial capital is only 150,000, and now the seven passes are in hand, leaving 20,000 troops to garrison, and there are only less than 100,000 veterans who can come in handy. The combat power of the Northern Emperor Zhengchu is similar to ours, and there are about 100,000, once they fight head-on with the Northern Palace, they have their backs to the city, and the battle will become a protracted war, considering our actual situation now, if we can't quickly take the two cities, there is only one way to withdraw the army. ”

Huangyuan Wu Gang gritted his teeth.

Every time there is such a critical moment, something unexpected will happen inexplicably, the previous enclave was Tianqing City, and this time the imperial capital is a mysterious organization that has not been seen. In the dark, Huang Yuanwu felt as if his throat was being grabbed by an invisible big hand, making him gasp.

"In any case, the arrow has to be fired. Huang Yuanwu looked at Liu Yuan and said, "Knowing that there may be problems in Shuinan City, it is impossible for you to go alone, what is the difference between that and sending you to death." Summoned Ding Jiang and ordered the rear team of his front to change into the front team, advance in the direction of Shuinan City, and immediately attack the city after being ready. General Liu, your sergeants, are also ready to attack the city immediately. We don't play hide and seek with them, there must be a decision on the matter of the imperial capital. ”

Liu Yuan didn't say anything to refute this time, just respectfully arched his hand at Emperor Yuanwu and turned around.

The atmosphere in the tent was a little dull, and Huang Yuanwu sat alone in his chair again, his brows furrowed.

This kind of has been led by people

The feeling of walking with his nose on his face also appeared on him. This felt like Ye Guan had told him before, and he couldn't understand it at the time, but now, he finally understood. How devastating it is to face a mysterious and powerful opponent. Until now, he didn't even know who the enemy was, where he came from, and what role he played in this turmoil.

After receiving Huang Yuanwu's order, Ding Jiang was not surprised. At that time, when Huang Yuanwu arranged the deployment, he felt that the main direction of the attack should be placed in Shuinan City. Otherwise, once they start to attack, the soldiers of the Beiwangfu in Shuinan City will kill them, and it will inevitably lead the troops to be attacked from front and back, and it is the safest way to take Shuinan City first.

Shuinan City is not far from the imperial capital, only more than forty miles, Ding Jiang's troops are stationed twenty miles outside the imperial capital, and Shi Wencheng and Liao Tianhua's troops are horns of each other. Because it was in the middle of the two cities, there was no need to pull the camp forward, Ding Jiang ordered the whole army to change the formation, and after facing Shuinan City, he immediately issued an order to attack.

The first team of attacking sergeants of the vanguard army, led by Ding Jiang's deputy general Wang Qian, and 5,000 sergeants lined up in a neat queue and advanced in the direction of Shuinan City.

In the past few days, Ding Jiang has prepared very properly, in order to ensure the possible battle in the future, he ordered the sergeants to make siege equipment as early as when the army was just stationed near the imperial capital, and now it is just in handy.

Large Dunjia, Push Towers, Siege Engines, Trebuchets, you name it. The Cloud Ladder Force is also composed of elite personnel, all of whom are self-cultivation and have extremely strong combat power.

The entire phalanx of the East Prince's Mansion, wearing black armor, the soft sunlight in the winter shines down, making people have a very gloomy feeling, looking from a distance, the army that the East Prince's Mansion is advancing, like a thick dark cloud, is slowly approaching in the direction of Shuinan City.

Almost at the same time, the troops of Dongwangfu in the direction of Liu Yuan also began to attack. He also placed the main direction of attack in Shuinan City, because according to the news of the scouts, Huang Zhengchu had never left Shuinan City, and he should still be in the city at this moment.

And not far from Shuinan City, Hedongcheng, although it is also a companion city, but there is still a gap with Shuinan City. It is precisely because of this that after Huang Zhengchu led his army to take Shuinan City, he really occupied the imperial capital area and drove out the forces of the other two kings.

Compared with the city defense of Dongcheng, Shuinan City was much weaker, but while attacking, Liu Yuan still sent 10,000 troops to be stationed near Hedongcheng to prevent troops from being sent in the city to support Shuinan City.

For the attack on Shuinan City occupied by the Northern Palace, Huang Yuanwu was also forced to do so, but since he had already ordered the attack, he would not hesitate any longer.

The command of both sides of the army, Huang Yuanwu was handed over to Ding Jiang and Liu Yuan, he had absolute trust in these two people, and if they couldn't take Shuinan City with their ability, then he would go into battle by himself, and the result would be the same.

The sound of earth-shattering war drums came from outside the camp, and Huang Yuanwu sat quietly in the camp, quietly waiting for the outcome of the battle.

According to his estimates, the battle in Shuinan City will definitely not be easy, Huang Zhengchu has hundreds of thousands of troops and is extremely strong, if it were not for this, he would not have been able to defeat the combined forces of the other two kings. Huang Yuanwu was ready to accept all the consequences, if Shuinan City could not be attacked for a long time, Huang Yuanwu would order the whole army to withdraw to the pass and wait for the situation in the imperial capital to change. If Shuinan City is taken, he will immediately issue an order for Xiao Yibo to bring troops to reinforcements.

In any case, now the battle has begun. Even if Huang Yuanwu didn't have the heart to be the Emperor of Prayer Heaven again, in the eyes of everyone in the outside world, he would do it.

Attacking the emperor is a rebel, and attacking the Northern Wangfu is also a rebel. Perhaps, when the North Wangfu and the East Wangfu are defeated, the real turmoil in the sky will begin.

But all this is no longer the case

Huang Yuanwu can influence it. The battle between the Northern Mansion and the Northern Mansion will definitely take place, sooner or later. Rather than waiting until Huang Zhengchu ascended to the throne of Qitian and stabilized the situation before taking action against the Eastern Palace, it is better to start a war now.

Soon after, there was a loud sound of "whirring" in my ears. Huang Yuanwu knew that it was the voice of a trebuchet.

The battle has begun.

With a long breath, Huang Yuanwu picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip gently.

No matter how others calculated before, and no matter how they fought back, now, things have progressed to this point, and all calculations are useless.

Whether the matter of the imperial capital can be properly resolved, whether the revenge of the Eastern Prince's Mansion can be avenged, and whether the forces behind it can show up depends on this battle.

After taking a sip of tea and listening to the sound of drums in the distance, Huang Yuanwu gently closed his eyes and began to close his eyes.

Everything he could do, he had done. Success or failure, it's his choice. The future of the Eastern Prince's Mansion has begun to go, and what it can do depends on how the matter of the imperial capital is solved.

"Report!"

Before half an hour had passed, a herald shouted loudly, ran into the big tent from outside the camp, knelt down on one knee in front of Huang Yuanwu, clasped his hands into fists, and said loudly: "Tell the little prince, the front gate of Shuinan City has been breached, and our army has entered the city. ”

Huang Yuanwu was stunned when he heard this, and then waved his hand to let the herald go down, but he was very surprised in his heart.

"How is it so fast?"

The walls of Shuinan City are seven or eight feet high, and obviously often renovated, very strong, let alone half an hour, as long as there are people to defend, even if it is a day or two, it is difficult to break through, unless it is ......

"Report!"

Just when Huang Yuanwu was wondering, another herald ran into the big tent and said in a loud voice: "Little prince, the back gate of Shuinan City has been breached, and General Ding Jiang led a large group of men and horses into the city. ”

"Suffer!"

After Huang Yuanwu heard the news, his first reaction was to win the scheme. He ignored the heralds, and immediately picked up his long sword and left the camp. His war horse and personal guards have been waiting outside the big tent, Huang Yuanwu didn't say a word out of the big tent, he turned over his horse directly, and went straight to the direction of Hedongcheng.

Breaking through Shuinan City at such a fast speed, this is simply impossible, and there are only two possibilities to do this. One is that all the soldiers of the North Wangfu have disappeared, so Shuinan City is an empty city, and the East City is also an empty city. What's more, without Huang Yuanwu knowing, the North Wangfu transferred all the soldiers to Hedongcheng, just waiting for the Dongwangfu to break through Shuinan City, and then when the gate of Shuinan City was damaged, he killed it in one fell swoop and besieged the main army of Dongwangfu in the city.

As a result, the army trapped in the city of Dongwangfu is short of food and grass, and it will inevitably not be able to support it for too long, and the number of troops left behind outside is not large, so it is impossible to break through the defense line at the first time.

In this way, the Dongwang Mansion is likely to suffer heavy losses because of this Shuinan City.

This is the first possibility that Huang Yuanwu thought of, he rode his horse and galloped, going straight to the direction of Hedongcheng, on the way, but found that Liu Yuan's troops were gathering in the direction of Hedongcheng, obviously, he also found this problem.

When he arrived near Hedongcheng, Huang Yuanwu realized that he had thought wrong.

And Dongcheng, a calm, like an empty city, did not react to the arrival of the army of the East Palace.

Huang Yuanwu looked at He Dongcheng in front of him, his brows furrowed, and he didn't know what was going on.

Subsequently, Liu Yuan and a group of sergeants also rushed to Hedongcheng and came to the front of Huang Yuanwu, who was also frowning.