Chapter 497: Bloodless Blades [Five Watches]
Huang Yuanwu looked at his own army that was attacking the city in the distance, but his brows were furrowed more and more.
This expedition to the imperial capital, everything seems to have been unexpected. Originally, he thought that there would inevitably be a vicious battle with the North Wangfu in the imperial capital, and at the beginning, Huang Yuanwu wanted to get rid of the battle with the North Wangfu as much as possible, but in the end he found that it was not feasible, so he ordered to send troops to the imperial capital, which means the North Wangfu. But he didn't expect the sergeant of the Northern Palace's mansion to disappear without a trace overnight, which made Huang Yuanwu completely unexpected.
Just reluctantly accepted this reality, Huang Yuanwu was under great pressure, and on the premise that the positional forces might have the ability to subvert the empire, he still decided to attack the imperial capital to let things have an understanding.
But the appearance of the imperial capital once again made Huang Yuanwu unexpected. The imperial capital is actually the same as Shuinan City, without the slightest resistance.
The current situation in the imperial capital is as if the East Wangfu itself is singing a one-man show. Dongwangfu's current behavior is like a child, acting recklessly at his own door without anyone paying attention.
Huang Yuanwu knew that there was an enemy, and the enemy's methods were clever and strange, but he couldn't find the enemy's location. Now he has only one clear enemy target in his heart, which is Yang Qin, who occupies the imperial capital, but he led the army to attack without any resistance, which makes everyone feel a little confused.
Could it be that the imperial capital of Qitian does not have any enemies against the Dongwangfu? The Dongwangfu is here to quell the rebellion, and there are no rebels, so what kind of rebellion is there to quell?
"Boom!"
With a deafening sound, the crimson gate of the imperial capital was finally smashed open by the city car. In this process, the Dongwang Mansion did not suffer any resistance, and not even a single sergeant appeared on the walls of the imperial capital.
Liu Yuan arrived at the front line and found that things were the same as he imagined, and through the corridors of the imperial capital, he could directly see the inside of the imperial capital. The most prosperous street in the imperial capital is at the end of the road, and now it looks empty, and it is a mess.
Liu Yuan frowned, and then ordered all the soldiers to enter the imperial capital and occupy the city wall, while he himself, turned over and got on his horse, and wanted to report everything he saw to Huang Yuanwu.
In fact, he didn't need to reciprocate, Huang Yuanwu saw everything in his eyes, he took a deep breath, waved his hand gently, and took the remaining 30,000 soldiers to march in the direction of the imperial capital, and met Liu Yuan who turned back halfway.
"Little prince. Liu Yuan saw Huang Yuanwu and said softly: "The gate has been breached, but it seems that there is no one in the imperial capital." ”
Huang Yuanwu nodded lightly and did not speak. When the emperor did not have the slightest resistance, he thought of this possibility. The situation in Shuinan City and Hedong City seems to have appeared in the imperial capital. Now thinking back to some of the words of Huang Zhengchu at that time, the establishment and development of Qitian has always been accompanied by this mysterious force, and this force does not want to involve itself. Huang Zhengchu persuaded himself to withdraw from the army at that time, but he already knew the result, if the East Wangfu did not retreat and merge, he would become an abandoned son at the beginning of the emperor.
Huang Yuanwu became more and more confused about the situation, he fought countless battles, fought countless siege battles, saw countless results, and encountered many times that did not resist the city, but he still only saw such a strange situation as the imperial capital.
Frowning slightly, Huang Yuanwu rode forward without saying a word. In any case, now that the gates of the imperial capital have been smashed open and the wood is finished, he must accept this result.
Before coming to the imperial capital city, Huang Yuanwu looked at the gate of the imperial capital and the street at the end of the road, and the feeling in his heart was indescribable, at this moment, he was a little melancholy and dazed.
No one could have imagined such a result.
Huang Yuan Wu Ze Ma entered the gate of the imperial capital, he only brought his personal guards and Liu Yuan, 30,000 soldiers were ordered to garrison outside the imperial capital, and they were not allowed to enter the city without an order.
This was Huang Yuanwu's order, and he was still a little worried about the enemy that might appear at any time, even now, it seemed unlikely to happen.
The imperial capital city gate Yongdao is very wide, enough for three carriages to drive side by side, Huangyuan Wu rode his horse to walk in the Yongdao, looking at the traces of time left on the left and right walls, and his heart was filled with a little emotion.
After passing through the Yongdao and officially entering the imperial capital, the situation in front of him still made Huang Yuanwu a little surprised.
In front of the road is the main street of the imperial capital, and now on the wide street, there are all kinds of sundries thrown everywhere, and the shops on both sides of the street have long been closed, and it seems that they have not opened for a long time. The entire main street of the imperial capital looks dirty and messy, and it has lost the prosperity and grandeur of Huang Yuanwu's influence at all. It's like a locust crop, and as far as the eye can see, it's ruined.
Riding on his warhorse, he walked slowly, and the surroundings were unusually quiet and silent. The soldiers of the Eastern Palace, who had already occupied the walls and main defensive points of the imperial capital, also did not find anyone.
Seeing such a situation, Huang Yuanwu immediately ordered 10,000 soldiers to enter the city and search door to door to see if there was anyone in the imperial capital, and if any living people were found, report it immediately.
And Huang Yuanwu took his guards and Liu Yuan and went straight to the inner city of the imperial capital.
The inner city is the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, and it is also the place where the emperor really lived. If Yang Qin is still there, he must be in the inner city now, and if he has left, the inner city is also a place where Huang Yuanwu must go.
Along the way, the road to the inner city did not count, but the situation on the left and right was still the same, the mess was still there, and no one was visible at all. However, it is gratifying that Huang Yuanwu did not see any corpses and bloodstains on the streets left and right, which proves from the side that Yang Qin did not do anything to the people of the imperial capital.
Soon, the group came to the inner city gate, the city wall of the inner city, a dilapidated color, the traces of the previous battle are still there, on the city wall, countless bows and crossbows have been raging traces vividly, on the ground, a piece of blood has been blackened, all indicate what happened here.
This is the place where the East King died in battle. Huang Yuanwu frowned tightly and said nothing. He looked up at the city, which was still empty.
At this moment, he doesn't know what words to use to express his feelings. According to his expectations, there must be a battle of life and death between him and Yang Qin, and this battle must have happened in the imperial capital, but what he never expected was that all this was just his own fantasy, and the expected battle did not happen.
Liu Yuan raised his head and looked at the walls of the inner city, looking at these traces of battle, he was a little excited. He and Huang Yuanwu were in a similar mood, he rushed thousands of miles to find Huang Yuanwu, in order to fight Yang Qin bloodily and avenge the king of the east, but when he arrived in the imperial capital, everything seemed to have never happened, there was no Yang Qin's army here, and Yang Qin could not be seen, there was no imaginary battle, and he had not even seen an enemy.
At this point, it's as if it's all over, and they, as if they've done nothing.
"You've arrived here, Huang Yuanwu. A voice came from the city wall of the inner city, Huang Yuanwu was shocked, and immediately looked up, only to see a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, appeared on the city, this person looked at Qi Yu Xuanang, with a bit of heroism between his eyebrows, at this moment he was looking directly at Huang Yuanwu, and continued: "Whether you enter the inner city, you have to think clearly, what you will see is likely to be far from what you think." ”
"Who are you!" Huang Yuanwu casually pulled out his sword, looked at the middle-aged man at the head of the city, and asked in a loud voice.
"It doesn't matter who I am. The middle-aged man's face did not move, and he continued: "All this is your choice, you did all this to make us show up, and now that I have appeared, what are you going to do?"
Huang Yuanwu was immediately shocked when he heard this, what this person meant when he spoke, he was clearly the person of the mysterious force, and everything that happened in the imperial capital now was probably related to him!
"What happened in the imperial capital? Where is Yang Qin?" Huang Yuanwu frowned coldly, knowing the identity of this middle-aged man, Huang Yuanwu's voice suddenly cooled down, and he didn't have any good feelings about this mysterious force that had been holding him back. Thinking back to what Huang Zhengchu said to himself at the end, this force is entrenched in praying for heaven, and can control almost everything in praying for heaven, for such a thing, Huang Yuanwu absolutely can't bear it.
"Isn't this what you want to see?" The middle-aged man looked at Huang Yuanwu without any fluctuations in his emotions, and said: "Yang Qin you want, now in the inner city, since you want his life, I will give it to you." However, after avenging your blood vendetta, you must bear all the consequences. Huang Yuanwu, all of this had nothing to do with you, but if you insisted on getting involved, then everything would let you see it clearly. ”
With that, the middle-aged man waved his hand, and the gate of the inner city opened, and immediately, a heavy bloody breath came to his face. Huang Yuanwu frowned, looked inward, and saw that all the areas of the inner city as far as his eye could see were full of corpses, the corpses of sergeants.
The red blood covered everything, and the road leading to the imperial capital hall was full of the corpses of the soldiers, and the blood was shining to the sky, which made Huang Yuanwu stunned on the spot.
"This ......" Not only did Huang Yuanwu not expect, but Liu Yuan on the side was also stunned on the spot, he looked at the situation in the inner city, dumbfounded, and didn't know what to say.
"These people are all Yang Qin's subordinates, and their lives are given to you now. The middle-aged man continued to whisper: "Yang Qin is in the main hall now, I think, you should want to take his life in person, after doing all this, I will come to you." ”
The middle-aged man smiled strangely at Huang Yuanwu, and then a black mist wrapped his entire body, and the next one disappeared from front of everyone.
Huang Yuanwu frowned, looking at the scene in the inner city, his mind was chaotic.