It's still dawn.

When the night in the big tent was dispelled by the first rays of sunlight, Huang Yuanwu sighed heavily.

An hour later, the army marched straight to the imperial capital.

Without saying a word all the way, the army kept marching forward, and when it entered the evening, it saw a clear dividing line ahead.

In the distance, the Gobi gradually disappears, and complex vegetation appears in the distance, swaying in the late autumn wind. In the distance, mountain peaks appear one after another, and in the gap between many peaks, there is the official road to enter the imperial capital, among which there are several checkpoints.

Of course, there are other routes to enter the imperial capital, and the checkpoints on the official road are definitely faster, but they are not suitable for large armies, because they are mostly rugged mountain roads, and the crowds will become slower.

The scouts of the East Prince's Mansion come and go, generally by small roads, and after they are proficient, the speed is extremely fast, and it only takes six or seven days to travel back and forth between the East Prince's Mansion and the imperial capital.

The army did not stop, and according to the military order of Huang Yuanwu, it directly entered the vast mountain range, which was already within the scope of the imperial capital. There are many passes here, the mountains and mountains are steep, the army should never stay here for a long time, the emperor Yuan Wu rode his horse to the front army, and ordered the whole army to be guarded, and the mountains and forests on the left and right, all arranged scouts to explore the road.

Although Huang Yuanwu felt that no one would ambush him here, but he still had to guard against it, this mountain range is a natural barrier between the imperial capital and the East Palace, which is also one of the prerequisites for the development of the East Palace, if the East Palace has bad intentions, if the East Palace has bad intentions, think of the soldiers to capture the imperial capital, not to mention through the vast Gobi, it is the various passes in the mountains of this Songshan Mountain, it is not so easy to break through.

Night is approaching, and Huang Yuanwu's former army has arrived at the first pass.

This pass is built between two mountain ranges, is a city wall more than ten zhang high, the city wall is silent, ten minutes at night, as if no defenders have lit the torches on the city wall.

In this regard, Huang Yuanwu did not wrinkle slightly.

This is something that has never happened before, it is not the first time that he has come to this pass, this is the first barrier on the official road in the direction of the entire Dongwangfu, in the past, the security was strict, but at this moment it is silent, as if there is no one, this is absolutely unreasonable.

Huang Yuanwu was suspicious in his heart, and sent the generals around him to call the door. The partial general received the order, stepped forward, stood in front of the city gate and shouted to the city head: "The emperor of the East Palace, the little prince of Yuanwu, detain the pass, open the door!"

The loud voice of the general echoed in this canyon, spreading a long distance, but after a moment, the entire pass was still silent, without the slightest movement.

The suspicion in Huang Yuanwu's heart turned solemn, and things seemed to have changed unexpectedly, so he immediately turned around and ordered the captain beside him to send a team to slam the door, and if no one responded, he stepped forward to see if he could open the city gate.

The captain received the order, and immediately, a team of 100 people came out of the front army, rode their horses and went straight to the gate of the city wall, and several sergeants in front dismounted, vigorously slapping the gate of the pass, making a great noise, and shouting at the same time: "Open the door!"

Even so, there was silence in the pass, and there was no figure in sight above the city, and there was no response.

And at this moment, the sergeant who went to tap the door actually pushed the gate of the pass open because of too much force, and the hundred-person team looked at the city gate that had opened a gap, and was stunned on the spot for a while.

"The three teams listened to the order. Seeing this, Huang Yuanwu immediately issued an order: "All the staff enter the pass to investigate, and the rest of the people are on alert and ready for battle!"

"Honorable Order!" a captain beside Huang Yuanwu immediately took the order, drew his saber, and led one of his brigades to march directly to the city gate, opening the city gate of the pass without any obstacles, and smoothly entered it.

The silence in the air makes people feel a little weird, Emperor

Yuan Wu rode on his horse, looking at the towering mountains on the left and right, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

Just when he thought it was a ruse, the sergeant who entered the pass sent back the news.

The entire pass was empty, and it had been a few days since it had been evacuated. The pass was carefully searched, and nothing suspicious was found.

Hearing this news, Huang Yuanwu felt a little surprised. As the first pass in the east of the imperial capital, there must be no defenders here, but now it is found that there is no one? This matter is definitely not simple, Huang Yuanwu immediately ordered: "Search carefully, check all the items in the pass, find out if there are traps and ambushes, and report to me as soon as possible after a detailed investigation!"

"Honorable order!" the sergeant received the order, and immediately turned back to the pass.

The entire former sergeant felt a little weird, they were all veterans, and in their long military career, they had never encountered such a thing, and there was no one at the first pass of the imperial capital's defense line?

Huang Yuanwu's 150,000 army was divided into three parts, the front, middle and rear armies, and the front army was dominated by the soldiers of the Eastern Wangfu who were serving, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong. The Chinese army is a newly trained 50,000 sergeants, and most of the rear army are veterans who have retired from the East Palace.

At this moment, only the former army entered the mountain range, and for the sake of safety, Huang Yuanwu did not order the whole army to enter the mountain range. In this small terrain, if you encounter an ambush, the damage will be great.

Time passed slowly, the night gradually thickened, Huang Yuanwu rode on a horse, quietly looking at the direction of the pass. Torches were lit above the city, and he could see his own soldiers moving around the city.

After another moment, the sergeant sent back the news that the pass had been carefully inspected, except for the scarcity of food, grass and war supplies, all other equipment was available, and there was no damage, and every place inside had been inspected, and nothing suspicious was found.

At the same time, the scouts sent by Huang Yuanwu to the mountains on the left and right also returned, and there were no ambushes on the top of the mountains, and they checked very carefully.

After getting such news, Huang Yuanwu hesitated even more, there was no one at this pass, what happened?

But there was no danger to the left and right, and it was impossible for him to let the army spend the night outside, so he ordered that the front army enter the pass, and the middle and rear troops remained camped outside the mountains, and if there was any emergency, they could deal with each other.

The heavy gate of the pass was opened, and Huang Yuanwu led the 50,000 soldiers of the former army to slowly walk into the pass.

It was a small city built in the middle of a mountain range, and there were no civilians on weekdays, only soldiers guarding the pass. The place is not large, but it is more than enough to garrison 50,000 soldiers.

After entering the pass, Huang Yuanwu did not immediately order to camp, he rode a horse to inspect the entire pass, and after finding that there was really no problem, he ordered all the staff to camp on the square, and ordered all the staff not to take off their armor and rest in place.

After turning over and dismounting, Huang Yuanwu entered the mansion of the pass surrounded by personal guards.

The facilities here are very simple, of course, not comparable to the palace, but they are also complete. Most of the houses in the surrounding branches of the pass were used by the garrison sergeants, except for the dormitories, the rest of the houses were used to store grain, grass and facilities. In the past, Huang Yuanwu had never had the opportunity to investigate carefully through the pass, but after entering here to check, he found that the houses and residences built in this pass were enough for 5,000 to 8,000 soldiers to be stationed for a long time, that is, there were at least 5,000 soldiers in this pass before.

The mansion in the middle was obviously for the generals, and after Huang Yuanwu entered the mansion, he carefully checked the situation inside. There is no dust on the table, and all the items are neatly arranged, which indicates that there is a defending army here

When the taxi evacuated, it was not panicked, it was orderly, it should have received a clear order, and there was time to prepare.

There are no more files in the document library, and they should have been taken with them when they were evacuated.

After some exploration, Huang Yuanwu determined that there was no danger here, just an empty city, and it could hardly be empty anymore.

There were very few battle materials and grain and grass left, and they were placed in the treasury on the side, and there were also bows and crossbows and rolling stones on the head of the city, but compared to defending the city, these things were a drop in the bucket.

For this phenomenon, Huang Yuanwu's doubts became bigger and bigger, he took off his helmet and put it on the table next to him, and asked his personal guard to wait outside, while he sat in the main hall of the general's mansion, his brows furrowed.

During the march, the scouts in front kept sending back news, but they never realized that the pass was empty. The imperial capital has not changed much now, and the troops of the emperor Zhengchu are still outside the imperial capital and have not entered the imperial capital. If analyzed according to this news, neither the new emperor nor Yang Qin has more energy to take care of the affairs of the border pass, and under such circumstances, the guards of the pass will definitely not leave the pass easily. The more the wind and rain change, the more they should guard the border gates.

What allowed them to evacuate calmly was definitely a clear order, and this order must have been issued by the emperor, if it weren't for that, this would definitely not be an empty city.

Things seem to have changed in the unknown. Huang Yuanwu frowned and thought.

The phenomenon of an empty city in the first pass should have been a change made by the emperor after he learned the news of the march of the East Prince's Mansion, but why did they empty the pass? Could it be to tempt the East Prince's Mansion to march?

Thinking about it according to this line of thought, Huang Yuanwu found that it was wrong, if it was to tempt the East Wangfu to go deeper, and then find a way to annihilate all the troops of the East Wangfu, it should still be the same as it was, there would be no change, and if there was a change, he would inevitably be suspicious in his heart, and it would inevitably affect the speed of the march.

Then, an idea suddenly appeared in Huang Yuanwu's mind, and a flash of inspiration flashed him, he immediately stood up, strode out of the mansion, found several generals of the former army, and issued the following order.

Ordered two brigades to be stationed on the left and right mountain ranges at once, and marched forward in the direction of the canyon, to find out the situation on the left and right mountain ranges, and to report quickly.

The troops in the pass will occupy the front and rear city walls, and each will send two brigades to guard it, and if any suspicious person is found, they can cut it down first.

Send a team of sergeants to continue along the official road to investigate the situation at the pass ahead, and report it immediately as it is the same.

The rear army of the Chinese army was assembled in one place, entered a state of combat readiness, and was ready to go out at any time.

Huang Yuanwu's several orders came out, and the whole army immediately began to move. Huang Yuanwu himself returned to the mansion, sitting on a chair in the front hall, his deep eyes beating with essence.

He suddenly realized that this action of the imperial capital was probably to delay the speed of the march of the Eastern Palace.

There is only this official road to enter the imperial capital from the direction of the East Palace, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and all the generals who enter will be extra careful. Now that there is an empty city here, it will inevitably make the generals who lead the army even more suspicious and delay the speed of the march.

In this way, it will inevitably take a lot of time to pass through the layers of passes in this mountain range, and at the same time, something will definitely happen in the direction of the imperial capital.

Once this happens, even if the army of the Eastern Wangfu reaches the imperial capital, it may not be of any avail.

Huang Yuanwu's eyes flashed with essence, this must be Yang Qin's trick, between him and Huang Zhengchu, there must be something that will be achieved in the next few days.