|||--The turmoil in front of the imperial capital provoked by the Eastern Palace's Mansion has subsided.

Liu Yuan led a large group of men and horses to be stationed ten miles outside Shuinan City, and sent the scouts and eyeliner out to observe the situation in the imperial capital while probing all the abnormalities of the smell.

The East City was still an empty city, and the East Prince's Mansion had abandoned its presence here in case of an unpredictable situation.

In Shuinan City, the guards were tight, Ding Jiang personally supervised, and turned over all the inside and outside of Shuinan City, especially the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion that suddenly disappeared at the beginning of the emperor's reign, which almost let Ding Jiang take people to demolish it, and also found a secret passage underground, but except for some gold and silver treasures, nothing of value was found.

All the people in Shuinan City disappeared, this situation was very similar to what Ye Guan saw in the enclave of Zhu'an City at the beginning. The difference is that Ye saw a large number of people's corpses at the beginning, but the city of Shuinan was empty.

The Martial Mansion was also carefully searched, and after inspecting all the places and finding no abnormalities, Huangyuan Wu entered the Martial Mansion and sat quietly in the hall.

After today's changes, it seems that there is not much change, but the situation in the imperial capital has been very different.

The East Wangfu entered Shuinan City, the army of the North Wangfu mysteriously disappeared, the Northern Emperor Zhengchu disappeared, and the Southern Emperor Liangping disappeared, which means that the power of the entire Northern Wangfu inexplicably withdrew from the battle for the imperial capital, and the Huang Zhengchu also lost the right to compete for the throne forever.

As for what Huang Zhengchu said to himself, now that Huang Yuanwu has sorted it out, he finds that things are really far more complicated than he imagined.

First of all, who is the force behind it, Huang Yuanwu has not figured it out until now, and even Huang Zhengchu has not figured out what is going on. The key figure in this is Xu Feng, but this person has entered the mysterious gate and disappeared, so how did the 200,000 troops that suddenly appeared in the North Palace, and the several masters who helped the North Palace, come about, it is impossible to have an answer now.

And the hidden force behind this, according to Huang Zhengchu, has a vital relationship with the rise and growth of Qitian. In Huang Zhengchu's tone, he faintly said a terrifying thing, that is, the expansion and establishment of the Qitian Empire are inseparable from this mysterious force.

This also includes the cultivation methods handed down by the ancestors of Qitian, as well as the secrets of the Qitian royal family. Huang Zhengchu didn't say much about this, and it seems that he doesn't fully know, and so far, there is no conclusive conclusion on this matter.

The hidden force behind this will be the opponent that will inevitably be encountered in the process after the East Prince's Mansion, this force has huge energy and mysterious whereabouts, and has some unbelievable means, until now, Huang Yuanwu has not even seen anyone from this force, and has not officially fought each other. However, judging from the current situation, it is this force that has caused the situation that only one family of Dongwangfu is left in front of the imperial capital.

While frowning, Huang Yuanwu felt that the fog in front of him was thicker, and the closer he got to the truth, the farther away the truth became.

Before the expedition, Huang Yuanwu didn't feel that he could occupy Shuinan City at all, the North Wangfu has two cities, its sergeants are tens of thousands, and the combat effectiveness is definitely not under the sergeants of the East Wangfu. Huang Yuanwu's fundamental purpose was not to defeat the Northern Palace, but to force the forces behind the scenes to appear, but now

But it backfired, the energy of the forces behind the scenes was beyond their imagination, and instead of showing up, they directly disappeared the Beiwang Mansion.

The originally envisaged melee did not appear, and the many armies in the surrounding provinces had no reason or excuse to act, no matter how the imperial capital changed, praying for heaven or the emperor's prayer for heaven, not for someone else's prayer. This made Huang Yuanwu feel strange, the forces behind this scene definitely have a close relationship with their own clan, they may be to ensure that the people from the outside provinces will not cause chaos, so there is a matter of the disappearance of the soldiers of the Northern Palace.

And now, Huang Yuanwu had to leave these things behind, because now he would face a more difficult matter: whether to send troops to the imperial capital.

In front of the imperial capital, there is no other army except for the forces of the Eastern Palace, and there is no longer any obstacle in front of the traitor Yang Qin of the imperial capital, the sworn enemy of the Eastern Palace, and the emperor Yuanwu.

Breaking through the imperial capital, with the current military strength of the Eastern Palace, is absolutely no problem, but what about after the breakthrough?

In this matter, Huang Yuanwu thought more than once, if he really broke through the imperial capital one day, where should he go. Faced with the throne of praying for heaven at his fingertips, Huang Yuanwu hesitated for the first time.

Breaking through the capital will inevitably bring about a reshuffle of power. Huang Yuanwu asked himself, he is currently in charge of an Eastern Prince's Mansion, and he feels a little stretched, not to mention that the territory has beaten dozens of times the entire territory of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, and the number of Li people is hundreds of millions, among which the major forces are intertwined, where is the prince who is on the border can easily figure it out.

However, the benefits of ascending to the throne are obvious, first of all, the threat faced by the Eastern Prince's Mansion will be eliminated, and Huang Yuanwu will no longer have to worry about any actions by the imperial side against the Eastern Prince's Mansion. But the emperor of an empire can do what he says he can do.

But if he didn't take the throne, what would happen after the imperial capital was breached? Supporting the new emperor Huai Wang Huang Yuchen, who was now supported by Yang Qin? The previous emperor was still young, and although he was established as an empress, he had no heirs, and according to orthodoxy, his siblings had the first right of inheritance. Yang Qin has occupied the imperial capital for so long, I am afraid that there are not a few princes left in the palace who have the right to inherit, and after such a long time, most of the civil and military officials who were in the imperial capital before should have succumbed to Yang Qin's obscenity.

For Yang Qin, Huang Yuanwu did not have a trace of mercy, after breaking the city, he would inevitably be killed, and there would be no hesitation, but what to do with Huaiwang Huang Yuchen was a headache for Huang Yuanwu.

Huang Yuanwu was pondering, suddenly heard a sound outside the door, looked up, but saw Ding Jiang standing outside the door, saluting himself slightly, the expression on his face was very happy, as if something good had happened. Huang Yuanwu sighed softly and beckoned Ding Jiang in.

This expedition, most of the people who followed Huang Yuanwu were military generals, and the Dongwangfu has always been heavy on military force and light on literature, which is also a matter of no choice, after all, it is at the border, the war is continuous, and in the army, whoever has a big fist will be justified when he speaks. However, Huang Yuanwu still deliberately cultivated several all-round generals, the current Ding Jiang is considered one, the Kou Long who died in the enclave is also one, and there is also Liu Yi who has been following Huang Yuanwu.

These three people are considered generals who have been following Huang Yuanwu step by step, among which Ding Jiang and Kou Long cherish each other, but their personalities are conflicting, they are all brave and martial arts, invincible in battle, and against the East Palace

and Huang Yuanwu is absolutely loyal. Liu Yi's temperament is slightly gentler than these two, and his brain is more active, so Huang Yuanwu has some important things, most of which are handed over to him to do, and this time for the intelligence exploration of the surrounding provinces and the Chihong Sect, Huang Yuanwu handed it over to Liu Yi to do.

Since the disappearance of Ye Guan and Ning Yi, Huang Yuanwu's side, there is really no one who can mention him to take ideas and analyze the situation, if you want to say that there is, Yu Sheng is counted as one, but Yu Sheng is now almost alone to provoke the main beam of the East Palace, and it is absolutely impossible to transfer him to the front line at this moment. Liu Yuan's intelligence is not bad, but what he can think of, Huang Yuanwu himself can think of, and Liu Yuan can only provide some opinions to Huang Yuanwu on key issues, but he can't achieve the effect of hitting the nail on the head.

At this moment, Huang Yuan Wubi wanted to see Ye Guan at any time, if he was there, he would not fall into the current situation.

Ding Jiang came to Huang Yuanwu with a spring breeze on his face, clasped his fists at Huang Yuanwu, saluted respectfully, and said, "I've seen the little prince." ”

"What's the matter, tell me. Huang Yuanwu glanced at Ding Jiang, Ding Jiang is an absolutely serious person, but it is far from enough to let him see the situation and arrange the overall situation. He's a good player at conquering cities, but he's far from being able to strategize.

"The last general came to ask the little prince, when will we send troops?" Ding Jiang saw that Huang Yuanwu's face was a little bad, and he couldn't help but withdraw the smile on his face, and asked respectfully.

"Send troops, where to send troops?" Huang Yuanwu looked up at Ding Jiang and asked.

"Uh......" Ding Jiang was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Little prince, we have now occupied Shuinan City, and the North Wangfu is nowhere to be seen, now is the perfect time to attack the imperial capital, we should attack the imperial capital in one go, and kill the dog thief Yang Qin to avenge the old prince." ”

Huang Yuanwu didn't speak immediately, he just looked up at Ding Jiang, Ding Jiang was a little worried in his heart, and after a while, he asked, "Is this what you think, or do all the generals think so?"

"It's the idea of the last general. At this time, Ding Jiang naturally could not say that it was the unanimous idea of all the generals, if he said so, there was undoubtedly a suspicion of forcing Huang Yuanwu to make a decision.

Huang Yuanwu looked at Ding Jiang and snorted, he naturally knew that this was definitely not just Ding Jiang's thoughts, now the generals of the East Palace, big and small, must all think that they are going to attack the imperial capital, after breaking the imperial capital, the throne of Qitian is at his fingertips, if he becomes the emperor of Qitian, then all the generals under his command will be added to the knighthood, which is also the main meaning of Ding Jiang's coming to inquire this time.

However, it is also human nature for them to think so, people go to high places, and many sergeants join the Dongwang Mansion in order to make meritorious contributions.

"Pass my order, repair the city of the army, always observe the movement in the direction of the imperial capital, and no one is allowed to leave the city without my order. Huang Yuanwu did not answer Ding Jiang's question, but gave an ambiguous order.

At this moment, it is absolutely impossible to hit the morale of the army, and Huang Yuanwu is also doing this to buy time for himself and come up with a solution as soon as possible.

"The last general will be honored. Ding Jiang listened to Huang Yuanwu's order, was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down on one knee and took the order.

Night was approaching, Huang Yuanwu sighed softly, looking at the night outside the room, his brows furrowed.