Rushing to Beijing from the west, we passed along the mountains, which are the famous Taihang Mountains.
When the Taihang Mountains reach their end, there is a mountain called Xishan. Beyond Xishan, the open space in front is the capital. Xishan actually means the mountain west of the capital.
When Yeletu led his people to Xishan, it was already late at night and the capital was still hard to see in the snowy night.
He suddenly reached out his hand to stop the team: "The closer we are to the target, the more we must not relax... Middle-earth's fighting methods are very different from ours, be careful of ambushes. Send two teams to explore the mountains on the left and right ahead."
Soon two teams dismounted and used their light skills to penetrate the forest ahead.
The cavalrymen stopped their horses and looked around. The forest was dark in the night, and it looked a little mysterious and spooky for no reason.
Fighting in the snow is different from normal fighting in many ways. For example, it is impossible to judge whether there are people in the mountains by whether there are startled birds, because there are only a few birds.
But everyone still felt that the Dharma protectors were being too suspicious. How could Xia Jing set up an ambush here for no reason? They didn't have any soldiers.
Not long after, the scout reported: "There is no ambush."
Yeletu sighed: "It seems that they are really defenseless. Speed up and send a signal!"
"Whoosh!" A firework shot straight into the sky, and the cavalry headed straight for the capital.
Lu Jianzhang stayed up all night, looking at the moon from the roof of his house. When he saw the fireworks in the distance, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Get ready."
Originally, Lu Jianzhang had no intention of rebelling. He followed Xia Longyuan and Xia Chichi.
Earlier, Xia Longyuan let the fake govern the country. As the prime minister, he could get more benefits and power, but in fact, he was still uneasy. He was afraid that the number one king in the world would suddenly take it seriously, and he was frightened day and night. It is said that the fake made many stupid moves. Everyone put the primary responsibility on Xia Longyuan himself. If it was not Xia Longyuan's indulgence, what could the fake do? But what about the secondary responsibility? No one said.
The second person to blame is of course him as the prime minister. To be precise, it is okay to say that he is the first to blame. If Xia Longyuan wanted to govern at the beginning, he would have chopped him to pieces first.
Now Xia Chichi would not bring up these old accounts for the sake of the stability of the new dynasty. He, Lu Jianzhang, originally thought that it was better to be with the new dynasty than before. It didn't matter that he didn't have as much power as before, but it was better because it was more stable. At the beginning of the establishment of the new dynasty, Lu Jianzhang actually made a lot of useful suggestions on revitalizing the economy.
But the new emperor should not really continue the previous emperor's idea of suppressing the aristocratic families. Although Xia Chichi did not show it for the time being, everyone understood the content of the Cui family's surrender as soon as it was submitted.
Even the Cui family gave up their martial arts in order to survive, what else can other families expect
You just established the new dynasty, and there are declines everywhere. Instead of seeking stability, you actually start to use such a knife that hurts the bones. Not to mention your own interests, just talking about the future of the empire, Lu Jianzhang also thinks that this new dynasty has no future.
What’s even funnier is that within two days, the only army capable of fighting was transferred away to attack the Wang family... Do you really think the capital is as stable as a rock
Lu Jianzhang strode downstairs and led the crowd out of the house.
Not long after, the sound of horse hooves rose from the west gate of the capital, and Yeletu led his men directly to the city gate. Their internal support was more direct than Guichen's in the Wang family, and the gatekeeper opened the gate directly.
Yeletu led his army straight in, stepped into the main street without any hindrance, and headed straight for the palace.
It was easier than imagined... Before, the bureaucrats in the capital were disorganized and were easily controlled by the Four Symbols followers. But this time, it was the Four Symbols followers who were caught off guard. Now most of them are probably sleeping. There were only a few imperial guards who were dozing off outside the palace gate. When they saw the Hu army sweeping in, they were dumbfounded.
"Swish!" Yeletu chopped down a guard with one sword, flew up, and slashed the middle of the palace gate with his sword.
The chaos inside the gate could already be heard, with the Four Symbols followers shouting, "Enemy attack! Guard the gate!"
For a strong man like Yeletu, the city gate's protection was really not great. Within two or three strikes, the palace gate was wide open, and Yeletu turned around and rode back on his horse, sweeping in on horseback.
But when the team was only halfway through the gate, Yeletu froze in his tracks and reined in his horse in shock. In front of them stood a neat array of spearmen in the square, the cold light on the spear tips gleaming in the snow. Xia Chichi stood in the array in a dragon robe, and on his left and right were the high-ranking guardians of the Four Elephants Sect.
It turned out that the Emperor had been standing here for a long time, and the Four Symbols Sect was on high alert. They knew that the internal chaos they had heard before was completely acted out. They were just waiting for them to break into the palace, but were stuck in a position where they could not deploy their formation, and could not move forward or backward.
Yeletu looked back suddenly and saw countless shadowy figures of the Four Symbols believers appearing on the streets on both sides of the palace gate, blocking the main roads.
This is a complete trap!
The new emperor actually knew that they would launch a surprise attack, but he did not set up an ambush outside and instead lured them to the palace gate for a decisive battle
Xia Chichi looked Yeletu up and down and sighed, "It's nothing. I thought it was the Vulture Tribe that came. Vulture Fang hurt Changhe back then, and he can help him get revenge. Who is this? I don't know him."
Yeletu looked extremely solemn. The new emperor stood there, without a single flaw on her body. With such demeanor and martial arts, she was definitely not in the middle of the Human List as people knew. She was very likely to be a second-level secret treasure, a talent on the Earth List!
All wrong!
Yeletu took a deep breath and asked, "Where is Lu Jianzhang?"
Xia Chichi smiled slightly: "Do you think he will lead the crowd to support you? Unfortunately, the so-called 'crowd' can't even get out of their alley."
She yawned, waved her hand and said, "Release the arrow!"
Arrows rained down from the spear army formation.
Yeletu shouted loudly, and swung the long sword in his hand to block the rain of arrows for his subordinates, and shouted at the same time: "Where is the God!"
Xia Chichi sighed: "My venerable is watching us, so we should just fight well. What's the point of asking this person and that person?"
Yeletu felt extremely aggrieved. He always felt that the other side was playing house, but was treating the war, which everyone treated very seriously, like a dog.
He couldn't help but ask one more question: "Now it seems that your army and horses must not have gone to Langya. Where did they go?"
Xia Chichi sighed and said, "We are ambushing the follow-up troops of the Li family in Taihang. You were too busy on the road, so you wouldn't go through the woods to explore all the way. At most, you explored the West Mountain at the end? But we didn't ambush in the West Mountain... By the way, since you have already passed the mountain and sent out signals, the Li family in the rear saw it and thought you had explored everything. Most likely, they wouldn't scout all the way. It can be considered that you helped me a little?"
Yeletu: “…”
"Swish, swish, swish!" The second round of arrow rain fell like locusts. Xia Chichi's icy soul rose lightly, and the snowflakes in the sky became even colder.
When Yeletu entered the city, at the other end of the capital, in Wuyi Lane, where the residences of many high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the capital were gathered, countless servants from the mansions of many high-ranking officials headed by Lu Jianzhang gathered out of the lane, trying to follow Yeletu into the palace.
Lu Jianzhang even planned to divide his troops: "Shouyi, Yushi, you lead the people to the Tang family and entangle the leader Tang. Do you have the confidence?"
Lu Shouyi and Pei Yushi are the best of the Lu and Pei families. Both are only on the Human Ranking, but when Zhao Changhe saw Lu Shouyi in Bashu, he suspected that Lu Shouyi was close to the edge of the second-level secret treasure. In fact, he has broken through in recent days, and Pei Yushi is almost the same. In addition, there are many powerful people on the Human Ranking and the ninth-level Xuanguan who are close to the Human Ranking of the major families. Once the terrifying foundation of the families is united, it will be enough to overthrow the capital.
If the Demon Suppression Division was not prepared, it wouldn't be difficult to overthrow it, let alone to entangle Tang Wanzhuang.
Lu Shouyi was quite cautious: "It's hard to say. It should be OK to just entangle Tang Shouzu... Qin Dingjiang was imprisoned for a serious crime before. Now the Demon Suppression Division lacks other prestigious and capable generals. If we lose Tang Shouzuo's leadership, the Demon Suppression Division will not be a problem."
A long sigh was heard in the air: "It would be great if your wisdom and strategies could be used on foreign races... Why did you use all your heart and soul to collaborate with the enemy and betray your master, leaving a bad reputation for eternity?"
Everyone in the alley changed color immediately. They looked up and saw Tang Wanzhuang standing on the wall, looking at them quietly. Beside her were elite warriors from the Demon Suppression Division, all of them with bows and arrows drawn, aiming at the alley.
It was a cold snowy night, but Tang Wanzhuang no longer wore the thick sable fur coat she used to wear. Instead, she wore a moon-white dress, looking pure and beautiful like a painting.
She was no longer afraid of the cold... but everyone present felt a chill in their hearts.
(End of this chapter)