Chapter 437: Old Friends, the Army Enters the City

"The emperor has ordered that the city gates be opened."

Just when the battle was about to break out, a voice carrying inner strength came from afar. The imperial guards in the city turned their heads and saw a carriage galloping over. Soon, the carriage stopped under the city tower. Li Yunhong, with blood on his face, stood on the carriage and shouted loudly: "The emperor has ordered that the city gates be opened."

Since his father would not listen to his advice, he could only forge an imperial decree. This was the only thing he could do for the Imperial Guards and Wei Chengyi. They should not continue to die innocently.

"Your Highness, do you have the Emperor's golden decree?"

The commander of the Imperial Guards came to him quickly, and no one noticed that the surrounding Imperial Guards all breathed a sigh of relief. Who would want to die if they could live? If they were not afraid of being criticized, they would have opened the city gates and surrendered long ago.

"My words are the golden order!"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention the generals including the commander of the Imperial Guards, even the most ordinary soldiers knew that he was falsely conveying the imperial decree. However, after looking at him deeply for a while, the commander of the Imperial Guards turned around abruptly and said, "Discard your weapons and open the city gates!"

No one wants to fight a battle that is sure to lead to their death. Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already given them a way out, why should they accept their fate at this time?

"Discard your weapons and open the gates!"

As the messenger sang loudly, the soldiers dropped their weapons one after another, and the tightly closed west gate slowly opened from the inside.

"what happened?"

Outside the city, Wei Chengyi, who was about to order an attack on the city, was stunned. Qingying and others beside him also frowned imperceptibly. After a while, a man on horseback came out from inside and recognized his identity. Wei Chengyi frowned subconsciously, but still drove his horse to meet him.

"Second Master!"

Qingying and the others were about to follow, but Wei Chengyi raised his hand to stop them. The two of them slowly approached under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of people.

"Shut up!"

When the distance was only two or three meters, the two men pulled the reins at the same time. The former friends looked at each other. Li Yunhong, whose face was covered in blood, smiled warmly: "Chengyi, I didn't expect that we would meet again under such circumstances."

When the royal palace was exiled, he went to the palace to plead for them as soon as possible. However, not only did his father ignore him, he also imprisoned him. Not long after that, he received the imperial decree to depose the crown prince. It was not until recently that he found out that the reason why his father ignored him was because he had designed everything himself.

"Why are you bothering?"

After staring at him deeply for a while, Wei Chengyi sighed quietly. History is as iron as iron. He knew what kind of person he was and also knew the nature of the emperor. As a former crown prince and now a prince, if he falsely passed the imperial edict to open the city gate, he would definitely be recorded in history books in the future. The Li royal family was rotten to the core and it was not worth it for him to do so.

"I just don't want more innocent people to die. As a crown prince, I can't protect the people. As a prince, I can't dissuade my father. This is the only thing I can do for you. Cheng Yi, promise me that you will treat the people well and don't repeat your father's mistakes."

Li Yunhong smiled broadly. He felt guilty towards Wei Chengyi, but he still put aside his shame and hoped that he could treat the people well.

"Ah."

Even if he doesn't ask for it, he will treat the people well.

"Thank you very much. Please don't embarrass Yanran. Give her a cup of poisoned wine or a three-foot white silk. Finally, if it is convenient, please bury us together. When I was alive, I didn't let her enjoy happiness. After I die, I want to accompany her. Please!"

In the end, Li Yunhong was selfish for once and they shared the same bed in life and the same grave in death, which was what he promised his wife.

"it is good."

Wei Chengyi still agreed very readily, and the smile on Li Yunhong's face deepened: "Thank you!" As soon as he finished speaking, facing Wei Chengyi's gaze, Li Yunhong poured his energy into his palm and slapped himself on the forehead.

"bump!"

The next second, Li Yunhong's tall body flew backwards, but it was not him who did it, but Wei Chengyi. He also chased after him, grabbed the unconscious Li Yunhong and threw him on his horse. Ignoring the gazes of the crowd, Wei Chengyi raised his Mo Dao high and said, "Enter the city!"

"Enter the city."

Under his command, Qingying and other generals led their soldiers into the city in a mighty procession. Other city gates were opened one after another shortly after the siege began. The difference was that those city gates were secretly opened by people from major families when the Royal Guards were unprepared. Their purpose was nothing more than to show goodwill and fight for a good future for the family, which was completely different from Li Yunhong's righteousness.

The Wei Army and the East Border Army had a total of 600,000 people. It was impossible for all of them to enter the city. Only 50,000 people entered each city gate, and the rest controlled the city gates. They all received death orders that they must not let a single fly out before everything was over. Half of the 200,000 troops that followed the commanders into the city were led by captains to encircle the major families, and the remaining half surrounded the entire palace.

"Cheng Yi!"

"Senior sister, Chu Liang."

The commanders of the four armies arrived at the palace gate almost at the same time. Liang Yuting, Chu Liang and Wei Chengyi greeted each other one after another. General Peng and General Chen both dismounted and bowed to Wei Chengyi: "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you two generals for your hard work."

Wei Chengyi nodded with a calm expression. Li Yunhong, whom he had left on the horse before, had disappeared. Except for himself, no one knew where he had gone.

"Fortunately, I live up to my fate!"

The two generals replied in unison again. When they attacked those provincial cities, they encountered several groups of anti-king forces. Those people's combat effectiveness was much stronger than ordinary garrisons, and their numbers were also large. It was not as easy as it seemed for them to meet up with the prince and Chu Liang in time. Fortunately, they finally caught up.

"Ah."

Wei Chengyi said no more and turned his gaze to the tightly closed palace gate not far away. There should not be many imperial guards inside. "Qingying, break open the palace gate, leave 100,000 people to guard the exits, and everyone else enter the palace and capture the emperor alive!"

"Yes."

Qingying clasped his fists and accepted the order. Chu Liang said loudly: "Follow the orders of General Qing. Those who disobey will be punished by military law!"

"Yes."

The East Border Army following behind him responded in unison. Qingying didn't bother to be polite with them and quickly arranged their respective tasks. The soldiers carried huge wooden stakes used for ramming city gates and slammed them hard into the palace gate.

"Touch! Touch! Touch!"

Huge and dull crashing sounds rang out one after another, debris and waste flew out of the solid palace gate, and soon cracks appeared.

"Senior sister, brother, Cheng Yi."

Shen Xiangwan's voice suddenly rang out. The three of them turned around and saw her riding a horse towards them, guarding her with Yuan Yue, Yuan Ying and Yuan Shu.

"How did you come?"

Chu Liang frowned in disapproval. His little sister was delicate and soft, so she should just stay at the back comfortably and wait to enjoy the final results.

【End of this chapter】