In the inner city of Li's Mansion, a man hurried in the face of joy. He went straight to the hall to see Li Qiming. He was too late to bow. He said, "Supreme, Privy, inside the imperial city, there were sounds of crying. He climbed the Zhaixing Tower and looked out at the imperial city. He saw many white banners hanging, and he really saw the white banners!"

Li Qiming immediately stood up and asked anxiously: "Take it seriously, but take it seriously? Do you see it clearly?"

"Supreme, I can see clearly, and the crying sounds clearly outside Chenhui's door."

Li Qiming's face suddenly became happy, but immediately became serious again, waved his hand and said, "No, something is wrong, why didn't King Guangyang send someone out to inform me?"

"Shumi, at this time, King Guangyang is afraid that he is... crying."

The speaker obviously did not know the plan between Li Qiming and Xia Wen. At this time, someone should have been sent to notify him. However, the person who informed him did not come. Li Qiming frowned and walked left and right. He asked again: "Has Wang Yuanlang crossed the Daming Mansion? Have you crossed the river?"

The so-called crossing the river means crossing the Yellow River, and crossing the Yellow River means the capital.

At this time, Ye Zhang, who was standing beside him, replied: "Supreme, the military newspaper that just came in front of him, the next military newspaper may not arrive so soon, and there may be one in the evening. If we wait until the evening, Wang Yuanlang would be really crossing the river."

Li Qiming asked again: "Is there anyone who came out of the palace coming to the door?"

Li Qigong replied: "Brother, it seems that there is no one. Why don't I go out and wait?"

Li Qiming nodded, and Li Qigong hurriedly went out and sat directly on the stone pier at the gate, waiting for the person who came out of the palace to report the news.

Unfortunately, Xu Jie didn't know that the agreement between Xia Wen and Li Qiming was so simple. If he knew it was so simple, it would be very simple to send someone to Li's mansion to report it.

Xu Jie didn't think much about it. At this time, there was no one person allowed to enter and exit the palace, so Xu Jie didn't expect that he would send someone out of the palace to inform him. If he thought about it carefully, if the emperor really died, it would be easier for Xia Wen to send someone out of the palace.

Li Qigong couldn't wait for the person who reported the news.

Li Qiming still paced non-stop. The general surnamed Wei stood up and asked, "Supreme, should we directly order troops to go north and prevent Wang Yuanlang from entering Beijing?"

Li Qiming didn't think of this method, but shook his head and said, "No need, five thousand cavalrymen in the border town cannot be stopped."

Li Qiming didn't say anything else. Instead of sending his confidant soldiers to the north to block Wang Yuanlang, it would be better to leave his troops in the capital and keep them in the palace. As long as he controls the palace, what can Wang Yuanlang even if he brings an army of 100,000?

Therefore, it is meaningless to divide the troops. Wang Yuanlang will enter Beijing sooner or later. If he doesn't come tomorrow, he will come the next day. If he doesn't come the next day, he will always come in three or five days. Even if he can stop him for three or five days, he will really wait for Wang Yuanlang to gather together, Li Qiming knew that he couldn't stop him.

Li Qiming was not as good as when he was young, and he knew that the generals of the border town were not comparable to those of the Gyeonggi Imperial Army. What's more, the soldiers of the border town who faced Shi Wei were not able to stop them. There were also legitimate issues. Wang Yuanlang must have given an imperial edict, and this imperial edict was not small.

After saying that, Li Qiming suddenly got up and walked out, walked to the gate, and asked Li Qigong: "Is the future still there?"

This is a question that is clear and untrue. If someone comes to the palace, Li Qigong will not stay at the gate. This question that clearly untrue is a portrayal of Li Qiming's anxiety.

Li Qigong shook his head: "Brother, no one from the palace came."

There were countless horses on the side, and hundreds of iron armored soldiers. Li Qiming did not hesitate at all. Instead, he found a horse and turned over, grabbed the horse's belly and said, "Go, go to Zhaixing Tower."

In this imperial city, the one who can truly see the imperial city is the towering top of the Star Zhai Tower, but the distance is too far to see anything real.

But Li Qiming still had to go up and see if there were really white banners in the palace.

Li Qiming's anxiety can be seen. Power is in control, so where can we allow the loss of power? At this time, there are more than 10,000 Jinwu Guards in the imperial city. When Wang Yuanlang comes, whether it is five thousand cavalry or fifty thousand army, it is a scene that Li Qiming does not want to see. This is the time to win, and controlling the palace is the real victory.

Perhaps there is another thing hidden in his heart that Li Qiming has never revealed. That is, Li Qiming doesn’t trust anyone, or even Xia Wen. This is why Li Qiming is eager to control the palace. Even if the old emperor dies, even if Xia Wen ascends the throne, Li Qiming will have to control the palace with his own hands. Only in this way can Li Qiming be truly invincible.

Jie Bing in Zhaixing Tower did not expect that Li Qiming would come to Zhaixing Tower.

Jie Bing had obviously seen Li Qiming. Although he had seen it once or twice, he had already engraved Li Qiming's appearance in his mind.

Li Qiming, surrounded by iron armor, kept walking upstairs, and Jie Bing was outside the iron armor. He watched Li Qiming go up from the sixth floor, and was very excited, and his hands in his sleeves were trembling even more.

This is the first time Jie Bing has seen Li Qiming at such a close distance, and this is also the closest time Jie Bing has been to this enemy.

Jie Bing even turned back to his boudoir and took off the sword hanging on the wall. The sound from the building came from outside the window, which was faintly vague, but Jie Bing could hear it clearly.

"Supreme, look, there are more and more white banners, and I haven't seen so many humble officials in front of me."

Li Qiming turned around and said, "Send someone back and ask if anyone from the palace comes to the door."

Jie Bing was stunned when he heard the conversation and looked north. The palace was far away, but he could really see countless white dots flashing in the palace.

Jie Bing understood what this meant, and seemed to understand why Li Qiming suddenly came to Zhaixing Tower. He pulled out a sword from his hand and stopped, and went to listen to the conversation of the people in the Tower.

There were constant words upstairs, and countless people were talking, but Li Qiming seemed to have not spoken again.

for a long time.

After a long time, Jie Bing finally heard Li Qiming suddenly shouting: "Come here, come out of the city to send orders Feng Biao, lead troops into the city! Qi Gong, you go to supervise the formation yourself!"

After hesitation, Li Qiming finally decided to enter the palace, no matter what.

As soon as Li Qiming finished speaking, Jie Bing saw a man jumping downstairs from the window. He jumped a hundred steps away. A sudden figure flashed by. He was so scared that the sword in Jie Bing's hand fell to the ground. He was probably also glad that he had not gone to die.

Jie Bing heard that Li Qiming actually asked someone to lead troops into the city. Suddenly, he thought of something, and immediately became anxious. He had already put down his sword and left the boudoir. He didn't care about so much, so he hurried downstairs to the war factory, probably thinking about rushing to report to Xu Jie.

But the factory was already empty.

This capital city has been truly in chaos for the first time in three hundred years.

An old man stood behind his yard gate, listening to the shouts of people outside the door, beating his chest and stamping his feet, feeling heartbroken, and as if crying: "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!"

A teenager in his teenager stood beside him, probably the old man's grandson, who was quite interested in looking out through the crack in the door and asked, "Grandfather, why is the sky falling?"

The old man cried and shouted: "Sima Zhao, everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart!"

"Grandfather, I know what you are talking about. You are talking about Li Qiming leading troops into the city and saying that he is Sima Zhao." The young man was really a little insightful and his face was filled with indignation. He said again: "Grandfather, grandson is going out now and have three or five friends. Those friends of grandson are all loyal people to the country. In this national crisis, they must die for the country!"

This young man was really passionate. As he spoke, he was really ready to take off the door bolt and go out.

The old man who beats his chest and stamps his feet quickly grabbed his grandson and said, "My good grandson is not allowed to do stupid things, nor is he allowed to do stupid things. Those who do not read sages and say ignorant things, and those who use swords will kill people."

When the young man heard this, his face turned pale, as if he was guilty, but he said again: "There is always a truth in the world. The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. If there is no king or father, if there is no king or minister, how can he tolerate it? So what about Li Qiming? Can Li Qiming be unreasonable?"

The old man, who was heartbroken, hugged his grandson tightly at this time and said straight: "Grandson, what's wrong with it? Let them go, let them go, we are at home and don't go out."

The young man looked at his grandfather and asked, "Grandfather, you are also an official in the court. Although your official position is not high, you should follow me in your duties as a king who is loyal to you."

"If you don't go, grandson, let's not go, let's go back to the study, go to study, go for a walk, go to study." The old man said, pulling his teenage grandson inside.

Xu Jie had already stood on the wall of the imperial city. Li Qiming was here, the old emperor was dead, and Li Qiming was really here.

How did the old emperor die? Because Xu Jie really convinced the old emperor and persuaded the old emperor to take this enterprising strategy. The key to convince the old emperor was that Wang Yuanlang came from afar, but only 50,000, which could not defeat Li Qiming's nearly 200,000 troops.

If Wang Yuanlang is really defeated, the imperial city will be in danger. The way to make Wang Yuanlang win is what Xu Jie said.

Where is the old emperor? The old emperor is below the northern city, which is the northernmost part of the harem. Since ancient times, the palace faces north and south, but there is no gate in and out of the north of the palace. This is also the key to convince the old emperor. Once things change, Wei Ershisan and others will take the old emperor out of the city to find Wang Yuanlang.

There was another person under the north wall with the old emperor, Xia Wen. The old emperor seemed reluctant to kill Xia Wen for a while, but he could not let Xia Wen stay in the palace and become Li Qiming's puppet, so he could only take it with him.

The palace is a rectangle facing north and south, long east and short north and south. The city wall on the south side is only more than one mile, but there are four city gates, namely the Left Ye Gate, Right Ye Gate, Daqing Gate, and East Corner Gate. Obviously this is the best direction for attack, and the city gate is always the weakness of the city.

Xu Jie stood above the Daqing Gate, watching the continuous iron armor gathering from all over the place. There were hundreds of people, but only a small piece, and thousands of people, there were already many people, and there were tens of thousands of people, and there were all over the mountains.

Xu Jie couldn't estimate how many people there were outside the city, but Xu Zhong, who was beside him, took the initiative to say: "More than 30,000!"

After Xu Jie heard the number, he was also learning to estimate.

An army general approached the Daqing Gate by horse. Even in normal times, the city gate rarely opened. Except for the Emperor Daqing Dian who officially left the palace in person, it almost never opened.

The military general was surnamed Wei, the third-rank Huaihua general under the Privy Council, with a voice like a bell, and shouted loudly: "Who is the one on the city? Why don't you open the door quickly? Li Zhumi of the Privy Council arrived in person and quickly opened the palace gate."

"How can you open the palace gate without an imperial edict? Let your Shumi Li go back." Xu Jie answered on the front of the city.

General Wei smiled, looked back at everyone, and even louder, probably trying to make everyone hear his words: "Your Majesty Bintian, where is there an imperial edict? We will enter the palace to guard your Majesty by the order of His Highness Guangyang, and open the door quickly, otherwise you will be unable to take advantage of it!"

Xu Jie was actually waiting for this sentence, and he also replied: "When did Your Majesty get Bintian? Who said Your Majesty Bintian? The person who said this must be the one who has evil intentions. What do you mean by being so bold? "

General Wei was stunned when he heard this and turned around to look at Li Qiming.

At this time, Li Qiming really wanted to show up in person, took a few steps forward, smiled, looked up and said to Xu Jie, "Xu Wenyuan, I have always underestimated you, but that's all the past. Open the palace gate. Since Your Majesty is Bintian, when His Highness Guangyang ascends the throne, I will protect you from wealth."

Xu Jie did not answer, but turned around and looked at the Golden Palace guards who were still busy digging the floor of the palace. They were also taking deep breaths. Xu Jie was also nervous. This was the first time he had fought a war.

Seeing that Xu Jie did not answer, Li Qiming seemed to find something wrong. He looked up from side to side and looked at the city wall. He thought a lot in his mind and spoke in a tentative sentence: "Xu Wenyuan, if you can't decide this, please ask Your Highness King Guangyang to come here. If Your Highness King Guangyang asks me to lead the troops back, I will obey the order."

Li Qiming's words were, first, to appease the hearts of the soldiers and generals under his command, so that they all knew that all this was the meaning of King Xia Wen of Guangyang, which was justified. Second, they were also to test that although Li Qiming had doubts about the death of the old emperor, he also believed it.

What Li Qiming was afraid of was that Xia Wen was in charge of the overall situation in the palace, and Xia Wen ordered Xu Jie not to let Li Qiming enter the palace. If this was the case, the agreements between the two people in front of him would be ignored, and it would be normal that no one in the palace would come out to notify him.

But what happened? Xia Wen had to deal with Li Qiming. Li Qiming didn't think much about all this. The heart of a person is the heart of a person, and the heart is always separated from his belly. No matter how Xia Wen performed before, how could Li Qiming, who had been immersed in official politics for many years, could he not think too much about it, nor could he not think too much about it.

Ascend the throne and destroy the Li family. If Li Qiming was the Xia Wen, who was in charge of the overall situation in the palace, he would definitely do this. No matter how can Li Qiming lead his troops into the palace, he should take this opportunity to directly destroy the Li family. This is a killing of two birds with one stone, and this is in line with the interests of the new emperor Xia Wen.

This is the real dilemma for Li Qiming. This is also the reason why Li Qiming wants to enter the palace no matter what. The royal family is the royal family, and Xia Wen is the royal family after all. At this time, Xia Wen, after the death of the old emperor, was no longer on the same boat as him.

Xu Jie was not as much as Li Qiming thought. He kept looking at the war-preparing items on the city, and replied casually: "Your Highness Guangyang King will not come here to see you."

This sentence made Li Qiming feel a slap in his heart, as if it had confirmed Li Qiming's many ideas. Li Qiming raised his hand and pointed to the head of the city and asked, "Xu Wenyuan, Your Majesty Bintian, I am here to guard the palace by His Highness Guangyang, but you are here to obstruct me. Could it be that you have any unfaithfulness? You dare to disobey your orders? You also want to decide the overall situation? Could it be that you have taken His Highness Guangyang hostage?"

He shouted a few times, but Xu Jie couldn't help but answer, and then he heard Li Qiming say another sentence: "Come, break the city gate and kill the traitors!"

Li Qiming was anxious! Is everything really going to become someone else's wedding dress? Li Qiming was really anxious!
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