Chapter 143 Battle of the Imperial City
*** The Yuan Dynasty's imperial palace was divided into inner and outer cities, separated by a moat, which divided the entire palace into two parts.
Besides the emperor's temporary palace, the inner city also housed the central administrative organs of the entire Yuan Dynasty.
Three thousand imperial guards were stationed outside the city to ensure the safety of the entire palace.
After learning of the plans of the martial arts world in the Central Plains, Shi Le, the successor of the emperor, stayed in the outer city for a long time, accompanied by a large number of martial arts masters from the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
Under his orders, the entire imperial city has been surrounded like an iron barrel. To exaggerate a bit, even a bird flying over the palace would not escape his notice.
The following day, as night fell again, the atmosphere in the capital's palace was unusually somber.
Squads of soldiers patrolled back and forth along the established routes as usual.
Candles have already been lit in one of the palaces outside the city.
Shi Le, the successor to the emperor, paced back and forth in the palace.
Although today was just an ordinary day, he had a feeling that something was going to happen.
He summoned a guard and asked:
"Has anything unusual happened today?"
The guards looked at Shi Le Jizu with some satisfaction and replied, "Grand Preceptor, everything is as usual."
"I have a feeling that something is about to happen, so I ordered the Imperial Guards to be on high alert today."
After hearing Shi Le's instructions, the soldiers had just reached the gate of the palace when they were stopped again.
Shi Lejizu still felt it wasn't safe enough, and added:
"Summon the other worshippers to me."
The soldier nodded. Although he didn't know why Shi Le was acting so strangely today, he would do as the Grand Preceptor instructed.
The people Shi Le Jizu worshipped were Qi Refining Realm experts from the Mongol Yuan martial arts world. They did not hold any actual official positions in the Yuan Dynasty; they were only temporarily appointed as worshippers at Shi Le Jizu's invitation.
Time passed little by little, and midnight soon arrived.
Several figures suddenly appeared at the east gate of the imperial city of Dadu.
These people were naturally the martial arts masters from the Central Plains who had discussed the matter at the Disciple Temple the night before, with Qiu Chuji as the leader and Li Boyang among them.
The east gate of the imperial city was already closed. The city wall was over ten meters high, which might seem like an insurmountable barrier to ordinary people, but to the top figures in the Central Plains martial arts world, it was like a ditch.
After arriving at the foot of the city wall, everyone used their own abilities to leap into the air and instantly fly onto the city wall.
"Who dares to break into the palace at night?"
The soldiers on the city wall looked at Li Boyang, who suddenly appeared outside the city gate and leaped onto the city wall in the next second, as if facing a formidable enemy, and asked nervously.
Li Boyang did not reply. He flicked his finger, and several streams of Nine Yin True Qi shot out, instantly piercing the chests of the soldiers in front of him.
Just as Li Boyang casually dealt with the soldiers in front of him, a high-pitched dragon roar came from his ear, resounding throughout the entire imperial city.
It was Bai Yujing, the leader of the Beggars' Sect. He immediately unleashed the Dragon Subduing Palm. The dragon-shaped true energy raged on the city wall. More than a dozen soldiers had no time to react and were hit by the dragon-shaped true energy from the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, flying backward off the city wall.
"Enemy attack!"
The surviving soldiers on the city wall immediately sounded the alarm.
Before the group even stepped off the city wall, squads of imperial guards were already gathering towards the east gate of the imperial city.
The blatant actions of Li Boyang and his entourage naturally aroused the vigilance of the imperial guards in the capital.
As wave after wave of imperial guards surrounded him, Li Boyang remained remarkably calm.
They hadn't hidden their actions from anyone, nor did they need to. Even if the Imperial Guards arrived, it would be pointless; they would only be sending them to their deaths.
There were no fewer than ten Qi Refining Realm figures around Li Boyang.
The Imperial Guards surrounded Qiu Chuji and his entourage, each of them on high alert, and none of them dared to rush forward first.
Having learned from past mistakes, those who rushed forward were all killed, and layer upon layer of corpses lay at the feet of those people on the other side.
The weapons in the hands of the Imperial Guards brought them no peace, and beads of cold sweat kept dripping down their faces.
A long howl came from behind the Imperial Guards.
"Who dares to trespass into the palace?"
The Mongol martial arts masters finally arrived at the palace, albeit belatedly.
Shi Le succeeded his ancestor as leader, followed by the elite of the entire Mongol Yuan martial arts world.
Outside the imperial city, the martial arts world of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty confronted the martial arts world of the Central Plains, with layers upon layers of imperial guards behind the Mongol Yuan martial arts world.
Shi Le, the successor to Qiu Chuji, looked at the calm-faced man and said coldly:
"So it was you, you old fox."
"Qiu Chuji, instead of waiting to die in the True Sect, you actually came to the palace to act presumptuously. Are you tired of living?"
Qiu Chuji looked calmly at Shi Le, the successor of the family, and said indifferently:
"I have come specifically to borrow something from you."