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After a night passed, the sky slowly brightened, and urgent hoofbeats rang through Chang'an City.
Standing on the wall of a certain Marketplace, a faint smile flashed through Gu Xi's eyes.
Riding horses inside Chang'an City?
What were they thinking? Why didn't they just set up battle formations inside Chang'an City while they were at it?
But the residents of Chang'an City seemed long used to this sort of thing.
Not only did they not panic, they climbed onto walls and rooftops to look outside.
Gu Xi noticed that every one of these residents was broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, carrying either longbows or Horse Chopping Blades. Aside from not wearing armor, they were no different from the warriors outside.
It was clear that Chang'an City was also the sort of place where soldiers became civilians in peacetime, and civilians became soldiers in wartime.
Even some women were carrying buckets of water up to the walls, though there was no telling what the hot water was meant for.
A very harmonious city.
Gu Xi thought to himself that it was a real pity this city was about to be gone.
Because last night, Gu Xi had run—walked through Chang'an City's one hundred and eight wards, dropping the prepared city gates into every Marketplace.
Under the influence of Night Blood Path, no one could see such enormous city gates.
But Gu Xi's troops could pass through the gates and enter Chang'an City one step ahead.
It could be said that in that single night, Gu Xi had deployed an army of thirteen million inside and outside Chang'an City.
The number of troops entering Chang'an City was around five million.
This entire army consisted of Gu Xi's Regular Army. Among them