Five days later, the ground outside the city gates shook violently, as though an army of thousands had come charging in.
"Boom, rumble..."
At once, dust billowed into the air as five thousand iron cavalry galloped forth.
As they neared the city gates, they showed no intention of slowing down. Instead, they accelerated, charging headlong and crashing through everything in their path.
"Pfft!"
"Aaah!"
"Urgh!"
"..."
The surrounding civilians had no time to dodge and were sent flying on impact. Many fell to the ground dead.
"It's the Northern Liang Royal Residence's iron cavalry! Everyone, get out of the way!"
"The Northern Liang King's heir is here! Hide!"
"Run!"
"..."
Some people had originally wanted to catch a glimpse of the Northern Liang King's heir, only to bring disaster upon themselves.
The five thousand iron cavalry ran rampant all the way, directly ignoring the city guards. They did not care that this was beneath the Son of Heaven's feet as they stormed into the city.
More and more civilians suffered calamity, with countless dead and injured.
"This is too much! This is too much!"
"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
"Lawless! Does he still have any regard for the Imperial Court? Any regard for His Majesty the Emperor?"
"..."
Xu Zinian's arrogance enraged countless people.
Yet everyone could only rage in silence. Not a single person dared attack Xu Zinian.
He had dared storm into a royal residence and seize a princess consort by force. "Lawless" was no longer enough to describe him.
Even if Xu Zinian charged into the imperial palace and forcibly abducted imperial concubines from the harem, no one would be shocked.
Now, he had merely trampled some civilians to death. Compared to his previous deeds, it was nothing at all.
"So this is the Imperial City? It truly is