The Qi Capital was the foremost city under heaven.
Even when Emperor Mingde had been captured and the Tuci army had charged up to the walls and demanded entry, they had never breached the gates of Qi Capital.
The sole exception had been the Door-Seizing Coup that restored Emperor Mingde to the throne, and even that had caused no great upheaval.
Now, in many people's eyes, the Qi Capital was a place that could never suffer the ravages of war. That belief had become ingrained.
The towers lining its streets were imposing, but they also offered a sense of security.
Yet all of that changed today.
On this day of the triennial Palace Examination, as the capital's people discussed over tea and after meals who would place highly,
the low horns that had sounded during the Tuci siege more than twenty years ago once again stirred the memories of many of the older generation.
Those were the war horns atop Kyoto's gates!
Had an enemy reached the vicinity of the Capital City?
People left the teahouses for the streets and looked up. The Nine Palaces Grids on the towers had turned entirely red, proclaiming the urgency of the situation-
Boom!
A distress firework burst above the western gate, marking the beginning of the upheaval.
In an extremely short time, the entire prosperous capital descended into chaos-
The Anxi Army had spent years suppressing rebellions in the Northwest while also repelling foreign invasions. It was the army with which the Great General had spent the longest during his personal campaigns, and one of the finest forces in all Great Qi!
After several hundred veterans suddenly rose up and opened the gates with the help of nearby Six Fan Gate experts, this battle-hardened frontier army truly bared its fangs.
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