With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

Behind them, after the civil and military officials entered the palace, the imperial guards immediately closed the palace gates tightly.

Eunuch Yu then relayed the emperor's decree to the imperial guards at the gate: "His Majesty has decreed that no one may enter or leave the palace without permission until the rebels are defeated. Anyone who violates this order will be punished as a traitor."

"Your Majesty, we obey!"

The commander of the Imperial Guard bowed and accepted the order.

South Gate.

Bei Chenyan, Nangong Wu, and Qi Ziyang stood atop the city gate tower, watching the massive army of 100,000 men gather outside the city gate into a formidable military formation, with banners fluttering and swords and spears standing like a forest.

"Your Highness, since the city gates were closed last night, our men have blocked all the secret passages leading out of the city as you instructed. All the people that the Wan family and Prince Jing had planted in the Imperial Guard, the city garrison, and the Imperial City Guard have been arrested and executed on the spot," Zhang Qing reported.

These people originally intended to cooperate with Prince Jing from within and without, and to open the city gates as soon as the rebel army arrived, allowing Prince Jing to enter. With 300,000 troops outside the capital and a commoner from Yulong City as a threat, they believed that Prince Jing would surely win!

"Very good." Bei Chenyan nodded, his sharp gaze piercing through the crowd, searching for Bei Chenzhan, but he did not find him.

But Bei Chenyan knew that Bei Chenzhan was among these soldiers. He focused his energy and carried his voice two miles away.

"Bei Chenzhan, did you really think your plan was flawless, intending to seize Yulong City through an inside-outside attack? Did you really think I, the Crown Prince, was just a figurehead?"

One of the generals at the front rode forward, drew his long sword, and pointed it directly at the city gate tower. "Crown Prince Bei Chenyan, it was you who killed His Majesty and plotted to seize the throne! Our Prince Jing has come to protect the emperor!"

"Bei Chenyan, immediately open the city gates and let our Prince Jing enter the city! As long as His Majesty is safe and sound, our Prince Jing will withdraw his troops..."

Nangong Wu's eyes suddenly sharpened, a sniper rifle in her hand, she aimed and fired.

"Bang—" A crisp gunshot rang out.

The general's voice abruptly stopped, a bloody hole appeared on his brow, his eyes widened, and his body slowly tumbled off his horse.

"what!"

"General Mo has been killed in action!"

"Bei Chenyan, you have actually killed innocent people indiscriminately!"

The generals behind him were furious.

"Innocent? What innocence does a traitor possess?" Bei Chenyan sneered, looking at the ordinary soldiers and shouting again:

"Listen up, Bei Chenzhan returned to the capital without imperial decree and raised an army in rebellion—a crime that cannot be forgiven! Considering that you were misled by Bei Chenzhan, as long as you leave now, I can forgive your past transgressions."

Otherwise! This person will suffer the same fate as you!

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers on the city wall all drew their bows and nocked their arrows, all pointing them at the generals in front of them. In the firelight, the arrowheads emitted a chilling gleam.

Nangong Wu took out a night vision telescope and searched for Bei Chenzhan's figure in the crowd.

To catch the thief, first catch the king. If we can find and kill Bei Chenzhan, we won't have to kill too many people.

But after searching, she couldn't find him.

He seems to be a coward, not even daring to show his face.

"We want to see His Majesty! If we see him safe and sound, we will leave immediately!"

"We want to see His Majesty!"

The 100,000 troops behind them also raised their arms and shouted, their voices resounding through the sky.

"Since that's the case, then kill them for me!" Bei Chenyan ordered.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

A barrage of arrows was fired from the city wall.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the rebel generals quickly retreated.

"Men! Attack the city immediately!"

A group of swordsmen stepped forward and used their shields to block the rain of arrows.

Then, some more things were carried up.

"Those might be explosives," Nangong Wu reminded Beichen Yan. "They want to use explosives to blow open the city gates."

"Let me handle this." Bei Chenyan took the sniper rifle from her hand. "Since they're looking for death, then let them die."

The swordsmen realized his intention and immediately retreated, forming a shield wall to protect the soldiers carrying the explosives.

"Let's use rockets!" Nangong Wu picked up a rocket launcher from the ground.

In this situation, it is impossible not to harm innocent soldiers.

Only by demonstrating its power can we deter these soldiers.

"Princess, let me do it for you!" Qi Ziyang had fired one of these rockets before and felt he hadn't had enough.

"Okay." Nangong Wu handed him the rocket launcher with the warhead loaded.

Qi Ziyang shouldered the rocket launcher, aimed it at the shield wall, and pulled the trigger.

"boom--"

The rocket accurately hit the group of soldiers with swords and shields. The explosion of the rocket detonated the explosives they had brought, and an even louder explosion rang out, deafeningly loud, with flames shooting into the sky and blood and flesh flying everywhere.

"Ahhh..."

Screams mingled with cries of alarm.

Chaos erupted at the scene, and the soldiers behind were so frightened that they retreated.

"Don't panic!" the rebel general shouted.

"I'll say it again, retreat now and you'll be spared the death penalty! Especially you ordinary soldiers in the back, I know you were forced here. If you run now, you can avoid death!" Bei Chenyan shouted again.

The soldiers indeed wavered, exchanging glances secretly.

They came here on orders from above, unaware that they were there to help Prince Jing rebel. But now, they are caught in a dilemma. If they run, they might be shot dead by Prince Jing's men immediately. If they manage to escape, and Prince Jing succeeds in seizing the throne, they will be purged later.

But if they don't run away, staying behind will only make them cannon fodder, and they won't have a good ending if King Jing is defeated.

They don't want to die!

"No retreat! Continue the siege! Blow open the city gates!" The rebel generals on horseback shouted, ordering their troops to continue the attack.

A rebel general pointed his longsword at the soldiers behind him and threatened, "Anyone who dares to retreat even a step will be shot dead on the spot! No mercy!"

They anticipated that some soldiers might desert, so they positioned archers behind them to shoot anyone who dared to run away!

"Qi Ziyang, keep fighting." Nangong Wu pointed to the area below the city wall, "Take down those who are shouting the loudest."

She hates people like that the most, they're awful!

"Alright!" Qi Ziyang quickly loaded another bullet.

Bei Chenyan suddenly felt a whooshing sound coming from the air and instinctively dodged to the side.

But it was too late; a sharp pain shot through my left arm.

"Your Highness, be careful..." Wei Yang exclaimed in alarm and quickly stepped in front of Bei Chenyan.

"Your Highness!" Qi Ziyang was also shocked and quickly helped Bei Chenyan up.

"It's gunfire!" Nangong Wu produced another sniper rifle, her sharp eyes locking onto the source of the gunfire, and her finger pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" The bullet, with a powerful whistling sound, pierced through the heads of many people and struck a man in black in the forehead.

"Pfft~~" The man in black suddenly froze, his eyes wide with horror, probably not expecting to die like this. The thing he was holding fell to the ground.

"what……"

The surrounding soldiers quickly retreated.

Through the scope, Nangong Wu saw a musket on the ground, the very one the man in black had used to injure Bei Chenyan.

King Jing's men actually managed to manufacture firearms!