The next day at the Hour of Chen, a single beat of the gong sounded, and the West Gate of Soul-Broken Pass swung open.
Crown Prince Zhu Huai'en, accompanied by the Yang Father and Son—Yang Ling and Yang Shun—and under the protection of fifteen hundred Imperial Guards, rode out through the West Gate, turned toward the South Gate, and headed for the East Gate.
Leaving the city alongside them was a majestic young general in white battle robes, who led an army of ten thousand men out of the West Gate as well.
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