After the annihilation of the 20,000 soldiers in Haozhou and Luzhou, the action of the Iron Blood Army was not particularly fast, this is Li Rupei's opinion, and it is also the meaning of his temporary change, after all, the climate is cold, and such weather is also unfavorable for the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army, after all, the soldiers are not iron bodies, and they need to ensure that they eat hot meals at least when they march every day, and there are more than 5,000 prisoners, who cannot stay in the place.

Zhu Wen's ferocity, let Li Rupei understand again, the 10,000 soldiers in Haozhou, less than 1,000 prisoners, the rest were killed, when Zhu Wen reported the situation, he said lightly, these soldiers poisoned the place, the people hated it, when the soldiers of the iron-blooded army attacked, they desperately resisted, did not want to surrender, so the army started to kill.

Li Rupei didn't say much, he knew Zhu Wen's temper, he must have led the army to launch a fierce charge, in this case, the sergeants in Haozhou didn't even have a chance to surrender, Li Rupei was relieved that Zhu Wen did not dare to harass the local people, this is the most severe military discipline of the Iron and Blood Army, no one dares to disobey, even if it is Zhu Wen as a general.

Of the 20,000 sergeants, the remaining captives were more than 5,000, and most of them died in the battle.

The losses of the iron-blooded army are not very large, and the number of soldiers killed in battle is more than 400 people, such losses can be ignored, especially the fighting in Luzhou, with less than 100 casualties, and the sergeants under the command of General Hou have no fighting spirit at all.

During the march, it was Zhao Laibao who was in charge of the capture.

Zhao Laibao will not be polite to the captives, although he has been following Gao Chibang for a long time, and he has seen how Gao Chibang trains soldiers, but it seems that simple things are not so simple to do, and when facing more than 5,000 captives, Zhao Laibao has a headache in the process of training. He blindly adopted a high-pressure policy, training those who can pass the test, only then can they be qualified to enter the ranks of the Iron Army, but also because of the harsh training, so that many captured sergeants can not bear it, a few days later, there are very few qualified sergeants, you must know that this is still the preliminary selection stage, and there will be more severe training later.

Li Rupei ordered the army to slow down the march and wait for Zhao Laibao and the captives. This made Zhao Laibao even more anxious, and even more unkind to the prisoners, this situation made Li Rupei a little unbearable, after thinking about it, he adjusted the personnel and let Xie Yuxin be responsible for training these prisoners to see who could enter the iron-blooded army.

Xie Yuxin's level is much higher, after taking over this matter. A detailed plan was quickly drawn up, and the sergeants were selected according to the plan.

Zhao Laibao and Xie Yuxin's training methods are completely different, to put it bluntly, they treat prisoners as human beings, and reprimands are indispensable. But there was a lot less beating and scolding, which made the prisoner, who was almost unable to hold back, quickly relieve his emotions, and at the same time the prisoner also knew. As long as you can pass the selection, you can enter the Iron Army and become one of the many soldiers. They are also desperately persistent, hoping to enter the iron-blooded army, after all, in such an army, safety can be guaranteed.

When the army approached Yangzhou, among the more than 5,000 captives, more than 3,000 people had been selected, and these people could enter the iron-blooded army, and the remaining 2,000 people, according to Li Rupei's arrangement, would be escorted to Xiangyang and Liangzhou, or enter the patrol houses in various places, or become ordinary people.

However, all this is not a particularly urgent matter, the main task of the iron-blooded army is to enter Yangzhou, surround Yangzhou City, and finally exterminate the 80,000 troops stationed in Yangzhou City.

Li Rupei thought that the news must have leaked out, and there was no need for the iron-blooded army to speed up its march and slowly advance towards Yangzhou, as long as it could finally surround Yangzhou City, it would be considered a great success.

At the same time, Li Rupei also had to care about when the officials sent from the Xiangyang direction would be able to arrive, and some soldiers of the iron-blooded army were left behind in Haozhou and Luzhou to maintain local order and wait for the arrival of the officials in the Xiangyang direction.

It was at this time that Li Rupei received the most important piece of information sent by Qin Erhei.

After reading the information, Li Rupei immediately began to check the map and compared it for two hours.

When Xie Yuxin, Zhu Wen and Zhao Laibao and others entered the Chinese military tent, Li Rupei's face was already smiling.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Master Bi has given a gift to the Iron Blood Army, arranged an army of 10,000 troops, and set up an ambush in Shuibo, thinking about ambushing the vanguard of the Iron Blood Army, you will see how to deal with it."

It was Zhu Wen who spoke first, and he didn't even have time to look at the map carefully.

"Marshal, my subordinates are willing to lead 5,000 soldiers to completely annihilate this ambushed enemy army."

Li Rupei glared at Zhu Wen.

"General Zhu, you didn't look at the map, you didn't grasp the detailed situation, and you didn't know where these 10,000 soldiers were ambushed, so you rashly proposed to exterminate them, where did your confidence come from, don't think that the iron-blooded army has won a complete victory in Haozhou and Luzhou, and it won't be anything later, Bi Shiduo probably expected that the iron-blooded army would have the idea of underestimating the enemy, so he decided to set up an ambush in Shuibo, and Bi Shiduo has already lost 20,000 troops, how can he let these 10,000 people die, so what will he do to guard Yangzhou."

Zhu Wen blushed and lowered his head, in front of Li Rupei, he was extremely honest.

Xie Yuxin looked at the map for a while and then spoke.

"Marshal, my subordinates think that General Zhu's proposal can be considered, the iron-blooded army can't let these 10,000 people escape, and they must all be wiped out, but this 10,000-strong army, unlike the garrisons in Haozhou and Luzhou, they must be ready to escape at any time, and the subordinates carefully looked at Shuibo this place, there are many lakes, which is not conducive to the army's attack, and the iron-blooded army's actions cannot be fast, which buys them time to escape."

Li Rupei nodded slightly and glared at Zhu Wen again.

"Very good, you think that the Iron Blood Army can't let go of these 10,000 people, this opinion is correct, but how to exterminate these 10,000 people, you need to spend a lot of time, you all take a closer look at this place of Shuibo, if you want to annihilate these 10,000 people here, it is basically impossible, and the attack here will not have a special effect."

"I have always wondered why Bi Shiduo chose the location of the ambush here, thinking about it, I know, Bi Shiduo doesn't want to come into direct contact with the Iron Army, it's just to give the Iron Blood Army a dismount, buy time for the guards in Yangzhou, and at the same time to kill the prestige of the Iron Army, he doesn't want to really fight."

"It's a pity that his master is too wishful thinking, since he sent 10,000 people to set up an ambush, let these people set up an ambush forever."

Everyone's spirit began to concentrate, and they knew that Li Rupei was going to make arrangements.

"The attack of the Iron Blood Army this time is divided into two routes, Zhao Laibao, you lead five thousand soldiers, for the first way, you pass through Shuibo generously, and fight with the ambush army, remember, you can't win, but you can't have too much loss, let the other party feel that the ambush has succeeded."

"Only if they feel the victory can they let their guard down."

"Zhu Wen, you lead five thousand elite soldiers, bypass Shuibo, and set up an ambush in Guanshanwa, this is the only way to evacuate Shuibo, after that Sun Shen General won the victory on the surface, he will not be completely relaxed, they must be thinking of quickly retreating to Yangzhou, after all, they know that the number of soldiers of the Iron Blood Army occupies an absolute advantage, if the 10,000 troops under the command of Sun Shen are surrounded by the Iron Blood Army, then there is no chance to leave Shuibo."

"As for how to bypass Shuibo and arrive at Guanshanwa, General Zhu, you can figure it out by yourself, among the many captives captured this time, there must be someone who knows other roads."

"The two armies are very critical, Zhao Laibao, your task is not easy, you can't let the soldiers of the Iron and Blood Army suffer much loss, and you have to make General Sun feel that you have achieved victory, this degree must be grasped well, and when necessary, the army can retreat."

Zhao Laibao's face was a little ugly, such a thing as leading the army to retreat, as long as it was a leading general, no one wanted to do it, but he had to do it this time.

Seeing that Zhao Laibao's face was not good, Xie Yuxin spoke.

"Dashuai, are your subordinates ......?"

Li Rupei waved his hand.

"The order to fight has been issued, no matter who it is, it must be completed to the letter, whether you can completely annihilate this 10,000 army, it depends on the performance of the two of you, Zhu Wen, a certain point again, when it should be tough, be tough, be soft when it should be soft, too rigid and easy to break, you have to be clear about this truth, 5,000 soldiers facing the other side 10,000 soldiers, it is impossible to take into account every aspect, if you want to annihilate these 10,000 people, you must allow them to surrender, and all the soldiers who surrender on their knees will not be able to kill."

Zhu Wen's face turned a little red, of course he knew what Li Rupei meant, but this time he was very happy, he took on the most important task, and he could charge and fight, this was a solid feat.

"The subordinates have been taught, please rest assured, the subordinates are willing to make a military order, and they will definitely annihilate this 10,000-strong army."

After Zhao Laibao and Zhu Wen went out to prepare, Li Rupei sighed slightly, turned to Xie Yuxin and spoke.

"The morale of the soldiers is too strong, it's not a very good thing, it's so easy to have the psychology of underestimating the enemy, if it weren't for Qin Erhei getting such important information from Yangzhou this time, it is really possible for the iron-blooded army to suffer a loss in Shuibo, Bi Shiduo has a hand in the war, and it is very good to choose a place to set up an ambush, at least he can preserve his own strength, so that he will not have major losses, but he already knows this information, and Bi Shiduo's hard work will be in vain."

"There is one more thing, I didn't say it just now, is Bi Shiduo still prepared, will he continue to send a large army to respond, this is also something that needs to be guarded against, you lead 10,000 soldiers, make all the preparations, once Bi Shiduo sends the army again, then let them go and never return." (To be continued......)