Chang'an, the capital city.

Tian Lingzi, who received the secret report, was very excited, although the pressure on the imperial court was enormous.

After the news of Cao Quanyang's defeat and death reached the capital, the government and the opposition were in an uproar, and the ministers of civil and military affairs were worried, even the emperor, who had always been intoxicated with fun, began to sigh for a long time, Huangchao occupied Qingzhou, and then he could directly attack Henan Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion, as long as Tongguan was lost, the capital would be in danger.

The emperor also knew the words shouted by Huang Chao, but there was nothing to be done, the festival envoys in various places did their own thing, and the imperial court could not completely control it, and in order to preserve their own strength, they would not fight with Huang Chao at all, so in this situation, the eastern capital and the capital became the most dangerous places.

It was under such circumstances that Tian Lingzi received a secret letter from Liu Ziheng, saying that Huang Chao sent a large army to attack Liangzhou, and the general who led the army was Huang Chao's younger brother Huang Kui.

Almost in the shortest possible time, Tian Lingzi brought a message to Liu Ziheng, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, try his best to support Huang Kui, defeat the Iron Blood Army and Li Rupei, it is best to be able to kill Li Rupei, and when Huang Kui's army and the Iron Blood Army fight to the death, Liu Ziheng will lead the army to take advantage of the fire to rob, and will definitely be able to achieve a major victory.

Tian Lingzi was proud of his arrangement, and in doing so, he killed two birds with one stone, destroyed the Iron Army, and was able to defeat Huang Kui.

After taking away the message, Tian Lingzi waited for news in the capital.

The emperor is worried about Huang Chao's army, Tian Lingzi is not particularly worried, after all, he is still in control of the Shen Ce Army, you must know that the prestige of the Shen Ce Army is extraordinary, and it is more than enough to deal with Huang Chao's army.

It's a pity that Tian Lingzi, as a lieutenant of the Shence Army, doesn't know the real situation of the Shence Army.

For so many years, the treatment of the sergeants of the Shence Army is very high, and it is also very majestic in the capital, countless powerful children are vying to enter the Shence Army, these powerful children are not really thinking of being able to fight on the battlefield, the purpose of their entry into the Shence Army is just to mix up the qualifications, and wearing the military uniform of the Shence Army, there is not much problem with occasional arrogance, such powerful children are flooded in the Shence Army, which corrupts the atmosphere and makes the Shence Army decline rapidly.

The former brave and warlike Shence army has long disappeared without a trace.

Under such circumstances, Tian Lingzi's thought of relying on the Divine Command Army was just a fool's dream.

It is not very suitable for eunuchs to control the army, because of physical disabilities, the character of eunuchs is generally feminine, this kind of character that is neither yin nor yang is a great blow to the army, and what the army needs is masculinity and blood, which are lacking in eunuchs.

Cao Quanyang was defeated and died, and after the news of Huangchao's occupation of Qingzhou came, the emperor began to pay attention to the government for the first time.

In the early dynasty, the emperor directly put forward a request that the Shence army must strengthen the protection of the capital and the eastern capital, in view of the aggravation of the defense task of the eastern capital, it is necessary to transfer a part of the Shence army to be stationed in the eastern capital Luoyang.

The emperor's request is normal, and many ministers of civil and military affairs think the same.

This task naturally fell on the head of Tian Lingzi, a lieutenant of the Shence Army.

Tian Lingzi handed over the task to Ma Tengyun to complete.

Many powerful children in the capital learned the news almost immediately.

The capital suddenly exploded, these powerful children didn't think about fighting in the past at all, going to the battlefield belonged to the Arabian Nights for them, but the emperor's decree had come down, and General Tian Lingzi personally supervised the matter, it was impossible to disobey, so they could only find another way.

Soon, there was a deal around the capital, that is, the children of the powerful began to find a stand-in to replace themselves to go to the Shence Army, whether they were sent to the eastern capital Luoyang or not, they had to stay in the Shence Army all the time.

If you find a few people to replace it on weekdays, in the huge capital, it is not a difficult thing, but unfortunately now everyone does this, people are not so easy to find, the children of the powerful who are the first to do it, can also find some decent gangsters, or poor peasant children who can't live, enter the Shence army, and the children of the powerful people who start behind can't find the ideal object, so the beggars and homeless people who often do it in the streets and alleys have become the objects of substitution.

The officers of the Shence Army are not stupid, it is impossible not to know such a situation, but these officers will not speak, firstly, they have received enough money, and the source of the money is those powerful children, and secondly, their duty is to demand so many people, as for combat effectiveness, it is not something they need to care about.

The dignified Shence Army, a forbidden army with the highest honor in the Tang Dynasty, has seen too many unbelievable things.

When the officers were in a hurry to assemble the sergeants, the sergeants standing in front of them had a vegetable, weak and weak, and some even lacked arms and legs, and many of them were unstable, as for the weapons such as Mo knives, Tang knives, and spears, these people didn't know each other at all, let alone how to operate them.

The officers also knew that such a sergeant could not fight, and he did not dare to report to the top, otherwise they would suffer in the end.

On the day of setting off to Luoyang, the eastern capital, many officers discussed privately in order to hide people's eyes and ears, and thought that Ma Tengyun, the protector of the army, suggested that it was best for the sergeants of the Shence Army to set off quietly, so as not to disturb the people, and the implication was not to hold any ceremonies, and there was no need to drink Zhuangxing wine.

Ma Tengyun was also concerned about the affairs of Shannan West Road, and his focus was not on the Shence Army at all, and he completely agreed with the suggestions put forward by the officers below.

So a Shence army, which did not have the slightest combat effectiveness, went to the Eastern Capital.

Liu Yunzhang stayed behind in the eastern capital, and he had long known the arrangements of the imperial court, and he was also very happy that the Shence army was stationed outside the city to guard, although he said that he knew the many shortcomings in the imperial court, but with the guards of the Shence army, no matter what, the eastern capital was relatively safe.

After the Shence Army was stationed in the barracks that had been prepared long ago, Liu Yunzhang went to visit.

As a second-grade civil official of the imperial court, Liu Yunzhang was able to take the initiative to visit the Shence Army, which was already an exception, but it was a pity that Liu Yunzhang was not able to enter the capital, and it was a general of the Shence Army who received Liu Yunzhang.

Liu Yunzhang, who was blowing his beard and glaring angrily, had no choice but to meet some of the officers of the Shence Army outside the barracks.

However, the sergeants of the Shence Army can't always stay in the barracks, and Liu Yunzhang is not stupid, so he arranged personnel to secretly observe the situation, and after a few days, Liu Yunzhang was completely disappointed, because the sergeants who came out of the barracks were either old and weak, or even physically disabled.

Liu Yunzhang is the most fond of the play, after observing these situations, he began to worry about the defense of the eastern capital, and prepared to write to the court, but his move was stopped by the people around him, after all, everyone does not particularly understand the situation of the Shence army, just by a few days of observation outside, he made a judgment, this is not prudent, everyone is more worried about why this situation occurs, if there is someone behind the support, then Liu Yunzhang's play fold will definitely suffer.

Liu Yunzhang, who has always been not to be outdone, heard everyone's analysis, sighed, and gave up his plan to play the fold.

In the shortest possible time, the emperor's decree was implemented, and Tian Lingzi and Ma Tengyun's attention was focused on Shannan West Road and Shannan East Road, and they were eager to know the situation of the Iron Blood Army and Li Rupei's situation.

However, the news did not come so quickly, after all, Xiangyang is still a certain distance from the capital, and the battle is not a matter of a while, and even a battle cannot decide the winner.

The waiting time is tormenting, and the news from the south that Huangchao's army is hurrying to rest, and once the rest is completed, the next target is Henan Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion.

The atmosphere in the capital is tense day by day, Tian Lingzi and Ma Tengyun didn't pay attention to this tense atmosphere, they didn't have the time and energy to care about these things, anyway, they had heavy troops and too much power, even if Huang Chao came to the capital, they could think of a way to avoid it.

Time passed like this, and there was a lot of news about Huangchao, but there was no news from Shannan Dongdao.

Tian Lingzi was a little anxious, his arrangements were very comprehensive, and it was also in order to completely exterminate the iron-blooded army and replace the Jiedu envoy of Shannan West Road, you must know that Chen Jingxuan is the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, Xichuan is close to Shannan West Road, Liu Ziheng is the Jiedu envoy of Shannan East Road, and there are more places bordering Shannan West Road.

A week later, news faintly came from Shannan West Road and Shannan East Road that the Iron Blood Army had won a major victory in a battle, as for what kind of victory it was, everyone didn't know, that is, this news, Tian Lingzi began to feel nervous, and after thinking about it seriously, he decided to send someone to Shannan East Road, and he must thoroughly find out the situation over there.

After Huang Chao took Qingzhou, the army did not take the next move for the time being, which also made the civil and military ministers of the court feel strange, according to Huang Chao's character, the next step must be to attack Henan Mansion, followed by Jingzhao Mansion, but it has been a long time to take Qingzhou, Huang Chao has not moved, as if he is not ready to attack the eastern capital Luoyang and the capital Chang'an.

Tian Lingzi, who knew all this, was even more anxious, he knew very well that Huang Chao must be waiting for Huang Kuo, but after such a long time, Huang Chao has not acted for a long time, does this mean that Huang Kuo has been defeated by Li Rupei and the Iron Army, if such a situation occurs, it is definitely not what he wants to see.

Tian Lingzi and Ma Tengyun's attention was focused on Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road, and the eyes of everyone in the imperial court were focused on the Huangchao army, and a rather subtle atmosphere began to appear in the capital.