After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, Li Rupei ordered the army to make all preparations, and attacked the remaining 15,000 soldiers led by Huang Yu in the middle of the night, so as to completely defeat this army, but Li Rupei's order was different from the front, and no longer emphasized the matter of total annihilation, his consideration was very practical, he had killed Huang Kui, and successfully completed the task of the battle, and the rest of the sergeants were not the biggest threat, so it can be said that the defeat of this enemy army by the Iron and Blood Army was a matter of catching turtles in the urn.

The sky has darkened, Huang Kuo was killed, the 15,000 sergeants behind did not know at all, Huang Kuo took away the elite sergeants, and also took away all the scouts, these fifteen thousand sergeants, unfamiliar with the path, did not dare to act rashly, can only be camped, and at the same time send sergeants to reconnoiter the situation ahead, in general, they are still at ease, Huang Kuo is a brave general under the command of the general of the sky, has experienced countless battles large and small, such a situation is not a big deal, maybe in the middle of the night, Huang Hua will lead the army back.

Just after the hour, the sergeant guarding the perimeter noticed the anomaly, but he soon found by the light of the fire that the army on horseback was wearing the same military uniform as them, but because of the distance, he could not see the face clearly.

The sergeant greeted him with a smile, but unfortunately before he could speak, he was split in half by the sudden cutting of the Mo knife.

Li Rupei has already issued an order and request to attack, do not attack with fire, although the effect of fire attack is very good, but the supplies will be burned all, so that the iron-blooded army will not get anything, for the next battle of the iron-blooded army, there are great unfavorable conditions, after all, the 20,000 army led by Huang Kui has been fully supplied in Shannan Dongdao, and there is a lot of grain and grass in the army, these things are also important for the iron-blooded army.

This calls for a surprise attack by the Predators.

The advantage is needless to say, these 15,000 sergeants are basically resting, without the slightest preparation, after the battle in front, the iron-blooded army officers and men have basically mastered the characteristics of these sergeants, that is, the ability to cooperate with the battle is very poor, basically they are all individual combat, and they can fight with the wind, once they encounter danger and setbacks, it is easy to rout.

What's more, this army no longer has a manager.

The offensive began in earnest at the hour of the hour.

This is a battle without suspense.

The weakness of the Yellow Nest army was exposed in this battle.

Because of the lack of a soul figure, after the army was attacked suddenly. The officers who made a mess and stood up to command were quickly killed by the prepared scouts of the Iron Army, which caused the other officers to shout regardless of their mouths, and at the same time, these officers did not have much prestige, and the sergeants below only cared about fleeing and resisting, and did not obey the command at all.

Many of the sergeants were beheaded before they could get dressed.

The sergeants in the logistics team suffered even more tragically, they lacked weapons and became the first to be completely killed, and the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army had also controlled the food and grass and all the supplies as quickly as possible.

At this time, Li Rupei was not in a hurry, he knew very well that the fifteen thousand sergeants were completely finished, their supplies and grain and grass were all controlled by the Iron and Blood Army, without food and supplies, it was impossible to go far with their legs, even if they escaped at night, after dawn, it would not take long for them to be captured by the people and sent to the official mansion.

In this fight, Li Rupei didn't do anything.

Gao Chibang, Huang Biao and others were merciless, wielding spears and knives, setting off pieces of bloody rain.

The fifteen thousand sergeants quickly lost the ability to resist, and they resisted for less than half an hour.

As the army broke up, countless bows and arrows flew by, and a large number of sergeants fell screaming, and many more were disheveled, laid down their weapons, and knelt on the ground in surrender.

After more than an hour, the battle was over.

It was a clean battle, with few casualties but a fifteen-thousand-strong opponent crushed by the Iron Blood, many of whom celebrated the victory with smiles on their faces.

More Predators began to clean up the battlefield.

Some of the sergeants who escaped at night, no one chased them, they were unfamiliar with the place, these people could not escape very far, most of them would still be caught, of course, there may be a small number of people who escaped and went to report to Huang Chao.

Gao Chibang, Huang Biao and other officers stood beside Li Rupei, with a smile on their faces despite being splattered with blood.

The heralds came as quickly as possible to report the situation of the battle, and the Iron Blood Army lost less than 100 men, killed more than 4,000 enemies, surrendered more than 7,000 enemy troops, and fled less than 4,000 enemy troops, in addition to the captured grain and grass close to 10,000 stones.

Such a battle situation stunned Gao Chibang and Huang Biao, but Li Rupei's face was not particularly happy.

The sergeants led by Huang Kui are only 20,000 people, what do you want so much grain and grass for, and you will definitely not carry so much grain and grass when you set off, which will affect the speed of the march, which can only show that most of the grain and grass are obtained during the march, which shows that Huang Kui in the process of marching, on the one hand, desperately plundered the people, and on the other hand, got the secret support of the government along the way.

"General Gao, General Huang, immediately find the captured officers, ask them why there is so much grain and grass, where did they get it, also, they passed through so many states and counties along the way, why they were able to get along with each other, why the government along the way was not able to send a large army to block, pay special attention to ask, whether there is an official government colluding with them, thinking that they are coming to attack Liangzhou, once they ask these things clearly, ask them to sign and detain, and ask as many people as possible."

Gao Chibang quickly understood the meaning, and looked at Li Rupei in surprise, Huang Biao still didn't understand, he had already won, and now it was time to celebrate, what to do with these useless situations.

Li Rupei looked at Huang Biao and spoke again.

"You are already the generals of the Iron Army, when you think about the problem, think more, think deeper, okay, I won't say more, the task just arranged will be completed within an hour, and these notes will be needed when the time comes."

Gao Chibang and Huang Biao quickly arranged the arrangement, since Li Rupei needed materials within an hour, they would personally start the inquiry, so that they could grasp the first-hand information and the real situation.

Li Rupei leaned under a big tree, draped in a blanket, and closed his eyes to rest for a while.

In less than an hour, Gao Chibang and Huang Biao hurriedly came over, the blood on their bodies had not yet been wiped away, and their faces were full of anger, especially Huang Biao, who seemed to be a little unbearable.

Li Rupei stood up, looked at the two, and waited for the two to speak.

Gao Chibang motioned to Huang Biao to speak first.

"General, my subordinates asked ten officers, and they all said that Liu Ziheng, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, when they passed through Lizhou and Jinzhou, Huang Hua had contact with the local Thorn History, and the government of the two states provided them with food, and the two Thorn Shi said that they were ordered by the Jiedu Envoy to ask them not to make trouble in Shannan Dongdao......"

Li Rupei's eyes had already narrowed, and after Huang Biao finished speaking, he looked at Gao Chibang, the information he needed most had not yet been obtained.

Gao Chibang slowly spoke.

"The information inquired by his subordinates, Liu Ziheng and Huang Kui had correspondence, but the letter was in Huang Kuo's hands, and a captured officer confirmed that Liu Ziheng provided convenient conditions for Huang Kuo's army to attack Liangzhou, and the purpose was to let Huang Kuo's army completely wipe out the Iron and Blood Army, and this kind of collaborator was really appalling......

After Gao Chibang finished speaking, a smile appeared on Li Rupei's face.

"Very good, General Gao, try your best to find this letter, no matter what method you use, the records of many inquiries will be kept well, and there will be no leakage in the slightest, and after the soldiers have cleaned up the battlefield, they will rest for a day and prepare to continue fighting."

Li Rupei finally revealed the next arrangement.

Gao Chibang nodded, it is impossible to find the letter, Huang Kui must have destroyed it, but such a letter can be fabricated, since Liu Ziheng did such a thing, it cannot be denied, take a step back and say, even if Liu Ziheng did not do such a thing, Gao Chibang can also think of a way to let Liu Ziheng sit on the charge of collaborating with the enemy.

"General, how should the more than 7,000 captured prisoners be placed."

This is indeed a tricky question, 7,000 people are not a small number, they have to eat, and the slightest carelessness can cause a commotion.

Li Rupei thought for a moment and spoke.

"Immediately screen, all officers, not a single one is left, all of them are killed, if the sergeants meet the requirements, they will be scattered and incorporated into the iron-blooded army, and the rest of the prisoners who do not meet the requirements will be sent to guard them and escorted them to the Yangzhou Prefecture for detention, and then deal with them after a period of time."

"General Gao is responsible for handling this matter, and you must be cautious."

After Gao Chibang and Huang Biao left, Li Rupei's personal soldiers took out the map.

With the torch lit, Li Rupei began to carefully examine the map.

The 20,000 army led by Huang Kuo was completely wiped out, and Huang Kuo himself was killed, which will definitely surprise everyone's expectations, and it will take a certain amount of time for the news to spread, and the battles are almost all carried out at night, and the battlefield is cleaned very cleanly, leaving basically no traces, which is the time that the iron-blooded army has gained.

Liu Ziheng is Li Rupei's biggest enemy, as the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, he actually supported Huang Kui to attack Liangzhou, which is unbearable, Li Rupei got enough information, he can attack Xiangyang, and kill Liu Ziheng in one fell swoop, once the court is to blame, Li Rupei can come up with sufficient evidence, so that the court has nothing to say, you must know that collaborating with the enemy is a serious crime.

Everything seems to be logical, according to the combat effectiveness of the iron-blooded army, it is not much of a problem to capture Xiangyang and take Liu Ziheng, but at present, we just need to think of a better way, quietly enter Xiangyang, and catch Liu Ziheng off guard.