When the army drove to Shenzhou, Li Rupei's mood was not very good, after so many years, he finally felt the ruthlessness of this era, if you don't have enough ability, thinking that people will surrender to you, it is impossible, fortunately, when he crossed, although the luck was not very good, but finally had the blood of the Li Tang royal family, which is crucial for his future development, of course, this so-called royal bloodline, is not the most important, after Huang Chao conquered the capital Chang'an in history, Not to have killed a large number of Li Tang royal family members, except for the royal children who fled to Xichuan with Tang Xizong, all those who stayed in the capital were killed.

Zhu Wen's attitude made Li Rupei a little vigilant.

Zhu Wen did not talk about his own understanding, and avoided talking about Bi Shiduo's affairs, and it was not until later that Li Rupei made a detailed analysis before he spoke about understanding and making suggestions, in fact, this is the outpouring of true temperament, in this era of the jungle, people who have no ability will always be eliminated, Zhu Wen's heart has a mind that is ready to move, it is also very normal, what he Li Rupei needs to do is to completely crush Zhu Wen's thoughts with practical actions.

Li Rupei will never allow the existence of traitors, if the foundation that he has worked so hard to build is stolen by others, his family is brutally killed, and his descendants are not at peace, it is the most painful thing.

Li Rupei also knows that people are different from each other, people like Cui Anqian and Liu Yunzhang will never rebel, and they will not and cannot become emperors, but they are good right-hand men, people like Gao Chibang and Huang Biao will also not rebel, they have extraordinary skills, and when faced with the helpless reality, they either become bandits or choose to escape from the world, as for people like Zhu Wen and Bi Shiduo, they have a restless nature in their bones. As soon as the opportunity is right, the true nature will be revealed, and the path of rebellion and hegemony will begin.

This is also why, in history, Zhu Wen overthrew the Tang Dynasty, and Bi Shiduo beheaded Gao Yu.

After thinking about these things clearly, Li Rupei has no time to slack off, let alone have the idea of slacking off.

This is a good thing, but for Li Rupei, who is a little lazy by nature, it is also a more painful thing, this situation. In response to the words after a thousand years: pain and happiness.

It took only three days for the army to enter the territory of Shenzhou.

The march and the orders issued along the way were all operated by Zhu Wen, and Li Rupei didn't care about specific things, he needed to think about the deployment of the overall operation to see if there was anything missing.

Scouts send in a steady stream of detected information every day.

Huang Chao has controlled Shenzhou for a long time, and it should be said that after the defeat in Luoyang, Huang Chao also carried out some introspection, especially in terms of people's livelihood. Compared with before, there has been great progress, and the places occupied by Huangchao, such as Shenzhou, Anzhou and Chuzhou, are generally stable, and the people have not received special exploitation. And because of the withdrawal of the official army, the people in these places are more comfortable than before, so the people of this generation support Huangchao.

However, Huang Chao was not so polite to the gentry and wealthy families and gate valves, and many rich families were forced to leave. I don't want any money, I just want to be able to leave, Huang Chao is desperate. He didn't want to kill those gentry and rich families, after all, the dozen or so women around him were all beautiful women, and even young ladies from official families, for the sake of these women's faces, Huang Chao was unwilling to kill.

It is said that in Shenzhou, which has a mass base, when the army of the iron-blooded army enters, Huang Chao must know about it and will make some moves, but the scouts reconnoitred everywhere and did not find Huang Chao's army at all, and many places in Shenzhou are calm.

One thing caught the attention of Li Rupei and the scouts, after the iron-blooded army entered Shenzhou, they walked on the official road, but they didn't see many people along the way, after the autumn harvest was the slack season, the farmers were generally at home, but they couldn't see the people, which made the scouts very strange, and also made Li Rupei fall into contemplation.

The whereabouts of Wang Xu's army had been detected by the scouts, and after getting the information, Li Rupei laughed.

It turned out that when Wang Xu entered Shenzhou, he was extremely careful, even in the process of marching, he was fully guarded, so that the army's itinerary could not be very fast, and Wang Xu also tried to attack some towns in the process of marching, but before it started, he was warned, and every time someone sent those warning letters, warning Wang Xu not to mess around in Shenzhou, so Wang Xu also understood that he could not make trouble in Shenzhou, and it was best to enter Tangzhou directly.

Of course, Wang Xu will not be reconciled, he can't attack the city, and it's still okay to attack and loot villages and towns, but most of the villages and towns along the way can't see anyone, let alone food.

The sergeants under Wang Xu's command, which can be described as a rabble, followed out, thinking about looting, and even thinking about being able to grab a few beautiful girls, so that the mouth can be full, and the body can be satisfied, but unfortunately it seems very desolate along the way, which makes the sergeant a little impatient, and complains all the way, which causes the speed of the army to march even slower.

After analyzing all the information, Li Rupei's heart was counted.

When Zhu Wen came to the Chinese military tent, Li Rupei was placing the red flag and the yellow flag in the sand table, the red flag represented the iron-blooded army, and the yellow flag represented Wang Xu.

Fortunately, Wang Xu was leading the troops for the first time, and he didn't know how many scouts to send to investigate, so he didn't know that the Iron Blood Army was approaching.

"General Zhu Wen, you have worked hard along the way."

"The prince praised it, this is what his subordinates should do."

"Come and see, the iron-blooded army is fifty miles away from Wang Xu's army, according to a certain prediction, the battle can start tomorrow night, tell me what you think, and how to exterminate Wang Xu."

Zhu Wen looked at the sand table carefully and quickly spoke.

"The subordinates feel that the combat effectiveness of the sergeants under Wang Xu's command is not strong, and the iron-blooded army can completely take the form of direct attack, take the lead in attacking, and destroy the sergeants under Wang Xu's command in the shortest possible time, once Wang Xu is in chaos, the battle will be over."

"Well, this idea is good, the sergeants under Wang Xu's command really don't have any combat effectiveness, they have been on off for so long, and they are still wandering around Shenzhou, I really don't know whether to come out to loot, or to travel in the mountains and rivers, the attack of the iron-blooded army, just use the way you said, launch a charge in the fastest time, and disrupt the sergeants under Wang Xu's command in one go, and then start a fight."

Zhu Wen was very happy to be affirmed by Li Rupei, which was not a simple thing in his opinion.

"General Zhu Wen, there is another situation, I don't know if you have thought of the reason."

Li Rupei asked, and Zhu Wen immediately concentrated.

"Huangchao has occupied Shenzhou for a long time, and treats the people well, there is a certain foundation here, and it has the support of many people, Wang Xu is a rabble, it is impossible to confront Huangchao, but Wang Xu has been in Shenzhou for so long, and there is nothing to do, without any losses, secondly, after the iron-blooded army entered Shenzhou, it took the official road, and there was no special concealment of whereabouts, but there were few people found along the way, Huainan Road was originally a rich land, and the population was also quite a lot, which is a little strange, what do you think."

This time, Zhu Wen didn't pretend to be stupid, and immediately answered.

"Lord Wang, his subordinates used to follow Huang Chao, Huang Chao has the habit of recruiting sergeants everywhere he goes, after the defeat of Huang Chao Luoyang, there are only 30,000 sergeants under his command, but now he has an army of 100,000, and he must be recruiting sergeants in Shenzhou, Anzhou and Chuzhou, so the iron-blooded army does not see many people along the road."

Li Rupei looked at Zhu Wen with a smile on his face, it seems that Zhu Wen is not particularly smart, and the analysis of the problem is still inappropriate.

"General Zhu Wen, I'm afraid things are not so simple, since Huang Chao has been stationed in Shenzhou for so long, he basically did not harass the people, it means that he knows the importance of the base area, rabbits do not eat the grass next to the nest, this truth Huang Chao will not know, if the people in Shenzhou, Anzhou and Chuzhou and other places are plundered into the army, then who else farms, what does the 100,000 army under Huang Chao eat."

Zhu Wen lowered his head, his expression was very honest and sincere.

"There was a conjecture a long time ago, and I also said it in Xiangyang, Huang Chao meant to let Wang Xu loot Tangzhou, let the iron-blooded army go to Tangzhou to exterminate Wang Xu, he took the opportunity to sneak attack Suizhou, loot grain and grass, now it seems that this conjecture is completely correct, and Huang Chao has made sufficient preparations, the reason why he didn't see many people along the way, that is because Huang Chao temporarily concentrated most of the people in the city, and the grain was hidden, so that Wang Xu couldn't get anything in Shenzhou, You have to go to Tangzhou to really start plundering. ”

"Wang Xu is not Huang Chao's opponent, if Huang Chao wants to exterminate Wang Xu, I'm afraid he doesn't need to wait until Wang Xu enters Shenzhou, and then when Wang Xu leaves Gwangju City, he can do it, why doesn't Huang Chao do it, why will Wang Xu be safe after entering Shenzhou, that is Huang Chao's intention."

"The so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches are behind, and Huang Chao wants to use this trick to deal with so-and-so, and he also thinks too beautifully."

Li Rupei's expression instantly became serious.

"Wang Xu's command is a rabble, you don't need 10,000 iron-blooded troops to participate in the fight, give you 3,000 soldiers, completely exterminate Wang Xu, you have to remember, you must kill Wang Xu, 200 special forces soldiers, all allocated to you, so that they can complete the pursuit of Wang Xu."

"The Iron Blood Army entered Shenzhou, Huang Chao couldn't not know, there must be other arrangements, the rest of the seven thousand Iron Blood Army soldiers are responsible for dealing with the Yellow Sparrow behind, the scouts have been scouting around these days, and they have not found any trace of the sergeants under Huang Chao, they are still hiding quite deep, the more this is the case, the more it shows that Huang Chao has already made arrangements, taking advantage of the Iron Blood Army and Wang Xu to fight, coming from behind, at least it can increase the casualties of the Iron Blood Army." (To be continued......)