Since Li Rupei took office as the envoy of Shannan West Daojiedu, Liu Ziheng has not been idle, what has he done, his heart is clear, and Li Rupei's father's hatred is indelible, it should be said that the fear in his heart occupies more of the ingredients, he personally killed Li Rupei, at that time Li Rupei was dead and could not die again, why could he be resurrected, and made such a big career.

If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing, which is passed down by the ancients orally, and it also has a great truth, and being able to survive a big disaster shows that a person has seen through a lot of things, will not have too much fear, and has a stronger purpose in doing things.

The strength of the iron-blooded army, Liu Ziheng has a personal experience, if the iron-blooded army defeated and killed Lu Yanhong, there may be an element of luck, and even said that the iron-blooded army defeated and killed Huang Kui, defeated Huang Chao, etc., it is properly deployed, then the iron-blooded army cleanly eliminated 10,000 Xiangyang tooth army and captured Liu Di alive, it is not an ordinary ability.

After taking office as the envoy of Shannan Dongdao Jiedu, the first thing Liu Ziheng did was to fully control the Xiangyang Tooth Army, which was the capital of his life, I have to say that Liu Jurong also has a certain ability, the combat effectiveness of the Xiangyang Tooth Army is good, otherwise there would be no record of defeating Huangchao at the beginning, and it is precisely because the Xiangyang Tooth Army has a good combat ability that Liu Ziheng will be full of self-confidence, and after the Iron-blooded Army occupies Quanzhou, he will send Liu Di, who has already been snubbed, to exterminate the Iron-Blooded Army that occupies Quanzhou.

Liu Ziheng made large-scale changes to the Ya Army, reducing the number of the Yawai Army and the Waizhen Soldiers to the greatest extent, and all the sergeants with good quality among them were incorporated into the Ya Army, so that the number of the Ya Army increased, and the total number was close to 50,000 people. Becomes vulnerable.

The treatment of the tooth army is different from that of the tooth army and the foreign town soldiers, which means that Liu Ziheng's expenses have increased, but he doesn't care, the tax is not enough, it will increase, Shannan Dongdao is a relatively wealthy place, and it also belongs to the main grain producing area of the Tang Dynasty, and the taxes collected should be able to feed the tooth army, but unfortunately Liu Ziheng's consideration is simpler, not only the tooth army needs expenses, but also the government at all levels needs a lot of expenses. This also led to the fact that after the beginning of the year, Liu Ziheng had to make a decision to increase the tax amount on a large scale.

Xiangyang is located in the central region of the Tang Dynasty, there are many businessmen from the south to the north, Liu Ziheng will certainly not let go of this opportunity to make a fortune, all the businessmen who transport goods from Xiangyang by waterway to various places have to pay a lot of money, or even leave most of the goods, otherwise they may not be able to save their lives.

Liu Ziheng has no ability to govern the locality. He doesn't care too much about the lives of the people, his biggest goal and task is to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Xiangyang Tooth Army and make his own strength stronger.

On the one hand, this is because of the many practical situations faced, and on the other hand, it is to guard against Li Rupei and the Iron Army.

After the army of the Iron Blood Army entered the place under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang Prefecture. Liu Ziheng only learned the news.

He was thunderous and knew that big things were not good.

Nearly 40,000 Xiangyang Ya troops are not all concentrated around Xiangyang at the moment, and some of them are still collecting taxes in various places. After these tooth soldiers went to various places, they were like wild horses that broke free from their cages, and carried out the task of collecting taxes. Every sergeant can get a lot of benefits, and in the process of conscription, he can play tricks casually, and the money can go into his own pocket, Liu Ziheng turned a blind eye to this, which led to a part of the tooth army still entrenched in various places, and he refused to return to Xiangyang for a long time.

The number of sergeants in Xiangyang who can really be put into battle is less than 30,000, and these people are also quite resentful, seeing that their brothers are still making a fortune below, but they are honestly staying in Xiangyang, and no one is comfortable in their hearts.

The combat effectiveness of the Xiangyang Tooth Army is incomparable with the Iron-Blooded Army, but the defense of Xiangyang City is strong, and more than 20,000 Tooth Army are holding the city and waiting for rescue, as long as the Iron-Blooded Army cannot break through the city in a short time, all changes may occur.

The crisis has reached the present, and Liu Ziheng cannot hesitate.

The 20,000 Tooth Army quickly entered the city of Xiangyang, and the rest of the Tooth Army was on guard on the periphery, responsible for resisting the attack of the Iron and Blood Army.

As soon as the dispatch began, Liu Ziheng was busy with other things, he knew very well that with the Xiangyang Tooth Army, it was impossible to resist the attack of the iron-blooded army, and he had to get foreign aid, and Tian Lingzi's assistance in the imperial court could not be counted on for the time being, the capital was too far away from Xiangyang, and I am afraid that the news had not yet reached Xiangyang, and the city would be breached.

Liu Ziheng needs to get foreign aid, this is the fundamental way to solve the crisis, the Xiangyang Ya Army scattered all over the place, it is too late to rush to Xiangyang, in front of the fierce iron-blooded soldiers, only to be beaten.

Moreover, foreign aid must be a powerful force, so as to fundamentally shake the momentum of the Iron Army.

Liu Ziheng thought of Huang Chao.

At the beginning, Huang Chao was defeated outside Luoyang City, and attacked Liangzhou by using the East Road of Shannan, Liu Ziheng secretly gave help, as for Huang Kuo's attack in front, he spared no effort to support, which also led to the inextricable connection between him and Huang Chao, and now at a critical moment, he must find Huang Chao to help.

As for the connection with Huangchao, whether there will be any bad consequences, Liu Ziheng can't think of so much, Xiangyang has reached the most critical moment, as long as it can be used, it can be used.

The movements of the Xiangyang Ya Army are considered to be fast, the main generals are Liu Ziheng's henchmen, and there is not much problem in the execution of the order, but Liu Ziheng has neglected one point, that is, the rapid movement of the Iron Blood Army, in his opinion, even if the Iron Blood Army is marching fast, it will take a certain amount of time to prepare for the attack on Xiangyang, and the large-scale attack will be at least two days later.

This is also a convention, the first time the Iron Blood Army came to Xiangyang, they were not very familiar with the surrounding terrain, and it was impossible to start a fight in a short time, Li Rupei could not joke with the life of the Iron Blood Army sergeant, at least he needed to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, he needed to find a suitable place to set up camp, he needed to send the vanguard to attack, and so on.

Many generals of the Xiangyang Tooth Army have the same understanding as Liu Ziheng, and they also feel nervous, after all, the prestige of the Iron-Blooded Army is extraordinary, and the 10,000 Xiangyangya Army sergeants once led by Liu Di were all annihilated by the Iron-Blooded Army.

After Liu Ziheng's order came down, the matter of who entered the city of Xiangyang and who was on guard and resisted outside caused a lot of controversy, everyone knew that guarding and resisting in the periphery would face huge risks, and no one was willing to take the initiative to undertake this dangerous task, so the discussion on this aspect delayed a lot of time, until Liu Ziheng personally made a decision and asked several generals to lead the sergeants to resist in the periphery, and this matter was not implemented.

Liu Ziheng never imagined that at this time, the iron-blooded army led by Li Rupei was less than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang City.

The sluggishness of the tooth army's movements made Liu Ziheng a little dissatisfied, but at this time, he didn't have time to lose his temper, and he could only complete all the deployments at the fastest speed.

After verbally implementing the relevant arrangements, Liu Ziheng returned to Xiangyang City and personally wrote a letter requesting Huang Chao's support.

Huangchao's army is concentrated in Anzhou, Shenzhou, Huangzhou, Gwangju and Chuzhou in Huainan Province, which is close to Suizhou, Yingzhou and Fuzhou in Shannan East Province.

The key question is whether Huang Chao is willing to do this, because Huang Chao is also afraid of the Iron Army.

This is the biggest problem, but Liu Ziheng has a way.

This is a good opportunity, the iron-blooded army attacking Xiangyang must be a nest attack, and the Xiangyang tooth army will definitely resist desperately, which can drag the iron-blooded army and let the iron-blooded army concentrate outside the Xiangyang city, as long as the Huangchao's army moves quickly, take advantage of the iron-blooded army's full strength to attack the city, and launch an attack from behind, so the iron-blooded army will definitely be caught off guard, as long as the Huangchao's army attacks, Liu Ziheng will also lead the Xiangyang tooth army to kill, and the iron-blooded army will be defeated on both sides.

Pushing himself to save people, Liu Ziheng's Xiangyang Ya Army was once defeated by the Iron Army, and he always thought about revenge, Huang Chao's thoughts must be the same, thinking that Huang Chao was defeated by Cao Quanhui at the beginning, and later had the opportunity to defeat Cao Quanyang, but there was no mercy on his subordinates, and he chased and killed until the end, and as a result, Cao Quanyang's life was resigned.

After quickly writing the letter, Liu Ziheng was very satisfied, he seemed to see the appearance of the beautiful scenery described in the letter, and he even fantasized that he could completely defeat the Iron Blood Army through this battle, it was best to kill Li Rupei and completely eliminate the hidden dangers, otherwise he would be more and more worried when the Iron Blood Army continued to grow.

The letter was finally sent out of Xiangyang City.

The four city gates have been under martial law, and the people who patrol are not allowed to enter and exit at will, and the Xiangyang Yajun army is entering the city from the south gate.

With such a critical letter, Liu Ziheng was naturally very careful, and after sealing the fire paint, he found the most trusted confidant and personally sent the letter out.

Seeing his henchmen leave the city under the escort of the tooth army scouts, Liu Ziheng was relieved.

After returning to the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy, Liu Ziheng fell into deep thought, Li Rupei led the iron-blooded army to attack, he must be thinking about taking Xiangyang, but also thinking about being able to avenge the killing of his father, once Xiangyang is fresh, what awaits him Liu Ziheng is a dead end, and he has nowhere to escape, he has lost the strength in his hands, no matter where he escapes, Li Rupei will be easy to deal with him.

Liu Ziheng is a general from the Shence Army, and he still has some experience in fighting in the army, and after trying to calm down his mentality, he began to encourage himself, this battle may be the best time to resolve the grievances between him and Li Rupei. (To be continued......)