In less than two months, the iron-blooded army went deep into the west of the Jiangnan Province, defeated the army of Huangchao, and captured Huangchao alive, such a record can only be described by a miracle, the original Huangchao, how brave it was, led the army to kill Zhang Lan, Cao Quanyang and other famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, occupied Henan Mansion, and even almost took the eastern capital Luoyang, pointing at the capital Chang'an, but after encountering the iron-blooded army, it was defeated and retreated, and now it was completely wiped out by the iron-blooded army.

Although the Iron Blood Army is still surrounding Yangzhou, everyone believes that it will not take long for the Iron Blood Army to be able to take Yangzhou, and Bi Shiduo has no other way out, and it is impossible to defeat the Iron Blood Army.

Li Rupei's name quickly spread to the north.

It should be said that the northern feudal towns did not pay special attention to Li Rupei in the past, although Li Rupei was very famous in the south, but the strong northern feudal towns did not care about all this at all, the south was a symbol of weakness in their eyes, there was no strong army, Li Rupei could run rampant in the south, but not necessarily in the north.

After years of conquest, the northern feudal towns have become stronger and stronger in the fight against each other, and it is precisely because of the strong army as a guarantee that they will not obey the orders of the imperial court.

But now the situation is different, Li Rupei's sudden rise has shocked the north, and the most important thing is that Li Rupei has ruled the south, and his strength will become stronger and stronger.

Many feudal towns in the north are not worried about the strength of the iron-blooded army, they are worried about Li Rupei's identity, after all, Li Rupei is a prince and a son of the Li Tang royal family. It's hard to sustain it.

Li Rupei's extermination of the Yellow Nest caused subtle emotions in the northern feudal towns, and those feudal towns that had been fighting and killing all day suddenly became quiet, probably because of the fear of the future, these feudal towns slowly began to stop fighting with each other, and began to contact and discuss with each other, which had never happened before.

Nishikawa and Higashikawa are the most worried, and Nishikawa is close to Shannan Dongdo. Who knows if Li Rupei wiped out Huangchao and pacified Yangzhou, whether he attacked Xichuan and Dongchuan on a large scale, and what is even more terrible is that Cui Anqian once served as the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, and he had an unusual influence in Xichuan, and many officials in Xichuan remembered Cui Anqian and admired Cui Anqian.

Chen Jingxuan, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, has a special identity, he knows better the hatred between Tian Lingzi and Li Rupei, and sees the powerful iron-blooded army crisscrossing the south. He couldn't sit still, it is said that when the Iron Blood Army marches out on a large scale, he can take advantage of the troubled waters to fish and suddenly invade Shannan West Road. may be able to take advantage of it, but he doesn't have the guts, especially after the Iron and Blood Army wiped out the army of the Yellow Nest and captured the Yellow Nest alive, he didn't dare to move.

Dongchuan Jiedu makes the mentality of the teacher slowly change. Yang Shili was originally the general of the Zuo Shence Army and Tian Lingzi's confidant, and it was precisely because of this relationship that he relied on. can be appointed as the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival, but judging from the current situation, Yang Shili thinks that Li Rupei will do it to Dongchuan and Xichuan next, think about Bi Shiduo in Yangzhou, there are 100,000 troops under his command, Li Rupei said that he will do it, and the iron-blooded army is divided into two ways, all the way to Yangzhou, all the way into Jiangnan West Road, people are facing an army of nearly 200,000, it can be imagined how strong Li Rupei is.

Under such circumstances, Yang Shili, who is good at studying, will not hang himself from a tree, he is different from Chen Jingxuan, there is room for retreat, even if Li Rupei becomes the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he can find a way to survive.

Therefore, at this time, Yang Shili secretly arranged for his henchmen to prepare, and when he went to Xiangyang at the right time, he must see Li Rupei or Cui Anqian, showing that he is willing to surrender, and even willing to sacrifice the entire Dongchuan.

The imperial court was silent, and did not show any gesture for the victory of the iron-blooded army to capture the Yellow Nest.

At this time, no one doubted the strength of the Iron Army, and no one doubted that Li Rupei could become the master of Zhongxing in the Tang Dynasty, and the Iron Blood Army had won such a decisive victory in the battle, some people in the court were happy, some people didn't care, and some people were restless, and the court didn't have any attitude, which said it all.

Zheng Zheng and Yan Fu were of course happy, they clearly knew that it was only a matter of time before Li Rupei controlled the entire south, from this moment on, the imperial court could no longer control the south, everything was Li Rupei's final say, once Li Rupei stabilized the south, the next step was to develop towards the north. In the past, it may take ten years or even longer to see this process, but now it seems that maybe in a few years, the Iron and Blood Army will be able to enter the capital Chang'an.

Yang Fuguang's mood is very complicated, he has also led the army, and clearly knows that the formation of the army's combat effectiveness will take a long time, but in just a few years, the rising iron-blooded army swept across the south, making everyone tremble, what kind of ability does this Li Rupei have, can train such a strong army in a short period of time, when Li Rupei killed Lu Yanhong, Yang Fuguang thought that there was an element of opportunism, but this time Huangchao's 100,000 army was wiped out, and it was in a short period of time, This can never be described as lucky.

Yang Fuguang did not completely fall to Li Rupei, or that he was still in the final hesitation, but the situation was developing too fast, forcing him to make a decision in the shortest possible time, after all, this involved the fate of the Yang family, if the choice was wrong, the bloodshed in the power field, he knew very well.

Yang Fuguang locked himself in the mansion for a whole day, and after leaving the mansion, he went to find Yan Fu in person.

Tian Lingzi's days were the most difficult, after the news that Huang Chao was captured by the iron-blooded army reached the capital, Tian Lingzi was stunned, speechless for a long time, although at this time, the iron-blooded army was still surrounding Yangzhou, and there were still 70,000 troops under the command of Yangzhou Bi Shiduo, but Tian Lingzi knew very well that the entire south belonged to Li Rupei, and the southern jiedu envoys and many officials were probably scrambling to show loyalty to Li Rupei, and these people would not be loyal to the imperial court in the future.

Li Rupei's strength has become so strong that Tian Lingzi has no time to make any deployments, he regrets it, he hates, why didn't he do it when Li Rupei was still weak, why didn't he be able to prevent the emperor from enchanting Li Rupei as the king of Yi, why didn't he ask Liu Ziheng to attack Li Rupei directly, but unfortunately all this has passed.

Tian Lingzi must think about what to do in the future, the situation is developing too fast, Li Rupei has already shown his fangs, Tian Lingzi is powerless to stop Li Rupei from doing anything, maybe after taking Yangzhou, Li Rupei's next target is Xichuan and Dongchuan, it should be said that Li Rupei will not move the capital Chang'an for the time being, after all, he is a prince, but once Li Rupei takes Xichuan and Dongchuan, Tian Lingzi will not have any strength, just relying on the Shence army in the capital, he himself knows that it is unreliable.

After thinking hard for two days, Tian Lingzi wrote a secret letter to Chen Jingxuan, thinking that Emperor Xuanzong was not also hiding from An Lushan in Xichuan, Xichuan is a special place with special terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the best way to deal with it now is to ask Chen Jingxuan to manage Xichuan well and build a solid rear, in case there is any problem in the capital, Tian Lingzi can go directly to Xichuan, which may be the safest choice.

Tian Lingzi has already given Xichuan enough gold, silver, grain and grass, and it can be said that he has exhausted the power of the imperial court.

Tian Lingzi also remembered the civil and military ministers in the court, after the news of the capture of Huangchao by the iron-blooded army reached the capital, the number of people who came to his mansion to meet him suddenly decreased, and these wall grasses in the court were unreliable at all.

The most concerning thing is the emperor's attitude.

The emperor's attitude, I'm afraid everyone can't imagine, after Li Rupei's recital arrived at the palace, after the emperor saw the recital, laughed, turned around and went to the harem to play, and said that he would be at ease since then.

After the emperor's move came out, it was very surprising, could it be that the emperor did not know that the threat was imminent, the court was full of discussions, and later it was Zheng Zheng and Yan Fu who made an accurate analysis.

Especially Zheng Jin, knowing the emperor's temperament, the emperor is actually a stubborn master, he doesn't think about the world of the Tang Dynasty at all, and his heart is not so complicated, seeing Li Rupei rising step by step, the emperor is helpless, and finally thinks of Li Rupei's identity, no matter what, Li Rupei is a child of the Li Tang royal family, even if he comes to the capital, he will not do anything to the emperor, it's a big deal to be a prince, still play his own, and the world will be handed over to Li Rupei to take care of.

Zheng Zhen and Yan Fu felt funny about the emperor's attitude, and they could only shake their heads and sigh, if the emperor really thought like this, it would be too naïve, is it that simple, the struggle for power is always full of blood, no one can easily enter or push out, after all, there are still a group of people around the emperor, will these people give up, and between the emperor and Li Rupei, there is still an unbearable past.

On the fifth day of the second month of the second year of Yuanhe, the emperor decreed that Li Rupei was the king of the south, above the kings, and set up the southern road Daxingtai in Xiangyang.

The issuance of this holy decree shocked the Tang Dynasty, which indicated that Li Rupei's identity had undergone a huge change and he became the first person in the Tang Dynasty under the emperor.

More people are talking about what the emperor's holy decree is based on the measures taken by Tang Gaozu when he was crowned Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued......)