Liangzhou is not far from the capital Chang'an, that is, more than 600 miles, if it is according to the marching speed of the iron-blooded army, that is, two days, relatively speaking, Liangzhou is farther away from the eastern capital Luoyang, there are more than 1,300 miles, even if the iron-blooded army marches at full speed, it will take at least four days or so, which is still the speed of cavalry.

Huangchao has already occupied Henan Mansion, which is directly facing the eastern capital Luoyang, from the capital of Henan Mansion to the eastern capital Luoyang, but more than 400 miles, Huang Chao's army will need about three days to surround Luoyang.

It's just that the cautious Huang Chao did not act immediately, and may still be waiting to see the situation, or feel that there is no big problem in taking the eastern capital Luoyang, rather than attacking the city desperately at that time, it is better to entrench in Kaifeng, so that the officials and sergeants of Luoyang are frightened, once the officers and soldiers of Luoyang lose their morale, the army will be able to take the eastern capital at the smallest cost.

Gao Biao did not move for a long time, which also made the atmosphere in Luoyang more and more tense.

Liu Yunzhang left behind in the eastern capital can not bear the pressure, Kaifeng, which is not far away, Huangchao's hundreds of thousands of troops are eyeing each other, and they may attack Luoyang at any time, and the Shence army stationed outside Luoyang City is finally under heavy pressure, revealing its true colors, many sergeants entered Luoyang City after getting the increase in the imperial court, going up and down, going down to the restaurant, eating, drinking, and having fun, and they were ashamed to open their mouths, saying that they were risking their lives to protect Luoyang, if they couldn't enjoy it, how to say the past.

Through various channels, Liu Yunzhang thoroughly grasped the situation of the Shence Army stationed outside Luoyang City, he no longer had confidence, just with these Shence Army sergeants, if they could resist the attack of the Huangchao army, it would be a joke.

Chang'an, the capital city, those civil and military ministers in the court and the central government were too busy to take care of themselves, and they didn't care about the situation in the eastern capital at all, and Prime Minister Lu Xi committed suicide because he couldn't bear the pressure, which seems to show some kind of hint, Liu Yunzhang must also consider the next way out, if Huang Chao's army attacks Luoyang City, what kind of choice should he make.

Liu Yunzhang is a typical reader, and in the face of such a difficult choice, he inevitably fell into pain.

Luoyang can't see hope, Huangchao's army is stationed in Kaifeng, it has been close to a month, if the envoys from all over the country come to King Qin, they should have arrived a long time ago, but after such a long time, the hair of the soldiers can't be seen, the court doesn't know how many holy decrees and edicts have been issued, and many of the festival envoys are pretending to be deaf and dumb, what hope is there for such a court.

Maybe when the Huangchao army came to attack, opening the city gate and surrendering was the best choice, which could save the lives of the people of Luoyang City, of course, if he did this, Liu Yunzhang would also bear great responsibility.

Huang Chao was also hesitating, and by the end of November, he had finally made up his mind.

The army has been stationed in Kaifeng for a month, the northern Jiedu envoy has not made the slightest movement, and the southern Gao Yu and other Jiedu envoys have no performance, it seems that they are not ready to rush to the aid of the capital and the eastern capital, Huang Chao is most worried that when the army attacks Luoyang and the capital, the armies from all walks of life attack from behind, so he may face a situation that cannot be controlled.

Now it seems that such a situation will not arise.

After years of conquest, the Yellow Nest is still not reckless.

After consulting with Zhao Zhang, Shang Rang, Zhu Wen and others, he decided to send the vanguard to test it and see what the defense of Luoyang City was, and the situation that the Shence Army had rotted to the roots, Huang Chao was still not clear, and Huang Chao was also a little worried when he learned that the Shence Army was stationed outside Luoyang City, after all, the prestige of the Shence Army was very high.

This time the tentative attack, Shang Rang led an army of 20,000 to attack first, if the attack went well, Huang Chao would lead the entire army to directly attack Luoyang and occupy Luoyang.

Being able to occupy Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, is of extraordinary significance to Huang Chao.

In Liangzhou, Li Rupei analyzed a lot of things from the information sent by Yan Fu.

Many Jiedu envoys in the north will not care about the capital and the eastern capital, will not send a soldier to protect the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang, the combat effectiveness of the Shence army is almost none, it is impossible to resist the attack of the Huangchao army, Beijing is in such a situation, the city and the eastern capital have been in a mess, and stationed in Kaifeng Huangchao, the delay in attacking, so that the officials and sergeants of the two places are even more panicked, this kind of measure to hit the morale of the other party, is indeed the best choice.

The iron-blooded army has expanded to more than 30,000 people, and the number of sergeants recruited this time has reached more than 13,000, and Gao Chibang, Huang Biao, Song Hu and others have personally trained these newly recruited sergeants, including the 7,000 sergeants who surrendered.

The training plan he proposed, which has been precipitated for thousands of years, is the best training method for sergeants, although this kind of training seems cruel and impersonal, but it can be tempered to truly build a strong army.

Rushing to aid the eastern capital and the capital is a strategy that has been formulated a long time ago, and the key depends on how to implement it.

More than 30,000 iron-blooded soldiers, it is impossible to pull them all out, at least 10,000 people need to be left to defend Shannan West Road, otherwise Liu Ziheng and Chen Jingxuan and others took advantage of the fire to rob, and the festival made the yamen unbearable, and said 10,000 steps back, even if many cities were saved, the loss of the common people was also heavy, and this kind of loss was finally solved by the festival to make the yamen.

Whether it is to rush to the capital Chang'an or the eastern capital Luoyang, among the people, there have also been some controversies, Gao Chibang's opinion is to rush to the capital Chang'an, he put forward such a suggestion, it is also reasonable, Liangzhou is not far from the capital Chang'an, the iron-blooded army can make adequate preparations, in the shortest possible time to arrive in Chang'an, and fight with the army of Huangchao, the eastern capital Luoyang is too far away from Liangzhou, you need to carry a lot of grain and grass, long-distance raid battle, it is very unfavorable for the iron-blooded army, and then to keep the capital Chang'an, That is, to keep the imperial court.

Gao Chibang's proposal has received a lot of support, and even Ma Haoxuan, Yu Chenghui and others think it is very reasonable.

However, Li Rupei does not see it that way, and does not agree with Gao Chibang's suggestion, the status of the eastern capital Luoyang is also important, if the army of Huang Chao easily takes Luoyang, it will inevitably boost morale and attack Chang'an in the most courageous state, so that the iron-blooded army will face huge pressure, if the iron-blooded army can gallop to the eastern capital Luoyang, stop the attack of Huangchao, and keep Luoyang, it will be a huge blow to Huangchao.

The matter of the long march of the army is something that the Iron Blooded Army will inevitably go through, and perhaps there will be more such battles in the future, and this is the best opportunity.

After careful discussion and consideration, everyone agreed that the Iron and Blood Army would directly rush to the aid of Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Immediately afterwards, Li Rupei proposed to personally lead the army and rush to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to fight.

As soon as his words fell, he was opposed by Gao Chibang and others, Gao Chibang said very directly, and even said cruel words, which roughly means that Li Rupei as a prince, a festival envoy and a general, the identity is different, sitting in command is the best choice, the so-called strategizing house, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, the boss can not be involved in every battle, and it is impossible to participate in every battle, in case there is any accident, it will be an irreparable loss, Besides, Li Rupei's actions also made the main generals of the Iron Blood Army feel discouraged and disgraced.

It's a pity that this time Li Rupei insisted on his own opinion.

Li Rupei's explanation is also very simple, as a prince, when the capital and the eastern capital are in danger, if he can't come forward to solve the problems for the imperial court, it is unreasonable, and he will be condemned by the people of the world. And the reason why he personally came forward to command this battle and took a huge risk, to a large extent, was also for the people of the world to see, and the political meaning in this was even stronger, after all, his ambition was not only in Shannan West Road.

Gao Chibang and the others understood what Li Rupei meant, but they thought that as long as the Iron and Blood Army attacked, they would be able to prove everything, after all, this battle was a huge risk, and more than 20,000 Iron Blood Army soldiers were facing an army of nearly 200,000 Huang Chao, and if they didn't pay attention to it, there might be an accident.

The controversy did not last long, and once Li Rupei made a decision, it was basically impossible to change it, unless it was such a decision that was divorced from the current reality, such as the decision to prepare to attack Xiangyang last time.

Then it was time for the army to march, and this time was very short.

Huangchao's army has been stationed in Kaifeng for about a month, consuming a lot of grain and grass, the northern Jiedu has not made any movement, and the southern Gao Yu has not expressed, without the aid of the army, the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang have been in isolation, and the imperial decree and edict have no effect.

Huang Chao has mastered the attitude of many knots, and it is time to attack.

Huang Biao even thinks that Huang Chao is too cautious and can have launched an attack a long time ago, if he had launched an attack earlier, the Iron Blood Army would not have been able to rush to help, after all, the Iron Blood Army has recruited a large number of sergeants, and it takes time to train, if the training is not completed, rashly pull it out, and may not be able to win the battle.

The time of departure was set at the end of November, and the 20,000-strong army had to arrive in Luoyang within four days.

There are three situations that the Iron Blood Army may encounter, the first is that Huang Chao has surrounded or captured the eastern capital Luoyang, the second is attacking, and the third is preparing to attack.

The third scenario is basically impossible, and the second scenario is very likely, but the first scenario may also be encountered.

In the face of different situations, the preparation that the Predator needs to make is also different.