Zhao Laibao led an army of 10,000 and marched towards Yuezhou, which belonged to Jiangnan West Road.

This is Li Rupei's order, more than 50,000 iron-blooded soldiers have surrounded Yangzhou, did not attack, Yangzhou City Bi Shiduo, there is no movement, at this time, Li Rupei received a letter from Gao Chibang, almost no hesitation, ordered Zhao Laibao to lead 10,000 troops to aid Gao Chibang.

Zhu Wen and Xie Yuxin both expressed their objections, after all, there are still 70,000 troops in Yangzhou City, in terms of numbers, Bi Shiduo is dominant, if Bi Shiduo breaks the cauldron and suddenly attacks, 50,000 iron-blooded soldiers deal with 70,000 troops, can guarantee victory, after 10,000 people can be transferred, the remaining 40,000 people may not be able to guarantee a complete victory.

But Li Rupei doesn't see it that way, he thinks that in a short period of time, Bi Shiduo will not launch a large-scale attack, nearly 30,000 troops have been wiped out, which has made Bi Shiduo lose his fighting spirit, and when it is not a last resort, Bi Shiduo would rather stay in Yangzhou City, and will not take the initiative to attack, and besides, the sergeants under his command also have fear in their hearts, at this time, 10,000 people will be sent to Jiangnan Province to completely exterminate Huangchao, which is the best time.

Once Li Rupei made a decision, everyone carried it out, so Zhao Laibao accepted the task and led 10,000 soldiers from Yangzhou to Yuezhou within four days to make peace with Gao Chibang.

Li Rupei was originally going to transfer 20,000 troops, so that the number of troops that Gao Chibang and Huang Biao could lead reached 40,000, and I believe that the attack of 40,000 people will definitely be able to defeat Huang Chao.

Li Rupei didn't expect Gao Chibang to completely defeat or capture Huang Chao alive in one battle, after all, Huang Chao has experienced countless failures, and his ability to escape is not ordinary, and Huang Chao knows how to make trade-offs, under special circumstances. would rather abandon the army and flee for his life first, but Li Rupei believes that as long as the Iron Blood Army basically exterminates the army under Huang Chao, then the end of Huang Chao himself will come, and the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army are ready for everything, even if Huang Chao escapes to the ends of the earth, he will be pursued, and this time Huang Chao must not be allowed to have any chance.

In fighting on two fronts, it is also necessary to prepare for the special situation in Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road. The number of 100,000 troops seems to be a little insufficient, but Li Rupei will not expand the army easily, he knows very well that the more troops there are, the more grain and grass will be consumed, and the greater the expenditure on military salaries, all of which will be solved by taxes, and there is a huge government that needs to operate, which is a burden on the people and merchants. Although the situation in Shannan West Province and Shannan East Province has improved, and the common people have been able to stabilize, it is far from being rich, and if the taxes are too heavy. When the common people can't bear it, they will be dissatisfied or even rebel.

At all times, people's livelihood must be put in an important position.

An army of 30,000 is believed to be able to defeat Huangchao. What's more, Gao Chibang also obtained the most important information.

Yuezhou, Hongzhou and Raozhou, to which Jiangnan West Province belonged, actually appeared against the Huangchao army, which also surprised Li Rupei's expectations. But Li Rupei's view is different from Gao Chibang's, when Huang Chao just started the army, the people supported it, that was because of the government's exploitation, so that the people could not live, Huang Chao represented the interests of the people, but after so many years, Huang Chao's mind slowly changed, and he began to enjoy life, and he did not take the interests of the people to heart, and the situation naturally changed, and the people saw it in their eyes and kept it in their hearts, and they would not continue to support Huang Chao.

Without the support of the people, the time has come for the Yellow Nest to fall.

Therefore, Li Rupei made a decisive decision to concentrate 30,000 soldiers of the iron-blooded army, and strive to completely exterminate the Yellow Nest within half a year, so that the biggest unstable factor in the Tang Dynasty will completely disappear.

As for the transportation of grain and grass, it is very important, Li Rupei has written several letters to Xiangyang, instructing that the matter of grain and grass must not be taken lightly, and there must be sufficient guarantees, especially on the side of Gao Chibang, after the war, he must face a hard pursuit, and the grain and grass cannot be guaranteed, and it is very likely that he will fall short.

Li Rupei, who crossed over, has a completely different understanding, he will never let go of Huang Chao, he will never think that he will be at ease after completely defeating Huang Chao, he must kill Huang Chao, only by killing Huang Chao can he eliminate too many uncertain dangers.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Rupei specially entrusted Zhao Laibao, and after seeing Gao Chibang, he made it clear that the most important purpose of this expedition is to kill Huang Chao, and if this task is not completed, the expedition will not end.

Cui Anqian of Xiangyang, although he said that he did not participate in the expedition, was even more hard.

After Yan Fu's letter from the capital arrived, Cui An breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor finally did not completely turn his face, as for the investigation of Kan Zeyu who stayed in the eastern capital, it was just a formality, did Kan Zeyu dare to say other bad words, in fact, the emperor's attitude has shown that there is nothing to be done about Li Rupei, it is best to maintain the current situation, otherwise it will completely offend Li Rupei, and the capital may not be able to maintain it normally.

Cui Anqian is most worried about the transportation of grain and grass, but in this matter, Li Rupei has already made arrangements, all the transportation of grain and grass is entrusted to the businessman, and the government will take out a certain amount of transportation costs, including sending a part of the army to escort it, so that a lot of costs can be saved.

For example, some merchants did not receive grain from Yangyang, but mobilized grain and grass from Gwangju and Hwangju, which belonged to Huainan Province, to first solve the grain and grass needed by the army, and then slowly transported the grain and grass from Xiangyang to Gwangju and other places to ensure that the local grain shops had grain sales.

It is precisely because Shang Jia has thought of a lot of ways to make the transportation of grain and grass very smooth.

This is probably something that Bi Shiduo and Huang Chao never dreamed of, in fact, they have a trace of fantasy about the conquest of the Iron Blood Army, that is, the transportation of grain and grass is too difficult, and the Iron Blood Army is difficult to last.

The news from the capital, Cui Anqian endured it alone, he didn't want Li Rupei to be distracted, the matter of grain and grass transportation, seeing that the progress was very good, which made Cui Anqian very pleased, and what made him even happier was that the iron-blooded army went out to win the battle, wiped out the 20,000 Yangzhou soldiers in Haozhou and Luzhou, and then defeated the ambush set by Bi Shiduo in Shuibo, and occupied all places except Yangzhou City.

The rapid attack of the Iron Blood Army also made Cui Anqian unable to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind, and he had to send a large number of officials into Huainan Province, and these officials must be capable and capable.

At this time, Cui Anqian longed for Li Rupei to be able to hold imperial examinations in Xiangyang and Liangzhou and other places, and absorb a large number of talents, he already felt that there were not enough officials, and it was conceivable that with the iron-blooded army taking Yangzhou, exterminating Huangchao, and dominating the entire south, the demand for officials was greater.

It is impossible for officials to be completely adjusted, but Cui Anqian adheres to a principle, that is, the chief officials of important places must be replaced, which cannot be spoken by the imperial court, for example, the assassination history of the prefectures and prefectures of Huainan Province must be replaced, and these people must be loyal to Li Rupei and must act in accordance with Li Rupei's requirements.

Jiedu has almost sent out the officials of the yamen, and fortunately they can barely maintain it, but Cui Anqian has already thought that he must absorb a large number of talents within half a year, and this matter cannot rely on the imperial court, he must work hard by himself, Li Rupei once said that the problem of talent can decide everything.

When Zhao Laibao led an army of 10,000 to Yuezhou, Gao Chibang had already learned the location of Huangchao's army.

Knowing that Li Rupei sent 10,000 soldiers from Yangzhou, Gao Chibang was very moved, more anxious, he had to launch an attack in the shortest possible time, once Huangchao's army was completely defeated, Jiangnan Province would not need to leave so many soldiers, most of the soldiers could rush to Yangzhou to prepare to completely exterminate Bi Shiduo.

After seeing Zhao Laibao, Gao Chibang had no greetings, he asked the soldiers who had just arrived, rest for a day, a day later, the army was about to start, Huang Biao from Qianzhou, after Fuzhou, has entered the territory of Hongzhou, Gao Chibang and Huang Biao will launch an attack from two directions, and strive to basically defeat the army of Huangchao in this large-scale battle.

Huang Chao is known as 100,000 troops, although the combat effectiveness is not very good, but the number is in front of him, and Huang Chao has a habit, that is, he will not divide the troops to fight, 100,000 people are together, maybe this arrangement, so that Huang Chao has a huge sense of security, even if he encounters a devastating blow, he can also let many soldiers resist the other party's attack, he himself can take advantage of this opportunity to escape, in fact, in the previous battle, Huang Chao has also used this method many times.

The specific operational deployment has been adjusted, this time Gao Chibang adopted the method of encircling on three sides, opening up a gap, so that the army of Huang Chao has the direction of escape, that is, to flee in the direction of Suzhou, only in this way, the next pursuit is advantageous, Gao Chibang is very cautious, he will never think of completely crushing Huang Chao's army through a battle, or even capture or kill Huang Chao alive, if you want to hurry.

On the night of Zhao Laibao's arrival, Huang Biao also arrived, and the three of them got together again, which meant that the war was about to begin.

The three of them must get together to discuss, and they must thoroughly understand all the arrangements and arrangements for the operation, understand their respective combat missions, and unite closely in the course of a major war, so that they can achieve the greatest victory and results. (To be continued......)