The autumn harvest season has finally arrived.

Everything seems to be very calm, Gao Biao has gone to the capital to serve as the secretary of the Ping Zhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Bi Shiduo has served as the deputy envoy to preside over the government affairs of Huainan Province, and Huainan Province has not appointed a festival envoy for the time being.

Li Rupei has always been very concerned about the situation in Huainan Province, Jiangnan West Province and Jiangnan East Province, and a large number of scouts of the Iron Blood Army have also infiltrated these places, constantly collecting intelligence from all aspects, Cui Anqian and Liu Yunzhang and others, because the situation has always been calm, also think that there will be no problems in Huainan Province and other places for the time being.

Yangzhou, the festival makes the yamen.

Bi Shiduo was in the lobby looking at Gao Yu's letter.

His position as a deputy envoy is very embarrassing, although it is said that he is in charge of all the affairs of the Jiedu envoy Yamen, including commanding an army of 100,000, but Qin Yan and Li Hanzhi's prestige in the army is also extraordinary, and they will not completely obey his dispatch, and when Gao Yu left Yangzhou, he may have made some arrangements and arrangements.

Bi Shiduo understands very well that it is impossible for him to completely control the 100,000 army in a short period of time, after all, this is Gao Biao's territory, Gao Biao will not be willing to lose the support of the 100,000 army, anything is real in his own hands, after being controlled by others, the problem must exist, and it is precisely for this reason that Gao Biao has made a lot of arrangements.

It is already the autumn harvest season, and Huainan Province, as the land of fish and rice, has entered the peak period of harvesting grain.

Gao Biao's letter at this time is actually to arrange the task, according to the plan, there should be a commotion in the south at this time, Bi Shiduo led an army of 100,000 to watch from the wall, and even will gain benefits in the middle of these riots, after all, the consumption of 100,000 troops is a lot, and the more sufficient military salaries and grain and grass, the better.

Qin Yan and Li Hanzhi and other officers entered the lobby.

Bishiduo's expression was very solemn, and he knew that today's arrangement was crucial.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Huainan has entered the autumn harvest season, and the marshal has sent a letter. In accordance with the requirements of the marshal, the following arrangements were made: the troops stationed in Shouzhou and the troops stationed in Shuzhou and Haozhou were all withdrawn to Yangzhou to protect the safety ...... of Yangzhou."

During the process of Bi Shiduo's arrangement, everyone's expressions were different, and Qin Yan, Li Hanzhi and the others had no expression on their faces. I don't know what I'm thinking, and the rest of the officers didn't show any surprise at this arrangement.

After the arrangements were completed, everyone left the yamen of the Jiedu envoy.

Qin Yan and Li Hanzhi walked together.

Qin Yan spoke first.

"General Li, the marshal made a comprehensive arrangement long before leaving Huainan Province, not only Huainan Province, I am afraid that Jiangnan East Province and Jiangnan West Road will also be in chaos, and Huang Chao will not let go of this opportunity. You and someone should not miss the opportunity. ”

Li Hanzhi nodded.

"What General Qin said is that such a good opportunity cannot be missed, if the Ya Army is dispatched at this time, it will be regarded as robbing the money. It can also be pushed on Huang Chao and the others, and the marshal can also take this opportunity to ask the court for military salaries......"

Both of them had smiles on their faces, and Bi Shiduo did not make arrangements in this regard, but the two of them would not do exactly what Bi Shiduo asked. In particular, the two of them will never miss this matter of looting money.

On July 20, the autumn harvest is in full swing.

Xiangyang Palace.

A man in a power suit wearing a felt hat and black clothes. Hurried to the palace.

After the guard at the gate of the palace saw the jade plate that the man took out, he didn't say a word, and immediately took the man into the palace, and the palace housekeeper personally took the man to the study.

After Li Rupei saw the visitor, he was also taken aback, and his face changed.

The person who came was Qin Erhei.

The iron-blooded army arranged a lot of eyeliner in Huainan Road, Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road, these eyeliners were led by Qin Erhei, Qin Erhei also went to Yangzhou, it should be said that Qin Erhei has a natural advantage in doing these things, Qin Erhei grew up in the village, there is no special temperament, everyone sees Qin Erhei, they will not have much defense, after being by Li Rupei's side for so long, Qin Erhei's understanding has changed a lot, and he has received a lot of training in the special forces, Qin Erhei at this time is completely different from the previous Qin Erhei.

Qin Erhei, who had only been in Yangzhou for a few months, rushed back to Xiangyang in person, and there must have been something important to report.

"Lord Wang, the situation is urgent, my subordinates don't dare to delay, and I made a special trip back to report to the prince."

Li Rupei waved his hand.

"Erhei, just say what's going on."

"Yes, at the end of June, the Huainan Provincial Tooth Army, the Tooth Wai Army and the Outer Town Soldiers, all returned to Yangzhou and were stationed near Yangzhou City, and there were rumors in Yangzhou City that the situation in the south might change dramatically, and the Huangchao army began to harass Shouzhou, Qizhou and Shuzhou and other places, taking advantage of the autumn harvest season to loot grain."

Li Rupei's face had changed, and the situation he expected had finally appeared, but the timing was too accurate, and there was a problem at the critical moment.

"The subordinates have always paid close attention to the movements of the Huang Chao army, and the subordinates feel strange that the Huang Chao seems to know Bi Shiduo's arrangements, and immediately after Bi Shiduo withdrew the troops from various places, he immediately started to act, and there was no delay during this period."

"In addition, Huainan Province, Jiangnan West Province and Jiangnan East Province appeared many rebel forces, which seemed to emerge at the same time, among which the most influential was Wang Xu of Gwangju, Wang Xu was a butcher, rebelled in Gwangju, with more than 3,000 people, in just half a month, it developed to more than 10,000 people, and the momentum was very large, in addition to Ji Wen of Shouzhou, Du Xiong of Taizhou in Jiangnan, Zhu Bao of Wenzhou, Lu Yue of Chuzhou, Lei Man of Lizhou and Sun Xi of Junzhou ......and so on."

Li Rupei's expression began to be gloomy, to say that there must be a reason for the sudden appearance of these rebel forces, you can see Gao Biao's shadow here, Gao Biao left Huainan Road, his heart was uncomfortable, thinking that he could create some incidents, so that the court could not deal with it, and in the end he came to calm down.

Gao Biao is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and he has fallen to such an extent, this is what Li Rupei did not expect, let Huang Chao loot everywhere, this is not strange, Gao Biao was unwilling to fight with Huang Chao, but in a short period of time, there are so many rebellious forces, if they can't be pacified in a short time, the south will definitely be in chaos.

This kind of chaos is by no means as simple as people imagine, these rebel forces, the first thing to do is to loot, no matter how they want to rebel, first of all, there must be grain and grass support, looting the people during the autumn harvest season, is the easiest way, once the people encounter looting, can not survive, a large number of displaced people will appear, these people will either wait to starve to death, or join the rebel army.

Once such a situation is formed, the south will inevitably fall into a long period of chaos, and it will take more energy to quell this chaotic situation than ordinary people can imagine.

Qin Erhei was in a hurry to Xiangyang, and he didn't have time to write letters, and in the process of his report, Li Rupei personally wrote down these situations.

After Qin Erhei finished his report, he left the study and went to the middle courtyard of the palace to rest temporarily.

Li Rupei stayed alone in the study, looking at the map carefully, and fell into deep thought.

An hour later, Cui Anqian, Gao Chibang and others entered the study.

Li Rupei has already made many marks on the map.

Li Rupei didn't speak for the time being, and handed the written materials to Cui Anqian.

Cui Anqian and Gao Chibang looked at these materials carefully, and their expressions also changed dramatically, such a big change was also something they didn't expect, and they originally thought that the autumn harvest season could be spent peacefully.

"Tell me what you think."

Cui Anqian looked at Gao Chibang and slowly spoke.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a big commotion, I really didn't expect it, it seems that there is Gao Yu's incitement here, once this information arrives in the capital, it will inevitably cause fluctuations in the imperial court, and I think that the Iron Blood Army must be ready for everything and deal with emergencies at any time, but it is currently in the autumn harvest season, and the situation in Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road is very calm, in this case, it is not suitable for the Iron Blood Army to send troops for the time being, even if it is to send troops, it will have to wait until September."

After Cui Anqian finished speaking, Gao Chibang also spoke.

"The subordinates agree with Cui Ge Lao's opinion, and the Iron Blood Army is ready for everything."

Li Rupei nodded and pointed to the map.

"The biggest problem is still in Huainan Road, except for Yangzhou, the rest of the state capitals in Huainan Province, almost all have problems, as for Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road, a few rebel forces, not enough to shake the overall situation, but Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road problems, will inevitably arouse the attention of Huang Chao, once Huang Chao moves to these two places, it will cause a big problem, Huang Chao in the process of change, if you can absorb these forces, I am afraid that the entire south will be shaken, the strength of the south is weak, Gao Yu and Bi Shiduo will even watch from the wall, so all the attention must be focused on the Iron Army. ”

Cui Anqian and Gao Chibang looked at Li Rupei and did not speak.

"My father-in-law's suggestion is very right, before the autumn harvest of Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road is completely over, the Iron Blood Army cannot send troops, which is related to the stability of the two places, and it is also related to the food and grass raising of the Iron Blood Army, but the Iron Blood Army cannot act according to the regular deployment, from today onwards, there are two things to start doing immediately, the first thing is to raise grain and grass, and the second thing is to speed up the progress of harvesting grain."

"After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Iron and Blood Army must be ready to act at any time to capture the thief and capture the king, and the Iron Blood Army must solve the problem of Huainan Province at one time, that is, to completely exterminate the Yellow Nest, as long as the Yellow Nest can be completely eliminated, the rest of the rebel forces are not a problem, even if the Yellow Nest wants to leave Huainan Road, it will be after the end of the autumn harvest." (To be continued......)