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On December 25, the sixth year of Qianfu, Lu Yanhong personally led the army from Liangzhou and went straight to Bazhou.

After the army led by Huang Chao suffered a crushing defeat in Jingmen, it entered Jiangnan Province, and the imperial court ordered Gao Biao to preside over the encirclement and suppression affairs, and Huang Chao, who suffered a heavy blow, did not dare to continue the attack, and was still in the stage of recuperation, Gao Biao was also exploring the reality of Huang Chao, and was unwilling to attack rashly, and the Spring Festival was approaching, no one wanted to provoke a big war at this time, so Jiangnan Province was stable.

In the imperial court, Lu Xian and Zheng Ji both resumed the position of prime minister, Wang Duo had to take responsibility for the failure of the battle between Tanzhou and Jiangling, so he was removed from the post of prime minister and reappointed as the crown prince, there is no prince in the court, Wang Duo actually has nothing to do, as for Tian Lingzi, the lieutenant of the Shence Army, is planning a big event, thinking about letting his brother Chen Jingxuan serve as the envoy of the festival, although Chen Jingxuan's background is just a master of making baked cakes, and he has no knowledge, but Tian Lingzi, who is in power, Let everything happen, Chen Jingxuan is already the general of the Shence Army Zuo Jin Wuwei, and it is only natural that he will be promoted to the envoy of the festival.

Generally speaking, the imperial court and the eunuchs all want to be stable in the place, and everyone wants to have a good Spring Festival.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yanhong led a large army to encircle and suppress the Iron Blood Army just after the new year.

Shannan Xidaosheng is such a big event, it is impossible for the imperial court not to pay attention to it, but the iron-blooded army has no reputation, and it is not an army recognized by the imperial court, from the emperor to the official eunuch, thinking that the iron-blooded army is just a slightly larger bandit, and Lu Yanhong led the army to encircle and suppress, and there will be no big problem, so no one raised objections, let alone considered the matter of Zhao'an.

But Tian Lingzi, who holds great power, is very dissatisfied with Lu Yanhong, everyone wants to spend the Spring Festival with peace of mind, even Huang Chao is honest, but at this time, Lu Yanhong led the army to suppress bandits, whether he wants to be in the limelight, or wants to attract the attention of the imperial court, if the battle is unfavorable, or if it fails, Shannan West Road and Shannan East Road are not unstable, and the court will not wait to ignore it, which has a heavy impact on Tian Lingzi's overall arrangement.

Even Yang Fuguang, who supported Lu Yanhong, felt strange, but he who knew Lu Yanhong began to pay attention to the Iron Army, if it was an ordinary bandit, Lu Yanhong would never lead the army to encircle and suppress at such a moment, after all, Lu Yanhong was also a general who went out from the middle of the Shence Army, and there was still a set of battles.

Bazhou, state office, wing.

The atmosphere is very warm, Gao Chibang, Huang Biao, Song Hu and Zhao Laibao and others, have long been gearing up, after a few months of training, the morale of the sergeants is high, always thinking of being able to defeat the official army, once again prove their own strength, not to mention that this time it is the Jiannan West Road Festival to make Lu Yanhong personally lead the army to come, if it can win a big victory, the iron-blooded army will not be able to cross the entire Shannan West Road.

Li Rupei is not so happy, the implementation of rent reduction and interest reduction, is planning and promoting, this is the biggest thing at present, once successful, will greatly stabilize the situation in Bazhou and Pengzhou, but in the process of advancing this work, it will definitely encounter opposition from the gentry and wealthy households and some bureaucrats, Li Rupei is even ready to personally come forward to do some investigation and persuasion work.

At this time, Lu Yanhong led a large army to attack Bazhou.

Lu Yanhong's urgent attack on Bazhou, regardless of the approaching Spring Festival, is indeed a bit unusual, which is also beyond Li Rupei's expectations, but the iron-blooded army has not been idle, it has been training hard to prevent the attack in the direction of Liangzhou, from this point of view, Li Rupei is still sure in his heart.

The information sent by the scouts was very clear and accurate.

There are 20,000 people in the army led by Lu Yanhong, all of them are tooth army, the army is divided into the front army and the middle army, the front army is 5,000 people, the middle army is 15,000 people, the distance between the front army and the middle army is only 20 miles, it is advancing rapidly in the direction of Bazhou, according to the degree of marching, you can reach the territory of Bazhou after two days.

In the direction of Xiangyang, Liu Di, who had just been promoted to the commander of the capital, led three thousand sergeants and left Shannan East Road and came in the direction of Shannan West Road.

This kind of information shows two very clear things, the first is that Lu Yanhong has learned the previous lesson, and must rely on the advantage of troops, step by step, advance as a whole, launch a comprehensive attack on Bazhou and Pengzhou, and strive to completely exterminate the iron-blooded army, and the second is that although Liu Jurong promised to help Lu Yanhong, he did not really help, he had Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, and the reinforcement army stationed in Tongzhou would only be icing on the cake, and would not send charcoal in the snow.

The total strength of the Iron Blood Army has reached nine thousand.

This kind of exhibition, compared with the degree of the Huangchao Zhan army, is insignificant, people can recruit hundreds of thousands of troops in just a few months, but the combat effectiveness of the iron-blooded army is by no means comparable to the army under the command of Huangchao, many officers are clear, at the beginning of the year, the iron-blooded army was only eight hundred bandits in the cottage, in less than a year, it has become a disciplined, brave army, the number has expanded more than tenfold, in terms of combat effectiveness, I am afraid that the Shence army is not an opponent, of course, The possibility of this qiē is Li Lang's bravery.

Li Rupei, who is well versed in the combat effectiveness of the iron-blooded army, decided to face the army led by Lu Yanhong head-on, and the overall goal is to completely defeat Lu Yanhong, as for Liu Di stationed in Tongzhou, don't pay attention to it for the time being, once Lu Yanhong suffers a heavy defeat, Liu Di will naturally lead the army to withdraw.

How exactly the battle should be carried out, Li Rupei has a different idea.

The overall deployment of the operation was all implemented, 8,000 officers and men of the Iron Blood Army went to battle, and the remaining 1,000 soldiers, 500 people were waiting in Bazhou City, and 500 people were waiting in Pengzhou City.

8,000 against 20,000, although they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, Gao Chibang and others were full of confidence.

Li Rupei has already done an analysis, the Ya army under Lu Yanhong's command was originally only 8,000 people, and then it was expanded on a large scale, increasing to more than 20,000 people, plus the Yawai army and the foreign town soldiers, the total strength of Shannan West Road is close to 40,000, this number seems to be very frightening, but unfortunately it belongs to the category of paper tigers.

Speaking only of the 8,000 tooth army with good combat effectiveness, this is the foundation that Lu Yanhong relies on, but now there is not much left, Dewey twice led the tooth army to fight with the iron-blooded army, both suffered heavy defeats, the loss of the tooth army elite more than 4,000 people, and then Lu Yanhong led the army to reinforce Xiangyang, and lost some of the elite of the tooth army in the battle, after several battles, the original 8,000 tooth army, it would be good to be able to leave 2,000 people.

The army of 40,000 in Shannan West Road, fighting against the iron-blooded army, lost nearly 10,000, participated in the battle in Jingmen, lost nearly 5,000, and the rest was more than 20,000 troops.

The combat effectiveness of the 20,000-strong army is really not very good, and there are still thousands of people among them, who have been hit by the destruction of the iron-blooded army, and they have zài fear in their hearts, and when they face the iron-blooded army, they cannot have high fighting spirit.

Therefore, the Iron Blood Army adopted a head-to-head duel to defeat the army under the command of Lu Yanhong in a dignified manner.

The location of the battle was chosen twenty miles outside the city of Bazhou, where it was an open area, which was conducive to the battle of the large army.

After all operational matters were decided, Li Rupei finally put forward his own views and understanding.

"I see that you are all full of confidence, you must completely defeat Lu Yanhong, and even think about capturing Lu Yanhong alive, from the aspect of combat, it is very correct to have such an idea, but in the actual battle, you can not have such thoughts, the purpose of this operation is to completely defeat the army led by Lu Yanhong, so that Lu Yanhong will not dare to covet Bazhou and Pengzhou from now on, but don't think about completely exterminating the army under Lu Yanhong's command."

The room was instantly quiet, and everyone looked at Li Rupei with doubts on their faces.

"I believe that the army under the command of Lu Yanhong has suffered many blows from the Iron Army, and its combat effectiveness has greatly declined, and it is no longer the opponent of the Iron Army.

"Once the iron-blooded army completely defeats Lu Yanhong, then it will be difficult for Lu Yanhong to keep the official position of the Shannan West Dao Jiedu envoy, the imperial court will adjust the candidates for the Shannan Xidao Jiedu envoy in the shortest possible time, the new Jiedu envoy, shouldering a heavy responsibility, what I think of is to completely exterminate the iron-blooded army, so that the iron-blooded army will fall into endless battles, not to mention that the soldiers may cause heavy casualties, even in terms of food and grass, it is a huge consumption, for a long time, the situation is unimaginable, and even unsustainable."

"The iron-blooded army defeated Lu Yanhong, not completely exterminated, so that Lu Yanhong was afraid, did not dare to attack, and saved a certain strength, in this case, the imperial court will not adjust the candidates of the Shannan West Daojie envoy, Lu Yanhong will never dare to think about continuing to attack, the two sides maintain balance, Bazhou and Pengzhou are safe and stable, once the iron-blooded army stabilizes Bazhou and Pengzhou, you can go to Bizhou, Guozhou, Tongzhou and Quzhou and other directions, in such a situation, the iron-blooded army can try to expand bigger, Ordinary people in Bazhou and Pengzhou can also farm with peace of mind. ”

"I said a long time ago that when the time is ripe, it is the time to completely defeat Lu Yanhong and occupy the entire Shannan West Road, at least in terms of money and grain and grass, there must be sufficient guarantees, at least Bazhou and Pengzhou and other places must be impregnable."

"To put it bluntly, the Iron Blood Army needs Lu Yanhong to stay in Shannan West Road as a puppet, and I don't want the court to adjust, let alone the court to concentrate on fighting, so that the Iron Blood Army will fall into a fight, and the Iron Blood Army needs time to ......"

Gao Chibang and others finally understood what Li Rupei meant, this is the meaning of the so-called long line fishing for big fish, and when the iron-blooded army reaches a certain level, it can lead Shannan West Road, and at that time it is very simple to start a general attack and take Lu Yanhong, but everyone also knows that in this process, I am afraid that there will be a lot of accidents, and Li Rupei needs to deal with it.