Huang Chao's movement is the focus of Li Rupei's attention, in his overall plan, Huang Chao is the biggest variable, the Iron Blood Army killed Huang Kuo, it can be said that it touched the bottom line of Huang Chao, after Huang Chao learned the news, what kind of reaction will he make, if he tries his best to attack Liangzhou, then Li Rupei's plan will be quickly adjusted, with the main task of defending Shannan West Road and defeating Huang Chao.

Two days have passed, and the news has come one after another, the more than 3,000 people who fled in the melee were captured by the local government and the people, close to 3,000 people, but there are still close to 1,000 people who escaped, which has become the biggest place for Li Rupei to worry, these people who escaped, someone must try to tell Huang Chao the news, once Huang Chao learned that the 20,000 army was wiped out and Huang Yu was killed, he was angry, I am afraid that he would make some unexpected moves.

At this time, Li Rupei had to put together the plan in his heart.

Gao Chibang, Huang Biao, and several major generals of the Iron Blood Army learned of all of Li Rupei's plans.

According to Li Rupei's judgment, Gao Chibang should know some plans, and the collection of plans that are unfavorable to Liu Ziheng was completed by Gao Chibang, and in the past two days, Gao Chibang's focus has been on how to properly settle the many captured sergeants.

Gao Chibang was very handy at how to train the sergeants and improve their combat effectiveness and sense of belonging, but two days was too short, more than 7,000 prisoners of war, after screening, more than 100 people were killed, more than 1,000 people were escorted to Yangzhou City, and the remaining 6,000 people were all incorporated into the iron-blooded army. How to make these more than 6,000 people really become a part of the Iron and Blood Army in the shortest possible time, it takes a lot of energy.

After hearing Li Rupei's overall plan, Gao Chibang immediately expressed his opposition and put forward his own views at the same time.

"General, my subordinates think that it is not very appropriate to attack Xiangyang at this time, and there are four reasons."

"First, what is the movement of Huang Chao, it is not yet known, the Iron Blood Army killed Huang Kuo, Huang Kuo is Huang Chao's younger brother, and Huang Chao's most trusted general, if Huang Chao ignores it and leads the army to attack Liangzhou, the Iron Blood Army soldiers who are far away in Xiangyang will not be able to rescue them anyway."

"Second, Xiangyang as an important town in the central part of the country, its defense system is very in place, the city wall is tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Xiangyang has always been a place where soldiers must fight, I believe Liu Ziheng is also very careful, the iron-blooded army wants to take Xiangyang quickly, it is almost impossible to do, if it evolves into a siege war, it will be impossible to have any results for a while and a half, if at this time, Huang Chao led the army to attack Liangzhou, then the iron-blooded army is in danger."

"Third, the current attack on Xiangyang is not something that the Iron Blood Army can bear, the Iron Blood Army has just absorbed six thousand prisoners, and it takes time to digest these prisoners, if they attack Xiangyang and encounter an unfavorable situation, I am afraid that these prisoners will take the opportunity to escape, and even play a role in mutiny, mutiny in the army, and at that time, the Iron Blood Army will also suffer a heavy blow."

"Fourth, and the most important reason, that is, Shannan West Road is under construction, the current situation, it is still difficult to maintain the large-scale conquest of the Iron Army, if it is because of the conquest of Xiangyang, resulting in a shortage of grain and grass, it needs to be collected from Fuzhou County, it is against the order of the Yamen, in this case, even if the conquest of Xiangyang has been gained, it is difficult to maintain it for a long time." ……

Gao Chibang said very methodically, Li Rupei looked at Gao Chibang, he didn't speak for a long time, he knew what he thought, he must have been guessed by Gao Chibang, so it was possible for Gao Chibang to say so many reasons for opposition, but what Gao Chibang said was very reasonable, it is estimated that there is another one that Gao Chibang did not say, and he was unwilling to say it, that is, he, Li Rupei, for his own revenge, actually ignored the interests of the entire Iron Blood Army and Shannan Xidao.

After Gao Chibang finished speaking, Huang Biao also spoke, but Huang Biao obviously didn't think of it so much, just said that he would do what the general asked, whether it was to attack Xiangyang or not, he would obey the order.

The rest of the officers also expressed their positions, the same as Huang Biao's statement.

After everyone finished speaking, Li Rupei stood up and walked around the room, looking down at the ground.

After a long time, Li Rupei raised his head.

"General Gao's reason is valid, in order to take revenge, he almost buried the Iron Blood Army and Shannan West Road, this is a certain or not, the plan to attack Xiangyang will not be mentioned, but Liu Ziheng's materials for collaborating with the enemy must still be collected and carefully kept, and one day, these things can always be used."

"The army will return to Liangzhou immediately, and the 6,000 people who have been incorporated into the Iron and Blood Army will all go to the military camp in Liangzhou for training, and General Gao will be responsible for this matter, and I will give you two months to train these 6,000 people to become part of the Iron and Blood Army."

"General Huang, lead the soldiers under your command, still return to Bazhou to station, in this battle, your subordinates suffered the most losses, and when the 6,000 people are trained, 2,000 people will be allocated to you to enrich the army."

"You must pay close attention to Huang Chao's every move, to see what kind of choice Huang Chao will make, a serious thought, Huang Chao after six years of conquest and fighting, it should be said that he has a certain amount of knowledge, and when he learns the news that Huang Chao was killed, he will definitely be angry, but the direction of the attack of the army under Huang Chao will not change, and he can be sure of this judgment, if Huang Chao really wants to lead the army to attack Liangzhou, then he is killing himself."

"Okay, everyone go and prepare, the army will start tomorrow and return to Liangzhou......"

Li Rupei had just returned to the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy, and the secret letter was sent immediately.

After reading the secret letter, Li Rupei thought for a long time.

Gao Chibang, Ma Haoxuan and Qian Shiqu all came to the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy.

Li Rupei handed the secret letter to everyone and showed it.

"Tell me how you feel after reading the secret letter."

The first to speak was Gao Chibang.

"The subordinates remember that the general analyzed that Huang Chao would definitely insist on attacking Jingzhao Mansion and the capital, and the general's analysis was completely accurate, which also proved that Huang Chao was not simple, he still thought about the overall situation, and did not change his mind because of small changes."

Ma Haoxuan and Qian Shiqu's views are nothing special.

"Then tell me what the Iron Blood Army should do when Huang Chao leads the army and prepares to attack Jingzhao Mansion."

Everyone was stunned, in their opinion, Huang Chao's attack on Jingzhao Mansion is the best opportunity for the Iron Blood Army to recuperate, even if Huang Chao takes Jingzhao Mansion and the capital, it will not have the slightest impact on the Iron Blood Army, on the contrary, it can win the best opportunity for Li Rupei, the emperor in the capital is not the object of everyone's loyalty, Li Rupei is the real commander of everyone.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Li Rupei slowly spoke.

"Think about it, after Huang Chao took the capital, what was the first thing that came to mind, I'm afraid it was to exterminate the Iron Blood Army and a certain one, Huang Hua was killed by the Iron Blood Army, Huang Chao couldn't swallow this breath, in case he took the capital and became the emperor, it would cost a huge price to conquer the Iron Blood Army and Liangzhou, at that time, the situation faced by the Iron Blood Army was not good, although it was impossible to obey Huang Chao's orders, but in the face of huge interests, there were still people who would be tempted."

When Li Rupei said this, everyone was silent, they didn't expect it to be so far.

"Huang Chao's attack on Jingzhao Mansion and the capital has nothing to do with the Iron Blood Army on the surface, but in fact, it has a stake."

"There is another point that I want to remind you to pay attention to, when a certain was named the king of Yi by the imperial court, and Jingzhao Mansion and the capital were attacked, many people would look at the Iron Blood Army and a certain to see what kind of choice a certain would make, whether to stand by and watch, or resolutely take action, if a certain person is watching from the wall, regardless of anything, I am afraid that the criticism encountered will drown the Iron Army."

Li Rupei said this meaning, the implication is very clear, everyone knows that Li Rupei will eventually revive the Tang Dynasty, and he will ascend to the supreme position, so the Iron Blood Army is different from the ordinary army, every move is concerned by the world, if the capital is attacked, the Iron Blood Army does not have any action, the first thing to lose is the people's heart, and it will be crushed by public opinion.

After a moment of silence, Gao Chibang stood up with his fists clenched.

"The general gave his subordinates two months to train the captured sergeants, and the subordinates promised that in one month, they would be able to train these sergeants and let them become part of the iron-blooded army.

Li Rupei nodded and spoke again.

"Huangchao is known as a million army, in fact, there are more than 200,000 troops, the iron-blooded army is only more than 20,000 people, the disparity in strength is too great, although in terms of combat effectiveness, the iron-blooded army is much stronger, but the 200,000 army is pressed together, it is still difficult to deal with, a certain idea is that the iron-blooded army must be expanded, the number of people must reach at least 30,000, so as to ensure that it has strong combat effectiveness, from tomorrow, the iron-blooded army will begin to recruit sergeants, recruit 10,000 sergeants, this matter, Ma Dianjun is responsible, The sergeants recruited must be simple and honest, and those treacherous and slippery people don't want any of them. ”

"General Gao is still responsible for training sergeants, give you two months, train the newly recruited sergeants, the time is very tight, there is no extra time, no matter how big the problem is, it must be overcome, after the iron-blooded army reaches 30,000 people, 20,000 people will be stationed in Liangzhou, and 5,000 people will be stationed in Bazhou and Lizhou, as for the supply of grain and grass, Qian Tingshi is responsible for solving it."

Qian Shiqu's face instantly became a little ugly, this is a big problem, 30,000 troops, it takes a lot to eat, drink and Lazar, he must find ways to raise it, although there is a lot of food in the current stockpile, but the number of people who can be doubled at once can more than double the consumption.