Yangzhou is only more than 200 miles away from Liangzhou, the distance is not very far, it should be said that Yangzhou is the gateway of Shannan West Road, here is close to Jinzhou of Shannan East Road, north of Jingzhao Mansion, Henan Road, Hedong Road and other places want to reach Shannan West Road, all have to pass through Yangzhou.

Huang Chao sent Huang Kuo to attack Shannan West Road, which also needed to pass through Yangzhou, but before reaching Yangzhou, the 20,000 troops led by Huang Kuo had to pass through Lizhou and Jinzhou, which belonged to Shannan Dongdao, before it was possible to enter Yangzhou.

The reason why Li Rupei thinks that Liu Ziheng is eyeing the iron-blooded army is because Huang Kuai passed through Lizhou and Jinzhou, which belong to Shannan Dongdao, and did not encounter any obstacles, and the march was very fast, to say that Liu Ziheng did not know that the 20,000 army passed through his territory, it was impossible, I am afraid that when Huang Kuan had not yet entered Shannan Dongdao, Liu Ziheng knew the news, and he may have reported to Tian Lingzi in the capital, and the order he got was self-evident.

To say that the army of Xiangyang Mansion, the combat effectiveness is still good, although Liu Jurong likes to preserve his strength, but he is very tight on the army, more than a year ago, the Xiangyang army defeated the Huangchao army, which is the best proof, if Liu Ziheng sent an army to deal with Huang Kuo, Huang Kuo would at least suffer some losses.

Li Rupei even suspected that there might be some agreement between Huang Chao and Liu Ziheng, so the 20,000 army led by Huang Kui would be so calm and unhurried when they passed through Shannan Dongdao.

All this is suspicion, and there is no need to investigate the cause, and there is no time to investigate it.

After arriving in Yangzhou, Li Rupei took Gao Chibang and others to personally survey the terrain.

For a long time, Gao Chibang has never seen Li Rupei so serious, which also makes him have a completely different understanding of this fight, thinking of the words Li Rupei said, Gao Chibang also felt that the situation facing the iron-blooded army was critical, and there could not be the slightest mistake in this fight.

The location of the ambush was chosen at Eagle's Beak Rock.

This is a necessary place for foreign armies, and the other roads are very rugged, and those who lead troops will not choose.

The name of the eagle's beak rock sounds very scary, in fact, after seeing the scene, no one believes that tens of thousands of troops can be ambushed here, the terrain around the eagle's beak rock is very flat, easy for cavalry to fight, it is precisely because it is flat, so it is not easy to ambush.

But Li Rupei chose this place.

Back in Yangzhou City, Huang Biao also rushed to Yangzhou with 5,000 soldiers.

Gao Chibang, Huang Biao and other major generals concentrated in the state office, listening to Li Rupei's detailed arrangements, the two finally understood why Li Rupei chose the location of the ambush in Eagle's Beak Rock.

The army led by Huang Kuo finally entered Yangzhou.

It was at this time that Li Rupei and Huang Kuo both learned a major news, Cao Quanyang, the envoy of the Tianping Festival and the deputy commander of the east, was killed, and all the 8,000 Tianping troops led by him were killed, and Cao Quanxi's eldest son, Cao Yi, was also killed.

This news was a major blow to the imperial court.

When Huang Kuan heard the news, he laughed, Cao Quanyang was their trouble, and now this trouble has been removed, including Zhang Lan in front, who was also killed, looking at the Tang Dynasty, there are very few people who can threaten the army.

It is precisely because of this news that Huang Kuo is full of confidence, and the sergeants under him are also highly motivated.

After Li Rupei got the news, he locked himself in the wing room for half a day.

Half a day later, when Gao Chibang, Song Hu and others entered the wing, they saw that the sand table was densely filled with flags, the red flag represented the iron-blooded army, and the white flag represented the army led by Huang Kuo.

The two breathed a sigh of relief, they thought that Li Rupei would have other thoughts after learning the news of Cao Quanyang's death, but they didn't expect that Li Rupei didn't pay too much attention to Cao Quanyan's affairs at all, but was carefully thinking about the possibilities in the process of fighting.

After Gao Chibang and Huang Biao came in, Li Rupei motioned for the two to sit down.

"Cao Quanxi's death in battle is a major loss for the imperial court, which also marks that Gao Biao will not fight in Huangchao from now on, not so much that Cao Quanhui was killed by Huangchao's army, but that Cao Quanhui died at the hands of the imperial court."

After saying this, Li Rupei looked at Gao Chibang.

Gao Chibang's face flushed slightly, but quickly returned to normal.

"Since the death of Zhang Luan, the main general under Gao Biao, the situation has changed fundamentally, Gao Biao has retreated, Huang Chao has begun to recover, and the momentum of the army is getting stronger and stronger, but unfortunately, Gao Biao and Cao Quanxi, both of them are rare generals in the Tang Dynasty, but why did they all lose to Huang Chao, what is the reason for this, I don't know if you have thought about it."

"According to a certain analysis, the root is still in the imperial court, the court's rewards and punishments are unknown, so that the following festival envoys are suspicious, all they think of is to preserve their own strength, plus the emperor's prestige has long been lost, many of the festival degree envoys completely rely on strength to speak, the northern festival degree envoys, the soldiers led by the brave, can directly confront the imperial court, which has set an example for many festival envoys in the south, such a trend is becoming more and more intense, and it is uncontrollable."

"In the past few years, Huang Chao has encountered a lot of dangers, every time he faces the collapse, he can be safe and sound, a careful analysis, Huang Chao crossed the Yangtze River four times, crossed the Yellow River twice, most of them encountered danger, forced to cross the river, but the Huang Chao, known as the Liukou, is able to face the crisis, smoothly resolved, can calmly come and go freely in many sections of the army, this is why, it is nothing more than the knots of the various places to think of the local security, coupled with the nature of the flow of the Yellow Nest, will not stay in one place for a long time, so many festival envoys, just hope that Huang Chao can leave the place where he is stationed, and sit back and relax. ”

"Every time the imperial court issues an order to exterminate the Yellow Nest, it relies on a certain person, or a certain aspect, and has also arranged the overall tactics, but unfortunately these tactics are just a formality, and the following Jiedu envoys will not act in accordance with the requirements of the holy decree, and those Jiedu envoys have long laid down relations in the court, even if they violate the holy decree, they are safe and sound, in this case, who will work hard to exterminate the Yellow Nest, all they think of is to preserve their strength, think about Cao Quanyang, after defeating the Huangchao army last year, the lone army pursued the Huangchao deeply, but got the holy decree of the imperial court, At the critical moment, he was dismissed from his position as an envoy, making it impossible for Cao Quanhui to pursue Huang Chao, which was not a measure of the imperial court to bring about its own destruction. ”

"It can be said for sure that the army under the control of the Jiedu envoys in various places is far stronger than the Yellow Nest, and there are too many opportunities to exterminate the Yellow Nest, but unfortunately, the Yellow Nest is all over the country, and the imperial court has never formed an effective network to catch the Yellow Nest."

When Li Rupei expressed these feelings, Gao Chibang and Huang Biao were dumbfounded, they had never thought of it so far, and they had never analyzed the reason for the Huangchao rebellion for so many years, and they couldn't imagine that Li Rupei had made a comprehensive analysis in a short period of time, what did this mean.

Li Rupei looked at the two of them, his expression slowly serious.

"The reason why I said this is to warn you that Huang Chao will become the enemy of the Iron Army, Huang Chao claims to lead an army of millions, and it is impossible to have a million, but there are still 200,000, no matter what the strength of the 200,000 army is, the number is there, thinking of relying on the less than 20,000 Iron and Blood Army, completely defeating Huang Chao, like ascending to the sky, but it is not impossible, this is like the relationship between fists and palms, five fingers are pinched into fists, and the strength of the blow is extraordinary, and the best way for the Iron Blood Army to deal with Huang Chao in the future is to ignore his record, the Iron Blood Army is going all the way to disperse the living forces that attack the Yellow Nest, so that the Yellow Nest can't take care of the whole thing. ”

Gao Chibang and Huang Biao nodded, they finally understood, it turned out that Li Rupei not only thought of defeating Huang Kui, but even thought of completely exterminating Huang Chao.

"Okay, you all know the tactics of dealing with Huang Kuo, how to arrange and implement it well, this is the most critical, the whole process can not be the slightest difference, the slightest difference is thousands of miles, any link has a problem, it may lead to the failure of the entire battle, or lead to Huang Kuo's escape, I don't want to see such a situation."

Gao Chibang and Huang Biao quickly clasped their fists and knelt on the ground.

"General, everything is ready, and there will never be any mistakes."

"Okay, tomorrow the army will go to Eagle's Beak Rock, Huang Kui has entered the boundary of Yangzhou, and he will be able to reach Eagle's Beak Rock tomorrow, Yangzhou has done a good job of clearing the wilderness, presumably Huang Kuo has entered Yangzhou, don't want to get any supplies."

After Li Rupei said this, an angry look appeared on Gao Chibang's face.

"General, the information obtained by his subordinates, then Liu Ziheng is too disagreeable, Huang Kui has been supplied in Lizhou and Jinzhou, Liu Ziheng not only did not send a large army to fight, but also sent Huang Kuo out of the country and entered Yangzhou."

"I know about this, nothing, the supplies that Liu Ziheng gave to Huang Kui were finally obtained by the Iron Army, I said it a long time ago, the Iron Blood Army needs to pay attention not only to Huang Kui, but also to Chen Jingxuan and Liu Ziheng."

After Gao Chibang and Huang Biao went to arrange, Li Rupei looked at the map again, and no one told him the final thought in his heart, after defeating Huang Kui this time, the iron-blooded army will not rest, and will directly enter Jinzhou, and then occupy the entire Jinzhou, see what Liu Ziheng's reaction is, if Liu Ziheng leads the army to come, then the iron-blooded army will take this opportunity to exterminate the army under Liu Ziheng, and then kill Liu Ziheng.

Liu Ziheng is the murderer who directly killed Li Tong, the king of Wei, and is Li Rupei's enemy who does not share the sky, no matter when, Li Rupei will not let go of Liu Ziheng, now is the opportunity, Liu Ziheng funded Huang Kui, has committed a big taboo, as long as he can catch the prisoners in Huang Kuo's army and get a confession in this regard, then the iron-blooded army will have enough reason to attack Liu Ziheng.

Why is it unhappy to be able to merge Shannan West Road and Shannan East Road into one and restore the former Shannan Road.