Yang Fugong's actions could be concealed from the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, but they could not be concealed from Li Rupei. Although the army was temporarily stationed in Tongguan, countless scouts had already lurked in the capital, and before the capital was under full martial law, they had obtained hidden connections in the capital. After establishing contact, the focus of these scouts was the movements of the Shence Army. Li Rupei had already said that it was impossible to track Yang Fugong, but as long as he kept an eye on the Shence Army, he could know what Yang Fugong was doing. £¯ The information about the changes in the Shence Army barracks on the outskirts of Beijing reached Li Rupei's hands as quickly as possible. Looking at the information in his hand, Li Rupei smiled. His goal was basically achieved. In fact, Li Rupei had already analyzed that if Yang Fugong was unwilling to give up power, then he could only resist. With the power of the Shence Army, it was simply not enough to compete with the Iron-Blooded Army. Yang Fugong had to think of other ways. Tian Lingzi and Yang Fugong in history , both of them have done one thing, which is to kidnap the emperor and leave the capital. Tian Lingzi kidnapped the emperor to Xichuan, and Yang Fugong kidnapped the emperor to Fengxiang. The objects they kidnapped were different, one was Tang Xizong, and the other was Tang Zhaozong. Because of Li Rupei's time travel, Tian Lingzi had no chance to hold Tang Xizong hostage. Now I'm afraid it will be Yang Fugong's turn. Yang Fugong once contacted the northern vassal town and entered the capital of Qinwang. This shows that Yang Fugong and the northern vassal town are inextricably linked. What's more, many vassal towns benefited from that visit to Beijing. So this time, Yang Fugong, who was desperate, would definitely The purpose was to coerce the emperor to leave the capital and go to the northern vassal town to escape, thus achieving the purpose of coercing the emperor to order the princes. The northern vassal towns will not miss this opportunity. With the emperor by his side, while reaping the benefits, he can also make demands on other vassal towns. Who wouldn't want to do such a good thing, not to mention this is the best opportunity to increase their strength. Yang Fugong may be thinking. By holding the emperor hostage, we can unite with the northern vassal towns to compete with the Iron-Blooded Army. Then the outcome in the future will be difficult to say. No one can tell what the situation will be. ¡°It¡¯s a pity that Li Rupei has already made preparations for this. " If the Iron-Blooded Army takes advantage of its speed, Yang Fugong has no chance to take action. Maybe the Iron-Blooded Army enters Chang'an City and takes control of everything, and Yang Fugong may be kept in the dark. At least Yang Fugong didn't have any chance to act. How could Li Rupei not think of this? After the iron-blooded army occupied Henan Prefecture, the eastern capital Luoyang and Tongguan without bloodshed, Li Rupei's thoughts changed fundamentally. He realized that the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang were not places worth worrying about at all. Occupying these places would not consume The strength of the Iron Blood Army will not lead to intense fighting, so the next move needs to be made in advance. Li Rupei¡¯s goal has turned to the vassal towns in the north. The location of the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang is actually very awkward, with Guannai Road, Hedong Road and Hebei Road to the north. All of them were occupied by feudal towns. These feudal towns did not obey the imperial court's orders and even posed a faint threat to Chang'an, followed by the Turks. Although the strength of the Turks has been greatly weakened, the threat is always there. Henan Road to the east is also occupied by vassal towns. They can also threaten the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang. Once Li Rupei captures the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang, he will directly face the vassal towns and Turks in the north. When he ordered the Jagged Army to regain Longyou Road, it was like planting a nail in the north. This nail threatens the Turks and vassal towns at all times, and also ensures that the Iron-Blooded Army can successfully capture the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang. Li Rupei will definitely take action against the feudal towns. The Tang Dynasty does not allow the existence of feudal towns. This cancer that appeared during the Anshi Rebellion must be eradicated, otherwise the Tang Dynasty will never be at peace. But Li Rupei also has to prevent unexpected situations, that is, the iron-blooded army After occupying the capital city of Chang'an, all the northern vassal towns, large and small, expressed their support and submission. This gave him no reason to take action. After all, the vassal towns had troops and it was a decision made by the court. Li Rupei must find an opportunity to take action. I am afraid Yang Fugong will create this opportunity for him. Once Yang Fugong kidnapped the emperor into a feudal town, Li Rupei would seize the opportunity and not give Yang Fugong any chance to breathe. He ordered the iron-blooded army to pursue him as quickly as possible and annihilate Yang Fugong and the associated feudal town at the same time. Even at this time, it would cost The price was worth it. At this time, Li Rupei could legitimately start cleaning up the northern vassal towns. There are not many strategies to clean up the feudal town. As long as the strength is strong enough, everything is easy to say. Before the news of the departure of the Shence Army came, Li Rupei suddenly issued an order that 50,000 Iron-Blooded Army soldiers, working day and night, must reach the capital Chang'an within one day. Tongguan is three hundred miles away from Chang'an, the capital city. Even though all troops are raised, it will take a day and a night.?Arrival, this mission is unclear, but an order is an order, and it must not be violated. Li Rupei personally led the army and ordered Cui Yanchong to lead 10,000 Iron-Blooded Army soldiers to garrison Tongguan. The rest, Gao Chibang and others, all followed him straight to the capital Chang'an. The soldiers of the Iron Blood Army, who had been prepared for a long time, were like a rolling torrent, heading towards Chang'an. Three generals, including Zhu Wen, Yang Mi and Yang Xingmi, led an army of 30,000 people and pursued the 40,000 Shence Army who had withdrawn from the suburbs of Beijing as quickly as possible. Li Rupei and Gao Chibang led 20,000 Iron Blood Army soldiers and entered the capital directly. Shortly after taking the emperor hostage and leading 40,000 Shence Army sergeants, Yang Fugong received news that the Jagged Army had already moved towards the capital, and the vanguard was less than a hundred miles away from the capital. The panicked Yang Fugong had no time to think of anything else, so he immediately ordered 20,000 Shence Army sergeants to stay and build fortifications to resist the Jagged Army's attack. The remaining 20,000 sergeants followed him day and night to Fengxiang. The speed of the Iron Blood Army's march was beyond Yang Fugong's expectations. It's no wonder that Yang Fugong never knew the real combat effectiveness of the Iron Blood Army. He had heard a lot of rumors. He even thought that the Iron Blood Army was weaker than the northern vassal town. Yang Fugong believed that the truly powerful army was the Ya'er Army under Hedong Jiedushi Li Keyong. Yang Fugong had the confidence to kidnap the emperor and go to Fengxiang. He also believed that the vassal towns in the north could easily defeat the Iron-Blooded Army together. Yang Fugong¡¯s carelessness and self-confidence made an irreparable mistake this time. The 20,000 Shence Army soldiers left behind had not yet had time to build effective defenses. The torrent of 30,000 Iron-Blooded Army had already arrived. The fighting started in an instant, and the collapse also occurred in an instant. The powerful Iron-Blooded Army was not something that the Shence Army could resist. Zhu Wen, who had experienced countless battles, charged at the front. The Iron-Blooded Army rushed towards the Shence Army with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai. The officer of the Shence Army who commanded the battle was full of resentment. He thought he could follow him to Fengxiang. Who knew that he received an order temporarily and had to stay and defend the Iron-blooded Army? If he entered the capital to defend the Iron-blooded Army, he could still rely on him. The stable city can hold on for a while, and at worst it can be surrendered, but now there is no chance of surrender. Seeing the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army rushing over, the first to escape are those officers. The army was defeated like a mountain, and the bloodthirsty Zhu Wen would not be polite. He ordered the soldiers to kill without mercy and not to let go of the escaped Shence Army sergeants. For a time, the battlefield was filled with the smell of blood. . . Only the sergeants of the Shence Army who dismounted and knelt down to surrender could possibly save their lives. Then they had to pray that the horses' hooves would not step on their bodies. The sergeants who ran away out of instinct had almost no chance of survival. The soldiers of the Iron-Blooded Army were already outnumbered in numbers. Advantage, not to mention the obvious difference in combat effectiveness between the two armies, so victory is a matter of course. Zhu Wen, Qian Mi, Yang Xingmi and others had been holding back for a long time. From Xiangyang to Tongguan, they did not encounter a single battle. The army kept advancing and occupied many places. This was not in line with the psychology of Zhu Wen and others. , since the Iron-Blooded Army is going on an expedition, it must fight, so that the true role of the Iron-blooded Army can be shown. It is not easy to encounter a real fighting, and Zhu Wen and others will not withdraw their troops without a complete victory. The fighting lasted for more than an hour, with corpses everywhere on the official road, and in some places the official road was even blocked. . . . Li Rupei, who was about to arrive in the capital, received a report from the messenger that the army led by Zhu Wen, Qian Mi and Yang Xingmi had won the victory and were currently cleaning up the battlefield. The attentive Gao Chibang discovered that the report from the messenger did not mention how to deal with the surrendering sergeants. After the messenger left, Gao Chibang asked. Li Rupei smiled and spoke. "Many soldiers of the Iron Blood Army have been holding back for such a long time. How could they let go of a real fight? Besides, if these sergeants of the Shence Army were allowed to escape, think about what would happen to them. Where to go, why not follow Yang Fugong? Wouldn't Yang Fugong's power be stronger in this way? The intelligence is very clear. Yang Fugong took the emperor hostage and headed for Fengxiang. Li Maozhen of Fengxiang has developed well in recent years, and his military strength is also The more powerful ones, if Yang Fugong brings too many sergeants to Fengxiang and the two armies unite, the next fight between the Iron Blood Army will be extremely brutal. This time Zhu Wen and others will completely defeat the arrogance of the Shence Army sergeants. If they are destroyed, allowing a small number of sergeants to flee to Fengxiang can also shake the military morale of Yang Fugong and Li Maozhen, which is the most beneficial to the Iron Blood Army." After saying this, Li Rupei issued another order to the messengers around him. . "Order the troops stationed on Longyou Road??Yu Xin, leading 10,000 Iron-Blooded Army soldiers, headed towards the Guannai Road, and handed over the people's livelihood matters related to Longyou Road to Longyou Deputy Envoy Xie Guoxi. "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!