The next day, Gao Guangdou was also very trustworthy, and transferred 30,000 taels of silver from the Fengyang treasury to Cao Bianjiao as a military salary, and Cao Bianjiao also gladly accepted, and then led the army to leave Fengyang and go to Dingyuan to station.

"What's going on?" Cao Bianjiao led the army into the city of Dingyuan, but the people in the city did not seem to welcome them, and when they saw the officials entering the city, they all fled in a hurry, and they hid back to their homes, closed the gates, and looked very afraid.

"The general doesn't know, this is also common sense, my Ming army, military discipline is loose, many officers and soldiers are more fierce than evil bandits, burning, killing and looting, do all evil, don't say others, it is Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses, the people are frightened, as long as they hear that Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses have arrived, they will flee immediately, and they dare not hesitate for a moment, the soldiers are fierce in bandits, and the people have seen a lot, and they don't know why, so they are afraid when they see the officers and soldiers entering the city, so they will be so."

Zhu Wende, who was on the side, also replied helplessly, he also heard about these things when he was in Fengyang, when the people of a place saw the officials and soldiers but were afraid of the situation so far, they had to sigh and reflect, without supporters, how could they defeat the enemy.

"Pass the order, all the officers and men of our army, remember the military law, do not harass the people, and do not take a stitch from the people without permission, but those who knowingly commit crimes will not be forgiven! Wende, you can see that there is a law enforcement team that is strictly urging this matter. ”

Cao Bianjiao also said with a serious face at the moment, although it is said that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this sentence is a bit nonsense, the people are the most innocent, prosperous, the people are bitter, and the people are bitter, how can there be so many empty truths, but he still has to admit that the soldiers are based on the people, if the people do not trust the officers and soldiers, then how many footholds does this army have.

"Yes!" Zhu Wende also gave up.

Before this, they were not a force, but since they stepped on the ship of Cao Bianjiao, they were already Cao Bianjiao's people, and now Cao Bianjiao is the general of Pingliao, and they were assigned to Cao Bianjiao by the imperial court, and now they are already in a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Cao Bianjiao's marshal mansion is set up in a rich courtyard in Dingyuan City, as early as when Zhang Xianzhong attacked, the family quickly fled, and this house was empty, and now it is considered to be requisitioned and transferred by Cao Bianjiao to fill the army, as his temporary location, Cao Bianjiao wants to stay here for a while, although he has already told Gao Guangdou that he wants to send troops, but in the case of weapons and armor are not ready, he will not act rashly.

"At the moment, our most important thing is to make guns and cannons, in our army, there are only a few thousand muskets, all of which we captured from the Manchu Tartars, and the ammunition is insufficient, so the ammunition must be prepared, and the other is artillery, the cannon is too bulky and unsuitable to carry, our focus is on the tiger squat cannon, hire experienced craftsmen to make cannons for us, go to Fengyang to find, Fengyang does not have it, that is, Nanjing to find, the more such craftsmen the better, we must ensure that the guns are abundant, which is also the best way to reduce casualties."

"Yes!" Jiang Zhu, who was following behind Cao Bianjiao, also replied in a loud voice.

"The other is training, and it is necessary to intensify the training, and every army of 100 people must have 20 gunners, 20 sword players, 20 archers, and 40 pikemen. Each firecracker should be equipped with at least twenty projectiles, each archer should have a pot of thirty bows and arrows, form an artillery battalion in the army, cast a hundred tiger squat cannons, when the armor is ready, when to send troops to meet the battle! ”

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, this truth Cao Bianjiao knows very well in his heart, although they captured a lot of armaments when they were at the Shaling Station, but most of them were handed over to the imperial court, especially the artillery, which was too cumbersome and inconvenient for field use at all, so Cao Bianjiao did not stay, only the firecrackers were left, but the ammunition was not sufficient, and what he was most concerned about at the moment was the military supplies, which Gao Guangdou could not give him, and he could only solve it by himself.

"Report ...... General, there is a person outside the door who asks to see him, saying that he is a supervisor sent by the imperial court! ”

As soon as Cao Bianjiao settled down, one of the guards beside him hurriedly rushed in and reported to him.

"Overseers?" Cao Bianjiao was also taken aback, he didn't know about it, but he also understood that the imperial court had always distrusted military generals, as someone said, a hundred civil officials are not as corrupt as a military general, so the precautions against military generals have always been strict, and now they are sending people to supervise the army, saying that they are assisting in governing the army, but they are monitoring him.

"Please!" Although Cao Bianjiao was unhappy, he still didn't get angry.

Soon, the guards entered the mansion with two people, one was over fifty years old, with gray hair and a short goat beard, and the other was nearly forty years old, with a thin body, these two people appeared in front of Cao Bianjiao, Cao Bianjiao really didn't know who they were, and he didn't have any impression at all.

"The right hand of the Xiaguan Imperial Court is Yushi Jinsheng, who was ordered to supervise the army of General Cao's department, this one is Jiang Tianyi, a student of Xiaguan, he followed Xiaguan to experience it, General Cao's prestige, we have heard of it for a long time, and I just hate not to see it."

"I've seen General Cao!"

Cao Bianjiao also smiled at the moment: "Jin Yushi was ordered to come to supervise the army, then from now on, I still need the Jin Supervisor Army to help me a lot, Cao is a rough man, born in the side of the plug, long in the side of the plug, in the past few decades, Cao is doing the war, if Cao has a vulgar trip in the future, let the Jin Jian army be displeased, I have to forgive me!" ”

Cao Bianjiao deliberately pretended to be a big grin, just to give Jin Sheng a dismissal, although he was a supervisor sent by the imperial court, but what Cao Bianjiao hated most was those who were talkative and boastful, what he should do, if he didn't do it well, he wouldn't be polite, if he didn't do what he shouldn't do, he interfered privately, and Cao Bianjiao would not show mercy.

"General Cao's words are serious, they are all serving the country, and the details are trivial, so why bother caring a lot!" Jin Sheng is also quite generous, and he does not affirm the principles so clearly.

Cao Bianjiao nodded with satisfaction and continued: "In the first battle of Songshan, Cao was killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, and our 10,000 brothers were killed from Songshan, and only 7,000 people came back, and the rest stayed in a foreign country, The general's duty is to fight, in this regard, please don't interfere too much with the Jin Jian Army, you scribes are in charge of political affairs, that is a good hand, but in terms of strategy and combat, this is not your strength, if it is because of too many constraints, so that the army has made a mistake, don't blame Cao for not making it clear today. ”

Cao Bianjiao is going to use words to block Jin Sheng's mouth first, his army does not allow others to command indiscriminately, Cao Bianjiao does not despise these literati, in terms of integrity, they may be very loyal and unyielding, but in terms of ability, it is difficult to say, he is in charge of fighting, and the rest of the things, if he wants to interfere, then he will not be polite, even if he is a person sent by the imperial court, he will not scruple about anything.

"Then follow what General Cao said, the subordinate officer doesn't know much about this march and battle, and other matters, where the officer's responsibility lies, will be dealt with."

"That's good! Jiang Zhu, you transfer 200 guards to the Jin Jian Army to form a law enforcement team, if there is any violation of military law and military discipline, it will be handed over to the Jin Jian Army for disposal, and there is no need to tell the general! By the way, Jin Jianjun, you, a student, why don't you stay in the army to assist you, be a master bookkeeper, and be responsible for the registration and making of military rations and grass, how about it? ”

Cao Bianjiao also actively threw out an olive branch, now his subordinates are mostly military attachés, but there are few scholars, in many things, there are still people with talents in this area to do, this reckoning thing, the scholars are always stronger, and they can also play a role in mutual supervision.

"Late life obeys General Cao's wishes and is willing to stay!" Jiang Tianyi, who was behind Jin Sheng, also stepped forward to worship, tepid, but a little calm, and he was not shocked.