Cao Bianjiao did not stay in Jiujiang, this is already Zuo Liangyu's territory, if he stays, the soldiers and horses of the two sides gather here, and the many inconveniences caused by Cao Bianjiao are not willing to face, he is not used to the style of those people under Zuo Liangyu, it is no different from bandits, but it is not the time to fight.

The twenty big ships that Zuo Liangyu gave to Cao Bianjiao are really very generous, they are loaded with firearms, there are twenty or thirty Francophone cannons, as well as four red-clothed cannons, and tens of thousands of firearms, which were originally the accumulation of Xiangyang and Wuchang Mansions, but they were all wrapped up by Zuo Liangyu, and not a single hair was left for Li Zicheng.

Now Zuo Liangyu lacks not ordnance, but food, he has a lot of ordnance, but he doesn't have food, otherwise he won't rely on robbery all the way, the court gave him a quota of 25,000 people, he has exceeded ten times, and he is not the landlord of the family, what to raise soldiers, he can only rely on robbery, even if he is unwilling, his subordinates will not be controlled by him, after all, it is hundreds of thousands of people, there are many ruffians and hooligans here, often a grain of mouse feces can dirty a pot of porridge.

Zuo Liangyu gave Fang Guoan 30,000 soldiers and horses, and asked him to cooperate with Cao Bianjiao to fight, Fang Guoan is a general in Sichuan, not Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, after the defeat of Zhu Xianzhen in the previous battle, Fang Guoan led the remnants of the army to flee to Xiangyang with Zuo Liangyu, and later followed Zuo Liangyu all the way to Jiujiang.

In the cabin, Cao Bianjiao sat in front of the desk, opposite him, a middle-aged man over forty years old was sitting opposite him at the moment, this person was none other than Zhu Yujian, the former Tang King who was imprisoned in Fengyang Prison. So secretly imprisoned Zhu Yujian and his son in the Chengfeng Division, and wanted to starve them to death, Zhu Yujian and his son lived for 16 years, but when they were about to get out, they were poisoned to death by Yu Chongzhen, the younger brother who was eager to attack the throne of Tang Wang. The old Tang King was ready to crown the son of his concubine as the son, and he also wanted to cancel Zhu Yujian's status as the son. As a result, when Chen Qiyu mourned the prince of Tang, he warned the old king of Tang that the cause of the prince's death was unknown, and he rashly changed the hereditary candidate, maybe the court would blame him in the future. The old Tang King was afraid of the Japanese and French investigations, so he hurriedly appointed Zhu Yujian as the "grandson". In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Yujian succeeded as the king of Tang and fiefdom Nanyang. At this time, Zhu Yujian's sharpness was exposed, Chongzhen nine years of the Qing army Azig led the troops to attack Beizhili and other places, Zhu Yujian was earnest, on the sparse invitation to King Qin, Emperor Chongzhen did not allow, he actually disregarded the "vassal king does not take charge of the army" of the national regulations, recruited troops and bought horses, since he led the army of thousands of people from Nanyang to the north to King Qin, Emperor Chongzhen ordered him to return, after Zhu Yujian did not meet the Qing army, but halfway with the peasant army to fight, a few battles, each other won and lost, is the class back to Nanyang, even if Zhu Yujian's motives are pure, still make the reigning Emperor Chongzhen angry, Zhu Yujian was deposed as a concubine, Pai Jin Yiwei imprisoned the Tang King in the Fengyang Imperial Prison.

After Cao Bianjiao took office, he took care of him a lot, this time he left Fengyang, tried a trick, and brought Zhu Yujian out, for a abolished vassal king locked in prison, who would care so much, Zhu Yujian has been in prison for five or six years, many things have been figured out, and he has seen through, when Cao Bianjiao asked him to come out, Zhu Yujian agreed without hesitation.

"What do you think about this?" Cao Bianjiao asked with a serious face, although he didn't say it, he knew that Zhu Yujian understood what he meant.

Zhu Yujian smiled slightly, took a sip of wine, and said: "What else, I just want to use your strength to deal with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, now the imperial court has no soldiers available, Sun Chuanting could have recuperated and waited for work, but Chongzhen was too impatient, forcing Sun Chuanting to go out, and as a result, he suffered heavy losses, and he could still recruit soldiers and horses, but the generals were lost, how to replenish, especially those generals with combat experience, Sun Chuanting was powerless, Henan and Hubei were almost lost, Next will be Shaanxi, Shanxi, Li Zicheng is from Guanzhong, he has a very high reputation in Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting is pitiful! ”

"Yes! But he is good and jade, I am not stupid, I went to Yueyang to take office, not to help him recover Hubei, with our hundreds of warships, can't we go to Yueyang? Cao Bianjiao is not very worried, after all, how much Zhang Xianzhong has ability, he still knows, after the previous few wars, Zhang Xianzhong's troops have suffered great losses, although they have replenished a lot during this time, but these people have not been trained, especially water warfare, which is much more difficult than foot combat.

"I do have an idea, I can give it a try, if we deal with it properly, we will gain more benefits, and we can reduce our own losses as much as possible!" Zhu Yujian laughed a little sinisterly, which made Cao Bianjiao look a little uncomfortable, this guy is psychologically dark now, why does he look like this.

"Let's talk about it!" Although he didn't like the expression on Zhu Yujian's face at this moment, Cao Bianjiao still wanted to hear his thoughts, which might bring about a turnaround, but it was unknown.

"It is reported that the official army and the rogue fight, there are two ways, one is a bloody battle, never die, the other is called a live battle, we will fight a live battle this time, send people to Zhang Xianzhong to negotiate peace, now Li Zicheng occupies the land of Hubei, the momentum is huge, and Jiujiang has Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses there, Zhang Xianzhong naturally does not dare to attack easily, if the general arrives in Yuezhou, it is equivalent to completely blocking Zhang Xianzhong's retreat, Zhang Xianzhong is definitely unwilling, it is better for us to pick out with Zhang Xianzhong, you can let him go, but we must let him pay us food and ordnance, let Zhang Xianzhong go to Hunan to stir up peace, we will follow behind them to collect the spoils, in this case, Zhang Xianzhong must be very willing, we don't spend a single soldier, we can get a lot of what we want now, if Hunan is in chaos, the imperial court will definitely send someone to clean up this mess, in this way, the general army of Huguang, sooner or later will fall into the hands of the general. ”

"That's a good idea, but if this matter gets out, we won't be able to explain it, let me think about it!"

"In the troubled times, some things are nothing, the power is the most important, how about Zuo Liangyu, he lost half of Huguang, but so what, did the court deal with him, because the court didn't dare to move him at all, because Zuo Liangyu is a ruffian, but the general is different, because the general has a prestige and cherishes his wings, so the court will dare to move the general, even if he can't be the general soldier of Huguang, but this land of Hunan must be controlled in his own hands, Chongzhen has been unable to reverse the situation, the land of Jiangnan, It has not yet been affected by the war, especially in Hunan, where there are Xiangshui, Yuanshui, and Dongting Lake, which can be used to replenish military rations, and can be attacked and retreated. ”

"Alright! If you don't do it, it's the court that is unkind first, so I'll cooperate with Zhang Xianzhong, but you still need to go to this envoy's matter, and no one can take on this responsibility! ”

"Good!" Zhu Yujian also accepted this mission very calmly.