"Since the beginning of the battle of Hefei, to the end of the tenth month, to the reality is that it lasted nearly three months, in the past three months, our army has been surrendered by 80,000 people, selected more than 20,000 strong people to be incorporated into the army, the rest of the people are based on households, a group of ten households, has been resettled to Chaohu, Shaobi, Dongfeishui and other areas of tuntian, has established three tuntian areas, reclaimed more than 30,000 hectares of wasteland, grain has been distributed, five households and a ploughing ox, has been properly settled, in addition to the number of our army has now reached 50,000 people, more than 9,000 war horses, 20,000 mules......

Fengyang, Cao Bianjiao's Governor's Palace, here was originally the official office of Gao Guangdou, the governor of Fengyang, but now things are not people, but in just one season, it has been a turn of feng shui, and it has become the place where Cao Bianjiao is located, Fengyang Governor Gao Douguang and Anqing Governor Zheng Eryang were dismissed for the crime of losing the city, Cao Bianjiao became the governor of Jiangbei, overseeing the military of the eight prefectures of Jiangbei, saying that it is the eight prefectures, in fact, Huai'an, Yangzhou, and even Anqing are not in his sphere of influence, Huai'an and Yangzhou are under the authority of the governor of Caoyun, Anqing is under the control of the governor of Anqing, and it is not his turn to intervene, but with this name, it is very convenient and justifiable.

Listening to Jin Sheng's narration, Cao Bianjiao was also unfazed, Jin Sheng is now half of his own person, although he knows that Cao Bianjiao privately expanded the army, and he is not in harmony with the law, but he also knows very well that if there is no sufficient military strength, Cao Bianjiao will not be able to protect the safety of Jiangbei at all, just with the quota of 20,000 people given by the imperial court, it can only be self-defended, you must know that the rogues are often hundreds of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands, 20,000 people, and it is not enough for people to stuff their teeth, so Jinsheng is also muddy in this matter, One eye is open, one eye is closed.

"This time to fight Zhang Xianzhong, our losses are not small, nearly five hundred old brothers killed from Liaodong, either injured or killed in battle, and the recruited new army also lost a thousand people, these people are good life care, the wounded must be cured, the dead must be generously compensated for their families, all the seized things, are used as military funds, Jin Jian Army, you can register one by one, and then put it into the warehouse, the emperor has made it clear, our army has no military pay for the time being, the emperor allowed me to be in Huainan Tuntian, to use it as military funds, these seizures are military salaries."

"Don't worry, the lower officials will definitely handle this matter!" Jin Sheng also replied, from general to marshal, Cao Bianjiao's title has also changed, he is now in charge of Jiangbei military affairs, and the crown prince is a veritable marshal.

"50,000 people, this is a fixed number, unless the war requires, in the next few days, there will be no more expansion of the army, I don't have so much money to feed so many people, and the soldiers are not too expensive!" Cao Bianjiao also expressed his attitude to Jin Sheng, the expansion of the army is to suppress thieves, and if there is no need, he will not expand the army wantonly.

Jin Sheng nodded, did not speak, and already understood what Cao Bianjiao meant.

Cao Bianjiao also smiled and continued: "I've been thinking a lot about it these days, and I'm going to follow the example of the Yuejia Army of the Southern Song Dynasty and form various divisions and arms, I want to hear what the Jin Jian Army means?" ”

"The subordinate officer does not understand military affairs, but if the commander can trust the subordinate officer, the subordinate officer will know everything." Jin Sheng also responded, Cao Bianjiao mentioned the three words Yue Jiajun, then Jin Sheng naturally wanted Cao Bianjiao to be consistent in words and deeds, really like loyal to Yue Fei, regardless of his own selfishness for the country, and did his best to die.

"50,000 horses, divided into six, one for the cavalry, two for the musket team, three for the car and artillery battalion, four for the water army, five for the infantry army, six for the pro-army, the small flag is in charge of ten people, the general flag is in charge of five small flags, one hundred households are in charge of the two general flags, the thousand are in charge of ten hundred households, the total soldiers are in charge of five thousand, and the five thousand people are a battalion, with the deputy general and the assistant general of the military affairs, the cavalry is the main body of the people I brought back from Liaodong before, and then select people who are good at riding and shooting from each battalion, and form a cavalry team, with Zu Dale as the commander, the musket team is equipped with muskets, with thunderbolts, three-eyed guns, Armed with weapons, firearms are used to suppress the enemy's offensive in battle......"

Cao Bianjiao also explained to Jin Sheng in detail, wanting to use Zu Dale in charge of the cavalry, Zhu Wende in charge of the car artillery battalion, Cao Dingjiao in charge of the musket team, Huang Degong in charge of the naval army, Cao Wenyao in charge of the infantry army, and Jiang Zhu in charge of the pro-army, in order to systematize the army, and at the same time control the whole army with his own cronies, in this way, no matter what kind of changes occur in the future, this army is his Cao Bianjiao's, it is the Cao family army.

"I think it's doable! In military matters, the marshal decides by himself, it is inconvenient for the lower officials to say more, and laymen do not know the deep meaning, and if they say too much, it will interfere with the marshal's decision-making, and it is not a good thing for the marshal. Jin Sheng is also very generous, he really doesn't know much about military affairs, so he doesn't want to mix too much, what Cao Bianjiao wants to do, he can't intervene, why not push the boat down the river and sell a favor to Cao Bianjiao, and everyone will be happy.

"Haha...... Since Jin Jianjun has no objection, then the matter is decided! Cao Bianjiao is also very good at borrowing the slope to get off the donkey, obviously Jin Sheng didn't agree, just said that he didn't understand, but Cao Bianjiao insisted that he agreed, then the meaning was different, but Jin Sheng didn't care about these things.

Then Cao Bianjiao began to work on this matter, dividing 50,000 soldiers and horses into ten battalions, one battalion of cavalry, one battalion of the navy, one battalion of the musket team, one battalion of the car artillery battalion, one battalion of the pro-army, and the rest were all foot soldiers. He has horses for cavalry, don't worry about these, he has warships in the navy, Jiang Zhu pulled all Zhang Xianzhong's warships back from Chaohu, Zhang Xianzhong was ruthless enough, and a fire was ready to burn all, fortunately Jiang Zhu went in time, and half of it was not burned, and the rest was burned and damaged, and it was also dragged back for repair, anyway, if it can be used, it will be used if it can't be used, and it will be burned as firewood, and even the thousands of shipwrights and helmsmen who built ships for Zhang Xianzhong were all brought back by him, and everything was ready. And Huang Degong has experience in water warfare among the generals under him, and this commander of the water division is also none other than him. The pro-guard army is composed of people who dare to die and are good at fighting from the army, Cao Bianjiao is not a weak scholar, if he is a charging general, he naturally wants to command the best men and horses, and kill the enemy for the three armies.

Cao Bianjiao faced the emperor's order for him to send troops to cooperate with Sun Chuanting to exterminate Li Zicheng's will, and he was also a foreign worker, training soldiers and horses in Huainan, and building weapons, and now Sun Chuanting is still in the pass and has not come out, why should he be stupid to send him to death in the middle of winter, although he has 50,000 people, but not long after the establishment of the army, combat effectiveness and cohesion have not yet been formed, at this time to fight with Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of people, that is, to find the dead, he is not stupid, Zuo Liangyu, Yang Wenyue They are not vegetarians, in the battle of Zhuxian Town, almost the whole army was wiped out, 180,000 people, only less than 30,000 people escaped, either killed or captured by Li Zicheng, especially Zuo Liangyu, who is a veteran oil, when has he suffered such a loss, almost all the elites were killed, and only fled back with a few thousand people, Cao Bianjiao is now thinking about raising his combat effectiveness, when Sun Chuanting is out of the customs, it is not too late for him to see the opportunity to send troops.