"The husband in the gorge will never die lightly, less in the public gate and more in the water. The rich have the money to drive the big boat. Poverty is given to the runners. ”

"Every Beidou looks at Jinghua."

This is the Tang Dynasty great poet Du Fu's description of Kuizhou, Cao Bianjiao has not been to Kuizhou, only knows that it belongs to the junction of Sichuan and Huguang, over the years it is the main road of Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei, the water traffic is busy, and there are often passengers, goods and merchant ships come and go. But in the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was different, after Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu, he cut off the connection between Sichuan and the outside world, and the traffic has long been cut off.

Before the arrival of Cao Bianjiao, only Fengjie, Wushan, and Jianshi counties in Kuizhou were within the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, and the Kuizhou prefect was still Zhu Tianlin recommended by Cao Bianjiao, Zhu Tianlin, a native of Kunshan. In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), Jinshi. When he first served as the governor of Raozhou, he implemented preferential governance for the people. entered Beijing to be assessed and selected, but because he was too poor to bribe, he was decided to be reappointed as a minister. In the first month, Zhu Tianlin was ordered to pay tribute to King Huai, and when he went to Shandong, the Beijing division was lost, and he was exiled to the south.

Cao Bianjiao soldiers to Fengjie, then led the army to the west, the Great Western Army stationed in Daxian Liu Jinzhong led the Sichuan soldiers 5,000 people to surrender, less than ten months, Cao Bianjiao recovered Wanxian, Xinning, Liangshan, Zhongzhou and other places, opened up the contact with the Shizhu Xuanfu Division Qin Liangyu, and then Cao Bianjiao rushed to the Shizhu Xuanfu Division, to visit Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu, a native of Chungju, has been brave and wise since he was a child, good at riding and shooting, and good at writing articles, with a demure and elegant demeanor. The army is known as the "white pole soldiers" and is famous far and wide. Although she is a woman, she does not let her eyebrows be shaved, if there is no Qin Liangyu in Sichuan these years, I am afraid that she will not be able to support it for so long.

Zhang Xianzhong led the army to invade Sichuan, and Qin Liangyu led the army to the rescue, but was outnumbered and defeated. After Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu, he recruited Sichuan Tusi everywhere, but he did not dare to come to Shiyan.

"The last general, Ma Wannian, meet General Cao, and come to greet the general on the order of my grandmother!"

Cao Bianjiao traveled to Huangshi Town, twenty miles away from the location of the Shizhu Xuanfu Division, a young man came with a team of people to greet him, it was Qin Liangyu's grandson Ma Wannian, Qin Liangyu was so gracious, so that Cao Bianjiao was also very useful, and it was rare for this degraded general to receive such courtesy.

"I'm tired of leading the way!" Cao Bianjiao also said on the horse.

Under the leadership of Ma Wannian, Cao Bianjiao saw all the way, it is still a piece of arrangement and health, in today's chaotic world, especially in Sichuan, there is such a treasure land, which is very rare.

It didn't take long for Cao Bianjiao to see an old man with gray hair, wearing Rong armor, standing on the road, and standing behind him was a group of soldiers holding strange blades, they were wearing self-made armor, standing there with a solemn face, Cao Bianjiao could know without guessing that this must be the white pole soldiers under Qin Liangyu.

"Welcome General Cao!"

"General Qin, I don't dare to be ashamed, you are waiting for Cao here, Cao is ashamed!" Cao Bianjiao stepped forward to return the salute, and he had nothing else to think about this old man except respect.

"Please ......" Qin Liangyu stretched out his right hand and invited Cao Bianjiao into the castle.

"The general is full of loyalty, since Ma Qiancheng was loyal to the country, more than a dozen sons and nephews of the general's brothers were killed on the battlefield, the spirit of loyalty and martyrdom has not been seen for eternity, it is really admirable, Cao has seen a lot of people in his life, but there are not many people who admire, in the north is Sun Chengzong, in the south is you Qin and Ma, I say so, General Qin don't mind!"

"People are old, look down, General Cao's words are serious, since I have chosen this road, then I have no regrets, General Cao's matter, the old body has also heard about it, I heard that the general recovered Henan, Shandong, I am still rejoicing, I didn't expect the situation to change, the court traitors harm the country, for General Cao feels sorry......"

"I don't care, fame and fortune are just clouds of the past, for me, it is floating clouds, it is the people who suffer, and the people are controlled by such a group of people, and the lives of the people can be imagined!"

"General Cao, less than a month after taking office, he began to use troops to recover the lost territory of Kuizhou, presumably the army has other plans, will not stop here, I don't know what the old body can help the general, if the general intends to recover the lost territory, the old body is willing to lead thousands of people to help the general, the old body is old, I don't know how many spring and autumn I can save, I just want to be loyal to the country in my lifetime."

"Cao does intend to enter Chongqing, my subordinates only have more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, it is impossible to recover the lost territory, but to take Chongqing, I am willing to try, but there is another ten months to be Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year, let's wait!" The soldiers under Cao's account have traveled from south to north and from east to west over the years, and they are also tired, and I want them to take a break. ”

"Good! General Cao, but when there are many people, he only needs to send someone to inform him, and the old body is willing to serve at any time! ”

"I also brought 10,000 taels of silver this time to reward the soldiers of the Shizhu Xuanfu Division, although there are not many, but it is also a piece of heart, it should have been sent at the beginning, but unfortunately the situation in the north changed at that time, and I was busy with the Northern Expedition, so it was delayed, this can be regarded as making up for it, and I also ask General Qin not to shirk, Shizhu lives in a remote place, and he also needs something to develop his strength to protect himself."

"Then there will be more General Cao!" Qin Liangyu also accepted Cao Bianjiao's kindness,

This 10,000 taels of silver is not Cao Bianjiao's own, but the imperial court, before Cao Bianjiao left Beijing, he asked Zeng Ying to transfer out the inventory of 2 million taels of silver, and wiped out the books in the name of the previous Northern Expedition, these money remained in the imperial court, it is better to put it in his hands to be useful, put it in the imperial court, that is, it was embezzled by that group of people, handed it over to himself, and developed armaments, although the means are a little disgraceful, but Cao Bianjiao does not care about anything.

"Actually, there is another thing I want General Qin to help me with, I know that General Qin has a women's army under his account, which is General Qin's personal soldiers, I intend to form a female army, and there is no suitable person under him, so can I ask General Qin to transfer a few available people to me."

"General Cao, female soldiers go to the battlefield, I'm afraid it won't change, I do have a female soldier of 300 people under my command, but it is only driven as a personal guard, the general should know that if the female soldier is injured and captured on the battlefield, the general should know what the outcome will be!"

"General Qin rest assured, not to go into battle to kill the enemy, but to serve as an ambulance, General Qin also knows that on the battlefield, after a fight, there are not many dead in the battle, but there are many injured, often these injured people are because they do not get timely treatment, so they will die or be disabled after the war, it is really not what I want, I am ready to set up a battlefield medical team, which can be treated in time, women are careful, so it is inevitable that some bold women are needed."

"I see, that's good, I'll pick fifty people for General Cao!" Qin Liangyu is also very generous at the moment, and he directly made a decision at once and gave him fifty people, for Cao Bianjiao, that is a baby, these people have all followed Qin Liangyu to fight, they are not ordinary women, they definitely have the ability and courage to deal with the bloody wind and rain on the battlefield.