"The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves have swept away how many heroes ......"

At this moment, Cao Bianjiao is independent of the big ship, his clothes and belts are fluttering in the wind, with a touch of elegance, and he looks quite a miracle, and his bearing is there, which makes people feel respectful.

"The general is very calm, others have been demoted, or sigh for a long time, or lament the bad fate, complain about the injustice of the world, but the general doesn't have those emotions at all, but seems to have some expectations, and the concubine is very puzzled!"

I don't know when, Kou Baimen walked to the bow of the boat, standing beside Cao Bianjiao, this way, from Fengyang to Chaohu, into the Yangtze River, has arrived at the boundary of Jiujiang, within a few days, you can arrive in Yuezhou, has been with Cao Bianjiao for several days, began to gradually understand Cao Bianjiao's personality, but still a lot of things are confused.

"Calmly, I can't talk about it, it's just a little more relaxed! What about promotion and demotion, in my eyes, the official position is just a title, although I am now just a small Yuezhou general soldier, but the three armies, tens of thousands of soldiers, still respect me as the commander, this is enough, my Cao Bianjiao's soldiers and horses are to protect the territory and the people, because of this belief, so they are willing to follow me to Yuezhou, you see, in addition to the soldiers, there are tens of thousands of family dependents. ”

Kou Baimen doesn't understand, although she was born in a prostitute since she was a child, she has been living in Nanjing, a drunken and gold-obsessed place, so her mind is very simple, she doesn't understand anything, politics is very complicated, even Cao Bianjiao himself is also crossing the river by feeling the stones, in short, Cao Bianjiao's most central criterion is military power in hand, and others can be confused.

"The state affairs are difficult, it has reached the point where it is unsustainable, and the court can now be said to be dim to the extreme, the emperor is arbitrary, anxious to seek governance, and engraved in financial management; Eager to employ people, suddenly practicing the law, not employing people, being too suspicious, controlling too strictly, supervising more than a dozen ministers who were killed, suppressing bandits and capable ministers, Chen Qiyu, Lu Xiangsheng, including his uncle Cao Wenzhao, are all precedents, if it were not for the mistakes of the imperial court, how could it have failed. If it is not broken or established, today's Ming Dynasty is like the Tang Dynasty back then, but I won't be Zhu Wen. ”

Cao Bianjiao also wantonly expressed the feelings in his heart, in front of outsiders, Cao Bianjiao always needs all reservations, but in front of Kou Baimen, he can open his heart and speak freely.

"General, the vanguard fleet sent a message, saying that Zuo Liangyu was waiting in front and wanted to see the general!"

"Good! I've always wanted to meet this General Zuo. ”

When Cao Bianjiao's big boat approached the entrance of the case, he saw that the riverside was lined with flags, the first person, with gray hair, short beard, wearing an iron armor, quite majestic, Cao Bianjiao knew that the person standing at the head at this time must be Zuo Liangyu, he and Zuo Liangyu had met, and had cooperated, and they were acquaintances, but before that, there was no friendship, or it started with the war horse that Cao Bianjiao gave to Zuo Liangyu, and the gold and jade silk that Zuo Liangyu gave back.

"General Cao......"

"General Zuo......"

Cao Bianjiao got off the boat, and the two of them came forward to greet each other enthusiastically, smiling and very enthusiastic.

"I didn't expect General Zuo to wait for me here, it's a great honor for me, General Zuo, after many years, the majesty is still there, and the sword is not old!"

"Haha...... General Cao praised falsely, where is there anything not old, my Zuo Liangyu is already fifty and three, the ancients once said, forty is not a bad death, I have lived for most of my life, I have not seen anything in the ups and downs, this life is worth it! ”

The two of them walked to the Wangjiang Pavilion in the north of the river while talking, no one approached within a radius of ten zhang, only Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Liangyu, hearing Zuo Liangyu say this, Cao Bianjiao was also relieved at the moment.

"Don't hide it, the body is not good, these years of fighting in the south and the north, there are a lot of old injuries on the body, people are old, the body bones are not good, this old injury is frequent, more and more powerless, Zuo has been in the army for more than 30 years, from a pawn to today, deeply affected by the emperor's grace, but Zuo is ashamed of the court!"

"What do you mean by General Zuo?"

Zuo Liangyu also sighed, drank a glass of water and wine in front of him, and said: "Zuo fled to Xiangyang after the first battle in Zhuxian Town, and was defeated so far, Zuo is really guilty of ten thousand deaths, I wanted to organize Xiangyang soldiers and horses to guard Huguang, but I didn't expect the situation to be out of my control, General Cao, I can't hide it, you are now looking at Zuo's huge army, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but the people and horses in it, Zuo can really control only one-twelfth of them, and the others are just using Zuo's power to protect each other. They didn't want to face Li Zicheng, so they pushed me Zuo Liangyu up, with all the fame, this way from Xiangyang to Wuchang, and then to Jiujiang here, Zuo was also heartbroken, Zuo has been in the army for more than 30 years, when has there been such humiliation, Zuo came to see the general, in fact, it is entrusted to future generations! ”

Zuo Liangyu's words made Cao Bianjiao stunned, Zuo Liangyu actually said such a thing, he was not mentally prepared at all, and he didn't know what Zuo Liangyu meant by saying these words.

"General Zuo, what does this mean?" Cao Bianjiao asked puzzled.

Zuo Liangyu glanced around, and then said in a low voice: "I know very well my body, the recurrence of old injuries, difficult to heal, I'm afraid it's only a matter of one or two years, when it's really hard to say, I want to ask General Cao, if one day I am really unfortunate to leave, General Annoying Lao can take care of my son Zuo Mengeng, this child has followed me for more than ten years, but he has not grown at all, alas! ”

Looking at Zuo Liangyu at this moment, Cao Bianjiao felt a sigh, is the person in front of him still the same Zuo Liangyu who has always been flamboyant and domineering, how can he look more and more like an old man in his last years, and he is about to die, so he will put his heart into him, of course, Cao Bianjiao is not sure if Zuo Liangyu is acting or not, for some ulterior purpose, but no matter what, at this moment, he is indeed very sympathetic to Zuo Liangyu.

"The general spoke, and Cao promised that if there really is such a day, I will do my best." Cao Bianjiao also replied perfunctorily, anyway, don't pay taxes if you talk about it, he doesn't dare to believe it easily for an old fritter like Zuo Liangyu, so he must be cautious in case he has any plans.

"General Cao, please see, these twenty warships are gifts for the general, and there are some guns in them, these things are a little bit of my mind, now that Zhang Xianzhong has captured Wuchang, I will send Fang Guoan to lead the army westward and cooperate with General Cao to fight, this is to Yuezhou, Wuchang is a must-pass place, and I hope the general can take care of himself!"

"Then thank you General Zuo for your kindness! But it's disrespectful! I also want to say to the general, once the situation changes, I hope the general can think twice, don't act rashly, the general is the general of Huguang, and the garrison in Jiujiang without an order has caused a lot of criticism. ”

"I understand what General Cao meant, thank you for reminding me!" Zuo Liangyu also glanced at Cao Bianjiao gratefully, thanked him, and gave Cao Bianjiao a glass of wine.