Zeng Ying, the governor of Denglai, is bowing his head to deal with official affairs at the desk, Zeng Ying has been in office for half a year, and the armaments of the two prefectures of Denglai have been rectified, Zeng Ying is a Jinshi in the Wanli period, and he is a fair and fair government, not afraid of power, and is a rare honest official in the Ming Dynasty today.

"Military gate, the patrol soldiers have something to report!" The scribe in Zeng Ying's mansion came to the mansion and told Zeng Ying.

Zeng Ying put down the pen in her hand, and her heart trembled, at this time, there was something wrong with the patrol soldiers, could it be that the Qing army crossed the sea to attack? The strength of Denglai Erfu may still have a chance of winning against a small group of Qing troops, and if a large group of Qing troops attack, Zeng Ying really doesn't have much confidence, so his expression is also very dignified.

"Quick!" Zeng Ying immediately instructed.

Not long after, a patrol of 100 households came to the public hall, bowed his head and said: "My lord, when I went out to inspect just now, I found that a boat was approaching, and someone came to ask to see my lord, saying that they were our soldiers from Songshan, and my subordinates did not dare to let them go, so I have escorted them over, please make a decision!" ”

"Sergeant from Songshan, our army has been wiped out in Songshan, quick, take me to meet the comer."

"Yes!"

Zeng Ying also attaches great importance to this matter, Songshan's matter, he has received the official document yesterday, Songshan's entire army has been wiped out, only one prison Zhang Ruolin has escaped back, has been arrested and imprisoned, at this time Songshan came back, who will it be, Zeng Ying is also very curious.

When Zeng Ying came to the front of the mansion, he happened to see Zhu Wende, of course he didn't know Zhu Wende, and Zhu Wende didn't know him, but he knew the armor on Zhu Wende's body.

"This official is Zeng Ying, the governor of Denglai, did you come back from Songshan?"

Zhu Wende immediately replied: "Back to the military gate, exactly, the last general is the deputy general Zhu Wende, during the battle of Songshan, under the command of General Cao Bianjiao, they fought out of the siege, and captured their warships in Gaizhou, the hinterland of the Qing army, so that they were able to get out of trouble. ”

"Cao Bianjiao? It's him? Sure enough, the sky will not die in my Ming Dynasty, the first battle of Songshan, all the elites in my country were killed, Qiu Yangmin, Yang Guozhu and others were all killed, but I didn't expect General Cao to fight out of the encirclement, it is really my Ming luck! Zeng Ying was also very excited, in this battle, Da Ming can be said to have suffered heavy losses, his vitality was greatly injured, and the loyal and brave generals who could fight were all killed in battle, but he didn't expect Cao Bianjiao to kill out of the encirclement, and Zeng Ying also felt very fortunate at the moment.

"It is General Cao, the last general and Zu Dale under the command of General Cao, fought out of the siege, fought in various parts of the Qing army, and were able to return to China, now there are more than 100 large and small warships, 7,000 soldiers are on the island, and 1,000 Qing troops have been captured."

"Good! Immediately send someone to meet General Cao, no, this official will go in person! Zeng Ying was also excited at the moment, Cao Bianjiao's survival, Zeng Ying could see the stakes, at this time, there are such generals to kill back, that is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty!

In Changshan Island, Cao Bianjiao also looked intently at the direction of Dengzhou, waiting for Zhu Wende's reply, it has been an hour, calculated by the hour, it is time to see the governor of Denglai, it depends on the attitude of the other party.

"General Cao, a ship is coming!" Zu Dale looked at the thief and pointed to a small black dot in the distance and said.

Cao Bianjiao also had a solemn face, looking at the ships from far to near, if Zhu Wende did not send the agreed signal, he would lead the army to attack Dengzhou, anyway, all he wanted was to live, if the other party did not let him live, then he could only be blamed for not knowing the times.

There are three small flags on the bow of the boat, seeing these three small flags, Cao Bianjiao is also relieved at the moment, he doesn't want to go to war with the Ming Court in his heart, in that case, he will be burdened with the infamy of disloyalty and injustice, Cao Bianjiao knows very well that a person's reputation is a sign in this era.

When the ship approached, Zhu Wende stood at the bow of the boat, smiling at Cao Bianjiao, seeing Zhu Wende's smile, Cao Bianjiao knew that things were going well, beside Zhu Wende, there was a person standing, wearing an official uniform, and on his chest was a purple woven crane flower brocade ribbon, a civil official uniform of the third grade, on the territory of Dengzhou, only the governor of Denglai had this costume.

"General Cao......" Before Cao Bianjiao could speak, the people on the opposite boat shouted.

Cao Bianjiao smiled and didn't respond, until the ship approached, Cao Bianjiao smiled and said: "Presumably, the adult is Lord Zeng Yingzeng, the governor of Denglai, and Lord Lao Zeng came to greet him, and he would have been deserved!" ”

"General Cao is humble, Xia Guan has just received the report of the first battle of Songshan, and the report claims that our army has been wiped out, I didn't expect General Cao to be able to fight out of the encirclement, it is really gratifying, Xia Guan should welcome him!"

"Shame! How dare the generals of the defeated army speak bravely, the battle of Songshan, 130,000 soldiers, only these 7,000 men and horses escaped, we are all deeply favored by the emperor, I didn't expect this ending in the end, ashamed! Cao Bianjiao also said with a bitter face, no matter what, this shows that kung fu still has to be done.

"This place is not a place to talk, please move the general to Dengzhou Water Port, the lower official has ordered someone to clean up the camp, please lead the army to station, and then the lower official will order someone to send an urgent report back to the emperor to report to the emperor, presumably the emperor will be very happy after getting the news."

"Then there is the Lao Zeng Military Gate!" Cao Bianjiao also thanked him and accepted Zeng Ying's proposal, this is the purpose of their coming to this place, for Zeng Ying, Cao Bianjiao's impression is very good, in the Ming Dynasty, civil officials despise military generals, this kind of thing is not uncommon, Zhang Ruolin is a typical example, otherwise the battle of Songjin would not have reached such a point, isn't it Zhang Ruolin who looks down on them and points fingers indiscriminately?

"Give the order to go down and sail into the port!" Cao Bianjiao immediately issued a military order, more than 100 warships, mighty stationed in Dengzhou Port, the water village is not a temporary construction, but a deserted camp, after being simply cleaned up, they were given to Cao Bianjiao to station.

"This is the station of the Dengzhou Navy Division that year, after the Wuqiao Mutiny, Kong Youde, Geng Jingzhong and other traitors fled, and the Dengzhou Navy Division was also immediately abandoned, the focus of the imperial court has always been foot cavalry, and there is not much energy invested here in Dengzhou, so it was abandoned here, and the lower officials took office not long ago, and they have not had time to recruit more soldiers and horses, and they have temporarily wronged the general and stationed here, and the grain and grass required will be allocated to the general by the lower officials, waiting for the next arrangement of the imperial court."

"It's already very good here, don't hide it from Zeng Junmen, these days, my brothers and I are sleeping in the open air, in the Jiannu territory, it is all day and night, now there is this safe place, not to mention how down-to-earth I am, I finally returned to the land of my own country, and asked Zeng Junmen to send some medical officers to come, many soldiers under the tent are injured and need treatment, and the same is true for this general!"

Between words, Cao Bianjiao untied his armor, revealing the wound that had been swollen and ulcerated, this wound was almost healed when he was in Songshan, but the wound collapsed when he broke through, Cao Bianjiao has endured it since then, and he didn't care, after these days of bumps, the injury is more serious, and now it is a little laborious to hold a spear, he has always endured it, the reason why he showed Zeng Ying is also to let him see the suffering of his soldiers.