Just when Cao Bianjiao was waiting for Shi Kefa's military supplies, an accident was also happening, after learning that the fifth battalion of Gezuo was defeated and fled, Zhang Xianzhong of Chaohu was also moved, he decisively gave up the warship that had just been built, led all the soldiers and horses to the west, broke through Tongcheng, and approached Qianshan.

Zhang Xianzhong's westward escape is not a good thing for Cao Bianjiao, his original purpose was to take advantage of the opportunity to fight Zhang Xianzhong to strengthen his strength, but if Zhang Xianzhong is gone, then he is very likely to go north to fight Li Zicheng, compared to Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong is now just a small role, Li Zicheng's subordinates are Chang Wusheng, there are Li Yan, Song Xiance, Gu Junen, Niu Jinxing and others, and there are many generals, many of the exile forces that originally flowed around were swallowed up by Li Zicheng, His fierce generals include Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, Liu Fangliang, etc., all of them are battle-hardened generals, with their own strength, Cao Bianjiao knows very well that he can't deal with Li Zicheng at all now.

So Cao Bianjiao has been thinking about spending a while with Zhang Xianzhong, and then the war in the north should almost end, he can also take advantage of this time to further strengthen his strength, I didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to be so cunning, as soon as he saw that the momentum was not right, he immediately ran, to the west is the land of Huguang's mountains and forests, as long as Zhang Xianzhong enters it, he will be helpless for a while, and when he comes out, he can come out whenever he wants, you can't defend it at all, this is their advantage.

And Shi Kefa's armaments have not been delivered, more than ten days have passed, and Cao Bianjiao has also sent someone to urge him once, but Shi Kefa is vague, and it can be clearly seen that he is not willing to give it, and wants Cao Bianjiao to sell his life first, and now that such an accident occurs, Cao Bianjiao is also very angry.

"General, it's here!"

Just when Cao Bianjiao hesitated, Zhu Wende came to him and told him that the things had arrived, and it was naturally sent by Shi Kefa, and Cao Bianjiao was also extremely excited, and immediately rushed out.

When Cao Bianjiao came to the school field, looking at the military supplies in front of him, he was also angry, what was originally promised, Shi Kefa only gave half of it, and the gun carriage was only twenty, Cao Bianjiao looked at the military quartermaster in front of him, his face was cold, and it was extremely cold, this is Shi Kefa's answer.

"General Cao, these are the things that Shi Shangshu ordered the officials to escort here, Shi Shangshu said that at present, he can only raise these, now Zhang Yi has moved, and I hope that the general can send troops earlier, he will find a way to send all the things the general needs over to help the general."

In the face of his words, Cao Bianjiao was also indifferent, these are just excuses, what can only be raised to these, there are so many soldiers and horses in Nanjing, are they all wooden sticks, is there no inventory in the warehouse, he doesn't believe it, Shi Kefa is obviously grinding foreign workers, wanting to destroy Zhang Xianzhong at no cost, and at the same time weaken the strength of their troops.

"Good! You go back and tell Shi Shangshu, just say that Ben will not send troops in the future, and I hope that Shi Shangshu will not delay when the time comes, without weapons, I can't let my soldiers and horses fight the enemy empty-handed! Although Cao Bianjiao was annoyed in his heart, he still endured it, and he couldn't turn his face with them at this time.

"Then the official will leave!" The man also departed with interest.

Cao Bianjiao snorted coldly, and said to Jin Sheng on the side: "Jin Jian Jun, what is the situation of our army now, you know best, and half of the soldiers don't even have leather armor, * It is also seriously lacking, he Shi Kefa occupies Nanjing, there are more soldiers and more food, and he doesn't contribute to it, and he still wants to deduct us like this, saying that good things are only given less than fifty percent, Ben General is very suspicious, what does he want?" ”

"General Cao, this matter may be a misunderstanding, Shi Shangshu may also have difficulties, please think about it, now Zhang Xianzhong said that he will attack Anqing Mansion in the west, but no one is sure, he will suddenly lead the army down the river to attack Nanjing, if Nanjing is lost, none of us can afford this responsibility, that is the place where Taizu Longxing, he Shi Kefa naturally has to leave some back, first of all, he must ensure the safety of Nanjing. Now at least part of it has been given, and the rest is believed that he will not admit it, the most important thing at the moment is to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, if Zhang Xianzhong runs away, it is tantamount to leaving the tiger in trouble! Please also ask the general to put state affairs first and not fight with them. ”

Jin Sheng can actually understand some of Shi Kefa's meaning, but at this time, all he can do is to make a difference between the two people in the middle and the mud, and not to cause civil and military discord, if Cao Bianjiao does not send troops, Zhang Xianzhong is very likely to retreat, and then these people are hidden dangers, and they can't always arrange heavy troops here, and Zhang Xianzhong can also choose other places to attack in the mountains, the Central Plains has been stirred up by Li Zicheng, Jiangnan is an important place for national taxation, and there can be no mistakes.

"Take state affairs as the priority, take the state affairs as the priority, what Jin Jianjun said is reasonable, this general is favored by the emperor, and he will naturally serve the country loyally, he Shi Kefa played his own little abacus, and the general is not willing to worry about him, but this matter will not stop there, Jiang Zhu, pass the order, the whole army assembles, and prepare to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, General Zhu Wende, General Zhu, you lead the army as the front, be cautious, don't fall into the enemy's ambush, and the rest of the generals, follow up with the general."

After thinking twice, Cao Bianjiao still chose to enter the army, not for anything else, those warships built by Zhang Xianzhong, no matter what, he can't lose them in vain, even if he can't use it, he has to get it back, at least it must be counted as his own capture, and he will not suffer a loss if he goes back to invite credit to the court, he has won so many battles, and he has not actually caught anything, this is not his personality.

"Jiang Zhu, you lead 5,000 people to get back all the sailor warships left by Zhang Xianzhong in Chaohu Lake." Cao Bianjiao was also on the way back, and secretly handed over this task to his henchman Jiang Zhu to do, anyway, it was already an ownerless thing, and he didn't take advantage of it.

"General, we don't have a sailor, and it's useless to pull these warships back?" Jiang Zhu didn't understand Cao Bianjiao's thoughts, and asked curiously at the moment.

"You're stupid...... We don't have a sailor, but this can be regarded as a capture, go back and report it, no matter what, the court will have a reward, this warship, to say the least, will cost thousands of taels of silver, hundreds of warships, that is hundreds of thousands of taels, the court got these warships, that is a lot of savings! Besides, if you don't need it now, don't you make sure that you won't need it in the future, can't we recruit a sailor, pull it back first, and then talk about the rest later, and it doesn't cost money. ”

"The subordinates understand, the subordinates immediately went to prepare, Zhang Xianzhong is cunning, and the general should be careful!" When Jiang Zhu was leaving, he didn't forget to remind Cao Bianjiao, which made Cao Bianjiao feel very relieved, cronies are still cronies after all, and if you are more considerate, you don't have this mind if you change to someone else.