Flying to the top of the peak, Cao Bianjiao looked into the distance, looking at the mountains stacked with peaks and peaks in the distance, during the period of clouds and mist, such a beautiful scenery, he saw it for the first time, and only at this time can he appreciate it, looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance, Cao Bianjiao sighed, silently breathed a long sigh of relief, and clenched the saber in his hand.

"Although it is a troubled time, but the beauty of this heaven-conquering creation, it is still not lost to any moment in the past, but the people of Li in this world are not as good as in the past, General Huang, you and I are both martial artists, we should not pay attention to political affairs, the duty of a soldier is to fight, protect the family and defend the country, but now we have to think about it."

"General, I don't read with little merit, I don't understand what things are going on in the court, but I understand the truth, today's court is rotten, the lord is too harsh, and there are those sub-civil officials, all of whom claim to have grown up reading sage books, and they don't do personnel, they only know how to make money in their own pockets, and they don't hide it, general, the generals in my battalion have not received food and salary for three months, and the last general had no choice but to acquiesce to his officers and soldiers to do those things that are not visible. But you have to live, the whole family can't open the pot, I don't do this, what can I do? ”

Huang Degong also said without scruples, at this moment, only Cao Bianjiao and him were present, he was convinced of Cao Bianjiao, so he was willing to tell him this, and he also felt helpless and aggrieved in his heart, but there was no way, he was powerless to change the current situation.

"These things, I know, I was transferred from Shandong to Huainan, conscription and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong, I asked the court for half a year's military salary, but in the end the court only gave me three months, after arriving in Fengyang, I was coercive and tempting, only from Fengyang Governor Gao Guangdou got three months of military salary, defeated the fifth battalion of the revolution, Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Shi Kefa said to give me a supplement to military supplies, but only gave us a small part, so far I have not made up for me, I have been here for more than two months, but also understand a lot of the situation in the south!"

Cao Bianjiao is not bitter, he works hard, but what do those people in high positions do, in addition to making money, they all become turtles with shrunken heads when they encounter serious things, and they stick out their heads to sing a few high-pitched words when they have nothing to do, they have no ability, only this mouth has the ability, and can say that the white is black, and the black is black, and the rest of the ability is a waste.

"Fortunately, this time we have seized a lot, mules and horses are tens of thousands, countless gold and silver, and hundreds of thousands of stone of grain, with these things, at least our soldiers will not worry about their livelihood in a short time, don't expect the court, rely on yourself, Jianghuai is a rich land, as long as the brain is flexible, there are always ways, you don't have to rely on robbery to live, even if it is robbery, it has to be who has the money and food to rob whom, to fight the people's idea, what kind of ability, can only be regarded as a coward's behavior."

The most unacceptable thing for Cao Bianjiao is that the officers and soldiers oppress the people, maybe this is insignificant in this troubled world, but Cao Bianjiao just doesn't allow it, so he personally formulated a severe military law, there is a law to follow, in order to restrain the soldiers, even if you have made great contributions on the battlefield, but as long as you violate the military law, then don't blame him for being ruthless, merit is merit or demerit, this can not be confused.

"It's a pity, this time Zhang Xianzhong ran away!" Huang Degong also sighed, deeply regretful.

At noon today, they caught up with the people they had been tracking these days, but when they besieged these people, they found that this was Zhang Xianzhong's main force, they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses had already evacuated a day ago, leaving these people to attract Cao Bianjiao and their pursuit, as for those clues, they were all deliberately left by Zhang Xianzhong.

One day, it doesn't sound like much, but this is in the middle of the mountains, enough for Zhang Xianzhong to escape, and then west is the continuous peaks of Dabie Mountain, Cao Bianjiao just wants to chase it, but he is also powerless, unless he has a million troops, he can force Zhang Xianzhong out of the mountain, but unfortunately he doesn't even have a tenth.

"Forget it, the coming day is long, Zhang Xianzhong will be ambushed sooner or later, the soldiers have been chasing in the mountains and forests for many days, and they should go back to recuperate, we don't have much food to bring, we are about to run out, and the rest of the matter will be decided by the imperial court!" Although Cao Bianjiao was not happy, he had no choice but to endure this breath, he was tricked, and it was uncomfortable.

The fifth battalion of the left and Zhang Xianzhong were defeated successively, for the people of Huainan, they finally avoided a chaos, and they could continue to live with peace of mind, and the prestige of Cao Bianjiao was also spread in Huainan, first defeated the fifth battalion of the left, and then defeated Zhang Xianzhong, for them, Zhang Xianzhong was a giant bandit, crisscrossing the Central Plains, when Yang Sichang led an army of tens of thousands to besiege Zhang Xianzhong, or let him escape unharmed, and also caused the fall of Xiangyang, before Li Zicheng attacked and opened the seal, Zhang Xianzhong is undoubtedly the biggest hidden danger of the Ming Dynasty, If it weren't for Li Zicheng's sudden rise in Henan, Zhang Xianzhong would definitely be the first person to deal with in the Ming Dynasty.

is such a person, defeated in the hands of Cao Bianjiao, almost deserted and fled, naturally achieved Cao Bianjiao's reputation, but Cao Bianjiao did not hope for such a result, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, he understands this truth very well, he is too capable of fighting, and he will inevitably be pushed to the forefront by the gang of rotten Confucians in the imperial court, Cao Bianjiao is not a brainless person, he doesn't want to be a stepping stone and cannon fodder for others to get promoted and make a fortune.

"Although a large number of materials have been seized from Zhang Xianzhong this time, we can use them for a while, but we still have to save money, the quota given to me by the imperial court is 20,000 people, after the expansion and reorganization of the army, now our military strength has reached nearly 40,000 people, the imperial court will not give me a penny to raise troops, this extra tens of thousands of people, a year is hundreds of thousands of taels of needs!"

"What Shi Kefa originally promised, now only gave a small part, and a large part of it has not been given to us, should this account also be begged, otherwise he thinks we are easy to bully, if we open this head, if we want to get food and salary in the future, it will be even more difficult!"

"Humph! Naturally, I want to ask for it, and I also want to refer to his history and law! Listening to Zhu Wende's words, Cao Bianjiao was also annoyed, although this is a national war, but if you want the horse to run, you have to give the horse grass, now deal with it, you have to run the horse desperately, doesn't that put him to death? He Cao Bianjiao is not so easy to bully.

"Does the general want to put the charge of letting Zhang Xianzhong escape on his Shi Kefa?"

"That's not it, it's just to make some trouble for him, this mutual attack, I Cao Bianjiao can't do it!"

Shi Kefa is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and he is a loyal minister, Cao Bianjiao doesn't want to get into trouble with him, but he still has to calculate the things that Shi Kefa hindered him, and there is a serious problem involved, so Cao Bianjiao really has to think carefully about this matter.