"Since both of you are in favor, then without further ado, send troops to Gaizhou as soon as possible, but what to do with these captives still needs to be discussed with the two generals."

Sending troops back, it's not a big deal, it's all decided, but what to do with these hundreds of captives, Cao Bianjiao still needs to consult their intentions, according to Cao Bianjiao's intentions, they should all be killed, so as not to let them escape on the road and report the news, but killing the prisoners is a very cruel thing, Cao Bianjiao asked himself if he couldn't bear such a notoriety, so he was a little undecided for a while.

"If you let them go, I'm afraid they will go to report immediately, these people are all Jurchens, they won't go home so obediently and don't care about anything, but it's a burden to take them, one is not easy to escape, and when the time comes, it's not the best policy to leak our whereabouts, General Cao, what do you say?" Zhu Wende also understood what Cao Bianjiao meant, and he was also embarrassed, not knowing what to do.

Cao Bianjiao frowned and sighed: "I mean killing, but you can't simply kill, you have to make them feel that there is a glimmer of hope for survival, and they will persist for this hope, and they will not fight hard!" ”

At that moment, Cao Bianjiao also whispered in their ears, and after listening to it, the two of them laughed and nodded silently, agreeing with Cao Bianjiao's meaning.

Hundreds of captives were escorted into the inner room of the post station, a Ming soldier with a big basket put in front of them, Cao Bianjiao immediately stepped into it, and said to them: "This is filled with bread, enough for all of you to eat three meals, one by one, if you eat in one day, then you will have to starve in the following days, if you only eat one meal a day, then you can eat for three days, I believe that someone will come to inspect after three days, and you will be safe at that time, my Ming army is not like you Jurchens." , we have compassion for heaven and people, give you a way to live, you can do it yourself! ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Bianjiao came out with a knife and ordered people to seal all the doors and windows.

"Give them a glimmer of hope, they will fight for survival, and they can't care about running away, even if they want to run, there is not enough food, they can't send the news out so quickly, we only need two days to go to Gaizhou, and we will have succeeded by then."

"General Cao really ......" Zu Dale stretched out a thumbs up, and he didn't know how to say it.

"Okay, let's continue to set off, go straight to Gaizhou, as long as we take the ships of Gaizhou, we can return to China, this battle is the most critical battle, if we can't take Gaizhou, then we will really become lonely ghosts."

Cao Bianjiao's words were like a basin of cold water, which made everyone sober up, the road ahead is difficult, and they still need to continue to fight, this is just a step, and there is a more difficult road ahead to fight.

Gaizhou, known as Chenzhou in ancient times, was an important town in eastern Liaodong as early as the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. The Qing army is not good at water warfare, but it also set up a water division, in order to defend Shengjing Shenyang, because Shenyang has the Liao River can be reached, and it must be guarded against, but these water divisions are just an ornament, and there is not much combat effectiveness, on horseback, the Qing army can be called brave, but on the water, they are just soft-footed shrimp.

Two days later, Cao Bianjiao and the others went to the Pingshan Pass less than twenty miles north of Gaizhou to hide, all the way, they were not discovered, they were also very happy, if they were detected by the enemy in advance, they wanted to escape, it was not an easy task.

"This battle is not easy to fight, if we can't fight a quick battle and let them flee in boats, the purpose of our trip will also be in vain, but the other side also has four or five thousand people, a lot of troops, we want to take them, it is not easy, two generals, what are your plans?"

The two of them are blindfolded, they have always been accustomed to obeying orders, that is the responsibility of the coach, their responsibility is to charge into battle, along the way, they are also used to obeying Cao Bianjiao's military orders, they didn't think about it so much, Cao Bianjiao suddenly asked them to follow the advice, and both of them were still not adaptable.

Seeing their appearance, Cao Bianjiao was also speechless, he had pulled a group of people into the gang, and he also got up and looked into the distance, thinking about the next countermeasures, this is not an easy thing, he is not a professional soldier, although he inherited everything from Cao Bianjiao, but the leading idea is still his own, and he has no experience in war, and Cao Bianjiao himself is also a general, not a handsome talent!

"Is General Cao worried about capturing Gaizhou?" At this time, Liu Zhaosun came to Cao Bianjiao's side and asked.

Cao Bianjiao nodded and said with a smile: "Does General Liu have a clever plan to help us take this place!" ”

"There is a way, General Cao, but it may be a little unpopular." Liu Zhaosun also nodded in response.

Hearing Liu Zhaosun say this, Cao Bianjiao suddenly came to his senses, and immediately asked excitedly: "General Liu, please speak!" ”

"General, please look, in this mountain col, these are castor beans, if you eat too much, you will be poisoned and diarrhea, haven't we captured a lot of pigs and mutton, you can go by the troops disguised as escorting reward materials, and let them eat the drugged pigs and mutton, and then they will lose the battle, won't this battle be successful?"

Cao Bianjiao couldn't help laughing at the moment, and high-fived and exclaimed: "Okay! That's it, General Liu, this victory and defeat are in your hands, as long as you succeed, we will return to China hopefully, if you fail, then we will be reduced to a lonely ghost! ”

The camp of the Gaizhou Navy Division was stationed at the mouth of the Qinghe River, and when Liu Zhaosun led two hundred Han people who followed him to surrender and return to China came to the camp of the Navy Division, they were stopped.

"We are here to escort the reward materials to the emperor's military order, and we will report to your lord as soon as possible!"

Hearing that it was the emperor's envoy, the soldier guarding the gate hurriedly ran in, and soon a general in iron armor walked out, came to the gate of the wall, and asked, "Are you the men and horses sent by the emperor?" ”

Liu Zhaosun immediately replied with a flattering smile: "Exactly!" This lord, on the occasion of the Lantern Festival, the emperor ordered to reward all the children of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and we were ordered to escort wine and meat here. ”

"How dare you be in love! Let them in, brothers, the emperor will reward us, and give the order to go down and reward the three armies. "Maybe it's because there has been no war here for decades in the rear, so the general who led the army had no doubts, and immediately let Liu Zhaosun enter the camp, and more than a dozen carts of wine and meat also rushed in.

In the high place in the distance, Cao Bianjiao saw Liu Zhaosun enter the enemy camp, and he was also relieved, as long as he entered, then the next thing would be easy to do, and at that moment Cao Bianjiao also ordered the whole family to prepare for battle.