Of course, this is not a big defeat for Cao Cao, but it is the biggest failure for Liu Dai.

"Hmph, of course you are taking advantage of the fisherman, the soldiers and horses under my command have been lost, not to mention that even Shouchun City has not been defeated now, and my 30,000 elite soldiers are now only 2,000 people left, what will I do to fight Huainan County!"

The reason why Liu Dai was so angry was because he came to Huainan County to attack the city under the pretext of avenging his younger brother, and led 30,000 elite soldiers to take revenge, but unfortunately the revenge was not completed.

"Cao Mengde, I don't care, the reason why my soldiers and horses have such heavy losses is all because of you, if you didn't let me lead the whole army to charge, how could my soldiers and horses have suffered so many casualties, now I want you to give me an explanation, or you help me knock down this Huainan County, otherwise we won't finish this matter!"

Liu Dai put pressure on Cao Cao again.

"How can you blame me, Lord Zhoumu, the losses of your soldiers and horses were all killed and wounded under the command of your general Cheng Yu, and I have never commanded your men and horses, so the losses caused can't be counted on my head."

Cao Cao is not a person who is easy to bully, and when Liu Dai spoke angrily like this, Cao Cao immediately pushed back.

Although Liu Dai's status is relatively high, Cao Cao has never been afraid of Liu Dai, and the reason why he gave Liu Dai enough face in front of him is only because of the identity of Liu Dai's Han clan relatives, if this is thrown away, Liu Dai is nothing in Cao Cao's eyes.

"If it weren't for you, I would have lost so many soldiers? If it weren't for you, would Yuan Shu have been able to escape from this Shouchun? ”

Seeing that Cao Cao didn't admit it, Liu Dai was even more anxious, and his voice became louder.

"How can you blame me, the pursuit of Liu Zheng was ordered by you, I tried my best to stop Yuan Shu, there were not enough soldiers and horses, I didn't stop Yuan Shu, why do you blame me for blocking Yuan Shu, what are you guys doing?"

Cao Cao also began to be a little annoyed, and quarreled with Liu Dai in the big tent.

Zhang Miao, who had been standing silently on the side, saw that Liu Dai and Cao Cao were about to quarrel, and immediately stood up to do peace.

"Everyone, everyone, don't hurt the peace, we have just experienced a big defeat, and if we quarrel now, wouldn't it be a good joke for the enemy. If there's something to say, don't be angry. ”

Zhang Miao stood up and said a word by one, which made the camp filled with gunpowder smoke immediately feel a little less angry.

Sometimes, when you quarrel, you can fight, just because no one can persuade you to fight, both sides can't pull down their faces, can't put down their faces, in fact, they don't really want to fight, as long as someone can persuade them, they will soon extinguish the fire.

Even if the anger is not extinguished, it will only be held in the heart, and it will not take the initiative to stand up and continue to stir up trouble, after all, face still has to be given.

With Zhang Miao's persuasion, although Liu Dai suffered a loss at this time, he couldn't do anything with Cao Cao, who let him have no soldiers under him, all the soldiers in his hands were gone, what could the remaining 2,000 people do.

However, Cao Cao and Zhang Miao still have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under them, and this situation makes Liu Dai weigh his strength even if he wants to make trouble.

Therefore, Liu Dai held back when Zhang Miao opened his mouth and didn't say more.

Zhang Miao also knew that if Cao Cao and Liu Dai continued to stay together, some unpleasantness would inevitably occur, so he quickly took the initiative to open his mouth and let this unpleasant party disperse.

When Liu Dai led people away, Zhang Miao dragged Cao Cao back to his camp.

Zhang Miao quietly walked into Cao Cao's side.

"Brother Meng De, have you noticed that our battle today was deliberately done by Liu Zheng?"

"How?"

Cao Cao saw Zhang Miao's sneaky appearance, and his heart was full of questions, and at the same time, he was a little curious about what Zhang Miao said, so he couldn't help but ask.

"You see, our three parties are going to pursue Liu Zheng together, why do Liu Zheng's people only stare at Liu Dai's men and horses? Moreover, the enemy army that appeared here in Shouchun later did not find me or you, so they recognized Liu Dai's camp and rushed in. You said they weren't targeting Liu Dai. ”

"Do you think this guy Liu Zheng did it on purpose?"

"Well, I think he wants to deliberately suppress Liu Dai's strength, so that we can have a conflict with Liu Dai."

"How so?"

"I guess casually, I always feel that this matter will not be so simple, but if this is Liu Zheng's intention, I really admire him, he really knows me."

When Cao Cao heard Zhang Miao's words, he immediately frowned.

"Brother Meng Zhuo, what do you mean by this?"

"What else can it mean, Brother Meng De, then Liu Dai now only has two thousand soldiers and horses left, not far from our camp, if it is this time, we lead two battalions of soldiers and horses to rush over, do you think Liu Dai can still leave here alive?"

Zhang Miao's face showed a hint of a wicked smile, and his gloomy expression showed his ruthlessness.

Zhang Miao was already at odds with Liu Dai, and the reason why he was able to stand down and deal with Yuan Shu together this time was only because of interests, and there were interests promised by the imperial court, but now that the greater interests were in front of him, the things in Zhang Miao's mind were completely different.

Liu Dai, the Yanzhou pastor, is now next to him, and there are only 2,000 soldiers and horses under his command, if Liu Dai dies here, the entire Yanzhou will become a borderless land, judging from Zhang Miao's occupation of the two counties of Yanzhou, he wants to take Yanzhou, just a matter of time can be done.

When the time comes, if you become the lord of a state, you can also gather troops to Yangzhou to re-attack Huainan, and even seize the entire Yangzhou.

Thinking about it, Zhang Miao felt excited.

"You...... Do you want to kill Liu Dai? ”

"He is a member of the Han family, and he is a Yanzhou pastor!"

After Cao Cao heard Zhang Miao's words, he was obviously a little surprised.

But Zhang Miao didn't think so.

"What are you afraid of, he died, who knows that we did it, just put this responsibility on Liu Zheng, as long as we leave all the 2,000 soldiers and horses under him here."

"Meng De, as long as Liu Dai dies, Yanzhou will be you and me, when we reorganize the soldiers and horses, and then go south to Yangzhou together, you and I will join forces, Yangzhou will also become our territory, and when the time comes, Yuan Shao will not have to pay attention to it."

Zhang Miao wanted to try his best to win over Cao Cao and do this with him.

But Cao Cao kept a gloomy face and didn't print Zhang Miao directly.

"Brother Meng Zhuo, have you thought clearly?"