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"Trouble? The disaster you have brought to Xuzhou is big enough, you look at this battlefield, how many people have died, you are a butcher! ”

"Butcher?" Liu Miao sneered, "If I were really a butcher, I wouldn't be standing here and talking to you properly." I will directly wipe out all of your 20,000 people, and you don't have to doubt whether I have the strength, not to mention the 10,000 soldiers and horses in Pi City, even my 3,000 people here plus Xu Da's 3,000 people out of the city can wipe you out. ”

Tao Qian subconsciously looked at the battlefield in the rear, the siege troops in Xuzhou were still a mess, it was estimated that they had already been hit into a plate of scattered sand by the city, if they knew that they were about to run out of food, Tao Qian's face turned pale, it was obvious that what Liu Miao said was completely possible, but he didn't believe that Liu Miao would be so kind and let go of this great opportunity.

Liu Miao saw that his words temporarily shocked Tao Qian, so he continued: "Actually, this war should not have happened, but it's just that you, the state pastor, are too arrogant, and you wave your troops to Xiapi without asking questions, and you want to solve the problem directly by force, so I was forced to choose to fight." ”

Tao Qian's beard trembled again, his eyes widened, he only gasped, and he trembled his fingers Liu Miao and said, "I have never seen such a shameless person as you!" You invaded Xiapi first, and robbed Xuzhou treasury later, but instead framed me Xuzhou to provoke a war? ”

Liu Miao smiled faintly, "Really? Then why didn't the Tao envoy ask me why I sent the soldiers? If it weren't for the fact that Xiang Pi had robbed me of my money and food first, would I have sent troops here? I didn't plan to take Xiapi for myself, I just wanted to bring back the lost money and food. If you, the Xuzhou pastor, can first understand the cause of the matter and properly solve the matter, how can there be a war? As for the entanglement between me and Zhenrong, we can solve it ourselves. ”

"The money and grain you transported from Xiapi to Huainan are not only lost before?"

"Yes, I admit this, Zhenrong robbed us of money and food, let me send troops here, and spent countless money and food, shouldn't I make some compensation?" Liu Miao smiled, "Okay, we are not villains in the market, and it is really detrimental to our identity to always have a dispute of words here, so let's talk about some serious things!" ”

Tao Qian froze again.

Liu Miao said solemnly: "Miao is looking for Tao Envoy Jun to come to discuss the follow-up. I don't plan to continue this war, so I want to settle it peacefully with Tao Envoy Jun, I don't know what Tao Envoy Jun wants? ”

"How to fix it?" Tao Qian is currently at an absolute disadvantage, and if he can really solve it peacefully, he can't ask for it.

"I would like to ask Tao Envoy Jun to lead the troops back to the barracks for a temporary stay, and after we have transported all the money and grain due back to Huainan, we will return Xiapi to Xuzhou. In order to prevent some unpleasant things from happening again, all the grain and grass of the Xuzhou army before our withdrawal to Huainan was supplied by our side. ”

"What, how is that possible?" Tao Qian immediately shouted angrily.

Liu Miao said lightly: "Tao Envoy Jun has any opinions to mention, but the result remains the same, Tao Envoy Jun just implements it according to this." The money and grain I mentioned were all returned or compensated to us by Zhenrong before, and had nothing to do with Tao Yuanjun. Tao Yuanjun should feel fortunate that I did not ask for compensation from Xuzhou, but also provided grain and grass for the Xuzhou army. ”

"No! The money and grain in Xiapi belong to my Xuzhou treasury, and the taxes of the three counties of Xiapi, Pengcheng and Guangling in the past three years are all stored in Xiapi. ”

"Is there such a thing? But it has nothing to do with me, that's between you and Zhenrong. Besides, Xuzhou has always been rich, and it doesn't matter if there is less money and food. Liu Miao said coldly, "I advise Tao Yuanjun to go and pacify the army as soon as possible, I Jiujiang will finish transporting money and grain one day earlier, and Tao Yuanjun will receive Xiapi one day earlier." Otherwise, after a long time, I am worried that I will not be able to supply the 20,000 troops in Xuzhou. ”

"You!" Tao Qian was furious, but he was helpless, he had no way to take Liu Miao now, and even had to rely on Liu Miao's snort.

And the reason why Liu Miao is so strong is because he has the strength to back him, and he is not afraid that Tao Qian will not agree. Tao Qian is now defeated miserably, the army has no way to retreat, and there is no food to eat, Liu Miao is already very merciful if he does not completely eat the Xuzhou army.

"Tao envoy Jun Da doesn't have to be angry, he hurts his body with anger! You can think about it, if I, Liu Miao, were defeated by your Xuzhou army, would you be so merciful to me? Liu Miao said.

"In addition, there is another thing to inform Tao Envoy Jun that the three counties of Huailing, Dongcheng and Gaoshan south of the Huai River will be under the jurisdiction of my Jiujiang. In the future, I will rule Jiujiang and Xiapi across the river, each guarding its own boundary, and it will still be a friendly neighbor. Of course, if there is a place in Xuzhou that needs my Jiujiang help one day, Tao Envoy Jun can send someone to invite him to borrow troops and food, no problem! ”

"You! How can the counties agreed upon by the imperial court be granted to each other privately? I'll report this to the court!" ”

At this time, Tao Qian was very much like a primary school student who complained to the teacher after being bullied in his previous life.

Liu Miao looked at Tao Qian and smiled, and said: "All counties are the territory of the Han Dynasty, including Jiujiang County, I just share the emperor's worries and help him govern, and I don't regard the counties as private property, is it possible that His Majesty the Emperor will think that I am a rebel?" ”

If it was in the Qingping period, Liu Miao's practice might really be taboo, but now even the emperor's rights cannot be guaranteed, who will care about this, and after the division of the heroes is superficial, no one cares.

Of course, Tao Qian also knew this, he was just too angry and couldn't do anything about Liu Miao.

"Humph! It's too much of a deception! Tao Qian shook his head and turned to leave, he found that if he stayed here any longer, he might be angry with Liu Miao.

Liu Miao smiled indifferently: "By the way, I will reveal another news to Tao Yuanjun, the grain road in Tanxian County has been cut off, so don't think about it carefully, and wait to receive Xiapi with peace of mind!" ”

Tao Qian paused, but did not stop.

Liu Miao also returned to the formation and instructed Zhang Liao and others to help deal with the aftermath without mentioning it.

"Childe, Tao Qian's defeat is a good time to occupy Xiapi, why does Childe want to let him go?" On the way into the city, Mulan voiced the doubts in her heart.

Liu Miao shook his head and said, "This is not a good time to forcibly occupy Xiapi. Although Tao Qian was defeated, after all, he was still a state pastor appointed by the imperial court, and I couldn't kill him at will, otherwise my reputation would be damaged. On the premise that Tao Qian is still the pastor of Xuzhou, I will be entangled with Tao Qian endlessly, and the troops will continue to fight, which will do me Jiujiang more harm than good. Now this is very good, I have got the money and food that I urgently need for development, Tao Qian will not fight with me, as for the future, I believe he will not be a threat to me. Xiapi and even Xuzhou, there are still many opportunities to get in the future. ”

Mulan nodded in understanding.

In fact, Liu Miao still has a reason not to say, Xuzhou is the land of four wars, and there will be many threats in the next few years, Liu Miao needs to keep Tao Qian here as a buffer, so as not to prematurely confront Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other powerful princes. Liu Miao can take advantage of this time period to manage Huainan and even Yangzhou well, build a stable base camp, and lay a solid foundation for the hegemony of the Central Plains in the future.