Following the topic of playing Zhicai, Tao Ying also cuts through the mess quickly.

"If Wu Zi, the governor of Jiyin, can cooperate with Zhicai to take over Jiyin County, he can stay or leave!"

"Shanyang Prefect Yuan Yi's family, except for women with the surname, will be killed. However, there is no need for Zhicai to take action. I will let Deng Zhan go and execute it in the name of my Tao family!"

The Yuan family is on Tao Ying's must-kill list. If Tao Ying hadn't gone to Xuzhou, he would have done it himself.

Xi Zhicai's eyes turned red and he immediately expressed his stance to Tao Ying.

"My lord, you have no fear of talent!"

Tao Ying asked Deng Zhan to carry out the execution not because he did not trust Xi Zhicai, but because he did not want Yuan's anger to be transferred to Xi Zhicai.

"I have never doubted the loyalty of Zhicai, so this is the way to go!"

Tao Ying stopped Xi Zhicai from making further statements and solemnly reminded him again.

"Zhicai, after taking over Yanzhou, we cannot station too many troops in the hinterland of Yanzhou. Therefore, we must not be soft on the local powerful people and must kill them all. We must kill all the local powerful people who can be killed or not.

Kill, meek and docile, and use them according to the Taishan County model."

In fact, even if Tao Ying doesn't explain, Xi Zhicai knows what to do. Currently, Tao Ying is surrounded by enemies on all sides and cannot withstand civil strife.

"Lord, I'm afraid we have to stop for a while!"

Seeing that Tao Ying no longer had any new instructions, Xi Zhi thought about it and carefully reminded Tao Ying.

"After successive battles, not only were all the troops tired, but also there was a shortage of food in key places. After the compensation for the dead and injured soldiers was completed, Zhicai was worried that there would be a shortage of food during spring plowing!"

Xi Zhicai discovered this situation when he sent troops to Yanzhou. However, facing several sieges, Xi Zhicai had no time to remind Tao Ying.

"Hiss!"

Tao Ying took a breath of air, stared at Xi Zhi's eyes that turned extremely serious, and slowly sat upright, his expression becoming stern.

"We have to stop!"

After closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, Tao Ying murmured to himself, as if he was responding to Xi Zhicai, and seemed to be reflecting on himself.

Since seizing Qingzhou, Tao Ying has been living by robbery. Now the territory is getting larger and larger, wars are becoming more and more frequent, the consumption of food and grass is also increasing, and more and more people need to be rescued. He has already been unable to make ends meet.

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Of course, it was not that Tao Ying had never thought about the shortage of grain and grass, but he was just lucky that every time he occupied a piece of land, he would be able to plunder enough grain and grass to sustain the place, at least until the autumn harvest.

"Zhicai, you will also serve as the governor of Yanzhou. Yanzhou will give up Chenliu County. If possible, we can capture Dongjun if possible. If the time is not ripe, we can station troops east of the river."

Tao should make a decisive decision and immediately make adjustments for the upcoming war.

"Appoint Chen Deng to concurrently serve as the governor of Jizhou, stop the offensive, and make full preparations for spring plowing in the four counties."

"Appoint Bu Zhi as the governor of Xuzhou and capture Xuzhou before spring plowing."

As for Qingzhou, there has been no war for a long time, and the land in various places has been distributed, so Tao Ying does not have to worry about spring plowing.

As for Zhao Yun's tribe, which is far away in Youzhou, it only covers a few counties, has a small population, and wars are frequent. Tao Ying does not expect to be able to cultivate in peace.

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"Emperor Ling, Emperor Ling, I hope you can die a month early so that I can farm with peace of mind!"

After Xi Zhicai left, Tao Ying lost even more sleepiness. He stood alone under the old plum tree in the courtyard, looking up at the dim sky with a pair of melancholy eyes.

Tao Ying can stop fighting, but he can't guarantee that the powerful people who want his life will stay safe.

"It seems that the fat man Dong Zhuo has also sent out troops. I wonder where he went?"

However, Tao Ying is not worried at all about Dong Zhuo coming from afar. Several coalition forces have been defeated, and Tao Ying is confident in defending his current territory.

"Abba!"

Tao Ying was looking up to the sky and trying hard to break through the clouds to look for the moon, when Cao Ang's timid cry came from behind him.

"Why are you still up so late?"

Tao Ying did not look back and continued his "lunar exploration project".

"Plop!"

Cao Ang looked at Tao Ying's unresponsive body and knelt down.

"Dad, punish me!"

Tao Ying slowly withdrew his gaze, turned around slowly, and looked at Cao Ang with a smile.

"What did you do wrong for me to punish you for?"

Tao Ying's smile at this moment seemed like a spring breeze to outsiders, but in Cao Ang's eyes, there was a hint of anger.

"I return the Jueying you gave me!"

Cao Ang did not mention Cao Cao's name, not only unwilling to do so, but also worried about making Tao Ying even more angry.

"You are wrong. Since I gave it to you, it is your private property and you can do whatever you want with it."

Tao Ying pulled Cao Ang up, patted his shoulder gently, and stared into his eyes seriously.

"I'm not angry, I'm not angry, you're right, and you did the right thing!"

After saying that, without waiting for Cao Ang to say anything else, Tao Ying turned around and walked towards the house.
Chapter completed!