Neat and solemn footsteps stepped on the bluestone ground, making a thunderous sound.
This battle that changed the entire Xiapi City has finally reached its final stage.
Liu Hao rode his horse into the city, stepping on the snow, dragon and phoenix's iron hooves not on snow, but on blood!
The blood of Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian's troops, as well as the blood of Mi's and Chen's soldiers, flowed all over the ground.
However, all of this is under Liu Hao's control.
Under the guidance of Xuzhou's surrender, Liu Hao personally led a group of troops towards Tao Qian's mansion.
It didn't take long before Tao Qian's governor's office was in sight.
"Welcome my lord!"
"Welcome my lord!"
Along the way, soldiers kept raising their heads and shouting.
Hearing the killing sound gradually weakening, the people in Xuzhou City also opened their doors and windows a crack and watched secretly.
Liu Hao's troops followed orders and prohibited them, and no one harassed the people and took advantage of them.
"General, please wait and see your lord!"
Yang Zaixing and Zhao Yun, whose robes were stained with blood, came forward to greet them, clasped their fists and said: "The Tao Mansion has more than 10,000 private soldiers at the end. More than 8,000 people were killed in the battle, and less than 2,000 remnants are left. All of them are dead."
Huddled in the Tao Mansion, the last general and others have joined forces with the Mi family and the Chen family to surround the entire Tao Mansion."
"Lord, do you want to take action directly?"
Liu Hao raised his hand and stared at Tao Qian's mansion.
The first time Zhao Yun and Yang Zaixing entered the city, they fought with the Tao Mansion soldiers led by Tao Ying.
With Tao Ying's talent, even if he controls more than 10,000 people, how can he compare with peerless generals like Zhao Yun and Yang Zaixing?
Outside the Tao Mansion, there were fierce soldiers, as well as Mi family soldiers and Chen family soldiers wearing leather armor.
At least tens of thousands of people surrounded the Prefecture and Mufu in layers.
The people inside can hardly fly with wings.
The dragon scale heavy armor cavalry was not suitable for fighting in the narrow terrain of the city, so they set up a tight formation just outside the encirclement.
Hundreds of Hua Rong's archers climbed up the wall, set up their crossbows, and aimed at the Tao Mansion.
"Please give the order, my lord!"
"Please give the order, my lord!"
"Zhao Yu, Xu Chu, follow me into the mansion."
Liu Hao said coldly.
The shouts of the three armies shook the whole world. Tao Qian, the Xuzhou pastor in Tao's mansion, looked miserable and felt as sad as death.
At first, he tolerated the plan and wanted to plot against Liu Hao, but in fact, he just regarded Liu Hao as a young and easy to bully junior!
And this was only the second meeting between him and Liu Hao. The young junior in his eyes looked down at him with a condescending attitude.
By the way, he trampled the entire Xuzhou under his feet!
"Dad, Cao Bao's elite Danyang soldiers... all surrendered... What should we do?"
Tao Ying was trembling all over, with a ferocious expression on his face.
He looked at Liu Hao with boundless fear in his heart.
"What an obstacle! What else can I do? I have no more soldiers to fight with, so I can only surrender to Liu Hao..."
Tao Qian took a look at the chilling atmosphere of Liu Hao's army and said dejectedly.
"Dad, Liu Hao won't kill me, right?"
Tao Ying was so desperate that he secretly thought: Why not pretend to surrender, find an opportunity, and send his subordinates with the highest martial arts skills to kill him?
Tao Qian smiled bitterly and said: "As a state shepherd, Liu Hao will not dare to touch me...surrendering is the best choice..."
"Look, the Tao family has come out and surrendered!"
Liu Hao's men had sharp eyes and had already spotted Tao Qian walking out of the house with a group of people.
"The next generation should be afraid, and the next generation should be afraid of my decline!"
As Tao Qian walked, he sighed: "Zixuan, you and I are both officials of the Han Dynasty, why are we doing this? Where is my son, Tao Shang, now?"
"died."
Liu Hao said lightly.
Tao Qian's body trembled suddenly and he was silent.
"What!?"
Tao Ying, who was beside Tao Qian, glared at Liu Hao: "We have all surrendered! You still want to kill my eldest brother!?"
After he got angry, he realized that Liu Hao was looking at him like he was an idiot. He lowered his head in fear and said, "I surrender...you...don't kill me..."
Liu Hao was not even interested in talking to this spoiled second generation, and said coldly: "Xu Chu, kill him!"
"Here!"
Xu Chu laughed ferociously, and the majestic body more than nine feet tall stepped forward, and the white tiger mad sword suddenly slashed down!
A burst of blood surged!
Tao Ying's huge head shot up into the sky and rolled to the ground!
Liu Hao would not accept anyone's surrender.
The way to govern is to combine kindness and power, to win over talents with kindness and righteousness, and to suppress Pixiao with iron-blooded methods!
Tao Qian's pupils suddenly shrank. At this moment, the old man seemed to have aged more than ten years and lost the majestic spirit of a town of princes.
Liu Hao's eyes were stern, and Tao Qian did not dare to make any move even though his heart was full of misery and hatred.
He adjusted his mood for a while, then forced a smile and said: "After all, I made a mistake in this matter. The seal letter of Zhou Mu has been prepared. My two useless sons have now paid the price. Zixuan, I will do it right away."
When I go to Yuzhou to take up my post, how about we shake hands and make peace?"
Now, this prince who has reached the end of his life still wants to bargain with himself.
Liu Hao felt a sense of admiration in his heart; Tao Qian, being able to achieve the position of a state pastor is no fluke!
How many people can be so forbearing after their two sons died in the hands of the enemy? And negotiate peace with the enemy as if nothing had happened?
"In the huge Xuzhou, all the property in the Tao Mansion belongs to you, Zixuan, what do you think?"
Tao Qian took a deep breath and continued bargaining.
Unfortunately, the more tolerant and calm he appears, the less likely Liu Hao will let him go.
"Everything in Xuzhou originally belongs to me, and you no longer have the right to bargain!"
The emperor's golden light flashed in Liu Hao's eyes, and with a cold smile on his lips, he said lightly: "You are too old to die... you are a thief!"
The majesty of the emperor and his dignity will never let the people of the world betray me.
There was dead silence on the field.
Cao Bao, who came back from outside the city, happened to see this scene and shuddered as he remembered that he had not overestimated his ability to attack Liu Hao.
"Lord Liu Zixuan, you are so domineering, you dare to say this to Xuzhou Mu!"
The long-legged beauty Cao Yuan, who was quietly following behind Cao Bao, opened her eyes wide with a shocked expression on her face.
"Fortunately, I am waiting for this time to stand in line, and I am on the right side!"
Mi Zhu of the Mi family, Chen Gui, the head of the Chen family, and others felt lucky in their hearts.
When Tao Qian heard this, his knees softened and he knelt down tremblingly.
This dignified Xuzhou shepherd, the great warlord of Xuzhou, who was more than ten thousand people, was kneeling in front of Liu Hao, slumped to die...