In December, the north wind blew from the cold lake, and even if you were wearing a thick cotton coat, it was still so cold that you couldn't help but shiver.

Tao Ying led more than a dozen civil and military people accompanying him, and led nearly tens of thousands of soldiers and horses towards Juye City. In Sanyo-gun, Juye is not a big city, and not far from Juye is a particularly large lake called Onozawa. Juye Castle was built on the southern shore of Onozawa, and it is considered a city close to the water.

When they arrived at Juye City, the envoys of Qingzhou and Cao Cao also rushed outside Juye City at this time. Cao Cao led more than a dozen yuan generals and led nearly 6,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed outside Juye City.

At this time, Lu Bu seemed to be very well prepared, he occupied Juye City, and after seeing Tao Ying's arrival, he personally led the civil and military forces to come to visit.

Five miles outside the city, the two military horses met, Tao Ying saw Lu Bu again, Lu Bu has lost the embarrassment of the last defeat, at this time Lu Bu is riding on the red rabbit horse with high spirits, and a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand is really awe-inspiring.

Lu Bu jumped down from his horse and bowed to Tao Ying: "I have seen the lord, the lord has not been able to meet him from afar, please forgive the lord!" ”

Tao Ying got down from the horse and helped Lu Bu up, Lu Bu's arms were very strong, Tao Ying couldn't help him, but Lu Bu got up by himself. Tao Ying smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "Marquis Wen has worked hard to command the army, I will definitely report to the court when I go back, and add officials to Marquis Wen!" ”

As soon as he heard that the official was added to the knighthood, Lu Bu smiled. He led the troops here, not to covet any official position on the puppet emperor. When he played under Dong Zhuo, how big was his official? Even when the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty saw him, he had to give himself a little thin noodles, how could he care about the reward given to him by Tao Ying, a petty official like sesame particles?

"My lord, leading the troops into battle is what I should do. The lord is far away, so it is better to go back to Juye to rest for a while. Although Juye is not as good as Pengcheng, the residence prepared by the lord at the end will definitely not be inferior to Taoling Town! ”

After Lu Bu finished speaking, he led Tao Ying to Juye City.

As we got closer to Giant Wild City, the winter was getting colder and colder. When I arrived outside Juye City, it was in the afternoon, and I arrived at Juye City from a distance around a forest, the Juye City Wall was not very high, it was not comparable to Peng City, and it was not even comparable to Wuyuan City.

There are two armies of soldiers and horses stationed outside the city, one is Gao Shun's trapped camp, and the other is Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses. The two soldiers and horses formed a horn with Juye City, so that no matter where Cao Cao attacked from, the three could be supported at any time.

Not far north of Juno Castle is the ferry port of Onozawa, and for the reason of the war, there are no fishing boats at the crossing. Those fishing boats had been requisitioned and used as warships, and Lu Bu gathered a large number of sailors in Juye City, and temporarily formed a naval division of less than 500 people in Onozawa, and the sailors temporarily guarded the northern safety of Juye.

Seeing that Lu Bu was unable to defend Juye, Tao Ying should have been happy that he had such a general under him, but Tao Ying was not, and his mood became more and more heavy. Although he was young, he knew at first glance that Lu Bu was not a person he could control.

He is not from a humble background like Zhao Yun, and he can pass it with a little favor, after all, this is the era in which he was born. He is not like Chen Deng, his loyalty to himself is only for the interests of his family, only the stable development of Xuzhou, their family can glorify their ancestors.

What about Lu Bu? He has experienced too many ups and downs, power, money, beauty, fame, he has it, all he wants is more territory, challenge more princes, his inflated ambition is intolerable to Tao Ying.

However, now that so many forces are infiltrating Xuzhou, Tao Ying can't help but keep a smile to accept this white-eyed wolf, as long as this white-eyed wolf doesn't hurt himself too badly, with his prestige, I'm afraid no one will dare to provoke Xuzhou in the past two years, so it just happens to be able to develop with peace of mind, so it's a good thing!

After resting for one night in Juye City, Lu Bu entertained Tao Ying and Qingzhou envoys with great luxury. After Xi Zhicai and Tao Ying arrived in Changyi City together, Xi Zhicai rushed back to Jiyin County, where Cao Cao was stationed, from Changyi City. Sun Gan, the mediation envoy sent by Xuzhou Mu, also followed Xi Zhicai to meet Cao Cao, and he didn't know what they were going to discuss.

After spending a night in Juye City, Tao Ying thought about it for a long time, thinking about where to sign a new treaty tomorrow, how to sign a new agreement, and whether he should compromise or not.

The next day, the sky was fine. Tao Ying got up early, Xiaohuan waited for Tao Ying to get dressed, and called for washing his face and washed it. After washing, Xiaohuan stood next to the bronze mirror and was busy combing Tao Ying's hair.

Looking at himself in the bronze mirror, twenty-five-year-old Tao Ying had a slight vicissitudes on his face, and he lost the impulse that his peers should have. Thinking about it, there are a group of people in their teens and twenties in their camp, and they are considered to be older, and Cao Chun is the same size as himself.

Xiaohuan stared at Tao Ying in the mirror, and said for a long time: "Childe, you don't look like a person in your twenties at all." ”

"Why doesn't it look like it?"

Tao Ying turned his head to look at her, these days, Xiaohuan stayed by his side, it seemed that Tao Ying had never treated her as a maid. She is very pure, and there is a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, which makes Tao Ying like it very much, so Tao Ying spoils her a little, and Xiaohuan sometimes becomes neither big nor small.

But it's only by Tao Ying's side.

"Childe, you are like a seasoned hero. Whether you are fighting on the battlefield or fighting with others, you are like an extremely experienced person, which makes Xiaohuan unable to see you! ”

Tao Ying smiled, it is true that he came through time, and his age must be much older than Tao Ying of this shell. Xiaohuan combed her hair and went out to bring the food.

On the pole in the sun, Lu Bu led the generals to wait in the courtyard for a long time. Cao Chun was wearing battle armor, a long sword at his waist, and a big knife in his hand waiting in front of Tao Ying's door.

Tao Ying pushed the door out, and Lu Bu hurriedly took the lead and shouted: "I've seen the lord!" ”

The crowd shouted in unison, and the scene was very magnificent.

The generals of the Northern Expedition had all arrived, and looking at the bottom of the steps, the leader was the flying general Lu Bu, followed by Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing and other Lu Bu's strong generals.

Standing side by side with Gao Shun behind Lu Bu were the generals of Xuzhou, followed by Xu Sheng, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Jin, Li Dian, and a particularly small general Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang was wearing a custom-made armor and holding a short knife in his hand, which was still swaying in his hand, making Tao Ying couldn't help but want to laugh.

For Zhuge Liang's impression, Tao Ying always felt that it should be a lupine scarf, with a personable appearance, but he didn't expect to stand on the wrong team today.