Red clouds are flying, and Luo skirts are fluttering.

Diao Chan lightly opened her lips, and with the dance of her fairy-like slender body, a song more graceful than the nightingale sang echoed in the flower hall.

Lu Bu held the wine cup in his hand and stared at Diao Chan.

He was just like seeing Diao Chan in Wang Yun's Mansion that day, looking at Diao Chan dancing and singing with his throat cleared, his eyes became straight, and his eyes never moved away from Diao Chan's body.

Between the beds, he didn't know how many times he had been close to the fragrance of Diao Chan, but for some reason, every time he saw Diao Chan, he seemed to have more than half of his soul taken away.

After a song and dance, Diao Chan put away his dancing posture and walked towards Lu Bu with his willow waist.

When she arrived at Lu Bu's side, she slowly knelt down, holding Lu Bu's hand that was holding the wine cup but hadn't brought the wine cup to her lips for a long time, and whispered to Lu Bu: "General, the wine has been spilled......

Looking at Diao Chan, he was already stupid, until Diao Chan held his hand, Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled a little embarrassedly, and said to Diao Chan: "Madame dances so beautifully, I looked at Madame, and I forgot to drink for a while!" ”

"I've been married to the general for so long, how can the general still be like this!" Smiling sweetly at Lu Bu, Diao Chan took off the wine cup in Lu Bu's hand, put it on the low table, scooped out a small spoonful of wine syrup from the wine barrel on the side, filled the wine bottle, held it in his hand, held it high above the top, and said to Lu Bu: "The general drinks this cup full!" ”

His eyes stared straight at Diao Chan, took the wine bottle from her hand, tilted his neck, drank the wine cleanly, and when he put the wine bottle back on the low table, Lu Bu said to Diao Chan: "Madame is beautiful and fragrant, she is really like a celestial!" ”

"What about Lizhi Tianxiang?" What Lu Bu didn't expect was that after he had just praised Diao Chan, Diao Chan suddenly sighed and said to him: "The concubine has a hard life, and I don't want to bring a lot of suffering to the general." Every time I think of the general sending people under the fence, the concubine is ...... in my heart."

"Madame, what's the matter?" Seeing Diao Chan's miserable face, Lu Bu suddenly panicked, and hurriedly knelt down and asked Diao Chan: "Who made Madame unhappy, quickly inform Yu Mou, and so-and-so will go to vent his anger for Madame!" ”

"And no one has annoyed the concubine!" Lowering his head and pursing his lips tightly, as soon as Diao Chan spoke, two crystal tears were already flowing down his snow-white face.

Starry teardrops hung on the eyelashes, and as the sable eyelashes flickered and blinked, the teardrops shimmered like stars.

If this tear stain hangs on the faces of other women, it may just be as delicate as a hibiscus out of the water. can hang on Diao Chan's suffocating face, but it makes her a little more sad and helpless in addition to being delicate.

Embracing Diao Chan into his arms, Lu Bu reached out very lovingly and gently helped her wipe away her tears, rubbed his face on Diao Chan's pink cheeks with infinite tenderness, and asked her, "What's wrong?" What is it that makes Madame so sad? ”

"The general is a hero, but now he has ended up in such a field, how can the concubine not be annoyed?" Facing Lu Bu's head, Diao Chan said to Lu Bu with a little choked up: "Since leaving Chang'an, the general has never found a place to stay. The day was painful, but the concubine did not feel anything. But now, although the general is the leader, there is no army to replenish, and His Highness always does not consult with the general whenever there is a matter......"

"Alas!" When Diao Chan said this, Lu Bu sighed, raised his head, looked up at the roof, and said with endless helplessness in his tone: "The world is so big, where is my place to live?" ”

With his head nestled on Lu Bu's shoulder, Diao Chan was about to speak, but the voice of a personal soldier came from outside the door: "General Qiyu, Xu Junshi is invited, saying that His Royal Highness ordered the crusade against Yuan Shu, and the general should be in charge!" ”

I heard that Xu Shu was invited, and it was Liu Wei who crusaded against Yuan Shu and asked him to take command. Lu Bu, who was full of depression who was teased by Diao Chan's few words, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes flashed with essence, and he turned his head to Diao Chan and said: "Madam, it's really time to run, and a certain person is going to take command and go on the expedition!" ”

Seeing Lu Bu's face full of joy, Diao Chan didn't speak, but just showed him a reluctant smile.

Knowing that he was going to take command of the battle, Lu Bu was already full of joy, where would he notice the unnatural smile of Diao Chan. He stood up suddenly, turned his head and said to Diao Chan, who was still kneeling, "Madame, stay for a while, go and visit the military advisor, and talk about everything when you return." ”

"Congratulations to the General!" Seeing Lu Bu's face full of joy, Diao Chan didn't say anything more, with a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, she stood up, Shi Shiran saluted Lu Bu, and watched Lu Bu stride out of the room.

The army that went out to Huainan was in a hurry, and Lü Bu returned from Xu Shu, and the army left Luoyang City early the next morning and went straight to Huainan.

originally thought that he would lead thousands of troops and horses to smash Huainan and slap Yuan Shu in the face, but he didn't expect that he would just let him lead the army to the Huainan border to deter Yuan Shu. Lu Bu's mood was a little lost, but it was much better than when he went on expeditions in the past, and even being a pioneer had to compete with others.

Before Lu Bu set off, more than ten fast horses left Luoyang City overnight, and ran non-stop towards Huainan.

Leading more than a dozen Luoyang Army cavalry, after leaving the city, galloped quickly to the direction of Huainan, it was Jia Xu who got Liu Wei's order to go to Yangzhou to find Yuan Shu and ask for Wang Zhen to be released.

Knowing Liu Bian's temperament, Jia Xu is very clear that once Wang Zhen really has any three strengths and two weaknesses, according to Liu Bian's temper, I am afraid that even if the north is at war with the Xiongnu, he will definitely send troops to Huainan to teach Yuan Shu a good lesson.

Although the Luoyang army is strong at the moment, the number of the main force is not very large, and the number of people in the partial battalion is large, but they are all old and weak soldiers, and on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness is worse than the main force!

With such a ratio of military strength, a war on two fronts is extremely risky for the Luoyang Army.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Jia Xu didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and after getting the order conveyed by Xu Shu, he immediately took a few personal soldiers, stepped on the war horse, and galloped to Huainan.

All the way to Xiaoxing overnight, Jia Xu did not dare to slack off for a moment, and within a day, he came to the outside of Yangzhou City.

Knowing that Jia Xu came to Yangzhou, Yuan Shu did not go out of the city to greet him in person, but sent a small colonel to greet Jia Xu on his behalf.

Seeing that there was only a junior colonel of the Huainan Army waiting outside the city gate, Jia Xu did not show an unhappy look on his face, nor did he salute the junior colonel with his fists, but just stood at the gate of the city, looking at the junior colonel and several Huainan soldiers who greeted him.

"Dare to ask, but Jia Zhonglang?" When he arrived at Jia Xu's mount, Xiao Xiao raised his face and clenched his fists and asked Jia Xu a question.

"Exactly!" The little school clasped his fists and saluted, Jia Xu also raised his fists, arched slightly towards him, and answered, without asking the little school why Yuan Shu didn't go out of the city to greet him.

"Please Jia Zhonglang come with the villain!" Knowing that it was Jia Xu on horseback, the little colonel stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation to Jia Xu.

With a flick of the reins and a gentle grip on the horse's belly, Jia Xu rode his horse towards the city gate. More than a dozen Luoyang soldiers who came to Yangzhou with him also rode horses and followed up in the city.

From the school school going out of the city gate to greet Jia Xu when he entered the city, Jia Xu never got off the horse.

Entering the city, the colonel and several Huainan soldiers walked aside, while Jia Xu led more than a dozen Luoyang soldiers to ride horses and move forward slowly.

Yangzhou City is located in the Jianghuai area, the water and land hubs extend in all directions, and there is an endless stream of merchants. It is not only the land of fish and rice, but also an important economic center in the Jianghuai area.

Because Yangzhou is quite far away from the Central Plains, the war in the Central Plains has not brought much impact here, there are many shops on both sides of the street, and there are many hawkers along the street who are constantly shouting and selling the goods they bring to the market.

Perhaps accustomed to the fact that there were officers and soldiers walking back and forth in the market, accompanied by the colonel and a team of Huainan troops, Jia Xu walked in the market and did not attract the attention of the people of Yangzhou, who were busy making a living.

As soon as he walked through a street, he turned a corner, and in front of Jia Xu and the others, a team of more than a dozen people appeared.

The more than a dozen Huainan soldiers who appeared in front of Jia Xu and others also rode war horses, but the war horses they rode were not like Jia Xu and others riding tall horses in the north, but small ponies unique to the south.

The height of this horse is much shorter than that of the northern horse breed, and it is not as good as the northern breed war horse in terms of sprint power or running speed.

However, the southern pony also has the advantages that the northern horse does not have, and the weight bearing capacity and durability of this horse far exceed that of the northern horse breeds, especially their ability to climb slopes in the mountains, which is a characteristic that the northern horse breeds cannot match.

The leader of the more than a dozen people was a general with a full beard and a very fair skin. The general looked to be in his thirties at most, but his full beard gave him a particularly mature feeling.

Blocked by the general's leader, Jia Xu grabbed his horse and asked the general, "Dare to ask why the general stopped me from going?" ”

"The one who came is Jia Xu, the middle man under the account of the king of Luoyang?" The general who led the people to block the way did not salute Jia Xu, but wrinkled his brows and asked him: "Why don't you dismount when you enter Yangzhou City?" ”

"Foreign ministers, enter the court to meet Your Majesty, and then you will dismount at the city gate!" Staring at the general without blinking, Jia Xu said in a very indifferent tone: "If it is a foreign envoy, even if he enters Chang'an, he does not need to dismount, and he will not dismount and walk until he is outside the palace gate." The imperial court is still like this, this little Huainan has more rules than the imperial court? A certain Zhonglang in front of the Luoyang king's tent came to Yangzhou, and he actually wanted to get off the horse and walk. Dare to ask the general, what is the reason? ”

The one who blocked the way of Jia Xu and the others was none other than Ji Ling, the general under Yuan Shu's account.

He was ordered by Yuan Shu to come here to block Jia Xu's way and let Jia Xu get off his horse and walk on the street, also to give Jia Xu a dismount. While waiting for Jia Xu here, Ji Ling also fantasized about Jia Xu's embarrassment of being forced to dismount, and he was quite complacent in his heart, but he didn't expect that Jia Xu choked him as soon as he opened his mouth.

Jia Xu used to be an official in the imperial court, and he understood the rules of the imperial court very thoroughly, and as soon as Ji Ling's words were spoken, he blocked him back, and gagged Ji Ling's mouth for a long time, but he didn't say a word.