Su Dingfang was about to return to Chang'an. When the news reached Li Hong's ears, he was so excited. Because Su Dingfang was the only peerless general who could compete with Li Ji. If there was no variance compared to Su Ding, Liu Rengui was still on the battlefield in Liaodong. His ability had just been revealed, so he naturally did not have as good reputation as Su Dingfang.

Just as Li Hong was expecting, one noon six days later, Yan Zhuang hurried into the study and said to Li Hong, "Your Highness, General Su is about to reach outside Chang'an City in the afternoon. Should we prepare?"

Li Hong was about to welcome Su Dingfang so that Yan Zhuang would always keep an eye on Su Dingfang's itinerary.

"Get ready immediately, we will leave the city later." Li Hong said firmly. No nonsense. Who is Su Dingfang? Not to mention his own prince or the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it is appropriate to go out to welcome him. Who said that Li Ji is so arrogant now, and he doesn't even miss him, the only general he can rely on now is Su Dingfang. Moreover, Su Dingfang has many students, all guarding the Western Regions, which is definitely a soft power that Li Ji cannot compare with.

To put it bluntly, Empress Wu relies on Li Ji, but can only rely on Li Ji's death. Li Hong relies on Su Dingfang and can rely on Su Dingfang's students after Su Dingfang's death. So overall, Li Hong's vision is to be long-term compared to Empress Wu's perspective, but from the perspective of Empress Wu, she wants short-term benefits. As long as the short-term benefits are achieved, her goal will be achieved. What can she do without the support of the military?

"How many people do we bring out of the city?" Yan Zhuang asked carefully.

"How many people did Su Xiang bring?" Li Hong asked. Su Dingfang is now the young security guard of the prince, and is the third rank of the subordinate of the Secretariat and the Grand Governor of the Northern Yai. Therefore, Li Hong called him Su Xiang. The military general was able to be granted a marquis and a general. This is the greatest honor of the military general. Now Su Dingfang has everything, so Li Hong would naturally call him so humbly.

"There are about a thousand people." Yan Zhuang replied.

"Let's bring two cavalry!" Li Hong pondered, "You ask Chen Gong and Zhao Zhongyong to prepare for it, and we will leave the city later."

Yan Zhuang was stunned for a moment, why were there Zhao Zhongyong and the six hundred Tubo elite cavalry? But he did not ask again, but whispered, "One!"

Yan Zhuang left, Li Hong stayed in the study for a while, and then hurriedly left.

This time he left the Eastern Palace and did not go outside the palace to meet everyone. Instead, he asked the guards and Zhao Zhongyong to wait outside the city. He came down to the onion noodle shop in Yanshoufang under Chen Gong's guard.

Zhou Juan is cooking in the noodle restaurant and the business is very booming.

Seeing Li Hong, Zhou Juan smiled knowingly. She smiled happily, sweetly, and happily. Because the one who came to see her was her man, her beloved man, and the man she really wanted to live with was a good man who loved women.

"Have you eaten?" Zhou Juan asked naturally, without any shyness. I don't know when she started to have a very calm relationship with Li Hong. Although she knew that Li Hong's identity was not simple, although she felt that Li Hong was a person who did big things and was not worthy of Li Hong with her current identity, Zhou Juan felt that her love was worthy of Li Hong, which was enough. What else was greater than love?

"It's time to eat!" Li Hong said kindly, "I just want to come and see you and give you the money to save."

After Li Hong finished speaking, he handed over several strings of copper coins to Zhou Juan.

These strings of copper coins are nothing to anyone from a wealthy family, but Zhou Juan is very down-to-earth and warm in her hands. Because this is given to her by Li Hong, they will have to buy a house when they get married in the future.

This is money used to ensure their future life and marriage.

Now her income in the chopped green onion noodle restaurant is very good, and the amount of money she earns is not as much as she earns in a day, but in Zhou Juan's heart, the money Li Hong gave her is the most precious, because it is full of love.

"Is the business good today?" Li Hong looked around the Conghua Noodle Restaurant for a week and asked.

"The business has been good during this period." Zhou Juan said happily, thanks to Li Hong's pickles and crispy eggs, otherwise there wouldn't be so many customers!

"Remember, don't be tired of yourself. We can earn money slowly, but we can't get tired of it." Li Hong said softly.

"Well, I know!" Zhou Juan agreed with a slightly red cheek.

Li Hong did not stay for a long time, but just said a few words of concern to Zhou Juan, then hurriedly left Yanshoufang. He rode a fast horse that had been prepared long ago, and ran out of Chang'an City. Outside Chang'an City, two cavalrymen stood clearly in the open space beside him, full of murderous aura and high fighting spirit. This is Chen Gong's 800 guards and Zhao Zhongyong's 600 Tubo cavalry.

Chen Gong's eight hundred guards were first of all, an excellent cavalry, and secondly, a guard with super strong infantry combat capabilities.

Zhao Zhongyong's six hundred Tubos were also the elite among the elite Tubos. When the two cavalry stood together, they began to face each other, and they all released their murderous aura, and no one was convinced.

When Li Hong left Chang'an City, he saw two cavalrymen fighting tensely. He was funny and angry.

However, seeing the Tubo elite cavalry exuding this kind of fighting spirit, he was surprised, surprised by Zhao Zhongyong's ability to command troops. The ability to make the six hundred elite cavalry without the commander burst out with strong enough combat power again is definitely a reflection of Zhao Zhongyong's ability.

"See Your Highness!" The eight hundred guards shouted in unison, their momentum shook the sky.

"See Your Highness!" The six hundred Tubo elite cavalry shouted in unison, the momentum was also shocking.

Li Hong was very satisfied with the fighting will of these two cavalrymen, especially the Tubo elite cavalry. He was once again satisfied with Zhao Zhongyong's ability to command such majestic words in Chinese.

"See Your Highness!" Zhao Zhongyong rode forward, walked to Li Hong, turned over and dismounted, and bowed to Li Hong.

"You did a good job, I am very happy!" Li Hong said with satisfaction, "Get up, let's go to welcome Su Xiang."

"Is Su Xiang the one you said in your highness General Su Dingfang?" Zhao Zhongyong asked. Li Hong smiled and said, "Yes, it's General Su."

Plop—! Zhao Zhongyong, who was about to turn over the horse, was frightened and sat on the ground.

Because it was Su Dingfang who captured him in the confrontation with Tubo, and Su Dingfang defeated them in that battle with one more victory or less, and massacred eight thousand of their elite cavalry.

Therefore, Zhao Zhongyong was both afraid of Su Dingfang.

Because in his memory, Su Dingfang was definitely a general who was extremely intelligent, ruthless, and had a victory in every battle.

Li Hong turned a blind eye to Zhao Zhongyong's timid expression just now.

Because he knew very well the reputation and influence of Su Dingfang in the Western Regions and the deterrent power of Su Dingfang in Tubo. It can be said that as long as Su Dingfang still lives for one day, the countries in the Western Regions would not dare to have any intentions, and Tubo would have to be afraid of the Tang Dynasty and would not be unscrupulous. (To be continued)
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