Originally, Su Dingfang was about to say goodbye and leave, but he suddenly stopped and said that he had something to listen to Li Xiu's opinion, which made Li Xiu can't help but show an unexpected expression and ask, "What's the matter?" ”

"This ......" I saw Su Dingfang hesitate for a moment, and finally spoke again, "Actually, I shouldn't have said this matter, but I really don't have much experience in this matter, so I still want to hear the opinion of the colt." ”

"What makes you so hesitant?" Li Xiu also asked more curiously when he heard this, Su Dingfang is a general who leads the troops, and his personality is also very decisive, Li Xiu really can't think of anything that can make him so hesitant?

I saw Su Dingfang hesitate again at this time, and then finally gritted his teeth and said: "Actually, after coming back from Liaodong, I stayed at home to recuperate, and I rarely had contact with the outside world, but just some time ago, the prince suddenly sent someone to contact me. ”

Li Xiu heard that Li Chengqian actually sent someone to contact a senior general like Su Dingfang, and also recruited him in private, which made his face sink too, and after a while, he asked Su Dingfang: "How did you reply to Dingfang?" ”

"Of course I didn't dare to agree, but I didn't dare to really offend the prince, so I could only play sloppy with the people sent by the prince, but the other party was not discouraged, once it didn't work, there was a second time, just this time I went to my house three times, I still had a headache how to deal with him, fortunately now I have to send troops to Gaochang, for the time being, I don't have to worry about the prince's people finding me again, but when I come back, I'm afraid the prince will not let me go." When Su Dingfang said the end, he also showed a distressed look on his face.

"You have done a good job, as a military general, don't get involved in the battle in the court, especially if this matter also involves the throne, it must not be touched, otherwise it will not be you, even the founding heroes like General Cheng and General Hou are likely to be ruined!" Li Xiu warned Su Dingfang very seriously at this time.

This is not Li Xiu's alarmism, but there is a real example, that is, the now famous Hou Junji, maybe in the history of later generations, Hou Junji's reputation is not as loud as Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong and others, but in the era of the Tang Dynasty, Hou Junji's merits and fame are no worse than Cheng Yanjin and others, but later he was involved in Li Chengqian's seizure of the throne case, and as a result, he ended up in disrepute, and even the history books deliberately lowered his evaluation of him, which also led to his lack of reputation in later generations.

Hou Junji's current prestige and merits are not comparable to Su Dingfang, and Li Shimin is also extremely fond of Hou Junji, but even Hou Junji, when he was involved in the matter of seizing the throne of the crown prince, no matter how reluctant Li Shimin was, he still beheaded him with tears in the end, but Li Shimin is also affectionate and righteous, Hou Junji committed the crime of rebellion, and his family was originally going to be beheaded, but Li Shimin let go of the Hou family, and just let them move to Lingnan to live.

"Don't worry, although I am a martial artist, I also know the truth of eating the king's luck and being loyal to the king, I am only loyal to Your Majesty now, unless the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, no matter what the prince says, I will not do anything to be sorry for Your Majesty!" Su Dingfang also said solemnly at the moment.

Li Xiu still knows Su Dingfang's character very well, knowing that he is a loyal and patriotic person, Li Chengqian sent people to win him over, I'm afraid it was in vain, but everything was afraid of what happened, so Li Xiu reminded him, lest Su Dingfang really fall into it.

"By the way, in addition to the prince's people, King Wei also sent people to me some time ago, but King Wei's people didn't show obvious intentions, and I don't know what King Wei means?" Su Dingfang suddenly thought of one more thing at this time, and said again at the moment.

"Li Tai?" Li Xiu showed a somewhat mocking smile when he heard this, Li Chengqian's matter of winning over the generals in the army was the first time he knew, but he had long known about Li Tai's efforts to win over the ministers of the court, but Li Tai emphasized literature and light on martial arts, and he always only liked to win over those ministers with outstanding literary reputations, and even some young and talented scholars did not let go, so Li Tai's hand had already reached out to Zhongnan Academy, as long as it was a little famous student, almost all of them were invited to the Wei Palace's banquet.

However, Li Xiu was still a little surprised that Li Tai actually sent someone to Su Dingfang, because Li Tai was very proud and very talented, so he had always despised martial artists, but now he has also begun to win over generals like Su Dingfang, it seems that Li Tai also realized the importance of the army, so he will send people to contact Su Dingfang, but he is only now aware of these I am afraid that it is a little late.

Su Dingfang didn't even bother with Li Chengqian's wooing, let alone Li Tai, so Li Xiu didn't say much, but in the end he told him that if he had the opportunity, it would be best to stay outside for a few years, now Chang'an is becoming more and more like a place of right and wrong, and Su Dingfang's status has slowly entered the core layer of the Tang Dynasty.

For Li Xiu's advice, Su Dingfang also thought so, and he was naturally not afraid of letting him lead the troops to fight, but the battle in the court was really not what he was good at, don't look at the battle in the court often without blood, but it was more dangerous than the battlefield, so the wisest thing to do was to hide away.

After chatting about this matter, Su Dingfang got up to say goodbye, and Li Xiu personally sent him out of the door, until he watched Su Dingfang disappear on the mountain road on a horse, Li Xiu turned around and returned home, and by the way, he also digested the information brought by Su Dingfang today.

The Tang Dynasty is about to use troops against Gaochang again, although the national strength consumed by the destruction of Goguryeo has not been fully recovered, but it is not difficult to defeat a small Gaochang, and Li Xiu also concluded that the Western Turks did not dare to send troops, so the Tang army faced the biggest difficulty in this battle, I am afraid that it is the climate and terrain of the Western Regions.

However, compared with the foreign war, Li Xiu is still more worried about the internal problems of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian and Li Tai have begun to extend their hands into the army, although Su Dingfang refused to be wooed by them, but other generals are difficult to say, such as Hou Junji, he is likely to be like in history, Li Chengqian was co-opted.

Three days later, the news that Hou Junji and Su Dingfang sent troops to Gaochang finally came out, Li Xiu originally planned to see Su Dingfang and them off, but before the army left Chang'an, there was a news that surprised him greatly: Persia sent envoys to Datang again!