The reason why Li Hong dared to offend Empress Wu and see Wang Fangyi was mainly related to his plan in the Western Regions. >> novel www.23wx.com in Li Hong's plan, the Northeast has never been a place he values, because there are no other countries in the Northeast except Goryeo, Silla and Baekje, and even if there is the island country of Fuso, it is also in the East China Sea, and it is not connected to the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, running the Western Regions is his goal. And Wang Fangyi is the person he chose to run the Western Regions. It can be seen from Wang Fangyi's previous resume that he is not skilled in military affairs, he is a good hand at commanding the army to fight wars, and he is also very good at government affairs, and he can be described as a person with both civil and military skills.

Such talents are what Li Hong needs.

Li Hong's goal is very ambitious, and his vision has not been on the thousands of miles of land in Datang from beginning to end, his vision is the whole world. What he wants is to conquer this earth, to conquer every inch of this earth. He wants the banner of Datang to check every inch of land, and he wants every place where there are people to hear the language of Datang and see the words of Datang.

Therefore, it is particularly important to operate the Western Regions.

Because the current sea routes are not developed enough, it is not realistic to conquer Europe by sea, let alone the Americas and Australia. However, as long as the Western Regions are managed well and the Arab Empire is defeated through the springboard of the Western Regions, the army of the Tang Dynasty will be able to reach Europe.

Therefore, for Li Hong, the Western Regions is a pedal for him to achieve his goal, and he can't help but choose a person with both ability and political integrity to operate, and Wang Fangyi is such a person. That's why he didn't hesitate to offend Empress Wu, and he also wanted to meet Wang Fangyi tonight.

Li Hong doesn't mind that his behavior is buying people's hearts.

But what he needs now is to buy people's hearts.

Today, Wang Fangyi came to see Gaozong, but he didn't see Gaozong's face, and was driven back to Xiazhou by Gaozong. What a heavy blow this was to Wang Fangyi, who had made military exploits and was bent on getting Gaozong's recognition and reward. At this time, what Wang Fangyi needs is to affirm his merits, and what he needs is someone to affirm his talent. Li Hong knew that if he appeared in front of Wang Fangyi at this time, Wang Fangyi would definitely be very moved, and if he said a few warm words to Wang Fangyi, it would be much easier than usual to subdue Wang Fangyi for himself.

"Your Highness, are we really going to see General Wang?" Along the way, Chen Gong couldn't help but ask in surprise when he learned from Li Hong's mouth about the person he was going to see tonight. Who is Wang Fangyi? Chen Gong knew very well that he was the cousin of the deposed queen Wang. Because of this relationship, even if Wang Fangyi has made a lot of military achievements and is very talented in governing the local area, he still cannot be reused. Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to chase Wang Fangyi, who has already left Chang'an, late at night, will this cause the dissatisfaction of the queen's mother?

Li Hong knew what Chen Gong was thinking, so he said lightly, "Don't think too much, just do what we think is right, thinking too much will only restrict our thinking and actions." ”

Although Chen Gong didn't understand the meaning of Li Hong's words, he didn't say anything anymore when he heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this.

"Chen Gong, do you know some skilled blacksmiths and carpenters? Do you know anyone who likes to make kitsch things? Li Hong asked.

Datang's military strength is very strong, it can be said that in the current world, Datang's cavalry and infantry are second, no one dares to say that their cavalry and infantry are the first, even Tubo does not dare to be so confident.

As for the cavalry of the Great Cannibals, Li Hong believed that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty would be able to defeat them. But if he wants to conquer the world, Li Hong feels that it is not enough to rely on force alone, but also on technology and culture. In terms of culture, Li Hong has Chongwen Pavilion, he wants to establish several colleges with Chongwen Pavilion, and then with the invention of printing and the popularization of books, he believes that it is not a problem to conquer the world with culture. The rest is technology, in terms of technology, the mining and smelting of steel has been slowly carried out in his plan, as long as there is enough steel, can smelt high-strength steel, artillery and guns will be on the agenda, and in terms of shipbuilding, he is relatively weak, so he asked Chen Gong about carpenters, just for shipbuilding. ・

"Back to Your Highness, I have never known such a person." Chen Gong said, and then said, "However, Wei Chi Xunyan and Cheng Dazhi have lived in Chang'an City for a long time, and they may be very familiar with this aspect, why don't Your Highness ask them?" Besides, His Royal Highness really needs such talents, so let Wei Chi Xunyan secretly find such a group of such people, Wei Chi Xunyan is in charge of the secret guard and intelligence department, and it may not be difficult for him to do such a thing. ”

"Yes!" Li Hong said slightly, and stopped talking.

Li Hong rode his horse for an hour, and finally noticed that there was a light in front of him. Chen Gong was immediately dispatched to check, and after a while, a guard rode up to Li Hong and said that there was a post station in front of him. Li Hong rode to the door of the post station, and saw a group of soldiers kneeling at the door to greet him.

"No need to be polite, everyone get up!" Li Hong said, "Yicheng, have you ever seen Wang Fangyi pass by here?" ”

"Back to His Highness, General Wang just left after resting for a while at the post station, and he has been gone for less than half an hour." Yi Cheng replied cautiously.

"Let's go, keep chasing!" Hearing that Wang Fangyi had just left, Li Hong gave an order and led three hundred guards to chase after him on horseback. Yi Cheng waited until Li Hong and his party disappeared into the night, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zhang Yicheng, is this Xiao Langjun His Royal Highness the Prince?" Suddenly, a soldier asked.

Syllable! I saw Yi Cheng slap the soldier next to him, and scolded viciously, "Bastard, I didn't see that this guard is wearing black clothes and black armor, and it is the personal guard cavalry of His Royal Highness the Prince, can you doubt this?" Get out of here—"

"No!" The soldier was slapped by the post and didn't dare to ask anything more, but strode away.

"You have remembered for me that no one you see tonight is allowed to say anything about it, otherwise it will not end well for you." Zhang Yicheng said solemnly. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly appeared here, and it was to chase Wang Fangyi, the cousin of the abolished Queen Wang, this matter is very strange! Although he is a postman, he can still see the powerful relationship in it, so he will warn his subordinates like this.

The soldiers beside Zhang Yicheng saw Zhang Yicheng speak so seriously for the first time, and they didn't dare to be ambiguous at all, so they hurriedly bowed down and said, "No! ”

Besides, Li Hong rode a horse and galloped, and after another hour, he saw a faint fire in front of him.

"The person in front must be Wang Fangyi, let's catch up." Li Hong said, ordering Chen Gong to let the guards speed up. In a moment, they were close to the fire in front of them. And the people in front of him seemed to have discovered Li Hong and his party, stopped their horses, and moved their eyes to Li Hong and his party.

Seeing that the people under the sparks restrained the war horse, Li Hong also ordered to stop moving forward, but motioned for Chen Gong to open his mouth and asked, "The person in front is General Wang?" ”

The man under the firelight said loudly, "Yes, it's Wang Fangyi, who are you?" Why chase General Ben? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, I want to see General Wang." Chen Gong replied.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Wang Fangyi asked puzzled, he was very vigilant, such a group of people chased him in the middle of the night, asking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to see him, who would believe it?

"Wang Qing, I just want to see you." Li Hong opened his mouth and said, and rode forward step by step. When he was only two zhang away from Wang Fangyi, Wang Fangyi saw that the young man Lang Jun who was riding on a horse and standing in front of him was none other than His Royal Highness Li Hong, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Fangyi was taken aback, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted to salute Li Hong, but before his body knelt down, he was stopped by Li Hong, because at the same moment, Li Hong also turned over and dismounted and supported Wang Fangyi when he saluted.

"Xiazhou Assassin King Fang Yi see His Royal Highness the Prince!" Wang Fangyi said in an excited tone. No matter what the prince saw him for, he personally chased him so far to see him in the middle of the night, which made Wang Fangyi very moved.

"Wang Qing doesn't need to be polite!" Li Hong said.

At this time, when he looked at Wang Fangyi from the firelight, he couldn't help but gasp. I saw that Wang Fangyi was wearing a tattered armor, and the blood stains on his body had not been washed off. Li Hong knew that Wang Fangyi had just come down from the battlefield, and before he had time to change his clothes, he rode to Chang'an City, and because of Gaozong's will, he didn't have time to change his clothes, so he left Chang'an City.

At that time, Dayu controlled the water, and he passed the door three times without entering.

Today, Wang Fangyi returned to Chang'an because of a will, and left Chang'an because of a will, and he passed through the door twice without entering, which is indeed too loyal.

When Li Hong saw this scene, his eyes were a little red. It is worthy of being so strong that it makes the enemy tremble, may I ask Datang that there is such a general, why worry that the enemy is not afraid of Datang, why worry that he Li Hong does not dominate the world?

"Wang Qing, let you suffer." Li Hong said softly with an apologetic face.

"Serving the Tang Dynasty, the minister is not hard." Wang Fangyi said in a choked tone, Li Hong's sentence "Let you suffer" is enough to move Wang Fangyi at this moment.

"Chen Gong, the armor you took off-!" Li Hong suddenly shouted.

"No!" Chen Gong received the order and began to take off the armor on his body. The soldiers who followed behind Chen Gong didn't know why, and they were still stunned. But Wang Fangyi understood what Li Hong meant, and was about to open his mouth to stop it, but was stopped by Li Hong. When Chen Gong took off his armor and held it in front of Li Hong with both hands, Li Hong went to the helmet, put it on for Wang Fangyi with his own hands, and asked Chen Gong to put on the armor for Wang Fangyi.

Wang Fangyi didn't say a word, just stood quietly in front of Li Hong, but everyone could see that his eyes were full of tears.

Li Hong and Chen Gong put the armor on Wang Fangyi's body, then took off his cloak and put it on Wang Fangyi, "Wang Qing, I can't do anything for you, I can only give you a ride here." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Wang Fangyi said in a choked tone.

Suddenly, I saw him kneeling on one knee and giving Li Hong a big salute.

As a soldier, Wang Fangyi can not do this in the way that he does not have to do it with his armor on his body and does not have to do it. However, in the face of the crown prince Li Hong, he made a big salute. Perhaps, everyone at the scene didn't know the meaning of Wang Fangyi's kneeling, only Li Hong knew that Wang Fangyi's kneeling tonight had already expressed his heart.