"It is worthy of being the personal guard of His Royal Highness the Prince, and it is really very powerful!" Su Dingfang couldn't help but admire, as a generation of famous generals and the real founder of the Northwest Army, he knows very well what kind of temperament a cavalry should have, and now the three cavalry around Li Hong, the guards, the personal guards and the Tubo elite cavalry, have the temperament that a first-class iron cavalry should have, calm, brave and disciplined.

"Let Su Xiangjian smile, it can't be compared with the Western Regions Iron Cavalry!" Li Hong sighed, he was telling the truth, compared with the Western Regions Iron Cavalry under Su Dingfang's command and the Western Regions Iron Cavalry under Wang Fangyi, his cavalry was still some distance away.

Indeed, compared with the iron cavalry of the Western Regions who fought with the nomads all year round, Li Hong's cavalry did still have a long way to go.

"Except for the baptism of blood and the grinding of war, the others are almost the same." Su Dingfang said, "But Your Highness will go to Liangzhou this time, and the Western Regions Iron Cavalry will be under your command." ”

"Why?" Li Hong asked in surprise.

Now, Su Dingfang said that he wanted Li Hong to lead this elite iron cavalry, and he suddenly didn't understand.

"If you want to defeat Lu Dongzan's 200,000 army, it is not difficult, if you want to completely cripple this elite cavalry, you have to rely on this cavalry, and the only person who can really play the essence of cavalry warfare is Xue Rengui, but in the northwest, except for His Royal Highness, with Xue Rengui's ability and qualifications, he will listen to other people's orders?" Su Dingfang said, "However, after all, the Western Regions Iron Cavalry is the elite guarding the Western Regions, and Xue Rengui is not from the Western Regions generals, he commands the Western Regions Iron Cavalry, and it is difficult for this cavalry to play 100% of the battle." Retreating, only His Royal Highness to lead this iron cavalry and let Xue Rengui lead the army is the best way. ”

Li Hong nodded slightly, he understood what Su Dingfang meant.

Regardless of dynasties, whether in the court or in the army, there are always factions.

Su Dingfang has been operating in the northwest for many years, Wang Fangyi, Pei Xingjian and Guo Shifeng are all from his command, and they are considered generals in the northwest department, while Xue Rengui is on the front line in the northeast all the year round, so he was naturally divided into the first department of the Northeast Army.

The Northwest Army and the Northeast Army have another word for the main generals, just like Su Dingfang of the Northwest Army and Li Ji of the Northeast Army.

Therefore, this factional division affects the command and command side of the army.

At this time, the drums of war had been beaten, the flags were waved, the army was ready, and Li Hong was about to set off.

"Today, His Royal Highness personally conquered Tibet, and the ministers practiced it for His Highness!" Su Dingfang said, and saw a guard beside him bring a wine glass and a wine jar. Everyone in the army drank heavily, and Su Dingfang was no exception, and he was also using a big bowl when toasting Li Hong.

"Thank you Su Xiang!" Li Hong said politely and raised the big bowl, "Everyone, please——! ”

"Congratulations on your victory!" Le Yanwei, Zhang Wenjun, Di Renjie and other Wenchen also raised the big bowl at the same time and said loudly.

"Dry-" Li Hong drank it all.

"Dry-" Su Dingfang drank it all.

"Dry-" Le Yanwei, Zhang Wenjun, Di Renjie and other ministers drank it all.

After drinking three bowls in a row, the send-off salute was almost over, Li Hong said goodbye to everyone, turned over and got on his horse to leave.

"Wait a minute—"

Suddenly, just as Li Hong was about to urge the horse to leave, he suddenly heard a crisp cry behind him. He reined in his horse, looked back, and his figure was shocked. Because the person who came was none other than Zhou Juan in a lilac Luo skirt.

Li Hong didn't expect Zhou Juan to come here, he was surprised. Because he didn't tell Zhou Juan his identity, how did Zhou Juan know? Looking at Zhou Juan's dress today, she put on new clothes and painted rouge gouache, dressing herself up beautifully, obviously to see her off.

Zhou Juan kept running, but she didn't walk fast, Li Hong was a little stunned, and then turned his horse's head and walked towards Zhou Juan. When he was twenty steps away from Zhou Juan, he reined in his horse, turned over and got off the horse. I looked at the girl who ran in front of me in a daze, and I didn't know what to say.

"Northwest Leng, I made you a cloak and a pair of boots, you can bring them!" Zhou Juan still said as usual, there was nothing unnatural in her words, as if she had known Li Hong's identity for a long time.

Just as Li Hong was about to speak, Zhou Juan handed a package to Li Hong.

Li Hong took the package and opened it to take a look, and saw that there was a black cloak inside, the fabric used for the cloak was not very precious, but you can see the stitches on it, all of them were sewn by Zhou Juan with a needle and a thread, and then look at the boots on it, the material used is not as precious as the material of the boots worn by Li Hong's feet, and the style is also very simple, there is no pattern, it is not beautiful, and Li Hong also found that this is Zhou Juan sewn for him with a needle and a thread.

"Thank you!" Li Hong said softly, he took out the cloak, handed him to Zhou Juan, and then took his own cloak and draped it on Zhou Juan's body very gently. Zhou Juan was shocked, and everyone on the side was also shocked. Li Hong's cloak is specially prepared for the prince, embroidered with a dragon, not ordinary people can wear it, and now Li Hong has put the cloak on Zhou Juan, the meaning is obvious, he is ready to marry Zhou Juan.

Zhou Juan just showed a shy attitude, did not refuse Li Hong, and when Li Hong put the cloak on her, she gently draped the cloak in her hand on Li Hong's body.

"I'll wear the boots when I get to the northwest." Li Hong said.

"Yes!" Zhou Juan nodded slightly, her eyes were already full of tears, His Royal Highness the dignified Prince of the Tang Dynasty did not dislike himself and did not say anything, he also put the cloak he sewed on himself, and hid the ugly boots he sewed as a baby, such a man said that he didn't love himself, what kind of man could be regarded as loving himself? No matter what the result of himself and him is in the future, Li Hong's actions today alone are enough to make Zhou Juan very satisfied.

"Wait until I get back——!" Li Hong said again.

"Yes!" Zhou Juan nodded fiercely.

Li Hong hugged Zhou Juan, and after a long time, he let go of Zhou Juan and turned around and walked to the side of the war horse, turned over and rode on horseback, and left without looking back.

"Let's go—" Li Hong yelled and rushed out on his own. Chen Gong and the guards immediately followed, guarding him in the middle, but Li Duoqi's four thousand iron horsemen followed him, and Zhao Zhongyong's six hundred Tubo elite horsemen were the vanguard, and the army disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.