The two of them are so close now, Li Hanning seems to be able to smell the fragrance of the grass and trees on his body, Xiao Ce spoke so seriously, and said seriously that he wanted to propose.

Li Hanning only reacted at this moment, it turned out that he didn't want to recruit Li Zhao before, he also felt that it was a pity that he couldn't see him this time, just because Li Zhao was her old friend in the Li Mansion, and he was half of her relative, and he just wanted him to know about the marriage.

Li Hanning imagined what they would look like in the future, and also thought about how he would leave to travel the mountains and rivers when Xiao Ce became famous, but Xiao Ce is the king of Ming, and it is impossible for him to return to seclusion with himself at the moment, this is one thing that Li Hanning is becoming more and more clear, he will stay in Chang'an, even if he doesn't fight, people like him will never be able to leave the people of Luoyang, it is impossible to be those who have been following him all the time, her Xiao Ce will always be the prince of the new dynasty.

Li Hanning actually thought that after the capital was moved, she would clear the line with Xiao Planning, at that time, no matter whether he had a death-free gold medal in his hand, he would assassinate Xiao Sheng, as long as Xiao Sheng died, Xiao Ce was the only prince of Chang'an, and the emperor of the new dynasty in the future, so that not only could he be saved, but those generals who had fought with them on the battlefield could also return to the court safe and sound.

She had thought about all of this, but when she heard his words with her own ears, Li Hanning still hesitated.

married him, became the princess of Ming, and stayed by his side as a wife.

This is what Xiao Ce said first, it is what he promised first, everything in front of him, Li Hanning can't refuse, just like everything Xiao Ce said to him, it is difficult for her to refuse, because that is also her intention, it has always been difficult for people to refuse their own intentions, and she is just an ordinary person among all living beings.

No matter what happens in Chang'an in the future, she can accompany Xiao Ce, even if she stays in this Chang'an City forever, but at least the person around her is Xiao Ce.

Li Hanning hugged the person in front of her, and she heard herself say: "Your Highness, don't worry, I promise you that I will definitely come back safely from this trip." ”

There was still a long time between them, so she only agreed to this half.

When Xiao Ce heard this reply, he unconsciously hugged the person in his arms tighter, maybe all he heard was the four words I promised you, and being able to get her promise was the most reassuring thing for Xiao Ce at the moment.

Although they are about to be separated for a while, they can still exchange letters during this time, and more importantly, Xiao Ce will use this time to prepare for the wedding between them, his Xiao Ce and Li Hanning's wedding must be the grandest in the entire Chang'an City, what he wants is that Ming Media is marrying his sweetheart, and all the best he can give her will be given to her.

*

The days passed quickly, and Xiao Ce finally waited for a reply to Luoyang's recital, which only had a simple word "can" on it.

When Xiao Ce saw this word, it was like a big stone, and it finally fell to the ground in his heart.

Xiao Ce personally selected an auspicious day of the zodiac, performed the sacrifice before the battle, and sent people all the way from the center of Chang'an City to the gate of Chang'an City.

Ning Yu had already prepared all the salaries and grain and grass for this march, Li Hanning took over the talisman of the three armies from Xiao Ce in front of the soldiers of the three armies, and the talisman that Li Hanning took over was made of meteorite iron in the sky, and it should have been cold when it was placed in the box, and the ice compress seemed to have the temperature of Xiao Ce's palm on it, it was warm.

Li Hanning glanced up at Xiao Ce, and Xiao Ce said in a deep voice that only the two of them could hear:

"Return safely."

He was waiting for her to come back in Chang'an, and coming back safely was Xiao Ce's only request for Li Hanning on this expedition.

Li Hanning knelt down and took the sword from Xiao Ce with his own hands: "Your Highness, rest assured." ”

She will come back safely, she has never broken her promise to Xiao Ce before, and this time it is naturally the same, even if she goes to southern Xinjiang alone this time, she will bring the news of victory back to Chang'an this time.

Xiao Ce stood at the gate of the city and watched them leave one after another, until the sun set in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun fell on the head of Chang'an City.

The guards on the side reminded loudly: "Your Highness, General Li, they have already gone away. ”

When Xiao Ce heard this, he came back to his senses from his contemplation, and only then did he realize that they had indeed been gone for a long time.

Xiao Ce turned around and glanced back at Chang'an City in front of him, he still had a lot to do during the time they were away from the expedition.

*

On this trip, Li Hanning's apprentice Liu Ling, who was previously accepted in Yueqi City, also followed her, so Li Hanning was willing to take him with him this time, firstly, because the last time they attacked Chang'an, her apprentice stayed in the army alone and dressed in military uniform, acting calmly and calmly not like his age, and secondly, he also wanted him to have more experience, so that in order to wait for him to be older in the future, he would take over her to lead the troops alone to pave the way.

Originally, there were about 60,000 to 70,000 troops in southern Xinjiang, but this time Li Hanning alone went south to bring some elites from Xiao Ce's former army, a total of about 100,000, and these people added up, more than twice as many as the opposite.

Behind Li Hanning, these people and horses followed her to leave Chang'an and go south, they had been walking for a day and a night, there was a valley in front of them, and it was cooler at night, Li Hanning stretched out his hand, and several deputy generals around him stopped, they camped here tonight and rested for a night.

Li Hanning deliberately glanced at Liu Ling, and saw that he had just returned to his tent, unloaded his helmet and armor on the stake on the side, and only had a thin layer of white clothes on his body.

When he saw Li Hanning enter the tent, he immediately put on his shoes and walked over:

"Master, haven't you rested so late?"

"Come and see you, and by the way, bring you the medicine prescribed by Meng Liang."

Li Hanning threw the red jade bottle in his hand over, Liu Ling reacted quickly, and subconsciously received it in his hand, the name of the medicine was not written on the bottle, Liu Ling looked at the things in his hand and hesitated slightly:

"Master, what is this?"

He wasn't sick.

"When you were in Liangzhou City before, you shouldn't have ridden a horse for such a long time, this is medicine for trauma, especially when the body is bruised, it is good to use this quickly, this is what Meng Liang said."

Liu Ling immediately understood, he was indeed a little uncomfortable, but the men in the barracks were all good at riding horses, and he, a person who had basically never ridden a horse before, had to ride for several hours a day, and just got off the horse today, his legs were like they were about to fall apart, and he stumbled all the way back to the tent.

It's just that his master can ride a horse all year round, if he hurts because of some bruises on his body, he will inevitably be laughed at by those soldiers outside, and he will not be the only one who will be embarrassed at that time, he is Li Hanning's apprentice, and he will always take care of his master's face.

"Thank you, Master."

Li Hanning finished delivering the medicine, seeing that he was fine, and also wanted his apprentice to rest early, and when he turned around and was about to leave, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the book on the bookcase, so he unconsciously asked more:

"Are you reading a military book?"

Liu Ling hurriedly explained: "Take a look when you're bored and don't rush." ”

Her apprentice is very motivated, Li Hanning walked over, carefully looked down at the content on the writing, in addition to arranging the troops, there is also a smooth art of war between the lines:

"This is Changfeng's handwriting, he left it to you."

In fact, it is always good to take a look at it and learn more, and Changfeng has been leading the troops for a long time and is familiar with military books, in terms of arranging troops, Li Hanning and Xiao Ce have always admired him.

"It's indeed General Lu's."

For now, he should look at these more.

Li Hanning planned to wait for the war in southern Xinjiang to end, and rewrite the part of the art of war and martial arts that Li Zhao left for him at that time, she was indeed the first time to take an apprentice, although she had no experience, but she would naturally not have reservations about what she could teach him.

"I'm leaving, you can rest early after reading it later."

Liu Ling said politely: "Okay." ”

As soon as Li Hanning came out of Liu Ling's tent, his lieutenant Chen Siyu came to look for her.

"General."

It's so late, there should be something serious.

Li Hanning glanced at him, the candle flame in the tent behind her had just been extinguished, she was afraid of disturbing Liu Ling's rest, so she raised her hand and asked Chen Siyu to whisper:

"My apprentice has just rested, come to my tent and talk."

Chen Siyu followed Li Hanning to the main tent, and as soon as Li Hanning sat down, he saw him frowning: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

Chen Siyu quickly followed and said: "There has been no news from the military division, originally he left Luoyang three days ago and said that he would send a letter every day, but we have not received any news from him here, and my subordinates are worried——"

In fact, his worries are not unreasonable.

Li Hanning suddenly remembered when he heard the word military advisor, although Xiao Ce had told Ning Yu to go south together when he was leaving, but Ning Yu was in a hurry because of Luoyang, unlike them, Li Hanning marched from Chang'an, but Ning Yu was from Luoyang, but even if it was Luoyang, it should have been two or three days since Ning Yu left Luoyang, and according to common sense, he should have made peace with their military camp here today.

If Chen Siyu didn't say this, she would almost forget about it.

"Go get the map."

"Yes."

Li Hanning spread out the map of the nearby area on the bookcase, her fingers slowly swiped on the map, starting from Luoyang, Ning Yu should first take the waterway, and then make peace with them along the way through Loushan Pass, where the Xue family was originally stationed, there will be no problems, if there is any delay on the way, it is very likely that it is not far from them now Yucang Mountain.

Li Hanning glanced down at the endless mountains on the map, and then looked up at the deputy general in front of him: "The military division is never late, I think I am in trouble on the road, you go and transfer eight hundred light horsemen now, and I will pick him up in person." ”

"Yes."