In the 23rd year of Tianyuan, 100,000 Iron Cavalry of the Grassland Demons raided the city of Xiliang. The general Changsun Ce of the Western Wilderness sent his major general Zi Lie to lead 10,000 Iron Cavalry of Xuanyi to urgently support Xiliang City. The major general Zi Lie was extremely brave and defeated the 100,000 Iron Cavalry of the Grassland Demons in one fell swoop, and killed the third son of the Golden Khan Wanyan Bilie. Not only saved Xiliang City, but also captured 20,000 prisoners, which shocked the court and the public.

When General Changsun Ce submitted such achievements to the court, His Majesty now personally issued an imperial edict, granting Zi Lie the title of General Wu Lie, the third rank of official position, and granting him the title of first-class viscount of Wu Lie.

For a moment, Zi Lie was in the limelight.

Zi Chen, another son of the Zi family, was also named Wuchen and awarded the third-class baron for his contribution to escorting slaves and saving the current fourth prince Li Zijun.

His Majesty's Holy Order, the two of them immediately returned to the capital to receive the honor.

Such an order also caused a storm in the capital. It was extremely difficult for the Tang Empire to award medals, but this time His Majesty awarded two noble titles at one time, which was really incredible.

Of course, it is not too much to be given to Zi Lie's first-class viscount with his achievements in killing the devil prince in the grassland. It is not too much to be a first-class viscount. Moreover, Zi Lie has always had a very good reputation in the imperial city. With the fourth prince Li Zi County, Changsun Wuhui of the Changsun family, Zhao Feiyun of the Zhao family is known as the four heroes of the imperial city. He is also the eldest son of General Ziyang. Sooner or later, he will inherit the title of General Ziyang. This first-class viscount is nothing at all. What makes everyone unacceptable is that Zi Chen, who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, was awarded the title of third-class baron? Even if the third-class baron is just the lowest-class noble, he is also a noble after all?

Why can he get such merit? Isn’t it just escorting a group of prisoners? Isn’t this part of the military merits that Zi Lie gave him?

Thinking that the order to ask him to escort the prisoners was issued by Zi Lie, many people knew this, and they all admired Zi Lie even more.

As for the rescue of the Fourth Prince, it is even more difficult to explain. The Fourth Prince is right in Beiyun City, but with the ability of the Fourth Prince, how can a waste be rescued?

This is obviously His Majesty’s favor for the Zi family, and even a waste was awarded the title of nobleman.

The vast majority of people do not know the real contribution Zi Chen made. They only think that this is Your Majesty’s love for the Zi family, and that this is an excuse for Your Majesty to recall Zi Chen.

Some people even think that His Majesty gave Zi Chen the title of nobleman because he wanted to marry Princess Qier to him. After all, he was sent to the frontier only after teasing Princess Qier. Who knows what he did during the teasing process? Under such circumstances, for the sake of the royal reputation, Princess Qier could only be betrothed to him.

A team of people heading to the carriage in the imperial city, Zi Chen and the fourth prince Li Zijun sat opposite each other. When the subordinates learned the news, Zi Chen and Li Zijun had a bitter smile on their faces.

Especially Zi Chen, all this credit should be his own, but now, the credit he has received is also due to the preference of that elder brother? Is it His Majesty's favor?

Thinking of this, he felt so humiliated and so sad and angry, but what could he do at this moment?

Xiliang City's record has been filed. I also admitted Zi Lie's contribution in front of everyone. What can I say?

However, looking at the cavalry advancing silently outside the window, he felt a sense of firmness again. No matter what, this time he traveled west, his receipts were large. In addition to this team that was absolutely loyal to him, he also knew Lin Xubai, the immortal master, and all the adventures in the stone chamber. Even his cultivation level improved a lot during this period.

When he thought of those combat skills, his eyes were full of confidence.

On that day, he and Li Zijun returned to Beiyun City. When they saw that Li Zijun completely returned to Beiyun City, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. No matter who they were standing behind, under the anger of General Hu Yunlie, if the Fourth Prince really had something to do, they would definitely be slashed by General Hu Yunlie.

Now that the Fourth Prince is fine, they finally saved their lives.

As for the tens of thousands of warriors of the Red Fire Clan, when Luo Yun took out Ximen Zhan’s handwritten letter and told the story about the incident, Hu Yunlie was also curious about Zi Chen, the rumored waste, and ordered the Qingyi Iron Cavalry and the warriors of the Red Fire Clan to go to the city to rest.

Although he was still a little confused, when Zi Chen saved the Fourth Prince and tested Zi Chen's skills with his own hands, he had completely believed Luo Yun's words.

However, he never asked Zi Chen about his experience without consulting and dispatching struggles. He only removed the identity of a slave to the Chihuo clan, and even transferred them, including Luo Yun, to Zi Chen's command, and became Zi Chen's troops.

Then he simply reported Zi Chen's merits after leaving Xiliang City to the court. Of course, he also vaguely suggested that Zi Chen also performed well in the battle of Xiliang City. Later, he received the imperial edict from His Majesty and summoned Zi Chen back to the capital to award merits.

Hu Yunlie asked Zi Chen to select a thousand elite troops to form a personal army and escort him and the fourth prince back to the imperial city, while the others were led by Luo Yun and stationed in Beiyun City. However, before leaving, Zi Chen, after informing General Hu Yunlie, asked Chiguyev to personally lead three thousand fully armed Iron Cavalry of the Chihuo tribe to quietly return to the grassland and take their tribesmen to live in Beiyun City.

The Chihuo tribe can exist for thousands of years, so naturally there is a way to survive. When Chiguyev defected to Zichen, he had already contacted the remaining Chihuo tribe members with their unique contact information and left the grassland and drove north. Chiguyev also went to pick them up according to the contact location.

The thousand elite warriors selected by Zi Chen were led by Chiguyev's eldest son Chiguxiong.

Looking at Chiguxiong's strong body and the filled fighting spirit of the Red Fire Clan warriors around him, a confident smile appeared on the corner of Zi Chen's mouth.

With strong strength and a team that is absolutely loyal to me, sooner or later I will get everything I have on the battlefield.

As for the wooden bow hidden in his body, he didn't care much. After so many days, the wooden bow seemed to have disappeared, and he couldn't feel it at all!

However, the two rabbits looked at the two rabbits sleeping in the corner of the carriage, and the confident smile on the corner of his mouth became even brighter.

When a man is alive, what is this grievance? As long as he is strong enough, he can definitely get what he loses.

The convoy drove on the road for more than half a month and wiped out three or four bandit nests. Finally, in the summer of the 23rd year of the Tianyuan Li calendar, he arrived at the Tang Dynasty Imperial City. From a distance, looking at the imperial city that was like a giant beast lying on a plain, Zi Chen and Li Zijun stood on the carriage and roared.

The whistling sound rushed straight to the nine heavens!

Chang'an, I'm back...
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