I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Chapter 877 Feng An Comes to the Battlefield

It's very easy and casual, the consul on the Indochina Peninsula has just settled down like this!

The candidate was undoubtedly Li Chengqian.

After all, no one can object to what these two people have decided on.

But the two of them couldn't relax at the moment. Regardless of how the current battle seemed to be going well, both Zhang Nuo and Li Shimin knew that many things turned upside down in an instant.

Neither Zhang Nuo nor Li Shimin led troops to fight for the first time. They have enough experience and have seen enough lessons. They clearly know that killing chickens with a butcher's knife is actually a very normal thing. After all, lions Botu also used all his strength, who knows if there will be some accidents before the end of the war?

Therefore, the matter of Li Chengqian can be left aside and considered slowly when the time is up. The most urgent task now is to take down the entire Indochina Peninsula and Tianzhu.

After Li Shimin blew the ice-cold wind for a long time, his body temperature finally dropped slowly. He looked up at Zhang Nuo and asked,

"Brother, I heard that there is a tradition of training elephants as war beasts in Tianzhu and Chenla. How to deal with that thing?"

Zhang Nuo glanced at him, and replied angrily,

"Old Li, are you mistaken? Elephants are just a little bigger. They are still animals in the final analysis. As long as they are animals, they must be afraid of light, fire and loud noise. Do you think our firearms are trash?"

Li Shimin was taken aback after hearing this, yes, we are no longer the days when we were dancing with knives and guns, we have changed our costumes a long time ago, think about the firepower of the army now, all war beasts must be finished, after all, no matter how thick your skin is, It is not enough to be able to defend against arrows and bullets and shells.

Li Shimin laughed twice, as if the person who asked a stupid question just now had nothing to do with him!

Zhang Nuo ignored him, turned around and lay down on the table to study the map!

In fact, the place where they stayed at this time is precisely the junction of Nanzhao and Linyi. Nanzhao is only a small country, and Linyi is actually not that big.

But compared to Nanzhao, which has always had a very good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, Linyi is a small country in Fanbang, the kind that has only heard the name but never seen the real person.

But this time Li Shimin's imperial conquest is not only to "rescue" Nanzhao, Tianzhu is the chief culprit, it will naturally be eliminated, but how can Linyi next to him be let go?

So how to mobilize and distribute the troops, how to ensure the efficiency of the troops, these things need to be considered by Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo.

Zhang Nuo sketched on the map again and again, silently calculating a series of data such as military strength, supplies, time, loss, etc. in his heart.

And at this moment, Cao Xing shouted directly outside the tent door,

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the navy came to report that a large number of merchant ships were approaching here under the banner of Geng Guogong Feng An, but they were stopped by the navy, who said they wanted to see your majesty and your highness!"

Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo frowned instantly.

Feng Ang, courtesy name Mingda, was the grandson of Gaoliang prefect Feng Bao and Qiao Guo's wife Mrs. Xian during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the son of Shilong prefect Feng Pu.

After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, Feng An returned to Lingnan, gathered tens of thousands of people, and became the leader himself. He attached himself to the separatist Lingnan warlord Lin Shihong, defeated Gao Facheng, Xian Baoche and others in Guangzhou and Xinzhou successively, and occupied Guangzhou, Cangwu, and Zhuya. Self-led the general manager of Lingnan, he managed well, stabilized the situation in Lingnan, and made the society peaceful.

In the fifth year of Wude, he returned to the Tang Dynasty and was granted the title of Shangzhu Kingdom, Gaozhou Governor, and Geng Guogong. He can be said to be the veritable uncrowned king of Lingnan.

When developing Lingnan before, Feng An uncharacteristically sent his eldest son Feng Zhidai to Chang'an to meet Li Shimin, in fact, he was acting as a proton.

We must know that although the Tang Dynasty at that time had just begun to flourish in the hands of Li Shimin, and a bright future was in sight, it was actually full of loopholes, so after Li Shimin judged the situation, he calmly, amidst the many voices of opposition, Accept Feng An's allegiance.

If it was in the original history, then in the fifth year of Zhenguan, Feng An would come to Chang'an to meet Li Shimin, and in the end the two had a good talk or something.

However, here in the Tang Dynasty, there appeared a monster who had never existed before in history, and it is estimated that there will not be any in the future-Zhang Nuo.

That's out of luck for Feng An!

There are two reasons why Li Shimin treats Feng An kindly. On the one hand, it can be regarded as adapting to local conditions. After all, the Liao people in the south of the Lingnan cannot communicate with ordinary people, and Feng An is actually a different kind of barbarian king in Lingnan. Although it's a branded name, at least they already have a channel of communication between them.

And the other is because Li Shimin couldn't spare the energy to solve these things for the time being, so it is undoubtedly the best to solve them peacefully.

This may be Li Shimin's consideration in real history.Of course, he is known for being tolerant and courageous. I believe that even if Feng An reverses the jump, he can handle it. Maybe it is one of his ideas.

However, with Zhang Nuo's Datang and Li Shimin still need to be so scruples about Feng An?

The answer is NO!

Li Shimin very much recognized Feng An's ability to take the initiative to send his son to Chang'an as a hostage, and to show his kindness and loyalty. In Li Shimin's view, those who can take the initiative to subdue are good people.

But I’m sorry, there’s nothing redundant. The pride in Li Shimin’s bones makes him not care about other people’s rebellion, because he thinks that Datang can destroy any enemy, but how much reward do you expect him to give because of Feng An’s voluntary refuge?

Are you kidding? Lingnan is a younger brother in front of Datang. For Feng An, he should be commended and rewarded, but he wants to retain his original rights, fiefdoms and eunuchs?

Hehe, I'm afraid you're delusional, even Zhang Nuo, the real fief of the King of Qin and a food servant, is only as small as Lantian City.

Zhang Nuo has so much credit and such a high title, is there anyone in Tang Dynasty who can compare with him?

Therefore, Feng An could only be Geng Guogong honestly, and the idea that the Feng family would always be the unnamed King of Lingnan was completely aborted.

Li Shimin turned Tubo into the Tang Dynasty, and sent officials there by the way. Could there be a local emperor who has no name and self-reliance by his side?

I'm afraid I'm thinking too much!

Therefore, Feng Ang's status in Lingnan is actually quite embarrassing now. Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo both respect him. After all, he has maintained the unity of the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, he has done a good job in the rule of Lingnan.

However, other than that, there is nothing else, the current Feng An is just an honorable family with a relatively large influence in the local area.

Chapter 878

The placement of Feng An was the result of discussions in the court.

In those few years, Koryo fell to death, Turks and Tubo all fell to the ground, and the military front of the Tang Dynasty was already extremely sharp, and the national treasury was also filled.

The Tang Dynasty at that time could say so, but looked at Feng An meaningfully, but if Feng An had the slightest intention of jumping, the army who had been waiting for a long time here would drop into Lingnan in an instant, and then completely destroy the other side. It is included in the management category of Datang, not just a place where officials are exiled as it is now.

But to the surprise of those courtiers, Feng An was so obediently subdued.

In fact, Feng An didn't intend to be subdued so directly. After all, a man is a man who is used to being an emperor in Lingnan. It would be strange if he was so easy to subdue.

But what Feng Zhidai saw and heard in Chang'an and all the newspapers he passed on, let Feng Ang know clearly that the Great Tang Dynasty is no longer comparable to the Great Sui that he was loyal to at the beginning.

Today's Datang has long been the Dragon Singing Nine Heavens and Zebei the World, so there is no need to care about his power at all.Therefore, accepting softness became Feng An's only choice.

Of course, it's not impossible for him to send his whole family to the execution ground in a flash of his brain, or simply be slaughtered by the Air Force in one day.

In fact, in these years, although there are no clear reports and news, in fact, there are quite a lot of ambitious elements who have been eliminated by the military and the Security Bureau in these years.

Of course, these news may have been released by Li Shimin on purpose. After all, although the tactic of killing chickens and monkeys is old-fashioned, it is indeed extremely useful.

No matter how powerful you are in the local area, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the troops were transferred from Chang'an, and they descended from the sky in an airship. With some mission targets, they left in an airship.

This is Li Shimin's bright card against all kinds of ambitious people who are a little bit small in their hearts!

Just to tell you bluntly, you can either be honest and obedient.Or, you are strong enough to resist these things, if you can't, then you will turn into ashes anyway, and you can figure it out.

In the end, what Feng An decided to do was to turn the old Feng family from a local emperor's power into a representative of the Lingnan business community.

That's right, Lao Feng turned around and started doing business!

And his way of doing business was told by Zhang Nuo after he came to visit Zhang Nuo by airship.

Zhang Nuo speaks very directly. Your old Feng has too much influence in the local area. Whether it is political or military, the Tang Dynasty does not allow him, the local emperor, to make troubles in the local area, but Feng An stays in Lingnan again. I'm used to it, how could I be willing to leave.

Then the only way left is business. Zhang Nuo didn't fool him, and directly sent him a botanical researcher, and then returned to Lingnan with a bunch of materials and the development outline prepared by Zhang Nuo. side!

Turning around, Feng An became Datang's largest rubber supplier. From this alone, he earned a lot of money, not to mention, he also gained a lot from other crops.

All kinds of special fruits were processed into dried fruit and canned and shipped to Chang'an.

After knowing the role of the railway, he almost begged Li Shimin to build the railway with his own money.

Lingnan was included in the official territory of the Tang Dynasty for unified development, and we saw different results in just a few years, but this result was also what Feng An was looking forward to.

Therefore, Feng An has been really honest in the past few years. First, he did not cultivate any power in the court, and second, he did not disturb the local military power. He only focused on doing his own growing business.

However, the "honest" Feng An brought the fleet to the battlefield in the Indochina Peninsula this time. What does this mean?

Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo looked at each other and immediately became interested. They were not worried that Lao Feng was here to make trouble, because Lao Feng would not do such a stupid thing if he had some brains.

It was precisely because of this that both of them were very curious about Lao Feng's purpose.

So he turned around and ordered Cao Xing to call for someone, Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo started to get dressed, after all, they had to meet Feng An later, it was no problem for the two brothers to chat in private with their shirts off, but it was still okay to meet each other If you are shirtless, it will be a bit contemptuous.

It didn't take long for them to change their clothes and set up their posture. Cao Xing brought people over, and an old and firm voice shouted directly outside,

"Your Majesty, Feng An, is here to pay homage to Your Majesty, His Highness King Qin!"

Li Shimin touched his stomach and said in a deep voice,

"Feng Aiqing, come in!"

As soon as the words fell, Feng An opened the curtain at the door of the tent and walked in!

I have to say, after all, he was a person who fought in Zhenger and Eight Classics of Lingnan, and at the same time ruled Lingnan submissively with one hand and one hand with the people. His body and posture alone are a bit like a local emperor.

Not to mention the tall body, the most rare thing is that Mingming is already old, but the body is still tough, and the eyes are still sharp, obviously not the kind of existence that the old man who is at home can't compare.

Feng An came in and bowed obediently,

"I have seen Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Qin Wang!"

Before Li Shimin could speak, Zhang Nuo spoke directly.

"Old Feng, there are no outsiders here, so don't be too polite. Tell me first, why are you here with a large fleet? Don't say you are here to grab territory!"

Zhang Nuo's words were just a joke, but Feng An didn't know what happened today, he seemed to be doing something unexpected, straightened his waist and said with a serious face,

"Your Highness is right, Feng Mou came here this time to grab the territory!"

Zhang Nuo was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at Li Shimin and smiled!

"Okay, Lao Feng, then this thing is fun. See if there is one next to him, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, don't look at this king fighting everywhere, he has done a lot of credit, but in fact, the territory that this king won It all belongs to him. Therefore, if you want to grab the territory, you have to nod from this one!"

"This king really wants to know what conditions you will put forward. Don't say that your soldiers can fight. Our Tang Dynasty has no shortage of soldiers now!"

Don't look at Zhang Nuo's smiling face when he spoke now, as if he was joking just like before, but Li Shimin, the person who knows Zhang Nuo best, knows that Zhang Nuo is losing his temper.

He even affirmed that if Feng An really had any bad intentions, Zhang Nuo would dare to kill Feng An directly here, and then turn around and copy the old Feng's house.

Because what Zhang Nuo hates the most is civil war!

Chapter 879

Feng An and Zhang Nuo only met each other a few times, so it is naturally impossible to be familiar with Li Shimin to this extent.

However, he wasn't a fool either. He just followed Zhang Nuo's words and just wanted to start himself off with shocking words.

If he really wanted to grab the territory, I'm afraid his body is already hanging on the navy mast by now, waiting to be blown into a salted fish by the sea wind.

Therefore, after listening to Zhang Nuo's answer, Feng An immediately regarded this conversation as a joke between himself, Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo, rather than the emperor and the first prince who went to Datang stupidly. Fork in front of you.

He also knew that what he said just now seemed to be a bit screwed up. It seemed that his jokes were a bit too inappropriate, and he meant to be shallow, so it's time to explain it carefully.Otherwise, if the joke became true, he might not be able to go back.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I think so, Old Feng. First of all, the territory that has been conquered naturally belongs to Datang and His Majesty!"

Old Feng can be regarded as the opening question. He first explained the most sensitive and important point. After all, if he doesn't make this point clear, he might not be able to go back today.

After finishing his core argument, Lao Feng finally began to explain in detail,

"Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the King of Qin, when I first started in Lingnan, Feng, I actually dealt with those strangers who couldn't understand their words, and then slowly stabilized Lingnan with both soft and hard methods!"

"Old Feng is not talking about his own merits here, but wants to point out that I, Lao Feng, actually have experience in dealing with students who don't speak these languages!"

"Of course, the cultures and customs of the two places are different. Besides, there are the people of our Great Tang Dynasty and the barbarians who have just been included in the Great Tang Dynasty, so the treatment will naturally be different from before!"

"However, just because other people can't do it doesn't mean that I, Old Feng, can't do it. I really have experience in this area! So my idea is, I want to find an official from His Majesty and His Highness the King of Qin, the governor of Zhongnan Road!"

Speaking of this, Feng An also became excited, his old dark face was now flushed with redness, and he had risked his life today.

After all, when he was in Datang, he actually understood that Li Shimin and the courtiers of Datang were still quite taboo towards him, so he was not allowed to touch the political and military circles.

But after he had been honest in the territory for a few years, he turned around and brought the fleet directly to ask for an official. No matter what the final result was, just looking at this behavior alone, he was a bit too meng lang.

But Feng An just wanted to give it a go, he really had his own considerations.

Li Shimin's complexion has changed visible to the naked eye, and the smile that was still hanging on the corner of his mouth before has long since disappeared. After all, the other party's words have been released, so it's strange that he can laugh.

After all, he and Zhang Nuo had just designated this place as Li Chengqian's training ground, and then Feng An came out to grab the seat.

When is it the turn of the courtiers to recommend themselves for the official position of the Tang Dynasty, especially this kind of feudal official?

Or is it like bringing the fleet and manpower here like forcing the palace?Is this putting his face on the ground and stepping on it?

Li Shimin's complexion was not good, Zhang Nuo's complexion was not much better, he naturally knew that what Feng An said had some truth.

However, is experience really that important in this day and age?

Faced with these foreign countries whose culture, language, and customs are different from those of Tang Dynasty, is Feng An's little experience in Lingnan useful?

It was the first time Zhang Nuo saw such a fierce man who dared to ask Li Shimin for an official or a big official in frontiers so confidently!