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

Therefore, even if he doesn't make it to this conquest, the points that should be collected have already been obtained.

At this time, Zhang Nuo really felt that if he could be salty fish, he would be salty fish to the end, and seeing other people earn points for him, he didn't like it.

Chapter 679

In fact, Zhang Nuo's behavior also had his own considerations.

Not only because the system points have already been acquired, but also because he and Li Jing always have some disagreements, there is also a very important reason that has not been said, that is, his limelight is too strong.

It's okay to fight Goryeo before, but everyone didn't expect that he would really destroy Goryeo in one battle.

Therefore, the support that should be supported, and at the same time everyone has made money, it is naturally hello, me, hello, everyone.

But now, the real commander of this army that conquered the Turks is Li Shimin, who was personally conquered by the imperial driver. This is different from when he was in Korea.

At that time, Zhang Nuo fought as he wanted, anyway, he was like a bandit leader with a private army robbing his way, no matter how great the credit was, the others watched with a smile on his face.

But it is different now, this is a military operation by the serious court, or the emperor's personal conquest, if he is given the limelight, Lao Li, who is narrow-minded, will inevitably feel a little unhappy.

This is not Zhang Nuo's random speculation based on worries, but a truth that Zhang Nuo slowly figured out and understood after staying in this era for a long time.

His friendship with Li Shimin is indeed true, and Li Shimin really regards him as a brother.

Regardless of their identities as emperor and king of Qin, Li Shimin is indeed a good friend to Zhang Nuo, and he is still the kind of bad friend who can smoke, drink and talk nonsense together.

But these two people, can they really put aside their identities completely?

impossible!

Regardless of whether Zhang Nuo is willing or not, in fact, in the eyes of everyone, he is the king of Qin who ranks first among the most noble princes in the world, and Li Shimin is a man who has made great achievements in conquering the great Tang Dynasty and eventually killed his brothers. The ruthless emperor who imprisoned his father and won the throne.

Such two people have similar temperaments and deep friendship. Everyone must believe it, but if there is no gap between these two people, it is absolutely impossible.

Even Zhang Nuo is confident about this point now.

Because after all, Li Shimin is the emperor. No matter how much Zhang Nuo indulges in mountains and rivers and salty fish, he still has a layer of status as the king of Qin and the ability to weep ghosts and gods. If such a person really has something he shouldn't have, then Li Shimin was afraid that it would be too late to regret.

So, even though Li Shimin really trusts Zhang Nuo from the bottom of his heart at this moment, and treats him like a brother, Zhang Nuo still feels a little uncertain sometimes.

If this old Li fears us in the future, thinks we are a threat, and wants to destroy us, what should we do?

Zhang Nuo would not have thought of these things before. After all, in his view, I am not greedy for Lao Li's throne, and I have no idea of ​​getting involved in the replacement of imperial power. I just live my life honestly. Isn't it okay?

But then Zhang Nuo slowly understood, it seemed that it was really not working.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about Zhang Nuo's current influence, whether it is in the court or among the people, his reputation is really great.

It's so good that sometimes it overshadows Li Shimin.

For a while, Li Shimin is naturally fine, after all, the relationship between the two is there, but how long has it been?

You must know that no matter how powerful and upright a hero is, he will inevitably become faint in his later years. Whether it is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or Tang Taizong, in fact, things are not quite right in his later years.

From a psychological point of view, it belongs to the emptiness after the peak and the confusion after the loss of goals.

After all, for these emperors, their experience and achievements are already there, and they are the ones that can really be remembered in history.

But when they found that their bodies and energy were no longer enough to bear the burden of government affairs, they turned their attention to their side.

They will worry about whether their heirs can take over their inheritance and further develop it, and they will also worry about whether people around them will take advantage of their old age and try to do something wrong.

They even thought about sweeping away all evil spirits for their successors while they were still alive.

This is also a small idea that Zhang Nuo came up with recently after reading various history books and messy historical works.

When Zhang Nuo thought of this at the time, he put himself in his shoes and thought for a while, and suddenly felt that if he were Li Shimin, no matter how salty he was, he would not be completely guarded.

Especially now, Zhang Nuo's reputation is really too great, and he really doesn't have a bad reputation. Occasionally, a few people say Zhang Nuo's salted fish, which is also a joke.

Well, if Zhang Nuo, who is already so high-profile, doesn't know how to restrain himself a bit, and still grabs Li Shimin's role, wouldn't it mean that the two brothers who could still coexist would have to fall apart.

Therefore, Zhang Nuo, who originally left the errand to Li Jing just because he didn't like Li Jing, ran back by himself, suddenly found that he seemed to have made a wonderful move unintentionally.

This is a typical example of not competing with Li Shimin for credit. Li Shimin has given up all the benefits. He is willing to be a green leaf, and at the same time, he has not delayed his own system points. Isn't this the best of both worlds?

Some people may say that Zhang Nuo is cowardly, but in Zhang Nuo's view, this is nothing more than a mentality that watching the excitement is not a big deal.

If Zhang Nuo is really the kind of person who wants to compete for the world and be the emperor himself, then he will naturally have to focus on Li Shimin to do it. He has to do everything from raising his reputation, recruiting good ministers and generals, and accumulating strength.

But Zhang Nuo is not that kind of person. He has long felt that being an emperor is really not a good job. After all, he is trapped in the palace every day, and all kinds of things are waiting to be dealt with. Aren't you looking for guilt for yourself?

Just for the sake of looking good?Just for the so-called three thousand beauties in the harem?

Now that he is the king of Qin, he is not much worse than the emperor in terms of face. Although Hongyu is the only one in his backyard now, it's just that he doesn't feel the need to mess up the house, so he doesn't let go.

Otherwise, with his current status and reputation, I'm afraid that as long as he opens up, his backyard will not be inferior to Li Shimin's.

Therefore, from Zhang Nuo's point of view, he felt that he was living a more comfortable life than Li Shimin.

He even used this point to tease Lao Li often, and he said clearly that he lived a comfortable life now, and would not change it even for an emperor, and he often said that Li Shimin was speechless.

Even Li Shimin himself occasionally gritted his teeth and said that he was not the emperor.

Of course, this was Li Shimin's momentary remarks, but I have to say that after Zhang Nuo said it repeatedly, Li Shimin felt that Zhang Nuo really had no idea about the throne, and he didn't plan to do anything about it.

Now that there is such an act of humility and credit, if Li Shimin still doubts and taboos his words, then he may really turn the table and quit.

Chapter 680 Tubo is a bit dishonest

Zhang Nuo was not the kind of elegant person who would give favors without asking for repayment, and he didn't feel that he could reach that kind of spiritual state in his life.

So this person told Li Shimin directly in a very vulgar way,

"Old Li, I'm doing this for the sake of the face of the emperor, and I don't want to steal your limelight so I can honestly be the governor of food and grass. You have to be sympathetic, and don't doubt why I want to steal your throne in the future. Yes! Then I will turn my face!"

Li Shimin was taken aback by these words, can this kind of thing still be put on the table?

But looking at Zhang Nuo's calm look, Li Shimin couldn't help being amused, it seemed that his foster brother could really say anything on the stage.

Saying that you don't covet your throne, or even dislike being an emperor is boring, then you really don't think being an emperor is fun!

Saying that you don't want to steal the limelight from your emperor, and asking you to owe favors to stop thinking about it later, it really has no other meaning, it's just to give your emperor face.

If someone else said this, Li Shimin probably rolled his eyes, but if Zhang Nuo said this, then Li Shimin really believed it.

Because he knows that in fact, these things on Zhang Nuo, no matter whether it is a prince or a position, are actually given to Zhang Nuo by him. Zhang Nuo himself has never said anything about it. I don't care about those things.

Although he, Li Shimin, did not say that his eyes were as bright as a torch, he grew up in the midst of intrigue. He still trusts his ability to see people very much.

At the beginning, both Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong were surrendered generals. Others said that they had two hearts and could not stay, but he just felt that these two were useful, so he resisted all opinions and stayed. Sure enough, they were rescued not long after. his life.

It is precisely because Li Shimin trusts his own eyesight to see people that he feels that he is not wrong about Zhang Nuo. This is a salted fish with greater skills than the sky, but an exceptionally leisurely temper.

Others have to cover up everything they do, and play with the tacit understanding of the court, but when they come to Zhang Nuo, they just tell you in a daze, I am giving you the emperor's face, and I will not compete with you Gong, the reputation of conquering Turks is left to you, you can't doubt me.

Damn, what else can Li Shimin do besides laughing?Could it be that you don't want it, just go ahead?

That's too fake. He came to Yujia's personal conquest with all his heart. Isn't it just for such a reputation? I've done it, and I'm afraid I'm more proficient at this time.

After Zhang Nuo and Li Shimin talked, the whole person relaxed a lot, and chatted with Li Shimin cheerfully about other things, but a topic Li Shimin brought up made him very interested.

That is, Tubo has been very dishonest recently.

This is thanks to Zhang Nuo. After the telegraph that Zhang Nuo took out shined in the disaster relief, everyone knew the benefits of this thing.

So how can such a good thing be missed this time when the troops are divided to fight against Tubo and Turks?

You know, wars often emphasize the importance of a soldier's speed. Maybe supplies and reinforcements arrive a day or two earlier, which will bring about a change in the entire battle situation.

Therefore, for this expedition, not only Zhang Nuo and Li Shimin had radios and antennas on their side, but Cheng Yaojin also brought radios on the big and small Jinchuan side.

After all, there is such an artifact now, if you don't know how to use it, it would be a waste.

And what Li Shimin told Zhang Nuo was the news that Cheng Yaojin had just received. Sure enough, there was a change in Tubo, and they even dispatched a small number of soldiers to slip down from the plateau to harass the border of the Tang Dynasty.

If Cheng Yaojin hadn't arrived in time, there might have been border warnings and the tragedy of border people's lives. You must know that in Tubo, don't look at the stories about Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet in history.

But in fact, when these people fought against the Tang army, they were not polite at all.

It can even be said that there is actually no difference between Tubo and Turkic soldiers and bandits. As long as they break into the border of the Tang Dynasty, they will not dare to burn, kill and loot.

For this kind of people, whether it is Li Shimin, Zhang Nuo, or the general Cheng Yaojin, there is only one way to do it, and that is to kill one when they see one, and kill one when they see two. There is absolutely no other way.

Even Zhang Nuo, who likes captives the most, nodded in agreement.

He really needs captives. Datang now has a population of less than 3000 million, including the fugitives who are slowly being detected. With the current pace of construction in Datang, people are indeed needed everywhere.

But Koreans can be prisoners, Baekje people can be prisoners, even Silla people, Tubo people, and Turkic people can be prisoners. Only those who have used knives against the people of the Tang Dynasty and committed repeated crimes, No matter which country it was from before, it was definitely done with one knife.

Not killing is not enough to anger the common people, not killing is not enough to comfort the undead in the sky.

The news from Cheng Yaojin before confirmed the worries of Li Shimin, Zhang Nuo and others. Tubo was really interested in the rise of Datang's strength, and at this time they were sending troops to harass Datang's border defenses.

And it can also be seen from this point that there must be a connection between Tubo and Turks, and they want both sides to exert their strength at the same time to contain the Tang Dynasty's troops.

At present, the Turkic main force has not yet been found. If the pressure from Tubo is really too great, then does Datang have to focus on Tubo?

Then if they really did that, and the Turks came to make another surprise attack thousands of miles away, wouldn't the Tang Dynasty have to face the enemy?

Li Shimin thought of this almost when he received the news from Cheng Yaojin, and Zhang Nuo also thought of it at this time. This is actually a very common method of fighting on two fronts, but I have to say that this method Really unpretentious but useful.

This is bullying Datang's lack of troops to fight on both sides at the same time. At the same time, Tubo still occupies a favorable location. If you really rush up to face Tubo, they will have nothing to do with jumping and jumping, while Datang will only run a few steps. Everyone has to stop and take a breath, that's like sending someone to kill you.

Most importantly, Zhang Nuo thought, because of his butterfly wings flapping vigorously, Tubo might not have the chance to make any marriage request with Datang at all, and the matter of Princess Wencheng's entry to Tibet would also be gone.

Does this count as changing history?

But in this way, on the other hand, there will be no friendship between Tubo and Datang, so does it have to be done in a serious way?

Zhang Nuo has always believed that between countries, only strength can determine status, and it is time for Tubo to recognize who is the big brother.

Chapter 681 News from Korea

For Zhang Nuo's point of view, Li Shimin undoubtedly agrees very much. Don't look at Li Shimin's one covenant and one brother country, but in fact, whether it is Turkic or Tubo, Li Shimin is very happy to let these people kneel on the ground and call him father.

At the same time, he also likes the feeling of turning other people's land into his own territory.

But at this moment, he was thinking more about how to seize this opportunity.

The two chatted. At present, it is impossible for Cheng Yaojin to be able to attack the plateau. The defense is more than sufficient and the offense is insufficient.

But at the same time, we can't take it lightly. If we really think that there is no big attack on the other side, we will slack off, maybe there will be some troubles.

On this point, Li Shimin repeatedly explained the process to the gold.

But Zhang Nuo stroked the fluffy beard that was gradually growing on his chin, and secretly began to think about it. This nima is always waiting for others to beat him.

It is unrealistic not to say that it will be completely wiped out. Datang does not have the ability, no matter how fast it develops, it will not be able to completely destroy this country on the plateau.

After all, the geographical conditions are there, not only the altitude sickness that ordinary people can't bear, but also the difficulty that Tubo is too poor, and there are few serious roads between the poor mountains and rivers. Marching is simply a nightmare.

Therefore, what Zhang Nuo thought was, could he think of a way to beat Tubo up, preferably once and hurt him so that he knew that going against Datang at this moment was courting death.

As long as Tubo has this idea, he can be stable for a period of time, and Datang can take advantage of this gap to destroy Turks.

After the Turks are destroyed, they will be able to slowly concoct the grandchildren of Tubo.

Li Shimin also agrees with Zhang Nuo's idea, but how to knock Tubo into a fool with one blow is a bit of a question.

At least Cheng Yaojin, who is currently squatting on the big and small Jinchuan side to guard against death, absolutely does not have this ability, so he has to find a way from other places.

At the same time, the Turkic side cannot relax. Two-line warfare and single-line warfare are not the same concept at all. It is really not something that can be experienced with twice the difficulty. It can almost be said to be a contest between different dimensions.

But the Turkic people are hiding in Tibet, and they can't find anyone for a while, so what's the matter?

So after talking for a long time, we went back to the original place. We still have to find the main force of the Turks as soon as possible to defeat them in one fell swoop, and completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the Turks before we can focus on the Tubo side.

However, at this time, they could only wait for the news from Li Jing. Only when they found the Turkic main force, could they really fight against it.

Of course, it would be great if Li Shimin’s spies on the Turkic side could pass on the information. Not to mention completely finding the main assembly point of the Turkic, at least they can figure out the general direction. Then there will be a goal for the investigation, not Search a large area like now.

Of course, none of these things can be done overnight, just wait slowly, anyway, this time it’s not just as simple as taking care of the Turks, Datang also has the meaning of shocking the surrounding area.

Regardless of whether you are Tuyuhun or Tubo, keep your eyes open for us to see clearly, this is the strength of Datang, if you don't want to die, just be honest.

And after drinking and chatting with Li Shimin that day, Zhang Nuo also started his career as a salt fish in the army. Anyway, he practiced martial arts every day, wandered around, and occasionally took Cao Xing out to hunt or something. too chic.

It's not that no one whispered nonsense in Li Shimin's ear, saying that His Royal Highness the King of Qin was farting, but Li Shimin just regarded these people as farting. How about turning around and grabbing credit from me?

My righteous brother has avoided suspicion to this extent because of my merits and reputation, but you idiots still can't see through it, why do you need to talk too much?

Although the group of people under Li Shimin were a bit of a gossip, they just wanted to do what they liked and be a ladder for luck. There was no real conflict with Zhang Nuo.