Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2233 Wu Zixu Fights Huang Tianxiang
"Today, the combat effectiveness of Wu Zixu's joint navy has been greatly reduced!"

"Originally, this should have been great news!"

"Of course, now that General Qi is defeated, it will be difficult to take advantage of such a good opportunity!" After Bai and Wang met up, Bai Qi couldn't help but sigh.

Even though Bai Qi was a master of military strategy in his time, he was helpless in dealing with the situation on the river!

After all, he has never commanded a naval battle in his life, so you can't expect him to be as proficient in naval battles as on land battles, right?

"This Wu Zixu! In the past, I have heard that he is a famous general in the south!"

"But I never expected that he would be so difficult to deal with!" Wang Jian couldn't help but feel a headache when he talked about this person.

Through this period of confrontation, he has come to understand this man's style of using troops, which is more or less similar to his.

Being pragmatic and focusing on the overall situation, Wang Jian strives to remain invincible, accumulating small advantages into big ones, and thus winning the war. Wu Zixu, on the other hand, waits for the enemy to show weakness while remaining invincible.

"I thought the South was no match for Xu Da!"

"But judging from today's situation, Wu Zixu is probably more difficult to deal with than Xu Da!"

Although Bai Qi had never fought against Wu Zixu, as the commander-in-chief of the south, in this battle, he led all the troops in the south, not just the troops under his command.

Although he did not interfere in the specific command of the battles of the other routes, he must have kept an eye on the situation of the other routes.

Just from the battle report, we can see Wu Zixu's ability.

"Yes, although this person is also known as a famous general in the south, he mostly served in the army as a strategist or was used to govern the local area. That's why his reputation is not as good as the others!" Li Mu sighed.

As far as he knew, when Wu Zixu first came under Zhu Yuanzhang, he did not serve as a general but as a counselor. Moreover, Wu Zixu was one of the most important people involved in Zhu Yuanzhang's initial strategic plan to control the southeast.

At the beginning, Wu Zixu showed his talent as a strategist in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Later, as the contradictions between the South and Xiang Yu and Liu Che, who was still in power at the time, continued to intensify, although Zhu Yuanzhang had a steady stream of core talents under his command, talents like Xu Da were really unsustainable.

It was during that period that Wu Zixu had the opportunity to lead troops, and it was also at that time that he began to gain fame as a famous general.

However, during the period when he had continuous opportunities to lead troops, he would also be pulled by Zhu Yuanzhang to govern local areas.

At least, Wu Zixu had served as the governor of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. Although he did not hold the post for long, his achievements were quite good. However, most of his achievements were taken away by his successors.

After all, every time he had just made some achievements, he was basically pulled back by Zhu Yuanzhang to take charge of the army again, and his successor only needed to follow the instructions and could naturally take the political achievements that originally belonged to Wu Zixu for himself.

Of course, before that, he was also an important leader of the Yangzhou Navy, and even had an indelible contribution to the establishment of the navy under Zhu Yuanzhang. However, on the one hand, the establishment of a navy is not as direct as the results of a war, so at a time when many famous generals emerged, the establishment of the Yangzhou Navy alone could not make him famous.

Secondly, Zhu Tianpeng, Zhu Banjin and others who emerged after Wu Zixu, as well as some local figures in Yangzhou, had made great achievements in the establishment of the navy, and to a certain extent contributed to Wu Zixu's fame.

Therefore, to this day, although Wu Zixu is still a well-known general in the south, and can even be said to be one of the top generals, but at the beginning, people like Bai Qi and others really did not think that Wu Zixu would become such a big stumbling block for them.

Apart from Xu Da, the most famous general in the south who has become famous in recent years, Zhu Di is also a well-known general in the south. His performance has been very impressive in several battles against the Jin army.

During the process of Zhu Yuanzhang's conquest of Xiang Yu and his fight with Liu Che for Jiaozhou, Zhu Di also made continuous contributions.

Otherwise, this person would not have relied on his military achievements to threaten Zhu Biao's position even in this chaotic world.

Among the famous generals in the south, Zhu Di's fame is definitely higher than Wu Zixu.

This does not even include Zhu Yuanzhang as the monarch.

Of course, Bai Qi and Wang Jian did not think that the military combat capabilities of Wu Zixu and others were really better than those of other famous generals in the south. It was just that Wu Zixu was too foolproof. Not only did he have extraordinary ability to command troops in battle, but his strategic ability was also quite terrifying, which was not inferior to his ability to command troops in battle.

Especially not long ago, Wu Zixu actually exposed his fierceness and fought a fierce battle with Huang Tianxiang, a fierce general from Yizhou. Although he did not win in the end, it was only a narrow defeat.

The fierceness Wu Zixu showed when he was on the battlefield also caught Wang Jian off guard. Fortunately, Wang Jian was an extremely stable general. When he took action, he was invincible. Even if there were any accidents, it might cause him trouble, but if he wanted to change the outcome of the war with this accident, it would be more difficult than defeating Bai Qi!

For example, in the Battle of Xuzhou, Chen Qianzhi's group was able to kill Gongsun Yan by surprise, but if the same method was used on Wang Jian, the effectiveness would be questionable!
If you want to defeat someone like Wang Jian, the best way is to far surpass him in terms of hard power.

The hard power that Wu Zixu possessed was certainly not far beyond that of Wang Jian. Therefore, although his own strength was an accident, this accident was far within Wang Jian's tolerance.

The ability to command troops in battle, the ability to make strategic plans, plus the military force that erupted not long ago, it's no wonder that this enemy with almost no weaknesses causes Bai Qi and his men such a headache!
"Two governors!"

"Wu Zixu's deployment has weakened the power of Jingzhou, but it has begun to make up for the gap in Jianghuai!"

"Next, if the soldiers in the Central Plains want to launch a surprise attack on the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, it will be difficult!" Li Mu said worriedly.

"What are you afraid of!"

"Wu Zixu, this guy is really hard to deal with!"

"However, this is to mobilize troops to Jianghuai, which is nothing but an act of self-destruction!" Wang Jian said confidently at this time.

Although Wu Zixu's deployment of troops to Jianghuai did allow Zhu Yuanzhang to stabilize the situation in the overall situation, it was exactly what Wang Jian wanted.

(End of this chapter)