Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2387: Jiangdong's Four Great Families, Wu Qi is worried about Yuan Meng

Therefore, after the Battle of Jiangxia, Bai Qi asked Wang Jian to coordinate the Jianghuai battlefield and realize his multi-line crossing plan.

Sure enough, Wu Zixu's naval forces were greatly dispersed, which also laid the groundwork for the success of the subsequent crossing of the river campaign.

No matter how powerful the navy of the South was, facing the multi-line attack of the Jin army, they were forced to divide their forces, which was destined to give Qi Jiguang the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

The period of inactivity was also the time for Bai Qi to reorganize the troops.

As for Wu Qi, he made the same move after the Battle of Jiaozhou.

However, Yang Su's troops were still in a state of warfare and had no chance to adjust.

In addition, although Wu Qi was in an overall favorable situation after entering Yangzhou, the loss of troops was not great.

However, after he let Chang Yuchun lead the troops into Jingzhou, under Zhu Yuanzhang's dying counterattack, the casualties in that battle, although not severe, were still not small.

Therefore, now, Bai Qi's unit is now in the best condition.

After a short period of adjustment, they can be pulled to the new battlefield as quickly as possible.

Wu Qi's troops, excluding Yang Su's troops, were in slightly worse condition, but were second only to Bai Qi's troops. If they were to be mobilized, it would not be a big problem either.

Among Guo Ziyi's troops, his part was in the worst condition.

The battle in Jianghuai was much more brutal in the early stages than the almost one-sided situation after Wu Qi and his men arrived in Yangzhou.

Shouchun has always been at the forefront of the Jianghuai battlefield, but it was the last place to be captured on the Jianghuai battlefield.

The tug-of-war led by Shouchun caused heavy losses to all participating units.

Therefore, the focus of the few of them now is mainly on the two parts of Bai Qi and Wu Qi's troops. With these two parts of troops as the center, they are preparing to pull out a force that can be pulled to the north.

Of course, while waiting for Li Xiang's order and organizing an army, Wu Qi, Bai Qi and Guo Ziyi also had to deal with the mess in Yangzhou.

However, in this regard, it is mainly Wu Qi and Guo Ziyi. In some issues, Bai Qi is indeed not as good as these two people.

As soon as Nanjing fell and the war in the south ended, many people from the big and small families in Jiangdong came to visit, even before Wu Qi and Guo Ziyi and their companions had time to drink a sip of hot tea after they arrived.

Of course, the main focus was on visiting Wu Qi, and no one had the courage to visit Guo Ziyi.

Because of the Jianghuai War, Guo Ziyi's image was completely fixed in the minds of people in Jiangdong. They dared not easily contact such a butcher-level figure.

In comparison, Wu Qi is easier to talk to.

When he was in Jiaozhou, although Wu Qi also used force, it was only against Zhu Yuanzhang's diehards like the Song family in Jiaozhou. In general, the force was not fierce, but was mainly used to serve as a deterrent, so as to better win the hearts of other people in Jiaozhou and restore order in Jiaozhou as soon as possible.

Although Bai Qi was the first one to enter Nanjing City, Wu Qi and Guo Ziyi arrived later.

However, when they went to visit Bai Qi before, they didn't even see Bai Qi at all, and Bai Qi simply found an excuse to send them back.

Therefore, they could only find another way to break through. As for these Jiangdong families, among all the families in the Jiangdong area, the top ones are naturally the four major families in Jiangdong.

However, after experiencing this war in the south, the so-called four major families of Jiangdong have become nothing more than a name.

There are four major families, namely Lu, Zhu, Gu and Zhang. Among them, the Zhu family is Zhu Yuanzhang's main family. Naturally, they suffered the most serious damage in this war in the south. The most important group of figures are basically gone now.

The remaining ones were only a few cats and cats, most of which were imprisoned by the Jin army, waiting to be dealt with by Li Xiang. Only a small number of them were still on the run, waiting to be caught and brought to justice.

The power of the four major families in Jiangdong during this period was far less than their power in the late Eastern Han Dynasty in the original historical trajectory.

In the early days of Zhu Yuanzhang, he grew and prospered entirely by sucking the blood of the four major families in Jiangdong.

Afterwards, in order to balance the power of the four major families in Jiangdong, he vigorously supported external forces. Huan Wen's family was one of the beneficiaries of Zhu Yuanzhang's policy.

Therefore, the family that was originally the most powerful family in Jiangdong is now in name only!

As for the Lu family, this is also a generation with many talented people.

But it was precisely because of the emergence of such talented people that he was later highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang. Not only did he escape the embarrassing situation of being drained of blood by Zhu Yuanzhang, but his strength was also improved to a certain extent.

At its peak, apart from the Zhu family, theirs was the only family in the entire Jiangdong.

But it was precisely because they were too closely tied to Zhu Yuanzhang that they also suffered a huge blow in this southern war. Now, they are already in a state of existence in name only in Jiangdong.

On the other hand, the remaining two families had been declining in strength over the years. The so-called Four Major Families of Jiangdong had been gradually widening the gap since that period.

But precisely because of this, as their presence in Zhu Yuanzhang's forces became increasingly weak, these two families did not suffer as heavy losses as the other two families in the war in the south.

At this stage, whether from the perspective of Wu Qi himself or the overall wishes of the Jin army, they naturally want stability.

After all, the Yuan Mongols in the north are still a big problem.

The Yuan Mongols marched south with the whole country's strength and launched a war simultaneously on the borders of the four states of Binghe, Liangxi and He.

Among them, the Liangzhou battlefield and the Xizhou battlefield were the main battlefields for both sides. As for Bingzhou and Hezhou, their main purpose was to contain the enemy.

Even though Wu Qi was not in the north at this time, one can imagine the difficulties the north was facing at this moment.

At the same time, the Central Plains War and the Southern War were launched, squeezing the Jin army's strength to the extreme.

Fortunately, now that they have finally witnessed the complete end of the southern battlefield, their military strength can be eased.

At this time, even if they only consider the battlefield in the north, it will naturally be beneficial for them if the newly conquered southern land, and even the Central Plains, can be stabilized as soon as possible.

If stability is desired, relying on the support of these local forces is naturally the fastest way.

It was also because of this that Wu Qi generously received people from aristocratic families who came to visit him from all over the south.