Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2390 Wu Qi Goes North, Zixu's Traces

As expected, in Yanzhou, when Li Xiang received the news that the war in the south was over, he immediately ordered Wu Qi to lead 200,000 troops north.

At the same time, another 50,000 troops were transferred from Guo Ziyi's troops, totaling 250,000 troops, and they were sent to Liangzhou.

The reason why the north dragged on for so long was to wait for the war in the south to be completely over, not giving Zhu Yuanzhang any chance to turn the tables, and also to avoid any factors that might lead to the situation of taking ninety steps out of a hundred.

Now, the war in the south has finally been completely resolved, although half of Yanzhou in the Central Plains is still in Liu Bei's hands.

But at least, the most powerful force in the Central Plains, the Central Plains overlord Zhao Kuangyin, had disappeared at this time.

Therefore, at this time, it is almost time to say that the Central Plains War and the Southern War have been completely over.

In fact, the Jin army was severely damaged after launching the war in the Central Plains and the war in the South at the same time, facing millions of troops from the Central Plains and the South.

The battle in the Central Plains was not so bad. Except for the battle of Xuzhou, the losses were not great overall and were within an acceptable range.

Although the war in the south ended with the victory of the Jin army, a large number of elite soldiers and generals were lost in the process.

After experiencing the battle in the Central Plains and the battle in the south, the Jin army will have to rest and recuperate for a period of time.

However, although a large number of elite soldiers and generals were lost during the conquest of the south, the result was good after all.

Now, Jing, Yang, Jiao, Yu, Xu, and half of Yanzhou, a total of five and a half states, fell under their control.

Compared with the gains gained from these five and a half states, the losses in the process are worth it.

With these five and a half states, and when the people in these five and a half states have recovered, it will be easy to pacify the three states of Ji, You and Qing in the north.

If nine mines attack one mine, we can crush them just by relying on national strength.

Of course, those people in the north now have their own troubles.

Yuan Shao was the one with the least trouble. His only headache now was the loss of the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

As the most elite cavalry armed force under his command, all of them died in the Battle of Central Plains and the War in the South, which made him unable to sleep well for several days.

Moreover, Yuan Chonghuan, the clan's most famous general, also died in this battle and would never come back, which made Yuan Shao even more distressed.

Yuan Shao's subordinates were already lacking in famous and capable generals. Without Yuan Zonghuan, the clan's top general, the situation became even worse for Yuan Shao.

As for the clan's fierce general Yuan Shen, judging from the information brought back by his people from various sources, it seems that he had broken out of the encirclement and did not die on the spot like Yuan Chonghuan.

However, his life or death is still unknown.

As for Liu Bei, what he was most worried about was of course the battle of Xuzhou in which he and Di Qing both suffered heavy losses, but at this time Li Xiang still deployed his troops and did not leave.

At the same time, their comprehensive defeat in the Central Plains and the southern battlefields also made Liu Bei feel extremely confused about the future of the Han Dynasty. Even though he was tough and could get up from the mud again and again, he would occasionally sigh secretly in the dead of night, not knowing where to go in the future. The most worrying thing for those families in the north is of course the current Qin government. Facing the joint attack of the Li Tang and the Qing forces, the current You Qin can be said to be constantly retreating and at a disadvantage in all battlefields.

At this time, they no longer have the time to pay attention to the affairs of the Central Plains or the South. Unless they get through their own disaster first, they are not qualified to pay attention to the affairs of other people, nor are they qualified to pay attention to the future.

However, for a long time to come, Li Xiang will need to worry more about the southern region.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang controlled the south for many years, especially Yangzhou. The time Zhu Yuanzhang controlled the south was much longer than the time Zhao Kuangyin controlled the Central Plains.

Moreover, the southern area is still too far away from the capital Luoyang.

Originally, the imperial power's control over this place is certainly not as strong as its control over other regions.

Therefore, after dealing with important matters, he will probably have to go to the south to take charge for a while.

In particular, in the battle reports sent by Bai Qi, it seemed that the remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang's forces led by Wu Zixu had not been completely wiped out.

Even this force has not been discovered in Qingzhou.

Li Xiang guessed that there was a high possibility that it was in Yizhou.

According to Chen Shou's "Records of the Three Kingdoms·Wu Zhi·Biography of Sun Quan", Sun Quan heard that there were tens of thousands of people in Yizhou, and that they could be captured to supplement the manpower and expand the army. In the spring of 230, he sent generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to "sail across the sea to seek Yizhou and Chanzhou".

Sun Quan was able to discover Taiwan, and Zhu Yuanzhang had controlled the southern land for so many years. In fact, the navigation capabilities of this period, compared with those of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, had improved a lot for various reasons. It made no sense that Zhu Yuanzhang would not know anything about Taiwan.

Next, Li Xiang also needs to pay attention to this area.

This place is too close to Yangzhou. If the problem is not resolved in time, it will be somewhat of a trouble.

Even for this reason, we should strongly support Qi Jiguang's naval construction in the future.

Zhu Yuanzhang's navy was indeed powerful, not to mention the help of Zhao Kuangyin's navy and Liu Bei's navy in the early stages. During the initial period of the war in the south, Qi Jiguang suffered setbacks everywhere on the Yangtze River.

Even though they had the upper hand, they still suffered defeats one after another.

If Chen Qingzhi had not entered Yangzhou, he would have transferred Zhu Tianpeng's 10,000 troops. Later, because of Zhao Kuangyin's rapid defeat in the Central Plains battlefield, the troops of the Jin army rushed to the Jianghuai battlefield, posing a direct threat to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, forcing Wu Zixu's navy to disperse.

Otherwise, Qi Jiguang would have had no hope of turning the situation around on the Yangtze River.

However, after experiencing so many great battles, the naval forces left by Qi Jiguang were also badly damaged.

Therefore, if the next step is to explore Yizhou and eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang's remaining forces, it is necessary to help Qi Jiguang restore his naval power, or even directly strengthen his naval power.

Fortunately, after taking over the entire southern region, Qi Jiguang's navy will have a natural advantage if it wants to develop.