The Lu family of the great eunuchs of the past dynasties has undoubtedly become the strongest of the four surnames of Wu County, the Zhang family and the Gu family are slightly inferior, but there are also talents emerging from generation to generation, the Zhang family has Zhang Cheng as the Taishou of Wu County, and the Gu family has Gu Mi Gu Zhong, all of whom are important ministers of the Jin Dynasty who hold real power, and have once dominated one side.

However, it is undeniable that in the past thirty years, except for one or two occasional appearances of the Lu family, the other three families have basically been insulated from the high-rise and disappeared among the top scholars.

"So inferring from the situation of the Zhu family, it is not possible to make an inch of progress by mastering so many resources, and there may be only one left." Zhao Gao lowered his head and did not raise it, this inference was not what he was thinking about at this time, it was just a conclusion that had already been reached.

"The four surnames are all first-class scholars, and their background is naturally not bad at all, so there is no doubt that their private army is strong, and the biggest problem actually lies in their family master, which is the weakest link among the four major families of Wu County." Fang Jingshu followed the train of thought and came to this conclusion. Zhao Gao's layout obviously has the intention of capturing the thief and capturing the king after smuggling Chen Cang, once the heads of these four families are wiped out at the core, the rest of the matter is to slowly harvest the process of those ownerless strong troops.

And Fang Jingshu, who has a clear idea, also has to admit that although this plan is bold, it is extremely operable and has a very high probability of success. Otherwise, once it confronts the coalition forces of the other three families head-on, with the current strength of the beggar army, even with Zhao Gao's own bonus, the possibility of victory is not great.

"Then why do you want to promise that waste Zhu Yan to become the common head of the four families?" Fang Jingshu obviously looked down on Zhu Yanji, whether it was the rash action in front or the groveling in the future, it proved that this was a waste. This kind of character is also rated D-grade, which is simply a disgrace to the face of the plot character.

"You underestimate Zhu Yan too much." Zhao Gao shook his head, his tone was still as calm as just now, but he still didn't look up, "His personal ability can't be completely denied because of this time, or his ability is not reflected in this aspect, in fact, he is also a talent." ”

Fang Jingshu tilted her head and thought about it carefully, no matter what, she couldn't link the guy who was lying on the ground trembling and couldn't even say a complete sentence with the word talent, but Zhao Gao definitely wouldn't talk nonsense, the rest could only be because of his own stupidity.

This made her a little discouraged.

"If Zhao Fujin is here, I'm afraid he should be able to understand, right?" She couldn't help but think so.

Where would Zhao Gao have expected that his daughter's family's mind would be so complicated. He looked up slightly at Fang Jingshu's frowning brows, and said with a smile: "Think about it, his ability is so poor, but he can sit firmly as the head of the Zhu family for so many years, is there anything else you don't understand?" ”

"Civil War Insider, Outsider War!" Fang Jingshu's intelligence level is A, and she immediately understands it as soon as she mentions it. There are many such people in history, and all their minds are used on the internal friction of conspiracy and power, and once they are externally naïve, they are as naïve as fools. Many people will question how such wastes climbed to such a high position, but they don't know that conspiracy power can actually be seen as a kind of ability.

"That's just one of them. If we motivate him from a high position, he will inevitably exert this aspect of his ability, and his intrigue and the corresponding strength given by the plane will maximize the probability of success. A smile on the corner of Zhao Gao's mouth exposed his dark psychology. As long as the end is achieved, he never cares whether the means are vile or not, unless the adjective "despicable" has an effect on the plan itself.

Zhao Gao's deliberate explanation to her still made Fang Jingshu a little happier, she patted the war horse under her crotch with satisfaction, and while smoothing the horse's mane, she listened to Zhao Gao continue:

"Second, even if we can defeat the four surnames head-on, it will take a lot of time and space, and this process will give the four masters who hold the supremacy of the sea enough time to respond, and then even if we can gain something, it will be greatly reduced, and only by surprise can we get everything we want. Besides, we actually know very little about the four surnames, and we wouldn't know many things if we didn't lead the party. ”

The importance of the leading party is the same in all eras, and Zhu Yan's character and his desire for power, as well as his own status, are the best candidates for this position, Fang Jingshu nodded again unconsciously.

"Third, and most importantly." The smile on Zhao Gao's face did not decrease, this time this strategy of killing three birds with one stone was also a proud work for himself, and it belonged to an occasional flash of inspiration, so he was quite patient to explain, "Although we have made Huan Wen into a battle banner through the war horse, but now is the moment when he wants to usurp the throne and stand on his own, and it is also very important to win the hearts of the people of various forces, so he naturally does not want to fall out with all the Jiangdong clans because of the four surnames of Wu Jun." If we pretend to use the name of the Zhu clan, we will transform this battle from the original dispute between the overseas Chinese clan and the local clan into a struggle within the Jiangdong clan itself. And with such an excuse, whether it is Huan Wen or the Jiangdong Shi clan, they all have steps to step down. ”

Of these three reasons, one is to consider the success rate from a tactical point of view, the other is to consider the post-war gains, and the last is the political impact of the battle.

Zhu Yan, the chief patriarch of the four clans with empty titles, is settled no matter what.

The only pity is that because of the relationship between non-battlefield kills, the quality of the explosive props may be deviated, and the proportion of strategic props will be greatly reduced, but the white bi is slightly flawed, and in order to achieve strategic purposes, this cannot be forced.

"Order the whole army, camp on the spot, and be ready for battle at any time." Looking at the soul fluctuations that Zhang Er had transmitted back through the soul link in front of him, Zhao Gao decisively abandoned the thought that had been hovering in his mind, and prepared with all his might to deal with the next battle.

The 1,500 beggar army lost one-fifth after the last battle, and most of the remaining ones gained an advancement, and the overall level has reached D+; More than half of the 1,000 new troops were lost, and the remaining half basically reached the level of E-level, barely getting out of the status of pure cannon fodder. In terms of pure combat strength, Zhao Gao's battle to eliminate the Zhu family's subordinates can be said to be rising instead of falling, and he already has the military strength that a strong party should have.

But the opponent facing at this time is not like the Zhu family's subordinates, and the Zhang Lu and Gu families who are fighting with Qi are taking out the old and powerful coalition army at this time, and how much inheritance is hidden in it, I am afraid that even they are not completely clear to each other.

No matter from which point of view, Zhao Gao's beggar army is not the opponent of the other party. However, Zhao Gao, who had already decided to fight, was sure of victory, in addition to using this battle to gain hegemony in the sea area, but also to verify a rule, in a sense, the latter is more important than the former.

All of this needs to be decided by the battle that is about to take place.

Right now, Zhao Gao, who had just set up camp on the spot and was next to the coalition army, was not in a hurry, but patiently waited for the coming of this harvest time.

PS: Civil War Insider, Foreign War Outsider.