Vol 2 Chapter 2339: Great victory over Tsushima, landing in Kyushu

Chapter 2339: Great victory over Tsushima, landing in Kyushu

Chapter 2335: Great victory over Tsushima, landing in Kyushu

　　With the power of heaven and earth like a storm, it is simply not something that human beings can withstand.

 Song's fifty warships were all annihilated in the blink of an eye and were completely buried in the sea.

Similarly, the defeated army led by Oda Nobunaga ended up no better than Zhao Sheng.

Most of the Japanese warships, like the Song army that sank, perished in the sea without any resistance.

However, the warship carrying Oda Nobunaga and others, because of the presence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, managed to escape without any danger along the way.

Even Oda Nobunaga and others thought they were doomed on the way. After all, the scale of the storm far exceeded their imagination, but they never expected to make it through alive.

After getting through the storm, Oda Nobunaga turned around and tapped the warships, and found that only five warships had made it out of the rainstorm area, and there were less than 500 people left alive.

In addition, the Maori clan's lord, Mori Takamoto, and the Shimazu clan's lord, Shimazu Yoshihisa, failed to survive the storm and sank in this sea area together with dozens of other warships.

 In other words, in the Battle of Tsushima, the Japanese Allied Forces, which had an army of 70,000 and 900 warships, were left with only more than 400 people and five ships after the war.

 It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire army was annihilated.

After this battle, Japan's naval strength was reduced to seven out of ten, and it had reached the point of being damaged, and it was impossible to recover in a short period of time.

Even if all the remaining naval forces of the eleven Japanese countries were concentrated, they would not be able to compete with any of the Qin and Wu countries.

 In other words, Japan's coastal defense has become ineffective, and the Central Plains Allied Forces can attack wherever they want and whenever they want.

Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin, and Takeda Shingen, who had escaped, obviously knew what this meant. They looked at each other in silence for a while, and they were all confused and frightened by the predicament in the future.

 Uesugi Kenshin was the first to break the silence: "Let's talk about it. What should we do now?"

 The defeat is actually nothing, but this defeat is really too tragic. How can they explain to other big names?

“It’s better to put the blame for the defeat directly on the storm, saying that we fell into the Qin army’s trick and happened to encounter the storm, so the whole army was wiped out.”

Takeda Shingen said, the implication of which was to shirk responsibility, otherwise the prestige of the three of them will be greatly reduced.

 “Inappropriate.”

 Oda Nobunaga’s decisive denial.

Takeda Shingen frowned and asked, "Why is it inappropriate?"

Oda Nobunaga glanced sideways at the other party and said with a speechless expression: "If the people knew that our Japanese allied army was wiped out because of a storm, they would definitely think that this was God helping Qin, so it would be better to admit defeat directly."

After Takeda Shingen heard this, he was immediately speechless.

Because of Shintoism, the Japanese people are extremely superstitious. Let them know that the Japanese army was defeated by the storm, so it is better to admit the defeat directly.

“Let’s tell the truth to the country. The most urgent task now is to send back the news of the defeat first, so that the coastal areas can be prepared to defend.”

Oda Nobunaga sighed lightly. He actually wanted to shirk responsibility, but in this situation it was not easy to even shirk the blame. Admitting defeat was the best way to deal with it.

 Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen glanced at each other and nodded silently.

As the leader of the alliance, Oda Nobunaga is not afraid of taking responsibility, so what do the two deputy leaders have to fear.

“The three daimyo, Otomo, Shimazu, and Uyizaki, all failed to escape this time. They are probably in danger, and they are all daimyo from Kyushu.”

As he spoke, Oda Nobunaga's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "It is very likely that the Qin army will attack Kyushu next, so we must notify these three families as soon as possible and let them choose a new daimyo as soon as possible to stabilize people's hearts. , can we better fight against Da Qin on land."

“That’s right, let’s return to the mainland first.”

After saying that, Kenshin Uesugi turned to look at the rainstorm area behind her. She always felt that the storm was not that simple. It seemed that it was still moving, and the area affected was getting bigger and bigger.

 Uesugi Kenshin's premonition was not wrong. The storm was indeed getting bigger and bigger, and it was moving rapidly to the west. Even the Tsushima Sea hundreds of miles away was affected by the storm.

Had Zhou Yu not been decisive enough and withdrawn quickly enough, hundreds of warships from the Qin and Song Dynasties would have been swallowed up by the storm.

 After withdrawing from the Tsushima battlefield, Zhou Yu saw that the storm area was expanding again and was moving towards the Tsushima sea area, so he ordered the battle to be stopped and the entire army continued to retreat to the south.

At this time, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had not yet been able to annihilate all the enemy forces. There were still many Japanese naval forces who were stubbornly resisting and would rather die than surrender. And there were not a few in number, with about hundreds of warships and nearly ten thousand people.

It would take the coalition forces at most half an hour to wipe out all these die-hard elements, but at this time Zhou Yu ordered the withdrawal, which naturally puzzled many people.

However, when they saw the thick dark clouds in the distance rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the wind speed getting stronger and stronger, all the armies believed Zhou Yu's words and chose to withdraw their troops south in time.

The three kingdoms of Qin, Song and Wu suddenly stopped attacking, which shocked the remaining Japanese troops. They didn't understand why the enemy troops who were sure of victory suddenly stopped fighting.

The Japanese army has been frightened by the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. Since the other party did not take the initiative to attack, they naturally did not dare to provoke them.

Just when the Japanese army thought that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms would attack again, what they saw was that the other side withdrew its troops directly to the south. This made the Japanese army even more confused and did not understand what tricks these Han people were playing.

It was not until the storm approached that the remaining Japanese troops reacted. It turned out that it was because of the storm that the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces suddenly withdrew.

With the approaching storm, the Japanese army naturally did not dare to stay where they were, but the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces had already withdrawn to the safest south. They would also be seeking death if they went south, so they fled to the west or north.

The remaining Japanese troops had been slowed down more than a few seconds, and the scale of the storm was extraordinary. Therefore, even if they escaped for hundreds of sea miles, they were still eroded by the moving storm. In the end, hundreds of warships and nearly 10,000 soldiers were destroyed. All died in the sea.

Hizen Province, in the coastal area of ​​​​the western region, after a large number of warships suddenly appeared, they captured the empty harbor without saying a word. The Shimadzu family defenders had no power to fight back.

This fleet that suddenly appeared was naturally the allied forces of the Qin, Song and Wu kingdoms that quickly withdrew from the Tsushima waters.

 The wind and waves on the sea were so great that even with Zhou Yu's navigation skills, he did not dare to continue floating on the sea, so he decided to build a port and let the fleet stationed in the harbor to avoid the wind and waves, and land on Kyushu Island by the way. Just after the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms captured the Shimazu family's harbor, they observed through a telescope that the previous moving storm area had completely spread across the Tsushima Sea, and was still spreading extremely rapidly.

The strong wind swept the waves and washed away a large number of broken warship wreckage.

Of course, most of the wreckage is from the Japanese state, but some are from the Wu state, and relatively few are from the Qin and Wu states.

After seeing this scene, Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi did not understand that Zhao Sheng's 5,000 naval troops and fifty warships must have been completely destroyed.

Even if Zhou Yu hadn't reacted quickly enough this time, they might have suffered. After all, no matter how fast the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces sailed, they could not spread the storm faster.

At this thought, Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but sweat. Fortunately, they both chose to believe Zhou Yu, otherwise they would have suffered heavy casualties.

 Zhao Sheng, who did not believe in Zhou Yu, had been smashed into meat paste and became the food of fish in the sea.

Zhou Yu looked at the still dense clouds in the distance and said: "The scale of this storm is so worthy. It should not end within a day or two. We should wait until the storm stops before we attack Kyushu Island."

"Gong Jin, thank you very much. If it weren't for you, Wu's 20,000 naval troops might have been wiped out."

Sun Ce grabbed Zhou Yu's hand and thanked him unceasingly. Even Zhao Guangyi, who had been preparing to deceive others, also expressed his gratitude to Zhou Yu without hesitation.

The navy sent by the Song Kingdom was the smallest among the three countries, with only 10,000 sailors and a hundred warships. However, due to Zhao Sheng's personal actions, more than half of them were lost directly to the storm.

The Song Dynasty spent a lot of money to build a navy army of 10,000 people. The number of navy troops was not large in the first place, but it was made worse by Zhao Sheng's wrong choice.

Now there are only 5,000 naval troops left in the Song Dynasty. If we don't hold on to the great Qin Dynasty, the benefits gained from the Japanese conquest will be greatly reduced.

“Captain Zhou, our Song Dynasty suffered heavy casualties this time. I wonder if the captured Japanese warships can be..."

As he said that, Zhao Guangyi showed an extremely bitter smile, the meaning of which was self-evident, that is, he wanted to regain his blood with multiple trophies.

Although Oda Nobunaga ordered that the soldiers were not allowed to surrender, in order to carry the burden on their families, it was obviously impossible for all Japanese soldiers to be loyal and filial, and to risk their own lives for the sake of their families.

There were quite a few Japanese troops who took the initiative to surrender, about fifteen thousand in number, and one hundred and sixty-eight warships.

The reason why Zhao Guangyi is doing so badly now is because he is paying attention to these warships. After all, soldiers can continue to be recruited, but warships cannot be built in a short time, and the cost of building warships is not a small amount. .

 As for whether Zhou Yu will give it? Zhao Guangyi felt that Zhou Yu would definitely give it. After all, Song State also participated in the war, and there was every reason to divide the spoils.

 As for how much Zhou Yu will give? Zhao Guangyi felt that the losses of Qin and Wu were not big, and they might not be able to board the Japanese warships. As long as he suffered miserably, he should be able to win more loot.

Zhou Yu didn't know that Zhao Guangyi was plotting against him. Seeing that Song's losses were more than half, the casualties were indeed the largest among the three kingdoms. In addition, he really looked down on the Japanese warships. Based on their feelings of alliance, he agreed to pay more. Some warships of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed when he saw Zhou Yu agreed and left happily.

When Sun Ce saw Zhao Guangyi's face, the word "dissatisfaction" was almost written on his face.

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Bo Fu, has Zhao Guangyi offended you?"

“He really didn’t offend me, it’s just that I can’t get used to seeing such a villain who treats others behind his back and is double-dealing.” Sun Ce said with an unhappy look on his face.

Zhou Yu was startled, then frowned and asked, "Did something happen on the way here?"

Sun Ce was shocked when he heard this: "Have you guessed all this?"

"Bo Fu, you are not a stingy person, but you are so dissatisfied with Zhao Guangyi. Zhao Guangyi is a smooth person and will not offend you for no reason. However, you have not had any interactions before. Apparently something happened on the way here. That's why you are so dissatisfied with Zhao Guangyi." Zhou Yu analyzed it slowly.

"this…"

Sun Ce fell silent immediately. After hesitating for a while, he still told Zhou Yu that Zhao Guangyi was preparing to deliberately delay his arrival on the way, so that both the Qin army and the Japanese army would suffer losses.

 After listening to Sun Ce's words, Zhou Yu's face instantly turned gloomy.

It's not that he didn't believe what Sun Ce said, but that Zhao Guangyi, a villain, stabbed him behind his back not long ago, but when they met, he looked calm, and pretended to be shameless and wanted more spoils.

 It’s really amazing.

Sun Ce saw Zhou Yu's expression was wrong and said quickly: "Gong Jin, although Zhao Guangyi has done some dirty work, he has not been able to accomplish anything. Now that the four countries are allied to conquer Japan, we are all allies. You cannot destroy the alliance."

Zhou Yu laughed angrily: "Bo Fu, in your mind, am I, Zhou Gongjin, such an ignorant person? Don't worry, I won't take revenge on Zhao Guangyi because of this, but he wants to take advantage of my Da Qin Just forget it’s cheap.”

 The next day, the storm continued. Chen Tang, the Qin Dynasty's top military scholar, had already compiled a casualty report and came to report to Zhou Yu.

“Grand Governor, in the Battle of Tsushima, the total casualties of our coalition forces were less than 10,000, and 93 warships were damaged.

 Among them, the Qin Dynasty suffered a total of 3,323 casualties and 36 warships.

The Song suffered more than 5,500 casualties and fifty-four warships;

Wu suffered more than 400 casualties and destroyed three warships.

As for the exact results of the battle, it is impossible to calculate the exact results due to the storm, but roughly more than 45,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, 15,000 were captured, and 168 warships were captured. It can be said to be a great victory. . "Chen Tang said with excitement.

Zhou Yu nodded with a different expression. With such few casualties, but such results, it can indeed be called a great victory.

Of course, if Zhao Sheng is willing to believe Zhou Yu, the total casualties will be halved, and this battle will naturally be more beautiful.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Sheng sacrificed his own life to lower the overall rating of this battle.

Zhou Yu felt that Chen Tang was too conservative. Those who abandoned the Japanese army and Oda Nobunaga's troops who rushed to the rainstorm area to escape for their lives had an equally slim chance of surviving.

All in all, out of the 70,000 Japanese navy sent to battle, only a few thousand people will be alive after the heavy rain stops, and it may be even less.

Zhou Yu's guess was absolutely correct. The eleven-nation Allied Forces of Japan had a total of 70,000 naval troops. Only more than 400 people actually survived after this battle. It can be said that the entire army was wiped out.

 (End of this chapter)