Vol 2 Chapter 2345: Battle of Chikugo

Chapter 2345 The Battle of Zhuhou

Chapter 2341: Battle of Zhuhou

　　When the news of Bungo's great victory came back, Zhou Yu, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Lu Bu and other generals were all stunned and did not react for a long time. When they reacted, they all took a breath of cold air.

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After being shocked, Lu Bu said with a puzzled look on his face: "Wang Jian wiped out an enemy army twice his own three times, and Wang Jian only had 3,000 pathfinders in his hands. How did he do it?"

Zhou Yu didn't expect Wang Jian to be so fierce. It was an unexpected surprise that he defeated six villages in a row. He actually wiped out an enemy army twice his own three times?

 When did the vanguard army exploring the road become so fierce?

After suppressing the shock in his heart, Zhou Yu asked: "To be more detailed, what happened to Wang Jian in Fenhou Kingdom?"

“No, it’s like this. General Wang Jian defeated six villages in a row and invaded Bungo Kingdom. He was encircled and suppressed by Mouri Yuanchun.

The Maori army had three armies, each with 7,000 men and horses. General Wang Jian adopted the strategy of dividing them into groups and defeating them one by one. Through three battles, he completely annihilated all three enemy armies and captured the Maori clan’s famous name Motoharu Moori alive..."

At this point, the messenger soldiers sent back by Wang Jian explained in detail how Wang Jian defeated them one by one.

When they learned that Wang Jian had completely annihilated the left army through a night attack, he immediately ambushed and annihilated the right army. Not only Lu Bu, Xu Huang, Zhang He and other generals, but even Zhou Yu, the governor-general, were shocked. shocked.

 How could Wang Jian grasp the battle situation so accurately?

"What about the third battle? How did Wang Jian fight?"

Zhou Yu asked quickly. He was eager to know how Wang Jian did this.

“In the third battle, General Wang Jian did not use any tricks. Instead, he chose to use three thousand vanguard troops to fight Maori Yuanchun’s ten thousand troops head-on.”

Hearing this, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Gao Shun, Yu Jin and other generals all opened their mouths. They couldn't believe that Wang Jian, who had been constantly scheming before, would adopt such a reckless strategy in this final battle.

Zhou Yu also frowned and asked, "Can you still win like this?"

“Yes, although the Japanese army’s strength is more than three times that of our army, our army’s morale is as high as a rainbow after successive great victories.

Under the command of General Wang Jian, he directly defeated Maori Motoharu's troops with a force of three thousand troops, and pursued them for hundreds of miles until they reached the Kanmon Strait, and then captured Maori Motoharu alive. "

The real Third Battle of Bungo is naturally much more complicated than what the messenger said.

Although Wang Jian was fighting a decisive battle on the surface, after many great victories, the three thousand pathfinder pioneers had developed an invincible potential.

Faced with the Maori army, the Qin army's self-confidence soared, and its combat effectiveness increased by 30% or more.

Although the Maori family had many large soldiers, their fear of the Qin army was further intensified after successive defeats, and their morale was already at its lowest point.

With one thing going down and the other going up, Wang Jian would be sure to defeat an army of 3,000 head-on, let alone an army of 10,000, even if it was 15,000.

In addition, Wang Jian is quite sure that Maori Yuanchun will definitely fight.

Motoharu Motori had only been a daimyo for less than a month, but he had suffered huge defeats one after another. He had lost most of the Motori family in Kyushu, and his prestige had fallen to the bottom.

If Maori Yuanchun has an army of 7,000, but dare not face the 3,000 Qin army head-on, then the Maori family must consider changing their name. After all, such a coward will definitely not be able to save the Maori family.

 So, based on this mentality, even if Maori Motoharu didn't want to fight, he still had to fight Wang Jian head-on for the sake of his daimyo position.

As the leader of the Four Maori Warriors, Maori Yuanchun, who was both wise and brave, naturally knew that since Wang Jian dared to use this tactic this time, he must be sure of victory.

 But Maori Motoharu obviously doesn’t think he will lose. After all, he also has his own secret weapon.

Even though Zhou Yu led his navy to destroy all the ports on the west coast before sending troops to Hizen, the Maori family transferred three thousand cavalry from Honshu Island long before the Battle of Tsushima began.

These three thousand cavalry were Maori Motoharu's secret weapon. He originally wanted to use the cavalry as a trump card to deal with Zhou Yu's main force, but he was forced to a dead end without a pathfinding vanguard, and even had to use this The level of ace.

Mouri Yuanchun's central army originally had 7,000 troops, and with the addition of 3,000 cavalry, it was exactly 10,000 troops.

After making sufficient preparations, Maori Motoharu led 10,000 infantry and cavalry to fight, but Wang Jian was defeated at the beginning of the decisive battle.

Maori Yuanchun originally thought that if he and Wang Jian had fewer soldiers, they would gain an advantage little by little. There would be no shortage of processes such as fighting generals and battle formations, so he specially brought Maori Wuxing, the Four Heavenly Kings of Longzao Temple, and Nizi Qima. Soldiers and many other powerful generals.

What Mao Li Yuanchun never expected was that after the two sides arrived at the battlefield, Wang Jian led his army to cover up and kill them without saying a word.

Motoharu Mouri was naturally not polite about this, and ordered Ryuzoji Takanobu to lead the Four Heavenly Kings of Ryuzoji, Nizi Qimashi and other generals, as well as three thousand cavalry to fight head-on.

The total number of the Qin army was less than 3,000, while the Maori army only had 3,000 cavalry, so Maori Motoharu really couldn't think of any reason to lose, but the subsequent development of the battle far exceeded his expectations.

Although the total number of the Qin army is less than 3,000, there are more than 600 dragon cavalry troops from Hetao cavalry. Their combat power is much stronger than ordinary cavalry, not to mention that they are led by the most powerful Yue Yun, Mi Houwang and Xue Dingshan. .

 Comparatively speaking, the Japanese cavalry was far inferior to the Dragoon Army in terms of war horses, riding skills, harnesses, equipment, and training levels, and its overall combat capability was far worse than that of the Dragoon Army.

Therefore, even if the number of Japanese cavalry was five times that of the dragoon army, and even if it was commanded by Ryuzoji Takanobu, one of the Three Heroes of Kyushu, it was still difficult to reverse the decline and was directly crushed by the six hundred dragoon army.

The 3,000 Japanese cavalrymen were like paper pulp when facing the charge of the dragoons. Yue Yun and Mi Houwang led their troops to directly kill them. After repeated attacks, the Japanese soldiers who were killed were completely discouraged. .

There are actually five of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ryuzoji Temple, namely: Nobukatsu Narimatsu, Masanao Kinoshita, Kenkane Hyakutake, Erikochi Nobunaga, Nobuin Enjoji Temple, and Nizi Qimashi.

There are two super first-class warriors among the five, and three first-class warriors. After activating the combination skill "Four Heavenly Kings", it has been increased to the level of two divine generals and three super first-class warriors.

 However, such a powerful lineup was still defeated by Qin general Mi Houwang alone, and all of them died in Mi Houwang's hands.

The seven horsemen of Nizi are: Magei Kainosuke, Magashisharen, Magawawatari nosuke, Ma Luzai nosuke, Magazukadenosuke, Mashan Shoemon, and Mamohikoemon.

 Among the seven generals, only one is a super-first-rate general, and the other six are all first-rate generals. But with the increase in combined skills, there is also a god-level combat power, and the combat power of six super-first-rate generals.

Even so, Nizi Qimashi was still crushed and died in the hands of Yue Yun and Xue Dingshan.

All the Four Heavenly Kings of Ryuzoji Temple and the Seven Horsemen of Nizi died in the battle, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back for the Japanese army.

Under the repeated penetration of the dragoons, it was difficult for the Japanese cavalry to resist. Now that a large number of generals have died in battle, how can the soldiers at the bottom have the heart to resist? They all turned their horses' heads and chose to run away.

Even Ryuzoji Takanobu, who had a command of 92, could no longer prevent the cavalry from escaping. He could only restrict the cavalry's retreat route and try not to impact the infantry formation in the rear.

Mouri Motoharu was just about to send his troops to cover up the attack, but he never expected that the three thousand cavalry he used as a secret weapon would be directly defeated by six hundred Qin cavalry, and all the Four Heavenly Kings of Ryuzoji Temple and the Seven Horsemen of Nizi were also killed.

 The only good thing is that under the restraint of Ryuzoji Takanobu, the cavalry who fled back did not hit the army in the rear. Seeing that the Qin army's infantry and cavalry had already rushed over, and Maori Yuanchun's hands were full of infantry, it was impossible to retreat, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Maori Yuanchun set up a forest of spears at the forefront of the army, hoping to use the spear array to block the Qin army's cavalry. After all, the Qin army's cavalry was not large in number.

Seeing this, Wang Jian decisively ordered Yue Yun to lead his cavalry to bypass the Japanese army, but he personally led the infantry and fought fiercely with the Japanese army.

With more than 2,000 infantry of the Qin army facing the 8,000 infantry of the Japanese army, logically speaking, they should be at a disadvantage, but the result was exactly the opposite. The Qin army did not suffer any disadvantage.

Just when the two sides were fighting together, Yue Yun's cavalry came from the flank again. Under the attack of infantry and cavalry, Maoli Momothun's troops were severely damaged in one fell swoop.

 Half an hour later, the Japanese army finally couldn't hold it anymore and was directly defeated by the Qin army and began to flee. Motoharu Mouri fled to the Kanmon Strait under the protection of Ryuzoji Takanobu and Moori Gohoho.

After this battle, Maori Motoharu finally understood. Although he didn't want to admit it, his and Wang Jian's commanding abilities were not at the same level at all. No matter how he struggled, it was within the opponent's expectations. Such an opponent was not him. Can handle it.

In addition, the great defeat of Motoharu Motoharu in Bungo has also wiped out the fortunes of the Maori family, and it is no longer possible for the Maori family to hold on to their territory in Kyushu.

Although the Mouri family still has an army of 20,000 in Chikugo country, Motoharu Mouri has been defeated. No one can stop Zhou Yu's 30,000 army anymore. The 100,000 allied troops of the Mouri Otomo family in Chikugo country are probably also in danger. .

Motoharu Mouri no longer cares about the 20,000 troops, or even Kyushu. He just wants to escape back to Honshu to deploy defenses. If Kyushu cannot be defended, Honshu cannot be defended anymore.

Mao Li Yuanchun wanted to escape, but Wang Jian obviously would not let him go easily, so he sent all the cavalry to chase Mao Li Yuanchun alone.

Mouri Yuanchun was chased by generals such as Xue Dingshan and Yue Yun. He was chased all the way from Bungo Kingdom to Bunzen Kingdom. He finally escaped to the opposite strait, only to find that Xue Dingshan had been waiting here for a long time. In the end, he was knocked unconscious by Xue Dingshan and captured alive.

As for Wang Jian, he led Chen Tang, Chen Dao and other generals to pursue and kill the Japanese army in the direction of their retreat. In the end, he killed 9,000 enemies and suffered 700 casualties.

 After adding in the casualties from the previous battle, Wang Jian's 3,000 pathfinding vanguard army was barely left with only 2,000 men.

After listening to what the messenger said, Gao Shun's face was full of admiration: "Awesome, really awesome."

If Gao Shun's trapped camp takes action, he can actually achieve such a result.

 But you must know that the trapped camp is an elite battalion and is the most powerful unit in Da Qin. It is natural to be able to achieve such a record.

And Wang Jian's 3,000 pathfinding vanguard army was nothing more than an ordinary regular army, but it wiped out nearly ten times its opponents. This was even more shocking than the achievement achieved by the trapped camp.

Zhou Yu nodded in agreement: "General Wang Jian defeated six villages in a row and killed more than 7,000 Japanese soldiers. Now he killed more than 23,000 Japanese soldiers in three battles.

Even if the governor personally commanded, he would not be able to do what General Wang Jian did. "

Zhou Yu said this from the bottom of his heart. After all, 3,000 fought against 30,000, and at the expense of 1,000 troops, he almost completely annihilated 30,000 enemy troops, achieving a result of 1 to 30.

 Such an exaggerated achievement, Zhou Yu asked himself that it was still impossible for the time being.

Not just him, even famous generals such as Xue Rengui, Meng Tian, ​​and Huo Qubing could not do this.

In Zhou Yu's impression, the only person who is sure to be able to achieve Wang Jian's level is his master Bai Qi.

As for Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Yue Fei, Han Xin and others, they may or may not be able to do it.

 Zhou Yu didn't know them very well, so he didn't comment much.

"I heard that General Wang's son, Wang Ben, commanded the coalition forces of the Western Regions in the Western Regions and defeated the famous Sui general Yang Su. He was also an incredible general." Yu Jin suddenly said.

"That's not all. Wang Li, the son of Wang Ben, and Wang Xuance, the son of Prime Minister Wang Meng, are also rising stars among the younger generation in the army." Xu Huang said.

“In this case, apart from the prime minister, the Wang family is full of talented generals.” Zhang He said with a surprised look on his face.

"This is not true. When Prime Minister Wang Meng was the governor, he led the army many times and has never been defeated so far." Xu Huang said.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang He was even more surprised.

What kind of family is this, and how can it produce so many generals?

“Unconsciously, the Japanese army in the northeastern part of Kyushu was almost wiped out by General Wang Jian’s vanguard army, while we, the main force, followed behind to clean up the battlefield.”

This time Zhou Yu did not call Wang Jian's unit the "Pathfinder Pioneers", but directly called it the "Pioneer Army". After all, Wang Jian's performance was too powerful, and it was really not appropriate to call Wang Jian's troops the "Pathfinders".

As soon as Zhou Yu said this, all the generals could not help but fall silent.

 Their main force, which is tens of thousands strong, has not received any credit, but three thousand pioneers have stolen the limelight. Naturally, they will feel unhappy and have a desire to compare.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu smiled calmly and said: "The march will speed up next, let the Japanese people know that General Wang Jian is not the only one who can fight in the Qin Dynasty."

 “Nuo.” All the generals shouted in unison.

Following Zhou Yu's order, the main force of the Qin army, 20,000 cavalry and infantry, began to accelerate their march and headed towards Bungo Kingdom at full speed.

Since most of the traps on the way had been cleared by Wang Jian, the main force did not encounter any obstacles. It only took three days to catch up with Wang Jian's troops and successfully reunited in Bungo Kingdom.

After the two armies joined forces, Zhou Yu not only commended Wang Jian in public and made up for his lost troops, but also gave Wang Jian two thousand more troops.

Wang Jian's brilliance this time indeed stole the limelight from Zhou Yu, the governor-general, and put a lot of pressure on him.

If Zhou Yu was the kind of commander with a strong desire for control, he would naturally not allow his subordinates to outshine him, but he was not such a person. The pressure brought by Wang Jian only stimulated his competitive spirit.

 In addition, who is Zhou Yu? As the Prince Consort of the Qin Dynasty and the only Commander-in-Chief of the Navy in the Qin Dynasty, he would not rely on suppressing his subordinates to maintain his authority. How would he be able to control him if word of this spread?

Moreover, Zhou Yu was the commander-in-chief of the four-nation allied force to conquer the Japanese. Wang Jian's victory in the battle was regarded as helping him. If he suppressed Wang Jian, wouldn't he be depriving himself of his own merit?

After Zhou Yu and Wang Jian joined together, 29,000 troops set out from Fenhou Kingdom and penetrated into Zhuhou Kingdom from behind.

 At this point, the Battle of Chikugo officially started.

 (End of this chapter)