Vol 2 Chapter 2372: Defeated like a mountain

Chapter 2372: The army was defeated like a mountain

Chapter 2368: Defeated like a mountain

The Uesugi family defenders in Kasugayama Castle watched the entire battle between Susano'o and Lu Bu. Everyone had great expectations for Susano'o, but the result exceeded everyone's expectations.

In the past, Susano'o was able to fight Lu Bu on an equal footing, but after joining forces with Takemurei and Kagutsuchi, the three strongest generals in Japan joined forces to attack Lu Bu alone. Not only were they unable to kill Lu Bu, Can't even defeat it.

 This is a bit outrageous.

The most important thing is that even if the three generals failed to win together, they were still defeated by Lu Bu before the battle.

After the breakthrough, Lu Bu relied on his own strength to injure all three of them when one was against three.

This is simply outrageous. Open the door to outrageousness. It’s outrageous as hell.

Although Lu Bu was defeated and fled in the end due to exhaustion, strictly speaking, Susano'o and the others actually won this battle, which also allowed Susano'o and others to regain a little dignity.

 But what is the difference between such a victory and a crushing defeat?

What's more, Jian Yulei died under Huang Zhong's arrow while still pursuing.

The defenders in Kasugayama Castle were not blind. Under such a humiliating defeat, no matter how much they tried to defend Susano'o, they could not change the facts and continue to deceive themselves and others.

The undefeated **** of war, Susanoo, was defeated. He was defeated by the Qin army general Lu Bu. It was a three-on-one defeat, and one of them died in the battle.

Under such cruel facts, the morale that had been forcibly raised by Susano'o alone began to collapse across the board.

The morale of the entire city's garrison began to plummet, but the guard general Kakizaki Kageie was frightened, but this was also a bitter fruit he had sown.

In order to boost the morale of the defenders, Kakizaki Keiye packaged Susanoo as the savior of Japan, but now even the savior has been defeated so miserably. What does this make ordinary soldiers think? That must mean there is no hope for Japan.

Kakizaki Keike knew that if the morale problem was not solved, Kasugayama Castle would be captured by the Qin army sooner or later, but he had no choice but to send a message to tell the truth, and at the same time ask Uesugi Kenshin for help.

 Uesugi Kenshin was naturally shocked after receiving the news. Obviously, he did not expect that even with the support of Susano'o and the other three, the situation still failed to improve. To a certain extent, it actually worsened a lot.

The situation at Kasugayama Castle was already precarious. Uesugi Kenshin hadn't thought of a solution yet. He also learned that Takeda and Date's two armies came to support them, but they were blocked by the partial divisions of the Qin army. They were unable to move forward and suffered heavy casualties.

It was at this time that Uesugi Kenshin received another bolt from the blue. The connection between the Uesugi family and the Shinto religion was cut off. No news came from him for three days. This was obviously abnormal.

Even when Kasugayama Castle fell before, Uesugi Kenshin didn't panic at all, but this time she really panicked.

And also panicked were Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeda Shingen and other famous names.

You must know that the top masters of Japan are concentrated in Shintoism. Only with the help of Shintoism can they compete with the Central Plains Allied Forces. If something unexpected happens to Shintoism, Japan's last hope will really be gone.

Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin and other great names, after suppressing the panic in their hearts, sent people to the Shinto Palace to find out the cause, but what they got was a bolt from the blue.

The Shinto Palace has been reduced to ruins, with rotting corpses everywhere. Countless Shinto high-level officials died tragically, including the previous leader and his wife.

 Obviously, the top masters from the Central Plains took action, not only destroying the entire Shinto Palace, but also killing all the top leaders of the Shinto Religion, and annihilating the entire Shinto Religion in just one battle.

 After learning the news, Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin and other daimyo were all dumbfounded, especially Oda Nobunaga.

Uesugi Kenshin and others did not know the reality of Shintoism, but as the husband of Himiko, he knew that in addition to the five major male guardian gods, Shintoism also has four great masters.

No matter what, Oda Nobunaga could not believe that Shinto, which had four great masters, would be wiped out by Han forces overnight.

  No, to be precise, it should be Da Qin.

The four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Wu and Ming combined did not have such strength. Only Great Qin, which had dispatched ten great masters, had such strength and capital. But how could Great Qin send all these masters to Japan?

Oda Nobunaga was indeed right about this. It was indeed impossible for Da Qin to send all the great masters to Japan. After all, the Central Plains needed these masters to be in charge in order to deter those with ulterior motives.

Oda Nobunaga probably couldn't have imagined that Shintoism was actually destroyed by Taiyi. The three great masters sent by the Qin Dynasty, and even Xiang Yu, were just errands throughout the whole process.

“Your Majesty, are we going to announce the news of the extermination of the Shinto sect, or are we going to conceal it?” Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked with a bitter look on his face.

Oda Nobunaga, who was in a state of confusion, suddenly trembled when he heard this.

 Oda Nobunaga has been de-religious since he proclaimed himself emperor, but the resistance was too great and there was nowhere to start.

After many encounters with the wall, Oda Nobunaga knew that for Japan, Shintoism was no longer just a sect, but the belief of the vast majority of Japanese people.

The reason why the Japanese armies in various places can compete with the Han coalition today relies on the bewitchment of Shintoism and the support of doctrinal beliefs.

If the news of the collapse of Shintoism is announced without any warning, it will be no less than directly destroying the faith of Japanese people. It will definitely cause the collapse of many people's faith, resulting in irreversible serious consequences.

 Thinking of the impact that the announcement of the news might have, Oda Nobunaga trembled with fear and said excitedly: "It cannot be announced, it must not be announced. Once it is announced, it will be all over. And..."

As he spoke, two figures appeared in Oda Nobunaga's mind, and he smiled bitterly; "The reason why Yamata no Orochi and Shuten Doji helped was all because of Shintoism. If they knew that Shintoism was exterminated, they would I’m afraid he might just run away.”

Faced with the erosion of the Wei, Song and Wu Kingdoms, it was naturally impossible to defend the Oda family's local garrison in the Western Kingdom alone, so a large amount of territory was lost in a very short period of time.

By the time the reinforcements led by Oda Nobunaga arrived, the Western Country area was basically occupied by Sanguosou, and there was no way to recover.

Oda Nobunaga had anticipated this, but he had already decided to abandon the Nine Kingdoms in the Western Region and defend the remaining territories with all his strength to keep the Wei, Song and Wu Kingdoms out of the Kinki Plain.

The commander-in-chief of the allied forces of the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu learned that Oda Nobunaga had arrived with his troops, and that the reinforcements, plus the local garrison, had reached a total of 150,000 troops, and there were still a large number of reinforcements from all over the country. Not daring to be careless in the slightest, he decisively abandoned the mode of fighting independently and joined forces to fight Oda Nobunaga.

Facing the united coalition forces of Wei, Song and Wu, even though Oda Nobunaga had more troops and occupied a favorable location, he still suffered heavy casualties.

In particular, Wei general Le Yi led 6,000 Wei troops deep into the country and achieved six battles and six victories. He killed nearly 30,000 Japanese troops and captured 30,000 Japanese troops, while suffering less than 1,000 casualties. This made the Oda family The generals were frightened.

 After successive great victories, the allied forces of the Wei, Song and Wu kingdoms fought more and more, while the Oda army fought less and less. They were retreating steadily, losing cities and territory.

 In the end, Oda Nobunaga still failed to hold the door and was invaded by the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces into the Kinki Plain.

The Kinki Plain is flat and almost impossible to defend. After the allied forces of Wei, Song and Wu invaded, it should have been easier. However, the result was exactly the opposite. The ones who caused all this were Yamata no Orochi and Shuten Doji.

　　Yama no Orochi and Shuten Doji were invited by Abe Seimei and Himiko to help the Oda family fight against the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. As the two joined the battle in the Kinki Plains, the battle situation also took an astonishing turn.

With the successive victories of the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu, they inevitably became arrogant and despised the Japanese army. Little did they know that Oda Nobunaga had two more powerful generals under his command.

Oda Nobunaga also took advantage of the underestimation of the coalition forces and took Yamata no Orochi and Shuten Doji to raid the Song army at night. Not only did he annihilate three thousand Song troops, but he also captured the Song general Zhao Yong alive.

 This was also the Oda family's first big victory after the war.

Oda Nobunaga originally wanted to behead Zhao Yong in public, but when he thought that his side still had a large number of uniforms in the hands of the enemy, he did not kill Zhao Yong and planned to exchange prisoners of war after the war situation was relatively stable. The subsequent battle on the Kinki Plains can only be described in two words, that is, wonderful.

Although there were three war gods in the Wei, Song, and Wu coalition forces, Sun Ce, Er Lai, and Yu Rongwang, all three of them were junior war gods with a base of 105. However, Oda Nobunaga had Yamata no Orochi with a base of 107, and Yamata no Orochi with a base of 106. Swallowing boys with wine.

The Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms did not know how powerful Shutun Tongzi was, so they sent Wei general Wei Lai to fight. However, after two hundred rounds of fighting, Eilai was defeated by Shutun Tongzi.

After Elai's defeat, Yu Rongwang took over the battle. Although it took a hundred rounds to defeat the weakened Shuten Doji, he was defeated by Yamata no Orochi.

 The defeat of the two fierce generals also made the coalition realize the strength of the two men, so they no longer insisted on fighting alone, but always fought in groups.

Although the top combat power of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces is not as good as that of the Japanese army, they still have Zhou Tai, Han Qinhu, Ling Tong, Zhang Xutuo, Gao Huaide, Xiahou Dun, Su Quanzhong and many other great generals to assist in the battle. If they attack together, they will not be defeated. .

With Yamata no Orochi and Shuten Doji blocking the fierce Han generals, Oda Nobunaga's pressure was greatly reduced, so he led Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie and many other famous generals to decisively attack, which also caused the Kinki area to be on fire.

The Three Kingdoms Allied Forces and the Oda Army fought many times, with each side winning and losing, and the Kinki War fell into a stalemate.

Oda Nobunaga clearly knew that the Oda family's army could block the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, and Yamata no Orochi and Shuten Doji played the most important role. Without their help, it would have been a completely different situation.

Strictly speaking, Yamata no Orochi and Shuten Doji are not good people. The reason why they help is just because of Shintoism.

Now that the Shinto religion is no longer there, the sword hanging over their heads is gone, and Oda Nobunaga has no way to restrain them.

If the two of them knew the news, Oda Nobunaga felt that the two of them would definitely not continue to wade through this muddy water, and the most likely possibility would be to withdraw directly.

 But the Oda family cannot live without these two people now.

 So naturally we should try our best to block the news from them.

 After listening to Oda Nobunaga's words, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's face became even more bitter.

He naturally knows the consequences of announcing the news, but now that the Shinto Palace has been destroyed, and all the high-level officials have been arrested, it is impossible to completely conceal it, and it will only be exposed sooner or later.

 Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen and Date Masamune also decided to conceal the news like Oda Nobunaga.

 The Uesugi family includes Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.

The Takeda family includes Oyama Tsumi and Ajirui.

 The Date family has Shinato Hiko.

 Once they learn the news that Shintoism has been exterminated, God knows how they will react?

　　Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin and other great names, although they all made the decision to conceal the news, actually they all knew that this matter would be exposed sooner or later.

 But at this point, they had no other choice. They could only hide it for a while, but the speed of exposure was far beyond their expectation.

Have all the top leaders of Shintoism been caught in one fell swoop, without even a single fish slipping through the net?

This is naturally impossible.

One of the three noble sons, Tsukuyomi, was lucky enough to escape and became the only survivor in this catastrophe.

 After escaping, Tsukuyomi immediately went to Kasugayama Castle to find her brother Susanoo, and sneaked into the city without alerting anyone.

 “Onii-chan.”

After seeing Susano'o, Tsukuyomi finally collapsed completely, rushed directly to save Susanoo, and burst into tears.

 Susano'o was naturally extremely surprised by Tsukuyomi's arrival and reaction.

 He loves his sister Tsukuyomi deeply, but her sister does not like him and only has family affection for him.

After noticing his brother's love, Tsukuyomi alienated him intentionally or unintentionally, and never gave him a good look again.

 This naturally shocked Susanoo deeply.

 After turning eighteen, Susana never even touched Tsukuyomi, let alone such an intimate gesture as hugging her.

　Now Tsukuyomi would take the initiative to hug him, which made Susana instinctively feel that something was wrong. Something big must have happened.

 “Naruko, why are you here?” Susanoo asked.

 Tsukuyomi is the name of the god, Tsukiyomi is the real name, and Naruko is Tsukuyomi’s nickname, just like Susanoo’s nickname, only blood relatives would call her that.

Hearing the words, Tsukiyomi stopped crying and raised his head while sobbing, revealing a face that would captivate a country. The tears in his eyes made me pity her even more.

 It’s no wonder that an upright man like Sano cannot resist the charm of his sister Tsukuyomi. It’s not that he is lustful, but that Tsukuyomi is really beautiful. In addition, the relationship between brother and sister will deteriorate after spending time together day and night.

“My mother is dead, my father is also dead, my sister and Seimei were captured alive, and the Shinto religion has been destroyed.” Tsukuyomi cried with tears in his eyes.

"What?"

 Susano'o was immediately shocked.

 Then, Tsukuyomi told Susanoo everything that happened in the Shinto Palace.

 After hearing this, Susano'o's face turned green and white for a while, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

 He really couldn't believe that the Shinto Church was destroyed by one person, but Tsukuyomi couldn't lie to him or tell such a lie, so it must be true.

 In Susan's heart, Shintoism is more important than Japan, but now Shintoism has been destroyed, which also makes him very confused.

Now Susano'o could no longer care about the war. After some thinking, he decided to find a way to rescue his sister Amaterasu, so he left Kasugayama Castle with Kagutsuchi and Tsukuyomi.

 After leaving, Susano'o recruited Oyama Tsumi and Shina Tohiko back. After all, they also needed help to rescue their sister.

What Susano'o didn't know was that his actions had a huge impact on the war situation in Echigo Country.

Without their four god-level warriors, the armies of Uesugi, Takeda, and Date could no longer compete with the Qin army, and were defeated in the subsequent battle.

 (End of this chapter)