Vol 2 Chapter 2373: Defeat Takeda, kill Date, and force Uesugi to surrender

Chapter 2373: Defeat Takeda, kill Date, and force Uesugi to surrender

Chapter 2369: Defeat Takeda, kill Date, and force Uesugi to surrender

 What is used in cold weapon warfare? Isn't it just the general's commanding ability, the bravery of the fierce generals, and the overall quality of the soldiers?

 In terms of the commander's command ability, the chief generals of the Uesugi, Takeda, and Date coalition forces, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Genshin, and Date Masamune, were no match for Zhou Yu, Wu Qi, and Wang Jian.

Turning to the quality of the soldiers, after the Qin army recruited a large number of Japanese troops, although its overall combat strength has declined, it is still not something that the three coalition forces can fight against.

The only place where the three coalition forces could compete with the Qin army was that they had five god-of-war generals including Susanoo, but four of them did not say goodbye and left quietly.

After the three coalition forces lost these four God-of-War-level generals, naturally no one could contain Huang Zhong, Mi Houwang, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and other Qin generals. Once they wreaked havoc on the battlefield, the result would naturally be The army was defeated like a mountain.

 The first person to launch an attack was Wu Qi.

Although Takeda Shingen concealed the news of Oyama Tsumi's departure, Wu Qi still noticed the clues, so he decided to order Dianwei to challenge him and test whether Oyama Tsumi was there.

Takeda Shingen's response was almost perfect, but it strengthened Wu Qi's judgment. After all, if Oyama Tsumi was here, he would definitely show up even if he was alive or injured.

Wu Qi seized on this and made a big fuss, spreading rumors that both the Uesugi and Date armies had been defeated, and Oyama Tsumi had become a deserter because of this, in order to undermine the morale of the Takeda army.

The Takeda family's army naturally didn't believe it, but Oyama Tsumi didn't show up, which naturally increased the soldiers' suspicion.

Taken Shingen saw that this was not the solution, so he ordered someone to pretend to be Oyama Tsumi, hoping to dispel the suspicion of the soldiers, but he did not expect that it would be self-defeating.

The counterfeit's acting skills were so poor that he was not like Oyama Tsumi at all, and he was spotted by others at a glance. This aggravated the soldiers' suspicion and also caused the Takeda Army's morale to be turbulent.

Wu Qi saw that Takeda's army was in turmoil, their morale was slipping, and fighter planes had appeared. So on a dark and windy night, Wu Qi decisively led Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and other generals, as well as more than 4,000 elite troops in the army, to conduct a night attack.

　　After two hours of fierce fighting, more than half of Takeda's twenty-four generals were killed or injured, all six of Okinashi's men were killed, all of Takeda's three bombs were killed, and all of Sanada's seven shadows were killed...

 The death of a large number of famous generals made the already turbulent Takeda army's morale even lower, and it was defeated in one fell swoop under Wu Qi's fierce attack.

The army has been defeated, and even Takeda Shingen is unable to recover. He was forced to abandon the camp and flee north in order to make a comeback. Anyway, this is not the first experience for him.

Wu Qi took advantage of the victory and pursued it, killing and capturing a large number of Japanese soldiers along the way. He achieved a cumulative record of killing 15,000 Japanese soldiers and capturing 10,000 Japanese soldiers.

Takeda Shingen had an army of 30,000 when he went on the expedition, but only less than 2,000 fled back. It can be said that he returned in a disastrous defeat.

But Wu Qi was still not ready to let him go. He actually led four thousand Qin troops and tens of thousands of surrender troops, crossed the mountains in one fell swoop, invaded the Takeda family territory, and conquered eight cities in a row.

Takeda Shingen also did not expect that Wu Qi, who had less than 20,000 troops, would dare to attack directly at his doorstep, so he recruited troops again to resist Wu Qi's invasion.

Wu Qi on the northern front, with 5,000 Qin troops, not only defeated Takeda Shingen and nearly wiped out his entire army, but also captured tens of thousands of surrendered troops and captured eight cities. This achievement is not unsplendid.

Wang Jian on the eastern front also accelerated his plan after receiving the news of Wu Qi's victory.

Wu Qi has already invaded Takeda's house. If he was still in the mountains, grinding and grinding with Date Masamune, wouldn't he be outclassed by Wu Qi?

Unlike the back and forth between Takeda Shingen and Wu Qi, Date Masamune, who had an absolute military advantage with 40,000 troops, was beaten by Wang Jian's 5,000 troops throughout the whole process, even if Shina Tobi came to support him. any effect.

 From this we can also see the importance of commander-in-chief.

Takeda Shingen, who is known as the 'No. 1 General of the Warring States Period' and the 'No. 1 Military Strategist of the Warring States Period', has a commanding attribute of up to 97 points. Compared with Wu Qi, the military strategist of the 'Asian Sage', although he is still far behind, he is still qualified to fight. .

Although Date Masamune was also a powerful figure in the Japanese Kingdom, his commander attribute was as high as 95 points, which was still far behind Takeda Shingen, let alone Wang Jian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period in the Central Plains.

The gap between Date Masamune and Wang Jian is too big. The gap of 7 points in commander shows that the two are not in the same rank at all. Therefore, even if Wang Jian only has 5,000 troops in his hands, he can still beat Date around.

 Before every war, Date Masamune was full of confidence, but he always ended up with a disastrous defeat.

Following successive defeats, Date Masamune's 40,000-strong army was reduced to only 25,000. He became fearful of Wang Jian and even wanted to withdraw his troops.

 But if the Date family really withdraws their troops, the pressure on Uesugi Kenshin will be even greater.

After weighing the pros and cons, Date Masamune finally did not withdraw, but he did not dare to fight Wang Jian anymore, so he decided to shrink the front and garrison in place.

 For Date Masamune, as long as he did not continue to lose troops and generals and held back Wang Jian's partial division, it was already the greatest victory.

Date Masamune was obviously frightened by Wang Jian, so he made such a cowardly move when he had the upper hand. However, it was also a mistake, which made many of Wang Jian's plans useless.

No matter how the Qin army yelled and scolded, the Date army just couldn't get out. This also gave Wang Jian a headache. After all, he only had a total of 5,000 troops.

If Date Masamune was determined not to go to war, it would be impossible for Wang Jian to use 5,000 troops to storm the Date family's defense line, right?

Date Masamune was afraid of being beaten, so he gave up, and this fear was aggravated after Shinato Hiko left.

Without Shinato Hiko, Date Masamune was even more afraid to go to war, so he just hung up the battle-free card and refused to go out.

I have to say that although Date Masamune was cowardly, his decision was the right one. If he had not been cowardly, the Date Army would not have been able to persist until now, and would definitely be defeated by Wang Jian before the Takeda Army.

Of course, faced with such an unsolvable problem, Wang Jian also tried hard to think of a way to solve the problem, and he really came up with it.

Date Masamune was afraid of Wang Jian to the core. As long as Wang Jian was still there, he would never dare to fight.

 So after much thought, Wang Jian decided to try a trick of cheating death to induce Date Masamune to fight.

If Wang Jian was no longer around, would Date Masamune still be timid?

Although Wang Jian is not sure, there is no loss if he gives it a try. What if it works?

In order to make his fake death show his family life realistic, Wang Jian also personally participated in the storming, and during the storming, he was "accidentally" hit by a Japanese arrow.

Of course, just like this, there is no way for Date Masamune to be fooled.

Although Date Masamune's military power was not high, he was a talented person with high command, intelligence and political power.

Date Masamune: Commander 95, Force 88, Intelligence 92, Politics 90, Charisma 89;

During the fight with Date Masamune, Wang Jian also realized that the other party was not a fool. It was obviously not easy to fool such a smart man. Therefore, after Wang Jian "accidentally" hit the arrow, the next operation was the top priority.

Wang Jian left everything in the Qin army as it was, and found a soldier who looked similar to him, put on his armor, pretended to be an injured adopted son, and patrolled the entire army on his behalf.

You will definitely not be able to deceive your own people by doing this, but this is precisely Wang Jian's purpose. Only in this way can Date Masamune be fooled.

 After all, after Wang Jian was hit by an arrow, if the Qin army immediately cried in mourning and hoisted a white flag, Date Masamune would doubt the authenticity.

As long as the Qin army continued to remain as it was, but showed a hint of unusualness in its calmness, Date Masamune would figure out on his own that Wang Jian had died unexpectedly, and he would seize this opportunity to actively pursue it.

People are always willing to imagine what they believe, and Ida’s case is no surprise.

Wang Jian cast too great a shadow on Date Masamune. After realizing Wang Jian's unexpected death, Date Masamune naturally would not let go of this opportunity to wash away his shame. However, he still went ahead and did not fight during the day, but chose to fight at night.

 It was another dark and windy night.

Date Masamune led an army of 15,000 people out of the camp, preparing to break through the Qin army camp in one fell swoop and annihilate Wang Jian's troops.

But after he really attacked the Qin camp, Date Masamune found that the camp was empty. With his intelligence attribute of 92 points, he didn't understand what happened after seeing this scene. He must have fallen into Wang Jian's trick again.

"quick…"

Even before the word "withdraw" was uttered, a fire broke out in the camp, and 80% of the Japanese troops were killed in the flames.

Although Date Masamune led a small number of troops to escape, he was ambushed by Wang Jian on his way back to camp and unfortunately died from random arrows.

Wang Jian originally wanted to capture Date Masamune alive, and use him to defraud the Date family's camp, and force the Date family's city guards to surrender.

But now that Date Masamune is dead, the plan to force the Date family to surrender naturally has to be abandoned, but Date Masamune's body can still be used.

Wang Jian asked the soldiers to change into the clothes of the Japanese army, and asked the prisoners of war who had surrendered to the Japanese army to carry the body of Date Masamune back to the camp, claiming that they had encountered an ambush by the Qin army, and the family leader was seriously injured and must be treated as soon as possible.

The guard who stayed at the camp, Ida Shishi, one of the Three Ida Heroes, was shocked when he saw that the person lying on the stretcher was indeed the head of the family. He opened the camp door without much thought and took the initiative to let Wang Jian in. .

The gates of the camp were all opened wide, and what followed was a one-sided massacre of Japanese troops.

What's more, as soon as Wang Jian entered the camp, he announced the death of Date Masamune. This caused the morale of the Date army to plummet, and they were unable to fight against the fierce Qin army.

 After an hour of fighting, nearly 4,000 Japanese troops were killed, and another 6,000 Japanese troops completely lost their will to fight and surrendered to Wang Jian's Qin army.

In this way, Wang Jian led his 5,000-strong army and not only annihilated the invading 40,000 Date family army, but also beheaded the Date Masamune, the head of the Date family.

Except for Date Masamune, all the Four Date Kings were killed in the battle, sixteen of the Twenty-Four Generals of Date were killed in the battle, all seven of the Date's seven generals were killed in the battle, and two of the Three Great Heroes of Date were killed in the battle...

After this battle, the Date family lost more than half of their elites, which can be said to have severely damaged their vitality.

After Wang Jian's victory, he immediately began to reorganize the surrendering army, and then made the same decision as Wu Qi, which was to lead his army to invade the territory of the Ida family.

After learning that the head of the family was killed in battle and the entire 40,000-strong army was destroyed, the ministers in the Date family were shocked, but they quickly elected a new daimyo. He was Date Masamune's legitimate son (second son) Date Tadashi. Zong.

Date Tadamune had just become a daimyo when he received the news that Wang Jian was leading his army. Naturally, he was frightened. After hastily setting up a tomb for his father, he began to recruit troops to fight against the Qin Dynasty.

Both the Takeda family and the Date family were recruiting troops and at the same time moving a large number of troops to the front line, which in turn created a void in the rear.

What neither family expected was that just when they were on the front line against Qin and fighting **** battles with the Qin army, they were attacked by the Ming army in the rear.

At this time, Zhu Di had occupied most of Shikoku Island after experiencing eight battles and annihilating nearly 100,000 coalition forces from the Imagawa Hojo family.

 After that, Zhu Di used coercion and inducement to force the surrender of Imagawa Yoshimoto and Hojo Ujiyasu, completing the unification of Shikoku Island.

After occupying the four countries, Zhu Di set his sights on the richer Honshu Island. After tallying the results of the war, he transported the captured wealth back to the Ming Dynasty while dispatching troops and generals to prepare for landing on Honshu Island.

After receiving the news that the Takeda and Date families were defeated by two partial divisions of the Qin army, and that the troops of the two families were transferred to the front line, Zhu Di decisively decided to attack the Takeda and Date families first. Home is definitely the easiest.

This time Zhu Di did not lead the army personally, but ordered Chang Yuchun to be the chief general and Wang Yanzhang to be the deputy general, leading an army of 20,000 and 30,000 surrendered troops from the Imagawa Hojo family, a total of 50,000 troops. After landing on Honshu Island, the troops Attack the Takeda Date family in two groups.

Most of the troops of the Takeda Date family were on the front line against the Qin army. The rear was already empty of troops and had no defense against the Ming army. How could it possibly stop the Ming army's invasion?

In just seven days, the two families lost one-third of their territory, and this frightened the top leaders of the two families. They all thought that the Ming army who raided the rear was an ally of the Qin army, and there was definitely a conflict between them. It was agreed that one would contain the main force of the two families, while the other would raid the empty rear.

But even so, the two families had no choice. If they did not defeat the Qin army on the front line, they would not dare to send troops back to the rear to support them.

Wu Qi and Wang Jian, Qin generals, have never lost a single battle since they landed in Japan. With the remnant soldiers of the two families defeated, it is simply impossible to defeat them.

However, if Wu Qi and Wang Jian were ignored and the troops were withdrawn directly, once the Qin army pursued them, it would cause a complete rout.

Whether they withdraw their troops or not, it seems to be a desperate situation for the Takeda Date family.

Just when the two families were about to become completely desperate and even wanted to surrender, they found that the Qin army on the front line suddenly withdrew.

Although I don’t know why the Qin army withdrew, since they withdrew, the threat on the front line is no longer there.

Takeda and Date quickly transferred their frontline troops to the rear to resist the onslaught of the Ming army. Their opponents also changed from the Qin army to the Ming army.

There will be another update today, but it may be very late. You don’t need to wait and just watch it tomorrow.

　　

　　

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