Vol 2 Chapter 2384: Kanto War
Chapter 2384 The Battle of Kanto
Chapter 2380: The Battle of Kanto
"Ayun, you are so courageous. With a small army, you dare to fight two thousand Japanese troops. If I give you an army of ten thousand, do you dare to attack Tokyo?"
Xue Dingshan complained with a speechless expression. He was also worried about Yue Yun's growing up. It was really not worrying at all.
Not long ago, Yue Yun led a cavalry squad of fifty people to fight head-on against two thousand Japanese troops, and they won the battle. They chased them all the way and captured more than a thousand people.
After the news came out, not to mention the Japanese army, even the Qin army was shocked.
Fifty people against two thousand people? Not only did they win, but they also captured a thousand people. This record was simply outrageous.
You must know that the Japanese troops who fought against the Qin army were not all new recruits. Most of them were veterans, and their combat effectiveness was not weak.
Even the most powerful enemy camp may not be able to defeat an enemy force forty times their size in a frontal battle.
But Yue Yun did it, fighting fifty against two thousand, not only killing one thousand, but also capturing one thousand back, and only suffered five casualties.
When Yue Yun's forty-five men escorted thousands of prisoners of war back to the camp, all the Qin army generals were stunned.
When did those Japanese soldiers, who were fearless of death, become so unwilling to fight? And are these prisoners really Japanese soldiers?
After this incident, the generals of the Qin army also realized that the Japanese army had been frightened by them, and they no longer dared to fight well and sacrifice themselves.
After listening to Xue Dingshan's words, Yue Yun scratched his head and said with a naive smile: "Dingshan, you all think I am stupid, but in fact I am not stupid at all. Even if I have spotted the Japanese army, I have lost all courage and my fighting strength is ten thousand." There was no one left, so I dared to charge the two thousand Japanese troops with fifty cavalry."
For an army, the most important thing is courage.
With courage, you will still dare to draw your sword even if you face an enemy army several times your own.
But he has no courage, even if he is ten times more powerful than the enemy, he does not even have the courage to draw a sword.
In the Great War between Song and Jin, why did the Jin army, with dozens of soldiers, dare to charge at thousands of Song troops? Even chasing thousands of Song troops?
Not because of the previous series of disastrous defeats, the Song army was completely frightened, so when facing the Jin army, they did not dare to resist.
Yue Yun was able to defeat two thousand Japanese troops with fifty cavalry for the same reason. It was not that the Qin army became stronger, but that the Japanese army became weaker.
The Japanese army, which was once fearless and fearless to death, experienced a series of tragic defeats in the Jungma Kingdom, Yuanjiang Kingdom, and Sanhe Kingdom. Their courage was exhausted, and they gradually became numb and cowardly, and even did not dare to resist.
Therefore, even if their strength was forty times that of Yue Yun, this Japanese army did not dare to resist. Instead, they were completely wiped out by Yue Yun's fifty men, creating the most outrageous battle in the Han-Japanese war.
Situations like Yue Yun's cannot be an exception.
Also on the eastern front, Chen Tangzeng led 500 Qin troops to defeat 5,000 Japanese troops head-on.
Lü Bu led an army of 5,000 people and captured a city with 10,000 defenders in just one day.
Zhang He led a thousand Euphorbia soldiers and three thousand Qin troops to defeat two cities in one day and captured more than 10,000 Japanese troops.
As for the Western Front, generals such as Le Yi, Cao GUI, Cao Bin, Sun Ce, and Zhao Yong also defeated the Japanese with fewer and larger numbers, but they were not as exaggerated and extreme as Yue Yun's victory.
Yue Yun was able to win so beautifully. In addition to the Japanese army being completely discouraged, the main reason was that he was lucky enough. The Japanese general he encountered was a weakling.
Xue Dingshan could see the secret here at a glance. He was also envious of Yue Yun's luck, but he was more grateful.
"But even so, it's still too risky for you to do this."
As he said that, Xue Dingshan showed a solemn look and said seriously: "Ayun, have you considered the consequences of what you do if the commander of this Japanese army is not an incompetent person but a general who dares to fight? ?”
Yue Yun couldn't help but be stunned. After thinking for a while, he looked happy and said with a silly smile: "I didn't think about it that much at the time, but luckily I was lucky and met an incompetent Japanese general."
“You were lucky this time. You got me wrong. You won’t be so lucky next time.”
“I’m fine.”
“It’s too late if something happens. You guy, General Zilong is called brave. He is not as bold as you. Can you use your brain before taking action next time?”
“I know, I will definitely not mess around next time.”
Seeing that Yue Yun was not impatient, but he didn't seem to care about what he said, Xue Dingshan knew that he didn't listen at all, but he didn't say anything more.
Concerning Yue Yun's reckless behavior, stupid people are blessed with stupid things, and they can always get things right, which made Xue Dingshan couldn't help but envy his luck.
Xue Dingshan honestly speaking, his strength is weaker than Yue Yun, but his command ability is much stronger than Yue Yun, and Da Qin emphasizes command over Wu Yong.
Yue Yun was injured by the Yamata no Orochi. During the time he was recovering from his injuries, Xue Dingshan was not idle. Instead, he made many meritorious deeds and was promoted in military rank.
Xue Dingshan saw that he was about to catch up with Yue Yun, but as soon as Yue Yun returned from his injury, he immediately made such a great contribution.
It turns out that the gap between the two is widening again.
Thinking of this, Xue Dingshan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, when will he surpass Yue Yun?
While I was thinking wildly, the guards suddenly came to report.
“Two generals, the governor is urgently recruiting.”
“We must discuss the matter of marching into Tokyo, Dingshan, let’s go.”
"Um."
Yue Yun took Xue Dingshan to the main tent, but after checking in, he discovered that although they were not late, they were the last ones to arrive.
As soon as Yue Yun and Xue Dingshan stepped into the tent, everyone's eyes were focused on them, which made both of them feel like they wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
Yue Yun was cheeky and greeted everyone with a playful smile: "Generals, you are here so early. Hey, Uncle Lu, why did you change your halberd? But your Fangtian painted halberd is indeed a little lighter, so change it to a more important one. That’s fine.”
Lu Bu's cheeks twitched slightly and he said calmly: "Get out of here."
please.
Without saying a word, Yue Yun pulled Xue Dingshan and stood at the end of the team.
When the generals saw this, they all laughed.
Zhou Yu couldn't help but laugh.
Yue Yun is indeed reckless, but he is straightforward. In addition, because of his father Yue Fei, all the generals in the army like him, even Lu Bu is no exception.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting. Everyone must have guessed that what is being discussed this time is the matter of entering Tokyo."
At this point, Zhou Yu looked at Guo Jia below and said, "Military advisor, please introduce to everyone the results of the previous battles."
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Guo Jia stood up with his head held high and said loudly: "In these three wars, the Junma Kingdom, the Yuanjiang Kingdom, and the Three Rivers Kingdom, our army suffered a total of 50,000 casualties, including 5,000 Han people and 45,000 Qin Xiejun. The total number of Japanese annihilated The total number of troops was 140,000, of whom 80,000 were killed and 60,000 were captured."
In this month, Oda Nobu lost 200,000 troops. He contracted the front and retreated his troops, losing another 40,000 troops, which was 240,000 troops.
Of the 240,000 troops lost by the Oda family, 140,000 were eaten by the Qin army, and the total number of the Qin army was only 120,000.
On the contrary, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu had a full 200,000, but they only defeated the 100,000-strong army of the Oda family.
This is enough to show that the Qin army in the battle with Nongwei is the protagonist, and the Wei, Song and Wu allied forces, even if they have more troops, are only supporting roles.
After hearing what Guo Jia said, all the generals also nodded secretly.
After this month's battle, the generals only know that the casualties of each army are not small, but the specific extent is not clear, and now they finally have an intuitive concept.
Generally speaking, although the casualties were high, the results were greater, and the fight could still be continued.
At this time, Wang Jian stood up and said: "Grand Governor, now our army has more than 70,000 combatable troops left, but the Oda army retreating to Owari Kingdom has 140,000 troops.
If Oda Nobunaga continues to expand the army regardless of the cost, he can even have an army of 180,000 or even 200,000.
With the power of my Daqin family alone, I am afraid I can't attack Tokyo.
The general believes that the best strategy is to slow down the process and wait for the three armies of Wei, Song, and Wu, as well as the four countries, to jointly attack Tokyo. "
As soon as these words came out, all the generals nodded. After all, judging from the current strength comparison, the Oda family is stronger than the Qin army. The Qin army alone cannot capture Tokyo.
Zhou Yu smiled calmly and said: "What General Wang said is true, but my governor only received the news not long ago that Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu have led their troops to retreat into Tokyo.
At present, there is no obstacle to the way forward for the allied forces of Wei, Song and Wu, and the army has already marched directly towards Tokyo. Therefore, we are urged to advance and meet under the city of Tokyo.
If our army marches as soon as possible, it should be able to reach Tokyo one step ahead of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces and seize the opportunity. "
Wang Jian was surprised when he heard this. He obviously did not expect that there were so many famous generals in the Wei, Song and Wu Kingdoms, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu were allowed to run away.
"If this is the case, our army can indeed march ahead of schedule, but we still need to deal with future problems..." Wang Jian said.
The Qin Army's biggest threat at present is naturally the 150,000 Kwantung Army blocked by Wu Qi's 30,000 troops in Hachioji City.
Although Zhou Yu had full confidence in Wu Qi and believed that he would be able to stop the Kwantung Army, the disadvantage of 30,000 troops against 150,000 troops was indeed too great.
Although Wu Qi has not asked for help so far, it does not mean that he does not have difficulties. It is just that he has temporarily resolved them through his own wisdom.
Previously, Zhou Yu was eager to defeat the Japanese army blocking the front, so he could not provide much assistance to Wu Qi.
Now that the enemy forces in front of the Qin army are completely wiped out, and they can obviously allocate part of their strength to support the Eastern Route Army, they can't just watch Wu Qi fight alone, right?
After listening to Wang Jian's words, all the generals present nodded secretly. They should indeed allocate part of their troops to support Wu Qi's army on the eastern front.
At this moment, the guard suddenly came to report.
“Report...to the Grand Governor, General Wu Qi has sent a battle report.”
“Bring it up quickly.”
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After receiving Wu Qi's battle report, Zhou Yu began to browse through the lines. The further he read, the harder it was to hide the smile on his face, and finally he laughed happily.
“Beautiful, well played.”
With that said, Zhou Yu dropped the battle report and let the generals circulate it one by one, and everyone who read it couldn't help but take a breath.
Fortunately, they were still worried about the Eastern Route Army, fearing that Wu Qi would not be able to stop the 150,000 Kwantung Army. They did not expect that the battle on the Eastern Front would be more beautiful than their Western Front.
Wu Qi built the Eight Princes City into an iron barrel. No matter how fiercely the 150,000 Kwantung Army attacked, it remained still.
The Kwantung Army violently attacked Hachioji Castle for half a month and suffered 30,000 casualties. However, they were unable to shake Hachioji Castle at all, which forced Shibata Katsuie to suspend the offensive.
After the Kwantung Army stopped attacking, Wu Qi discovered a fighter opportunity. He ordered Gao Shun to defend the city on his behalf, but he led his elite troops out of the city to fight, becoming horns with each other.
After Wu Qi left the city, he took advantage of the mobility of the Qin army, as well as the bravery of Huang Zhong and Mi Houwang, and took the initiative to sneak attack before the Japanese army found his traces. He won three battles and three victories.
Wu Qi defeated three Japanese camps one after another and killed more than 20,000 Japanese troops. Then, taking advantage of Shibata Katsuie's lack of time to react, he escaped back to Hachioji City in time, while Shibata Katsuie could only rage outside the city in a helpless manner.
After Wu Qi's attack, only 100,000 of the 150,000 Kwantung Army were left. On the other hand, the Qin Army on the eastern front still had 24,000 troops, and the defense line was still as stable as Mount Tai.
Wu Qi truthfully wrote all of these in the battle report. He also said bluntly that the east line of defense was as stable as Mount Tai and did not require any other support except supplies and food.
The Qin army's 120,000 troops on the western front annihilated 140,000 enemies and suffered 50,000 self-inflicted losses.
The 30,000-strong army on the eastern front destroyed 50,000 enemies and suffered 6,000 self-losses.
In terms of kills and battle damage reports, the Western Front is indeed better than the Eastern Front, but the reason for this is mainly because the Eastern Front is defensive, while the Western Front is offensive.
Although offensive wars are not necessarily more difficult to fight than defensive wars, they will certainly cause far more casualties than defensive wars.
"Since General Wu Qi himself said that the Eastern Defense Line is foolproof and 24,000 troops are enough to hold it, there is no need to send reinforcements. However, we still need to vigorously support the Eastern Front in terms of supplies and food. We must not let the Eastern Front lack supplies. ." Zhou Yu said with a faint smile.
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“Where is General Ju Yi?”
“The end is here.” Ju Yi stood up and clasped his fists in response.
"I heard that the general is good at training troops. I will leave the 60,000 captured Oda troops to you. I must train them within half a month. Next, we will need these surrendered troops to attack Tokyo. ”
“Promise, we will complete the task within half a month.”
Ju Yi responded sonorously and forcefully, his words full of confidence. He is indeed good at training troops. With his training skills, half a month is enough.
Zhou Yu nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Send the order, the whole army will march out, send troops to Tokyo, and destroy the Japanese country."
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Following Zhou Yu's order, the 70,000 Qin troops, who were already ready to go, headed straight for Tokyo.
Seeing this, the cities along the way did not dare to resist, so they took the initiative to open the city and surrender.
The Qin army surrendered four cities and 2,000 surrendered troops without using a single soldier, but they were all too late to evacuate.
(End of this chapter)
