Chapter 2338: Great victory against horses, landing in Jiuzhou


    Chapter 2335: A great victory for Ma, landing in Kyushu


    Under the power of heaven and earth such as the storm, it is impossible for human power to resist it.


    The fifty warships of the State of Song were wiped out in a blink of an eye and were completely buried in the sea.


    Similarly, the defeated army led by Oda Nobunaga was not much better than Zhao Sheng.


    Most of the Japanese warships were buried in the sea like the sunken Song army without any resistance.


    But the warship carrying Oda Nobunaga and others escaped the disaster without any danger because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.


    Even Oda Nobunaga and others thought they were dead this time halfway. After all, the scale of the storm was far beyond their imagination, but they never expected to break through alive.


    After experiencing the storm, Oda Nobunaga turned around and gently tapped the warship, and found that only five warships broke through the heavy rain area, and less than five hundred people were still alive.


    In addition, the Maori family''s daimyo Mori Takamoto and the Shimazu family''s daimyo Yoshihisa Shimazu, were unable to survive the storm and sank in this sea area along with dozens of other warships.


    In other words, in the Battle of Tsuma, the Japanese coalition, which had 70,000 troops and 900 warships, only more than 400 people and five ships were left after the war.


    It is no exaggeration to say that the entire army was wiped out.


    After this war, the Japanese navy''s strength was reduced by 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 armies of the 11 countries in Japan were concentrated, they could not compete with any of the Qin and Wu countries.


    In other words, Japan''s coastal defense is ineffective. The Central Plains Japanese coalition forces fight wherever they want, and fight whenever they want.


    Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, who escaped, obviously knew what this meant. They looked at each other speechlessly for a moment, and were all confused and frightened by the dilemma in the future.


    Kenshi Uesugi took the lead in breaking the silence: "Tell me, what should I do now?"


    The defeat in the war is actually nothing, but the defeat in this war is really miserable. How can they explain it to other famous people?


    "It is better to put the blame for defeat directly on the head of the Storm, just say that we were hit by the Qin army''s trick and happened to encounter the Storm, so the entire army was wiped out."


    Takeda Shingen said, "What he implies is to shirk responsibility, otherwise the three of them will definitely reduce their prestige."


    “Inappropriate.”


    Oda Nobunaga''s decisive denial.


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


    Oda Nobunaga glanced at the other party and said speechlessly: "If the people knew that because of a storm, the entire Japanese coalition army was wiped out, they would definitely think that God was helping the Qin Dynasty. It would be better to admit defeat directly."


    After hearing this, Takeda Shingen was speechless.


    Because of Shintoism, the Japanese people are extremely superstitious, so that they know that the Japanese army was defeated by Yu Shengyu, so it is indeed better to admit that they were defeated directly.


    "Let''s make it true to the country. The most urgent task now is to send back the news of the defeat and let the coastal areas be prepared to defend the situation first."


    Oda Nobunaga sighed softly, he actually wanted to shirk responsibility, but now this situation is not easy to even blame. It is better to admit that defeat is the best way to deal with it.


    After seeing Kenshin Uesugi and Shingen Takeda, they nodded silently.


    As the leader of the alliance, Oda Nobunaga is not afraid of taking responsibility. What''s the terrible thing about these two deputy leaders?


    "The three daimyos, Oyto, Shimazu and Oyzaki, were unable to escape this time. It is probably a bad fortune, and they are all daimyos in Kyushu."


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


    "That''s right, then I''ll go back to the mainland first."


    After saying that, Kenshi Uesugi turned his head and looked at the heavy rain area behind her. She always felt that the storm seemed not that simple, and it seemed to be still moving, and the area affected was getting bigger and bigger.


    Kenshi Uesugi had no mistake in his premonition. The storm was indeed getting heavier and heavier, and he moved rapidly towards the West. Even the Tsushima Sea area hundreds of miles away was affected by the storm.


    If Zhou Yu hadn''t been decisive enough and retreated fast enough, hundreds of warships from Qin and Song dynasties would have been swallowed up by the storm.


    After withdrawing from the Tsuma battlefield, Zhou Yu saw that the storm area expanded again and was moving towards the Tsuma sea area, so he ordered the cessation of the battle and the entire army continued to retreat to the south.


    At this time, the Three Kingdoms coalition had not yet been able to annihilate all the enemy troops, and there were still many Japanese navy forces resisting stubbornly and would rather die than surrender. Moreover, there were still a large number of them, with about hundreds of warships and nearly 10,000 people.


    The coalition forces can wipe out all their stubborn elements in at most half an hour, but at this time Zhou Yu ordered the withdrawal of troops, which naturally puzzled many people.


    But when they saw the thick dark clouds in the distance, which were visible to the naked eye, and the wind was getting stronger and stronger, the troops 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 army. They didn''t understand why the enemy troops who were sure to win suddenly stopped fighting.


    The Japanese army was already afraid of being beaten by the Three Kingdoms coalition. 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 Three Kingdoms coalition would attack, they saw that the other party retreated directly to the south, which made the Japanese army even more puzzled and did not understand what tricks these Han people were doing.


    It was not until the storm approached that the remaining Japanese troops realized that it was because of the storm that the Three Kingdoms coalition suddenly withdrew.


    As the storm approaches, the Japanese army naturally dare not stay where they are, but the Three Kingdoms coalition has retreated to the safest south. They will also seek death if they go south, so they fled to the West or the North.


    The remaining Japanese army has slowed down more than one time, and the scale of this storm was extraordinary, so even though they fled hundreds of nautical miles, they were still eroded by the moving storm. In the end, hundreds of warships and nearly 100,000 soldiers were all buried in the sea.


    Haimaeki, a coastal area in the western region, after a large number of warships suddenly appeared, they captured the empty harbor without saying a word, and the Shimazu family defenders had no power to fight back at all.


    The fleet that suddenly appeared was naturally the three-country coalition forces of Qin, Song and Wu that were quickly withdrawn from the Tsushima Sea.


    The wind and waves on the sea were too big. Even with Zhou Yu''s navigation skills, he did not dare to continue floating on the sea. Therefore, he decided to set up a port and let the fleet enter the harbor to avoid the wind and waves, and land on Jiuzhou Island. The Three Kingdoms coalition had just captured the Shimazu family''s harbor and observed through the Chili Mirror that the moving storm area had completely spread across the Tsushima Sea area and was still spreading very rapidly.


    The strong wind swept through the waves and rushed over a large number of broken wreckages of warships.


    Of course, most of the wreckage is from Japan, but some are from Wu, while Qin and Wu are relatively few.


    After seeing this scene, Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi didn’t understand that the five thousand naval troops and fifty warships under Zhao Sheng’s troops must have been wiped out.


    Even if Zhou Yu hadn''t reacted quickly enough this time, they might have suffered. After all, no matter how fast the Three Kingdoms coalition''s speed is, it is not as fast as the storm spreads.


    As soon as this came to mind, Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi couldn''t help but sweat. Fortunately, they both chose to believe Zhou Yu, otherwise there would be heavy casualties.


    Zhao Sheng, who did not believe in Zhou Yu, has been smashed into meat sauce and has become the mouth 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 worth it. It should not end within a day or two. It would be better to wait until the storm stops and attack Kyushu Island."


    "Gongjin, thank you. If it weren''t for you, my 20,000 naval army in Wu might have been wiped out."


    Sun Ce grabbed Zhou Yu''s hand and kept thanking him. Even Zhao Guangyi, who had been preparing to cheat others, was not stingy and grateful to Zhou Yu in his words.


    The naval army sent by the State of Song was the smallest of the Three Kingdoms, with only 10,000 naval army and 100 warships, but due to Zhao Sheng''s personal actions, more than half of them were directly lost due to the storm.


    The State of Song spent a lot of money to form a 10,000 naval army. The number of naval army was not large, but it was even worse because of Zhao Sheng''s wrong choice.


    Now there are only 5,000 naval troops left in the Song State. If the Qin Dynasty is not tightened, the benefits obtained in the Japanese conquest will definitely be greatly reduced.


    "Governor Zhou, our Song State suffered heavy casualties this time. I wonder if the Japanese warships seized were okay, can it be..."


    As he said that, Zhao Guangyi showed an extremely bitter smile, and the meaning was self-evident, which was to want to recover more spoils.


    Although Oda Nobunaga ordered that soldiers would not be allowed to surrender, and to implicate the whole family, it was obvious that all Japanese soldiers were loyal, righteous and filial, and would ignore their lives for their families.


    There are still many Japanese troops who voluntarily surrendered, with about 15,000 people and 168 warships.


    The reason why Zhao Guangyi is now selling miserable is to fight 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 to him. After all, Song State also participated in the war, and there was absolutely no reason to divide the spoils.


    As for how much will Zhou Yu give? Zhao Guangyi felt that the Qin and Wu were not suffering much, and they might not be able to watch Japanese warships. As long as he sells miserable, he should be able to win more spoils.


    Zhou Yu didn''t know that Zhao Guangyi was planning to do something about him. Seeing that Song State suffered more than half of the losses this time, the casualties were indeed the largest among the Three Kingdoms. In addition, he really looked down on the warships of Japan. Based on his allies, he agreed to divide more warships of Song State.


    When Zhao Guangyi saw Zhou Yu agreeing, he was overjoyed and left with joy.


    When Sun Ce saw Zhao Guangyi''s face, he almost wrote the word "dissatisfied" on his face.


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


    "He did not offend me, but I just couldn''t stand this kind of villain who was behind the scenes and had two sides." Sun Ce said with an unhappy look on his face.


    Zhou Yu was stunned, then frowned and asked, "Is there something happening on the way here?"


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


    "Bo Fu, you are not a stingy person, but you are so dissatisfied with Zhao Guangyi. Zhao Guangyi is also a slick person. You will definitely not offend you for no reason. But you have never had any intersection before. Obviously, what happened on the way when you came, so you are so dissatisfied with Zhao Guangyi." Zhou Yu analyzed slowly.


    "this…"


    Sun Ce was silent immediately. After hesitating for a while, he still told Zhou Yu that Zhao Guangyi was planning to deliberately delay the arrival of time and let both the Qin army and the Japanese army suffer losses.


    After hearing Sun Ce''s words, Zhou Yu''s face suddenly became 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 after meeting him, he looked calm and thought he was very proud of selling miserable things.


    It''s really amazing.


    Seeing that Zhou Yu''s expression was wrong, Sun Ce hurriedly said, "Gongjin, although Zhao Guangyi was insulting, he had not succeeded. Now that the four-nation coalition forces conquer the Japanese, everyone is an allies, you can''t destroy the alliance."


    Zhou Yu was so angry that he laughed: "Bo Fu, in your heart, is Zhou Gongjin so ignorant? Don''t worry, I won''t take revenge on Zhao Guangyi because of this, but he wants to take advantage of me, Daqin, so forget it."


    The next day, the storm continued. Chen Tang, the top scholar in the Qin Dynasty, had already recorded the casualties and came to report to Zhou Yu.


    "Grandmaster, in the battle against Ma Hai, our coalition forces suffered less than 10,000 casualties, and 93 warships were damaged.


    Among them, a total of 3,323 soldiers were killed and killed in the Qin Dynasty and 36 warships were damaged.


    More than 5,500 casualties from the Song State, damaged 54 warships;


    More than 400 soldiers were killed and killed in the Wu State, and three warships were damaged.


    As for the exact results, due to the storm, it is impossible to count them in detail, but the number of Japanese troops killed roughly 45,000, captured 15,000, and seized 168 warships. This is a great victory. Chen Tang said excitedly.


    Zhou Yu nodded in different moods. Such few casualties, but such results were achieved, which can be regarded as a great victory.


    Of course, if Zhao Sheng was willing to believe Zhou Yu, the total casualties would be reduced by half, and this battle would naturally be even more beautiful.


    To be honest, Zhao Sheng used his life to lower the overall score of this battle.


    Zhou Yu felt that Chen Tang was still too conservative. The possibility of those Oda Nobunaga''s troops who were abandoned by the Japanese army and rushing to the heavy rain area to escape, was also slim.


    In short, the 70,000 naval troops in Japan who fought were only a few thousand people who could survive after the heavy rain stopped, and there might be even fewer.


    Zhou Yu was right at all. The 11-nation coalition of Japan, with a total of 70,000 naval forces, only more than 400 people survived after this battle, which can be said to be annihilated.


    (This chapter ends)