Chapter 2345 Attacking Wu Qi
Chapter 2342: Attacking Wu Qi
The news that the Maori family''s 30,000 troops were completely wiped out by Wang Jian and 3,000 Qin troops, and even Daime was captured alive was reported back to the Tuohou by Takanobu Ryuzoji who escaped by chance.
After the disastrous defeat of Toyoko, Ryuzoji Takanobu and Maori Go were responsible for escorting Mori Motoku to escape to the Guanmen Strait.
In order to resist the Qin army''s pursuit, Ryuzoji Takanobu led the remaining cavalry, leaving behind the Maori Motokura and faced Chen Dao who was catching up with him.
Ryuzaoji Takanobu: Commander 93, Force 98 (+2), Intelligence 82, Politics 65, Charm 74;
Ryuzoji Takanobu, Otomo Sorin and Shimazu Yoshihiro are known as the "Three Heroes of Kyushu" and are famous brave generals in Kyushu.
Although Ryuzoji Takanobu did not play any role in the Battle of Fenghou, it was because his opponent was too strong.
Faced with the peerless commander like Wang Jian and the charge of two war god-level generals, Oda Nobunaga would kneel down even when he came, let alone Ryuzoji Takanobu, but this does not mean that he is an incompetent general.
This time, the rear end of Maori Tomohiro, Ryuzoji Takanobu was determined to die and even planned to die with the Qin generals who chased him, but he did not expect that Yue Yun and Mi Houwang went directly to Tsuma Haisha, and the only one who chased him was Chen Dao, the opponent who was close to him.
Chen Dao''s force is 99 (+2), Ryuzoji Takanobu''s force is 98 (+2), and the force between the two is only a little different, so there are naturally some fights in this battle.
The two fought for eighty rounds, and Chen Dao finally gained the upper hand. Just as he was about to win, Takanobu Ryuzoji saw that his soldiers were about to be killed by the Qin army, so he decisively chose to escape into the mountains and escape.
In the end, Ryuzoji Takanobu escaped by chance, but Mori Motoharu was captured alive.
The commander of the Maori family in the Maori family, who was as famous as Maori Motoku, almost fainted after learning that his brother was defeated and captured.
Kobayashikawa Takake, whose original name was Takakeke Mori, was the third son of Mori Motozumi, but he was adopted by Takehara Kobayashikawa as his adopted son, and this was done to allow him to inherit the Kobayashikawa family.
If Mori Moto was not dead, Mori Moto Kazuka would also be adopted by the Yoshikawa family as adopted son, and changed his name to Mori Yoshikawa, and eventually inherited the Yoshikawa family.
But before he had time to adopt, Maori Yuan died in the Central Plains, so Maori Yuanshu naturally did not need to change his surname.
Mori Motoharu was not adopted, so he became the new daimyo of the Maori family after Mori Motoharu''s death. However, Takake Kobayakawa had been adopted long ago, so in a strict sense, he had long lost the qualification to inherit the Maori family.
But after all, Takake Kobayakawa is the son of Mori Motozumi, the younger brother of Mori Takamoto and Mori Motoharu. The Maori family lost three daimyos in two years and has reached the verge of a destruction of the country. How could he not worry about this?
Not only Takake Kobayakawa, but also the head of the Otomo family, Taki Hanamichi Yuki, and the famous general Takahashi Shaoyun, were also filled with despair after learning that Mori Motoku was defeated and captured.
After all, if Mori Motochun could not stop Zhou Yu, then Zhou Yu''s 30,000 troops would detour behind him and launch an attack directly from behind the Chuhou Kingdom.
Although the Otomo family and the Maori family coalition had a large army of 100,000 in the Chihou Kingdom and its troops were far above the Qin and Wei coalition, what made Li Hanamichi Xue had to admit was that he was still no match for the 40,000 Qin and Wei coalition forces.
After learning that Zhou Yu divided his troops to fight, Daoxue Likan thought that before Zhou Yu went to Fenghou Kingdom, he would defeat the 40,000 enemy troops on the other side first, but all failed without exception.
The Qin and Wei coalition forces emerged in many talented people, not only brave generals like Zhao Yun and Elai, but also smart generals like Wu Qi and Le Yi, and also think tanks like Guo Jia.
Li Hanamichi planned three counterattacks, but they were attacked by the opponent every time.
For the first time, Li Hua Daoxue led a five thousand army to prepare to attack a camp with two thousand Qin troops at night, and the Qin generals in this camp were Wu Qi, who was not famous.
But after entering the camp, Li Huadaoxue discovered that this was an empty camp, and then a large fire was ignited and turned into a fire camp. Only less than 500 Japanese troops were left to return alive.
The second time, Li Hua Daoxue was preparing to surround the site to attack the aid. He first sent troops to surround the new camp established by Wu Qi, and then ambushed him to support the Qin army.
But what Lihua Daoxue didn''t expect was that the Qin army did not send troops to support him, so he decided to forcibly break through Wu Qi''s camp, but he didn''t expect that this camp was harder to fight than a city.
Lihua Daoxue attacked for three consecutive days and lost more than 4,000 troops, but still could not break through the camp. Seeing that the reinforcements of the Qin army were really coming, she had no choice but to withdraw her troops.
After suffering two major losses in succession from Wu Qi, Daoxue of Likan also realized Wu Qi''s strength, so she decided to pick a soft persimmon for the third time and send troops to target the Wei army.
For the third time, Lekaidao Xue and Takahashi Shaoyun each led 5,000 elite troops to ambush Le Yi''s five thousand troops, but they were discovered by Le Yi. After a fierce battle, they were defeated by the five thousand Wei troops, causing heavy losses.
Lenaga Daoxue''s three counterattacks not only did not achieve any results, but also paid a huge price for himself, which made him think that someone around him was an undercover agent of the enemy.
But the fact is that he made a temporary decision, and no one except him knew about it.
Li Hua Daoxue understood that although he had a lot of troops, he was just a large number of people. The Qin and Wei coalition forces were not only strong, but also had a strong army, but also had a hidden dragon. He was really not an opponent.
Li Hanamichi was afraid of being plotted by the Qin and Wei coalition forces, and he did not dare to provoke the coalition forces any more. After all, even if he fought, he could not defeat them. He could only hope for Maori Yuanchun, hoping that he could block Zhou Yu''s army.
But what Takika Daoxue never expected was that Maori Motochun, a hero who was regarded as a great enemy, was defeated much worse than him. He was not even killed by Wang Jian''s three thousand road exploration pioneers without even facing Zhou Yu''s main force last year.
Why did the Maori family choose Mori Motokura to serve as the new daimyo? Isn’t it just that Mori Motokura is both versatile and civil and military abilities?
The former Mori Motoharu was indeed powerful, and his ability to command the army was no weaker than that of Tachibana Suki. With the cooperation with Takanobu Ryuzoji, Takai Kozakikawa and others, he also defeated Tachibana Suki, who was worthy of being a famous general.
But such a famous general, who had more than ten times the enemy''s strength, was completely wiped out by the three thousand road exploration vanguards, which shocked and confused Rika Doyuxue.
During the civil war, wasn’t Maori Motokura quite awesome? Why did you become so weak when you face foreign enemies? It seems that I overestimated him, but I was so bad that you made me miserable.
Li Hanamichi Snow cursed Maori Mori''s teammates, but now that''s it, it''s useless to curse him, so he can only find a way to remedy it.
The largest plain area on Kyushu Island is in Feiqian Kingdom, Zhuhou Kingdom and Fenghou Kingdom.
The snow of Lihua Daoxue also relies on cities, mountains and rivers, and has an army of 100,000 to barely block the Western Qin and Wei coalition forces.
Now Zhou Yu''s 30,000 troops have detoured from Feiqian Kingdom to Fenghou Kingdom. As long as he crosses the Jiuchong Mountains, he will be a plain area with a flat horse and directly attacks from the rear. At that time, Lihuadao Xue can''t even escape even if he wants to.
As soon as he thought of this, Shirakado Yuki immediately shivered, so he quickly summoned Takahashi Shaoyun, Kobayakawa Takai and other generals to discuss where to go.
"Empress Feng was defeated, and the 30,000 Maori family army was wiped out. The daimyo Maori Motochun was captured, and Zhou Yu''s army was about to come from behind soon."
Lihua Daxue looked at the generals below and said with a serious look on her face: "Tell me, what should I do next?"
If I had heard this news before, the generals of the Otomo family would have laughed at the Maori family. After all, the Otomo family and the Maori family are mortal enemies, but now both families have a common enemy, that is, the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
The Maori family''s army was wiped out and Daimai was captured alive. Then the doomsday of the Otomo family would not be too far away. In the face of the sadness of the rabbit and the fox, they would naturally not laugh at the Maori family.
Seeing that no one spoke, Tachibana Daoxue''s face also became a little ugly.
But at this moment, Kobayakawa Takai stood up and said seriously: "If you stay and continue to defend the enemy, you will only be attacked by the Qin and Wei coalition forces on both sides, and you will be extremely likely to be in annihilated situation.
So, it’s better to withdraw your troops as soon as possible, give up the Buhou Kingdom and Beifei Houguo, retreat to Nanfei Houguo, and rely on the mountains to continue to resist. ”
[Dingdong, Kobayakawa Takai skill ‘Plan’ effect 1 is activated, intelligence +3;
Takake Kobayakawa: Commander 94, force 80, intelligence 95, politics 90, charm 77;
Currently, Kobayakawa Takai''s intelligence has risen to 98;]
I have to say that Kobayakawa Takai is worthy of being the son of Motozuma Motozuma. Both father and son have the same skills and both have the same "scheming general".
Kobayakawa Takai''s vision is still very accurate. He knew that if he continued to resist, it would only end up being wiped out by the entire army, so he directly proposed to withdraw his troops.
At present, for the Otomo Maori coalition, withdrawing the troops is indeed the only way. After all, if you are really attacked from both sides, it will only be a situation of defeat.
But such a correct decision was unanimously opposed by the generals of the Otomo family, and some even jumped out and scolded Kobayakawa Takai for his ulterior motives.
Why did the Otomo family unanimously object?
The reason is very simple.
16 cities including the village city castle, the Sefukuji Castle, the town sky castle, the Eagle tail castle, the Yamashita Castle, and the Citizen Castle, as well as the capital of the Otomo family, are all located in the areas of Chigoku and Beikai Hoku.
These cities are all located in plains with almost no danger to defend. The walls of Japan are generally low and it is impossible to block the Qin army''s catapults and siege crossbows.
Once the troops are withdrawn, it means that the Oto family will abandon these areas and will lose 70% of its land and population.
Maybe I will never come back in the future and can only stay in the poor Nanfei Houguo. What is the difference between this and the destruction of the country?
It is obviously impossible for the Otomo family to accept this.
Dao Xue originally wanted to retreat, but after all, she really couldn''t beat her, but when she saw so many people opposed it, he hesitated.
"You have to think about it. Now that Zhou Yu''s army has not crossed the Jiushan Mountains, we still have a chance to withdraw, but once Zhou Yu crossed the Jiushan Mountains, the next step is to have a flat mountain. At that time, we can''t even withdraw even if we want to." Kobayakawa Takai said.
As soon as this statement came out, all the generals who had just cursed were silent all at once.
Seeing this, Kobayakawa Takai continued: "The army of Otomo Maori and the two families in the throne are already the last force of Kitakyushu. If the casualties are too large, or if they are annihilated by the Qin and Wei coalition forces, Kitakyushu will have no force to resist the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
Oda Guestan and other daimyos in the present will never sit idly by and watch the Central Plains coalition occupy Kyushu, and will definitely form a coalition to recover Kyushu.
But if our army suffers too much, even if our state coalition forces defeat the Central Plains Army, the Jiuzhou will not belong to us in the future, but will be divided up by the various countries in this state.
At present, for us, preserving our strength and waiting for the army in our province to come to aid is the best way to fight against the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
Emperor Ying Hao of Qin once said: If the land is left and the people are lost, the people are lost, and if the people are lost, the people are lost, the people are lost, and the people are lost.
You, think about it carefully. ”
Kobayakawa Takai''s words were as deafening as thunder for the Otomo family.
Yes, they always thought that the enemy only had Han coalition forces, but they ignored that the countries in this state were not good things.
If the casualties are too great, it will be impossible for the coalition forces of this state to return the territory to them after they recovered the Jiuzhou.
Seeing that no one objected, Xue Li Hanamichi couldn''t help but relax and ordered: "Since that''s the case, I will give up the order of the general and the Northern Feihou Kingdom, and the entire army retreated to the Southern Feihou Kingdom."
“Hay.”
Since Xue Tachibana decided to save people and lose land, she must implement it to the end. She immediately sent a message to Ototo Haruhei of Yanagawa Castle and asked her to transfer food, grass, weapons and other materials to the Minami Hiragoku Kingdom, as well as the families of the generals in the army.
Hyeon Otomoto ascended the throne shortly after he was called Daming, but the real power of the Otomo family is basically in the hands of Daming Xue. He was able to take the position of Daming with the support of Daming Xue, so it is naturally impossible to oppose Daming''s decision.
According to Tachibana Yuki''s instructions, Ototo Haruhei transferred the supplies of the North Hiroko to the South Hiroko as much as possible, and transferred the senior management and his own family members to the South Hiroko, but he himself stayed in Yanagawa Castle and vowed to live and die with the South Hiroko.
At the same time, Tachibana Dao Xue left his adopted son, Tachibana Somama led an army of 20,000 to stay in place to cut off the rear, while he himself led a 60,000 army to begin to retreat.
But what Lekai Daoxue never expected was that Wu Qi and Guo Jia had long guessed that he would take the opportunity to retreat, so he was prepared to deal with it in advance.
Zhao Yun decided to adopt Guo Jia''s plan to let Qi Jiguang''s fleet secretly transport 3,000 elite troops through the waterway, and hand over to Zhuhouguo and Beifei Houguo. He set up a checkpoint here to block the retreat of the Hanadao Xue, and the general who led the army was Wu Qi.
Previously, Wu Qi led two thousand troops to defend the camp, and even tens of thousands of troops could not be captured by the Huadaoxue, so in terms of defense, no one under Zhao Yun''s command was stronger than Wu Qi.
Wu Qi is also very skilled and brave. He really dared to lead the three thousand army, break away from the main force, penetrate the abdomen of Otomo''s family, and break through Eagle Tail City with a sneak attack.
When Takayasuki retreated to the capital Yanagawa Castle, he wanted to persuade Ototo Harue to leave together, but Ototo Harue had made up his mind and would rather die than give up on the capital. He also asked Takayasuki to make his younger brother Ototo Seki the new Daemon after his death.
Seeing that he could not convince Ototo Harue, Tachibana Yuki could only respect his decision, but at this time, news came that Eagle Tail City was captured by the Qin army.
If Xue Lihua Dao retreats to Nanfeihou Kingdom, the closest route to Eagle Tail City is, and it takes three more days to take if she detours. With these three days of effort, Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun might both catch up.
After receiving the news, Xue Tachibana was shocked and quickly led her army to attack Yingwei City, trying to regain the key road going south, but she didn''t know whether his opponent this time was Wu Qi.
(This chapter ends)