Chapter 2360 The Battle of Honshu Island


    Chapter 2357: The Battle of Honshu Island


    There are six major forces on Honshu Island, namely: Oda, Uesugi, Takeda, Tokugawa, Ida and Maori. (Note: The power of the Oyzaki family is located in Hokkaido.)


    The other five other companies, except the Maori family, after receiving the news of the fall of Kyushu, the coalition forces rushing to Kyushu to disband directly on the spot.


    This is actually a helpless move. After all, it is meaningless to continue to retain the establishment when it is unable to climb to Kyushu Island, and it is just a waste of money and food.


    Of course, the most important point is that the four coalition forces of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu will definitely attack in the next state.


    The countries in this state did not know where the four-nation coalition would land, and they had no way to counterattack in any situation, so they could only passively defend themselves, so they naturally lacked a sense of security, so they all recruited the army back to the forces that protected their own forces.


    As things have developed to this point, the 11th National Alliance of Japan has basically died in name only. They may still help each other in the future, but in general, they are mainly focused on their own interests and fight for themselves.


    "Report... Report to Your Majesty, the Central Plains coalition forces have landed in the west of Ishimi, Inaba, Beiqian and Tanhou."


    Oda Nobunaga showed an unexpected look and said to himself: "It''s the West?"


    After the fall of Kyushu, Oda Nobunaga and other Daimyo all summoned their wise men to speculate on the next main attack direction of the Central Plains coalition.


    After all, even if you are passive in defense, if you don’t even know the enemy’s landing position, it would be too passive. If you know the position, you can at least targeted defense.


    At the meeting, most people believed that the coalition forces in the Central Plains would land from the Kanto Plain, the Nongwei Plain or the nearest plains. After all, these three plains are the essence of the state and are the most populous and richest places.


    The Central Plains Japanese coalition came mainly for wealth, so it would never be possible to let these three plains go.


    In addition, the plain area is easy to attack but difficult to defend, and the Central Plains coalition is good at attacking difficulties, so it is very likely that it will not seek steady progress, but will directly attack the richest plain area.


    The three major plains of Kanto, Noo and near are all under the control of the Oda family, so the Oda family should use these three plains as the main defense.


    This statement has been recognized by most people, including Oda Nobunaga. After all, just looking at the Central Plains coalition''s actions of killing in Kyushu, you know that they did not come for long-term rule, but for money, so it is absolutely impossible to let go of the three major plains of the state.


    Oda Nobunaga drove the Maori family, which had occupied nearly a few plains to the west through three Honshu wars, and drove the Takeda family and Tokugawa Island to the northeast. Finally, he occupied all the three major plains of Honshu, so it was naturally impossible to allow the Central Plains coalition to steal the three major plains.


    Oda Nobunaga also felt that the Central Plains coalition was more likely to attack the three major plains, so he transferred most of his troops to the plains, but he never expected that the Han coalition would land from the west.


    Why did the Han coalition choose to attack the west first? Of course, it is because the west is closest to Kyushu Island.


    "I thought the Han people would become more arrogant when they win battles, but I didn''t expect that they would be so cautious."


    Oda Nobunaga smiled bitterly. Faced with such a powerful but cautious Han coalition, Japan''s countries would obviously not have a good life in the future.


    Since Oda Nobunaga completely misunderstood the enemy''s main attack direction, this has caused the troops in the western region to be relatively empty, so the offensive of the Four-Nation Alliance is unstoppable.


    After Ishimiguo landed, Xu Huang quickly attacked the coastal cities, and in the name of Maori Motokura, he surrendered the guards of various major cities.


    Although the Maori family has changed its name to this, Mori Motoki''s prestige is obviously not as good as his brother.


    In addition, the Qin army''s offensive was extremely fierce. If they did not surrender before the war began, they would be massacres.


    Who isn’t afraid?


    The Maori family was already scared by the Qin army. In a daze, many defenders chose to open the city and surrender before they even started fighting.


    The Qin army occupied a large number of cities without encountering any resistance, which also caused Xu Huang''s troops to not only not reduce, but also to fight more and more.


    In just five days, Xu Huang occupied the entire territory of Shijianguo, and his troops increased to 30,000, and then continued to attack other countries in the west.


    The entire territory of Ishimikoku fell, and the three countries of Anyi, Izumo and Beihou were in danger. The new Daimyo Motoki of the Maori family was shocked and quickly recruited small troops to resist. At the same time, he sent envoys to ask for help from his leader Oda Nobunaga.


    But now Oda Nobunaga is still busy, so how can he have extra troops to support the Maori family?


    What''s more, the three kingdoms of Inahara, Beiqian and Taneou in the eastern part of the Maori family were also attacked by the Central Plains coalition forces, and the connection between the Oda family and the Maori family was cut off and no longer bordered.


    Even if Oda Nobunaga wants to support the Maori family, the Oda family''s army will not be able to get through.


    Therefore, the Maori family has completely become abandoned children.


    Mari Moto-Ching is far from comparable to Maori Moto-Ching in terms of prestige, ability and character.


    After learning that the Oda family could not send reinforcements and the territory surrendered in batches, the three kingdoms of Anyi, Izumo and Beihou fell. In despair, they surrendered directly to Xu Huang, so that the Qin army could free the land of the two countries without bloodshed.


    During Xu Huang''s conquest in the Western Kingdom, most of the defenders surrendered directly because they did not encounter much resistance, so the killing caused was not too heavy, and only nearly 100,000 people were killed from beginning to end.


    After the war, after statistics, the total population of the six countries still had 250,000, which was less than the total population of the nine provinces and three countries. However, the total population controlled by the Qin Dynasty in Japan also reached 600,000.


    After destroying the Maori family and occupying the land of the six countries, Xu Huang''s troops reached 60,000.


    Among them, there were only 10,000 Qin troops, while the Qin army (successful army) had as many as 50,000.


    The number of surrendered troops is five times that of the Qin army.


    These surrendered troops were forced to surrender, and they had just surrendered for a while, so Xu Huang could not trust them.


    In addition, because the Maori family''s bones were too soft and they surrendered without much resistance, many surrendered generals still retained military power and had the power to resist the Qin army.


    Therefore, after some thought, Xu Huang decided to stop expanding, start integrating the resources of the six western countries, and carry out training for 50,000 Qin army.


    In addition, Xu Huang also recruited nearly 50,000 strong men and large-scale mining of quarrying was achieved.


    Xu Huang''s various measures, especially the reorganization of the army, caused dissatisfaction among many surrendered generals and began to conspire to rebel, but Xu Huang noticed it in advance. The rebellion went on as scheduled, but Xu Huang was prepared for it. After killing three thousand rebel generals, defeating seven thousand rebels as slaves, and sending them to the mine for mining, the military power of the Qin army was completely controlled by Xu Huang.


    Since then, the six western countries have completely stabilized.


    Xu Huang''s side was unstoppable, and although the war between the Ming and Wei, Song and Wu countries was much slower than that of the Qin army, it was also very smooth.


    On Shikoku Island, although Imakawa and Hojo have gathered up 90,000 troops, more than twice the strength of the Ming army, the comprehensive quality of the soldiers and the lineup of the generals are still far inferior to that of the Ming army.


    The two Imakawa and Hojo families who fled from Honshu both had more than one god-level general, but Zhu Di sent out three war gods.


    The lineup of generals on both sides is not at the same level at all, and the overall quality of soldiers is also very different. How can they stop the Ming army?


    Since the Ming army landed on Shikoku Island, it won three battles and three victories, and soon occupied one-third of Shikoku Island. Imakawa and Hojo families suffered heavy casualties, but they had to expand their troops and continue to fight to the death.


    If this trend follows, Imakawa and Hojo can be destroyed in at most one or two months, and completely occupy the entire Shikoku Island.


    As for the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu, the territories they attacked were all the chassis of the Oda family, but most of the troops of the Oda family were in the three major plains of Guandong, Noneo, and near several, so the troops in the western region were relatively empty, so naturally it was impossible to stop the attack of the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu.


    The three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu were all about conquering four countries, but in just half a month, most of the strategic goals had been achieved, while the main force of the Oda family was still on the way to support.


    As soon as the western region was attacked, Oda Nobunaga immediately dispatched troops to support the western region, but due to the road conditions and the distance was still far away, it was obviously not so fast.


    Just as the Oda family army arrived, the situation in the western part of Honshu had completely collapsed, and by the time the reinforcements arrived, they were completely powerless to make the situation come true.


    Oda Nobunaga actually expected this, so from the beginning, he was ready to give up the twenty western countries.


    Oda Nobunaga wanted to limit the four-nation coalition forces to a few plains, and even if it was to make the twenty western countries look white, it would be spared.


    It is obviously not easy to achieve this goal with the power of Oda Ichiko, so Oda Nobunaga also sent a joint statement to Uesugi, Takeda, Tokugawa, Ida, and the Oyzaki family in Hokkaido, hoping that the four countries could send troops to the west to participate in the war.


    After receiving the instigation from Nobunaga, the three families of Tokugawa, Oyzaki and Ida all refused on the grounds that the Han coalition might have divided their troops to invade other areas.


    Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen both responded to Oda Nobunaga''s call and personally led the elite army to assist in the war.


    But what Oda Nobunaga and Kenshinobu Uesugi did not expect was that the Uesugi family''s army had just left the territory and had not had time to fight with the Wu army. The Echigo country in the rear was attacked by the Qin army, and Zhou Yu personally led the army.


    At this time, Oda Nobunaga and others realized that the Qin army landed in Ishimiya was just a partial army, and the main force of the Qin army led by Zhou Yu was aiming at the territory of the Uesugi family.


    As for why the Qin army targeted the Uesugi family? I''m afraid only the Uesugi family''s gold mine can attract the Qin army.


    After realizing this, Oda Nobunaga suddenly felt a chill on his back. Ishimi Ginyama from the Mori family, Uesugi family''s Sado Kinyama, and even in Japan, it was secret, but the Han coalition was well aware of it.


    Can Japan really defeat such a powerful, cautious opponent, but know everything about one''s own side?


    Oda Nobunaga didn''t know the result, but he obviously had no choice. He had to fight to the death regardless of success or failure.


    Echigo Kingdom was suddenly attacked, and the main force of the Qin army came, which scared Kenshi Uesugi.


    Echizen is not only the largest country in the Uesugi family, but one country is equivalent to the area of ??the Three Kingdoms, but also has rich mineral resources. It has the large gold mine of Sado Kinshan, and it is also the main grain producing area of ??the Uesugi family.


    Because of his possession of Sado Kinshan, the Uesugi family has always been rich in finance, but the arable land is not large, so the grain production has always been low, and the grain production in Echizen''s country accounts for half of the Uesugi family.


    Once the Echigo Kingdom falls, the Uesugi family will not only lose their main source of wealth, but also lose half of their grain production. This is undoubtedly fatal to a country, and it also forces Uesugi Kenshi to withdraw his troops and return to aid immediately.


    Takeda Shingen learned that the Uesugi family was attacked and was afraid that the Han coalition would attack his family, so he recruited a supportive army and made every effort to defend his country.


    Therefore, Oda Nobunaga, who was leading his army to the west, could only fight alone against the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu.


    Uesugi Kenno''s return to the aid was very fast, but he was still one step late. Echizen had only 15,000 defenders. Under the fierce attack of the 30,000 Qin army and the 30,000 Qin army (Japanese surrendered troops), the entire territory fell after only ten days.


    It is worth mentioning that no one surrendered in the Echizen city, and the resistance was so strong that it far exceeded the expectations of the Qin generals.


    In the end, although the Qin army easily captured the Echigo Kingdom, it also damaged 500 Qin troops and 4,000 Qin troops.


    Such strong resistance, in addition to the Uesugi family''s vigorous publicity of the cruelty of the Han people, more so was Uesugi Kenshiro more popular than daimyo such as Maori Otomo.


    This also made Zhou Yu realize that if he still followed the previous practice of not surrendering and directly massacre the city, when the Uesugi family was destroyed, the area would be slaughtered into white land. At that time, he might not even be able to collect the labor force to dig Sado Jinshan.


    As soon as he thought of this, Zhou Yu decided to relax the conditions for massacre. He did not directly massacre the city, but killed all the rebels to reduce the resistance of the Uesugi family.


    Zhou Yu''s method is indeed better than massacre of the city. Not massacre of the city reduces the people''s resistance to the Qin army, and the chance of the Uesugi generals surrendering was greatly increased.


    Zhou Yu used his kindness and power to capture the ten cities of Echigo Kingdom in just eight days, and did not cause much killing, but only killed 50,000 or 60,000 people. This was the least killed by the Qin army.


    Shortly after the fall of Echizen, Kenshin Uesugi''s army finally rushed back, but she was very rational and did not go to fight with Zhou Yu to return Echizen, but chose to defend the rest of the country, such as Echizen, Echizen, and Nodeng.


    The Uesugi family is not the Oda family, and the troops are far less than those of the Oda family.


    The Qin army''s combat power is already stronger than that of the Japanese army, and its strength is no less than that of the Uesugi family. How dare Kenshi Uesugi face Zhou Yu head-on? It’s better to use defense instead of attacking and wait for Zhou Yu to come to the door.


    While Uesugi Kenshin decided to defend himself, he also sent envoys to lobby Takeda Shingen and Ita Masaru, hoping that the Takeda family and Ita family could send troops to support the Uesugi family.


    Takeda Shingen did not dare to send troops, but learned that the main force of the Qin army was in Echigo Kingdom, and the rest of the Han coalition was in the west, and the Han coalition had no extra troops to attack the Takeda family.


    Considering that once the Uesugi family lost their country and their lips and teeth were cold, the Takeda family could not survive alone, so Takeda Shingen decisively decided to send troops and jointly attack Zhou Yu with Kenshin Uesugi.


    Friends, happy Mid-Autumn Festival, the chapters that were missing yesterday will be filled on the weekend.


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