Chapter 2380 Decisive Battle in Tokyo
Chapter 2377: The decisive battle in Tokyo
After escaping from Kinki, Oda Nobunaga published a "Letter to the People of Japan" written by himself and posted it in all areas that have not yet fallen.
In this article, Oda Nobunaga truthfully explained the destruction of Shintoism, but said that this was the result of the Han people using a secret trick to sow the hatred of the Japanese who were unknown to the Han people.
In addition, Oda Nobunaga also admitted the crushing defeat of Kinki, claiming that Japan is at a critical moment of life and death, and the whole country must work together to overcome this crisis.
At the end of the article, Oda Nobunaga expressed his determination to not surrender to the end and would fight for Japan to the end. He hoped that the people of the whole country could support him, and even if the whole country was famous, he could not surrender to the Han people.
Oda Nobunaga''s article is just average in terms of incitement, but the publication period is very good, just after the destruction of Shintoism.
Shintoism is the belief of most Japanese people, but now it has been destroyed without any signs. This is a bolt from the blue for Japanese people, no less than the collapse of their faith, so they naturally need a channel to vent their hearts.
Oda Nobunaga guided him well, transferring all the hatred of the upper nobles, middle samurai, and lower sects to the Han people, while also clearing the responsibility he deliberately concealed.
Under Oda Nobunaga''s deliberate guidance, the people of Japan were resentful, and their hatred towards the Han people reached the extreme. They took the initiative to devote themselves to the great cause of anti-Han, and they paid money with money, donated food with food, and gave people without money without food.
The Oda family suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Kinki. After retreating from Kinki, the original 280,000 army was less than 140,000. Even with the local troops of Okinawa, the total strength was still less than 200,000.
But under this national anti-Han wave, Oda Nobunaga once again pulled up a 300,000 army in such a short period of time.
The reason why the recruitment did not continue is not that Oda Nobunaga did not want to recruit, but because the light and strong areas of the Nono area have been recruited, and if they continue to recruit, they can only attract the elderly and the weak.
But facing the Han coalition armed to the teeth, letting the old and weak go to the battlefield is not much different from killing them, and no matter how many of them are, it will not play much role.
The Oda area was the place where the Oda family started, the capital of the Japanese Empire, and the Qingzhou City is also located here.
The Oda family''s rule in Nono was the most consolidated, so it was possible to recruit so many troops in such a short period of time.
As for the Kanto region hundreds of miles away, although it was occupied by the Oda family for only a few years, it was also responding to Oda Nobunaga''s call because of the destruction of Shinto, and all the light and strong people were summoned.
As of the time when the four countries of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu sent troops, the largest and most populous area of ??Kanto, the total force of the total military force has reached 200,000, which are led by Shibata Katsue and Sakuma Moemasa of the "Four Oda Family Olds", and Takigawa Ichie, among the "Four Oda Tianwang".
With the military strength in the Kanto region, the Oda family still has a large army of 500,000.
In addition, the total strength of Japan''s four allies, Tokugawa (80,000), Takeda (40,000), Shimazu (60,000), and Oyzaki (50,000).
The total population of the five countries is only three to four million, but the number of troops is as many as 720,000.
With the previous army that died in battle and surrendered, the total number has reached as many as 400,000 or 500,000.
In other words, in order to resist the Han invasion, the total number of troops mobilized by Japan has completely exceeded one million, reaching nearly one hundred and twenty.
The total population of Japan is only more than 6 million, but it has used a total of 120,000 troops, and the proportion of soldiers and civilians has reached 5 to 1, or even higher.
This has completely exceeded the scope of extreme military expansion. Even if the Central Plains countries cannot bear this level, Japan, which has no human rights and is in a class-based language, can do this.
After learning that the Qin army had sent troops to the Jiafei Kingdom, Oda Nobunaga decisively sent additional reinforcements to the Jiafei Kingdom area, but unfortunately it was still one step too late.
Zhou Yu had long guessed that Oda Nobunaga would increase his troops to the Kafai Kingdom, so he secretly sent elite troops to Shinono North before sending troops, including Wu Qi, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Mi Houwang, Huang Zhong and other generals. After the army was officially launched, it immediately launched a fierce attack.
The total strength of the Oda family in Minami Shinno was only 20,000, and more than half were new recruits. Their will to resist was not strong and could not stop the fierce attacks of Wu Qi and others.
In just two days, all the Qin army captured the eight cities of Nanshino and then attacked the country of Jiafei.
Nan Shinno fell, the Kafai Kingdom lost its northern gateway, and the Qin army came too fast and fiercely, and the Oda army had no time to react and lost a large amount of territory.
At this time, it was too late for Oda Nobunaga to send reinforcements. By the time he arrived in the Kingdom of Kafei, the whole territory might have fallen.
Once the Jiafei Kingdom falls, the connection between Noo and Kanto will be cut off, and the Japanese army in the Noo area will also be trapped in a situation of attack on both sides.
After realizing this, Oda Nobunaga ordered Sanada Yukimura, who guarded Suruga, and Akichi Mitsuhide, who guarded Torii, to lead an army of 50,000, totaling a total of 100,000 troops to retake the Kafai Kingdom at all costs.
Akichi Mitsuhide and Sanada Yukimura were originally enemies of the Oda family.
When the Japanese pirates invaded the eastern coast, Akatsuki Mitsuhide and Tokugawa Ieyasu invaded the Yangzhou area, Sanada Yukimura invaded the Youzhou area, and they also plundered a large amount of wealth to return.
The territory of the Akasa and Sanada family were both under the eyes of the Oda family, and after returning, they were hit by the Oda family''s end.
The Oda family is also short of money and food. When they learned that the two families had robbed a large amount of money and food, how could they not eat the fat meat from the mouth?
In order to prevent the families of Takeda and others from ruining their own good things, Oda Nobunaga used up a total of 300,000 troops and fought undeclaredly. It took only half a month to destroy the Sanada and Akichi.
No other countries could react. Sanada and Akichi''s family had been destroyed. Sanada Yukimura and Akichi Mitsuhide were also forced to surrender to the Oda family. Before the money and food they stolen were warm, they all got cheaper.
Oda Nobunaga was not going to reuse Sanada Yukimura and Akichi Mitsuhide, but the revenge of the Han people came too quickly, and the only one he had was the uprising.
In addition, Akichi Mitsuhide and Sanada Yukimura were both one of the culprits of invading the Han people and it was absolutely impossible to be accepted by the Han people. So Oda Nobunaga continued to appoint Sanada Yukimura and Akichi Mitsuhide.
Oda Nobunaga naturally knew that it was impossible to recapture the Kafei Kingdom from the 150,000 Qin army with the 100,000 troops of Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide.
Therefore, he also ordered Shibata Katsuya from the Kanto region to lead 150,000 Kanto troops to launch an attack on the Kanto country from the Kanto region.
Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide''s 100,000 troops will attack Kakai from west to east.
Shibata Katsuya''s 150,000 Kwantung Army will attack the Kingdom of Katsuya from east to west.
Under the arrangement of Oda Nobunaga, the Oda family not only avoided the situation of attacking on both sides, but also formed a situation of attacking on the Qin army on both sides, which was the best of both worlds.
Zhou Yu only took six days to occupy most of the country''s land of Jiafei, but then he received news that Japan from Kanto and Kinki were attacking Jiafei from both east and west. The mountainous terrain of Jiafei Kingdom is narrow and is not conducive to the large-scale legion.
Once the Qin army''s offensive has been delayed for too long and the Oda family''s east and west armies will arrive, it is very likely that they will be completely trapped and killed in the territory of the Jiafei Kingdom due to the terrain and cannot move.
After seeing through Oda Nobunaga''s sinister intentions, Zhou Yu ordered the entire army to speed up the offensive, and it took another three days to occupy the entire territory of the Jiafei Kingdom.
After occupying the Kingdom of Jiafei, Zhou Yu immediately began to divide his troops. After all, even if he fought on two fronts, it would be better than being trapped in Jiafei''s territory.
After some discussion, Zhou Yu decided to adopt the strategy of "defending east and attacking west".
Send generals to lead a side army to block the 150,000 army from Kanto.
Zhou Yu personally led the main force to attack Nobuya, cooperated with the three coalition forces of Wei, Song and Wu, and attacked Oda Nobunaga from the east and west, and attacked the capital of the Japanese Empire all the way.
As long as we can break through Tokyo City and kill the Japanese emperor and kill Oda Nobunaga, the Kanto region will win without a fight.
Zhou Yu and Oda Nobunaga both want to attack each other on both sides, and the key to success is that which side of the Western Route Army can win first, and the winning side can naturally attack each other on both sides.
The Oda family''s total army reached 250,000, while the total force of the Qin army was only 150,000.
Zhou Yu was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. In order to minimize casualties, he decided to concentrate his elite troops and defeat the Western Route Army of the Oda family as quickly as possible.
If you do this, the Eastern Route Army will definitely not have too many troops, and the pressure will naturally be greater.
After discussion, Zhou Yu decided to give the Eastern Route Army 30,000 troops and select a general who is good at defending the army.
The task of 30,000 troops against 150,000 Japanese troops is arduous.
The gap in troops is so big that in theory, there should be few generals willing to take over.
But the Qin army was just the opposite. All the generals were extremely enthusiastic and took the initiative to fight. Even if the enemy was five times more than they were, they were still regarded as dirt.
Zhou Yu dared not be careless about the candidate for the commander of the Eastern Army.
After all, if the Eastern Route Army fails to defend, the main force will be attacked by the Japanese army on both sides and will be in a crisis of annihilation.
After some thought, Zhou Yu and Guo Jia both decided to let Wu Qi, who had outstanding strategy and command, serve as the chief general of the Eastern Route Army, commanding the 5,000 Qin army, 25,000 Qin army, as well as generals such as Huang Zhong, Mi Houwang, Gao Shun, Chen Dao.
After being appointed by Zhou Yu, Wu Qi did not set up a direction in Jiafei, but led the 30,000 army. While the 150,000 Kwantung Army had not yet arrived in Musashi''s Kingdom, he took the lead in capturing the Hachinozi City of Musashi''s Kingdom.
The Japanese defenders of Eight Prince City never expected that under such circumstances, the Qin army, under the double-team of 250,000 troops, would dare to invade on their own initiative, so they were not prepared, and were successfully occupied by Wu Qizhi.
Eight Prince City is a mountain city, built on the mountain, easy to defend but difficult to attack.
If Wu Qi occupied this city, even if he only had 30,000 troops in his hand, he could easily block the offensive of the 150,000 Kwantung Army.
In contrast, if the Kwantung Army wants to retake the Eighth Prince Castle, in addition to strong attacks, they can only detour from Musashi Kingdom to Sagami Kingdom, enter Suruga Kingdom, and attack the Kakai Kingdom from Tei Oba Castle.
A long road has been around, and no matter whether the Kanto Army will be exposed or not, even if it is not exposed, it must conquer Fuji Yoshida Castle, the gateway to the southern part of the Kai Kingdom.
Fuji Yoshida Castle is also a strong city, and it is also the southern gate of the Kafei Kingdom. Such a hub of the Central Plains, it is naturally impossible to be without defense with Wu Qi''s command.
Even if Wu Qi was really unprepared, it would be half a month later when the Kwantung Army arrived at Fuji Yoshida Castle. At that time, the Qin army on the Western Front might have won.
After learning that Wu Qi occupied the Eight Prince City, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief, because the next war dominance returned to the Qin army.
Although Yukimura Sanada and Mitsuhide Akechi have as many as 100,000 troops, they are not taken seriously by Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu held a 120,000 army, including 25,000 elite Qin army. He not only had Han generals such as Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Yue Yun, but also Japanese generals such as Kenshin Uesugi.
Whether it is the military strength or the general lineup, Zhou Yu is much stronger. How should Sanada Survivor and Akechi Mitsuhide resist?
Under the fierce attack of Zhou Yu''s 120,000 troops, the Oda family''s army was defeated repeatedly, and in less than half a month, the ten cities of Suruga Kingdom were lost.
In desperation, Yukimura Sanada and Mitsuhide Akechi had to retreat to the country of Jiangyuan and Mikawa. Once these two countries could not defend, the Qin army would attack Ohara, and Tokyo, the capital of the Japan Empire, was within the territory of Ohara.
At the same time, after the reunion of the coalition forces of the Wei, Song and Wu, formed a total of 200,000 troops, and launched an attack from Kinki to Nobu.
With the two leading parties, Yamata Orochi and Suitun Boy, the three-national coalition forces were also very smooth on the thin line. After suffering a certain amount of casualties, they also successfully occupied Iga Kingdom, and then attacked Ise Kingdom and officially stepped on the Okuo Plain.
The Qin army and the Wei, Song and Wu army both attacked the Oda Plain, which also shows that Oda Nobunaga''s plan to attack on both sides was completely failed.
Planning depends on people, and success depends on heaven.
Oda Nobunaga has done everything he should do and he shouldn''t do. He has tried his best, but the situation is still so declining.
Next, the only thing Oda Nobunaga can do is to strengthen Tokyo''s defense besides waiting for news from the front line. After all, if the east and west lines cannot be defended, the final decisive battle will definitely break out.
At the same time, Susano and others who went to rescue Himeyahu were searching for more than a month but could not find the trace of Himeyahu. However, they learned that the Uesugi family was forced to surrender to Qin, and the troops of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu entered the Oo area and were about to meet in Tokyo.
Neither Susano nor Tsukido expected that the situation in Japan would be so declining in just one month, and I was both shocked and regretful.
If they hadn''t left at the beginning, would the Uesugi family last longer? The situation will not be so declining.
(This chapter ends)