Chapter 2383 The Battle of Kanto
Chapter 2380: The Battle of Kanto
"Ayun, you are so brave. A small team of troops dares to fight against two thousand Japanese troops. If you give you a 10,000 army, would you dare to fight Tokyo?"
Xue Dingshan complained speechlessly that he was worried about Yue Yun, a childhood friend, and it was really not worry-free at all.
Not long ago, Yue Yun led a cavalry team of fifty people to fight against two thousand Japanese troops head-on, and won, chasing and capturing more than a thousand people.
After the news came out, let alone the Japanese army, even the Qin army was shocked.
Fifty people beat two thousand people? Not only did they win, they also captured a thousand people. This record is simply outrageous.
You should know that the Japanese army fighting against the Qin army are not all new recruits, most of them are veterans, and their combat effectiveness is not weak.
Even if it is the strongest camp, if it fights head-on, it may not be able to win the enemy army that is forty times more than it is.
But Yue Yun did it, fighting two thousand at fifty, not only killing one thousand, but also capturing one thousand back, and only five soldiers were killed and killed.
When Yue Yun escorted thousands of prisoners of war back to the camp, all the Qin generals were shocked.
When did those Japanese troops who were fearless and fearless, become so invincible? Are these prisoners really Japanese troops?
After this incident, all the generals of the Qin army realized that the Japanese army had been afraid of being beaten by them and became no longer daring to fight, good at fighting and bravely sacrificing.
After hearing Xue Dingshan''s words, Yue Yun scratched his head and smiled silly: "Dingshan, you all think I am stupid, but in fact I am not stupid at all. Even if I see that the Japanese army is brave enough and not one in ten combat power, I dare to charge against the two thousand Japanese army with fifty cavalry."
For an army, the most important thing is courage.
With courage, even when facing an enemy army that is several times more than one, he still dares to draw his sword.
Without courage, even if it is ten times more powerful than the enemy, there is no courage to shoot a sword.
In the battle between Song and Jin, why did dozens of Jin army dare to charge against thousands of Song troops? Even chasing thousands of Song troops to fight?
It’s not because of the previous series of crushing defeats that the Song army was completely scared, so when facing the Jin army, they did not dare to resist at all.
The same is true for Yue Yun to defeat two thousand Japanese troops by relying on fifty cavalry. It is not that the Qin army has become stronger, but that the Japanese army has become weaker.
The Japanese army, which was once fearless, had lost all courage after experiencing the series of defeats of the Junma Kingdom, the Yuanjiang Kingdom and the Sanhe Kingdom. They gradually became numb and cowardly, and even dared not resist.
Therefore, even if the troops were forty times that of Yue Yun, this Japanese army did not dare to resist. As a result, it was completely wiped out by Yue Yun''s fifty men, setting the most outrageous battle in the Han-Japanese War.
A situation like Yue Yun is naturally impossible to be an isolated case.
On the same Eastern Front, Chen Tang once led 500 Qin troops to defeat 5,000 Japanese troops head-on.
Lu Bu led a five thousand army and in just one day, he captured a city with 10,000 defenders.
Zhang He led a thousand halberd soldiers and three thousand Qin soldiers to defeat two cities in one day and captured more than 10,000 Japanese troops.
As for the Western Front, Le Yi, Cao Gui, Cao Bin, Sun Ce, Zhao Yong and other generals also defeated the Japanese army with fewer victory, but they were not as exaggerated and extreme as Yue Yun won.
Yue Yun was able to win so beautifully, in addition to the Japanese army''s courage, he was more lucky enough. The Japanese general he encountered was a corrupt and surrendered directly when he saw that the situation was not good. Otherwise, it would be impossible to win so easily.
Xue Dingshan could see the trick 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 ever considered it? What if the commander of this Japanese army is not an incompetent person, but a general who dares to fight, will the consequences of your doing so?"
Yue Yun was stunned. After some thought, he showed a look of gratitude and smiled foolishly: "I didn''t think so much at that time, but fortunately, I was lucky enough to meet an incompetent Japanese general."
"This time you are lucky, you were beaten by chance. I won''t be so lucky next time."
"I''m fine."
"It''s too late to have something to do. You guy, General Zilong, are called brave, not as brave as you. Can you use your brain before the next action?"
"I understand, I will definitely not mess around next time."
Seeing that although Yue Yun was not impatient, he didn''t care about his words, Xue Dingshan knew that he didn''t listen at all, but he didn''t say anything more.
For Yue Yun’s reckless behavior, but stupid people are lucky enough to be foolish, and they always get by chance, which makes Xue Dingshan envious of his luck.
Xue Dingshan, based on his heart, is weaker than Yue Yun, but his command ability is much stronger than Yue Yun, and the Qin Dynasty''s heavy command is better than martial spirits.
Yue Yun was injured by Yamata Orochi. During the period when he was recuperating, Xue Dingshan was not idle. Instead, he made many contributions and his military rank was also improved.
Xue Dingshan was about to catch up with Yue Yun, but as soon as Yue Yun recovered from his injury, he immediately made such a great contribution.
Well, the gap between the two is about to widen again.
Thinking of this, Xue Dingshan couldn''t help but sigh in his heart, when will he surpass Yue Yun?
While he was thinking about it, the guards suddenly came to report.
"Two generals, the Grand Governor urgently."
"We must discuss the entry into Tokyo, Dingshan, let''s go."
"Um."
Yue Yun pulled Xue Dingshan to the main account, but after recording the account, he found that although the two of them 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 focused on them, which made both of them feel like they wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.
Yue Yun raised his face and greeted everyone with a smile: "Dear generals, it''s so early. Oh, Uncle Lu, why did you change your halberd? But your Fangtian Painted Altar is indeed lighter, so it''s better to change to a more focused one."
Lu Bu''s cheeks twitched slightly and he said lightly: "Get out."
“Okay.”
Yue Yun took Xue Dingshan without saying a word and stood at the end of the team.
Seeing this, the generals laughed.
Zhou Yu couldn''t help laughing.
Yue Yun was indeed reckless, but straightforward. In addition, because of his father Yue Fei, the generals in the army liked him very much, even Lu Bu was no exception.
"Okay, since everyone has arrived, let''s start the meeting. I believe everyone has guessed it. What we discussed this time is the entry into Tokyo."
At this point, Zhou Yu looked at Guo Jia below and said, "Military advisor, let me introduce you to the previous results."
"No."
Guo Jia stood up with his head and said loudly: "In these three battles, our army suffered a total of 50,000 casualties, including 5,000 Han people and 45,000 Qin assisted troops.
In this month, Oda Nobu lost 200,000 troops, contracted the front line, withdrew his troops, and lost another 40,000, or 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 total of 200,000, but they only destroyed the Oda family''s army.
This shows that the strong-tailed battle with the Qin army is the well-deserved protagonist. Even if the coalition forces of the Wei, Song and Wu are more powerful, they are just supporting roles.
After hearing Guo Jia''s words, all the generals nodded secretly.
After the battle this month, the generals only knew that the casualties of each army were quite serious, but they were not clear about the specific level. Now they finally have an intuitive concept.
Overall, although the casualties are serious, the results are even greater and we can continue to fight.
At this time, Wang Jian stood up and said, "Grandmaster, there are more than 70,000 troops left in our army, while the Oda army retreated to defend the Okara Kingdom, has 140,000 troops.
If Oda Nobunaga continues to expand his army regardless of the cost, he will even have an army of 180,000 or even 200,000.
With the strength of our Daqin family alone, I am afraid that we will not be able to conquer Tokyo.
The last general believes that the best strategy should be made to slow down the process and wait for the three armies of Wei, Song and Wu, and the forces of the four countries to jointly attack Tokyo. ”
As soon as this statement was made, all the generals nodded. After all, judging from the current strength comparison, the Oda family''s strength is stronger than the Qin army, and the Qin army alone cannot conquer Tokyo.
Zhou Yu smiled indifferently and said, "General Wang said very well, but this governor only received the news that Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu had led their troops to retreat to Tokyo.
At present, there is no obstacle in the road ahead of the three countries of Wei, Song and Wu. The army has already rushed to Tokyo, so we urged our army to advance and meet under the city of Tokyo.
If our army advances as soon as possible, it should be one step ahead of the Three Kingdoms coalition forces and arrive in Tokyo to seize the initiative. ”
Wang Jian suddenly showed surprise when he heard this. Obviously, he didn''t expect that there were so many famous generals from the Wei, Song and Wu Kingdom, so he still let Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu run away.
"If this is true, our army can indeed march ahead of schedule, but it still needs to solve the problems..." Wang Jian said.
The biggest trouble for the Qin army at present is naturally the 150,000 Kwantung Army blocked by Wu Qi''s 30,000 troops in the Eight Prince City.
Although Zhou Yu is full of confidence in Wu Qi and believes that he will definitely be able to block the Kwantung Army, the disadvantage of 30,000 to 150,000 is indeed too great.
Although Wu Qi has not yet asked for help, it does not mean that he has no difficulties. He has just temporarily resolved it through his own wisdom.
Previously, Zhou Yu was eager to defeat the Japanese army standing in front, so he could not give much assistance to Wu Qi.
Now that the enemy troops in front of the Qin army have been destroyed, they can clearly divide some of their strength to support the Eastern Route Army, they can''t watch Wu Qi fight alone, right?
After hearing Wang Jian''s words, all the generals present nodded secretly. They should indeed distribute some of their troops to support Wu Qijun on the Eastern Front.
At this moment, the guards suddenly came to report.
"Report to the Grand Governor, General Wu Qi sent a report of the war."
“Show it up.”
"No."
After taking Wu Qi''s battle report, Zhou Yu began to browse it in one glance. The more he looked back, the more difficult the smile on his face was to hide it. Finally, he laughed happily.
"Beautiful, beautifully beaten."
As he said that, Zhou Yu left the battle report and let the generals circulate it one by one, and everyone who had read it couldn''t help but take a breath.
Fortunately, they were still worried about the Eastern Route Army, afraid that Wu Qi would not be able to stop the 150,000 Kwantung Army. Unexpectedly, the war on the Eastern Front was more beautiful than their Western Front.
Wu Qi built the Eight Prince City into an iron barrel, and no matter how the 150,000 Kwantung Army attacked fiercely, it remained unmoved.
The Kwantung Army attacked Eighth Prince City for half a month, and suffered a total of 30,000 casualties, but failed to shake Eighth Prince City at all, which forced Shibata Katsuya to suspend the offensive.
After the Kwantung Army stopped the attack, Wu Qi discovered a fighter opportunity. His life Gao Shun defended the city instead of him, but he led the elite troops out of the city to fight, supporting each other.
After Wu Qi left the city, he took advantage of the mobility of the Qin army and the bravery of Huang Zhong and Mi Houying, and took the initiative to attack three battles and three victories while the Japanese army had not yet discovered their own traces.
Wu Qi defeated three Japanese camps in succession and killed more than 20,000 Japanese troops. Then, taking advantage of the lack of reaction in time, Shibata Katsuya fled back to the Eighth Prince City, and Shibata Katsuya could only be furious outside the city.
After Wu Qi''s attack, there were only 100,000 Kwantung Army left. In contrast, the Qin army on the eastern front still had 24,000 troops, and the defense line was still as stable as Mount Tai.
All of these Wu Qi wrote them truthfully into the battle report. He also said directly that the defense line on the east road was as stable as Mount Tai, and there was no need for any other support except for materials and food.
The Qin army''s 120,000 troops on the western front, annihilated 140,000 enemies and lost 50,000 to themselves.
The 30,000 troops on the eastern front annihilated 50,000 enemies and lost 6,000 of them.
As for killing and combat losses reports, the Western Front is indeed better than the Eastern Front, but the reason for this is mainly because the Eastern Front is defense, while the Western Front is attack.
Although offensive wars are not necessarily harder than defensive wars, there are definitely much more casualties than defensive wars.
"Since General Wu Qi himself said that the eastern defense line was foolproof and 24,000 troops were enough to defend it, there was no need to send reinforcements. However, in terms of materials and food, we still need to strongly support it, and we must never let the eastern line lack supplies." Zhou Yu said with a faint smile.
"No."
“Where is General Ju Yi?”
"The last one is here." Ju Yi stood up and replied with his fists.
"I heard that the general is good at training troops. I will give you the 60,000 captured Oda Army. I must finish the training within half a month. Next, the next attack on Tokyo is necessary. These surrendered troops will need to contribute their efforts."
"Oh, the task will be completed within half a month."
Ju Yi responded strongly and powerfully, his words were full of confidence. He was indeed good at training troops. With his training skills, half a month was enough.
Zhou Yu nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Send the order, the entire army will set off, and the troops will be sent to Tokyo to destroy Japan."
"No."
With Zhou Yu''s order, the 70,000 Qin troops who had already been ready to go rushed straight to Tokyo.
Seeing this, the cities along the way did not dare to resist and took the initiative to open the city to surrender.
The Qin army without one soldier took down four cities and two thousand surrendered soldiers, and all of them were too late to withdraw.
(This chapter ends)