Chapter 2913 Zhou Yu was defeated in the United Navy, and even though he was victorious, he still lost the battle


    Chapter 2910: Zhou Yu was defeated in the United Navy, and he still lost even if he wins.


    The Qin army had a force of 75,000 when they went to war, and a total of 430 warships of all sizes were 430.


    The 35,000 troops led by Zhou Yu drove out a total of 200 warships, including all twenty turtle ships, which means that 230 warships were left.


    But Qi Jiguang was unable to drive away all 230 warships, and the reason was very simple. It was impossible for warships to be able to operate with only one person, and the larger the ship, the more manpower it would require.


    When the Qin army landed, there were 40,000 people, but when they came back, there were only 23,000 left, which was less than half of the troops and was short of manpower, so they naturally could not drive all the warships away.


    Considering that the war would start soon, Qi Jiguang could not drive the ship with the minimum number of people. No matter how he arranged it, there would definitely be a ship empty in the end. So he simply divided the troops in his hands into two, of which 15,000 were responsible for the battle, and the other 8,000 were not doing anything. He just needed to drive the ship and followed the main battleship to boost his momentum.


    But even so, there were still fifty warships left in the end, including thirty small and medium-sized and twenty large.


    In order to prevent these warships from falling into the hands of the enemy and thus let them develop more advanced shipbuilding technology, Qi Jiguang had to bear the pain of burning these fifty warships that could not be driven away.


    When Qi Jiguang lit the fire with his own hands and watched the fifty warships be consumed by the fire, he almost cried with pain.


    You should know that among these burned warships, even small warships are expensive, while large warships are even more expensive, and the manufacturing time is extremely long.


    After the result was created, he was burned by himself after less than three years of service. How could Qi Jiguang not feel sorry for this?


    Since its establishment, the Qin Navy has gone through nearly a hundred battles of all sizes and sizes, and has never suffered such a huge loss. This time it has really hurt the bones.


    As soon as Qi Jiguang set fire to the ship, Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu and his son led their cavalry to the beach, but the Qin army had already boarded the ship and went out to sea, so they could only look at the sea and sigh.


    In fact, after arriving in Ganyu, if Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu and his son did not stop and directly led their troops to pursue Qi Jiguang, they could still leave a considerable number of Qin troops.


    But at that time, Zhang Yu thought Zhu Di was burned to death. He was shocked and even wanted to die. After all, after Zhu Di died, the Ming Dynasty would be in chaos. Under the pressure of the Qin army, chaos means that the country would be destroyed. How could he still care about killing the enemy?


    But a sudden heavy rain saved Zhu Di''s life, which made Zhang Yu breathe a sigh of relief, and also realized that he had missed a good opportunity.


    Zhang Yu naturally wanted to make up for the loss, so he chased him as quickly as possible, but it was obviously one step late. The Qin army had all boarded the ship and went out to sea, so he had to go back and report to Zhu Di.


    Return to the naval battle between Zhou Yu and Yu Dayou.


    Although the Qin army was far inferior to the United Navy in terms of number of people and ships, under the command of Zhou Yu, a famous general who was the best in water war at that time, occupied the right time and place.


    There is a saying: the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people;


    In the absence of the right time and place, if the United Navy can occupy the harmony of people, it will also be able to turn the tables against the wind. However, the 85,000 United Navy is divided into three forces, and it is fine if the people are not in harmony. The main general Yu Dayou is still inexperienced and cannot cause strong winds and waves to drive the 85,000 navy troops like arms, and naturally it will be impossible to occupy the harmony of people.


    The right time, place, people and others were not on the side of the United Navy, so that under the absolute advantage, 85,000 to 35,000 was actually a headwind, with the shipwreck rate and casualty rate much higher than that of the Qin army.


    The naval battle between the Great Qin Navy and the United Navy was extremely fierce. In just two hours of fierce battle, the total number of ships of the Great Qin Navy reached 80, while the United Navy sank 180, both of which were lost and more than twice that of the Qin Army.


    But with the increase in the number of shipwrecks, the slowdown of the wind and waves, and the sinking of all twenty turtle ships, the situation became increasingly unfavorable to the Qin army.


    Especially the twenty turtle ships, crossing between the two armies, were like twenty sea fortresses, not to mention eighty frigates. The joint navy''s strong attack was a loss.


    But no matter how strong the fortress is, it will always fall one day, let alone the turtle boat that is not the fortress.


    As twenty ghost ships were forced to sink by Yu Dayou, the war advantage that Zhou Yu had painstakingly established was gradually lost, and as time went by, the situation would sooner or later turn completely to the United Army.


    But Zhou Yu obviously had expected this, so he only gave Qi Jiguang two hours. In addition to the Ming reinforcements who arrived within two hours, the Qin army would completely lose these war advantages after more than two hours, and the proportion of casualties between the enemy and us would not be so low.


    Although Qi Jiguang failed to capture and kill Zhu Di, he arrived at the battlefield in time and provided support.


    Among the 180 ships led by Qi Jiguang, only 80 were able to directly participate in the battle. The other 100 were "empty ships" that only reached the minimum number of people driving the ship and could not counterattack, so they could only play a bluff.


    But the United Navy obviously doesn''t know this.


    This battle was originally extremely difficult, and the strength of the Qin naval army exceeded everyone''s expectations. Eighty-five, 35,000, and it sank nearly 200 ships, but none of them could sink 100 Qin troops.


    Now the Qin army has brought reinforcements from nearly 200 warships. Although only 80 of them participated in the war, this has already gained the advantage.


    If this battle loss ratio continues, let alone annihilate the Qin naval army, I am afraid that our side will be wiped out first.


    The joint naval army is concerned about the safety of the Qianli Sea Defense of the Central Plains. Before it severely damages the Qin naval army, it naturally cannot be wiped out in the East China Sea, otherwise the Qin naval army will fall into a deserted place in the Qianli Sea Defense of the Central Plains.


    Based on these two considerations, many generals in the United Navy were timid and were determined to preserve their strength and avoid the edge. Among them, the head general of the Song Navy: Zhao Guangyi.


    Zhao Guangyi sent someone to ask Yu Dayou for his appointment, and wanted to preserve his strength and find another opportunity to fight again, but was rejected by Yu Dayou.


    Just kidding, Yu Dayou finally sank all the most difficult turtle ships in the Qin army, and was preparing to expand the results of the war to reverse the situation. If the troops were withdrawn at this time, wouldn’t the previous efforts and sacrifices be wasted? So he decisively rejected Zhao Guangyi''s proposal. Seeing that Yu Dayou rejected him, and the casualties of the Song army became increasingly serious, Zhao Guangyi made up his mind to preserve his strength and even surpassed Yu Dayou to order the withdrawal of his troops.


    Su Hu, who was also in a tough battle, did not order the withdrawal of troops, but Zhao Guangyi ran away first. After briefly thinking, he also issued an order to withdraw troops. After all, the ones that fell must be the quotation. If the Wei army suffered too much casualties, Cao Cao would definitely not let him go.


    Seeing that Zhao Guangyi and Su Hu were both ordered to withdraw without his consent. Yu Dayou was so angry that he spat blood and cursed: "Sir, a man."


    But no matter how Yu Dayou scolded it, it became a fact that the withdrawal of the army of Song and Wei became a fact, and it was impossible for the Ming army to stay alone to defeat the Qin army, so Yu Dayou also issued an order to withdraw the army.


    When Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang saw the joint army retreat, they were naturally overjoyed and hurriedly directed the navy to chase after him to expand the results of the battle.


    The Qin army first sank nearly thirty warships that could not escape due to entanglement, and then chased the United Navy at full speed, which was only concerned about escaping. The journey was a huge gain, and it was not until the United Navy fled to Haixi Port where Guangling County was chased.


    Although Haixi Port’s defense is not as good as Qingdao Port, it is also easy to defend but difficult to attack.


    The Qin army suffered heavy casualties in this battle. Naturally, Zhou Yu would not increase casualties in Haixi Port. Instead, he took a flick and led his army back to Qingdao Port after the complete cleanup.


    In this way, the naval battle between the Qin, Wei, Song and Ming dynasties in the East China Sea ended with the victory of the Qin naval army.


    After the war, the Qin army sunk a total of 350 joint naval warships, causing about 50,000 casualties, including 30,000 casualties in naval battles, and the subsequent pursuit caused 20,000, including 5,000 enemy soldiers who fell into the water and were captured by the Qin army.


    The 85,000 United Navy was left with less than 35,000 people fled back to Haixi Port.


    As for the early stages of the naval battle, the Qin army fought 35,000 to 85,000, so the losses were also considerable. One hundred and fifty warships of all sizes were sunk, with a total casualties of 18,000.


    Just looking at the number of casualties in the naval battle, the Qin army was a great victory in this battle. After all, when the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, they could still lose 18,000 yuan, but they could destroy 50,000 yuan of enemy troops. This is a good result in the naval battle.


    But if the number of casualties in the land battle was added, the Qin army won the battle in this battle. After all, the Qin army suffered 17,000 casualties in the land battle, and the total casualties in the sea and land were exactly 35,000.


    Such casualties even for the Qin army, they were in the level of injury, not to mention death in battle: more than 20 generals including Li Shunchen, Wang Chongshi, Zhan Ru, Wang Shenzhi, Wang Chao, Yue Yuanfu, Ma Zhongyi, etc.


    Even Jiao Motian, the strongest in the army, was broken with his arm and leg, while Ao Shen, Ma Gui, Cai Mao, Yan Rou, Tan Lun, and even Qi Jiguang and Zhou Yu were injured to varying degrees.


    To be honest, the Qin army had already suffered great damage to the battle and reached the point where they had to rest to restore their combat power.


    "Fortunately, Zhu Di''s major problem was solved in this battle."


    Seeing that the generals could not hide their sadness and loss after hearing the casualties, Zhou Yu comforted him: "As long as he could kill Zhu Di, these prices would be worth it, otherwise he would not be able to explain to His Majesty and the civil and military officials of the court."


    Zhou Yu didn''t know that Zhu Di was not dead, so he said this, but as soon as he said this, the faces of Qi Jiguang, Ao Shen and Tan Lun became extremely ugly.


    Zhou Yu also realized that the atmosphere was a little wrong and was about to ask, but Qi Jiguang stood up first and knelt down and confessed, "The general will be trusted by the general and failed to capture and kill Zhu Di."


    "What?"


    Zhou Yu was shocked and stood up. After all, he left behind a 27,000 army. With Qi Jiguang''s ability, it should not be possible to solve the remaining troops of 1,700 Ming army in just two hours.


    Zhou Yu started this battle and went to Zhu Di, but Zhu Di was not dead now, so the results of the Qin army''s battle were naturally greatly reduced. After all, the Qin army, which took the initiative, had no need to fight hard with the coalition forces.


    But after such a large casualty, he was unable to kill Zhu Di or completely defeat the United Navy. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was a battle that was still defeated even if he was victorious.


    As soon as he thought of this, Zhou Yu''s face suddenly turned ashen and he said in a deep voice: "Tell me everything after I left."


    "No."


    After listening to Qi Jiguang''s story, Zhou Yu fell on the chair with his eyes blank, and his heart could not be calm for a long time.


    He thought that Qi Jiguang was careless and relaxed, which allowed Zhu Di to find an opportunity to escape, but he did not expect that Qi Jiguang not only did not relax, but was more vigilant than ever.


    Qi Jiguang really tried his best, not only did he personally go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but even carried the butcher''s reputation and burned the city with a fire, but he was destroyed by a heavy rain. This is really a disaster.


    Originally, Zhou Yu wanted to scold Qi Jiguang, but when he thought of his 40,000 army attacking Zhu Di for 7,000, he not only failed to defeat him for a day, but instead lost 13,000. His fight was not better than Qi Jiguang, so he naturally felt embarrassed to mention it again.


    What''s more, Qi Jiguang burned the city with a fire, not only did he not burn Zhu Di to death, but he burned a large number of Ganyu people. This seriously violated the military rules of the Qin army, but also made Qi Jiguang''s sacrifice meaningless. This must be held accountable.


    Even if you are lighter, you will be demoted to three levels in a row. If you are severe, you may even be demoted to an ordinary soldier directly.


    Qi Jiguang is already so unlucky, so Zhou Yu naturally doesn''t want to say anything about him. He can only sigh that Zhu Di should not be lucky.


    (This chapter ends)