Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2339 Victory against horses, landing in Kyushu

Chapter 2335: Victory in Tsushima, landing in Kyushu

Under the power of heaven and earth like a storm, it is simply not something human can resist.

Song's fifty warships were wiped out in a blink of an eye, completely buried in the sea.

Similarly, the defeated army led by Oda Nobunaga did not end up any better than Zhao Sheng.

Most of the warships of the Japanese army, like the sunken Song army, were buried in the sea without any resistance.

But because of the presence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warship carrying Oda Nobunaga and others escaped the catastrophe all the way without any danger.

Even Oda Nobunaga and the others thought they were doomed this time. After all, the scale of the storm was far beyond their imagination, but they never expected to break through it alive.

After breaking through the storm, Oda Nobunaga turned his head and tapped the warships, and found that only five warships broke out of the rainstorm area, and there were less than five hundred people left alive.

In addition, Mori Takamoto and Shimadzu Yoshihisa failed to break through the storm, and together with dozens of other warships sank in this sea area.

In other words, in the Battle of Tsushima, the Japanese coalition forces with 400 troops and [-] warships left only more than [-] men and five ships after the war.

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire army was wiped out.

After this battle, seven out of ten of Dongpu's naval forces have reached the point where they are injured, and it is impossible to recover in a short period of time.

Even if the remaining naval forces of the eleven countries in Dongying were all gathered together, they would not be able to compete with any country between Qin and Wu.

That is to say, Japan's coastal defense is useless, and the Central Plains Allied Forces can fight wherever they want, and whenever they want.

Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin, and Takeda Shingen, who had survived the catastrophe, obviously knew what this meant, and they were speechless for a while, feeling confused and frightened by the predicament in the future.

Uesugi Kenshin was the first to break the silence: "Let's talk about it, what should we do now?"

Defeat is actually nothing, but this defeat is too miserable, how can they explain to other daimyos.

"It's better to put the responsibility for the defeat directly on the head of the storm, and say that we fell into the trick of the Qin army and happened to encounter a storm, so the whole army was wiped out."

Takeda Shingen said, the implication is to shirk responsibility, otherwise the prestige of the three of them will be greatly reduced.

"inappropriate."

Oda Nobunaga's decisive denial.

Takeda Shingen frowned and asked, "Why is it wrong?"

Oda Nobunaga squinted at the other party, and said speechlessly: "If the people know that our Dongying coalition army was wiped out because of a storm, they will definitely think that it is God helping Daqin, so it is better to admit defeat directly."

After Takeda Shingen heard the words, he was immediately speechless.

Because of the Shinto religion, the people of Dongying are extremely superstitious. Let them know that the Dongying army was defeated by a storm. It is really better to admit defeat directly.

"Let's explain the truth to the country. The most urgent thing now is to send back the news of the defeat first, so that the coastal areas are ready to defend."

Oda Nobunaga sighed softly, he actually wanted to shirk his responsibility, but now this situation is not easy to blame, admitting defeat is the best way to deal with it.

After Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen met each other, they both nodded silently.

As the leader of the alliance, Oda Nobunaga is not afraid of taking responsibility, so what are the two deputy leaders afraid of?

"The three daimyos, Otomo, Shimadzu, and Osakizaki, failed to escape this time. It is estimated that there is a lot of bad luck, and they are all local daimyos in Kyushu."

As he said that, Oda Nobunaga's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "It is very likely that the Qin army will attack Kyushu in the future, so we must notify these three families as soon as possible so that they can choose a new daimyo as soon as possible to stabilize people's hearts , in order to better fight Daqin on land.”

"That's right, then I'll go back to the mainland first."

After saying that, Uesugi Kenshin turned his head and glanced at the rainstorm area behind him. She always felt that the storm was not as simple as that, as if it was still moving, and the affected area was getting bigger and bigger.

Uesugi Kenshin's premonition was not wrong. The storm was indeed getting bigger and bigger, and it was moving rapidly towards the west. Even the Tsushima sea area hundreds of miles away was affected by the storm.

If Zhou Yu hadn't been decisive enough to withdraw quickly enough, hundreds of warships from the Qin and Song Dynasties would have been swallowed by the storm.

After withdrawing from the Tsushima battlefield, Zhou Yu saw that the storm area was expanding again and was moving towards the Tsushima sea area, so he ordered the fighting to stop and the whole army continued to retreat to the south.

At this time, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had not wiped out all the enemy troops, and there were still many Japanese navy troops who would rather die than surrender, and the number was not small, with hundreds of warships and nearly [-] people.

It would take at most half an hour for the coalition forces to wipe out these diehards, but Zhou Yu ordered the withdrawal at this time, which naturally puzzled many people.

But when they saw the dense dark clouds in the distance moving at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the wind speed was getting stronger and stronger, all the troops also believed Zhou Yu's words and chose to withdraw their troops to the south in time.

The Qin, Song, Wu and Three Kingdoms suddenly stopped attacking, which already shocked the surviving Japanese army. They didn't understand why the enemy, who was sure of victory, suddenly stopped fighting.

The Japanese army was already scared by the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms. Since the opponent did not take the initiative to attack, they naturally did not dare to provoke them.

Just when the Japanese army thought that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms would attack again, what they saw was that the opponent directly withdrew their troops to the south, which made the Japanese army even more puzzled, and did not understand what tricks these Han people were playing.

It wasn't until the storm approached that the remaining Japanese army realized that it was because of the storm that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms suddenly withdrew.

The storm was approaching, and the Japanese army naturally did not dare to stay where they were, but the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had already retreated to the safest south, and they would find their own death if they went south, so they fled to the west or north one after another.

The remaining Japanese army has slowed down by more than one point, and the scale of the storm is extraordinary, so even if they escaped hundreds of nautical miles, they were still eroded by the moving storm. In the end, hundreds of warships and nearly [-] soldiers All buried in the sea.

Hizen country, the coastal area of ​​the western region, after a large number of warships suddenly appeared, they captured the empty harbor without saying a word, and the Shimadzu defenders had no power to fight back.

The fleet that suddenly appeared was naturally the Allied Forces of Qin, Song, Wu and Three Kingdoms that had quickly withdrawn from the Tsushima Sea.

The wind and waves on the sea were too strong, even with Zhou Yu's navigation skills, he didn't dare to continue floating on the sea, so he decided to build a port, let the fleet enter the harbor to avoid the wind and waves, and land on Kyushu Island by the way.

The Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had just captured the Shimadzu's home port, and observed through the telescope that the moving storm area before had completely spread across the Tsushima sea area, and continued to spread extremely rapidly.

The strong wind swept the waves, and a large number of broken warship wrecks rushed in.

Of course, most of the wrecks belong to the country of Wa, but some also belong to the country of Wu, and there are relatively few in the two countries of Qin and Wu.

After seeing this scene, Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi couldn't understand that Zhao Sheng's [-] navy and [-] warships must have been wiped out.

Even this time, if Zhou Yu hadn't reacted quickly enough, they might have suffered. After all, no matter how fast the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms sailed, it couldn't be faster than the speed of the storm.

Thinking of this, both Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi couldn't help sweating. Fortunately, they both chose to believe in Zhou Yu, otherwise they would have suffered heavy casualties

Zhao Sheng, who didn't believe in Zhou Yu, had already been smashed into meat paste, and became a mouthful for fish in the sea.

Zhou Yu looked at the still dense clouds in the distance, and said: "The scale of the storm is so valuable. It should not end in a day or two. Let's attack Kyushu Island after the storm stops."

"Gongjin, thank you very much. If it weren't for you, the [-] sailors of Wu Kingdom might have been wiped out."

Sun Ce grabbed Zhou Yu's hand and kept thanking him. Even Zhao Guangyi, who was planning to deceive others before, expressed his gratitude to Zhou Yu without hesitation.

The navy sent by Song State was the least among the Three Kingdoms, only [-] navy and [-] warships, but due to Zhao Sheng's personal actions, more than half of them were lost directly due to the storm.

The State of Song spent a lot of money to form a navy of [-]. Originally, the number of navy was not too many, but it was made worse by Zhao Sheng's wrong choice.

Now there are only [-] sailors left in the Song Dynasty. If they don't hold on to Daqin's thighs, the benefits obtained in the conquest of the Japanese will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Captain Zhou, our country of Song has suffered heavy casualties this time. I don't know if the captured warships of the Japanese country can, can they..."

As he said that, Zhao Guangyi showed an extremely bitter smile, the meaning of which was self-evident, that he wanted more spoils to return blood.

Although Oda Nobunaga ordered the soldiers not to surrender, in order to carry Zhulian's family, it is obviously impossible for all Japanese soldiers to be loyal and filial, and would disregard their own lives for the sake of their families.

There are still quite a few Japanese troops who voluntarily surrendered, about 160, and [-] or eight warships.

The reason why Zhao Guangyi is selling so badly now is to pay attention to these warships. After all, soldiers can continue to be recruited, but warships cannot be built in a short period of time, and the cost of building warships is not a small sum. .

As for whether Zhou Yu will give it?Zhao Guangyi felt that Zhou Yu would definitely give it. After all, Song Guo also participated in the war, so there was every reason to divide up the spoils.

As for how much Zhou Yu will give?Zhao Guangyi felt that the losses of Qin and Wu countries were not big, and they might not be able to see the warships of the Japanese kingdom. As long as he sells badly, he should be able to win more spoils
Zhou Yu didn't know that Zhao Guangyi was plotting against him. Seeing that Song State suffered more than half of the losses this time, the casualties were indeed the largest among the Three Kingdoms. In addition, he really didn't like the warships of the Wa State. Based on the feeling of an ally, he agreed to give more points. Some warships of Song State.

Seeing that Zhou Yu agreed, Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed and left happily.

When Sun Ce saw Zhao Guangyi's face, the word 'dissatisfaction' was almost written on his face.

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Bo Fu, did Zhao Guangyi offend you?"

"It's true that he didn't offend me, it's just that I can't get used to this kind of villain who is a double-faced villain." Sun Ce said with a displeased face.

Zhou Yu was startled, then frowned, and asked, "Did anything happen on the way here?"

Sun Ce was shocked when he heard the words: "You guessed all of this?"

"Bo Fu, you are not a stingy person, but you are so dissatisfied with Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Guangyi is a smooth person, so he will definitely not offend you for no reason, but you have never met before, obviously something happened on the way here, You are so dissatisfied with Zhao Guangyi." Zhou Yu analyzed it unhurriedly.

"This……"

Sun Ce was silent for a while, and after hesitating for a while, he still told Zhou Yu that Zhao Guangyi was going to delay his arrival on the way, so that both the Qin army and the Japanese army would suffer.

After listening to Sun Ce's words, Zhou Yu's face turned gloomy instantly.

It's not that he didn't believe what Sun Ce said, but that Zhao Guangyi, a villain, stabbed him in the back not long ago, but after meeting him he looked calm, and he pretended to sell himself badly and wanted more spoils.

It's absolutely perfect.

Seeing that Zhou Yu's expression was not right, Sun Ce said hastily, "Gong Jin, although Zhao Guangyi was slanderous, he still hasn't accomplished anything. Now that the Allied Forces of the Four Nations are conquering the Japanese, we are all allies. You can't destroy the alliance."

Zhou Yu laughed angrily: "Bofu, in your heart, is I, Zhou Gongjin, such an ignorant person? Don't worry, I won't take revenge on Zhao Guangyi because of this, but he wants to take over my Daqin Let it be cheap."

The next day, the storm continued, but Chen Tang, the number one scholar in the Qin Dynasty, came to report to Zhou Yu after he had already counted the casualties.

"Governor, in the Tsushima sea battle, the total casualties of our coalition forces were less than 93, and [-] warships were damaged.

Among them, our Great Qin had a total of 320 casualties and 36 warships were damaged.

The Song Dynasty suffered more than 54 casualties and [-] warships were damaged;
Wu lost more than [-] soldiers and damaged three warships.

As for the exact results of the battle, due to the storm, it is impossible to make specific statistics, but roughly 160 Japanese troops were killed, [-] were captured, and [-] or [-] warships were captured. It can be described as a complete victory. "Chen Tang said excitedly.

Zhou Yu nodded with mixed expressions. With so few casualties, such a result was achieved, which can indeed be called a great victory.

Of course, if Zhao Sheng is willing to believe Zhou Yu, the total casualties will be halved, and this battle will naturally be more beautiful.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Sheng used his own life to lower the overall score of this battle.

Zhou Yu felt that Chen Tang was still too conservative. Those who were abandoned by the Japanese army and Oda Nobunaga's troops who rushed to the rainstorm area to escape for their lives had the same possibility of surviving.

All in all, among the [-] sailors of the Wa Kingdom, the number of people who can still survive after the rainstorm stops is only a few thousand at most, and it may be even less.

Zhou Yu's guess was right. The Allied Forces of the Eleven Nations in Japan had a total of 400 sailors. After this battle, only more than [-] people survived the battle. It can be said that the entire army was wiped out.

(End of this chapter)