Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2347 A battle to settle Kyushu
Chapter 2343: The Battle of Kyushu
The [-] elite soldiers led by Wu Qi were transported to the rear of the Japanese army by the water army, and immediately attacked Yingwei City by sneak attack.

Takao Castle is located at the junction of Chikugo Kingdom and Kitahigo Kingdom. If Michiyuki Tachibana wants to withdraw his troops, the fastest route is to go to Takao Castle, otherwise it will take an extra three days.

In this critical moment where every second counts, even three hours are precious, let alone three days.

Wu Qi speculated that even if Lihua Daoxue knew he was there, he would still take the route of Yingwei City, so he took the city by force.

Yingwei City is not a strong city, otherwise it would not be easily breached by Wu Qi. It is naturally impossible to rely on Yingwei City to stop Lihua Daoxue's southward army.

After breaking through Yingwei City, Lu Junyi, Guan Sheng, Qin Yong and other generals began to quickly clean up the battlefield.

After counting, it was found that the Qin army only suffered more than [-] casualties, but wiped out nearly a thousand defenders in the city. It is unknown how many of them were newly recruited civilians.

"General, the walls of Eagletail City are too short and thin, so it's not an easy place to defend."

Guan Sheng frowned and said, he is very puzzled now, why Wu Qi wants to occupy this useless city.

Wu Qi smiled indifferently: "Guan Sima, the purpose of capturing this city was not to defend it from the beginning."

Guan Sheng is a veteran of the Great Qin Dynasty. He guarded the Hulao Pass for many years and was named one of the [-] founding states.

However, due to his brother Guan Yu's surrender and rebellion, Guan Sheng, as the younger brother, was naturally implicated. Not only was his title deprived, but even his official position was changed from the title of general, the commander-in-chief of one party, to the bottom of the ranks, becoming the lowest ordinary Soldiers, this also made many generals close to Guan Sheng feel aggrieved.

Guan Sheng didn't care about this at all. After all, he knew the truth about his brother's defection. The more wronged he has suffered now, the greater the compensation he will get when the truth comes out.

Although Guan Sheng was pushed to the end and became an ordinary soldier, he was a soldier after all, so he obviously didn't want to be a soldier all the time.

During the year when Guan Sheng was demoted, he did not do nothing. Instead, he took the initiative to kill and capture many thieves who committed major crimes. The entrenched bandits were once again promoted to Army Sima, and then took the initiative to ask for orders to participate in the battle against the Japanese.

Guan Sheng pointed out that he made great contributions in this battle against the Japanese, and the official was reinstated, but he didn't want to be punished for his defeat.

Therefore, after hearing Wu Qi's words, Guan Sheng was very surprised. Not only him, but the rest of the generals also thought that Wu Qi captured Yingwei City as a basis to stop Lihua Daoxue's army, but they didn't expect Wu Qi to have no such thing at all mean.

So how can he stop Tachibana Daoxue?

Lihua Daoxue's troops going south at this time have a total of 3000 to [-] troops. With only [-] of them, how can they resist without relying on geographical advantages?

Wang Jian was able to wipe out Maori Yuanchun's [-] troops with [-] trailblazers. That was not won in one battle, and the Maori army was scattered, which gave Wang Jian a chance to defeat them one by one.

Tachibana Doxue is not Mori Motoharu, and it is absolutely impossible for him to make such a mistake.

Wu Qi saw the worry of Guan Sheng and the other generals, but he didn't have any intention to explain, because it was unnecessary, and they would know it soon.

a day later.

Lihua Daoxue personally led [-] troops and arrived at the base of Yingwei City, but there was a big flag with the word "Wu" hanging on the upper floor, but there was no guard, and the gates of the city were wide open, like an empty city .

Seeing this scene, all the generals of the Japanese army shouted to rush in directly, but Lihua Daoxue's face was full of dignity.

"Wu Qi (Qi), I didn't expect that it was him who came." Lihua Daoxue said in a deep voice. After all, apart from Wu Qi, the Qin Army did not have any other generals surnamed Wu.

Lihua Daoxue had lost to Wu Qi several times, and he knew how difficult this person was. Now that he saw the big flag with the word Wu hanging on the top of the city, his sense of vigilance was raised to the highest level.

"Father, it's just an empty city, let's go straight in." Said the heroic female general Tachibana Chiyo.

As soon as this remark came out, the rest of the generals also nodded, but Lihua Daoxue said: "No, there may be fraud in this."

"That's right, Wu Qi (Qi) will never be so unwise, there must be ambushes in the city." Gao Qiao Shaoyun said in a deep voice.

"Send someone to investigate the city immediately." Lihua Daoxue ordered in a deep voice.

"Hay."

An hour later.

"General Qi, not only are there no ambushes in the city, but there are not even a single commoner in the city, and all of them have been killed by the Qin army."

Hearing this, Lihua Daoxue's eyes flickered with trepidation: "Take a look around and see if there are any ambushes. After all, there is nothing wrong with being cautious."

"Hay."

Another hour later.

"Report...to General Qi, Yingwei City has a radius of ten miles, and no trace of any enemy troops has been found."

"Why? Shouldn't it be?"

Lihua Daoxue frowned tightly, and said to herself: "Could it be that this general is really suspicious?"

Lihua Daoxue closed her eyes, and after some contemplation, she finally ordered: "Let the vanguard enter the city."

"Hay."

Five thousand vanguards began to enter the city in an orderly manner, but after they all entered the city, there was a big explosion in the south of the city, and then a huge fire ignited, followed by the west, east, and north of the city, and the entire city was instantly turned into flames city.

Tachibana Michiyuki, Takahashi Shaoyun, Kobayakawa Takai and other generals, after seeing this scene, their faces instantly turned livid, especially Tachibana Michiyuki.

Wu Qi had used the empty camp to burn him once before, but he didn't expect to be plotted by Wu Qi again with the empty city.

"Hurry up, let all the soldiers in the city withdraw." Lihua Daoxue shouted with a grim face, but it was obviously too late now.

In the end, out of the [-] troops that entered the city, less than [-] escaped alive.

"How can it be repaired?"

Li Huadao Xue Nu hammered the ground, feeling extremely aggrieved in his heart, he was already cautious enough, but he didn't expect to fall into the trap.

"Brother Daoxue, don't worry about it. Although our army lost [-] troops, it still forced the Qin army out of Yingwei City. We can continue on our way only after the fire is extinguished. At least [-] troops have been saved." Kobayakawa Long Well comforted.

After Lihua Daoxue sighed for a long time, he gave an order with a wry smile: "You can't just wait for the fire to go out, let the army immediately find water sources to put out the fire, and put out the fire as soon as possible."

"Hay."

At the same time, south of Yingwei City, ten miles away, Wu Qi's [-] troops were gathering here.

Standing on the top of the hill, Wu Qi pointed to Huoshaoyun in the north, and said with a smile: "The leftover fire oil in the navy, about [-] altars, was all left in Yingwei City by the general, enough for Lihua Daoxue to drink for a while. The pot is gone."

As soon as these words came out, all the generals burst into laughter, and Guan Sheng laughed even more: "It's not just a pot, it's enough for two days."

Most of the houses in the Japanese country are made of wood, which is easy to catch fire, but the burning speed is also very fast.

Even if the whole city of Yingwei City was set on fire, it could only burn for a day at most, but if the Japanese army fought hard to put out the fire, half a day would be enough to extinguish it.

But the objects used by the Qin army to set fire were not ordinary things, but fierce fire oil that could not be extinguished by water, and there were [-] altars in total, so even Wu Qi didn't know how long the fire would last.

a day later.

After tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers extinguished the fire day and night, although the fire in Yingwei City had weakened, it was still not extinguished, let alone extraordinary.

"Father, there's something wrong with this fire." Tachibana Chiyo said with a puzzled expression.

Lihua Daoxue's face was extremely gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I fell into the trick, I fell into Wu Qi's trick, he must have used a special kindling, otherwise it wouldn't have burned so far."

"Then what should we do now? Detour or continue to put out the fire?" Kobayakawa Ryui asked hastily.

"It's too late to make a detour. Just now, General Ben received the news that Zhenxishan City, which my son Zongmao was guarding, had been breached by Wei General Le Yi, and the entire defenders in the city were wiped out."

When it was said, Lihua Daoxue glanced at Takahashi Shaoyun on the side, gritted his teeth and said: "Zong Mao was killed by Wei General Xiahou Dun."

Tachibana Muneshige is only the adopted son of Tachibana Doxue, and his biological father is really Takahashi Shaoyun, but he was adopted to Tachibana Doxue.

When Takahashi Shaoyun heard the sad news, his face turned pale as paper, and he shouted with grief, "My son, you actually left for your father first, poof..."

In the midst of grief and anger, Takahashi Shaoyun spit out a big mouthful of blood, but the breath on his body became more terrifying.

[Ding dong, Takahashi Shaoyun and Tachibana Munemo's combination skill, the effect of 'flesh and blood' is activated. If one of the father and son dies in battle, the other party will be stimulated, and the basic force will be permanently +2. At the same time, according to the sadness and anger in the heart, the force will increase The rise ranges from 1 to 1 points.

高桥绍运：统帅93、武力96（+1）、智力80、政治68、魅力76；

Takahashi Shaoyun's basic force is 96 (+1), force +7, equipment +2;

Currently Takahashi Shaoyun's force has risen to 105;]

"Brother Takahashi, you..."

Seeing Takahashi Shaoyun with a face of death, Tachibana Michiyuki opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to comfort him, besides, there was not much time left for him.

"Zhenxi Mountain City has fallen, Hizen's line of defense is in jeopardy, and Zhou Yu is about to cross the Jiuchong Mountain Range.

It is too late to make a detour now, and the fire in Yingwei City must be extinguished as soon as possible, otherwise it will be surrounded by the Qin Wei coalition forces. "Lihua Daoxue said in an incomparably dignified manner.

"But this fire is so evil that even water can't put it out." Kobayakawa Longjing said with a distressed expression.

Lihua Daoxue heard this, but her heart moved: "Try it with sand, maybe it will have a miraculous effect."

"That's the only way to go." Kobayakawa Ryui sighed.

Following Tachibana Doxue's order, the Japanese army began to dig the soil and sand on the spot, and used the sand obtained to put out the fire.

To the surprise of Tachibana Daoxue and the others, the fire extinguishing effect of sand and soil is much better than that of water. According to this posture, the fire can be completely extinguished in a day at most.

A day later, the fire was extinguished, and the Japanese army finally crossed the Yingwei City area stepping on the still hot soil, but they received bad news one after another.

"Report... General Qi, Zhou Yu's army has crossed the Kyushu Mountains and is attacking our army's position."

"What? Zhou Yu came so fast?"

Lihua Daoxue's face was full of shock. This march was much faster than he expected. Didn't it mean that Zhou Yu was only good at water battles?

"Report...the village city was breached by Wei General Le Yi, the Shifu Temple City was breached by Qin General Zhao Yun, and the defense line of Feiqian was completely broken by the Qin and Wei allied forces."

"How can it be repaired?"

Lihua Daoxue's complexion changed instantly, and he roared and ordered: "Hurry up, retreat to Nanfeihou Country, or it will be too late."

"Hay."

"Report... General Qi, there are a lot of traps on the road going south, and the road is also seriously damaged, which may affect the speed of marching."

"what?"

When Lihua Daoxue heard this, her eyes were bigger than a copper bell, and a figure appeared in her mind, she looked up to the sky and cursed: "Wu Qi (Qi), you are so vicious, puff..."

"General, general..."

"Father……"

Seeing Lihua Daoxue vomiting blood and fainting, the generals were in a mess, but before the military doctor came to treat him, Lihua Daoxue woke up by himself, and said weakly: "Give up all the luggage, at any cost, even if it takes human life Fill it, and also evacuate to Nanfeihou country for me."

"Hay."

Following Tachibana Daoxue's order, the Dongpu army began to ignore the traps and directly filled the traps with human lives. In just half a day, one or two thousand people died, which made people panic and affected the speed of the march.

At the same time, after the allied forces of Qin and Wei broke through the Feiqian defense line completely, Zhao Yun led [-] dragon cavalry, and Cao Chun led [-] tiger and leopard cavalry.

After Zhou Yu crossed the mountains of Kyushu, he personally led nearly [-] dragon cavalry troops, as well as generals such as Wang Jian and Lu Bu, who came one step ahead of the army to pursue Lihua Daoxue.

On the other hand, under Wu Qi's trap to delay the offensive, the Japanese army's marching speed was greatly affected, and it took a long time to reach Gaolai City.

After another day of hard marching, Tachibana Michiyuki's army finally arrived at the castle. As long as they worked harder to pass through Mifune Castle, they would be able to enter the Minamihigo Mountains, but they were destined not to reach Mifune Castle. Because the cavalry of Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, and Cao Chun had arrived.

Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, and Cao Chun had nearly [-] cavalry troops. If they spared no expense, they might not be able to defeat the [-] Japanese army head-on.

Considering casualties, Zhou Yu and other three generals did not choose to fight the Japanese army head-on, but hung behind the Japanese army and continued to harass them, so as to prevent the Japanese army from advancing and retreating, so as to buy time for the army behind.

Under the continuous harassment of Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, and Cao Chun's eight thousand cavalry, Tachibana Daoxue's army could not advance or retreat at all, and did not leave the city area for two consecutive days.

But at this moment, the Qin Wei coalition forces in the rear had already caught up and surrounded the Japanese army from the east and north.

"My general ordered that the [-] Qin and Wei allied troops in the north and the [-] Qin troops in the east should immediately attack the Japanese army and conquer Kyushu in one battle." Zhou Yu ordered proudly.

(End of this chapter)