Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2361 Honshu Island Battle

Chapter 2357: Battle of Honshu Island

There are six major factions on the island of Honshu, namely: Oda, Uesugi, Takeda, Tokugawa, Date, and Maori. (Note: The forces of the Oysterzaki family are located in Hokkaido.)
After receiving the news that the entire territory of Kyushu had fallen, the other five families except the Maori family immediately disbanded the coalition forces rushing to aid Kyushu.

This is actually a helpless move. After all, it is meaningless to continue to keep the establishment when it is impossible to land on Kyushu Island. It is just a waste of money and food.

Of course, the most important point is that the Allied Forces of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu will attack Honshu next.

The countries in this state don't know where the Allied Forces of the Four Nations will land, and there is no way to counterattack in any situation, they can only passively defend, so naturally they are quite insecure, so they all call back the army to protect their own forces.

Things have developed to this point, the alliance of the eleven countries in Japan has basically existed in name only, and they may still help each other in the future, but on the whole they are all based on their own interests and fighting each other.

"Report... Your Majesty, the Central Plains Allied Forces have landed in the four western countries of Iwami, Inaba, Bizen, and Tango."

Oda Nobunaga showed surprise, and said to himself: "It turned out to be the west?"

After the fall of the entire territory of Kyushu, Oda Nobunaga and other daimyos summoned their resourceful men to speculate on the next main attack direction of the Central Plains Allied Forces.

After all, even if it's a passive defense, if you don't even know the enemy's landing location, it's too passive, and knowing the location can at least make targeted defenses.

At the meeting, most people believed that the coalition forces of the Central Plains would definitely land from the Kanto Plain, the Nobi Plain, or the Nearby Plain. After all, these three plains are the essence of Honshu, and they are the most populous and wealthiest places.

The Central Plains Conquer the Japanese Allied Forces came mainly for money, so it is absolutely impossible to let these three plains go.

In addition, the plains are flat, easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the Central Plains coalition forces are good at attacking fortifications, so it is likely that they will not seek stability and step by step, but directly attack the most affluent plains.

The three major plains of Kanto, Nobi, and Jinji are all under the control of the Oda family, so the Oda family should focus on these three major plains for defense.

This kind of statement has been agreed by most of them, including Oda Nobunaga. After all, just looking at the massacres of the Central Plains Allied Forces in Kyushu, we know that they are not here for long-term rule, but for money. It is absolutely impossible to miss the three major plains of Honshu.

Oda Nobunaga, through three Honshu wars, drove the Maori family, which originally occupied nearly a few plains, to the west, and drove the Takeda family and Tokugawa Island, which occupied the Kanto plain, to the northeast. It was difficult to occupy all the three major plains of Honshu. The Central Plains Allied Forces may be allowed to seize the three major plains.

Oda Nobunaga also felt that the Central Plains coalition forces were more likely to attack the three major plains, so they transferred most of their troops to the plains, but never expected that the Han Chinese coalition forces would land from the west.

Why did the Han coalition choose to attack the west first?Naturally, it is because the west is closest to Kyushu Island.

"I thought that the Han people would become more and more arrogant after successive battles and victories, but I didn't expect to be so cautious."

Oda Nobunaga smiled wryly. Facing such a powerful yet cautious Han coalition army, the days ahead for the countries of Japan will obviously not be easy.

Since Oda Nobunaga completely guessed the direction of the enemy's main attack, this also resulted in a relatively empty force in the western region, so the offensive of the four-nation coalition can be described as overwhelming.

After Xu Huang landed in Shijian country, he quickly attacked the coastal cities, and at the same time recruited the guards of the major cities in the name of Mao Li Yuanchun.

Although Mao Li's family has changed their name, Mao Li Yuanqing's prestige is obviously not as good as his brother's.

In addition, the Qin army's offensive was extremely fierce. If they did not surrender before the battle, once the city was broken, it would be massacred.

May I ask who is not afraid?
The Maoli family had already been feared by the Qin army, and out of fear, many guards chose to surrender in Kaesong before the attack began.

The Qin army occupied a large number of cities without encountering any resistance, which also made the strength of Xu Huang's troops not only not decrease, but to fight more and more.

In just five days, Xu Huang occupied the entire territory of Ishijian Kingdom, and his army strength increased to [-], and then continued to attack other countries in the west.

The entire territory of Ishijian country fell, and the three kingdoms of Aki, Izumo, and Bingo were in danger. The new name of the Mori family, Mori Yuanqing, was shocked. Ask for help.

But now that Oda Nobunaga is too busy to take care of himself, how can he have extra troops to support the Mori family?

What's more, the three countries of Inaba, Bizen, and Tango in the east of the Mori family were also attacked by the Central Plains coalition forces. The connection between the Oda family and the Mori family was cut off, and they no longer bordered each other.

Even if Oda Nobunaga wanted to support the Mori family, the army of the Oda family would not be able to make it through.

Therefore, the Maori family has been completely reduced to abandoned children.

Mao Li Yuanqing is far from being able to compare with Mao Li Yuanchun in terms of prestige, ability, and character.

After learning that the Oda family could not send any reinforcements, and that the territory surrendered in pieces, Aki, Izumo, and Bingo fell, and in desperation, they surrendered directly to Xu Huang, which made the Qin army win without blood. Land of two countries.

During Xu Huang's campaign against the Western Kingdom, most of the defenders surrendered directly because they did not encounter much resistance, so the killings caused were not too heavy, and only nearly 10 people were killed from the beginning to the end.

According to statistics after the war, the total population of the Six Kingdoms is still 25, which is less than the total population of the Kyushu and Three Kingdoms, but the total population controlled by the Great Qin in the Wa Kingdom has also reached 60.

After destroying the Maori family and occupying the territory of the Six Kingdoms, Xu Huang had [-] troops in his hands.

Among them, the Qin army had only [-], while the Qin Xie army (surrendered army) had as many as [-].

The number of surrendered troops is five times that of the Qin army,
These surrendered troops were forced to surrender, and they surrendered not long ago, so Xu Huang could not trust them.

In addition, because the bones of the Maori family were too soft, they surrendered without much resistance. Many surrendered generals still retained their military power and possessed the power to resist the Qin army.

Therefore, after some thought, Xu Huang decided to stop expanding and began to integrate the resources of the six western countries, and to train the [-] Qin Xiejun.

In addition, Xu Huang also recruited nearly [-] strong men to mine Shijian Yinshan on a large scale.

Xu Huang's various actions, especially the reorganization of the army, aroused the dissatisfaction of many surrendered generals, and they began to plot rebellion, but Xu Huang was aware of it in advance.

The rebellion proceeded as scheduled, but Xu Huang was well prepared. After killing [-] rebel generals and making [-] rebels into slaves, and dispatched them to mines for mining, the military power of Qin Xiejun was completely lost by Xu Huang. in hand.

Since then, the six western countries have completely stabilized.

It can be said that Xu Huang's side is like a broken bamboo, and the battles of the four kingdoms of Ming, Wei, Song and Wu, although much slower than the Qin army, are also extremely smooth.

On Shikoku Island, although Imagawa and Hojo have assembled an army of [-], which is more than twice the strength of the Ming army, the overall quality of the soldiers and the lineup of generals are still far behind the Ming army. .

Both Imagawa and Hojo, who fled from Honshu to Shikoku, have more than one god-level general, but Zhu Di dispatched three gods of war.

The generals of the two sides are not at the same level at all, and the overall quality of the soldiers is also very different. How can it be possible to stop the Ming army?
Since the Ming army landed on Shikoku Island, they won three battles and three victories, and quickly occupied one-third of the territory of Shikoku Island. Imagawa and Hojo suffered heavy casualties, but they had to expand their troops and continue to resist desperately.

According to this trend, within a month or two at most, the two families of Imagawa and Hojo can be wiped out, and the entire territory of Shikoku Island can be completely occupied.

As for the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu, the territories attacked were all under the Oda Clan's base, but most of the Oda Clan's forces were located in the three major plains of Kanto, Nobi, and Jinji, so the troops in the western region were relatively empty, so naturally it was impossible to block them. Live the attack of Wei Song Wu Three Kingdoms.

The goals of Wei, Song, Wu and the Three Kingdoms were to conquer the four countries, but it only took half a month to complete most of the strategic goals, while the main force of the Oda family was still on the way to support.

As soon as the western region was attacked, Oda Nobunaga immediately dispatched troops to support the western region, but due to the road conditions and the long distance, it was obvious that he did not arrive so quickly.

Just as the Oda family's army arrived, the situation in the western part of Honshu had completely collapsed, and it was completely powerless to recover when the reinforcements arrived.

In this regard, Oda Nobunaga actually had expected it a long time ago, so from the very beginning, he was ready to give up the twenty countries in the west.
Oda Nobunaga wanted to limit the Allied Forces of the Four Nations to the near plains, so he would not hesitate to turn the twenty countries in the west into a piece of white ground.

It is obviously not easy to achieve this goal with the power of Oda alone, so Oda Nobunaga also sent a joint statement to Sugi, Takeda, Tokugawa, Date, and the Oysterzaki family in Hokkaido, hoping that the four countries will You can send troops to the west to join the war.

After receiving Nobunaga's subpoena, the Tokugawa, Oysterzaki, and Date families all refused on the grounds that the Han coalition forces might divide their forces to invade other areas.

Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen both responded to Oda Nobunaga's call and personally led an elite army to help in the battle.

But what Oda Nobunaga and Uesugi Kenshin did not expect was that the Uesugi family's army had just left the territory, and before they had time to fight the Wu army, the Echigo Kingdom in the rear was attacked by the Qin army, and it was Zhou Yu himself leader.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga and others knew that the Qin army that landed in Ishimi country was just a partial division, and the main force of the Qin army led by Zhou Yu was eyeing the Uesugi family's territory.

As for why Qin Jun targeted Uesugi's house?I am afraid that only the Uesugi family's gold mine can attract Qin Jun.

After realizing this, Oda Nobunaga felt a chill down his spine. The Mori family's Iwami Ginzan and the Uesugi family's Sado Jinzan are secrets even in Japan, but the Han Chinese coalition forces know them well.

Such a powerful, cautious, but well-known opponent, can Dongpu really defeat them?

Oda Nobunaga didn't know the result, but he obviously had no choice, no matter success or failure, he had to fight desperately.

The Echigo Kingdom was suddenly attacked, and it was the main force of the Qin army who came, which frightened Uesugi Kenshin.

Echigo is not only the largest country in the Uesugi family, one country is equivalent to the area of ​​the three countries, and it is rich in mineral resources. It has the large gold mine of Sado Gold Mountain, and it is also the main grain production area of ​​the Uesugi family.

Because of the Sado Gold Mountain, the Uesugi family has always been well-off financially, but there is not much arable land, so the grain production has always been low, and the grain production in Echigo accounted for half of the Uesugi family.

Once the Echigo Kingdom fell, the Uesugi family would not only lose their main source of income, but also lose half of their food production. This would undoubtedly be fatal to a country, and forced Kenshin Uesugi to immediately withdraw his troops and return to aid.

When Takeda Shingen learned that Uesugi's house had been attacked, he was afraid that the Han coalition forces would attack his own house, so he called back the support army to defend his country with all his strength.

Therefore, Oda Nobunaga, who is leading the army to the west, can only fight alone against the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu.

The speed of Kenshin Uesugi's return to aid is not unreasonable, but it is still a step too late. The Echigo Kingdom has only [-] defenders. After ten days of support, the whole territory fell.

It is worth mentioning that none of the cities of Echigo surrendered, and the strength of resistance far exceeded the expectations of the generals of the Qin army.

In the end, although the Qin army easily captured the Echihou Kingdom, it also lost [-] Qin troops and [-] Qin Xiejun.

Such a strong resistance, in addition to the Uesugi family's hype about the brutality of the Han people, is more because Uesugi Kenshin is more popular than the big names such as Mori Otomo.

This also made Zhou Yu realize that if the previous practice of massacring the city without surrendering was followed, when the Uesugi family is destroyed, this area will also be slaughtered into a piece of white land, and the labor force for excavating the Sado Gold Mountain may not be enough. come out.

With this in mind, Zhou Yu decided to relax the conditions for the massacre. Breaking the city did not directly massacre the city, but killed all the rebels, so as to reduce the resistance of the Uesugi family.

Zhou Yu's method is indeed more effective than massacring the city. Not massacring the city reduces the people's resistance to the Qin army, and the chances of the generals of the Uesugi family surrendering are also greatly increased.

Under Zhou Yu's kindness and power, it took only eight days to capture the ten cities of Echigo Kingdom, and did not cause too much slaughter, only 6 to [-] people were killed. This is already the Qin army's least killing once again.

Soon after the fall of Echigo Kingdom, Uesugi Kenshin’s army finally rushed back, but she was very sensible and did not go to compete with Zhou Yu to return to Echigo Kingdom, but chose to stick to Etsuchu, Echizen, Noto and other places.

The Uesugi family is not the Oda family, and their military strength is far less abundant than the Oda family.

The Qin army was stronger than the Japanese army, and its strength was no less than that of the Uesugi family. How could Uesugi Kenshin dare to confront Zhou Yu head-on?It's better to use defense instead of attack, and wait for Zhou Yu to take the initiative to attack the door.

While Uesugi Kenshin decided to stick to it, he also sent envoys to lobby Takeda Shingen and Date Masamune, hoping that the Takeda family and the Date family could send troops to support the Uesugi family.

Takeda Shingen did not dare to send troops at first, but he learned that the main force of the Qin army was in Echigo, and the rest of the Han allied forces were in the west. The Han allied forces had no more troops to attack the Takeda family.
Considering that once the Uesugi family is subjugated, the Takeda family will not be able to survive alone, so Takeda Shingen decisively decided to send troops to attack Zhou Yu together with Uesugi Kenshin from the south to the north.

　Friends, happy Mid-Autumn Festival, the chapters that were missing yesterday will be added on the weekend.

　　
　
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