Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2381 Decisive Battle in Tokyo
Chapter 2377: Battle in Tokyo
After escaping from Kinki, Oda Nobunaga published a "Letter to the People of Dongying" written by himself, and posted it in all areas that have not yet been occupied.

In this article, Oda Nobunaga truthfully explained the demise of Shintoism, but claimed that it was the result of the Han people's insidious tricks, in order to instigate the hatred of the Japanese people who did not know the truth against the Han people.

In addition, Oda Nobunaga also admitted the disastrous defeat in Kinki, claiming that Dongying has reached a time of life and death, and the whole country must work together to survive this crisis.

At the end of the article, Oda Nobunaga expressed his determination to fight to the end for Dongying, and hoped that the people of the whole country would support him, even if the whole country's name Yusha could not succumb to the Han people.

This article by Oda Nobunaga can only be said to be mediocre in terms of provocativeness, but it was released at a very good time, just after the fall of Shintoism.

Shintoism is the belief of most Japanese people, but now it has been exterminated without any sign. For the Japanese people, this is simply a bolt from the blue, no less than the collapse of faith, and naturally they need a channel to vent their hearts.

Oda Nobunaga guided them very well, transferring the hatred of the upper-class nobles, middle-class samurai, and lower-class people to the Han people, and at the same time cleared the responsibility for his intentional concealment.

Under the deliberate guidance of Oda Nobunaga, the people of the Wa Kingdom were full of grievances, and their hatred for the Han people reached the extreme. They took the initiative to devote themselves to the great cause of resisting the Han people. then out of people.

The Oda family suffered heavy casualties in the First World War in Kinki. After returning from Kinki, the original 28 army was even less than 14. Even with the local troops in Nobi, the total force was still less than 20.

But under this wave of national anti-Han, Oda Nobunaga re-raised an army of 30 in such a short period of time.

The reason why the conscription was not continued was not that Oda Nobunaga did not want to conscript, but because the light and strong people in the Nobi area had already been conscripted, and if they continued to conscript, they could only recruit the old and the weak.

But in the face of the Han Chinese coalition armed to the teeth, sending the old and the weak to the battlefield is not much different from sending them to death, and no amount of them will make much difference.

The Nobi area is the birthplace of the Oda family, and the capital of the Dongying Empire, Qingzhou Castle is also located here.

The Oda family's rule in Nobi was the strongest, so they were able to recruit so many troops in such a short period of time.

As for the Kanto area hundreds of miles away, although it has only been occupied by the Oda family for a few years, due to the destruction of Shintoism, it is also responding to Oda Nobunaga's call, and all the young and strong have been conscripted.

As of the Qin, Wei, Song, Wu and Four Kingdoms dispatched troops, Kanto, the region with the largest plain area and the most population, had a total force of 20 troops, composed of Shibata Katsuie and Sakuma Shengmasa among the "Oda Four Olds", and " Kazuyoshi Takikawa is the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings of Oda.

Including the strength of the Kanto region, that is to say, the Oda family still has 50 troops.

In addition, the four allies of Tokugawa (73), Takeda ([-]), Shimadzu ([-]), and Oysterzaki ([-]), the total strength of Japan is still [-].

The total population of the five countries is only 400 million, but their military strength is as many as 72.

Including the troops who died in battle and surrendered before, the total has reached as many as 50 million.

In other words, in order to resist the invasion of the Han people, the total number of troops mobilized by the Wa country has completely exceeded 100 million, reaching a level of nearly 120.

The total population of the Wa country is only over 600 million, but it has mobilized a full [-] million troops, and the ratio of soldiers to civilians has reached five to one, or even higher.

This has completely exceeded the scope of the limit of military expansion. Even if the countries in the Central Plains cannot afford this level, they can do this in the country of Wa, which has no human rights and has a fixed class.

After Oda Nobunaga learned that the Qin army sent troops to the Kai country, he decisively sent additional reinforcements to the Kai country area, but it was a pity that it was still a step too late.

Zhou Yu had already guessed that Oda Nobunaga would send more troops to Kai, so before sending troops, he secretly sent the elite to North Shinano, including Wu Qi, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Mi Houwang, Huang Zhong and many other generals. Immediately after the official dispatch, a fierce attack was launched.

The total strength of the Oda family in Nanshinano is no more than [-], and more than half of them are recruits. The will to resist is not strong, and they cannot stop the onslaught of Wu Qi and others.

In just two days, the eight cities of Nanshinano were all captured by the Qin army, and then invaded Kai's country.

Nanshinano fell, Kai country lost its northern gateway, and the Qin army came too fast and too fiercely, and the Oda army had no time to react, and lost a large amount of territory.

At this time, even if Oda Nobunaga sent reinforcements, it was too late. By the time they arrived in Kai Kingdom, the entire territory might have fallen.

Once the Kai country falls, the connection between Noo and Kanto will also be cut off, and the Japanese army in the Noo area will also fall into a situation of two sides attacking.

Realizing this, Oda Nobunaga ordered Yukimura Sanada, who guards the Suruga country, and Mitsuhide Akechi, who guards the Toe country, to lead [-] troops each, for a total of [-] troops, to take back the Kai country at all costs.

Akechi Mitsuhide and Sanada Yukimura were originally enemies of the Oda family.

When Japanese pirates invaded the eastern coast, Akechi Mitsuhide and Tokugawa Ieyasu invaded the Yangzhou area, and Sanada Yukimura invaded the Youzhou area, and they all robbed a lot of wealth and returned.

The territories of the Akechi family and the Sanada family were under the nose of the Oda family, and they were hit by the Oda family's final blow after their return.

The Oda family is also short of money and food. Knowing that the two families have robbed a large amount of money and food, how can they not eat the fat that is on their lips?
In order to prevent Uesugi Takeda and other families from ruining their own good deeds, Oda Nobunaga mobilized a full 30 troops and fought without declaring a war. It took only half a month to destroy the Sanada and Akechi families.

The other countries didn't react, Sanada and Akechi had already been wiped out, and Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide were also forced to surrender to the Oda family.

For Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide, Oda Nobunaga was not going to reuse them, but the revenge of the Han people came too fast, and the few generals he could use were the uprising.

In addition, Akechi Mitsuhide and Akechi Mitsuhide were one of the culprits who invaded the Han people, and it was absolutely impossible to be accepted by the Han people, so Oda Nobunaga continued to appoint Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide.

Oda Nobunaga naturally knew that it was impossible to retake the Kai Kingdom from the 15 Qin army with only the [-] troops of Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide.

Therefore, he also ordered Shibata Katsuya in the Kanto region to lead the 15 Kwantung Army to attack Kai from the Kanto region.

Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide's [-] troops will attack Kai from west to east.

Shibata Katsuya's 15 Kwantung Army will attack Kai from east to west.

Under Oda Nobunaga's arrangement, the Oda family can not only avoid the situation of two-sided attack, but even form a double-sided attack situation against the Qin army, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

It only took Zhou Yu six days to occupy more than half of the Kai Kingdom, but soon after, he received news that the Wa Kingdoms in Kanto and Kinki were attacking the Kai Kingdom from east and west.

Kai country's mountainous terrain and narrow terrain are not conducive to the display of large-scale legions.

Once the Qin army's offensive drags on for too long, if the east and west armies of the Oda family arrive, it is very likely that due to the terrain, they will be completely trapped in the border of Kai country, unable to move.

After seeing through Oda Nobunaga's sinister intentions, Zhou Yu ordered the whole army to speed up the offensive, and it took another three days to occupy the entire territory of Kai Kingdom.

After occupying the Kai country, Zhou Yu immediately began to divide his troops. After all, even fighting on two fronts is better than being trapped to death in the territory of Kai.

After some deliberation, Zhou Yu decided to adopt the strategy of 'defense from the east and attack from the west'.

Send generals to lead a partial division to block the 15 troops from the Kanto.

And Zhou Yu personally led the main force to attack Nobi, and cooperated with the Wei, Song, Wu and Three Kingdoms allied forces to attack Oda Nobunaga from east to west, all the way to the capital of the Dongying Empire.

As long as the city of Tokyo can be breached, and the Japanese emperor beheaded and Oda Nobunaga killed, the Kanto region will win without a fight.

Both Zhou Yu and Oda Nobunaga wanted to pinch each other from both sides, and the key to success lies in which side's Western Route Army can win first, and the winning side will naturally be able to pinch the opponent from both sides.

The Oda family's east and west armies had a total strength of 25, while the total strength of the Qin Army was only 15.

Zhou Yu was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. In order to minimize casualties, he decided to gather elite troops and defeat the West Route Army of the Oda family as quickly as possible.

If you do this, the strength of the East Route Army will definitely not be too many, and the pressure will naturally increase.

After deliberation, Zhou Yu decided to give the East Route Army [-] troops and select a general who is good at defense to lead the army.

An army of 15 against [-] Japanese troops, this task is not without difficulty.

With such a huge disparity in troop strength, it stands to reason that not many generals would be willing to take over.

But in the Qin army, it was just the opposite. All the generals were extremely enthusiastic and took the initiative to ask for a fight. Even if the enemy was five times their own, they were still regarded as dung.

Zhou Yu did not dare to be careless about the candidate for the East Route Army's general.

After all, if the East Route Army fails to defend, the main force will really be attacked by the Japanese army on both sides, and it will also fall into the crisis of annihilating the entire army.

After some thought, both Zhou Yu and Guo Jia decided to let Wu Qi, who was outstanding in strategy and command, be the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, commanding five thousand Qin troops, twenty-five thousand Qin Xie troops, as well as Huang Zhong, Mi Houwang, and Gao Jun. Shun, Chen Dao and others.

After being appointed by Zhou Yu, Wu Qi did not set up a direction in Kai. Instead, he led an army of 15 to capture Hachioji Castle in Musashi before the [-] Kwantung Army had yet arrived in Musashi.

The Japanese garrison of Eight Princes City never expected that under such circumstances, the Qin army would dare to take the initiative to attack under such circumstances, surrounded by an army of 25, so they had no preparations, and they were successfully occupied by Wu Qizhi.

Hachioji City is a mountain city, built on the mountain, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If Wu Qi occupied this city, even if he only had an army of 15 in his hands, he could easily block the offensive of [-] Kwantung Army.

On the other hand, if the Kwantung Army wanted to recapture Hachioji Castle, in addition to a strong attack, they had to go from Musashi Kingdom, detour to Sagami Kingdom, enter Suruga Kingdom, and attack Kai Kingdom from Tenomba Castle.

After such a long detour, regardless of whether the Kwantung Army will be exposed or not, even if it is not exposed, it must capture the southern gateway of Kai Kingdom, Fujiyoshida Castle.

Fuji Yoshida Castle is also a fortified city, and it is also the southern gate of Kai Kingdom. Such a hub in the Central Plains, it is naturally impossible for Wu Qi to be undefended under the command of Wu Qi.

Even if Wu Qi was really undefended, it would be more than half a month before the Kwantung Army arrived at Fujiyoshida City. By then, the Qin Army on the Western Front might have already won.

After learning that Wu Qi occupied the Eight Princes City, Zhou Yu was completely relieved, because the dominance of the next war would return to the Qin army.

Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide, although they had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, they were not taken seriously by Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu held an army of 12, including [-] elite Qin soldiers. Under his command were not only Han Chinese generals such as Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Yue Yun, but also Japanese generals such as Uesugi Kenshin.

Zhou Yu's side is much stronger in terms of military strength and general lineup. How can Sanada survive and Akechi Mitsuhide resist?
Under the onslaught of Zhou Yu's 12 troops, the Oda family's army was repeatedly defeated. In less than half a month, they lost the ten cities of the Suruga Kingdom.

Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide had no choice but to retreat to Jiang Yuan Country and Mikawa Country, and if these two countries could not defend, the Qin Army would invade Owari Country, and Tokyo, the capital of the Dongying Empire, was in Owari Country territory.

At the same time, after the reunion of the Wei, Song, and Wu allied forces, a total of 20 troops were raised to attack Nobi from Kinki.

With the two leading parties, Yamata no Orochi and Shuten Doji, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms' offensive in the thin line was also very smooth. After paying a certain amount of casualties, they also successfully occupied the Iga country, and then invaded the Ise country, officially setting foot in the country. Noose Plains.

The Qin army and the Wei, Song, and Wu armies all invaded the Nobi Plain, which also shows that Oda Nobunaga's plan to attack on both sides completely failed.

Man proposes, God disposes.

Oda Nobunaga has done what should be done and what should not be done. He has tried his best, but the situation is still in decline.

The only thing Oda Nobunaga can do next, other than waiting for news from the front line, is to strengthen Tokyo's defenses. After all, if the east and west lines cannot be defended, the final decisive battle will definitely break out in Tokyo.

At the same time, Susano and others went to rescue Himihu, but after searching for more than a month, they failed to find any trace of Himihu, but they learned that the Uesugi family was forced to surrender to Qin, and the soldiers of Qin, Wei, Song, Wu and four countries entered the Nobi area. News of the upcoming meeting in Tokyo.

Neither Susanoo nor Tsukuyomi thought that the situation in Japan would decline to such an extent in just one month, and they were both shocked and regretful.

If they hadn't left at the beginning, would the Uesugi family have persisted longer?The situation will not be so decadent.

(End of this chapter)