Chapter 1224 Duke Zhou Jinshen plotted against the Japanese army
Chapter 1224 Duke Zhou’s stratagem against the Japanese army
Take the blacksmiths as an example. Even though Oda Nobunaga asked Mitsuhide Akechi and others to rob a group of blacksmiths and take them back, the number that could be taken back was limited.
It takes a certain amount of time for these blacksmiths to teach enough apprentices and then to cast finished armor.
However, the batch captured by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazumasu, and Yamatato Rotoshi can be directly used. If the equipment used by the two thousand Han regular army is transported back to Japan, it will be enough for Oda Nobunaga.
The unification war that came down had enough advantages.
As for Zhou Yu, when the news of Zhao Yu's defeat and return came back, Zhou Yu was also shocked.
For a small barbarian country like Japan, a few generals of the Han Dynasty would normally take it seriously. After all, judging from the limited records, Japan is not much stronger than the primitive people and is a true barbarian.
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For these enemies, any general will naturally look down upon them.
It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yu was so surprised, even shocked, when he heard the news that Zhao Yu had been defeated.
How could Zhou Yu, who had been with Zhao Kuangyin for a while, not know Zhao Yu's abilities? He was Zhao Kuangyin's number one general.
Among the many generals of the Sun family, only Luo Hongxin can compare with him. Although Zhou Yu's good friend Sun Ce is conceited and brave, he is still far behind Zhao Yu and Luo Hongxin.
The level is far incomparable to that of the best in the world.
In fact, even if Sun Ce did not die young, he still had no hope of reaching the level of Zhao Yu and Luo Hongxin in this life.
Historically, Sun Ce was already twenty-six years old when he died. It is even more tragic in today's era of chaos, and he would have died two years earlier.
But at this age, their physical fitness has reached its peak. For warriors like them, even if they still have the opportunity to break through the limit, it is far from enough to support Sun Ce to progress to the stage of Zhao Yu or Luo Hongxin. After all,
The gap between them is not just the slightest bit.
Although the news of Zhao Yu's defeat shocked the generals of the Xuzhou Army, including Zhou Yu, it also alerted these generals of the Xuzhou Army. A failure can be regarded as a gain and a loss.
After all, arrogant soldiers will be defeated. This general of the Xuzhou Army may be capable enough, but if he really underestimates the enemy, he may fall into a bigger problem.
A wise man will surely lose something if he thinks a lot, and a fool will gain something if he thinks a lot. No one is absolutely undefeated, and no battle is absolutely 100% victorious.
What's more, their opponents are not fools either.
With such a small loss at this time, it is not a blessing to allow these generals of the Xuzhou Army, and even the generals of the Han Dynasty, to truly understand this enemy.
Well, this battle may have been a great victory for the Japanese army represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazugoshi, and Yamatato Rochi, but the loss of a mere two thousand people was not enough for the Japanese who were sitting in Xuzhou
For Zhao Kuangyin, it is really not a big loss.
When Zhao Yu's news came back, Zhou Yu, who was already alert to this Japanese army, was not in a hurry to take full action immediately, but was ready to thoroughly test the quality of this Japanese army.
Therefore, Zhou Yu hid his only 1,000 cavalry among the 20,000 people, which should now be only 18,000, and led 17,000 infantry alone to fight in three directions.
However, facing Zhou Yu's three-pronged army, Akechi Mitsuhide used the large number of people they looted from the surrounding areas as bait to contain Zhou Yu's main force of the central army and the right wing. At the same time, he concentrated his superior forces to attack the Xuzhou Army on the left.
Akechi Mitsuhide's hand was indeed cruel, and it hit Zhou Yu's weakness. Akechi Mitsuhide could take the lives of the Han people as his own, but Zhou Yu could not.
Among the remaining princes in the world today, although they do not absolutely cherish the feathered ones, there is absolutely no need to waste their reputation on them if it is not necessary.
Judging from Xiang Yu's initial visit to Jiangxia, let alone the natural righteousness of the princes who want to attack Xiang Yu in the future, it will definitely be even more difficult for Xiang Yu to expand abroad in the future.
After the Jiangxia incident, due to the intentional actions of all the princes, Xiang Yu, in addition to ceding his own territory, has been exaggerated into the image of a tyrant who slaughters every city he attacks and kills people every day for no reason.
In the future, if Xiang Yu wants to expand outward, all the princes will naturally need the support of the people.
Of course, Xiang Yu has basically no possibility of expanding outwards in this life. Among the remaining princes in the world, his abilities are among the worst.
Once Li Xiang gets rid of the two brothers Liu Xiu and Liu Yu, at that time, the few princes who are in contact with Xiang Yu will become Li Xiang, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Liu Che.
Among the other princes except Li Xiang, Liu Che and Zhu Yuanzhang can enter the top three in terms of comprehensive strength. Liu Che dominates Yizhou, and Zhu Yuanzhang dominates the entire Yangzhou and half of Jingnan. If there is no external intervention among these three parties,
, all have the strength to kill Xiang Yu's forces alone.
Moreover, under Xiang Yu's series of operations, it was basically difficult for him to find even an ally.
Moving the topic back to Zhou Yu again, it is really unnecessary to ruin Zhao Kuangyin's reputation for a mere 20,000 Japanese troops.
Although Zhou Yu is far from being convinced by Zhao Kuangyin, the little spark hidden in his heart has not been extinguished. But after all, he is still working under Zhao Kuangyin. If Zhao Kuangyin is not happy, not only will his life be difficult, but also Sun Quan and other Sun family members.
Life is not easy for the tribesmen.
What's more, the relationship between Zhou Yu and the Sun family is so deep that it is almost difficult to sever it. If he gave any orders that were not easy to give, even if Sun Quan found an opportunity in the future, it would probably be even more difficult to win over the people of Xuzhou.
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Zhou Yu understood the pros and cons of this very clearly.
Therefore, Zhou Yu could only retreat for the time being from the Japanese army's attack, represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazugoshi, and Hatamato Rochi.
Moreover, taking this opportunity, Zhou Yu revealed a small flaw in his characteristics, giving Akechi Mitsuhide a small victory.
Although Zhou Yu decided to retreat for the time being, it did not mean that he could not start planning for the next real war.
In fact, Zhou Yu had already started planning from the beginning. Otherwise, he would not have temporarily hidden the thousand cavalry from the beginning.