Li Tang is not comparable to the Japanese. Li Tang has learned from the Han Dynasty for more than ten years and has experienced a period of rapid development, leaving behind his former backward barbarian state.
Moreover, due to Li Tang's alliance with the grassland forces, he has been exchanging supplies and vigorously developing trade with the grasslands over the years, and as a result, his national and military power has rapidly grown.
Moreover, Li Tang has been able to fight against Qin Zheng in Youzhou for so many years, and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers cannot be underestimated. After so many years of hard work by Li Shimin, the overall quality of Li Tang's army is not inferior to that of any prince in the Han Dynasty.
Especially the expanded Xuanjia Cavalry, this force gave even Qin Zheng a huge headache, and he was easily unwilling to confront this force head-on.
No matter from any aspect, there is a huge gap between Japan and Li Tang.
Li Tang's alliance with the Japanese army will definitely bring about different changes in the war situation. It will never be as easy to deal with Li Tang as it is to deal with the Japanese army.
It is precisely because of this that the Han generals headed by Bai Qi temporarily gave up their previous strategy and gave up the idea of attacking Honshu Island, where the Japanese power was most concentrated, and instead attacked Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, which were weaker among the Japanese countries.
.
First of all, the daimyo of Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island are now also in the alliance of Japan. Their troops have also entered the alliance to fight against the Han army. At this time, these two places are empty.
.
Secondly, the Miyoshi clan and Otomo clan who died in the previous battle were the most powerful daimyo on Kyushu and Shikoku islands. The families of these two daimyo forces will suffer heavy losses, and their internal affairs are in chaos.
If we attack at this time, we will get twice the result with half the effort.
In addition, it is due to the consideration of the relationship between troop strength and time.
In these successive fierce battles, although the Han army killed nearly three-quarters of the main force of the Japanese army, their own casualties were definitely not small.
Several successive battles, plus the siege of cities and territories along the way, have cost the Han army nearly 40,000 casualties. With a force of 200,000, excluding the 40,000 already damaged, the 40,000 navy must also be
Some of them are used to perform escort missions, and all the troops cannot be used in combat.
In addition, those territories that have been conquered are not over after they are conquered. They have to send some troops to watch the opponent.
If no troops are sent out to watch, even if those territories have been conquered by the Han army, they may once again become the territory controlled by the Japanese as soon as the Han army leaves. In this case, those before them will
Wouldn’t the action be a waste of effort?
Not to mention not sending troops to watch, even if we send troops to watch, there will occasionally be some small-scale unrest in the rear. Although it is only some small-scale unrest and the trouble it brings is limited, it is enough to explain something from the side.
Problem.
Chen Ping, Chen Deng, Gongsun Yan and other counselors under the princes made some relatively tolerant suggestions.
However, Bai Qi was unwilling to waste too much time behind. If there was any unrest, he would suppress it forcefully. As long as he participated in the unrest, even if he was not killed on the spot but was captured in the end, he would end up being trapped and killed in the end.
In fact, they would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go. In a short period of time, the number of Japanese people who were tricked and killed has reached as high as 60,000. And among these 60,000, who knows how many there are
Was the person killed by mistake?
Of course, few people in the Han army cared about whether these people were accidentally killed. The process of conquest was inherently cruel!
The more they kill, the more they will resist! However, if the killing is really ruthless enough, it may not be impossible to forcibly suppress their resistance!
Therefore, after the resistance after the killings began to be aroused, and after Bai Qi massacred four cities in a row, the resistance that was about to be aroused gradually began to subside.
Including the 60,000 Japanese who were killed earlier, and those four cities, almost 200,000 Japanese were buried in this accident.
If Chen Ping and others had not warned him, Bai Qi might have been more ruthless this time. After all, the Han army still needed food, and where did it come from? Naturally, it had to be cultivated by the Japanese! Moreover, the Han people also developed various minerals.
Manpower is needed, and these things are inseparable from the Japanese labor force!
If Bai Qi were to kill all the Japanese, there would indeed be no more turmoil in the rear, but the Han army would also be in big trouble!
However, this also shows that after those territories were captured by the Han army, a certain amount of troops must be left to guard them.
Therefore, the number of troops that the Han army can mobilize is definitely not abundant. At the same time, facing the Japanese and Li Tang, the pressure is also quite heavy.
It was precisely based on these circumstances that the generals and counselors of the Han army decided after discussion to adopt the policy of using Japanese to control Japanese.
The Han army decided to establish a certain number of Japanese troops to help the Han army siege cities and seize territory to reduce Han casualties. As for the establishment of Japanese troops, this is definitely not something that can be done in a hurry. If you say it is formed today, it can be achieved tomorrow.
, which definitely requires a certain amount of time.
Moreover, the personnel of the Japanese army must also go through certain screening. At least, it must be ensured that they all have family members under the control of the Han army, and it is impossible to find some old bachelors with no worries to join their army.
.
After all, those who are not from our race must have different intentions. After these troops are formed, it is certainly impossible for them to go to the battlefield with bare hands. They must be given certain equipment!
Therefore, it is very important to ensure the Han army's ability to control this unit! If this cannot be guaranteed, once something goes wrong with this unit, the Han army will just shoot itself in the foot.
Therefore, after considering all aspects, the Han generals believed that it was not the time for Japan or even Li Tang to directly launch a decisive battle, and they should change their previous strategy and attack the empty Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island.
As a result, the three famous generals Bai Qi, Zhao She, and Fu Youde divided their troops into three groups, planted many flags, and disguised themselves as Tajima, Harima, Kawachi and other countries to attract the attention of Takeda Shingen and Oda Nobunaga.
force.
However, in the dark, Chang Yuchun and Wang Jian's troops were led by Han Shizhong to cross eastward to Shikoku Island, while Guan Yu and Xue Wanche also quietly entered Kyushu Island under the guidance of Liu Rengui, and launched an attack on these two places.
