With the defeat of Hizen Kingdom, the Otomo family lost not only a country, but also many elite generals in the army, many of whom were super-class warriors.
The Central Plains is full of god generals, who are not as good as dogs. Only warriors with the level of God of War are the high-end combat power of each country.
The Japanese country has a small territory and few people, so the number of talents is naturally not as good as that of the Central Plains. First-class generals are already the mainstay, super-first-class generals are the top combat power, and divine generals are even rarer.
As for the God of War?
Even Honda Tadakatsu, who is known as the 'most powerful general of the Warring States Period', is still only a god general and not a god of war.
Among the allied forces of Qin and Wei, there were five or six gods of war alone, and there was also a super-god general, and there were even more god-generals.
With such a big gap in the general lineup, how could the Japanese generals be opponents? That’s why they were immediately stunned as soon as the war started.
The four powerful generals under the command of Tachibana Michizuki, known as the "Tachibana Four Heavenly Kings", Yubu Yushin, Jushi Rianzada, Anto Kaitadada, and Takano Daisen, were killed by Qin general Xu Chu alone, and they only used less than 100 seconds.
Five rounds.
Tachibana Michyuki's deputy general, Kuroda Takataka, the governor of the Kuroda family in Chikuzen Province, had the "Twenty-Four Kuroda Riders" under his command, eight of which were also called the "Eight Kuroda Tigers".
After twenty-four first-class and super-first-class generals such as Inoue Nobubo, Ogawa Shinaki, and Tadayoshi Suga joined forces, and after continuously activating the two combination skills of "Twenty-Four Riders" and "Eight Tigers", the overall combat effectiveness was no better than the peak.
The divine general is inferior.
But even so, Lu Bu was still crushed by the autumn wind, and he killed thirteen generals in a row in only seven rounds, almost killing two generals in one round.
Lu Bu killed thirteen generals in a row, which frightened the remaining eleven generals into silence. They no longer dared to fight Lu Bu and fled in panic. However, Lu Bu shot three generals in succession with bows and arrows.
Initially, twenty-four generals went out to fight, but only eight generals escaped, and one of them died of serious injuries shortly after escaping.
After Hizen Kingdom was defeated by the Qin and Wei coalition forces, deputy general Kuroda Takataka led the remaining "Twenty-Four Kuroda Cavalry" and the 5,000-strong army, and finally allowed Tachibana Michyuki to escape from the pursuit and lead the remnants of the Otomo family.
Retreat to Zhuhou country.
As for Kuroda Takaka's army, they were easily defeated by Lu Bu's thousand cavalry, and all of them, including the "twenty-four cavalry", died under Lu Bu's halberd.
In addition, Zhao Yun, Mi Houwang, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Xue Dingshan, Er Lai, Xiahou Dun and other generals also killed many Dayou family generals.
It can be said that seven out of ten generals of the Otomo family died in the Battle of Hizen, and they also lost 20,000 elite troops.
On the contrary, the Qin army not only did not lose its generals, but also suffered very few casualties.
The comprehensive combat power of the Qin army was already stronger than that of the Japanese army, with 70,000 fighting against 20,000, and it was in a crushing situation. With this absolute advantage in strength, it would naturally not suffer many casualties.
After the two-day battle of Hizen, the Qin and Wei coalition forces only suffered more than 400 casualties, most of which were Wei troops. Compared with the results achieved, these casualties were insignificant.
The Otomo family has six kingdoms in Kyushu, namely: Tsushima, Iki, Hizen, Higo, Chikugo, Chikuzen;
The Kingdom of Tsushima and the Kingdom of Iki had been slaughtered by the Qin army long before the Battle of Tsushima, and the westernmost Hizen Kingdom was also captured by the combined forces of Qin and Wei within two days.
In other words, the Dayou family now only has the land of the Three Kingdoms left.
After learning the news of Tachibana Michyuki's defeat, Daimyo Otomo Haruhide almost fainted, but he quickly calmed down after a brief panic.
Internally, he seized the time to conduct emergency recruitment and sent an additional 30,000 troops to Chikugo Kingdom to defend it.
Externally, he sent envoys to the Mori family and the Shimazu family to ask for help, hoping that the two families could send reinforcements to help the Otomo family defend the Chikugo country, and the three families could jointly fight against the Japanese conquest coalition.
The first two governors of the Maori family, Mao Liyuan and Mao Li Longyuan, both died in the battle with Da Qin.
The new daimyo Mouri Motoharu hates Da Qin very much, and he knows the truth of the death of lips and teeth, so he will naturally watch the Otomo family be wiped out.
The Maori family owns six countries in total, two in Kyushu and four in Honshu.
The Three Kingdoms of Kyushu are: Bunzen Kingdom and Bungo Kingdom.
The three kingdoms of Honshu are: Nagato Kingdom, Shufang Kingdom, Ishimi Kingdom, and Anyun Kingdom.
In other words, most of the power of the Maori family is actually on Honshu Island.
Long before the Battle of Tsushima began, Takamoto Mori had already made preparations to mobilize troops from Honshu Island to support Kyushu.
After Mouri Longyuan was buried in the sea, his younger brother Mouri Yuanchun inherited his brother's business, continued to carry the banner of resisting Qin, and mobilized troops to Kyushu as soon as possible.
But just before the Maori family's army was about to arrive at the Tsushima Strait, the port of Kyushu was burned down by Zhou Yu's army.
The new port has not yet been rebuilt. Even if it is built, the Great Qin navy will attack again.
In other words, with Kyushu completely sealed off, the Maori family's reinforcements could no longer come through, and they could only rely on Kyushu's local army to fight against Great Qin.
If we divide our troops to support the Otomo family at this time, the Mori family's territory will fall into a situation of insufficient troops.
However, if we do not support the Otomo family, once the Otomo family is destroyed, the Qin army's next target will be the Maori family.
Motoharu Mouri couldn't help but fell into a dilemma, but after some thinking, he finally decided to support the Otomo family. After all, this was his only ally in Kitakyushu.
Motoharu Mori ordered his third brother, Kobayakawa Takakage, who had adopted the Kobayakawa family and inherited the position of family governor, to lead eighteen generals of Mori and an army of 20,000 to rush to support the kingdom.
Chikugo Kingdom originally had 10,000 defenders, Otomo Haruhide sent 30,000 additional reinforcements, and Tachibana Michyuki urgently recruited another 10,000 troops, so the total strength at this time had reached 50,000.
Including Kobayakawa Takakage's 20,000 troops, the total strength of Chikugo Kingdom, an alliance between Otomo and Mori, would reach 70,000, which was barely qualified to fight against the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
If the reinforcements from the Shimazu family are included, the total strength of the three coalition forces is even greater than that of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
On the other side, the new daimyo of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Yoshihiro, also decided to send troops to support the Chikugo Kingdom, and was preparing to personally lead the four Shimazu brothers and an army of 30,000 to come to support.
But not long after the army set off, Shimazu Yoshihiro received news that the 50,000-strong coalition of the Song and Wu countries suddenly landed in Minami Kyushu and attacked Satsuma. The frightened Shimazu Yoshihiro quickly withdrew his troops and tried his best to deal with the Song and Wu coalition forces.
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The news that the 50,000 Song and Wu coalition troops were attacking the Satsuma Kingdom not only shocked Shimazu Yoshihiro, but also Motoharu Motoharu and Otomo Haruhide.
They thought that the allied forces of Qin, Song, and Wu were all in Hizen Kingdom, but they did not expect that the allied forces of Song and Wu had detoured to Southern Kyushu and divided their forces to attack Satsuma Kingdom.
Which Central Plains princes are the enemies of Hizen?
After some inquiring, Otomo Haruhide finally figured out that the only opponent that made him disgraced was the 70,000-strong coalition of Qin and Wei.
It turns out that the alliance of princes from the Central Plains that conquered Japan included not only the three sea-based states of Qin, Song, and Wu, but also the inland state of Wei.
After learning the news, Otomo Haruhide's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of his heart. After all, even Wei, which had not experienced the Japanese pirate disaster, was involved, so would other Central Plains countries also be involved?
No one knows.
The allied forces to conquer Japan did not concentrate their forces, but chose to divide their forces to fight. This should be good news for the local forces in Kyushu, but the three daimyo of Kyushu were not happy at all.
Because this just shows that the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces have absolute self-confidence, so they dare to divide their forces when fighting in foreign countries.
All in all, Japan is really in danger this time.
The Shimazu family needed to deal with the Song and Wu coalition forces, and they had too much time to take care of themselves. Naturally, they were unable to support the Otomo family. They could only rely on the Otomo and Mori families to resist the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
Fortunately, the combined forces of Qin and Wei were not large in number, with a total of only 70,000 troops.
Although the Otomo family suffered a lot of losses, they still managed to assemble an army of 100,000 by joining forces with the Mori family.
With this 100,000-strong army, they may still not be a match for the Qin and Wei coalition forces, but if they focus on defending the city, Otomo Haruhide felt that they could still defend it, so he decided to go to Chikugo Kingdom in person to boost morale.
I have to say that Otomo Haruhide's thinking was still too simple. The gap between the Japanese Allied Forces and the Japanese Army was all-round and could not be made up by just the number of people.
Although the two coalition forces of the Maori Otomo could manage to gather an army of hundreds of thousands, it would definitely take time. During this period, the most feared thing was that the Qin army would attack.
But what Otomo Haruhide didn't expect was that the Qin army did not pursue the victory and continue to attack Chikugo Kingdom, but chose to rest and recuperate on the spot. This also left both Otomo Haruhide and Mori Motoharu a little confused.
Japan is not without smart people. Takahashi Shoun, who is as famous as Tachibana Michyuki, saw through Zhou Yu's intention and said: "My lord, Zhou Yu may have done it on purpose. He deliberately gave our army time to gather, and then in one
Killing them all will save him the trouble of attacking them one by one."
Otomo Qingying suddenly sneered: "This Zhou Gongjin is really arrogant. In this case, I will fight him to the death in Chikugo Kingdom."
Takahashi Shaoyun's guess was correct. Zhou Yu indeed deliberately gave Otomo Haruhide time to gather the army, and then cooked it in one pot at once.
But what Takahashi Shoun and Otomo Haruhide didn't know was that Zhou Yu did this not out of arrogance, but because he had planned a complete set of tactics before realizing them.
Otomo Qingying knew Zhou Yu's purpose, but he still dared to do it. He took the initiative to fall into Zhou Yu's trap.
Hizen State, the camp of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
Zhou Yu was standing in front of the map and said confidently: "Everyone, the Otomo family and the Maori family are increasing their troops to Chikugo country, hoping to use the terrain of Chikugo country to consume our army's strength, but this is exactly the same.
In accordance with the governor's wishes, our army was given the opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
If we can annihilate both families in the battle of Chikugo Province, the four kingdoms of Higo, Chikuzen, Bungo, and Bungo will no longer be able to resist."
Xia Houyuan stood up at this time and said: "If we really allow the Otomo and Maori families to mobilize their troops, the total strength of the Zhuhou Kingdom will probably reach one hundred thousand. Even if our coalition can win, I am afraid that the chamber pot will have to pay a heavy price."
, it’s not conducive to continuing to conquer Honshu Island.”
"That's right, that's right..."
Lu Bu, Erai, Xiahou Dun, Mi Houwang and other generals all agreed. No matter how much they looked down on the Japanese army, a hundred thousand troops was not a small number after all, and it was indeed difficult to win without paying a price.
"Winning by force will naturally cost you a lot, but this time I want to outsmart you."
Zhou Yu said with a smile on his face, as if he had the pearls of wisdom in his hand, and the generals didn't say anything more.
After the naval battle on Tsushima, Zhou Yu established quite a bit of prestige, and had already convinced these arrogant generals. As long as he didn't make any obvious mistakes, generally no one would object to his decision.
"Zhao Yun, where is Xia Houyuan?" Zhou Yu ordered.
"The end will be here."
"Zhao Yun led 20,000 Qin troops, and Xia Houyuan led 20,000 Wei troops. They pretended to be a 70,000 coalition army and marched towards Chikugo from the front to confront the Japanese army. But remember to focus on confrontation and do not attack by force. Your task is only to attract the Japanese army.
attention."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun and Xia Houyuan looked at each other and said in unison: "No."
Seeing this, Zhou Yu asked again: "Where are Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Yu Jin, Mi Houwang...?"
Zhou Yu shouted a dozen names, and every time he called one, someone stood up.
"The governor will lead 5,000 cavalry and 25,000 troops to raid Chizen Country in the north. After attacking Bungo Country, he will circle to the rear of Chikugo Country, and then attack from front to back and destroy the 100,000 troops of Otomo and Mori's family. You
They all go out with the army."
"promise."
Lu Bu and other generals responded in unison.
In this way, the 70,000 Qin and Wei allied forces were officially divided into two groups.
Zhao Yun and Xia Houyuan led an army of 40,000 people and marched towards Chikugo Kingdom, attracting the attention of Otomo and Mori's two coalition forces.
As the chief general, Zhou Yu personally led an army of 30,000 people, raided the Chikuzen Kingdom, detoured to the rear of the Chikuhou Kingdom, and implemented a pincer attack strategy.
In order to prevent the traces from being leaked, Zhou Yu left no one or animals behind along the way. By the time he was really exposed, his army had almost passed through the Chikuzen Kingdom.
After his whereabouts were completely exposed, Zhou Yu no longer had any guesses. Instead of hiding his whereabouts, he boldly marched towards Bungo Kingdom.
Otomo Seihide was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly sent a message to Motoharu Mouri, hoping that when the Qin army passed through Bungo Kingdom, the Mouri family could send troops to stop Zhou Yu's army.
After Motoharu Mouri received the news, he quickly personally led a total of 30,000 troops from Bunzen and Bungo to intercept them.
To be honest, Maori Motoharu did not want to fight the Qin army head-on, but this battle was impossible without fighting.
If Zhou Yu's army really reaches Bungo Kingdom, they can directly attack Chikugo Kingdom from the rear. At that time, Chikugo Kingdom's 100,000-strong army will also be in a situation of being attacked from both sides, so Motoharu Mouri can only do it even if he doesn't want to.