Kyushu Island is dominated by mountainous terrain. The northern part is the Chikushi Mountains, which are low and gentle, and the southern part is high and steep, with mountains running through it.
Why is Otomo Seihide so confident that he can stop Zhou Yu with an army of 100,000? It is naturally because of the favorable geographical location.
The Dayou family took advantage of the period when the Qin army was not attacking and relied on the Zhuzi Mountains to build the Zilianying Fortress. The defensive power of a single round was more than ten times stronger than the city wall.
If even this fortress can't stop it, even if the entire Kyushu forces are concentrated, it still won't be able to stop Da Qin's troops. It's better to surrender as soon as possible.
Otomo Seihide was waiting for the arrogant Qin and Wei coalition forces to break into a bloody battle under the Chikushi Fortress, but he never expected that Zhou Yu did not attack by force, but instead planned to bypass the Chikushi Fortress and attack from two sides.
This is just like the Maginot Line in World War II. France tried its best to build a steel fortress, but Germany did not attack it at all. Instead, it used other directions as a breakthrough, and finally launched an attack from behind, causing the entire fortress to be lost.
played a role.
If Zhou Yu really allowed Zhou Yu to return to the rear of Chikuhou Kingdom, the fortress in Zi would naturally lose its effectiveness under attack from both sides, and the 100,000-strong army would be in danger.
The 100,000-strong army of the Otomo Mori family in Chikugo Province accounted for 80% of Kitakyushu's troops. If they were completely wiped out by the Qin army in one battle, the Qin army would also directly sweep Kitakyushu.
Therefore, as a daimyo of the Maori family, Motoharu Mori must not let Zhou Yu succeed no matter what, and must find every way to block him in Bungo Country.
The method Maori Yuanchun thought of was also very simple. The Qin army could not be stopped in a frontal battle, so he sent a large number of small troops to constantly harass the Qin army and set a large number of traps for the Qin army on the way.
At the same time, a camp was set up on the only way to intercept, hoping to delay the Qin army's advance.
The Qin and Wei allied forces have now been divided into two groups, and the total number of troops left in Zhuhou State is only 30,000 to 40,000.
As long as Mori Motoharu can delay enough time until Otomo Haruhide, who has an army of 100,000, can annihilate the Qin and Wei coalition forces in Chikugo country, Chikugo in Kyushu will naturally win this battle.
But what Motoharu Motoharu didn't expect was that all the small guerrillas he sent out never returned. Even the most elite ninja team, no one came back alive.
When things have developed to this point, no matter how stupid Maori Motoharu is, he knows that there must be masters in the Qin army to help him, otherwise it is absolutely impossible for his people to be unable to come back after training, but he never expected that they would be masters at the grand master level.
Helping the Qin army.
The traps set by Maori Yuanchun's men on the way only caused some negligible casualties to the Qin army at first, and then were all cracked by the three thousand pathfinding pioneers led by Wang Jian.
As for the camps set up on the only way, they were all defeated by Wang Jian Zhuyi. None of the six camps could stop the Qin army's vanguard for two days, let alone the main force behind them.
Regarding the vanguard position, Zhou Yu originally planned to use Chen Tang. After all, Chen Tang was the first martial arts champion in the Qin Dynasty, but Wang Jian stepped forward and took the initiative to challenge.
Wang Jian once had the experience of serving as the governor of a county, and during his tenure he led the army many times, repelling enemy armies externally, and suppressing rebel bandits and bandits internally. He has not yet been defeated.
Compared with Wang Jian, even if Chen Tang is the top martial artist, he is still too young.
Out of caution, Zhou Yu ordered Wang Jian to serve as the vanguard, but he did not expect that this pioneer path explorer was a bit too fierce.
With only 3,000 troops, they dared to penetrate directly into the enemy's hinterland and won repeated battles. They defeated six villages in two days and killed more than 7,000 Japanese troops, leaving Zhou Yu's main force far behind.
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After learning the news, Zhou Yu was also extremely shocked. Even if he were to personally command, he might not be able to achieve the level of Wang Jian. The Wang family is still like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
"Send the order and speed up the march. If we don't hurry up, the battle ahead will be finished by General Wang Jian (Jian)." Zhou Yu ordered.
"promise."
On the other side, Motoharu Mouri was naturally furious when he learned that his three methods of blocking the enemy had no effect on the Qin army, and when the Qin army's three thousand vanguards were about to kill Bungo country.
"Trash, they are all a bunch of trash. There are six strongholds and tens of thousands of troops, but three thousand Qin troops can cross them in one go. What's the use of raising trash like you?"
Maori Motoharu cursed loudly, while the four Maori warriors and the fifth Maori warrior below also looked ashamed. After all, their defeat was really ugly.
After Maori Motoharu cursed for a while, his anger subsided a lot, so he began to think about countermeasures and decided to concentrate his forces to eliminate the Qin army's three thousand vanguard troops.
The reason for doing this was firstly to weaken the Qin army, and secondly to wash away the shame.
There are only three thousand Qin vanguard troops, and they can run rampant in Kyushu. If they are not wiped out, there is no hope of defeating the Qin army.
Therefore, even if it is to boost morale and strengthen the people's will to resist Qin, Maori Yuan must eliminate these three thousand vanguards.
At the same time, most of the generals in the Qin Army's vanguard army did not know that they had been targeted by Maori Motoharu.
Although Wang Jian, as the vanguard general, had guessed this, not only did he not care at all, but he also wished that the Japanese troops would come to his door as soon as possible. Only in this way could he achieve success quickly.
"Uncle Wang, your military skills are really amazing. Even my father-in-law may not be better than you." Yue Yun said with admiration.
Previously, he felt that Wang Jian was selected as the vanguard by the Governor based on his qualifications, so he was not convinced by Wang Jian.
But after several battles, Yue Yun was convinced by Wang Jian, because even his most admired father Yue Fei may not be better at fighting than the unknown Wang Jian.
When Xue Dingshan saw Yue Yun calling Wang Jian uncle, he immediately frowned and reprimanded: "Ah Yun, Wang Xianfeng is the uncle of Prime Minister Wang. If you call him uncle, aren't you the same generation as Prime Minister Wang? You are taking advantage of Prime Minister Wang.
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Yue Yun suddenly became unhappy, put his hands on his hips and said: "Dingshan, Prime Minister Wang and the Prime Minister can take a boat, so why would they care about this? Stop making such a fuss out of a molehill."
"you……"
The two boys started arguing again.
Seeing this, Wang Jian smiled and stroked his long beard, thinking that it was great to be young, but he was not old now and still had the opportunity to make contributions.
"General, I received news from spies that Dayou's family is gathering troops and may have targeted us." Deputy General Chen Tanghui reported.
Although Zhou Yu did not let Chen Tang be the vanguard, he made him and Yue Yun serve as deputy vanguards, and the three thousand-man captains who accompanied him were: Xue Dingshan, Mi Houwang, and Chen Dao.
Therefore, although Wang Jian's three thousand vanguard soldiers are few, there are two fierce generals who are gods of war.
After hearing Chen Tang's words, Wang Jian's eyes suddenly flashed with light, and he laughed and said, "I'm waiting for them."
Chen Tang's eyelids twitched inexplicably when he heard this, and he couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart: "You don't want to fight against the main force of the Dayou family with just us, do you?"
"why not?"
"But there are less than 3,000 infantry and cavalry left in the vanguard army, and the attacking army from Dayou's family is at least 20,000. Isn't it too risky to fight 3,000 against 20,000?"
Chen Tang said worriedly, hoping to dissuade Wang Jian from taking risks.
Wang Jian, however, looked unconcerned and said with a faint smile: "The soldiers are more elite than too numerous. Although the number of our vanguard army is smaller than that of the Japanese army, its combat power is far superior to that of the Japanese army. If we plan it properly, even if it is
Even if you fight three thousand against twenty thousand, you may not be defeated."
"But……"
Before Chen Tang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Mi Houwang on the side.
"Don't worry, I didn't hear that Senior Wang already has a strategy."
Mi Houwang looked at Chen Tang with some dissatisfaction and said, "Chen Tang, you are still the top scholar in martial arts, why are you so timid?"
As the first winner of the martial arts examination in the Great Qin Dynasty, Mi Houwang was naturally extremely dissatisfied with Chen Tang, the number one scholar. However, it was useless to be dissatisfied. After all, even without Chen Tang, there was still Chen Dao in front of him. In short, he would definitely not be accepted.
A top scholar.
Chen Tang didn't care about Mi Houwang's attitude. After some thought, he said, "If the general has a perfect plan, he will be willing to obey orders."
Wang Jian was not surprised at all. As a veteran, he needed credit, and Chen Tangmi hoped that these young players also needed credit.
He can be said to know that the competition between the younger generation is more intense than that of the older generation.
"I do have a perfect plan."
With that said, Wang Jian took out the map, pointed to the location of the vanguard army, and said: "Now we are at this location, and the Dayou family's army is now encircling us from three directions.
Tell me, if our army takes advantage of all odds and goes straight through Bungo Country and into Higo Country, how will Motoharu Mouri react?"
Chen Dao, who has always been taciturn, was the first to answer this time: "We will stop our army at all costs."
"That's right."
Wang Jian couldn't help showing admiration when he heard this. He secretly thought that he was worthy of being ranked second in the martial arts competition. He then continued: "And this just gives our army the opportunity to defeat them one by one before they join forces."
Yue Yun, Chen Tang, Xue Dingshan, Mi Houwang, Chen Dao and others all looked surprised. Apparently they had understood Wang Jian's intention, but then they fell into deep thought.
If we really follow what Wang Jian said, the chances of winning are indeed very high, but the risks are also very high.
If you are not careful at all, you may be trapped in a tight siege, unable to escape, and eventually the entire army will be annihilated.
"MD, starve the coward to death, starve the bold to death, I will do it." Yue Yun shouted.
Chen Tang, Xue Dingshan and other generals also showed approval, obviously feeling that they could take a gamble.
Wang Jian's eyes were full of admiration. It was really refreshing to lead this group of young people to fight. Being young is different.
"Since no one objects, I decided to fight this battle.
The vanguard army had less than 3,000 men, including 700 cavalry, and these 700 most powerful cavalry were the main force that defeated the Otomo family."
At this point, Wang Jian's eyes fell on Yue Yun and Mi Houwang, and he said in a deep voice: "Yue Yun, Mi Houwang, you two are the strongest, so these seven hundred cavalry will be led by you, with Yue Yun as the main one.
Mi Houwang is the deputy."
"Nuo." Yue Yun and Mi Houwang said in unison.
"Send my order to the general, and the whole army will speed up the march. Let's go and turn Kyushu Island upside down."
"No." All the generals shouted in unison.
The three thousand cavalry under the command of Wang Jian began to march at full speed, and jumped out of the encirclement before Maori Motoharu encircled them, heading straight towards the rear of Chikugo Kingdom like a sharp sword.
"What? The Qin army has already rushed out of the encirclement before they came to remember? Then what are you doing stupidly? Why don't you hurry up and give chase?"
Motoharu Mouri was greatly shocked after receiving the news, but now that the last line of defense was almost breached, he had no time to think more. Before he could join forces, he ordered the army to pursue the attack at full speed.
When Wang Jian learned that the enemy troops had not had time to join up and came to pursue them at full speed, he secretly sighed in his heart. While he postponed his march and waited for the Japanese army to catch up, he secretly searched for his target.
The Otomo family's pursuing army consisted of three groups: left, center and right. The left army was led by Noriyo Kuchiha, one of the Four Samurai of Maori, the right army was led by his equally famous Sadatoshi Fukuhara, and the center army was led by Motoharu Mori himself.
Among the three armies, each has no less than 7,000 troops, which is more than twice the strength of the Qin army, so the first target must be carefully selected.
The next day, late at night.
After a rapid march, the Maori left army was extremely exhausted, but after most of the soldiers fell asleep, Wang Jian led the Qin army to sneak over quietly.
Obviously, Wang Jian was preparing for a night attack this time, and the Maori family's left army was his target.
After Wang Jian cleaned up the sentry posts set up by the Japanese army, he led his army to sneak all the way to the Japanese army camp without being found, and the next step was to break through the camp.
"Yue Yun, Mi Houwang, you two will lead the cavalry and crush this camp for me." Wang Jian said in a deep voice.
"No." The two generals responded in unison.
Ta, da, da...
The constant sound of horse hooves also made the Japanese soldiers guarding the camp realize that something was wrong. However, when they reacted, the Qin army's cavalry was already close at hand.
"Break it for me."
After Yue Yun roared, he directly threw the giant hammer in his hand.
The two-meter-high wooden door was smashed open by a hammer.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack..."
The Japanese soldiers shouted in panic, but the Qin army's cavalry had already rushed over, killing everyone they saw and setting fire everywhere. The fire gradually illuminated the entire camp.
After all the cavalry entered the camp, they were followed by the infantry. However, the infantry did not enter the camp. Instead, they blocked the camp gate, occupied all the favorable positions, and shot Japanese soldiers in the camp with their bows.
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After Yue Yun killed several Japanese generals in a row, he saw that the situation in the camp was almost in chaos, so he raised his hammer and shouted: "Follow my captain and kill the Chinese army."
When Yue Yun reached the central army, he discovered that Mi Houwang had arrived first and went straight to the Japanese general. He immediately became anxious and shouted: "Brother Mi, give me some face and give up this Japanese general."
Give it to me, and give it to me next time you meet me..."
Before he finished shouting, the steel rod that Mi Houwang held high fell down, and the sword in Kouyu Tongliang's hand shattered with the sound, and then the rod hit him directly on the chest.
puff……
Kuchiha Toryo, who was on horseback, was directly blown away. He vomited blood crazily in the air and even vomited out a lot of internal organs. After landing on the ground, he died without a few struggles and died miserably on the spot.
Only then did Mi Houwang turn around, pretending not to hear, plucked his ears, and said, "Ah, Lieutenant General Yue, what did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly."
The corners of Yue Yun's mouth couldn't help but twitch.