Chapter 2379: The Three Heroes of the Warring States Period
Chapter 2379: Three Heroes of the Warring States Period
The battle that took place in the Nongwei area could no longer be described as intense, it was simply tragic.
In this battle, the 380,000 allied forces of the Oda and Tokugawa families fought against the 320,000 allied forces of the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu.
This also resulted in 700,000 troops fighting in Nongwei alone.
Such a large-scale battle is rare even in the Central Plains, let alone the Japanese country with a total population of only more than 6 million.
After such a great battle, the entire Nongwei area was ablaze, and every inch of land was soaked in a large amount of blood and bones.
Since Shibata Katsuie's 150,000 Kwantung Army was blocked by Wu Qi's 30,000 troops in Hachioji City and could not enter, Oda Nobunaga's plan to attack the Qin army from both sides was completely ruined, and he also had to face the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu.
Things are attacking from a pincer attack.
The Oda Tokugawa Allied Forces had an army of 380,000. Although it was superior to the Four Nations Allied Forces in terms of military strength, it was already at a strategic disadvantage due to being flanked by the east.
In terms of commanders, the Oda Tokugawa Alliance Army has many famous generals such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Sanada Yukimura, Akechi Mitsuhide, etc., so there are almost no mistakes in command, but this still cannot make up for strategic mistakes.
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On the contrary, the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu adopted a pincer attack from the east and west, and after gaining an absolute strategic advantage, they used their elite soldiers and generals to the extreme.
Whether it was the Qin army on the east route or the allied forces of Wei, Song and Wu on the west route, in order to break through the defense lines deployed by the Japanese army, they sent a large number of elite soldiers and generals to attack with all their strength.
This attack did not just allow the surrendered troops to serve as cannon fodder in the front. Even the Han army also participated in the attack and dared to fight, rush and sacrifice.
The general in charge of commanding the attack on the western front was Le Yi, while the general on the eastern front was Wang Jian. In addition, there were a large number of strong generals cooperating in the battle, which directly caused the offensive power of the attacker to increase dramatically.
Both Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was guarding the Western Front, and Sanada Yukimura, who was guarding the Eastern Front, were all fooled. They had no idea that the enemy's offensive would be so fierce.
Under the fierce attacks of the Qin, Wei, Song and Wu kingdoms regardless of casualties, within just one month, the east-west defense lines that Oda Nobunaga had painstakingly built were broken one after another, and the army suffered extremely heavy casualties.
The three defense lines of the Suruga Kingdom, Enjiang Kingdom, and Mikawa Kingdom on the eastern front were all broken through by the Qin army.
The two major defense lines of Iga and Ise on the western front were also broken through by the allied forces of Wei, Song and Wu, and continued to form the Mino defense line.
For Oda Nobunaga, the loss of territory was secondary. The most important thing was that the loss of troops was too great.
Under the attack of the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu, Oda Nobunaga, who had an army of 380,000, lost nearly 200,000 troops in just one month.
All these troops were consumed on the five major defense lines that fell, and the number of troops in Oda Nobunaga's hands was reduced to 180,000.
Although the allied forces of the Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu kingdoms achieved such great results, they also paid a high price. They suffered nearly 100,000 casualties. Although most of them were Japanese, the number of Han casualties also reached 10,000.
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This was also the battle with the highest number of Han casualties since the invasion of Japan.
In just one month, the Japanese suffered casualties of 200,000 troops. In addition to the fall of Okazaki Castle, Iga Ueno Castle, Kiriyama Gosho Castle and other fortified cities, there was not much land left for the Japanese to defend.
Therefore, Oda Nobunaga could only shrink the defense line, concentrate his forces to defend Owari Country and Mino Country, and defend Tokyo City.
Oda Nobunaga's strategy of shrinking the defensive line was right. If he allowed the frontline troops to continue to fight the enemy without occupying a favorable geographical location, it would have no meaning at all except paying greater casualties.
It is imperative to reduce the number of troops, but what worries Oda Nobunaga most is the morale of the army under such huge casualties, and whether there will be rebel generals.
What made Oda Nobunaga most suspicious was Sanada Yukimura and Akechi Mitsuhide. After all, these two people were not his confidants.
But what Oda Nobunaga never expected was that although the traitor general appeared, it was neither Sanada Yukimura nor Akechi Mitsuhide, but his future brother-in-law, Asai Nagamasa, whom he regarded as a confidant.
Oda Nobunaga's sister, Oda Ichi, is known as the most beautiful woman in Japan and is naturally remembered by many people.
Oda Nobunaga originally wanted to marry Oda to Susano'o in order to eliminate the gap between him and Shintoism, but Susano'o only loved his sister Tsukuyomi, even for Ori, the most beautiful woman in Japan.
Taichi was not moved at all, so based on interests, he decided to marry his sister to Asai Nagamasa.
Although Oda City and Asai Nagamasa have not yet consummated their marriage, Oda Nobunaga has already regarded Asai Nagamasa as his brother-in-law, and he also trusts and relies heavily on Asai Nagamasa. Asai Nagamasa is also loyal, but
Unexpectedly, the first person to betray him would be his would-be brother-in-law.
Asai Nagamasa's betrayal directly cut off Sanada Yukimura's escape route, and was completely trapped by Wang Jian and Zhang He, unable to escape.
At this time, Mitsuhide Akechi's army had already withdrawn into Owari Country, and even Sanada Yukimura could not be rescued. It was obviously too late to send troops to rescue from Owari.
Sanada Yukimura's 20,000-strong army is already facing a dead end, and it's still the kind of death without life.
Faced with such a desperate situation, Oda Nobunaga originally thought that Sanada Yukimura would surrender. After all, he had tried his best and no one would blame him even if he surrendered. Unexpectedly, Sanada Yukimura fought to the last moment.
In the end, the 20,000-strong army was wiped out, and Sarutobi Sasuke, Kirigakure Saizo, Mochizuki Rokuro and other Sanada Ten Warriors were all killed in the battle.
Sanada, who was known as "Japan's number one soldier" and "the three last tragic heroes", survived, but in the end he could not escape the tragic end. After exhaustion, he was beheaded by Qin general Zhang He, but before his death, he also killed the traitor Asai Naga.
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Sanada Yukimura failed to successfully escape back to Tokyo, but Akechi Mitsuhide escaped, with less than 10,000 troops left in his hands. It was a disastrous defeat.
Not only Akechi Mitsuhide, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat also did not go smoothly.
Among the famous generals in Wei, Song and Wu, Le Yi was not the only one. With so many famous generals watching, it was naturally impossible for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu to retreat without paying any price.
In order to ensure the smooth return of the army to Owari Kingdom, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu had to leave behind the army to delay their own retreat.
The result was that the entire 20,000-strong army at the end of the war was destroyed, all the five Toyotomi warriors died in the battle, and four of the sixteen Tokugawa god generals died in the battle.
Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu paid a high price, at least they brought back 60,000 troops from the Western Front, which was much better than Akechi Mitsuhide, who only brought back 10,000 troops.
After the armies on the east and west fronts retreated, the number of troops gathered in Tokyo by the Oda family reached 140,000. In addition, 40,000 new troops were recruited, which meant that Oda Nobunaga still had an army of 180,000.
Oda Nobunaga knew well that an isolated city cannot be defended, so he divided an army of 80,000 to guard Gifu City, Daheng City, Naguno Castle, and Inuyama Castle. He let these four cities serve as the acropolis of Tokyo, leaving 100,000
A large army guards Tokyo, and the five cities support each other, forming a complete defense network.
In addition to these arrangements, Oda Nobunaga also moved all the people in the remaining cities to these five cities in advance, nationalized all the food at the same time, and burned the vacated cities to prevent the enemy from entering.
Owari and Mino get a grain of food.
Oda Nobunaga's scorched earth strategy was right, but it was implemented too late. He should have implemented it before the Four Nations Allied Forces invaded the Nobi area, so as to increase the logistical burden on the Four Nations Allied Forces.
Now that the four-nation coalition has occupied a large amount of territory, and the population in the territory is also large, they can collect food on the spot. Even if the scorched earth strategy is effective, the effect will definitely not be that good.
After Oda Nobunaga made all preparations, the next situation was pretty much what he expected. The Qin army on the eastern front and the Wei, Song and Wu allied armies on the western front all rushed towards Tokyo, obviously intending to meet under the city of Tokyo.
"Your Majesty, Susano'o, Kagutsuchi, Oyama Tsumi and Shina Tohiko, four people appeared outside Tokyo City. They claimed that they were here to help His Majesty and asked to enter the city." Miyamoto Musashi reported in a deep voice.
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Oda Nobunaga was overjoyed when he heard this. He had not received any good news in this month. Either the city was captured or the army was defeated.
The most outrageous piece of bad news is that a fifty-man Qin army cavalry squad dared to fight two thousand Japanese troops head-on and won, chasing and killing more than a thousand Japanese troops.
It’s just too damn outrageous.
There has been too much bad news this month, and Oda Nobunaga has gone from angry and confused to numb.
The initiative of the four Susanoos to come to help was the only good news Oda Nobunaga had heard in the past month.
"Quickly, bring Susanoo to see me. No, I should go and pick him up personally." Oda Nobunaga said with excitement.
Oda Nobunaga clearly deployed heavy troops on the east and west fronts, but why did he still lose so quickly? The lack of top warriors was not the only reason, but it was also one of the main reasons.
Now Susano'o and four other war-god-level warriors are coming to help. For Oda Nobunaga, this is a timely help. How could he not be excited?
After seeing Susanoo and others, Oda Nobunaga grabbed Susanoo's hand without saying a word, as if he was afraid that he would run away.
Susano'o looked at Nobunaga. The two men looked at each other speechlessly, but they both knew the pain and sourness in the other's heart.
"Sasuke, if you could have come earlier, maybe the situation in the Nobi area would not be like this." Oda Nobunaga said with a wry smile.
Susano'o was silent. Little did he know that in just one month, Japan had already reached the point of national subjugation and extinction.
Moreover, even if we could come here in advance, we might not be able to stop this.
The four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu originally had many more powerful generals than the Japanese, but two guys, Yamata no Orochi and Shuten Doji, rebelled, which made the Japanese kingdom, which already had few gods of war, even worse.
How could they have prevented all this with just four gods of war?
Although Oda Nobunaga's defense in Tokyo City is almost perfect, there is no war-level warrior. No matter how he arranges it, it can't make up for this big gap. The arrival of Susanoo and four others can make up for the shortcomings in Tokyo.
The last shortcoming of defense.
"Report...to report to your majesty, the Qin army on the eastern front has begun to march, and is expected to arrive at the gates of Tokyo in three days."
Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga's eyes were full of solemnity, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Transmit the order, order Toyotomi Hideyoshi to guard the west gate, Tokugawa Ieyasu to guard the north gate, Akechi Mitsuhide to guard the south gate, and I will personally lead the army to guard it.
East Gate.”
"Hai."
[Ding dong, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu activate the "Three Heroes of the Warring States Period" combo.
Three Heroes of the Warring States Period: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu can only be activated when they are present at the same time.
Effect 1. After the effect of this skill is activated, all three people will have 3 points of force and 2 points of commander.
Effect 2: If the general comes to the battlefield in person, the entire army's force will be 1, and the overall quality of the entire army will be greatly improved;
Effect 3: When the whole country is united, the entire army's force is 1 (note: the effect can be superimposed with other effects).
Effect 4: Protect all generals in the army, and all negative effects received will be halved.】
[Ding dong, the 'Three Heroes of the Warring States Period' effect 1 is activated, all three of them have 3 armed forces, 2 commanders, and 1 more generals and commanders.
Oda Nobunaga: Commander 99(3), Force 101(6), Intelligence 85(4), Politics 98(15), Charisma 95(6); Equipment: Sozomonji 1, Kiri Hasebe 1;
Currently, Oda Nobunaga's commandership has increased to 101, and his force has increased to 106;
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Commander 98(1), Martial Force 85(2), Intelligence 97(3), Politics 99(5), Charm 97(2); Equipment: Hammer-cut Hasebe, Ma Lin Hou Li Fu Kao 1;
Currently, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's commandership has increased to 100, and his force has increased to 89;
Tokugawa Ieyasu: Commander 97(1), Martial Power 88, Intelligence 93(1), Politics 97(2), Charisma 95(1); Equipment: Great Prajna Nagako 1; Shiraishi 1
Currently, Tokugawa Ieyasu’s commander level has increased to 99, and his force level has increased to 91;]
Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu are collectively known as the "Three Heroes of Japan's Warring States Period", and their combined skills are also named after this.
Under normal circumstances, the combo skill "Three Heroes of the Warring States Period" would have no chance of being released.
This skill can only be activated by three people gathering together, but Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga are destined to be enemies, and there is no chance of joining forces to fight against the enemy.
But now the situation is different. There is only one enemy in the entire Japanese country, and that is the Central Plains Allied Forces. Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga both shook hands and made peace, so this skill can be stimulated.
With the increase of the "Three Heroes of the Warring States Period", even Tokugawa Ieyasu, who has the lowest commander's command, has reached a command level of 99 points. And it is definitely impossible for a figure of the level of the Three Heroes to be without command skills.
In other words, there are already three famous generals in Tokyo with over 100 commanders.
With the addition of an army of 100,000, four gods of war, many fierce generals and counselors, and abundant supplies and food...
The city of Tokyo is by no means a soft persimmon. If the four-nation coalition forces underestimate the enemy, they will probably suffer a bloody blow.