Chapter 1748: Qi Jiguang Suppresses the Japanese (Part 2)
The total combined strength of Kanshin Shang and Maori Yuan was only nearly 11,000, while Zhou Yu had as many as 65,000 troops. They had an absolute advantage in killing the Red Qin Army in terms of strength.
But even so, Shangshan Jianxin was still sure of victory, because the purpose of his trip was only to rob, not to fight the Qin army head-on.
There are advantages to having more people, and there are advantages to having fewer people.
Although there were few people on the Japanese pirate side, they were on the offensive side. They did not want to attack the city, but just plundered. They found the empty areas of the Qin army and ran away. The Qin army's superior strength could not be used at all, so they occupied the area. Absolute initiative.
Although Zhou Yu has many troops, they are on the defensive side, and Qingbei has many places to defend, so naturally there will not be many troops if the troops are shared, so he is relatively passive.
Zhou Yu, on his side, had already learned about the presence of a large number of pirates in Liangshan County before receiving the summons from Su Dingfang, and became more vigilant after learning from Su Dingfang that they were Japanese pirates.
The biggest difference between Zhou Yu and Su Dingfang is that Su Dingfang only needs to defend one county and eight counties on the Bohai Sea. After all, Jizhou only has one county on the Bohai Sea facing the sea, but he has a hundred thousand troops in his hands.
A hundred thousand troops guard eight counties. Even if the troops are divided equally, each county can be assigned more than 10,000 troops, so the defense of Bohai can be foolproof.
Although Zhou Yu has 65,000 troops in his hands, which is much more powerful than Shangshan Jianxin, Qingbei's coastal defense line is too long. Beihai County alone has 18 counties, and the three counties have even more 36 counties.
If the troops are divided equally among the 36 counties, even an additional 100,000 troops will still not be enough.
It was impossible for Zhou Yu not to have that many troops to do this. He could only allocate 50,000 troops to guard more than ten counties closer to the sea to ensure the safety of coastal counties as much as possible.
In this case, it is naturally more dangerous to be farther inland, but once the Japanese pirates penetrate deep into the interior, the time to retreat will be greatly increased, and this also gives Zhou Yu the opportunity to dispatch an army to encircle and annihilate them.
Zhou Yu obviously underestimated the Japanese military god Shang Shi Yan Xin. His arrangement seemed to be perfect, but it was a method for mediocre people. In front of everyone with this kind of military strategy, this arrangement still had many loopholes. of.
Therefore, after Shangshan Kanxin and Moori Yuanju joined forces, the first target selected was Xiami County, Beihai County. There are three reasons for this:
1. There are many people in Xiami County and they are wealthy. Even if you don’t go into the city to plunder, you can still get a lot of money and food;
2. Xiami County is close to the sea, making it easy to retreat, and the Qin army was unable to respond in time.
3. The number of garrison troops in Xiami County is not very large. It is the county with relatively few garrison troops among the three counties in Qingbei near the sea.
The purpose of Zhou Yu's arrangement was to lure the Japanese pirates to the inland where there was room for defense, but Shangshan Jianxin was not fooled at all and still chose a county close to the sea.
After learning that Xiami County had been attacked and suffered heavy casualties, Zhou Yu quickly mobilized his troops to support Xiami County. However, when they arrived, the Japanese pirates had already fled away. Although the county seat had not yet been conquered, the surrounding villages and towns were. Devastated everywhere.
Just when Zhou Yu was angry, he received news of the encounter in Gaomi, Beihai. But when reinforcements arrived, the Japanese pirates ran away again.
After two consecutive failures, Zhou Yu realized that this was not going to work, so he ordered the people outside the city to be moved into the city, and at the same time, beacon towers were set up along the coast to warn against the incoming Japanese pirates. The combination of these two measures finally worked.
The target of the Japanese pirates' third login was Zouliang County of the Liangshan Army. However, they were discovered shortly after landing. Zhou Yu quickly mobilized troops from three surrounding counties to encircle and suppress the enemy, but the outcome was completely unexpected by Zhou Yu.
Six thousand troops from three counties faced off against 4,000 Japanese pirates and killed 800 Japanese pirates, but at the cost of nearly 2,000 casualties.
Such a casualty ratio also made Zhou Yu realize that the combat power of these Japanese pirates who came across the sea was not weak. With the army he had reorganized from prisoners of war, it was not easy to defeat the Japanese pirates head-on.
The 65,000 troops in Zhou Yu's hands were extremely mixed. They were either surrendered from Liangshan or reorganized from prisoners of the Northern Han Dynasty. Naturally, their combat effectiveness was unlikely to be that strong.
Zhou Yu originally thought that even if the Qingbei army's combat power was not strong, his intelligence and ability could make up for this shortcoming. However, he did not expect that the Japanese pirate general was also a famous general. It was obvious that he wanted to defeat an elite force of tens of thousands with a weak army. It is impossible.
In desperation, Zhou Yu had no choice but to ask for help from Qin Hao in northern Hebei, hoping to send some elite troops to Qingbei to help him suppress the bandits. The number did not need to be too many, just ten thousand.
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In northern Hebei, Hejian Army, Lecheng County, and the prefect's mansion.
"My lord, this time the Japanese pirates attacked, it was not just my family. The coastal areas of Soochow, Zhuming, Zhuqi, Beihan, and even Sanhan were all attacked by Japanese pirates.
Wu Gongsun Jian issued an edict, accusing Chu King Liu Xiu of colluding with foreigners, hiring Japanese pirates, and attacking Jiangdong.
King Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty also issued an edict, angrily scolding Duke Cao Cao of Wei and Duke Zhao Kuangyin of Song for colluding with foreigners, hiring Japanese pirates, and massacring Jianghuai.
As for the pseudo-emperor Liu Che of the Northern Han Dynasty..."
At this point, Zhang Liang listened, while Qin Hao sneered: "Liu Che must have slandered me and hired Japanese pirates to attack Youzhou, right?"
"That's right."
"Haha, there is such a tacit understanding."
Qin Hao sneered and mocked.
This time the Japanese pirates attacked the coast on a large scale. Instead of looking for the culprit, the affected princes put the blame on their opponents. There is no greater darkness in people's hearts than this.
"What are the casualties of our people?" Qin Hao asked.
Zhang Liang didn't think twice and replied directly: "Compared to other princes, the casualties of our people are not large.
According to statistics, a total of 6,578 people in Bohai County, Jizhou died at the hands of Japanese pirates.
Because the Japanese pirates from Jizhou fled to Qingbei, and the two Japanese pirates had joined forces, the casualties among the people in Qingbei were even greater.
At present, the number of casualties in Qingbei has exceeded 10,000, and the number is still rising. "
Snapped……
Qin Hao slammed the table and said angrily: "What on earth does Zhou Yu do for food? An army of 65,000 can't wipe out more than 10,000 Japanese pirates?"
Qin Hao had great hopes for Zhou Yu, and even turned a blind eye to the matter between him and his little sister, but this time Zhou Yu disappointed him.
Qin Hao didn't understand the actual situation in Qingbei, so he said this, but Li Jing, who knew the situation, knew it and immediately stood up to defend Zhou Yu and said: "My lord, Zhou Yu has actually tried his best, but most of his troops are prisoners of war. His combat power is not strong, so he was attacked by Japanese pirates many times..."
