Chapter 2326: Wu Qi’s plan, Kyushu naval battle
With Oda Nobunaga and Uesugi Kenshin setting an example, Japan's major names were naturally unable to work and contribute, so they all expressed their intention to send naval forces to aid Kyushu Island.
Your family spent 5,000, my family spent 4,000, and the minimum was 3,000.
After the integration of various forces, a total of 70,000 naval troops were assembled.
Oda Nobunaga was shocked when he saw this number. He did not expect that these defeated generals would actually have such a strong force hidden in their hands. When combined, they would not even need to have less naval forces from the Japanese Empire.
If the Qin army hadn't suddenly invaded, the naval forces of these forces would have had only one enemy, and that was the Japanese Empire.
At this thought, although Oda Nobunaga remained calm on his face, he was already cursing in his heart: "These insidious bastards."
Takamoto Mouri, Yoshihisa Shimazu, and Yoshimoto Imagawa, all the local daimyo from Kyushu, felt excited and excited when they saw the daimyo generously donating their money and dispatching naval forces to help Kyushu. They looked at each other and bowed together: "Thank you all. "
It was just a bow, and there was no loss for them, but if they were asked to pay anything else, they would definitely not agree.
After some further discussions, the daimyo of the ten countries who came to participate in the alliance reached an agreement and agreed to form an alliance to resist the invasion of Qin. The leader of the anti-Qin alliance was naturally Oda Nobunaga, the overlord of Japan.
Since then, the Eleven-Nation Alliance of Japan has been established. The leader is Oda Nobunaga, and there are two deputy leaders under it, Uesugi Kenshin and Gotakeda Shingen respectively.
"Everyone, although the Great Qin navy has expanded, its numbers are definitely not as large as ours, but water wars are not won by numbers.
Great Qin's warships are much more advanced than ours, so even if our naval force is twice as large as Qin's, we still have to prepare for the worst, so we also have to prepare for land battles in advance. "
As he spoke, Oda Nobunaga glanced at the daimyo, and then, as the leader of the alliance, ordered: "I am ordering from this alliance leader that from now on, all the eleven countries of Japan will enter a state of war until the Qin Dynasty is defeated. .”
"Please obey the name of the leader."
Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen and other famous names responded in unison.
Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga nodded with satisfaction, and then asked the daimyo, if the water battle was defeated, how should the land battle be fought?
The four Japanese islands have a population of more than five million, which is no less than the total population of a state in the Central Plains, and even greater than the population of remote states like Youliangjiao.
Therefore, if Japan carries out extreme conscription, it can fully afford an army of 500,000 troops to fight on its own land.
However, although the army of 500,000 looks like a large number, it cannot defend the entire territory of Japan.
After all, Japan is an island country. Once the navy is defeated, the Qin army can land at will throughout Japan. With Japan's long coastline, an army of 500,000 is still not enough, and it is impossible to disperse and station in various places.
Therefore, this also made Oda Nobunaga determined that the Kyushu naval battle must not be lost, otherwise it would be too passive for the eleven-nation alliance of Japan.
After the meeting, all the daimyo returned to their respective countries, and various major actions such as recruiting troops, requisitioning food, deploying troops, and building ordnance continued, and most of the navy in Japan began to gather in Wanjiuzhou.
As for the commander of this huge naval force of 70,000 people, it was naturally the alliance leader Oda Nobunaga.
The local people in Japan were stunned after seeing this scene. They had no idea what was going on. You were the eleven countries that I was fighting before. Why did they unite without any warning?
What kind of enemy can the eleven countries join forces to deal with?
For a time, the whole country was in panic.
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In the second year of Shenwu, March 11th, Qingzhou, Beihai County.
In the main tent of the Qin army, Zhou Yu, Xia Houyuan and other senior officials of the Qin and Wei armies were gathering together to discuss the matter of sending troops to conquer the Japanese in three days.
"This governor has received a message from Song and Wu. At present, the waterway equipment of the two countries is in place. When the agreed date of dispatching troops is reached in just four days, the navies of the three countries will send troops to Japan together." Zhou Yu said with a smile.
Why is it called the Three Kingdoms Navy? Naturally, it was because Wei State did not have a navy.
"Three days later, the navies of the three kingdoms of Qin, Song and Wu will jointly attack Kyushu Island. After occupying the port, they will land on the Japanese island..."
Zhou Yu stood above and talked eloquently, and his arrangements were almost perfect, leaving all the generals of Cao and Wei speechless.
At this moment, Le Yi stood up and asked: "Captain Zhou, since a war is about to begin, can the topographic map of the Japanese country be announced in advance?"
When Zhou Yu heard this, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. The generals of Cao and Wei didn't think highly of the Japanese country, feeling that the Japanese army was vulnerable. There were not many generals as cautious as Le Yi.
Eilai walked over, put his thick arm around Le Yi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Le, you should be cautious. It's just a small barbarian country. How do you need any topographic map to deal with them?" With the combat power of my great Wei, I can just push them all the way through."
Le Yi said seriously: "There is nothing wrong with being cautious. As long as the casualties can be reduced, even if one person dies less, it is worth it."
After saying this, Le Yi looked straight at Zhou Yu, the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu smiled slightly, then waved to the guards, who brought in a huge topographic map of Japan.
Japan divides its regions into three levels: country, county and city. The mountains, rivers and landforms are basically described in the map.
The generals of the Qin army showed disgust when they saw that there was only a map but no sand table.
After getting used to looking at the sand table, even Zhou Yu was a little uncomfortable looking at this simple map, let alone other generals.
The generals of the Wei army didn't mind, and they all gathered around after seeing the map.
"Hyuuga Country? Owari Country? Echizen Country?"
Cao Hong laughed while talking: "Japan is a big country, but there are so many countries? And this country is too small, right?"
"The size of the country in Japan is not even as big as that of Wei Dynasty. The land of Japan is as big as a county, but it dares to call it a country. It is overestimating its capabilities." Xiahou Dun sneered.
"No wonder the emperor of Japan dared to call himself the emperor." Yu Rongwang mocked.
Qi Jiguang stood up and explained: "Everyone, the Japanese country is different from our Chinese state. Their country is equivalent to a county, a county is equivalent to a county, and a county is equivalent to a town. The Japanese country has a total of fifty-four countries."
"So, the Japanese country has 54 counties?"
Le Jin looked surprised. After all, Wei State only had ten counties. Then he smiled and said: "But this county is too small. In my opinion, it is more like a county."
Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "The counties of Japan are indeed much smaller than those of our Central Plains, but there are more than five million people in the entire territory of Japan, which is no less than the population of a state in the Central Plains."
"five million?"
Xia Houyuan looked surprised. After all, the total population of Wei State was only three million. The mere Japanese barbarians had a population larger than that of Wei State?
After a brief moment of surprise, Xia Houyuan and Le Yi both had a flash of light in their eyes.
In addition to being short of money, the Wei State is also short of population, so they all have the idea of catching Japanese slaves to serve as slaves to alleviate Wei's labor shortage problem, and using Japanese slaves as cannon fodder for the army.
Although Xia Houyuan and Le Yi both thought of this, they did not bring it up. Instead, they remained calm and acted as if it had never happened, in order to prevent the Qin army from obstructing them.
At this moment, a spy suddenly came to report.
"Report...to the Grand Governor, the secret agents lurking in Japan have returned the news. The eleven Japanese countries have received news that our army is about to conquer Japan, so they formed an alliance in Edo Castle. Currently, domestic troop mobilization is frequent."
"What?"
Xia Houyuan, Le Jin and other Wei generals were all shocked by this. After all, the casualties incurred by fighting an unprepared enemy were completely different from those of a prepared enemy.
"Have you really been discovered?"
Zhou Yu sighed softly, but there was no surprise on his face. After all, he had guessed from the beginning that the Japanese country had spies in the Central Plains, and the movement of the army was so big that it was impossible to keep it concealed. The news of conquering Japan was just exposed. It's just a matter of time.
"But even if the news of the Japanese conquest is exposed, there is nothing that our coalition cannot defeat."
Hearing what Zhou Yu said, Huang Zhong asked in confusion: "What does this mean by a large margin?"
"Our coalition forces are about to go on an expedition. Even if Japan mobilizes its troops at this time, it is already too late. By the time they are ready, we will have already landed in Japan." Zhou Yu reassured with a smile.
The generals of Qin and Wei all nodded when they heard this. After all, army dispatching is not that simple. It takes time to prepare, and this time is enough for the coalition forces to land.
At this moment, Wu Qi stood up and said: "Grand Governor, although the news of the conquest of Japan has been exposed, the news of the alliance of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu to jointly conquer Japan, the Japanese country should not know yet."
Zhou Yu was startled when he heard this, then nodded.
The Japanese state was worried about Qin's revenge, so it planted a large number of spies in the Qin state, but it may not necessarily also deploy spies in the Song and Wu countries. After all, the Song and Wu states did not have the ability to retaliate against the Japanese state alone, so it is most likely that they did not know about the Song and Wu navy. There is news that he will send troops together with Da Qin.
Wu Qi's eyes were filled with the light of wisdom, and he said firmly: "Since the Japanese country doesn't know about this yet, and only thinks that it is our country, the Qin Dynasty, that is sending troops, then our country, the Qin Dynasty, can definitely send troops in advance to attract the attention of the Japanese navy from the front, and wait until the naval battle. At that time, if the Song and Wu naval forces come out from behind and attack the Japanese naval forces from the front and back, they will definitely be able to wipe out all the Japanese naval forces in one fell swoop."
"hiss……"
Not only Qin generals such as Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang, but also Wei generals such as Xiahou Yuan and Le Yi were shocked by Wu Qi's plan.
To be honest, Wu Qi's strategy is not complicated. Instead, it is very simple, but very practical. If it goes well, it can completely destroy the Japanese navy in one battle.
The eyes of some Wei generals such as Xia Houyuan and Le Yi suddenly changed when they looked at Wu Qi, full of fear.
They never expected that a random general with no reputation in the Qin army would have such a superb strategy.
Chen Tang, the No. 1 scholar, and Chen Dao, the No. 2 scholar, looked at Wu Qi with different eyes, but they were more filled with admiration. Why didn't they think of such a simple and practical strategy?
Wang Jian stared at Wu Qi, a little annoyed in his heart, and was a step behind Wu Qi. He actually thought of this plan, but before he could say anything, Wu Qi took a step forward.
Wu Qi didn't pay attention to the looks of everyone, and said to himself: "In addition, since the situation has been exposed, the sooner our army sends troops, the shorter the time Japan will have to prepare, so it is better to send troops in advance."
After Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, he immediately made a final decision: "What General Wu said is true. I have decided to send troops four days in advance." He looked at Wu Qi with eyes full of appreciation.
When the generals heard this, they were stunned for a moment.
The four-nation coalition originally agreed to send troops on March 15th, but now it is March 11th.
Send troops four days in advance? Isn’t that what today is?
"Well, Commander-in-Chief, if we send out troops today, it would be a bit too hasty." Zhao Yun said with a wry smile.
Zhou Yu, however, did not take it seriously and said: "Soldiers are valuable and quick, and the opportunity to fight is fleeting, how can we delay it?
However, it does take time to prepare for the expedition with tens of thousands of troops.
In this case, let's send troops tomorrow, three days in advance. "
When Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and other generals saw this, they all seemed hesitant to speak, but in the end they said nothing. They just said in their hearts: Zhou Yu is indeed a disciple of Bai Qi, with such a vigorous and resolute appearance. , exactly the same as Bai Qi.
"Come here, send a message to Song and Wu as soon as possible and ask them to cooperate with our army's actions."
"promise."
In this way, Zhou Yu decided to adopt Wu Qi's strategy and sent troops three days in advance to embark on the journey to conquer Japan.
On the other side, Guo Jia, Ye Qingmei, Dugu Qiubai, Huang Shang, Chonglou and others who were still on their way to Beihai were all stunned after receiving Zhou Yu's message.
"What? Zhou Yu sent troops in advance? But Master Guo, the military advisor, and I, the military supervisor, have not arrived in Beihai yet." Ye Qingmei said with a surprised look on his face.
The Japanese country has a great master. In order to prevent his own generals from being assassinated by the Japanese great master, Ying Hao sent three great masters, Dugu Qiubai, Huang Shang, and Chonglou, to help out.
In addition, Ying Hao also appointed Guo Jia as military advisor and Ye Qingmei as military supervisor, asking them to help Zhou Yu.
According to the speed of Ye Qingmei and others, they could have reached Beihai before sending troops, but they never expected that Zhou Yu would send troops three days in advance.
Guo Jia looked at Zhou Yu's message and frowned: "Zhou Yu will send troops in advance because the Japanese country has already learned about our army's conquest of Japan. The earlier our army sends troops to the Japanese country, the less time it will have to prepare."
"But what should we do?" Ye Qingmei asked with a bitter smile.
After Guo Jiali pondered for a while, he raised his hand to Dugu Qiubai behind him and said seriously: "Mr. Dugu, please, please be sure to take us to Beihaihai stronghold before sending troops."
"clear."
Dugu Qiubai saluted in return, then jumped off his horse, picked up Guo Jia on his back, and ran towards Beihai, much faster than the war horse.
Ye Qingmei couldn't help but be stunned when she saw this. When she reacted, Huang Shang had already arrived in front of her horse and motioned for her to jump on his back.
Ye Qingmei was helpless. If she wanted to arrive in time, she could not rely on horses. She could only rely on the strength of the Grandmaster's feet. So she jumped up and said at the same time: "Mr. Huang Shang, please take it easy, I'm afraid of bumping... ah..."
Seeing this, Chonglou also jumped off his horse, abandoned his horse and ran quickly towards Beihai Port.
As for those ordinary guards, naturally they cannot be better.
Under the 'escort' of the three great masters, Guo Jia and Ye Qingmei were delivered in time before Zhou Yu sent troops, but they were both tortured and looked like they were hopeless.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu was a little embarrassed, and then he pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted an order: "Send me, general, to set off the fleet and send out troops to conquer the Japanese."
"The Governor has given orders to set off the fleet to conquer the Japanese."
"Zhengwa..."
Following Zhou Yu's order, 40,000 Qin navy troops and two hundred warships of various types sailed out of the Beihai stronghold.
Another two hundred warships from Bohai Sea Village and Tianjin Water Village have been waiting at sea for a long time.
Four hundred warships from the three major water villages sailed out, joined forces and sailed towards the direction of the Japanese country, pointing their swords at Kyushu Island.
The Kyushu naval battle is about to break out.
yesterday
(End of chapter)
