Chapter 2335: Great victory over Tsushima, landing in Kyushu
Under the power of heaven and earth like a storm, it is simply not something that human beings can withstand.
Song's fifty warships were all annihilated in the blink of an eye and completely buried in the sea.
Similarly, the defeated army led by Oda Nobunaga ended up no better than Zhao Sheng.
Most of the Japanese warships, like the sunk Song army, were buried in the middle of the sea without any resistance.
However, the warship carrying Oda Nobunaga and others managed to avoid disaster all the way because of the presence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Even Oda Nobunaga and others thought they were doomed on the way. After all, the scale of the storm far exceeded their imagination, but they never expected to make it through alive.
After getting through the storm, Oda Nobunaga turned around and tapped the warships, and found that only five warships had made it out of the rainstorm area, and less than 500 people were still alive.
In addition, Nobuhiro Uizaki, the great name of the Uyzaki family, and Otomo Sorin, the great name of the Otomo family, failed to survive the storm, and sank in this sea area together with dozens of other warships.
In other words, in the Battle of Tsushima, the Japanese Allied Forces, which had an army of 70,000 and 900 warships, only had more than 400 people and five ships left after the war.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire army was wiped out.
After this battle, Japan's naval strength was reduced to seven out of ten, and it had reached the point of being damaged, and it was impossible to recover in a short period of time.
Even if all the remaining naval forces of the eleven Japanese countries were gathered together, they would not be able to compete with any of the Qin and Wu countries.
In other words, Japan's coastal defense has become ineffective, and the Central Plains Allied Forces can attack wherever and whenever they want.
The three people who escaped, Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin, and Takeda Shingen, obviously knew what this meant. They looked at each other in silence for a while, feeling confused and frightened about the predicament in the future.
Kenshin Uesugi was the first to break the silence: "Let's talk about it, what should we do now?"
Defeat actually doesn't mean anything, but this defeat was so tragic. How could they explain it to other daimyo?
"It's better to put the blame for the defeat directly on the storm, saying that we fell into the Qin army's trick and happened to encounter the storm, so the whole army was wiped out."
Takeda Shingen said, and the implication was to shirk responsibility, otherwise the prestige of the three of them would be greatly reduced.
"inappropriate."
Oda Nobunaga's decisive denial.
Takeda Shingen frowned and asked, "Why is it inappropriate?"
Oda Nobunaga glanced sideways at the other party and said with a speechless expression: "If the people knew that our Japanese Allied Army was wiped out because of a storm, they would definitely think that this was God helping Da Qin, so it would be better to admit defeat directly."
After Takeda Shingen heard this, he was immediately speechless.
Because of Shintoism, the Japanese people are extremely superstitious. Let them know that the Japanese army was defeated by the storm. It is really better to admit defeat directly.
"Let's tell the truth to the country. The most urgent task now is to send back the news of the defeat first, so that the coastal areas can be prepared to defend."
Oda Nobunaga sighed, he actually wanted to shirk the responsibility, but in this situation it is not easy to even shirk the blame, so admitting defeat is the best way to deal with it.
After Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen met each other, they both nodded silently.
As the leader of the alliance, Oda Nobunaga is not afraid of taking responsibility, so what do the two deputy leaders have to fear.
"The three daimyo, Otomo, Shimazu, and Uyizaki, all failed to escape this time. They are probably in danger, and they are all daimyo from Kyushu."
As he spoke, Oda Nobunaga's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "It is very likely that the Qin army will attack Kyushu next, so we must notify these three families as soon as possible and let them choose a new daimyo as soon as possible to stabilize people's hearts. , so that we can better fight against Da Qin on land."
"That's right, then let's return to the mainland first."
After saying that, Uesugi Kenshin turned around and looked at the heavy rain area behind her. She always felt that this storm seemed not that simple. It seemed that it was still moving, and the area affected was getting bigger and bigger.
Uesugi Kenshin's premonition was not wrong. The storm was indeed getting bigger and bigger, and it was moving rapidly to the west. Even the Tsushima Sea hundreds of miles away was affected by the storm.
If Zhou Yu hadn't been decisive enough and retreated quickly enough, hundreds of warships from Qin and Song would have been swallowed up by the storm.
After withdrawing from the Tsushima battlefield, Zhou Yu saw that the storm area was expanding again and was moving towards the Tsushima sea area, so he ordered a halt to the fighting and the entire army continued to retreat to the south.
At this time, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had not been able to annihilate all the enemy forces. There were still many Japanese naval forces who were stubbornly resisting and would rather die than surrender. And there were not a few in number, with about hundreds of warships and nearly ten thousand people.
It would take the coalition forces at most half an hour to wipe out all these die-hard elements, but at this time Zhou Yu ordered the withdrawal, which naturally puzzled many people.
But when they saw the thick dark clouds in the distance rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the wind speed getting stronger and stronger, all the armies believed Zhou Yu's words and chose to withdraw their troops south in time.
The three kingdoms of Qin, Song and Wu suddenly stopped attacking, which shocked the remaining Japanese troops. They didn't understand why the enemy, who were sure of victory, suddenly stopped fighting.
The Japanese army had been frightened by the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. Since the other party did not take the initiative to attack, they naturally did not dare to provoke them.
Just when the Japanese army thought that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms would attack, they saw that the other side had withdrawn its troops directly to the south. This made the Japanese army even more confused and did not understand what tricks these Han people were playing.
It was not until the storm approached that the remaining Japanese troops realized that it was because of the storm that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms suddenly withdrew.
The storm was approaching, and the Japanese troops naturally did not dare to stay where they were, but the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces had already withdrawn to the safest south. They would also seek death if they went south, so they fled to the west or north.
The remaining Japanese troops had been slowed down more than a few seconds, and the scale of the storm was extraordinary. Therefore, even if they escaped for hundreds of sea miles, they were still eroded by the moving storm. In the end, hundreds of warships and nearly 10,000 soldiers were destroyed. All died in the sea.
After a large number of warships suddenly appeared in the coastal area of Hizen Province in the western region, they captured the empty harbor without saying a word. The Shimadzu family defenders had no power to fight back.
The fleet that suddenly appeared was naturally the allied forces of the Qin, Song, and Wu kingdoms that quickly withdrew from the Tsushima waters.
The wind and waves on the sea were so great that even with Zhou Yu's navigation skills, he did not dare to continue floating on the sea, so he decided to build a port and let the fleet stationed in the harbor to avoid the waves and land on Kyushu Island.
Just after the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces captured the Shimazu family's harbor, they observed through a telescope that the previous moving storm area had completely spread across the Tsushima Sea, and was still spreading at an extremely rapid rate.
The strong wind swept the waves and washed away a large number of broken warship wreckage.
Of course, most of the wreckage belongs to the Japanese state, but some belong to the Wu state, and relatively few belong to the Qin and Wu states.
After seeing this scene, Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi did not understand that Zhao Sheng's 5,000 navy troops and fifty warships must have been completely wiped out.
Even if Zhou Yu hadn't reacted quickly enough this time, they might have suffered. After all, no matter how fast the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces sailed, they couldn't spread the storm faster.
Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but sweat dripping at the thought. Fortunately, they both chose to believe Zhou Yu, otherwise they would have suffered heavy casualties.
Zhao Sheng, who did not believe Zhou Yu, had been smashed into meat paste and became the food of fish in the sea.
Zhou Yu looked at the still thick clouds in the distance and said: "The scale of this storm is so worthy. It should not end within a day or two. We should wait until the storm stops before we attack Kyushu Island."
"Gong Jin, thank you very much. If it weren't for you, our Wu Kingdom's 20,000 navy troops might have been wiped out."
Sun Ce grabbed Zhou Yu's hand and kept thanking him. Even Zhao Guangyi, who had been preparing to trick others, expressed his gratitude to Zhou Yu without hesitation.
The navy sent by the Song Kingdom was the smallest among the three countries, with only 10,000 sailors and a hundred warships. However, due to Zhao Sheng's personal actions, more than half of them were lost directly to the storm.
The Song Dynasty spent a lot of money to build a navy army of 10,000 people. The number of navy troops was not large in the first place, but it was made worse by Zhao Sheng's wrong choice.
Now there are only 5,000 naval troops left in the Song Dynasty. If they don't hold on to the great Qin Dynasty, the benefits gained from the Japanese conquest will be greatly reduced.
"Governor Zhou, our country, the Song Dynasty, suffered heavy casualties this time. I wonder if the Japanese warships captured can, can they..."
As he said that, Zhao Guangyi showed an extremely bitter smile, the meaning of which was self-evident, that he wanted more loot to restore blood.
Although Oda Nobunaga ordered that the soldiers not surrender, in order to bear the burden of the whole family, it is obviously impossible for all Japanese soldiers to be loyal and filial, and would risk their own lives for the sake of their families.
There were quite a few Japanese troops who took the initiative to surrender, about 15,000 in total, and 168 warships.
The reason why Zhao Guangyi is doing so badly now is because he is paying attention to these warships. After all, soldiers can continue to be recruited, but warships cannot be built in a short time, and the cost of building warships is not a small amount. .
As for whether Zhou Yu will give it? Zhao Guangyi felt that Zhou Yu would definitely give it. After all, Song State also participated in the war, and there was every reason to divide the spoils.
As for how much Zhou Yu will give? Zhao Guangyi felt that the losses of Qin and Wu were not big, and they might not be able to board the Japanese warships. As long as he performed poorly, he should be able to win more loot.
Zhou Yu didn't know that Zhao Guangyi was plotting against him. Seeing that Song's losses were more than half, the casualties were indeed the largest among the three kingdoms. In addition, he really looked down on the Japanese warships. Based on their feelings of alliance, he agreed to pay more. Some warships of the Song Dynasty.
When Zhao Guangyi saw Zhou Yu agreed, he was overjoyed and left happily.
When Sun Ce saw Zhao Guangyi's face, the word 'dissatisfaction' was almost written on his face.
Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Bo Fu, has Zhao Guangyi offended you?"
"It's true that he didn't offend me, it's just that I'm not used to seeing such a duplicitous villain." Sun Ce said with a look of displeasure.
Zhou Yu was startled, then frowned and asked, "Did something happen on the way here?"
Sun Ce was shocked when he heard this: "Have you guessed this?"
"Bo Fu, you are not a stingy person, but you are so dissatisfied with Zhao Guangyi. Zhao Guangyi is a smooth person and will not offend you for no reason. However, you have not had any interactions before. Apparently something happened on the way here. That's why you are so dissatisfied with Zhao Guangyi." Zhou Yu analyzed it slowly.
"this……"
Sun Ce fell silent immediately. After hesitating for a while, he still told Zhou Yu that Zhao Guangyi was planning to delay his arrival on the way, so that both the Qin army and the Japanese army would suffer losses.
After listening to Sun Ce's words, Zhou Yu's face instantly turned gloomy.
It wasn't that he didn't believe what Sun Ce said, but that Zhao Guangyi, a villain, had been stabbing him behind his back not long ago, but when they met, he looked calm and pretended to be cruel and wanted the spoils of war.
It's really amazing.
Sun Ce saw Zhou Yu's expression was wrong, and said quickly: "Gong Jin, although Zhao Guangyi has done some dirty work, he has not been able to accomplish anything. Now that the Four Nations are allied to conquer Japan, we are all allies. You cannot destroy the alliance."
Zhou Yu laughed angrily: "Bo Fu, in your mind, am I, Zhou Gongjin, such an ignorant person? Don't worry, I won't take revenge on Zhao Guangyi because of this, but he wants to take advantage of my Da Qin Just forget it’s cheap.”
The next day, the storm continued, but Chen Tang, the Qin Dynasty's top martial arts scholar, had already compiled a casualty report and came to report to Zhou Yu.
"Grand Commander, in the Battle of Tsushima, the total casualties of our coalition forces were less than 10,000, and 93 warships were damaged.
Among them, the Qin Dynasty suffered a total of 3,323 casualties and 36 warships.
The Song Dynasty suffered more than 5,500 casualties and fifty-four warships;
Wu suffered more than 400 casualties and destroyed three warships.
As for the exact results of the battle, it is impossible to calculate the exact results due to the storm, but roughly more than 45,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, 15,000 were captured, and 168 warships were captured. It can be said to be a great victory. . "Chen Tang said with excitement.
Zhou Yu nodded with a different expression. Such a result with so few casualties could indeed be called a great victory.
Of course, if Zhao Sheng is willing to believe Zhou Yu, the total casualties will be halved, and this battle will naturally be more beautiful.
To put it bluntly, Zhao Sheng sacrificed his own life to lower the overall rating of this battle.
Zhou Yu felt that Chen Tang was too conservative. Those who abandoned the Japanese army and Oda Nobunaga's troops who rushed to the rainstorm area to escape for their lives had an equally slim chance of surviving.
All in all, out of the 70,000 sailors sent by Japan to fight, only a few thousand people will be alive after the heavy rain stops, and there may be even fewer.
Zhou Yu's guess was absolutely correct. The eleven-nation Allied Forces of Japan had a total of 70,000 sailors. Only more than 400 people actually survived after this battle. It can be said that the entire army was wiped out.
