Chapter 2351: Sun Bofu VS Shimazu Yoshihiro
The Song and Wu coalition forces fighting in Southern Kyushu totaled 50,000 people. The leader was Sun Ce, the son of King Wu, and the deputy general was Zhao Guangyi, the younger brother of King Song.
As for the lineup of generals accompanying the army, although it was not as good as the Qin and Wei coalition forces, it was still extremely luxurious.
Commander-in-Chief of Wu Army: Sun Ce
Military Advisor: Lu Su
Generals accompanying the army: Lu Su, Sun Jing, Sun Hao, Sun Yi, Han Qinhu, Han Dang, Zu Mao, Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, Lu Meng, Ma Zhong, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Ding Feng , Lihu...
Troop strength: 30,000 (Jiefanjun 3,000, Suwei Tiger Cavalry 3,000)
Song Army Commander: Zhao Guangyi
Military Advisor: Yan Xiang
Generals accompanying the army: Zhao Yong, Zhao Defang, Zhang Xutuo, Yang Guangyi, Shi Shouxin, Li Jixun, Wang Shenqi, Liu Qingyi, Liu Shouzhong, Liu Tingrang, Han Chongyun, Wang Zhengzhong, Pan Mei, Gao Huaide, Gao Chugong, Gao Chujun...
Troop strength: 20,000 (Tianwu Army, 3,000, Divine Guard Army, 3,000)
As for the opponents of the Song and Wu coalition forces, the Shimazu family, the overlord of Southern Kyushu, was also not a soft persimmon.
When the Qin and Wei allied forces fought in Northern Kyushu, they did not encounter any strong generals with over 100 base martial arts. That was because the only two divine generals in Kyushu were all concentrated in the Shimazu family.
Shimazu Yoshihiro: Commander 97 (+1), Martial Power 101 (+1), Intelligence 88, Politics 78, Charisma 89; Equipment: Kneeling Kurama;
Shimazu Iehisa: Commander 93 (+1), Force 102 (+1), Intelligence 80, Politics 54, Charisma 78;
The head of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Yoshihiro, is not only as famous as Ryuzoji Takanobu and Tachibana Michyuki, but he is much stronger than his brother Shimazu Yoshihisa.
In the process of the Shimazu family's unification of Southern Kyushu, the Shimazu family's archenemies Ito, Sagara, Gansuke, Aso and other forces were basically destroyed by Shimazu Yoshihiro himself, and Shimazu Yoshihiro also started his undefeated campaign. name.
In addition, in addition to Shimazu Yoshihiro, his younger brother Shimazu Iehisa is also a strong general with high command and martial arts. In the Battle of Okita, he defeated Ryuzoji Temple with more than 10 times the strength. military.
The Shimazu family has two divine generals. Does that mean that the Shimazu family is stronger than the Otomo family and the Mori family?
The answer is naturally no.
Although the Shimazu family has two great generals and is indeed stronger than the two in terms of top combat power, the number of super first-class and first-rate generals, as well as the combination of generals, is not as many as that of the Otomo Mori family.
Therefore, overall, although the Shimadzu family is stronger than the two families, it is not much stronger.
In addition to Shimazu Yoshihiro and Shimazu Iehisa, the Shimadzu family also has many strong men such as the Four Shimazu Brothers, the Shimazu Four Heavenly Kings, and the Shimazu Ten Warriors.
In addition, Southern Kyushu has many mountainous areas and complex terrain.
Therefore, if the Song-Wu coalition wanted to conquer the Shimazu family, a forceful attack was obviously not the best strategy. Even if they could win in the end, they would probably pay a high price, which would be detrimental to the subsequent war.
After some deliberations, both Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi decided to adopt Soochow military advisor Lu Su's plan.
Lu Su proposed to outsmart Southern Kyushu, and deliberately set the time for the Song and Wu coalition to send troops after the Qin and Wei coalition captured Hizen.
As the gateway to the Otomo family, Hizen Country, once it fell, the Otomo family would be in panic and would definitely ask for help from the Mori and Shimazu families.
The daimyo of the two families are not incompetent. They must know the meaning of death and coldness, so they will definitely send troops to support the Otomo family.
Leaving aside the Maori family of Kitakyushu for the moment, once the Shimazu family of Southern Kyushu transfers their troops to the north for support, the local troops will be empty, which will naturally give the Song and Wu coalition forces an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
As Lu Su expected, after receiving Otomo's request for help, Shimazu Yoshihiro, like Otomo Haruhide, thought that all the Central Plains Allied Forces were concentrated in Hizen Country, and decisively decided to lead the army to Hizen to support him, so he took him away He had nearly half of the country's troops, but he didn't know that the four-nation coalition had been preparing to divide its forces from the beginning.
The serious lack of intelligence and the lack of understanding of the enemy made Yoshihiro Shimazu make the worst decision in his life.
After receiving the news that Shimazu Yoshihiro was heading north, Sun Ce and Zhao Guangyi decisively led 50,000 Song and Wu coalition troops to land from Satsuma Country in Southern Kyushu and directly raided the capital and inner city of the Shimazu family.
There was no inner and outer city in the Japanese city. The capital of the Otomo family was called the inner city.
As the capital of the Shimazu family, the inner city still has 10,000 troops although nearly half of its troops have been transferred.
The general responsible for guarding the inner city is Toyohisa Shimazu, son of Iehisa Shimazu. Although his ability is not as good as that of his uncle and father, he is still a top-notch general.
After Shimazu Toyohisa received the news that the Song and Wu coalition forces had landed and attacked the inner city, he immediately sent a message to his uncle Shimazu Yoshihiro. At the same time, he moved all the people around the capital into the city and recruited people on a large scale. Participating in the defense of the city, with an attitude of vowing to survive and die together in the inner city.
Shimazu Toyohisa's reaction was not unpleasant, but Sun Ce, who had been prepared, moved faster.
After the 50,000 Song and Wu coalition troops landed at Hirasa Port, they did not attack the nearby Ichilai Castle and Ichiuji Castle. Instead, they headed to the inner city of the Shimazu family's capital as quickly as possible and arrived there in just two days. and surrounded the inner city.
The attack and defense of the inner city also started at this point.
There were already 10,000 defenders in the inner city. In addition, Shimazu Toyohisa forcibly conquered Heimei to defend the city, and by then they had managed to gather 30,000 defenders. However, these measures were of little use.
Although the catapults and siege crossbows of the Song and Wu armies were not as sharp as those of the Qin army, they were still decades more advanced than the Japanese siege equipment.
Although the inner city is the capital of the Dayou family, the thickness of the city wall is equivalent to that of an ordinary county town in the Central Plains, so it is naturally impossible to withstand the offensive of the Song and Wu coalition forces.
Sun Ce did not let his soldiers climb the city to fight. Instead, he concentrated his catapults and powerful crossbows and launched a fierce attack on the inner city. He waited until he had caused enough casualties to the enemy before launching a general attack, which could also minimize his own casualties.
Under the offensive of the Song and Wu coalition forces, Shimazu Toyohisa only defended for three days, and the casualties of the defenders in the city had exceeded one-third.
Sun Ce saw that enough Japanese troops had been killed and wounded, and the morale of the Japanese troops had dropped to the lowest, so he ordered a general attack and personally led the army to attack the city. It only took an hour to break the city gate.
Seeing that the city gate had been broken, Shimazu Toyohisa also knew that the Song and Wu coalition forces still had cavalry, and they would definitely not be able to escape even if they broke out, so he led the remaining defenders in the city, as well as the Shimazu Four Heavenly Kings and other generals to engage in street fighting, desperately resisting the Song and Wu coalition forces. attack, but how can it be blocked.
Among the four generals of Shimazu's Four Heavenly Kings, there is one super first-class general and three first-class generals. They can even compete with the mid-level divine generals by using the combo skill "Four Heavenly Kings" together.
But even if the Shimazu Four Heavenly Kings join forces, they can't survive two rounds under Sun Ce Ji.
The reason why they were able to survive one round was simply because the moves Sun Ce used couldn't kill four people in a row in one round.
