Even though Akechi Mitsuhide used this method of plundering a large number of Han people from the surrounding areas, it would not be difficult for Zhou Yu to escape unscathed. For Zhou Yu, these are not big problems.
With Zhou Yu's ability, if he wanted to retreat smoothly, Akechi Mitsuhide, Takikawa Kazumasu and others could not stop Zhou Yu.
However, Zhou Yu deliberately exposed a flaw and suffered a small defeat. This was naturally not without reason, and it was impossible for Zhou Yu to give Mitsuhide Akechi such an advantage for no reason.
The military strength of both sides is almost the same. It can be said that they are evenly matched. However, except for Zhao Yu's defeat, Zhou Yu's military strength fell slightly behind Akechi Mitsuhide.
But in fact, even so, Zhou Yu is still confident of defeating Akechi Mitsuhide head-on. After all, there is a gap in the combat power of the soldiers on both sides, and the gap in equipment between the two armies is even greater.
However, defeating the opponent is easy, but Zhou Yu is not satisfied with this. What Zhou Yu wanted was to annihilate all 20,000 Japanese soldiers. And if he wanted to achieve the goal of total annihilation, Zhou Yu would have to waste more time.
Moreover, it would be bad if he suddenly showed too much strength and scared away this group of Japanese soldiers.
After all, on the way his army arrived, this group of Japanese troops had already captured several county towns, and they had not spared any villages or towns along the way. A group of barbarians committed such heinous crimes in Han Dynasty, how could we let them off so easily?
Therefore, for this reason, Zhou Yu had to exercise some restraint and hide his true strength for the time being, so that these Japanese soldiers would have enough courage to continue plundering.
However, even so, Akechi Mitsuhide was cautious enough. After Zhou Yu's army arrived, although they took advantage, they were not as arrogant as they were at the beginning.
Instead, they started shooting at different places along the coastline, focusing only on looting, and trying to avoid direct conflicts with the Han army as much as possible.
After all, Akechi Mitsuhide never forgot that he came here to rob, not to fight.
Moreover, this seriously lengthened the line of defense that Zhou Yu needed to defend and weakened Zhou Yu's mobile forces. In the future, if they faced Zhou Yu again, the Japanese army would naturally be able to gain as much advantage as possible in terms of military strength.
And Akechi Mitsuhide did bring huge trouble to Zhou Yu. After all, Zhao Kuangyin had no means of coastal defense before and had to rely on Zhou Yu's temporary arrangements. The mobile forces in his hands were suddenly dispersed.
Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin's navy has just begun to be formed and has no combat capabilities at this time. It is basically unable to bring any help to Zhou Yu in this battle.
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"General, scout Pegasus sent a message, the Japanese army has begun to attack the city!" Wang De said with a bow.
"Sure enough, it's here!" Zhou Yu murmured to himself. As soon as the news came, although Zhou Yu seemed calm on the surface, there were waves rising deep in his heart. Zhou Yu is not a good-tempered person either. He has suffered passively for so long just to make a big comeback in the end!
These days, Zhou Yu was forced to disperse his troops, and Akechi Mitsuhide did take advantage by attacking more and less. Moreover, Akechi Mitsuhide is on the active offensive side, so he naturally has an advantage over Zhou Yu who is passively defensive.
However, after this period of observation, Zhou Yu has basically figured out Akechi Mitsuhide's military tactics. From this, it was possible to deduce Akechi Hikaru's next target for plunder through his military tactics.
After all, Akechi Mitsuhide is very cautious, and the scope of his activities is always along the coast, and he does not go deep into it easily. Under Zhou Yu's series of defensive arrangements, more than half of the places available for Akechi Mitsuhide to plunder have been reduced. For the rest, excluding the areas that Akechi Mitsuhide has already plundered, the remaining areas for plunder are already limited.
Zhou Yu's talent, coupled with his silent observation of Mitsuhide Akechi, was enough for him to make his own judgment.
Zhou Yu, on the other hand, had already been quietly hiding nearby, waiting for the opportunity to come.
Of course, Zhou Yu only had 6,000 troops at this time. Even including the 1,000 hidden cavalry, there were only 7,000 troops. There was no way, the troops that Zhou Yu could mobilize were dispersed everywhere.
Moreover, he also allocated part of his troops to pretend to be the main force to confuse Akechi Mitsuhide. Otherwise, with Akechi Mitsuhide's level of caution, he might have run away if he noticed something was wrong!
However, even though he only had 1,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry in his hands, Zhou Yu was confident enough to defeat Akechi Mitsuhide.
"General, should we take action?" Chang Shan asked proactively.
"No hurry!" Zhou Yu waved his hand.
Attacking at this time is not the best time. At this time, Akechi Mitsuhide only used a small part of his troops to attack the city. After all, Yandu was not a big city, and there were only 800 garrison troops in the city. To deal with such a city, normally, Mitsuhide Akechi would not need to go all out.
However, Zhou Yu was confident that even with Akechi Mitsuhide's current siege strength, he would never be able to break through Yandu. By then, Akechi Mitsuhide will inevitably invest more effort.
Once Akechi Mitsuhide's army pressed forward, and when the battle between the two sides was tense, Zhou Yu, who was in a state of recharging his energy, could take the opportunity to blast Akechi Mitsuhide's Xiaoju from behind and determine the outcome of the battle in one fell swoop.
"But general, if we don't take action for a long time, I'm afraid we will do something wrong!" Chang Shan said with some worry.
Previously, in order to make this game realistic enough, Zhou Yu did not arrange even a single reinforcement to Yandu City in advance, nor did he evacuate the people of Yandu.
Therefore, the current Yandu City really only has 800 defenders. Once the Japanese army, represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takikawa Kazugoshi, and Hatamato Roji, really broke through Yandu Castle, the people in the city would suffer.
At that time, if they take action again, they will not be able to avoid harm to the people in Yandu City.
"No hurry, no hurry!" Although he heard Chang Shan's worry, Zhou Yu still waved his hands calmly.
Zhou Yu looked in the direction of Yan Ducheng from a distance, and actually began to feel worried in his heart. He did have confidence there, but his worries were real.
"But..." Chang Shan looked at Zhou Yu's unhurried look, but he himself could not be as calm and calm as Zhou Yu. Even if he wanted to continue persuading, he was blocked by several friends as soon as he opened his mouth. down.
In any case, Zhou Yu is always the main commander of this battle. With their status, it is difficult for them to interfere too much all the time.
