Chapter 1223 The first battle between Erlang and Baqi
Chapter 1223 The first battle between Erlang and Baqi
In Xuzhou, a battle against the Japanese army is about to begin. At this moment, the preparations are in full swing.
Zhou Yu never expected that in the first battle to suppress the Japanese, Zhao Yu, who was the vanguard, would be ambushed by the Japanese army, and he would suffer a big loss due to his carelessness.
The Xuzhou Army was not only powerful in all directions among the princes of the Central Plains, but how could the Han Dynasty be compared with the small country of Zuer, which was almost unheard of.
Therefore, from the beginning, Zhao Yuxian, as the vanguard general, underestimated these Japanese troops and did not take them seriously at all.
When Zhao Yu thought about it, even without Zhou Yu as the main force of the Chinese army, his 3,000 vanguard troops were enough to smash these Japanese soldiers to pieces.
But things went against expectations. The invincible scene that Zhao Yu imagined in advance did not happen. Instead, he himself suffered a big loss.
Zhao Yu went deep into the army alone, but he fell into Takigawa Kazuki's plan to lure the enemy. Mitsuhide Akechi concentrated his superior troops and besieged him from all sides. The situation suddenly turned against Zhao Yu.
Originally, Zhao Yu wanted to use his own bravery to forcefully rush into the thousands of troops, kill the Japanese general, and reverse the situation on the entire battlefield.
However, charging into the army and taking the general's head is not as simple as it sounds. Otherwise, the battlefield would be dominated by those fierce generals, and there would be no mention of the commanders.
To charge and kill thousands of armies, it not only requires your own bravery, but also depends on the quality of the enemy's soldiers and generals. Facing different armies and different generals, even if the number of people you face is the same, the difficulty is enough.
They are very different, even worlds apart.
Not to mention that Akechi Mitsuhide is not an incompetent person, and he is not that powerful among the Han Dynasty, but among Japan, his ability is already of a very rare kind. Moreover, how could Zhao Yu have thought that a
In the small Japanese army, a god-level warrior like Yamata Enrochi appeared.
Although the first battle between Zhao Yu and Yamama Enrochi ended with Zhao Yu's defeat, strictly speaking, there was no winner or loser between the two sides.
The time for these two people to fight was limited, and it was not yet time to decide the winner, but Zhao Yu had to retreat. With the strength of these two people, the gap between them is limited, and it is not so easy to tell the difference.
Win or lose.
After all, the army under his command was defeated, and Zhao Yu, as a general, had to retreat. If Zhao Yu did not leave in time, he was surrounded by thousands of troops, and with the addition of a master like Hatamata Ryuji, it is very possible that,
Even Zhao Yu himself had to fall into this battle.
Zhao Yu's vanguard army only had 3,000 people, and there were no generals except him. But the Japanese army on the opposite side was different. As the main force of the Japanese army, there were also many generals.
Although these generals with first-class strength or even only first-class strength are placed on the battlefield within the Han Dynasty, they are destroyed by higher-level artillery. But after all, they are also some generals, and they are more than enough to deal with some ordinary soldiers. Moreover, are there any generals?
Commander, the combat effectiveness that an army can exert is absolutely different.
It is precisely because Akechi Mitsuhide has many generals to cooperate, but Zhao Yu's vanguard army lacks the corresponding generals to stop him. Therefore, Zhao Yu's vanguard army will collapse in a very short period of time.
There is always a mutually reinforcing relationship between soldiers and generals. If there are generals but no soldiers, or even if there are soldiers but no generals, it will not be able to form a strong combat effectiveness.
But now, with Zhao Yu being entangled by Yamama Enrochi and unable to command the battle, Zhao Yu's vanguard army has fallen into a situation where there are no soldiers but no generals.
After this battle, Zhao Yu's 3,000 vanguard army lost a total of 2,000, and only a thousand men followed Zhao Yu to break out of the encirclement.
This battle was also the greatest victory for the Japanese army, represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazugoshi, and Hatamato Rochi, after they entered the Han Dynasty.
Previously, these Japanese troops only dared to loot some villages and even some smaller county towns. However, in the big cities, the Japanese troops represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takikawa Kazumasu, and Hatamata Enrochi did not dare to take action easily.
Those big cities, not to mention the number of Japanese troops, could be successfully captured. Even if they were captured, how many casualties would have to be paid in the process. What's more, these Japanese troops came from afar and did not prepare a large amount of weapons in their hands.
The siege equipment was simply not enough to support them in conquering a large city.
As for those small county towns, the number of troops stationed in the city is not only limited, but also mainly second-line troops with limited combat effectiveness. Speaking of which, this is the first time that the Japanese army represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazugoshi, and Hatamata Enroji
I saw a Han army of 3,000 men, and they were 3,000 regular troops.
It was precisely because Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Ichimasu and others were influenced by the garrison of the previous counties and mistakenly underestimated the actual combat effectiveness of Zhao Yu's army that Zhao Yu had the opportunity to forcibly break out of the encirclement.
Otherwise, Mitsuhide Akechi, Kazugawa Takikawa and others carefully designed this trap and set up an ambush with an absolutely superior force. In it, the Japanese generals were dispatched in unison, how would Tsuji Zhao Yu have the opportunity to escape easily?
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It can be said that Zhao Yu was lucky to be able to lead a thousand people to break out of the siege this time.
Speaking of which, in this battle, the Japanese army represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazugoshi, and Hatamatorochi mistakenly underestimated the combat power of Zhao Yu's troops, so that they did not proceed as originally planned.
They were completely wiped out, but their gains were equally great.
Two thousand sets of Xuzhou Army equipment was already an immeasurable gain for the Japanese army. This equipment was not comparable to the equipment they obtained from the second-rate troops after they invaded those small counties.
As one of the most famous monarchs of Japan in ancient times, Oda Nobunaga was quite capable and had a good vision.
In fact, this operation was ostensibly to seize money and food, but in fact the Japanese army, represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazugoshi, and Hatamato Rochi, had another purpose in this expedition, which was to seize talents.
And these so-called talents do not refer to civil and military talents like Zhou Yu, Yi Yin, and Zhao Yu, but skilled talents in various fields. It is not necessary for these talents to reach the level of Ma Jun, Lu Ban, and others.
Even if they only know the basics or even the superficial knowledge, they can grab it directly.
After all, the gap between Japan and the Han Dynasty in all aspects during this period was huge. Even some basic things were enough for their development to take a big step forward.
