Chapter 1225 The war between Zhao and Japan finally begins
Chapter 1225 The war between Zhao and Japan finally begins
Even though Mitsuhide Akechi 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 too big a problem.
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With Zhou Yu's ability, if he wants to retreat smoothly, he can't stop Zhou Yu even with Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazumasu and others.
However, Zhou Yu deliberately exposed a flaw and suffered a small defeat. This was naturally not without reason. It was also impossible for Zhou Yu to give Akechi Mitsuhide such an advantage for no reason.
The strength of the two sides was originally about the same, and it could be said that they were evenly matched. However, except for Zhao Yu's defeat, Zhou Yu's 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 wants is to annihilate all 20,000 Japanese soldiers. And if he wants to achieve the goal of total annihilation, Zhou Yu will have to waste more time.
Already.
Moreover, it would be bad if he suddenly showed too much strength and scared these Japanese soldiers away.
After all, on the way his army arrived, this group of Japanese troops had already captured several counties and towns, and they had not spared any villages and towns along the way. How could a group of barbarians commit such heinous crimes in the Han Dynasty so easily?
Let them go.
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 their plundering.
However, even so, Akechi Mitsuhide was cautious enough. After Zhou Yu's army arrived, although he took an advantage, he was not as arrogant as he was 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 plunder, not to fight.
Moreover, this would seriously lengthen the line of defense that Zhou Yu needed to defend and weaken Zhou Yu's mobile forces. In the future, if they faced Zhou Yu again, the Japanese army would naturally be able to maximize their advantage in terms of military strength.
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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 naval force has just begun to be formed and has no combat capabilities at this time. It will basically be unable to bring any help to Zhou Yu in this battle.
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"General, scout Pegasus sent a message that 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, deep down in his heart, there were waves. Zhou Yu was not a good-tempered person, and he had been passive for so long.
Time, isn’t it just for this final big comeback!
These days, Zhou Yu was forced to disperse his troops, and Akechi Mitsuhide did take advantage by attacking with more and fewer. Moreover, Akechi Mitsuhide was on the active offensive side, so he naturally had an advantage over Zhou Yu who was passively defensive.
However, after this period of observation, Zhou Yu had basically figured out the rules of Akechi Mitsuhide's use of troops. From this, it was possible to deduce his next target for plundering based on Akechi Mitsuhide's rules of use of troops.
After all, Akechi Mitsuhide is very cautious, and the scope of his activities is along the coast, and he does not go deep into it easily. With Zhou Yu's series of defensive arrangements, more than half of the places available for Akechi Mitsuhide to plunder have been reduced. The rest will be
Excluding the areas that Akechi Mitsuhide has already plundered, the remaining areas available for plunder are 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 his disposal at this time, and even including the 1,000 hidden cavalry, he only had 7,000 troops. There was no way around it. 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 run away if he found something was wrong!
However, even though he only had 1,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry, Zhou Yu was confident enough to defeat Akechi Mitsuhide.
"General, shall we take action?" Chang Shan asked proactively.
"No hurry!" Zhou Yu waved his hand and said.
It was not the best time to attack at this time. Akechi Mitsuhide only used a small part of his troops to attack the city at this time. After all, Yandu was not a big city, and there were only 800 defenders in the city. To deal with such a city
, Normally, Mitsuhide Akechi doesn’t need to go all out.
However, Zhou Yu is confident that even with Akechi Mitsuhide's current siege efforts, he will never be able to break through Yandu. By then, Akechi Mitsuhide will definitely invest more strength.
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 delay in taking action, 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 Castle really only has 800 defenders. Once the Japanese army, represented by Akechi Mitsuhide, Takigawa Kazugoshi, and Hatamata Enroji, really broke through Yandu Castle, the people in the city would
But it was a disaster.
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 far away in the direction of Yan Ducheng, and actually began to feel worried in his heart. He was indeed confident about that place, 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 to persuade, he had just opened his mouth and was blocked by several friends.
Come down.
In any case, Zhou Yu is always the main commander of this battle. With their status, it is not easy for them to interfere too much all the time.
