The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 394

[Chapter three hundred and eighty nine standing soldiers go into battle]

After dispatching 10,000 Shigaru as cannon fodder, the front of the opposing coalition forces rioted.

Although the Shigaru dispatched were all cannon fodders that were not even at the first rank, their individual strength was extremely weak, but most of the troops on the opposite side were even worse. In comparison, these cannon fodders could still be called elites.

Therefore, when the number of people was far less than that of the opponent, these forward cannon fodders were able to beat the opponent’s retreat, and the entire front moved back two or three hundred meters, and the entire front was completely chaotic.

However, although the cannon fodder fought heroically, everyone had done psychological mobilization before going to the battlefield, and had the consciousness of death.

But they were still too few in number, and thousands of soldiers had been lost in order to cross the death line.

After the frontal battle, although many of the troops on the opposite side are too scumbag, there are still a large number of samurai corps as elites.

After seeing the unreliable farmers who brought in the peasants, these samurai corps resolutely concentrated a part of their strength and attacked this part of the cannon fodder.

With the efforts of these samurai, they used them as arrows to attack, and the weak chickens behind them used to cover up as wings. The thousands of cannon fodder Ashiya quickly rushed to the enemy’s front lost a lot.

The number of people has dropped sharply to less than 5,000, and it is still extremely sharply reduced at a faster rate.

However, although the momentum of these Ashikaru attacks was severely stagnant, the original unstoppable momentum was also stopped, and the enemy was surrounded by a sea of people, as if a boat in the waves was about to capsize at any time. .

But at the same time, these cannon fodder Ashgaru also completed their task, which is to disrupt the enemy’s front and buy time and opportunities for the next main force to advance.

When the 8,000 cannon fodder corps consumed most of it, another elite corps of about 5,000 people in the back had already slowly pushed forward.

These are all composed of soldiers with first-order strength, and they can be regarded as the main force under the command of all the big names in the world, and they are used to press the bottom card of the box.

There are not many soldiers and horses of this strength in the world, and the coalition army on the opposite side is only 8,000 people. It can be seen that this kind of soldiers and horses is elite and rare.

Now that 5,000 people have been taken out at once, it has to be said that it is a big deal, especially after the consumption of the previous battle across the river.

Even if the more than 7,000 soldiers who died and wounded crossing the river were mostly cannon fodder, the damage to the strength of the entire army as a whole was not serious, but nearly 2,000 first-order soldiers were killed.

There were only 20,000 first-order soldiers in the entire army, and 1/10 of them disappeared at once, which was definitely a big blow.

Now they have to send 5,000 first-order troops. Judging from the strength of the opposing coalition, it is estimated that these 5,000 people are also the result of losing more than half of them, plus the damage of those cannon fodders.

Judging from the current progress of this war, even if it ends now, the dojo army will lose 1/3 of its strength.

This kind of damage can already be regarded as traumatic. Even if the war is won, the dojo army is estimated to be unable to attack again. It takes two or three months to slowly recover morale, and then there is spare energy to plot against other countries.

And the casualties are so large, it is estimated that even if Tomita Yoshisari captures the entire Shinano country, his credit will be offset by more than half.

“The only chance now is to take the lead in monopolizing a country before the others. Only then can you restore your reputation and position in the hearts of Dao Masters, and maybe you can make some promotions.”

Tomita Yoshiaki couldn’t help but secretly make up his mind.

This battle must be won no matter what, even if it loses more than half, it must win the Shinano country.

Now Tomita Yoshisari’s attack is quite rapid, and it has already invaded the country of Shinano in less than ten days, and has already launched a decisive battle with all the powerful coalition forces in the entire country of Shinano.

And as long as this decisive battle can be won, under the power of victory, the entire Shinano country can be pacified within a month.

And now other people from all walks of life, because there is no such desperate determination and ambition as Tomita Yoshiaki, many people are still wandering outside the country with the coalition forces of other countries, and they have not made any breakthroughs in the development of the war situation. progress.

Compared to Tomita Yoshihide’s current speed, it’s not much worse.

What’s more, as long as the entire Shinano country can be won, even if the army needs two or three months of recuperation because of too many losses.

But other people from all walks of life don’t know if they can break a country in two or three months.

At that time, when his troops and horses have finished recuperating, they should also send a group of reinforcements to the rear of the scene, and then recruit some cannon fodder in the country of Shinano.

After such a search, 50,000 to 60,000 or more people came out during the introduction period, and the world’s major events can be expected.

This is the first step, step by step advantage.

It’s just that the risks are too great, and if one step goes wrong, it will be an irreversible fate.

Just like the current Shinano country, if this decisive battle cannot be won, then Tomita Yoshicheng will naturally be unable to escape the ending of a defeat and suicide.

Even the layout of the dojo would suffer great setbacks, and the impact on the general trend of the entire world would be extremely serious.

This is also a risk that you must take if you want to act as an early bird. The specific benefit depends on the individual’s choice.

The 5,000 elite foot lightly pressed up. The cannon fodder foot light of the cannon fodder line, which was originally in danger under the pressure of the coalition forces, kept shrinking, and the number of cannon fodder foot light was sharply reduced to more than 2,000 people.

It can be seen how important a standing army of sufficient elites is to the influence of a war, and even the stability of the foundation of a force.

Although other forces have attracted a lot of cannon fodder Ashiya, they usually serve the people and can provide taxes to those wealthy clans, and they can temporarily pull them out to serve as cannon fodder.

At first glance, this approach has many advantages, but it is not without disadvantages.

Not to mention that the dispatch of these armies will be affected by the busy time of farming, it is said that the quality of these armies is an unavoidable hidden danger.

Their military discipline is sloppy, and there is no restraint between their actions. It is better to fight against the wind in wartime, like a tiger going down a mountain, which is difficult to stop.

If there is a slight setback, the morale will drop, and if the loss is a little more, it will be easy to be partially defeated, and then it will lead to the victory or defeat of the entire battle, forming an irreversible general trend.

This is the inevitable hidden danger of using such peasants.

It is precisely because he understands this hidden danger that Zhong Yu abandons it and trains his own standing soldiers instead.

Because he deeply understands that if he wants to unify the world, he relies on these standing soldiers.

With the experience of unifying the world several times before, Zhong Yu already knew exactly what the real foundation was.

(End of this chapter)

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