The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

After sending out ten thousand ashigaru as cannon fodder, the front of the coalition forces on the opposite side really became a riot.

Although the ashigaru sent out were all cannon fodder that did not reach the first level, and their individual strength was extremely weak, but most of the troops on the opposite side were even worse. Compared with the two, these cannon fodder could still be called elite.

So when the number of people was far less than that of the opponent, these forward cannon fodder were able to defeat the opponent steadily. The entire front line moved back two to three hundred meters, and the entire front line was completely chaotic.

However, although the cannon fodder fought bravely, everyone had done psychological mobilization before going to the battlefield, and had the consciousness that they must die.

But after all, their number is still too small, and thousands of soldiers have been lost in order to cross the death line.

After fighting head-on, although many of the troops on the opposite side are too scumbag, there are still a large number of samurai legions as elites.

After seeing that the farmers brought here were unreliable, these samurai legions decisively concentrated a part of their strength to attack this part of the cannon fodder.

With the efforts of these samurai, using them as arrows to attack, and those weak chickens behind them as wings to cover up and kill, the thousands of cannon fodder that quickly rushed to the enemy's front line lost a lot. The number of people has dropped sharply to less than 5,000, and it is still decreasing extremely sharply at a faster rate.

However, although the momentum of these ashigaru attacks was severely blocked, the original unstoppable momentum was also stopped, and he was surrounded by the enemy's crowd, like a small boat in the waves, ready to capsize at any time .

But at the same time, these cannon fodder ashigaru also completed their mission, which is to disrupt the enemy's front and buy time and opportunities for the next batch of main forces to advance.

When most of the 8,000 cannon fodder corps were consumed, another elite corps of about 5,000 people behind them had slowly pushed forward.

These are all composed of first-tier soldiers, who can be regarded as the backbone of the main force under the command of every big name in the world, and they are used to press the bottom cards of the box.

There are not many soldiers and horses of this strength under the command of the world's major names, and the coalition army on the opposite side has only 8,000 people. This shows that this kind of soldiers and horses are 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 though most of the more than 7,000 soldiers who died or were injured crossing the river were cannon fodder, and the strength loss was not serious compared to the entire army as a whole, but nearly 2,000 first-tier soldiers died in battle.

There were only 20,000 Tier 1 soldiers in the entire army, and 1/10 of them disappeared in an instant, which was definitely a big blow.

Now they have to send another 5,000 First Orders. Judging from the strength of the coalition forces on the opposite side, it is estimated that these 5,000 people will also lose more than half of them, plus the loss of those cannon fodder.

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

This kind of damage can already be said to be traumatic. Even if the war is won, the dojo army is probably unable to attack again. It needs to rest for two or three months to slowly recover morale before it can spare power to plot other countries.

Moreover, the casualties were so great, it is estimated that even if Tomita Yoshinari conquered the entire Shinano country, most of his credit would be offset.

"The only chance now is to grab the first victory of monopolizing a country before the other groups of people. Only in this way can I restore my reputation and position in the heart of the Taoist Lord, and maybe I can make some promotions."

Tomita Yoshinari couldn't help but secretly made up his mind.

This battle must be won no matter what, even if the loss is more than half, the Shinano country must be won.

Now Yoshinari Tomita's attack is quite fast, he has already invaded the Shinano country in less than ten days, and has launched a decisive battle with all the powerful coalition forces in the entire Shinano country.

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.

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

Compared with Tomita Yoshinari's current speed, it is not known how much worse.

What's more, as long as the entire Shinano country can be taken, even if the army needs two or three months to recuperate due to too many losses.

But other people from all walks of life didn't know if they could break through a country for two or three months.

When his soldiers and horses have finished recuperating, they should send another batch of reinforcements to support them, and then recruit some cannon fodder in Shinano.

After such a search, another 50,000 to 60,000 or more people will come out in time, and major events in the world can be expected.

This is the advantage of being one step ahead.

It's just that the risk is too great, and if one step goes wrong, it will be a fate beyond redemption.

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

Even the layout of the dojo will suffer great setbacks, and the impact on the general situation of the whole world will be extremely serious.

This is also a risk that must be taken if you want to be the first bird. The specific benefits depend on your personal choice.

The 5,000 elite Ashigaru's front line, which was already in jeopardy under the suppression of the coalition forces, continued to shrink, and the number dropped sharply to more than 2,000.

It can be seen from this that a sufficiently elite standing army is so important to the impact of a war and even the foundation of a power.

Although other forces have recruited a lot of cannon fodder, they usually serve the people and can provide taxes for those wealthy families, and they can temporarily pull them out as cannon fodder temporarily, and they can gather a group of powerful troops in a short period of time.

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

Not to mention that the dispatch of these troops will be affected by the busy farming season, but the quality of these troops is an unavoidable hidden danger.

Their military discipline is loose, and there is no restraint in their actions. It is good to fight against the wind in wartime, just like a tiger descending a mountain, it is difficult to stop.

If there is a slight setback, the morale will drop, and if there is a little loss, it will be easy to be defeated locally, and then drive the outcome of the entire battle, forming an irreversible trend.

This is the inevitable hidden danger of using this kind of peasant soldiers. It was precisely because he understood this hidden danger that Zhong Yu abandoned it and turned to training his own standing soldiers.

Because he deeply understands that to unify the world, it depends on these standing soldiers.

With the experience of unifying the world several times before, Zhong Yu already knows what the real foundation is.