The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

The coalition forces that had reached the bank of the river had completely withdrawn, and the remaining 40,000 troops in the ashram had all crossed the river.

Although there was no enemy to be seen on the river bank at this time, the coalition forces had already retreated to Iiyama City four or five miles away.

But for the sake of safety, and also to really lay a foundation on the opposite side of the river bank, Tomita Yoshinari ordered his army to set up a military camp not far from the river bank, on a relatively wide plain.

After a busy afternoon, he continued to cut down trees on the river bank, and it was not until late in the evening that a large camp was set up.

After the camp was completed, all the soldiers were exhausted. Except for a few people left to watch at night, the rest all returned to their tents and fell into a deep sleep.

On the second day, after a night of recuperation, the exhausted army regained their energy, and all of them appeared full of energy.

However, although the army in the dojo looked quite full, and each of them looked energetic, their morale was quite low, and each of them seemed not very optimistic about the war.

It's no wonder that just yesterday, the entire 50,000 army lost nearly 7,000 people.

The death rate of 1/7 is quite a terrifying number.

As I said before, if the general army loses more than 30%, it will be on the verge of collapse.

Although the death rate of the current dojo army does not exceed the third floor, it is quite close.

Not to mention that so many people were killed and injured, and it happened in just a short morning. After careful consideration, you will find that it is extremely terrifying.

Such horrific casualties made the entire army feel extremely confused and fearful about the next fate, and some sadness was inevitable.

In order to restore this situation, so that the army will not collapse, but also to stabilize his position of power, so that his prestige in the army will not be too severely reduced.

Tomita Yoshinari decided to launch the first large-scale battle against the coalition forces on the second day after crossing the river, that is, today.

Although the morale of the entire dojo army inevitably fell into a slump, many people felt confused about the upcoming war, but there were also many people who were extremely angry at the previous grievances.

This is a sentiment to exploit.

Having anger means not being afraid, and daring to fight without being afraid.

Under the current situation, it is a very good phenomenon to dare to fight the leader on the opposite side, and still fight with anger.

The coalition is not scary.

This is the real thought in Tomita Yoshinari's heart, and it is also the thought of many high-level generals in the dojo army.

The reason why the coalition army is called the coalition army means that it is an army composed of many forces.

With so many forces mixed together, even if they cooperate temporarily due to external pressure, there must be various contradictions and conflicts among them.

Coupled with the respective hatred in the past, Tomita Yoshisei is almost certain that the entire coalition army cannot really work together and concentrate all its forces against itself.

The coalition forces will definitely have these kinds of reservations when fighting against themselves. Whether it is the idea of ​​preserving strength, or wanting to trick their own secret opponents, they will not be able to exert their full strength on the battlefield.

The Dojo army is united as one, in order to eliminate the coalition forces and unify the entire Shinano country, the whole army is fighting for this goal and contributing all their strength.

When the time comes, one will concentrate all the power, while the other will be scattered because of disagreement, which one is better and worse, you can tell at a glance.

Not to mention that the coalition army is a combination of several forces mixed together. Their members are uneven. I can't hold it steady.

This extremely disparate numerical difference made the entire coalition army appear in a deformed state.

Fighting a war does not mean that the more people the better, the power that can be really used and exerted is the good power.

This is the case with the coalition forces. Their entire structure is polarized, and the gap between them is indescribable.

The most powerful ones are of course those high-ranking samurai lords, each of whom has a second-level cultivation and was born with a noble lineage, and is born to rule the poor and untouchables.

But there are very few people in this group. Within the 50,000 coalition forces, all of them can't even make 3,000, only 2,600 or 700. Moreover, these warriors are divided into dozens of forces, and they are not divided into each other, so it is difficult to effectively command and utilize them.

More importantly, because of their noble backgrounds, these warriors have always been grand masters who command dozens of people, and basically have not received qualified military training.

Apart from the fact that their martial arts are particularly outstanding compared to ordinary people, and they can kill more than a dozen or even twenty people alone, they have never trained in any combined attack at all.

When fighting, they always fight and charge in a dull manner, which is extremely personal heroism, and they don't know how to cooperate or change the battlefield situation at all.

Compared with the 5000 samurai legion of the dojo army, this kind of strength is really far behind.

The samurai corps present at the scene first received a qualified training. No matter how powerful or noble they were before, as long as they became disciples of the dojo, they would definitely receive a military training.

Since most of the members of these samurai legions came from poor and humble backgrounds, and a large part of them were promoted from the untouchable class, there was not much resistance to this kind of military training.

Afterwards, a small number of people, even if they were born noble, faced with such a decision that most people obeyed, their voices were insignificant, and they could only drift with the tide.

So it can be said that the army of the dojo is a strictly trained army composed of martial arts masters.

This kind of trained legion is not only proficient in killing techniques, but also knows how to cooperate and obey orders.

Compared with those samurai masters who only know how to show off their own bravery, who are rebellious and only know how to kill, they don't know how much stronger they are.

Therefore, in terms of top combat power, not only are there more people in the dojo, but the number is also far behind the coalition forces, and the two sides are not at the same level at all.

If you really want to describe it, it is probably an elite army facing a group of mobs!

Needless to say, the bottom-level combat power, the coalition forces are completely drawn out by a group of ashigaru, that is, farmers who plan food in the ground.

Even if some of these farmers have killed some people, seen a little blood, and been on the battlefield once or twice.

But after all, it still can't change the fact that they spend more than half of the year planing in the fields and have not received strict military training.

So in the final analysis, it is still a group of farmers, a mob.

But the dojo army is different. Although there are a large number of recruits, these recruits have also received three to six months of military training, and it is uninterrupted every day.

Due to the confiscation of many local tyrants' wealth, Zhong Yu's material reserves are extremely rich, especially in terms of food.

All the food added up is enough for his 200,000 army to fight outside for three years with a slight surplus.

Therefore, in terms of training the army, the food problem that many local tyrants worry about does not exist at all.

All soldiers can train openly, and don't have to worry about expending too much energy and breaking down because they don't have enough food.

Under such circumstances, an army that is extremely majestic at first glance has been trained.

Really, why say majestic?

Because as long as you look at the faces of ordinary soldiers in the dojo army, you can see that although they are generally not tall, basically everyone can see a little rosy face and a little flesh on their bodies.

But looking at the coalition forces, all the soldiers except the warriors. Except for some more elite ashigaru, most of them are sallow, emaciated, and bony hungry people.

How to compare the two, the soldiers on the dojo side are not majestic, what are they?