The allied forces that had reached the river bank to block the attack had completely withdrawn, and the remaining 40,000-odd troops in the dojo had all crossed the river.
Although no enemy could be seen on the river bank at this time, the coalition forces had retreated to Iiyama Castle four or five miles away.
But for the sake of safety, and also to really lay a foundation across the river bank, Tomita Yoshinari ordered his army to set up a military camp on a relatively broad plain not far from the river bank.
After a busy afternoon, constantly cutting down trees on the river bank, a rather large camp was set up near dusk.
After the camp was built, all the soldiers were extremely tired. Except for some who stayed on guard duty at night, the rest returned to their tents and fell into a deep sleep.
On the second day, after a night's rest, the exhausted army regained its energy again, and everyone appeared in full spirits.
However, although the army in the dojo looked full of energy and everyone seemed to be full of energy, their morale was quite low, and none of them seemed to be optimistic about the war.
It's no wonder that just yesterday, the entire 50,000-strong army lost nearly 7,000 people.
A death ratio of 1/7 is a quite terrifying number.
As I said before, if a general army loses more than 30%, it will be on the verge of collapse.
Although the death rate of today's dojo army does not exceed the third level, it is still quite close.
Not to mention that so many casualties occurred in just one morning. If you think about it carefully, you will find that it is extremely terrifying.
Such horrific casualties could not help but make the entire army feel extremely confused and fearful about their next fate, and it was inevitable that some sadness would appear.
In order to restore this situation and prevent the army from collapsing, it was also to stabilize his position of power and prevent his prestige in the army from being reduced too seriously.
Tomita Yoshinari decided to launch the first large-scale battle against the coalition forces the day after crossing the river, that is, today.
Although the morale of the entire dojo army has inevitably fallen into a slump, and many people are confused about the upcoming war, there are also many people who feel extremely angry about the previous aggrievements.
This is an emotion that can be exploited.
Having anger means not being afraid, and not being afraid means you dare to fight.
Under the current situation, it is a very good phenomenon to dare to fight the opposite leader and still fight with anger.
The coalition is not scary.
This is the true thought in Tomita Yoshinari's heart, and it is also the thought of many high-ranking generals in the dojo army.
The reason why the coalition is called the coalition means that it is an army composed of many forces combined together.
With so many forces mixed together, even if they temporarily cooperate due to external pressure, there must be various conflicts and conflicts.
Coupled with the hatred between them in the past, Tomita Yoshinari was almost certain that it was impossible for the entire coalition to truly unite and concentrate all its forces against him.
The coalition forces will definitely have this kind of reservation when fighting against themselves. Whether it is the idea of preserving their strength, or they want to deceive their secret opponents, they will not be able to use their full strength on the battlefield.
The dojo army was united as one, in order to eliminate the coalition forces and unify the entire Shinano country. The entire army was striving for this goal and contributing all their strength.
When the time comes, one will concentrate all his strength, while the other will be scattered due to disagreement. Which one is better and which one is worse can be seen at a glance.
Not to mention that the coalition is a combination of several forces. Their composition is uneven. Some are brave warriors and farmers who are foraging in the fields. Some have received excellent training, and some even have weapons. Can't hold it steady.
This extremely disparate numerical difference puts the entire coalition in a deformed state.
In fighting a war, the greater the number of people, the better. The power that can be truly used and exerted is the good power.
This is the case at the top and bottom of the coalition forces. Their entire structure is polarized, and the gap in the middle is indescribable.
The most powerful ones are of course those high-ranking warrior masters, each of whom has a second-level cultivation level, is born with noble blood, and is born to rule the untouchables who come from poor backgrounds.
But this group of people is very small. Within the 50,000 coalition forces, the total number cannot even reach 3,000, but only 2,600 or 700. Moreover, these warriors are divided into dozens of forces, which are all indistinguishable from each other, making it difficult to effectively command and utilize them.
What's more important is that because of their noble birth, these warriors have always been the bosses who command dozens of people, and basically have not received qualified military training.
Apart from the fact that their martial arts skills are particularly outstanding compared to ordinary people and can kill a dozen or even twenty people on their own, these people have never trained any combined attacks at all.
When fighting, they just fight and charge headlong, showing personal heroism. They don't understand any coordination or changes in the battlefield situation.
Compared with the 5,000 samurai legion of the dojo army, this kind of strength is really far behind An.
The samurai corps that arrived first received qualified training. No matter how powerful or noble their status was before, everyone must receive military training as long as they became a disciple of the dojo.
Since most of the people in these samurai corps came from poor backgrounds, and a large part of them were promoted from the untouchable class, there was not much resistance to this kind of military training.
And then there were a small number of people, even if they were of noble birth. Faced with this decision that most people obeyed, their voices were insignificant and they could only go with the flow.
So it can be said that the army in 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.
I don't know how much stronger he is than those samurai masters who only know how to show off their personal bravery, are unruly, and only think about killing.
Therefore, in terms of top combat strength, not only did the dojo have more people, but their numbers also surpassed the coalition forces by countless blocks. The two sides were not at the same level at all.
If I really had to describe it, it would probably be an elite army versus a group of rabble!
Needless to say, the bottom-level combat power is nothing more than a group of ashigaru pulled out by the coalition forces, that is, farmers digging for food in the fields.
Even if some of these farmers have killed some people, seen a little blood, and been on the battlefield once or twice.
But in the end, it doesn't change the fact that they spend most of the year digging for food in the fields and have not received strict military training.
So in the final analysis it is still a group of farmers, a ragtag group of people.
But the situation is different here in the dojo army. Although there are a large number of recruits, these recruits have also received military training for a period of three months to half a year, and they are uninterrupted every day.
Due to the contribution of many wealthy people, Zhong Yu's material reserves are extremely rich, especially in terms of food.
All the food added up was enough for his 200,000-strong army to fight outside for three years with a slight surplus.
Therefore, when it comes to training the army, the food problem that many local tycoons worry about does not exist at all.
All soldiers can train openly without fear of expending too much energy or causing physical collapse due to insufficient food replenishment.
Under this situation, an army was trained that looked extremely majestic at first glance.
Really, why say majestic
Because just looking at the faces of the ordinary soldiers in the dojo army, you can see that although they are generally not tall, basically everyone can see a little rosiness on their face and a little bit of flesh on their bodies.
But looking at the coalition forces, all soldiers except samurai. Except for some of the more elite ashigaru, most of them were hungry people with yellow faces, thin muscles, and skinny bones.
Why compare the two? If the soldiers here in the dojo are not majestic, what are they
(End of chapter)