Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1580 Taking Chestnuts from the Fire ([-]) Beauty in the Rain
This storm has been under the storm for a long time, and the rain has not abated after an hour has passed.Fortunately, it was midsummer, and the temperature was not low. Otherwise, the ninja warriors who were waiting for the opportunity to attack in the rain would be worse than their opponents. Not to mention whether the attack would go smoothly, at least a bad cold would be inevitable.

Toyotomi Hidekatsu's army had already set up camp, and the artillery was tightly covered with leather ponchos. In all fairness, their movements were agile enough.It's a pity that even so, Toyotomi Hidekatsu was furious, because although the artillery seemed safe, part of the gunpowder shipped with the artillery was wet—to be exact, 25 carts of gunpowder were wet Seven cars.

More than 1 catties of gunpowder, how many catties were wet!Considering that the supply of saltpeter has been cut off by the Maritime Trade Alliance recently, this gunpowder is an extremely important strategic material, and even if several thousand catties of gunpowder are used for the large cylinder, it will not last a few rounds, but if you think about it, give it to the Iron Cannon Team (Musketeers) That's enough to fight a big battle!
Mr. Guanbai spent a lot of money, and he lost more than [-]% because of a storm. Even Toyotomi Hidekatsu, a member of Toyotomi's family, couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Originally, his mother Ruilongyuan hoped that he could gain some more military exploits in this battle, so that he could persuade Guan Bai to seal him in a good place around Kinki.Unexpectedly, there was no battle at all in Odawara Castle, and after finally getting a job as a big canister, he was able to get his teeth stuck in cold water. It was really bad luck to be killed by a storm.

For a moment, Toyotomi Hidekatsu even wanted to learn from Cao Cao, and he wanted to use it as a military food officer.It's a pity that he can only ruthlessly think about this idea, but in fact he can't do it - because at the moment he is a member of the Nagatsuka Masamune in the army, and if Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't see that the Nagatsuma Masakaya is also in Ninja City at the moment For the sake of it, I'm afraid I still won't let others do this little lotus bag.

In Japan, Xiaohe Tuofu belongs to the subordinate officer of the army, and the immediate superior is the army, not the general of a certain line after the division of troops.The army has great powers and is one of the main officers in a battle.

Generally speaking, the army is responsible for mobilizing troops and commanding operations according to the general of the campaign—this general is Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself in the current Odawara expedition—similar to the chief of staff of later generations.The flag enforcement, bow enforcement, gun enforcement, military food enforcement, and Xiaohe Tuo enforcement under Jun Fengxing are all directly under his command and responsible to him, similar to the heads of various departments in later generations.

Japan’s Warring States period was an era in which the division of labor was accelerated, and many specialized responsibilities were divided. According to the documents and records at that time, there were general enforcing, temple and shrine enforcing, inspectorate enforcing, ship enforcing, public enforcing, and Tibetan enforcing. Pursuance, etc., respectively manage various affairs such as construction, religion, land, maritime transportation, diplomacy, and economy. Due to the relationship between the war years, of course, a special army is also divided to take charge of conquest matters.

Since offense and defense are related to the prosperity and disgrace of a family, the army's enforcement ranks first.According to the explanation of "Samurai Mingmu Chao", which was roughly written in the middle and late Edo period, Junfu is "the chief executive of everything in the army, and assumes the important role of the military and the country." Yuan Weichao in "The Story of Baoyuan", Zhiyasu Hira in "The Story of the Rise and Fall", and Minamoto Yoshitsune in "The Story of the Heike" were all military officials, although at that time the army was not a permanent job, and the name It is also called Shangjun Fuxing, but its responsibilities are not much different from those in the Warring States Period.

It is particularly worth mentioning that in the "Asakura Filial Piety Articles" formulated by the Echizen Sengoku daimyo Asakura, special regulations were made for the military to perform this duty.According to the regulations, the army is selected from among the capable generals, who will be in charge of the army when they go out to help the general command the entire army.

A similar duty to the army is the military service. This name appears in the materials of the Gohojo clan and the Takeda clan, and also appears in the "Samurai Mingmu Chao".According to the records of various materials, in different families, if there are soldiers who perform this duty, there is no record of warriors, and vice versa.It can be deduced from this that the so-called warrior pursuit is actually a different name for military pursuit.

Among the Toyotomi family's priests, Ishida Mitsunari usually had the highest status, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi had already made up his mind to let Ishida Mitsunari get some military merits directly this time, so he was assigned to be in charge alone, so he did not serve as a military officer.

In this way, Jun Fengxing fell on Changshu Zhengjia's head.But Odawara Castle actually did not have a real war, so Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent Nagasuka Masakaya to Ishida Mitsunari, and temporarily served as Ishida Mitsunari's deputy as a military officer. Among them, Ishida Mitsunari's favor is needless to say .

The chief officers of the Bow and Gun under Jun Fengxing's combat arms, because the names are very straightforward, so there is no need to say more. It is worth saying a few more words about the chief officers of the logistics department such as Xiaohe Tuo Fengxing and Bingliang Fengxing.

With the expansion of the war scale and the prolongation of the war time at the end of the Warring States period, the transportation and storage of the soldiers' rations, bows, ammunition, equipment and other supplies became more and more important, even to the point where they could determine the outcome of the war. Degree.Correspondingly, a series of executive positions with the responsibility of providing strong logistical support for the war were established and gradually matured.

The main duty of Xiaohe Tuo is the transportation of logistics materials, as long as all kinds of materials can be transported from the rear to the front, the task will be completed.Of course, this job is not easy. The peasants recruited to be migrant workers often flee collectively. If the supplies needed by the generals cannot be delivered to the battlefield in time, once it seriously affects the battle situation, or even leads to defeat, it is very likely that they will lose their heads. .

The pursuit of military rations is more as the name suggests, responsible for the raising and hoarding of military rations, and the maintenance and management of granaries, and the responsibility is naturally very heavy.In addition, some families also have military depots, such as the Takeda family and the Gohojo family, etc., but the most famous military depots in the history of the late Warring States period in Japan were also Nagasu politicians under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.In many battles before this battle, Changshu Zhengjia actually did this.

Toyotomi Hidekatsu didn't dare to kill the people under Changshu Zhengjia's subordinates, so he had to scold him and finish the matter, and he was aggrieved.

That little He Tuo Feng Xing is also a smart person. At first, he just listened to the training obediently, and didn't find any objective reasons.After Toyotomi Hidekatsu finished scolding, he pretended to be careful and explained to Toyotomi Hidekatsu that although the gunpowder was damp, it only needed to be dried because it was not for the Iron Cannon Team but for the Big Tube Team.

In fact, although the effectiveness of this method will be slightly lower than when it is intact, compared with iron cannons, the requirements for gunpowder in the large barrel are not so strict, and it is basically still usable.

This explanation really made Toyotomi Hidekatsu overjoyed, and he felt completely disgusted with Xiao Hetu, who listened to the training honestly and didn't "explain the details" until the end.

Toyotomi Hidekatsu didn't have any castles, and didn't even consider that he would lose his face. He turned his head and praised a few more words, and then ordered: "Seeing that this rain will not stop for a while, Your Highness will arrange to bake gunpowder." ...but be careful not to catch fire."

The habits of the Japanese at this time are different from those of all dynasties in Chinese history. Here, as long as they are samurai, they can respectfully call him "Your Highness". Of course, Xiaohe Tuofeng is also a samurai, so Toyotomi Hidekatsu also calls him His Highness.

Xiaohe Tuofeng then went to arrange to bake the damp gunpowder. At this time, he must have never thought that Toyotomi Hidekatsu is really a crow's mouth, and the words "don't burn it" will come true—— Of course, it wasn't their own people who burned it up.

In the woods at the foot of the hill, several people gathered around a small clearing that was obviously just scraped out with a knife and were discussing the military situation.

There is a leather rain curtain on this small open space, and the soil in the open space is used as a drawing board, and a topographic map is simply drawn with the tip of a knife, which is exactly the situation of Toyotomi Hidekatsu's temporary garrison, and the temporary garrison is used as the head of things. Shunomaki Basho is explaining the current situation of the Toyotomi family's otsutsu reserve team.

At this time, Shumaki Blades seemed to have explained the same thing. Kaihime, who was wearing a black belly roll of Kosakura Wei, had beautiful eyes and asked with certainty: "Are they really roasting a lot of gunpowder?"

"Yes, Princess Kai, I can see clearly, I can't be wrong." Shunomaki said confidently.

"That's great, God help me!" Kaiji smiled, turned her head to look up the hill, took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness Jiumaki, please continue to monitor until they dry the first batch of gunpowder." Let me know immediately."

Shimagaki Kazumi responded immediately, but Shibazaki Kazumi didn't understand, and asked, "Why must it be when their first batch of gunpowder is dried?"

Jia Feiji smiled and said: "There are so many enemy troops, there must not be too few people to bake the gunpowder. The first batch of dried gunpowder is enough for us to blow up their eighteen largest barrels. "

"Oh, that's how it is." Shibazaki Kazumi nodded, unexpectedly thought of something, and asked again: "But Princess Kai, why do we have to use their dried gunpowder? Their more gunpowder has not been drenched by the rain. , isn’t it more secure to use?”

"In terms of the power of gunpowder, this is certainly the case, but since the enemy army is large in number, how can those gunpowder be defended without a large army? We only have 200 people, even if we can fight ten against one, it is impossible to sneak in and kill everything to grab these heavily guarded gunpowder.

Since the damp gunpowder needs to be dried, it must be pulled aside alone, so as not to burn all the gunpowder in case of fire.In this way, on the side where the wet gunpowder is baked, the defensive force will inevitably be empty. As long as we muddy the water first, we can fish in troubled waters, snatch the gunpowder calmly, and then blow up the opponent's large cylinder. "

Shibasaki Kazumi suddenly realized, nodded, and thought about it: "Then we have to hit harder first, if we can't beat Toyotomi Hidekatsu all at once, it will not be so easy when we grab the gunpowder to explode the big tube."

"That's exactly the reason, but His Highness Shibazaki doesn't have to worry too much." Kai Ji smiled slightly, and said: "The enemy distribution map that His Highness Jiumaki detected just now shows that the opponent's Xiao Hedao is a cautious person. The gunpowder is stored separately by car, so as not to destroy it all at once in case of fire.

And this means that as long as we arrange the most powerful shooters to shoot fire arrows at every gunpowder storage place, it is very likely that many fires will be ignited in their camps, and even explosions may cause fires. .In this way, the chances of the enemy's entire army being in chaos are very high. "

Shibasaki Kazumi was greatly admired, bowed and said: "I heard that the youngest of the four Tokugawa kings, 'Red Yasha', Ii Naotora's adoptive mother, Ii Naotora's military strategy is not inferior to the master of the Imperial Household, I deeply regret that Princess Kai was born It's a bit late, otherwise I will be able to compete with her!"

Of course, Jingyi Naotora is very powerful. She is not only a female samurai, but also a female daimyo. He was raised and taught as a boy from an early age.

Later, when the head of the family was absent, Master Jiro returned to secular life and inherited the position of governor of the Ii family in the name of Ii Naotora's son.Her other deeds are limited by the space, so I don't need to say more, just say that she trained Ii Naomasa, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa, to know her own level.

You know, Ii Naomasa is a whole generation younger than the other three kings of the Tokugawa family, and he is a real fierce man who can create Ie Chibei for Tokugawa Ieyasu-Ie Akabi is Tokugawa Ieyasu who ate the Takeda family After the loss, he couldn't forget the elite cavalry he wanted to build, but for a long time Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't find a suitable candidate to form this elite cavalry until Naomasa Ii appeared.

And Ii Naomasa did live up to Ieyasu's expectations, and trained Ie Akabi to become the strongest army of the Tokugawa family. Until Tokugawa Ieyasu won the world, Ii Akabi almost always existed as the core force directly under Ieyasu. Put it into the most critical battle and use it as a "power of determination".

Such an amazing Jingyi Naotora was taught by Jingyi Naotora from a young age-not only the art of war, but also martial arts. It can be seen that Jingyi Naotora's strength is by no means a joke.Because of this legendary color, one of the later Japanese games "Nobunaga's Ambition" series even set up a special era script for Naotora Ii, and the name of the script is "Master Jiro Naotora".

Facing the flattering compliment from Shibazaki Kazumi, Kai Ji was startled for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Senior Ii, I can't be compared with her, besides, she was taught as a house supervisor since she was a child, but I just... because my father The adults are not here, but they are ordered in danger."

Shibazaki and Izumi wanted to say something, but suddenly heard three birdsong not far away, and couldn't help but frown.Jia Feiji reacted faster than him, she had already stood up, holding the hilt of Langqiu Baodao with her right hand, and said in a low voice, "It's Your Highness Jiujuan, the time has come!"

"Clang!" There was a sound of the ground, and the moment Shibazaki Izumi stood up, Kai Feiji still held the knife in his hand, raised it high, and shouted with a slightly suppressed voice: "Samurai of the Narita family, the time to publicize our martial name has arrived ! Gentlemen—follow me to defeat Xiusheng!"

As soon as the words fell, the black and red slim figure rushed out like lightning.
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