Pillars of the Wu family

The pamphlet written by Yoshitomo Kira summed up all the basic tactical models very well, and explained the tactics in plain language that is easy to understand and not easy to understand. Senior samurai at the level of reserve generals must be familiar with it, even if they don’t understand it. You must memorize it by rote, and recite it several times when you encounter difficulties in the war. This kind of native method is very effective.

"I want to sneak attack! Hmph!" Hojo Tsunashira raised his eyes and saw the flag in the distance, and immediately realized what he had missed, and then sneered and sent out a reserve team of 500 people to resist. According to his estimation, as long as After resisting for an hour, he is sure to repel the Minlun crowd with the power of five colors.

However, he soon realized that he accidentally made a huge mistake. This Echi reserve team has extremely strong combat effectiveness, which is even worse than Saito Asanobu, who has observed many aspects. The mixed powerful allied army of the bow and arrow team was no match for pure cavalry and pure gun shields. It took less than a quarter of an hour to crush the [-] Beitiao troops intercepted.

"Oops!" Seeing that the backup team was overwhelmed, Hojo Tsusunari immediately realized that something bad was going to happen. He thought that the main force of the Nagao Army would either be dragged along Higashi Ueno with Nagao Kagetora, or be a turtle in an urn in Shimao Castle. This big oolong missed the most elite part, so he could only bite the bullet and ask Hojo Shiyasu for help.

Hojo Shiyasu also quickly observed this change, and sent [-] troops to help, and barely resisted the Honjo army's attack. At this time, the balance of the war had been pulled to a dangerous balance point. Hojo Shiyasu immediately ordered to continue to increase the number of troops, replenishing another [-] troops, and gradually wiped out the spirit of the Minoru crowd.

At this moment, Jiuyaoba and Chaolongqi appeared on the west bank of Tone River.It took less than a day for Changwei Jinghu to lead an army of five thousand.Trekking [-] kilometers of mountain roads just rushed back to the battlefield at a critical moment in the war.Such a rapid speed greatly exceeded the expectations of the Hojo family, and Hojo Ushiyasu had an unbelievable expression.

"It took less than three days to sweep the East Ueno and then turn back. How did he do it?" Hojo Ujiyasu's surprise was also the surprise of the Hojo family's samurai. The long-distance trek back is a test of the army's military quality, normal marching, armed marching and rapid marching It is a different concept, which is absolutely unimaginable at the level of this era. If it were a normal journey, this single trip would take a day.

If he knew that Changwei Jinghu spent most of the day and ran back the whole way, he would be speechless in shock.At present, the army that has been put into the main battlefield has exceeded 1, and the siege army led by Hojo Shiyasu has only 5000 people. He knows that it is probably useless to invest another [-] people.

There are 500 Saito troops plus the defenders in the city. If you want to crucify Saito Chaoxin, you must have more than 7000 troops guarding it. This creates a paradox. Only 7000 people can be mobilized. Then Should he use these [-] people to rescue, or should he add more weight?

If more weight is added, Saito Chaoxin leads the team to forcefully break through the encirclement, and a fatal blow to the Hojo Army from behind will lead to disastrous consequences.However, the number of reinforcements is too small to play the role of rescue and suppression at all. It is very dangerous to be copied from the back if you can't take down Changwei Jinghu.

So Hojo Shiyasu fell into a situation of hesitation.The refueling tactic is death, and the whole army is also death, so he is in a dilemma and does not know how to choose.

His hesitation created an excellent opportunity for Nagao Jinghu. Without the slightest hesitation, the Nagao Legion led by him rushed towards the [-] Hojo Army that besieged the Echi reserve team. Trek was in a state of full excitement when he bumped head-on into the flank of the Beitiao Army, directly cutting a hole.

Nagao Jinghu personally led six shadow warriors wearing identical silver-white armors to rush to the front, waving the sword in his hand to wantonly harvest the samurai of the Hojo Army. Among the shadow dancers, there are both Nagao Jingren and Arakawa There are generations of people like Izu Shuchomi, and there are banner families like Ueno Isari.

The five thousand long-tailed army was like a sledgehammer, smashing the turtle shell of the five thousand Hojo army, the two wings were defeated by the cavalry, and then the ashigaru connected and directly turned the advantage into a victory, and the released Echi reserve team also joined the harvest operation In the middle, Hojo Takahiro immediately shouted when he saw this: "The whole army turned around and attacked Jihuang Hachiman's main formation!"

As soon as Hojo Ujiyasu saw this situation, he became anxious. He gave up Saito Chaonobu's threat and led an army of 1 to the rescue. However, he still kept an eye out for the [-] elite guards to prevent Saito Chaonobu from coming from behind. A fatal blow.

The [-] main army of the Hojo family joined in, including the son of the Hojo Clan, a Hojo Genan, and a large number of elite warriors. They brought back the direction of the battle. Yasushi Hojo led an army to help, which boosted their morale.

Rescuing 500 troops was not enough, Hojo Ujiyasu ordered Hojo Genan to lead the army to support Hojo Tsunari, and Dihuang Hachiman also retreated knowingly. It is not easy to gain an advantage with 300 to [-] If it wasn't for the [-]-man backup team that made a mistake and lost more than [-] people to be rescued, he would have a good chance of winning the Minoru crowd.

The current situation is different. The joining of armies makes the occupation more complicated and confusing. The unplanned eruption of the reserve force made Hojo Tsunari dare not be careless, and hurriedly suppressed Hu Xiugang's counterattack. , Pull a little distance away and decisively lead the army to retreat.

Hojo Tsunasari's retreat liberated the Minoru crowd. Nagano Karmasa's first reaction was to join the Nagao Army as soon as possible, and actively approached his main force to turn the battle situation into a situation of 2000 vs. 3000. In this round During the war, the Minowa Army, the Nagao Army, and the Echi Reserve Team lost a total of more than [-] lives, and the Hojo family lost more than [-] lives even with a little back.

Saito Asanobu from the direction of the famous city of the island also took the opportunity to attack, and the [-] troops rushed straight to the back of the Hojo family. Fortunately, Hojo Ujiyasu's arrangements were well-arranged to hold back his attack. Asanobu took the initiative to serve as a bait and cruise towards the famous city of the island, trying to attract the Hojo army's attack, but the Hojo family remained unmoved and moved slowly towards Hirai Castle.

Hojo Shiyasu already understood that this battle was unsustainable. The main force of the enemy came back to aid, and the people of Ueno East surrendered.Let the difference in strength between the two sides be reversed.His active retreat is also a signal.The long-tailed army on the opposite side also gave up the pursuit tacitly, and followed the Hojo army step by step to watch him leave the range of the famous island city.

Back in Stable Bridge City, Nagao Jinghu said angrily: "If I hadn't traveled a long distance, the samurai's physical strength would be exhausted, and I would definitely be able to clean up the Hojo family!"

"My lord did almost perfect this time. If I hadn't brought hundreds of veterans to guard Stable Bridge Castle, I would have followed my lord to attack the Hojo family!" Veteran Katsunaga Irobe was left by Saito Tomonobu to defend the castle Very dissatisfied, he knew he was very old.But people are not old at heart, so there is no need for young people to take care of them.

What made him even more angry was that bastard Fanchang of the village triumphantly led the army out. If it wasn't for the face of being his own family and having many years of affection, he would definitely punish that little bastard severely.

"The Hojo family is really cunning. I have been around for a long time with my army and I will not come here. It would be great if I came here. If I show my flaws, I might be able to achieve great results." Saito Asanobu just got off the arrow oar next to Otemon Satisfied with this victory, he walked over humming a little song.

More than 3000 people begged for death without even having time to collect their bodies.There are hundreds of sets of good things in the spoils, so it's no problem to reward the warriors.The tattered weapons and armor are also bought by Biwaya at a reasonable price, and it is quite good to treat them as rewards for the ashigaru.

The Nagao family learned from the Kira family from the system to the culture. Before the war, rewards were given out, and the spoils were divided up after the war. Some gold and silver artifacts, valuable handicrafts and some high-end goods carried by the samurai and ashigaru were tacitly allowed to share among themselves. Whoever kills the person is entitled to pick up the good things. If you don’t remember who killed the person, a backup team will share them together. If you encounter a good thing, you can bid to buy it or use your own share of the spoils to offset it.

As for the post-war rewards, food and copper money are indispensable. Land knowledge depends on the situation. Now the demand for land knowledge in Nagao’s family is not too high. The newly opened land will have their profit share, even if the new land does not benefit. , It can also free up a lot of wasted land from the withdrawal and merger of new villages.

For example, Irobe Katsucho’s family used to have 850 koku total zhixing, of which 770 koku were their own zhixing, which was only 380 chobu and 420 wuchobu. After the initial withdrawal and merger of the new village planning, it was saved The area of ​​arable land is just over [-]%, which means that the head of the Irobe family has broken through [-] chobu, and the Irobe family has directly broken through [-] chobu.

Not to mention the knowledge and actions of his retainers, just counting that one quarter of his 420 Sanchobu planted new grains, and the other three quarters planted rice, the fertile land of the next year and the year of this year can be sour, The rice produced this year is about [-] shi, and the output of new grain will exceed [-] shi.

As a lord, he only needs to pay [-] shi of rice and [-] shi of new grain as taxes. This year's income can still exceed [-] shi, which is more than quadrupling the previous year. There is only two or three hundred shi of grain remaining, but this year's grain is dozens of times more than in previous years.

There is also the construction of Niigata Town, the excavation of the river channel, the construction and promotion, and the Kira family’s money and grain supply. The son who stayed in his hometown is basically not idle all year round. The year-round renovation of the polders in Xinchuan is endless. In the words of Hosokawa Fujitaka, this is called "abnormal construction", which means special treatment for special circumstances. As this series of projects ends, the frequent employment of ordinary workers will gradually disappear.

"It's good to retreat! The old minister thought it was possible to negotiate peace with the Hojo family! As long as Hojo's Yasuken withdraws from Ueno, this battle will be over." Nakajo Fujisuke was in charge of military rations and Xiaodaofu, followed by Nagao Jinghu After taking a walk in the East Ueno, and returning to Stable Bridge City, he made a good soy sauce, and Le's mouth could hardly close.

"We'll see the situation! Don't be in a hurry to make a statement!" Nagao Jinghu explained a few words to pay attention to the defense and rescue of the wounded, then got up and left with a lot of thoughts, leaving the Nagao family's samurai looking at each other for some reason.

Changwei Jinghu galloped out on his mount, and the horses led by Changwei Jinglian could only follow closely behind him. It was too dangerous to run around shortly after the war, but seeing the lord was in a bad mood Well, the Ma Hui warriors could only follow behind slowly.

The complex form of the Ueno country is far beyond his imagination. The intrigue between the West Ueno and the East Ueno people, and even the conflicts among the people who belong to the same East Ueno country, some people obey the orders of the Furukawa government in name.After breaking into the castle, I found a private message from the Hojo family.There are many other families like this.

They are good at saying one thing and doing another.The convening of Nagao Keigoro was ambiguous, and he turned a deaf ear to the sky cup and imperial sword bestowed by the emperor that Nagao Keigoro took out, which made him deeply realize that the attributes of the samurai family cannot be solved by the "Konji Hinomaru" of the imperial court. .

There are more signs and evidences that Uesugi constitutional government was abandoned by the people of Ueno, and even the entire Uesugi retainer group in Yamauchi. An embarrassing silence since coming to Ueno.

They personally participated in the rebellion, and the heirs of the O family, the head of the company, were replaced by the heirs of the branch family, Takatsu Nagao's family.They could only go back to Suoshe City in East Ueno to linger on their last days. The two families showed a rare silence on the war in Ueno. The sense of estrangement made him very disappointed.

"Decades ago, my father obtained the cooperation of the two families and made an alliance with Hojo Utsuna. Now that my family is from Ueno against Hojo Ujiyasu, the two families stand on the sidelines and refuse to cooperate with me. Is this fate?" Nagao Jinghu roared angrily. Then, the liberating Yuemao, who had a similar heart, also snorted.

A golden wave swayed in the wind in the farmland on both sides of the Tone River. The war did not affect the joy of the farmers.After several years of disasters, famines and wars, Ueno Kingdom once again ushered in a long-lost harvest.Several children helped their parents pick up the leftover ears of rice, and their childish faces were filled with hope and happiness.

As if attracted by the beautiful scenery, Changwei Jinghu also gradually slowed down, stood by the river with a faint smile, sighed for a long time as if to untie a knot in his heart, and muttered to himself: "I thought that even if you don't rely on Even when I am righteous, I can easily open up the situation, now it seems that I am still too naive..."

Standing in front of the farmland in a daze for a long time before he came back to his senses, he thought of Kirayoshi's consolation and Echigo's changes in the past few years. There were more than 200 horsemen scattered around and loyally guarding him, with a few smiles on their faces: "Thank you for your hard work, my family will go back now... Go back and hold a celebration banquet!"

"Yes! Celebrate! Ooh!" The Mahui warriors waved their arms excitedly. The celebration meant that the war was coming to an end. The exhausted warriors surrounded Longtail Jinghu and cheered all the way back.

The young samurai are full of vigor, and many of them participated in the war for the first time. Echigo is in the transition period of the old and the new. The old generals gradually retreat to the second line, allowing more young samurai to take the lead. The only thing lacking is the experience and means of the veterans.

However, they also have huge advantages. They are young with greater potential, more aggressive and purer, without the old-fashionedness of veterans, without accidents and slickness, and without obedience. one.

"Who would have thought that the jokes a few years ago could come true? Once upon a time, the Echigo samurai were so insensitive and lacking in faith. Now Echigo is getting richer and stronger, and the samurai family is becoming more united. This is the result of changing with our hands. Echigo can do it , Kanto can definitely do it too! To revive the majesty of my samurai family, I can definitely do it!" Nagao Jinghu said extremely firmly.

After a battle ended, it took a few more days to calm people down. Taking this opportunity, the diplomatic envoys of the two sides frequently exchanged information. The three envoys quickly reached a basic willingness not to fight, but they were deadlocked on the issue of how to cease the war. The Hojo family proposed Use the current line of control as the benchmark to delineate their respective spheres of influence, and then reach peace on this.

This request was jointly refuted by the Nagao and Nagano families. The idea of ​​the Nagao family is very simple. We are for the Kanto governor Uesugi Constitutional Government to take over the lost land. Hirai Castle can’t take it. What is it called recovery? A lot of people died because of passing others, and it is not a loss to die if the strategic goal cannot be achieved.

The reasons for the Nagano family’s refusal were more complicated. They had the idea that others would not be allowed to snore under the couch. What was more important was the peace of mind of the Nishi Ueno people. Not all the Nishi Ueno people joined the Minowa, such as the one who defected to the Hojo family. There are not a few, and some soy saucers are also inextricably related to the relevant samurai families. If the Hojo family is allowed to use the actual control line to demarcate the territory, these small wealthy families will be pulled away soon. It will be difficult for the wheel.

Seeing that my lowest goal was rejected by the two families without hesitation, the attitude of the Hojo family has also become very tough. Since we don't want to, then let's stick to it and see who can consume more energy than the other. Anyway, I, Musashi Kingdom, are behind me. There is no problem with supplies or military maintenance. The Nagao family’s old nest is in Echigo. In another month, when the weather turns cold and there is some snow, the passage to Mikuni Toge will be blocked. , At that time, it is possible to make any troubles, and it is not certain who will keep who.

The peace talks collapsed, and the envoys of both sides broke up unhappy. The Hojo family held their breath and wanted to confront each other for a long time. They even planned to replace [-] troops before winter, and then use the young warriors in the rear to take the opportunity to exercise.

Their good mood could not last longer. After a few days of confrontation, the situation changed again. A news from outside broke the original balance. It severely damaged the people of several main branches of the Takeda family, and took the opportunity to promote the legal control of the Kira family in Shinano, which greatly shook the support of the Shinano people for the Takeda family. (To be continued..)