Pillars of the Wu family

Ogasawara failed to seize the city for a long time, forcing Sanada Yutaka to give up the strategy of full bloom, and instead focused on suppressing and clearing out designated points. He rushed to the camp and set fire to the granary in the camp with rockets, making them carelessly hoard food and grass in the camp outside the city. In the camp, even if they couldn't get together and annihilate them, they would be severely injured. Murakami Yoshiki also took this opportunity to burn some of the food and grass in the Sone Masashi camp and retreat in a hurry.

In this wonderful night attack, a mistake in coordination at one point almost caused a big oolong. Fortunately, the pre-set plan took the lead and the Takeda army in the two camps suffered a major blow before they came and took the next step. As soon as the grain and grass burned, hundreds of ashigaru desperately put out the fire. Fortunately, the fire was not too big, and it took more than an hour to extinguish it all. At this time, the Shinano Army had already withdrawn without a trace.

It was twilight, and the burnt smell in the camp was still there. The ashigaru people worked all night to clean up the traces of the fire, clean up the burned tents and food and grass. In the big tent, Nobuharu Baba was surrounded by several doctors to clean up the arrow wounds. These army doctors They are all experienced veterans who know how to use boiling water to sterilize medical equipment, and medical knives and scissors are baked on the fire several times before they are used.

Carefully cut open the armor to reveal the blood-filled arrow sores. The highly distilled sake was sprinkled on the sores, causing Baba Nobuharu to frown. Severe pain struck like a blunt knife cutting flesh. It didn't take long for Nobuharu Baba to sweat profusely. There was no anesthetic and it was not Guan Gong. It was very human to be able to grit his teeth without humming, and the medical officers present could not beat him to death. Oni Mino admired him very much.

"Congratulations to Meinong Shoudian, the arrow wound is not deep because of armor and body protection. The arrow is not poisonous either. It will be fine soon... It's done!" The moment the old doctor pulled out the arrow.Several assistant doctors who had been waiting for a long time quickly applied the wound medicine, dried the white folded cloth with a steamer, quickly put on a bandage, and then ordered a few words to change the dressing on time, pay attention to the proper and taboo food for self-cultivation, etc., and then retreated.

Several servants took off the tattered armor, and two servants came in with hot water and towels to wipe Baba Nobuharu's body, and another servant brought boiled thirst-quenching health drinks. Although the mountains and rivers of Shinano are cool in summer, you can wear armor After fighting for several hours, you will be soaked in sweat after all. In addition to drinking water, you must scrub your body in time.

Baba Nobuharu held onto his painful arrow wound.He shouted angrily: "Come here! Bring Ying Sanlang and others who are on duty today for me, and I will kill this villain with my own hands!"

"Report to General, Osaburo and our team's ashigaru died during the firefighting process..." Itagaki Xin'an hesitated for a while, but he still covered up for those ashigaru who jumped into the fire, not because he sympathized with those lowly ashigaru , I was really worried that it would not be good to tell the truth but get angry with Baba Nobuharu and cause nasty complications. The medical officer repeatedly told them not to be angry with Baba Nobuharu, so how dare they speak nonsense.

Itagaki Xin'an is Itagaki Nobukata's adopted son-in-law, formerly known as Zengyuan Hachiro, who inherited the Itagaki family business after his brother-in-law Itagaki Nobuken was killed, and his speaking weight is much higher than that of ordinary Ashgaru generals.Baba Xinchun's complexion improved a lot when he heard the news, and he snorted coldly and said: "Those villains who are cheap. I suspected that they were the dark room of the Kira family, and they tricked me into leaving the stronghold unsuspecting. With the ambush of Kira's army, I wish I could tear these thieves into pieces!"

When Nobuharu Baba said that, no one else would dare to intervene to explain it. Even if the conclusion is absurd, it doesn’t hurt. After a while, Nobushige Takeda and Masao Sone came to visit the injured Nobuharu Baba, and saw that he was injured by an arrow and couldn’t move. Takeda Nobushige sighed: "It is my family who underestimated the means of the Kira army. It must be the means of Sanada Dansho. My family never expected that Sanada Dansho would be reused by the Kira family so quickly, and he was still the leader. The master general of the [-]-strong army, Duke Zhen's mind and methods are far beyond our imagination!"

Hearing Takeda Nobushige's respect for Kirayoshi during his words, Sone Masao and Baba Nobuharu couldn't help frowning. It can be seen that Takeda Nobushige was still under the influence of Echigo during the months of his imprisonment. It was replaced by "Prince of the Town Mansion". Although this kind of title is always unmistakable, it is always uncomfortable to call the enemy's family governor respectfully when they are enemies.

"Sanada Dan has unpredictable means, but he didn't expect to serve under the banner of the Kira family. Didn't he claim to be a loyal minister and good general? Is such a betrayal of the master worthy of the title of loyal minister and good general? What a disgraceful samurai!" Baba Nobuharu cursed angrily, but accidentally got involved in the arrow wound on his body, and grinned in pain.

Nobushige Takeda didn't agree with Baba Nobuharu's attitude, shook his head and said: "Sanada Danmasa must have his own difficulties! The hostages of the Chinese people who were taken away in the Zakikan last year, don't forget that the two children of Sanada Danmasa are the main characters. He died in battle on Hachimangahara, if the Kira family captures his three young sons, it will be tantamount to pinching Sanada Tanmasa's life, I believe you two can understand?"

"It was our negligence! All the hostages in the Yazaki Pavilion were taken away. It seems that the Kira family has already started planning for us!" Masao Sone sighed, but the two sighed. .

Once upon a time, the Takeda family was very confident that they were strong. Even if they were not as good as Nagao and Kira in the wild battle, they could always recover the losses from you in terms of tactics and tactics. Neither the strategic means nor the head-to-head fighting on the battlefield are the opponents of the Kira family, and their self-confidence will inevitably be severely hit.

This kind of blow can be more severe than the blow to self-esteem. The Takeda family can ignore the Kira family's righteous accusation, but they can't help but care about the Kira family's strategy. The pre-battle strategy at midnight yesterday was defeated for a while. When the hostages were robbed in the Zakikan, it was a complete failure. When the hostages were robbed, they didn't think what would happen, but they didn't want to be coveted by the Kira family to take away a sharp knife from the Takeda family.

The other two in Takeda Mitsuba are probably not worthy of the name. Only Yukitaka Sanada is a veritable general. Whether it is the suppression of the side to win the next round, or the defense of the fortified city to block the enemy's attack, they are all perfect. What is even more powerful is The means of siege are unpredictable.There are endless tricks of mediation.The anti-Takeda coalition that affected most of Shinano was easily disrupted by him.He made great contributions to the Takeda family's capture of Shinano.

When the sharp knife is in my hands, the strategy of the Takeda family is smooth. Needless to say, it is easy to use this sharp knife, but once I meet the strong enemy Kira's family, I find that the strategy is not so smooth, and the sharp knife seems to be not as good as before. With that, I immediately felt that Sanada Yutaka was not as good as before, and I felt a sense of disgust at the same time, but no one cared about how many achievements Sanada Yutaka made, how much suffering and how much tiredness he suffered.

On this day, he suddenly defected to Kira's house and became the sharp knife of a powerful enemy, and the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart suddenly broke out.A few words of irony like Nobuharu Baba's is good, but some samurai cursed in private, almost comparing Sanada Yutaka to a despicable and shameless villain, and even framed it as the assassin of the Kira family who broke into the Takeda family. But they don't think about how many bad things they have done to the Sanada family and Sanada Kotaka himself in the past few years.

This is the bad root of human nature, only remembering the bad of others, but forgetting the good of others. No matter how much credit Sanada Yutaka has made, as long as he makes mistakes, it is unforgivable.Just as everyone in the world praises heroes, when a hero accidentally commits a mistake that ordinary people may also make.But he can't always be forgiven, because the undefeated image of a hero is always unconsciously magnified, gradually forgetting that he is also a mortal with flesh and blood.

"The topic is too heavy! Let's not talk about it!" Masao Sone changed the topic, looked at Nobushige Takeda with admiration and said, "Speaking of which, it is thanks to Nobushi Takeda's defeat of the Ogasawara Army that we turned the tide of the battle in time, and we will not be forced to wait. Desperate and defeated, the soldiers committed suicide, and I am here to thank Takeda Norishiden!"

"Ah! I should be more grateful for the great kindness of the Stable House. If I can't take it one step later, I will confess my life here. Please accept my worship!" Nobuharu Baba was about to get up, and Nobushige Takeda and Masashi Sone hurriedly pulled Seeing him not letting him get up, how could he stand up and thank him for being injured by an arrow, so he was persuaded to come down after all.

The three chattered for a while and then talked about today's battle situation. Takeda Nobushige sighed: "In this battle, we will kill more than a thousand people, and Kira's army hastily retreated with more than [-] corpses. This battle is really killing the enemy." Eight hundred lose one thousand!"

Sone Masao said with a smile: "Without the Dian Stable Palace, it may be a complete defeat. Speaking of it, the Kira Army is at a disadvantage. It is not good to replace someone as a vanguard general, but with this Ogasawara, I don't want to run into this Ogasawara. Long-term meritorious deeds ruined Sanada Danzheng's strategy, and Sanada Danzheng must be very angry!"

Baba Nobuharu struggled to stand up and leaned on the mat, and agreed with a smile: "The main attacker has already lost three points if he fails to win. If you exchange [-] for [-], you will lose [-] points. Four points win!"

The three of them tried their best to encourage them to speak in a good direction. In fact, they knew very well that this war could no longer continue. They lost a lot in the battle, and the samurai could easily think of the strength of the Kira Army, and seeing the former comrades-in-arms join the Kira family's flag and fight against him, it was inevitable that they would feel emotional, which was even more difficult to fight.

Kumai Castle was already small and dilapidated, and the road leading to the castle tower was destroyed by an explosion and fire. The city and the Ninomaru were damaged in many places. It seems that it can no longer be used. An army of more than 1 is equivalent to setting up a camp on the mountains to attack Chikuma County.

There is nothing wrong with setting up camp here in military terms. In the past, Ogasawara chose to set up a camp here to invade Suwa County. However, there is a major premise for this, that is, the attacking party must determine its own advantage before proceeding. Otherwise, it would be like Ogasawara letting down his vigilance for a long time but being beaten by the Takeda army and throwing away his helmet and armor, and even the forest castle in Fuchu was burned.

The 7000 troops of the Takeda family fought against the Kira army with [-] soldiers from the Shinano army, and they were at a relative disadvantage in terms of military strength. Although this battle was won with difficulty by virtue of Takeda Nobushige's excellent command and Ogasawara's long-term performance mistakes , But this kind of loss of one thousand for eight hundred is still worse for the Takeda Army.

After all, the Takeda army has fewer troops. The crisis of the Kai Takeda clan is that its military strength has been severely weakened, so that the rear territory is unguarded, and the territory that has been hard-earned for many years is handed over to the Kira family. Playing this kind of trick of exchanging human lives to accumulate advantages, not to mention that the rest of Jia Fei's family is all elite soldiers, and exchanging [-] elite soldiers for [-] newly trained miscellaneous soldiers is not a tie.

If Sanada Kotaka wins by four points.Nobushige Takeda lost by more than six points.Both Nobushige Takeda and Nobuharu Baba and Masashi Sone who are present here are very clear about this.The Takeda army can only win but never lose in this operation, even a small defeat is a loss.

In the castle tower of Akagi Castle, the same three generals sat together to discuss the gains and losses of this war. Sanada Yutaka said solemnly: "This battle exposed the disadvantages of the Shinano Legion. The quality of the soldiers is too poor to cooperate with each other. There is a huge gap in the understanding and execution of tactics, and I am going to criticize Ogasawara Shinanomori’s aggressive behavior here, because Shinanomori is eager for revenge but traps the main force all the way so that he falls short. Please learn from Shinanomori Don't make this kind of mistake again.

In fact, this was also the general's mistake. The Lord ordered him to be the head of the Shinano banner and take on the responsibility of attacking Zhongnan Shinano. The two should actively cooperate, because the general's negligence also contributed to the failure of this war. Certain responsibility, so I will ask the Lord to confiscate half a year's salary, and propose to confiscate Ogasawara Shinano Shouden's salary for one year, and not be relocated to the left for three years. I wonder what Ogasawara Shinano Shouden's opinion is? "

"Yes! I am willing to accept the punishment! I am sorry for causing a lot of trouble to Tanseiden and Habayashiden!" Ogasawara bowed his head on the ground full of shame for a long time.Yoshiki Murakami on the side looked very unhappy. Who would have thought that the dignified former guardian of Shinano would bow down to the two lords of Shinano because of a momentary mistake?

Sanada Yutaka picked up the old airs of the Pushiro family and criticized the two of them with a few words. It's really hard for them to say anything.The biggest reason was Ogasawara's lack of self-discipline for a long time. Seeing the enemy's jealousy, he rushed in to fight with his own superior force, but he should never have ignored the important factor of terrain. There are five thousand defenders outside the upper city, and the whole city is crowded to the brim. How can you fight when there are so many people?Is there any reason for him to be undefeated?

It is reasonable and appropriate to criticize him. This is not to teach children to praise more than to criticize. It is a veteran who has experienced many trials and hardships and still makes such stupid mistakes. It is unreasonable not to criticize. In the future Everyone follows suit and makes mistakes without punishment, and the law of the Ashikaga family becomes a piece of waste paper.

In fact, Sanada Yutaka was also consciously protecting him, but he couldn't say what he said too clearly, and what he did was not too obvious. Sanada Yutaka reprimanded him as the elder of the genealogy family, and then reported it to Kasugayama Castle in the form of an official document. The Pudai family had dealt with it once, and Yoshiki Yoshitoshi would definitely not deal with it a second time, which could easily allow Ogasawara to escape for a long time.

Ogasawara Changji was clearly aware of this meaning, and cast a grateful look at Sanada Yutaka. Speaking of which, he has experienced many battles in Kawanakajima and made many achievements. Not to mention, his status is far away He is better than ordinary Chinese lords, no matter what he thinks, he shouldn't make such a stupid mistake, but the reality is that it happened like this. Seeing Nobushige Takeda standing on the castle tower and making decisions, Ogasawara Nagashi immediately became excited and his head became hot He rushed in with a dull head, and then lost in a daze.

Now that I think about it, Ogasawara felt ashamed and regretful for a long time. This kind of level is simply clumsy. Only a third-rate general can do such a stupid thing. People who have fought against Takeda Shingen several times should not do stupid things. It can only be said that the power of hatred is so powerful that it makes him unconscious.

But he couldn't say that he was too stupid, he had to explain how he made the mistake, so he said: "In fact, for a long time, I was not only jealous when I met my enemies, but also because I was greedy for merit. Takeda Nomonu thought it was an opportunity to fight, but no matter how hard he fought, he couldn't enter the castle tower. After a long delay, the army was impatient and blocked many children who rushed into Honmaru, but Takeda Norisu suddenly sent Banner Samurai to rush out. Rushed into the lower main formation and almost killed the lower front, the tight formation was broken up at once, and had to retreat a little bit as a last resort, but he didn't want the Takeda army to pursue and bite the lower main formation, so the retreat turned into Back off...sorry!"

"In this way, Shinano Shouden's defeat is understandable..." Yoshiki Murakami frowned and asked, "It seems that this Takeda Noriyu is really not to be underestimated! How can Danseiden have any effect on Takeda Noriyu?" How much do you understand?"

Sanada Xingtaka recalled for a while, and then slowly said: "Is it the Takeda Stable Hall? I, Xingtaka, don't know much about the Takeda Stable. I only know that he is low-key and friendly to others. Whether it is a commoner or a warrior, he never puts on airs. In terms of strategy, he is no worse than Takeda Daizen, but he lacks Takeda Daizen's ruthless means in terms of military use, and he doesn't like to use strategy to win, so he can be regarded as a model of a samurai who insists on tradition!"

In fact, he and Nobushige Takeda still had some contacts, and several military cooperations were also quite good, and gradually accumulated some friendship as colleagues, but they were limited to their respective identities and could not get too close. After all, Nobushige Takeda was a sensitive person in Takeda's family and had always been treated as a sensitive person. Takeda Shingen hangs high as a lieutenant general, and his true military strategy level has only been displayed in recent years.

Perhaps it was because of Nobushige Takeda's bad luck. Every time he used his opponent, he met the main force of Kira's army. Even if his ability was extraordinary, he could only bring a little achievement that was not honorable. Over time, it would inevitably make people feel contemptuous. Heart, in fact, this is not the case, just like Yukitaka Sanada also missed many times when he met the Kira family. .

For example, Nagatoki Ogasawara, who is famous for his bravery, can be regarded as a very high level among first-class generals in terms of military strategy. Even Yoshiki Murakami dare not say that he can take advantage of him. The enemies that Ogasawara has encountered for a long time are either Takeda Shingen or Takeda Nobushige, and the quality of his own troops is not as good as the opponent's. If there is a little bit of imperfection, he will be defeated by the opportunity.

None of the three generals here is a good stubble. In terms of military strategy, they are also at the top level of Shinano, and they are definitely at the first-class level in other states. The combination of the three is even better than many famous names. For example, the combination of Taiyuan Xuesai, Asahina Taino, and Okabe Motonobu is not necessarily better than their three-person combination.

The combination of the three of them met Nobushige Takeda, Nobuharu Baba, and Masashi Sone, the top Takeda family, and the combination was only slightly worse than them. The two sides competed with a relatively high element of luck, and it might be possible that they would all collapse because of an accident. The changes in the game are so strange. Sometimes there is a huge difference in the level of the two sides. It may be a situation where one fight will lose and the other will break up. If the two are evenly matched, it will become another situation. Or fight an extremely tragic battle.

Realizing that there was a huge difference in the coordination of consciousness and the quality of the soldiers, the three generals immediately pressed their minds to continue the strategy. The so-called sharpening the knife does not make mistakes in chopping firewood, but you need to be hardworking yourself, and your own disadvantages cannot be made up in time. That's it. If you push all the way to Suwa County, you will probably suffer another heavy blow in Suwa County. At that time, the advantage of the favorable location and people will be transferred from the Kira family to the Takeda side. It will not be so easy for you to retreat calmly again.

The Shinano Legion did not plan to move again, and the Takeda Army did not dare to continue fighting because of its huge disadvantage and fear of Sanada Yutaka. The Takeda Army persisted in fear outside the damaged Kumai Castle for three days, waiting for Baba Nobuharu to go to the ground for activities , He hurriedly burned Kumai Castle and led the army to retreat.

Establish a strong and wide Okaya North Castle on Katsuzuru Pass adjacent to Shiojiri Pass, and place [-] troops in the city to defend the Suwa Basin under the mountains. Sanada Yutaka also came to rebuild Kumai Castle, the newly built Kumai Castle There are two cities in the north and south, and the distance between the two cities is two kilometers, which is more than double the size of the previous city. There is no problem in guarding the two cities with [-] troops.

Sanada Yutaka left more than [-] troops under Ogasawara Nagatoki's troops in Kumai Castle temporarily as left-behind generals, and led the remaining [-] troops back to Shenshi Castle to continue reorganization. You don't dare to harass me when the main army is sent there?If you still come here, you can't blame Yukitaka Sanada for being rude. (To be continued..)

ps: I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention to the chapter number when uploading this chapter, it was edited wrongly, and I can only let you make do with the 384 chapters with two different chapters.