A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

It took Yoshimoto's army six days to reach Yoshida from Suruga Fuchu Castle, and various troops surrounded Yoshida Castle. People were shouting and horses were neighing, it was so lively. From the inside to the outside of the city, there are military camps separated by distances. Xiaoheduo transporting military supplies is constantly coming and going, and countless military equipment and equipment are also gathered in this famous city in Dongsanhe.

This is the first time in his life that Imagawa Yoshimoto has commanded such a huge army. After all, in his more than 40 years of life, he has never commanded more than 20,000 troops, and his teacher, Zen Master Taiyuan Xuezhai, often performs his formation training. Help him arrange it. So Yiyuan was a little in a hurry at the beginning, but famous teachers produce great disciples, and there are no empty ones under the great reputation.

He relied on the ten generations of his Imagawa family to accumulate a much larger number of samurai than the nouveau riche daimyo, and placed them one by one at the grassroots level. As long as he can manage his hundreds of warriors, his warriors will help him take care of the soldiers below him.

In this way, the benefits of having a sufficient number of grassroots officers are revealed. They are all warriors with many generations. They don't know how to lead tens of thousands of people, but if each of them leads one to two hundred soldiers, isn't that just like playing for fun? If you don't have any ability at all, how can you be a samurai?

It is even more convenient for Yiyuan himself. Their family has been from a famous family for many generations, and he himself has been traveling across the sea for more than ten years, so his prestige is so high. He told the warriors below that they were all convinced by him and they all sacrificed their lives to serve him. This team is very easy to lead in this way, which makes Yiyuan's evaluation of his ability rise to another level and become even more inflated.

The whole army stopped and rested for a day in Yoshida. After all, when marching continuously, the soldiers must stop and rest for a while. And this time when we go to Luo, there is no enemy in front of us. The military situation is not urgent, just proceed step by step. Yoshimoto was also strolling around the garden. He was still in the mood to approach Higashi Mikawa General Udono Changteru and offer him some words of comfort. As for the other countrymen, Suganuma, Okudaira, Amano and others, they must use both grace and power, coerce them and promise benefits at the same time.

After a busy day like this, they managed to win over the Higashi Mikawa Samurai Group, ensuring that these young men would not give up on their ambitions. After a few tricks, Yoshimoto's army continued to break camp and headed towards Okazaki.

Because of the merger with the Mikawa Samurai Order, Imagawa Yoshimoto has more living (cannon fodder) power and can speed up the invasion. So he continued to dispatch soldiers and began to remove all obstacles between him and Qingxu Castle.

Okabe Motobu originally brought only a few hundred people to Mikawa, so he could only test it with small actions. Now the hospital has given him two thousand cannon fodder at once, giving him a chance to show off his talents. This made him extremely happy. With the support of Okabe Motobu, he demolished the walled city outside Anxiang City with great fanfare and surrounded Oda Nobuhiro inside the city. Okabe Masatsuna also received the support of a thousand people and quickly laid siege to Takake Castle, opening the door for Yoshimoto to enter Owari.

Asahina Taitomo and Iio Renryu led part of the Toe clan and the Roshi troops, crossed into Owari Chita County, contacted the Saji clan, the most powerful powerful family on the Chita Peninsula, and forced Narumi and its branch cities from a distance.

The various departments of the Imagawa Army are progressing extremely smoothly, and the wealthy Chinese people in Owari have begun to experience various waverings and uneasiness. Imagawa Yoshimoto believed that Owari would be captured, so he finally followed the army and moved the main formation to Okazaki Castle, and assigned the troops around him one by one. The generals are required to speed up and uproot the castle complex on Owari Mikawa's line as soon as possible so that he can reach Kiyosu Castle as soon as possible.

Because the march went so smoothly, and he didn't pay much attention to small forces like Oda Nobunaga. After all, thousands of famous people were killed by him in just one wave, so he didn't want such an easy-to-obtain fame. He felt that it would be better for his son and son-in-law to establish their reputations for such miscellaneous fish. After all, it would allow the juniors to gradually accumulate prestige and make it easier for them to take over in the future. So Imagawa Yoshimoto asked several young people to lead their headquarters to the front line to attack the various castles, which was a competition among several people.

Yamauchi Yoshichichi was ordered to attack Narumi Castle, the important town of Minami Owari, Imagawa Ujima was asked to cooperate with Asahina Yasutomo to attack Otaka Castle, and Takeda Yoshinobu was ordered to attack Furuto Castle and threaten Nayano Castle at any time.

After all, Imagawa Yoshimoto loves his son. Odaka was conquered by Oda Nobunaga last year and has not yet been reorganized. He is assisted by Kaido General Asahina Yasutomo. It seems that he is just to give his son a face. Chance.

Of course, Takeda Yoshinobu's lineup was even more luxurious. His lieutenant was his servant, Iitomi Toromasa, and one of Takeda's four later ministers, Iitomi Saburobei (Yamagata Masakei), also came with him. In addition, uncle Ichinobu Ryu, Sone Shubo, Imafuku Gaiki, and Oyamada Echichu Shonobuyu from the Hatamoto clan, all of whom are not the famous Koshin generals who will shine brightly in the future.

It's a bit difficult to get married in the mountains. The number of people is minimal, but the task is heavy. Mininghai City is well-defended and well-armed, and guarded by famous generals. However, Tsunayoshi's uncle is old in the army, Konishiharazaemon dares to charge and kill, and Matsushita is really familiar with it, so this cooperation is okay. In addition, Yamauchi Yoshiharu gave hundreds of elite bannermen, and their combat effectiveness was guaranteed, so the problem was not too big.

Reports on Imagawa's battle situation were reported three times a day, constantly sent from the Mikawa front to Suruga. Koheita also understood all the arrangements of the armies, and saw that the Imagawa clan, including Shinto, was assisted by Asahina Yatomo and left Imagawa Yoshimoto's headquarters. team, deeply aware that the wheels of history are rolling by, and the general trend is irreversible. Now, in addition to the four thousand Suruga soldiers, Imagawa Yoshimoto's team has sent out all the generals who can take action, and there is not even a samurai who can be a Kagemusha for him. All are indebted.

Every day I see the cheerful Imagawa samurai riding his war horse and running back to Suruga, conveying the joy of Imagawa Yoshimoto's consecutive victories. Kodaira always felt that time was illusory, and he was finally going to experience the last of the three major surprise battles of the Warring States Period - the Battle of Okehazama.

This year's spring rain also began to fall at the right time, and it fell every now and then. It didn't last long, only two or three hours at most. In addition to moistening the soil, this hair-thin drizzle seems to be unable to play a greater role.

Xiaoping became upset for no reason, so he had to find Kanai Meigoro who was on guard in the city.

"Meigoro, the administrative affairs department is progressing so smoothly. Owari seems to be in danger. The chief minister is about to take over." Koheita asked.

"The Jun army is well-commanded, their morale is extremely high, and their numbers are so large. Perhaps Owari-san is really unprovocative." Meigoro knelt down peacefully and said a result that Xiaoping had anticipated too early.

"Do you think so too?" Xiaoping sighed. It felt really bad to be forewarned.