A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

On the cold windy streets of Northern China, Xiao Pingtai's bad words made people feel even more chilled.

"What do you mean, Koheita?" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was more impatient and spoke earlier than his father.

"Shinshu, please wait a minute. I have something to ask Choshu Mamoru." Koheita looked at Ogasawara Sadane who was surrounded by the Ogasawara crowd.

"Changshu Mamoru, the roads and geography of Hokushin are all in your mind, right?" "That's natural. When my father was here, the heroes of Hokushin bowed their heads, and I couldn't go anywhere in Hokushin."

Ogasawara Nagatoshi, a heroic figure of the generation, truly suppressed the powerful powers of Northern Shinano, big and small, during his lifetime, and his original majesty is still passed down by word of mouth to this day.

"Then how long does it take for tens of thousands of troops to get from Kaijinping to Kawanakajima?" "About noon tomorrow."

"Then our army will have to wait until tomorrow evening to reach Kawanaka Island?" "It may even arrive at sunset."

Ogasawara Sadane took a look at the boundless mountainous army, which was so huge that it numbered 23,000 people.

Some envy, some melancholy, some helplessness.

Ogasawara Sadane's feelings are complicated, but Koheita's feelings are not complicated. What he meant when he said he could only arrive after dark is obvious.

There were too many miscellaneous soldiers in the Yamauchi Army this time, really too many. The Kiso clan and the Asahina clan were both forced and recruited unwillingly. The Mikawa people were recruited with money, and the Ogasawara people were coerced.

There are more than 8,000 people with the mentality of working hard but not working hard. Do you think this team can grow up quickly?

Secondly, there is the almost despairingly huge logistics team. Out of the 23,000 people, only 10,000 of the samurai, servants, and ashigaru are at the top. The rest are all juniors, warriors, handymen, family members, and followers.

The organization level is poor, the discipline is low, and even those who come here want to run away. How to manage this kind of logistics team? That is to say, Koheita and the followers of the Yamauchi family have worked hard to maintain its operation.

"Your Highness, according to the speed of our army, it will be too late when we reach Kawanaka Island tomorrow evening!"

According to Xiao Pingtai's prediction, let alone it being too late, it is really possible that the day lilies are completely cold.

"The Murasaki defense keeps trying to delay our army, but the Takeda army is about to rush to the battlefield. The battle will definitely begin at noon tomorrow!"

"His Majesty, Commander Kasugayama, even though he has an unparalleled army, cannot withstand the fierce attack of 28,000 soldiers from Murakami Takeda's two armies!"

"If His Royal Highness is defeated, our army may lose all its previous achievements!"

Everyone knows how many people bully the few. The reason why Murakami Yoshikiyo and Uesugi Teruhora are still facing each other is because they are evenly matched and neither can eat the other in one go.

That's why they are willing to wait patiently for reinforcements on Kawanaka Island. Whoever's reinforcements arrive first can immediately launch a joint battle!

"Our army must arrive at Kawanaka Island at noon tomorrow!"

Yamauchi Yoshiharu looked solemn after hearing this. If he were Murakami Yoshikiyo or Takeda Harunobu, he would definitely try to make a time difference. If you put yourself in their shoes, you can understand everything.

Several veterans also agreed with Xiao Pingtai's opinion that the march must be accelerated!

"Well, we won't rest tonight. We order the soldiers to march all night and be sure to speed up the march!"

"Your Highness, even if the 20,000 exhausted troops rush to Kawanaka Island, it will not help." Isshiki Palace disagreed with the overnight march.

"What about abandoning all the baggage and marching lightly on the entire army?" Hosokawa Saime said.

"No, the military resources are not complete, the armor is not in order, and the flags and drums are not singing. How can we form an army." Hosokawa Harumiya didn't mind talking about his son.

The Yamauchi army is not cavalry. The entire army has a total of fifteen or six hundred horsemen who can fight on horseback. It is impossible for them to attack long distances, because most of the cavalry are grassroots officers. The actual number of people who can move freely is about the same as the cavalry under Murakami Yoshikiyo, only four to five hundred cavalry.

"Let's do this, Your Highness, immediately unpack all the food and supplies, and order the soldiers above the military service to rest now. We will prepare at the third watch tomorrow and set off at the fifth watch."

"But we still have to arrive tomorrow evening." Uncle Tsuna Liang walked behind Mrs. Xiaoping at some point.

"It's not like this!"

Koheita's idea is to completely separate the army, one part is the combat soldiers, and the other part is the logistics.

Tonight, the soldiers eat and rest immediately, while the logistics soldiers rush to make rice balls and fried rice. He also fetched water, boiled light salt water, and put it on all the soldiers, so that they could drink and eat tomorrow.

Tomorrow all the soldiers will set out with only their clothes on. Each soldier will be assigned a supporter, carrying the armor and weapons of the soldiers on their backs, as well as rice balls and fried rice kettles for two people for two days.

All the pack horses of Xiaohe's pack team were vacated, and all the food, arrows, swords, guns, tents, etc. were abandoned on the spot. They were all used to carry the necessary flags on their backs, enough lead bullets and arrows for a battle, and soybean and wheat concentrate feed for the war horses. If there is any extra, it will be used to carry warriors to save the horsepower of their war horses.

The redundant logistics soldiers collected the abandoned supplies on the spot and slowly transferred them to Kawanakajima through Xiao Pingtai's military depot.

Xiaopingtai is betting that he can win this battle.

If they lose, the soldiers sent by the Yamauchi Army to Kawanaka Island will not even have replacement swords and guns, no projectiles and arrows to fire, and they will even be hungry and have no food at all.

It is completely risk-taking, just like burning the boat, blocking the fate of the country and fighting for a war.

Only in this way can we arrive at Kawanaka Island at noon tomorrow and the soldiers will still have enough energy to go into battle. Of course, the life and death of logistics cannot be controlled.

"This seems too risky." Yamauchi Yoshiharu couldn't decide how "extremely vicious" it would take to encounter such a battle that completely abandoned logistics.

The surrounding warriors began to ponder. It was difficult to make a desperate move when there was still a way to retreat.

"Your Highness, if you continue to interrupt, you will suffer chaos!" Xiaoping was a little anxious. Now is the time to race against time, and there is no room for everyone to hesitate here.

"Father, your Majesty is eagerly looking forward to your success in the capital." Mibuchi Fujitaka was guarding the Hinowa Hachiman Royal Flag.

Although the officials of the Yamauchi family present here also long for victory, their first thought is the interests of the Yamauchi family. But Mibuchi Fujitaka is different. He is a close minister of the shogunate. He hopes that this battle will be won with Ashikaga Yoshiteru as the general!

Must win!

Must win!

This is the face of Ashikaga Yoshiteru!

He is the face of the co-lord of the world, the Muromachi shogunate, and the general who conquered the barbarians!

"Hmm" Yamauchi Yoshiharu looked back at Hinowa Hachiman Gohata and shook his head.

"His Royal Highness has spoken in advance. If the work is successful, he will not hesitate to get rid of the horse and receive a noble reward."

Mibuchi Fujitaka spoke slowly and casually, as if he just said something casually.

What does it mean to be a member of the public? This means that you will have the opportunity to upgrade your rank and enter the Ashikaga Imperial Ichimon clan.

It means the legal tradition of inheriting the position of general!

"Okay! Just follow what Xiaopingtai said!"

I have never recommended a book so far. I read "The Duke of Guizhou in the Late Ming Dynasty" last night. Although it has 50,000 words, it is the second author I have seen on Qidian who knows the financial income of the late Ming Dynasty. I recommend it here. I hope this writer can finish the book seriously!