A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Koheita originally thought that with his own appearance, he could compete with the Takeda clan for supremacy, but Shinano pulled half of it for him. Takeda Harunobu did not have the strength or the soldiers to pull out an Akabi that did not exist in history.

But it was obvious that Kawanakajima Takeda Harunobu was greatly stimulated last time. Not only was the left wing crushed by the salvos of hundreds of iron artillery and foreign guns, but he was also attacked by Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's cavalry, almost Lost half his life.

Takeda Harunobu didn't know how to make iron cannons, but the merchants in Suruga Bay had the supply. As long as the chess piece gold from Kai Jinshan was taken out, Sukezaemon could pull dozens of Sakai iron cannons for him. Children and old men are not deceived, and there are sixteen taels of gold in one piece.

Well, it’s two ounces more expensive than Sakai.

It only takes two or three months to master the iron cannon, and this is not the first time the Takeda family has seen iron cannons. In the past, it was just that it was not applied on a large scale on the battlefield and did not pay attention to this firepower.

As for the cavalry, it is even simpler. They occupy half of the small county. Takeda Harunobu around Kuzuo also has many horse farms and pastures. Mochizuki Makito, one of the most important ranches in Shinano during the Genpei War, was given to him.

Not only did he have a large number of professional horse breeders, but he also had a stable horse pasture. Although the Kiso horses were not bad, they were enough for him to raise a cavalry team of 200 people.

This time, Takeda Harunobu seemed to have come with the spirit of vowing not to return Kaizu until he broke it. Along the Kaizu plains and the streets of the North Country, there were endless people and horses, and a temporary castle was built, which was menacing.

Teru Uesugi finally arrived with his subordinates, such as Kamikata, Ma Gao, and Xiao Xingzhong, and the leadership of the war was all transferred to Uesugi Teruhu.

The autumn harvest has ended on both sides. Although some of the rice has to be sold for money, the military ration rice is still very abundant at the moment. Uesugi Teruhora finally no longer has to plunder everywhere to prepare military supplies, and he can practice "the true colors of the samurai family".

As for why Yamauchi Yoshikatsu didn't pull the cannon into battle? It's very simple. In such a short time, the gunner was not trained at all. A cannon is not a matchlock gun. Even loading and shooting, clearing and cooling the chamber are all knowledge. You want to train qualified manpower in three to five days?

Even if Hamamatsu casts bronze smoothbore cannons, gunners with some cultural background will have to learn for a year or two before they can be considered fully qualified to serve, so there is still a long way to go before using cannons.

Xiaoping hurriedly collected all the annual tributes, and then mobilized hundreds of ashigaru and thousands of warriors, starting from Yamauchi Fuchu Castle along Ina Street and heading north. Send enough military rations to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to prevent the war from turning into a confrontation and insufficient military rations.

When they arrived at Kaijin, Uesugi Teruhu and Takeda Harunobu tried countless times on a small scale, and the two sides were convinced that each other would win or lose. They all tried to spread their scouts far and wide to cover the battlefield and make the other side blind.

But it's a pity that when you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent. After more than ten days, each lost dozens of lives and made no progress. You can't do anything to me, and I can't do anything to you.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu also asked Koheita if he had any good strategies to lure Takeda Harunobu out for a decisive battle. Nowadays, the forces of both sides are at odds with each other. In this state, Uesugi Teruhu is still very confident in his command ability.

What can Mrs. Kodaira do? Takeda Harunobu is just a big slippery lynx, leaping and flying across the mountains and unable to catch his tail. In the past, when he could collide with Takeda Harunobu, it was because he took the initiative to do so.

Now that Takeda Harunobu saw that the coalition forces were outnumbered, he changed his offensive, defended in a well-organized manner, and had strong troops to support him. The two sides could not retreat until they ran out of food.

Moreover, the terrain of the current battlefield is, to put it bluntly, the riverbank plain south of Kawanaka Island. Although Shinano is generally mountainous, several river valleys are still very flat and broad, suitable for farming and living.

How could it be possible to deceive people on the plains? There is not even a high mountain in this area now. The highest place is the watchtower erected by both sides. Everyone can see clearly what each other is doing.

Mobilizing troops will be immediately discovered by the opponent. Now that the fog has not arrived, it is too difficult to take advantage of the fog to imitate the sudden and total attack of the entire army during the last battle of Kawanakajima.

Takeda Harunobu's fortified castle is also becoming more and more complete. The small load carrying teams from the rear are constantly sending preliminarily processed fence boards. The temporary fortified castle is already quite large, even larger than those densely populated in Shinano. Walled cities, large and small, are much better.

Seeing Takeda Harunobu's power getting better and better day by day, Takanashi Masayori became anxious, how could he allow others to snore under the bed. The Takeda clan's Fucheng is right under the nose of his Kaijin City, and his life will definitely be difficult in the future.

But to attack a fortification garrisoned by sixteen thousand men? It's too difficult. This was also the reason why Terutora Uesugi was only willing to fight in the wild. Attacking a city was always not a good idea.

By this time, Takeda Harunobu was not anxious at all. He took the initiative to attack, but instead took the defensive in the battle. The coalition forces rose up to fight, but became more and more anxious day by day. Instead, they became restless and unable to sit high.

The shape of soldiers is like water, and water has no permanent shape.

And Takeda Harunobu, who occupies the four counties of Shinano, Kai Country, most of Suruga, and Sagami Tsukui, can only mobilize more than 10,000 people? It's impossible to think about it. He has at least tens of thousands of people left behind in various places. Even if something happens to Suruga in the rear, Sakon has no force that can threaten the tens of thousands of troops left behind.

Kodaita's original idea was to support the Kuzuo people in the Takeda Army with the support of Murakami Takeomaru, use the favor of Uesugi Teruatora to control the Sakuzu people in the small prefecture, use the favor of Yamauchi Yoshiharu and Ogasawara Nagatoki to control the Suwa people, and let Takeda The military's rule in Shinano was on fire on all sides.

But now the people of Shinano are swarming forward, and they are all under the command of Takeda Harunobu. There is not even a countryman who has some strength to stay behind Takeda's army.

What's the point of transferring a village chief or a village owner and asking him to lead dozens of tenant farmers to raise an army? Before the soldiers could get up, they were wiped out by the Takeda family's county commander and ten or eight policemen from the police station (dense fog). It cannot threaten the rear and hinterland of the Takeda Army at all, and there is no place to use its strength.

In this way, there was no progress for a month and a half, and the two sides launched a sit-in war. There was neither fighting nor negotiation.

The extremely boring war dragged on for a long time, and Xiaoheita could not stay any longer. He had to return to his skills and continue to transport food and grass. He could not let Yoshikatsu Yamauchi on the front line go hungry.

The depletion of food was only one aspect. The morale of the coalition army, composed of tenant farmers, yeoman farmers and small landowners as well as a small number of standing troops, became increasingly depressed. Even rewards of food and wine could not mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers who began to miss their homeland. The depressive atmosphere in the camp even affected Xiao Pingtai a little.

When will Kawanakajima be the leader this time?

There will be an update tomorrow.