A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Koheita is not very familiar with the messenger in front of him. He may have met him twice. After all, Koheta has been a writer for Gohata Honshou and has met four to five hundred people. However, he does not have a memory as good as Yamauchi Yoshiharu, or it may be due to time. Short and not very impressive.

"Tanzheng, please turn away the rest of the crowd!" He said and presented a document to Xiao Pingtai.

Um?

"Chen San, you guys have a look around." During the march, except for Aji Chen San and a few flag-bearing guards, there was really no one around. All the warriors led the troops in the front and rear groups.

Opening the letter, Koheita knew it was written by Chief Yamauchi as soon as he saw the handwriting. The handwriting was much better than his own. It not only had the beautiful Kyoto style, but also had the simplicity and generosity of the Eastern Kingdom samurai.

I was still in a relaxed mood until I read the end of the letter. His whole body felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he was speechless for a moment.

Teruhora Uesugi's aid to Matsuyama was defeated! Hosokawa Minami Wanqi was surrounded by Koshihata!

"Aji! Send a message to the entire army! If we don't leave camp today, the entire army will enter Hamamatsu Castle!"

"Please quickly invite uncle, Imagawa-don, Tojiro, and Meigoro to come to our team!"

"Speed ​​up! Let each team leave their little ones behind and let our team gather them! Let Heiroku come see me!"

Xiao Pingtai gave a series of naming instructions, which were quickly communicated to the teams in front and behind.

Heiroku was the first to arrive. He was in the Xiao Hetuo team of his team and was the closest.

"What's wrong with Tanzheng?" Because he really wasn't good at riding a horse, Pingliu had always followed the oxcart of Xiaohe's team. Now that something happened, he could only run here in a hurry.

"Heiroku, since you are the leader of the entire team, I now order you to gather the Xiaohe Tuo of each team on the spot. The army is leaving first!"

"Okay! I'll do it right now!" A good subordinate will follow orders and do things without asking for reasons, without delaying.

Heiroku turned around and left, and Uncle Tsunara and others also rushed to the team's little Heita. Everyone was a little confused about Xiaopingtai's series of orders, so there was a lot of discussion.

"Everyone, leave the team immediately and return to your base to mobilize with all your strength. Within two days, you must lead the entire military force to Hamamatsu Castle for roll call!"

"What?" Uncle Tsuna Liang didn't say everything yet.

"This is an urgent military order. I am now ordering you with the power of assistant administration and service given to me by the previous prime minister. No questions asked, just obey the order!"

"Everyone, please go back and mobilize immediately!" Xiao Pingtai said in a deep voice, his power beginning to show.

For this reason, Yamauchi Yoshiharu's last words were brought out, and even Imagawa Yoshichichi could not ask any more questions. Yamauchi Taro's servants are Hosokawa Saime and Koheita. The future bosses will definitely be these two, and generally there will be no change.

Then Koheita wrote another letter personally, asking Tatsumi to go to Kakegawa Castle overnight, and ordered Kakegawa to stay behind Asahina Carpenter and bring the Kakegawa people to join Hamamatsu.

A country far away from the Yangtze River, where rice is eaten and fish is eaten, fields are crisscrossed, and the people are prosperous. Hamamatsu Castle has been a master of internal affairs for generations. Manage rivers, cultivate fields, set up industries, and encourage commerce.

Now it seems that mobilizing 14,000 people is not a big problem, it just depends on determination.

The sudden order also confused the soldiers of each team, but since the order was to return to Hamamatsu as soon as possible, most of them were happy. After the war, I went home early, and I was willing to do so, even running extremely briskly.

Of course, they may be disappointed, Xiaopingtai will not let them go home.

After nightfall, two thousand capable soldiers arrived at Hamamatsu. Kobayashi Motoharu, who was already in the city, immediately opened the city, cooked rice and soup, and settled the army.

Kodaira refused to rest and ordered all the Hamamatsu naval forces to abandon their ships and go ashore, equipped with bows and arrows, and entered Hamamatsu Castle to assist in the defense. He also ordered the most capable troops of Anzhai Qingyasu to put on their armor and land to gather.

The ship-carrying general Shimizu Yoshizuna, who was born in Hatamoto, was temporarily ordered by Koheta to guard Hamamatsu Castle and command the sailors who came ashore.

The next day, Ping Liu's Xiaohe Tuo team caught up. Instead of disbanding, they went to the countryside to collect cattle, horses and other large livestock. Even if it is spring plowing at the moment, there is not much we can do. War is the priority in everything.

The soldiers who originally thought they could disband and go home not only did not receive the order to disband, but instead saw more people gathering from all directions to Hamamatsu. At this moment, even the most numb soldiers knew that another war was coming, and there was almost a commotion in the camp.

The soldiers who were mobilized during the busy farming period were also dissatisfied and did not understand what had happened.

Xiaopingtai didn't understand this situation, so she could only open the treasury. It's a pity that there are also clean rats running around in the treasury, and Xiao Pingtai, who is responsible for the appointment and implementation, knows very well.

Only by distributing salt to the entire army, with five kilograms of salt per person, and more than fifty thousand kilograms of salt, could the unstable military camp be stabilized. The soldiers who were the first to go into battle also brought home large and small bags of loot and money.

Let Uncle Iwase Motaka and Uncle Tsuna take 4,000 people to Suruga Shita County and Oigawa line defense. Suruga is not the foundation of the Takeda family. Let’s not talk about whether Koheita can defeat Suruga in just ten days. wear. Even if it were penetrated, Koshihata's 10,000 troops would have starved to death. Therefore, only 4,000 people can be left to defend against the feint attack, not the main line.

"The 10,000 cavalrymen of Cainu's army have been trapped in Wuzhou for six days. The soldiers have very little food and are surrounded by ten enemies. Now I have been ordered to rush to help. Please take care of me!"

Only then did everyone realize what a big event had happened. If any famous person lost ten thousand people, it would definitely lead to disaster. The original dissatisfaction has all dissipated, and this battle must be fought.

………

After calming the morale of the soldiers, Xiaopingtai summoned the assistant businessman of the Nanman Merchant Store and Father William from Hamamatsu Castle.

There is only one purpose!

Borrow foreign soldiers!

Hess, the original East India Company merchant, was not available, so William could only act as an intermediary temporarily.

He now has a good impression of Xiao Pingtai, who just got him a missionary license from Xisanhe and dedicated a large Nanman Hall.

"I won't talk nonsense. The current stable situation in Hamamatsu will soon be shattered. Our country was attacked by foreign daimyo and suffered a huge defeat. Hamamatsu will soon fall into war. Please evacuate quickly!"

After Xiaopingtai finished speaking, he pretended to leave, pretending to be extremely busy with military affairs.

"What kind of war happened? Your family is the most powerful daimyo in Japan. How could it suddenly suffer a defeat?"

"I cannot reveal the specific situation of the battle, but our 45,000-strong army has suffered an unprecedented defeat. I must immediately go to support my lord. Please evacuate as soon as possible! The war is coming!"

"And let me tell you Father William, our enemy is a devout Buddhist. He is extremely hostile to Chichidan and worships the gods of mountains and rivers (Mount Fuji, Lake Suwa). Once he comes, your life will be in danger!"

Although William was willing to leave, he finally managed to attract thousands of believers and build a church. As Hamamatsu, the most tolerant and open-minded town in the entire Eastern Kingdom, Nanman Town was built with great pains, and he did not want all the achievements to be lost.

"I can call on all believers of God to join the battle. In order to protect Hamamatsu, this is the obligation of all God's people!"