A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

In April of the 1571st year of the Holy Son of the Western Yuan Dynasty, and in March of the 2nd year of the Yuangui Period in Japan, the sky was bright and clear, with no rain.

"It's a good day for marching!" Oishi Shiteru and Hojo Shishi smiled while riding on their horses.

"With uncle here, it will be easy to defeat the soldiers in the mountain!" Naoya Hojo nodded with a smile.

The generals of the Hojo Katago Horse Guards, Saburo Ito, who were monitoring the city, had already sent people to clear the way, and reported that there was no movement in the city and they were still huddled in the city.

With just a few hundred soldiers at Narita Nagachu, trying to shake the 32,000 troops of the Hojo clan was like hitting a stone with an egg. But Ninja Castle was so disgusting that Oishi Teru could do nothing for Narita Nagatada who was cowering in Ninja Castle.

Except for the Narita clan leader who was chased to Hojo by Uesugi Kenshin, no one in the Hojo army cared about Ninja Castle.

The army meandered through the streets of Kamakura and headed to the headquarters via Ninja Castle. After today, it would take more than one day of walking to reach Furukawa and annihilate Yorijun Koyumi and Saimee Hosokawa who were guarding the city.

Oishi Uteru even considered whether there was a way to encourage the soldiers to continue fighting at the expense of indiscriminately arresting Ueno Ichikuni if ​​the war in Shimoso could be quickly ended.

"Uncle, the army is more than one mile (five kilometers) long. Except for the roads, it is filled with paddy fields and swamps. It is difficult to march. If you encounter the enemy first, how should you deal with it?" Hojo Uji has been actively learning combat, and Oishi Uteru has always been willing to teach.

"Your Highness, please see, although there are dense rivers around Ninja, they are all river beaches and swamps. It is flat and open. Where can a large army be hidden? Unless the enemy has thousands of small boats, hiding in the lakes, but they can exhaust Wuzhou. , there may not be thousands of boats, so don’t worry!”

"Wouldn't it be difficult to fight here?"

"It's not impossible. I have fought with the commander of Kasugayama here before, but at that time I attacked half of the crossing. In addition, there were more than 10,000 elite troops from the original Takeda Osen, and they attacked from the north and the south together. Although the Uesugi army was defeated, but The soldiers were trapped in the quagmire and could not pursue them, and the capture was only one or two thousand."

"It's difficult to travel when the ground is broken, and it's really difficult to start a joint battle." The Hojo clan learned this directly.

"But if you just want to defeat the enemy, this is an excellent place. As His Highness said, since there is only one road, if you encounter the enemy first, you can only rush up to the rescue team by team, and the advantage of troops cannot be used. And the small If a group of enemy ships can move forward and retreat freely and repeatedly attack the front and rear teams, the outcome will be difficult to predict! "

"Then why doesn't Ninja City go out to attack our army? Maybe we can take advantage of the chaos and win a big victory?"

"Your Highness, the human heart is the most difficult thing to grasp. There are only a thousand soldiers in Ninja City, and they know it well. Even if gods and Buddhas all over the sky come to persuade us, they will not attack our army of more than 30,000 people. "

"Is this why uncle doesn't push too hard on Ninja Castle?"

"That's right! You will survive after being put to death. If you defend the city, there will be life, and the people in the city will naturally be happy to defend the city."

For Hojo's Nao who was easy to get through, Oishi's Teru was still very satisfied. This young governor of the Hojo clan listens to advice, knows how to act appropriately, and respects his uncle. He also knew how to proceed step by step when it came to the transfer of power. First, he gathered the royal horse Yu Yuxu who had been left behind by his father and ancestors for two generations.

Oishi Uteru feels that he is very worthy of his father Hojo Ujiyasu and his brother Hojo Umasa. He is dedicated to the Hojo family.

After chatting with the Hojo clan, the Oishi clan's Teru also turned to the march. Although the 30,000-strong army stretched for five kilometers on a river and lake plain with little fluctuation, Oishi Shiteru, who was in his own team, could not clearly see the situation of Daidoji Masashige who was leading the army.

Even if you are riding a horse, you can't run fast on the muddy ground. A five-kilometer journey takes ten minutes less than a horse-riding trot. There is nothing urgent now. If you walk slowly, the first-hand news you may get was half an hour ago.

But just like what Oshishi said, on this endless river plain, if you don't have three to five thousand small boats rushing out, how can you launch a surprise attack with a large army.

This thing is in front of your eyes and you can see it clearly. If this was not flat land or even low ground, Ishida Mitsunari would not be able to successfully launch the water attack strategy.

When the hour hand turned to the first quarter of the hour (nine o'clock before noon), seven or eight teams of the Hojo Army's front army had passed through Ninja Castle. In another two hours' walk, the army would be able to camp at Qishi to rest.

Just in the ordinary time, sudden changes occurred!

Ninja Castle's Sakuguchi Gate, Otemon Gate, and Kamakura Gate are all open!

More than a thousand ninjas suddenly charged out of the city, with Narita Nagatada taking the lead. He drew two flags under the moonlight, divided into three groups, and rushed into the sea of ​​Hojo Sankai Ryoshi.

"Huh huh, it saves me the trouble of taking action again!" Seeing the Ninja City people charging out, Oishi smiled instead of being angry. A Ninja Castle that is garrisoned is like a tortoise shell made of iron, while a Ninja Castle that is not garrisoned is like a paper man that can be knocked down with a single push.

"Uncle..." Mr. Hojo encountered a surprise attack and naturally looked at Mr. Oishi. The young man didn't panic much. In fact, there were thirty-two thousand troops around him and more than a thousand in Ninja City. The gap was really too big.

"Dr. Narita, I'll leave this matter to you!" Looking at the Narita clan chief who could only sit on the bench in his own team, Oishi clan Teru was happy to let this man use his spare energy.

"Yes!" The Narita family was overjoyed to have the opportunity to perform. With 32,000 Hojo troops on his back, today was a good day for him to return to Ninja City.

The army stopped here, and the front team's advance troops were still temporarily. The royal horses of this team came forward to cover the large number of Xiaohe Tuo. As for Houjie's three thousand boulder team, they are still in the deep valley, and it will take another hour to reach Ninja City.

As soon as the decoration of the Dashi Family Photos was finished here, the originally peaceful Hehugang Branch on the other side suddenly became extremely noisy!

Hundreds of small boats, some carrying two or three people, some carrying four or five people, came out of the waterways that they were very familiar with in their daily lives.

Those with bows and arrows held bows and arrows, and those without bows and arrows held slingshots and hurled stones. In this era, Ninja City was still the winter habitat for wild geese, swans, and wild ducks flying from Siberia. Local villagers often used slingshots to shoot and eat the birds.

Don't underestimate the slingshot. If you have the ability to "pierce a poplar with a hundred steps" and hit the eye, you will definitely be blind.

"I asked how Ninja City has such courage. It turns out that it relies on this."

There were probably close to 2,000 Chinese people and farmers rushing out from all directions. The small boats were so densely packed that they were everywhere. The slippery ones are like loaches, retreating at the first touch, attacking only with bows, arrows and slingshots, which makes each group of Hojo soldiers extremely annoyed.

Seeing that the cards in Ninja City were almost finished, Oishi's Teru didn't even have the slightest trace of panic in his heart at first.

How did our Hojo family get started?

Surprise attack on the river!

When it comes to playing surprise battles, our Hojo family is the ancestor of your Narita family!