In the early morning of August 28, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), Asahina Taihei took turns to stand guard at the door as usual, and said hello to Yu Qiupei who was passing by. However, usually, Asahina Taihei's greetings were playful and smiling, but this time they were very solemn and cold.
Ame Qiupei sighed helplessly. Asahina Taihei must be very disappointed with his reaction, but in any case, it was not easy for him to maintain restraint. After all, it was his new good friend who was killed.
"Stay with him more these days." Yu Qiuping whispered to Mori Ranmaru next to him after entering the tent.
"Okay, Your Highness." Mori Ranmaru nodded and looked at Asahina Yasuhei worriedly.
In the morning, a military situation assessment meeting was held in the Hongye Army's barracks, and all senior officers of the Hongye Army were present.
"Let's do a military intelligence briefing." After seeing everyone gathered, Yu Qiuping made a starting gesture to Sanada Masayuki. Sanada Masayuki then walked to the sand table, took out his teaching stick and clicked on the sand table Boqi in the west of Inaba Country.
Yatsuhashi Castle, the capital of the country.
"According to late information, five days ago, that is, on August 23, the number of Maori troops in Yatsuhashi Castle can be believed to have reached 30,000. On August 24, the Maori troops had already set off. We sent them to the border of Boqi Country
The ninjas discovered the traces of 25,000 Maori troops. The leader was Yoshikawa Motoharu. They entered the boundary of Inaba Country on August 25 and arrived at Inaba Country Hama Village on August 26. They continued to march on August 27 and before nightfall
We arrived at Koyama Pond, only 10 miles away from Tottori Castle."
"The above information has been sent to everyone one after another in the past few days. I believe everyone has noticed that there are still 5,000 Maori troops missing." Sanada Masayuki changed the topic and the atmosphere in the main account became tense. If
The number of Maori troops is really as high as 30,000, plus the 13,000 people in Tottori Castle, then they have the power to face the 45,000 people of the Oda family. The Oda family originally had a huge military strength, but they quickly conquered it.
After having a large amount of territory, they had to leave a lot of troops to garrison. The Oda Army dispersed the main force, resulting in no significant numerical advantage against the Maori Army on the front line of Tottori Castle.
However, the various tribes of the Oda family have always felt that the superiority in military strength should belong to them, and they have not been able to change their minds. The mood of underestimating the enemy is slowly spreading. At this time, if there is a considerable number of the enemy's main force
Being missing can be said to be very dangerous.
"Although there is no clear source of intelligence, we suspect that this 5,000-strong Rangers should have gone south into the mountainous areas where the three countries of Boqi, Inaba, and Mizuo meet. So it is possible that they will take a detour from the mountainous area and appear in our
On the way back to Meizuo."
"How did you deduce this?" Uji Hidetaka asked curiously, "Sanin is so big, how do you know where they will come out?"
"Because the whereabouts of the former Takada Castle garrison Masayuki Hanabusa have been unknown." Sanada Masayuki analyzed confidently, "After the fall of Tsuyama Castle, the guard Hanabusa Masayuki took the remaining Uki family and evacuated to Takada Castle in Nishimimasaka
.When the Hashiba family's pursuers arrived, they found that Takata Castle was already empty, and Hanabusa Masayuki's troops were missing. They did not have the transportation capacity to carry enough food to last them ten days without showing up.
, so if they don’t want to starve to death in the mountains, they must go to the Maori family. And the shortest route from Takada Castle to the Maori family territory is here -" Sanada Masayuki pointed at the location of Takada Castle with his teaching stick.
Then he rowed straight to the north, pointing to the Hagoromo Castle in the Hoki Kingdom. "This is the Maori family's closest stronghold to the Misaku Country. There is a high probability that Hanabusa Masayuki came here."
"So...what?" Shinaki Nariyo obviously failed to follow Sanada Masayuki's train of thought.
"We have many ninjas lurking in Yatsuhashi Castle, but there are none around Hagoromoyama Castle. Hagoromoyama Castle is too closed and difficult to penetrate." Sanada Masayuki tapped Yatsuhashi Castle again with his teaching stick, "Although we don't know Hagoromo Castle
How to win the situation in Yamashiro, but what is certain is that Masayuki Hanabusa did not come to Yatsuhashi Castle. If you want to go from Hagoromoyama Castle to other territories of the Mori family, you must go to Yatsuhashi Castle. Therefore, Masayuki Hanabusa did not come to Yatsuhashi Castle.
I will definitely stay in Hagoromoyama Castle."
"There shouldn't be many people in Hanabusa Masayuki's department. How much combat power can they have? Is there any point in the Mori family not evacuating them but staying on the front line?" After Sanada Masayuki said this, Jingzhe Beidi, who was standing in the back row,
First company commander Naoe Nobuhira was the first to react and asked tentatively, "Do you want Hanafusa Masayuki, who is familiar with the terrain of Mizuno and Inaba, to be your guide?"
"It should be so." Sanada Masayuki looked at Naoe Nohei with relief, nodded and said, "If it weren't for a detour from the mountain road to attack, there would be no need to leave the remnants of the Uki family in Hagoromoyama Castle."
"So I'm calling you here to put everyone on alert. After all, our position is behind the Hashiba Army and the southernmost part of the entire Oda Army. If there is a surprise attack force coming out of the mountainous area, we will be the first to bear the brunt."
Yu Qiuping took over the conversation and reminded everyone, "His Majesty Yu Shiba, His Majesty Akechi and I will meet at noon to discuss the future strategy, and then we will tell them Kihei's judgment. But before that, I still want to
First, I would like to remind everyone to pay attention to avoid being attacked when I am not in the camp."
"I understand." The officers of the Red Leaf Army responded in unison.
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At noon, Yu Qiupei brought Fukuzawa Yunan, Sanada Masayuki and a number of important officials from the General Staff and Military Intelligence Department to the Hashiba family camp, and started an evaluation meeting between the Oda family army commanders with Akechi Mitsuhide and Hashiba Hideyoshi.
The three army commanders gathered together, and the outcome of their discussion will also determine the future course of action of the entire Oda Army.
"The above are all my conjectures." Sanada Masayuki told Hideyoshi Hashiba, Akechi Mitsuhide and the military leaders of the two families the inferences he had repeated to the officers of the Hongye Army in the morning, "Your Highnesses, please make your decision."
"That makes sense." Akechi Mitsuhide nodded slightly after hearing the analysis and said, "Indeed, this possibility is the greatest."
"Yes, Yoshikawa Motoharu must be using his brain." Hashiba Hideyoshi studied the map on the table and murmured, "If any enemy troops come around behind us, the food route will be cut off.
Originally, the transportation volume was not large when transporting grain from mountainous areas. Food and grass on the front line have always been in short supply, so we cannot travel."
"Should I send someone to protect the grain road?" Yu Qiuping made a suggestion, "Or should we go directly into the mountainous area and find that special team?"
"That's no need, I
We just sit back and wait." Hideyoshi Hashiba shook his head nonchalantly, "The mountains here are dense and the terrain is complex. We are not familiar with the geography, and it is difficult to fight with natives like the Maori family. We will surround Tottori Castle and force them to come to the rescue.
Put them on the Chiyogawa Plain and beat them."
"But according to the information sent back by the ninjas before Tottori Castle was under martial law, there was a lot of food in Tottori Castle, which could be used by the enemy for several years." Akechi Mitsuhide frowned and objected, "After all, that was a city that once had the most power in the world.
The 'Sixth Hall' is the home city of the famous mountain masters, and the centipede insect is dead but not stiff."
"Moreover, Tottori Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The engineers of Jingzhe Bei went to inspect the city a few days ago and could not find a suitable shooting angle and shooting position. It is probably impossible to shoot down the city with artillery. Many of our subordinates are too optimistic.
, I feel that if I have artillery, I won’t be afraid of attacking the city.” Yu Qiuping also said in agreement, “If we really want to attack Tottori Castle, then the entire army will be required to attack the city, and the number of casualties will definitely not be a small number. And if the entire army really attacks the city, no matter how hard it is,
Does this give the Maori family and the city’s defenders a chance to cooperate inside and outside? If there is no time to adjust the formation, it will be dangerous if the Maori army rushes from behind.”
"I know this too, how can it be possible to storm a strong city like Tottori Castle?" Hideyoshi Hashiba put his hands on his waist and raised his head to look at Tottori Castle standing high on the mountain.
"If you don't attack the city, how will you attract reinforcements from the Maori family?" Yu Qiupei was a little confused by Hashiba Hideyoshi's inconsistent words, "Tottori City has countless grain stores, but our supply line is hundreds of miles away.
If the mountain roads run out, we will definitely run out of food and supplies first, and it is impossible to capture the city just by relying on siege. The Maori family can just watch us motionless from a distance and wait for us to run out of food and retreat."
"Don't you understand this? Although Tottori Castle is not short of food -" Hashiba Hideyoshi prolonged his tone and sold it out. It wasn't until Yu Qiupei and Akechi Mitsuhide got a little irritated by waiting that they smiled with satisfaction, "But
There’s a shortage of water!”
"You want to cut off the water?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered the classic battle example of Hashiba Hideyoshi in his previous life, "Killing Tottori by thirst".
"Yes, I have been sending people to the mountains behind Tottori Castle these days to find the source of the spring water in Tottori Castle. I estimate that they will be found in another month and a half. Within a month, I will be able to cut off Tottori Castle.
All water sources." Hideyoshi Hashiba laughed twice, his eyes showing sharp murderous intent.
"What happens after the water is cut off? With Yoshikawa Motoharu's character, he must be desperate, right?" Yu Qiupei was obviously much more cautious than Hashiba Hideyoshi, "30,000 Maori troops are coming from the west, and we have to beware of those in the city.
Is it too risky to have 13,000 dead soldiers who are desperate because they are on the verge of running out of water? Instead of forcing the opponent to fight to the death with no water, why not think of ways to eliminate some of the opponent's troops in advance?"
"Please Hongye, don't be so cautious, okay? Do you really think that the 13,000 people in the city have the ability to go out to fight in the field? They are just a mob, and they are all defeated soldiers who suffered heavy losses. The defense of the city is already very reluctant, and you still count on those four families.
The soldiers can cooperate with each other when they leave the city? Apart from other things, do you expect the Uki family and the Urakami family to cooperate sincerely? Or do you expect the Nizi family not to remember the old grudge that the Yamano family betrayed them? I don't necessarily expect the Nizi family to respond to the Maori army.
Chapter completed!