Yiyin and Yiyi were busy working on opening the warehouse for half the night. They squinted for a while in the second half of the night and started working again in the morning.
War is not just a fight between gangsters in the streets. After thousands of years of development, war has already had a sophisticated organization method.
If you think that fighting a war is just about recruiting a few people and giving them a few knives to go out and kill people, Yiyin doesn't have to bother asking the interests to come back, and the interests don't dare to be so high-profile.
Only those who have mastered technology can live with such a high profile and pride, because if you can't do this, I can.
However, she is just a newbie. She can command a dozen or twenty new recruits in the Shiba family. But if she is given a reserve team, she will have to kneel down and cry and sing "Concubine", which she cannot do.
Peasants and soldiers have the simplest organizational structure. They work in farming during the day. In their spare time, they make short bamboo spears and sharpen the tips of the spears. They wear bamboo hats on their heads and wear vests made of bamboo pieces around their bodies. They are considered good and responsible peasant soldiers.
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During the war, I was transporting grain and fodder to the rear. I was unlucky enough to encounter the beginning of a war. I was pulled to the front line and lined up in a trembling pile. I just begged Mr. Ji Samurai not to see me.
If the wind goes smoothly, they will roar twice to cheer up and keep an eye on the loot. If the wind goes wrong, the peasants and soldiers will lose three or five people and collapse.
The weapons at home are mainly prepared for the Ashigaru. The core of the gun is made of good wood and wrapped with bamboo pieces to make the gun body. It is two and a half meters long, four or five meters long. The head is a polished wooden gun head with a heavy cone tip.
durable.
During war, a gun formation was formed, with heavy guns under armpits lined up side by side, and the spears advanced 45 degrees forward. When the enemy's gun heads touched with ours, they would knock the opponent's spear away, taking the opportunity to stab the opponent's formation, killing people and breaking the formation.
This kind of battle tests strength and physical fitness and requires formation discipline. The combat effectiveness of Standing Light Foot is not low. Only ten to twenty percent casualties will shake the morale of the army.
In addition, the ashigaru is equipped with a loan tool. The name means that the owner lent it to the ashigaru. The inventory is maintained uniformly and taken out for use in times of war.
The better ones are no worse than the poor Ji warriors, and the worse ones will be given an iron head protector, wrists wrapped in iron, and iron sheets on the body to cover the front, so the protection ability is not bad.
What Yangno had prepared was of high quality, such as an iron helmet, gauntlets, and half-body iron. The ashigang was not worthy of the full-body armor. Twenty sets of equipment were worth hundreds of dollars, so he spent a lot of money.
Benefit was wearing a gift from the Shiba family, while Yoshiyin was only wearing a thicker white winter haori.
The best Nanman croquettes are not sold in rural areas like this. It is a technology brought by the Europeans and can only be purchased in the Western countries.
The two of them used a room-long cross-shaped spear. The pole was made of fine Paulownia wood core, and the head of the spear was made of forged steel with a cross-shaped three-point flat sharp tip.
The sword is made from Shizhou. The long one is for close combat, and the short one is for armor-breaking. It is armed to the teeth.
The advantage is also equipped with a good half bow, which is half the length of the bow, has less power and a lower range, and is used for shooting arrows on horseback.
Harano Yukino, who had been busy all night, brought the rice balls made overnight with red eyes.
In the winter, there is no need to worry about spoilage. The large rice balls are frozen and hard. They are made from the best rice, steamed and wrapped with candied plums.
When eating, stick it on the head of the spear and roast it on the fire. One can serve as a meal. Two are given before the war.
Each person prepared fifteen rations and tied them around his waist and back with food belts so that he could carry them easily. These were dry rations for short-term wars, and they were most convenient because they did not need to light a fire for cooking.
This amount kept the two women and five servants busy all night. First, they had few manpower, and second, they were inexperienced.
Seeing that Yoshiyin was not wearing armor, he thought he was not going to go into battle in person, so he bowed happily, Yangno said.
"Lord Yoshigami, the rice balls have been distributed, and your and Lord Maeda's share is on the horseback."
"Well done, Haruno. You and Yukino have done the hard work at home. Ji Ji and I will set off soon."
Yangono bowed deeply to Benefit seriously, and Yukino behind him also bowed in the same way.
"Please Maeda-sama, please be sure to bring Yoshigan-sama back properly."
Benefit was confused by their appearance, so he quickly bowed and said.
"Please rest assured, as long as I am still breathing, I will never let anything happen to Mr. Yoshiyin!"
Yang Na nodded and said.
"Both of your horses are ready. Their harnesses are newly installed, their coats are combed and clean, and they are fed with good beans.
Since they are soldiers and horses going into battle, all expenses will be paid according to the family's expenses, so I will ask someone to deliver the credit from the castle town."
"Really? I don't need to pay for this?"
Benefit said in surprise.
"As long as you protect Lord Yoshigan well, even if you tear apart my bones, Haruno Takada, extract oil and sell them for money, Maeda-sama will not be left without food or horses to ride on."
Although Yang Nai was talking to Benefit, his eyes were looking at Yiyin.
"The military fortunes are prosperous, sir. Xueno and I will go to the village to gather peasant soldiers and we will come back later."
He was in a good mood and laughed and greeted Ashigaru who was resting on the spot. Yoshigan smiled at Hinano Yukino.
"Set off!"
In Qingzhou City, the news brought back by the Li family made everyone nervous.
"The spies have confirmed Lord Maeda's information. Kasugai and Moriyama have fallen into the hands of the rebels. The enemy is passing through the pass. They will be able to attack Qingzhou as early as tomorrow morning."
Niwa Nagahide said with a heavy heart that the situation was very bad because Nobunaga insisted on going his own way and the city was not well prepared.
Materials and military equipment can only barely support it, and operating at full capacity has caused chaos in Qingzhou City. If the enemy attacks urgently at this time, the city may not be able to defend it.
"It will take two days at the earliest for the defenders of each city to gather together. I'm worried that after the rebels attack the city and cut off internal and external communication, those small groups of defenders will be defeated one by one."
Mori Kacheng said, looking at Nobunaga who was expressionless on the main seat.
"The messenger who went to the Sasa family and the Sakuma family has not returned yet, so I don't know their reaction. But if Qingsu City is besieged, the neutral retainers will be shaken, and the Sasa family and the Sakuma family may not still stand by us.
This way."
Niwa Nagahide sighed, the fight for position in the family was to win the support of the retainers, and one was losing the other.
Shibata Katsuie's decisive and quick actions put the pressure back on Nobunaga's side, and the situation seemed to be getting worse.
The ministers all frowned. At this time, it was too late for the territorial troops to gather. If they were forced to join together, the chaos caused would give the rebels an opportunity to take advantage of them.
But if they don't join together, the rebels include the standing armies of the Lin family and Nobuyuki-sama, plus Shibata's reserve army, and the number is estimated to be more than 1,500.
These are not peasant soldiers, they are armies composed of Hime warriors and Ashigaru. Their quantity and quality are much higher than those of the army in the city.
What's even more frightening is that after the city is besieged, even if the city is defended, Nobuyuki's follow-up grain transport, farmers and soldiers will arrive. A long siege will make all neutral retainers surrender to Nobuyuki.
The result is the same as the city being destroyed and the army defeated, and they are just hanging on for a few more days.
After many discussions, only bad news came one after another. Nobunaga, who was sitting in the chair, suddenly scratched his head and laughed.
"What a great Quan Liu!"
Shibata Katsuie's birth name was Gonroku, and Nobunaga always yelled like this. This was one of the reasons why Shibata Katsuie was dissatisfied with her. It was so disrespectful.
"I didn't expect that the method I thought of would be defeated by him all at once. It's really amazing. He is worthy of being the number one general of our Oda family. Mr. Mori, Mr. Kawajiri, what do you think?"
The two royal sisters groaned.
"Since you can't do strategy, then you don't want to play anymore. In war, if you waste your brain for a long time, you still have to rely on the swords and guns in your hands to do the talking!
In order to support the army, I had no money to marry the man I wanted, and I didn't dare to take more than two bites of the food I wanted. I forced Yonegoro to make money every day.
Hengxing, Inuchiyo, I have been busy for a long time, can you tell me whether it is worth it?"
"I am willing to die in service to the Lord!" Ikeda Tsuneaki and Maeda Toshiie bowed deeply at the same time and said loudly.
"I can't wait to die!"
Mori Katsunari and Kawajiri Hidetaka also leaned down.
"Migoro!"
"I'm here!"
"How many soldiers and horses have gathered now?"
"About...seven hundred people..."
Oda Nobunaga licked the corner of his mouth with his tongue and raised his eyes. His eyes were dark and white, showing a fierce look.
"That's enough. We will send out troops today. The follow-up troops will gather them on the battlefield. They will block the Shouchi River and station in Inohara, forcing Quanliu to stop his troops for repairs."