Chapter five hundred and sixty-five woodpecker tactics
Yamamoto Kansuke swallowed, regretting her impulse. But at this time, she was already riding a tiger and couldn't get off, so she said dryly.
"Uesugi Teruhora is at a disadvantage and is entrenched on Wife Mountain. Our army should take the initiative to attack.
It can be divided into two parts.
A team took advantage of the darkness to take a circuitous route back to Wife and Nv Mountain, and took advantage of the rising sun to make a surprise attack up the mountain.
The Uesugi army was wary of our direction from Kaijin Castle, and they must have been caught off guard behind them. Confused, they must have gone down the mountain and crossed the river, and set up their formation on the plains of Kawanakajima.
The other team was waiting at Hachimanhara on the other side, and launched a second surprise attack on the Uesugi Army, which had just crossed the river and had an unstable foothold.
After encountering two surprise attacks, no matter how brave the Echigo samurai were, it would be difficult to organize an effective counterattack, and they would be defeated by attacks from both front and rear."
Kansuke Yamamoto was a little quiet at first, but then he became louder and louder, and became more and more excited, maybe because he was infected by his own strategy.
Finally, she said plausibly.
"The two surprise attack teams are like woodpeckers begging for food, pecking at wood to drive them away, and at the same time catching insects and pecking at them. This is my woodpecker tactics!"
Before she finished speaking, Takeda Nobushige couldn't bear it anymore and cursed.
"Nonsense!"
Yamamoto Kansuke was stunned for a moment, kowtowed to the ground and stopped talking.
Takeda Harunobu wanted to speak for her, but couldn't find a suitable excuse, so he could only rub his eyebrows.
No wonder Takeda Nobuhige was humiliated in person, Yamamoto Kansuke's idea was too naive.
When the two armies confront each other, the most taboo thing is to divide their troops. The Uesugi Army has 12,000 troops and the Takeda Army has 20,000 men. Once the Takeda Army divides its troops, it loses its numerical advantage.
Even if the troops are divided, it cannot be a tactic of adding fuel to the enemy team by team. It is just adding food to others.
It is said to be a surprise attack, but are there not many cases where the surprise attack fails and turns into a strong attack? Who can guarantee that it will be successful?
The Takeda family’s capital is all here, so you can use it to risk surprise attacks? Are you sick?
The Echigo samurai were not weak, so how could Yamamoto Kansuke be so sure that he would be able to scare them off the mountain?
If it fails, the first surprise attack team will turn into a strong attack. It will be a fierce and bloody battle from the top of the mountain! It is still the kind of insufficient troops!
If Takeda Harunobu was sure of defeating Terutora Uesugi one-on-one, why would he need to gather a much larger army than his opponent?
I'm just afraid that if the number of people is equal, I won't be able to defeat them!
Therefore, it is impossible for Takeda Harunobu to adopt Yamamoto Kansuke's woodpecker tactics and use the elite of Takeda Army to take risks and storm the mountain.
Takeda Nobushige cursed a few times, looked back and saw his sister looking bad, so he kept silent.
There are many people in the Takeda retainers group who have outstanding abilities, but they rarely spoke during this military meeting. It was because the matter was so important that they did not dare to speak casually.
Twenty thousand soldiers, what is this concept?
There are more than 4,000 Ji warriors alone. How many warriors are there in total between the two countries?
If 30% of them were killed in battle here, at least twenty or thirty famous families with a long history would be wiped out, and there would be orphans and widowed fathers in every family.
In this case, who dares to talk nonsense?
Only Kansuke Yamamoto, who was good at building forts, was the most courageous and dared to talk nonsense.
Many of the Hime warriors have already cast sympathetic glances at her. After this fight, she will definitely be outsmarted by Takeda Nobushige, and her life will not be easy.
Yamamoto Kansuke was punished by Takeda Nobutanobu, but he could not hear Takeda Harunobu's dissuasion. He knew that something was wrong, so he lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
My head, which was burning with the desire to make great achievements, gradually calmed down due to the scoldings, and then I realized that I had made a bad move.
At this time, I can only bear it silently and dare not speak out any more wild words.
Seeing that his sister was silent, Takeda Nobushige couldn't figure out what she was thinking. He glanced at Yamamoto Kansuke, thinking that he would settle accounts with you after the war, and fell silent.
Takeda Harunobu was very disappointed with Yamamoto Kansuke. As long as her strategy was more reliable, he could use it to encourage his retainers to fight.
This battle is so important that Takeda Harunobu does not dare to fight casually. He must win the full support of the retainers.
Without united efforts, she would not dare to confront Terutora Uesugi head-on. She really could not afford to lose.
However, Yamamoto Kansuke failed to live up to his expectations and used an inexplicable woodpecker strategy that left the retainers speechless and made Takeda Nobushige furious.
Seeing that the military meeting was about to move away from the conservative defense strategy, Takeda Harunobu finally couldn't help it anymore.
Without being in her position, it would be difficult for others to understand the pressure she was under. She had drained all the troops from the Takeda family's territory, which was an extremely dangerous move.
The Imagawa family and the Hojo family are allies, but is it rare for the Samurai family to have their allies break their treaty?
Will the Imagawa family take the opportunity to go north to annex Kai Country and use the land outside to ease their internal conflicts?
Will the Hojo family really send troops to Nishi Ueno as promised to attract the attention of Nagano Yimasa for the Takeda family?
Takeda Harunobu never believed in anyone, she only believed in herself, and at most she still had some trust in Takeda Nobushige.
Now, she was in Kaizu Castle with all the assets of the Takeda family, and her logistics were cut off by Terutora Uesugi, so she had no idea about the situation at the rear.
This weightless feeling of losing control of everything made her extremely anxious.
She didn't know what the situation was like in Kai's territory facing the Imagawa family. She also didn't know if Toshin, who was close to Nishi Ueno, was safe.
Yamamoto Kansuke's tactics were a mess, but there was one sentence that deeply touched Takeda Harunobu, and he should take the initiative.
After a long silence, Takeda Harunobu said.
"What Yamamoto Hime said makes sense."
As soon as these words came out, the sitting princess warriors all looked at the family governor, and the second-in-command Takeda Nobushige stared at his sister with wide eyes.
Is this a bad idea reasonable?
The most surprised person was Kansuke Yamamoto, who was kneeling on the ground. She couldn't help but raise her head. She saw Takeda Harunobu gently nodding to her. Her eyes instantly became moist and she fell to the ground again.
A man will die for a confidant, and a man will look good for a man who pleases him. No matter what purpose Harunobu Takeda had to defend himself, it really made Kansuke Yamamoto burst into tears of gratitude.
Takeda Harunobu said slowly.
“The strategy is good, but there are some flaws.
Uesugi's army is timid and afraid of trouble, and they are entrenched on Wife and Daughter Mountain and refuse to leave. Even if our army goes around the back of the mountain to scare them, they may not be willing to come down.
Why not, try another way.
Takasaka Masanobu and Baba Nobharu led 12,000 men and horses out of the city, secretly approached Tsumame Mountain at night, and ambush themselves in the forest on the side of the mountain.
The remaining 8,000 people followed me across the river to Hachimanhara to attack Uesugi Teruhora's logistics depot.
When Teruhora Uesugi saw me dividing my troops and leaving the city, he must have thought that he had caught my weakness, so his army went down the mountain and crossed the river to fight me fiercely.
The ambush troops took advantage of her unpreparedness and followed her across the river, forming a pincer attack from both front and rear. We defeated her in one battle!"
Takeda Harunobu said that he would help Yamamoto Kansuke change it, but in fact he just used her as an excuse to change it to his own tactics.
She hopes to fight, but the stakes in this battle are so important that if there is no convincing reason, the Takeda retainers will hesitate to move forward.
This daimyo has always planned before making a move, and does not want others to see through her impatient thoughts. She needs a tool to help her take this step.
Taking advantage of Kansuke Yamamoto's advice, she changed the situation and came up with her own tactics.
