Chapter 1170: It's just a word from the important ministers to make things difficult and poor
"Nani? Just a full meal..."
"Whoa!"
Liu Shiba stood up suddenly and stared at Takeda Shingen, who was pale and wanted to die, with an incredible look on his face.
Is this the real reason for the decline of the powerful Takeda Legion?
One word: poor!
Add one more word: hungry!
"How many troops will the Takeda family send in this battle?"
Liu Shiba asked through gritted teeth.
"Eighteen thousand elites, more than 3,000 red cavalry, enough to support 10,000 people, and 5,000 auxiliary troops!"
Takeda Shingen was still so calm, quietly looking at Liu Shiba with a smile and kowtow...
This old guy really brought the essence of the four words "immovable as a mountain" to the extreme.
There are 18,000 soldiers in the whole army. How the hell is that just enough for one meal?
What next? Waiting to die, just sit back and wait?
If you are not killed by hostile forces, you will starve to death!
This is the army. What is most important in a territory?
There is no doubt that it is military power. Even if Takeda doesn't eat or drink, he must ensure the army's food supply...
Even the most important army has starved to death, so what about the people in the territory?
Liu Shiba couldn't imagine what a miserable scene it would be...
Turning his head, Liu Shiba looked at the retainers and generals who were kneeling respectfully on the ground not far away, facing Takeda Shingen. He paid special attention to the dense stitches hidden under the exquisite patterns on their gorgeous kimonos.
At this moment, Liu Shiba suddenly realized and understood that this was not hardship and simplicity. They were not yet at this level.
What makes them consciously abide by the lofty consciousness of hardship and plain living is not Takeda Shingen, let alone the aura of family governor, but because they really have nothing...
Some retainers and generals may keep such a gorgeous set of services at home for their entire lives, right?
Thinking back to later generations, the Japanese often deliberately show off on some occasions how much their family cherishes the objects and cultural relics left by their ancestors.
For example, some items such as tachi, tachi, kimono, etc., or even a piece of handwritten papyrus filled with words and dyed yellow, can be said to be important documents preserved by the family.
Use chicken feathers as command arrows and papyrus as documents! This sentence could not be more appropriate to describe the Japanese nation...
Liu Shiba felt that "appropriate" was a compliment, and it should be described as "tailor-made"...
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"My lord! I firmly oppose letting people of unknown origin take charge of the Takeda family."
During the handover of power between Liu Shiba and Takeda Shingen, a retainer kneeling below in the front row raised his head and expressed his dissatisfaction.
"He is?"
Liu Shiba looked sideways and saw that he was a short old man about sixty years old. He looked even older than Takeda Shingen.
"call!"
"He is an important minister of the Takeda family, Baba Nobuka."
Takeda Shingen gasped and introduced this important retainer to Liu Shiba in a very low tone.
Liu Shiba frowned, trying to remember who this Bachang Shinfang he seemed to have heard of was?
As he thought about it, Liu Shiba's eyes lit up and his mind shook, and he secretly rejoiced: It turns out it's him...
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In that memory of the future, it was recorded that the Takeda family once had twenty-four extremely famous generals.
Among these twenty-four people, four of them are known as the Four Takeda Ministers, namely Baba Nobuka, Naito Masayu, Kosaka Masanobu, and Yamagata Masakei.
Among them, Changjing of Shanxian County, who was unlucky to see just now, was beheaded alive by Chi Beiqi, a group of Great Qin killing gods led by Meng Tianfang.
Therefore, among Takeda's four ministers, only three are alive now.
As for Baba Nobuka, history records that he served the three generations of Takeda family governors, Takeda Nobutora, Takeda Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori, the prodigal son.
Baba Nobuka, regardless of his resourcefulness, bravery and loyalty, is definitely an outstanding figure among the twenty-four ministers, and he is also the most admirable among the twenty-four generals of Takeda.
This guy has been fighting for more than 40 years without any injuries. His position is as a garrison for Mino. To put it bluntly, he is the governor of the Mino region. In terms of reputation, he ranks first among the four ministers.
This old man is indeed different from other strong generals. He is particularly calm and admirable on the battlefield.
Especially after the death of Takeda Shingen, the young and energetic Katsuyori relied on nepotism and no longer reused experienced old men like Baba Nobuka, but overly trusted the younger generation with little practical experience to serve as retainers.
Shingen died in March 1573, and only two years later came May of 1575. Shingen's last wish after his death, the strategy of keeping the funeral secret did not work.
In that year, under the dictatorship of the new family governor Katsuyori, the Takeda family joined forces with Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu to confront Shitarahara, not far from Nagashino Castle.
In the pre-war meeting, Baba Nobuka persuaded Katsuyori to retreat by saying that "one battle will not determine the outcome", and at the same time he was opposed to a decisive battle.
As a result, Katsuyori did not listen to Baba Nobuka's advice, and the strongest vanguard, the Three Thousand Chibei Cavalry, was defeated by Nobunaga and Tokugawa's muskets...
Racecourse Xinfang, finally choose the whole army to take the rear!
In the end, the old guy charged into the musket formation and died tragically!
That time was called the Battle of Nagashino. In the dangerous situation where the Takeda army's forward was defeated, Katsuyori had no choice but to retreat!
After seeing Takeda Katsuyori and others evacuating the city and evacuating the dangerous area, Baba volunteered to lead a group of Akabi cavalry and his own retainers, a total of 2,000 people, to take charge of the rear. This was a near-death mission!
After that, Baba Nobubo did not passively defend, but ordered the troops to advance quickly in a roundabout way to make it difficult for the native guns to aim.
In the end, during the active attack organized by the racecourse Shinfang, the Zhide coalition forces, which felt like a sure win, suffered the heaviest blow, with more than 5,000 casualties...
"In the Battle of Shitarahara, there were 30,000 soldiers from the Allied Forces of Japan, and only 1,000 troops from the rear of Nobaba Nobubo's army. All of them died in this battle.
With a thousand soldiers forming an offensive formation, Baba Nobuka led the army into the core area of 30,000 troops without fear. The old guy personally led the team in a suicide attack. He was only 61 years old when he died.
This battle marked the final glory of the Takeda Army——"
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Liu Shiba stared curiously at this famous veteran who never betrayed the Takeda family until his death: Baba Nobbo!
This is a loyal military commander!
This is also Liu Shiba’s first intuitive impression of this person!
"Please take good care of me, Mr. Mino Guardsman of Baba!"
Liu Shiba has an extraordinary bearing. He kowtows slightly, indicating that he knows you.
"Don't dare say you care!"
Ba Chang Xinfang glanced coldly at Liu Shiba in return, but gritted his teeth and asked:,
"I want to test the new family governor's actual ability, so I asked you for advice on a difficult problem. I don't know..."
"please……"
Liu Shiba kowtowed with cold eyebrows, and his heart suddenly responded!
He thought to himself: You old man is so rude to me, should I give you a good face?
Baba Nobufang blinked, looked at Liu Shiba and asked solemnly:
"There is a girl in my family who is 21 years old. She was married to a legitimate son of the family and became a concubine in her early years. But now she was kicked out of the house with an unreasonable divorce letter.
This divorce letter incident has greatly humiliated the Baba family. I would like to ask Takeda 18, how can we restore the face and honor of my Baba Nobuka with the least loss?"
