In this battle, the Oda family won a tragic victory. From a strategic point of view, the Oda family completed their plan to build a city at Sumamata Castle, and at the same time repelled the main force of the Saito family, making them unable to threaten Sumamata Castle in a short period of time.
However, from a tactical perspective, the Battle of Konoshima can be said to be a disastrous defeat for the Oda family. Oda Nobunaga took the risk to cross the river for a surprise attack, but was washed to pieces by the flood, and was pinned to the river bank by the Saito family.
He fought indiscriminately, killing and wounding nearly a thousand troops. If Yu Qiuping hadn't picked up hundreds of Oda family members who had fallen into the water downstream, Oda Nobunaga would have suffered heavy losses in this battle. However, Kinoshita Hideyoshi's desperate counterattack,
It did not cause many casualties to the Saito family - the latter quickly evacuated the battlefield.
When it comes to Oda Nobunaga's command and combat level, Ame Qiupei really doesn't dare to compliment him. After unifying Owari, almost every battle was stumbling. In the previous Chirit surprise attack, he was forced to do so without achieving any results.
Retreat; the Battle of Okehazama was also ambushed by Akihei Ame. If it weren't for the suggestions of Shinsuke Mori and Koheita Hattori, Oda Nobunaga would have died without a burial place; this was also the case in all subsequent battles with Mino.
Not good. The battle of Moribe Shijujo was unexpectedly attacked by Saito Ryuuki. It was only thanks to the swiftness of Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sasana Narimasa that they were able to avoid being completely wiped out. The attack on Inuyama Castle also suffered repeated defeats. Taking advantage of the civil strife in Mino,
During the raid on Inabayama Castle, they were ambushed by Shigeharu Takenaka and suffered heavy losses; in this battle on Konoshima, Saito's army was forced into a desperate situation.
In the history of Amakihei's previous life, Oda Nobunaga's command at the tactical level rarely achieved particularly outstanding results. He was overwhelmed in strength during the Battle of Kamizaki, but was defeated by Asai Nagamasa in both the Kanazaki retreat and the Anegawa battle.
The battle was extremely dangerous, and it was only through the hard work of Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu that they managed to overcome the difficulties. In the subsequent battles with the Miyoshi family, Honganji Temple, and Zagazo, Oda Nobunaga's on-the-spot command was also remembered for later generations.
Criticized. The most glorious battle in his life should be the Nagashino Battle, which annihilated the Takeda family's army. However, even in the Nagashino Battle, Oda Nobunaga, who was in a defensive posture, was still fiercely
The Takeda army was suppressed for a time. It can be said that when it comes to command at the tactical level, Oda Nobunaga's level is far inferior to Hashiba Hideyoshi, who had two textbook field victories in the "Darei" and "Battle of Shidake".
Therefore, many people in later generations attributed Oda Nobunaga's achievements to good luck, and the saying "the weakest Owari soldier in the world" was also spread. The title of "The Hero of the Warring States Period" was also attributed to it.
A sigh of good luck.
However, Yu Qiupei has a different view on this. Perhaps Oda Nobunaga is not so proficient at the tactical level, but even if he is frequently defeated, he is always the one who initiates the offensive - what supports him behind this is
He has much strategic vision beyond ordinary people.
He was able to start from a small place like Owari. He always seized the opportunities of the times and unified the entire Kinki step by step. Whether it was unifying Mino, Kamiro, or suppressing Kinki, his strategic vision in every step was so precise that it almost never happened.
Any flaw. His excellent internal management ability, meritocracy, discernment of talents, and the courage to innovate are the reasons why the Oda family can become stronger and stronger after each failure.
If we use the metaphor of the teams of the popular MOBA e-sports mobile games (Dota, League of Legends, Honor of Kings, etc.) in Yu Qiupei's era, Oda Nobunaga is undoubtedly a team that is very proficient in military line operation, economic development and
A team that controls dragons, captures orders, and pushes towers, but often fails to handle the details of team battles. However, the advantages it has accumulated through operation and development are enough to allow it to have a high fault tolerance rate, without worrying about a bad exchange ratio, or even
Even if the group is wiped out several times, you can still rely on the advantage of the defensive tower to withstand it.
After the war, Yu Qiupei himself stayed in Sumamata Castle. This place was isolated on the north bank of the Kiso River. Facing the threat of the Saito family's army, it had to be heavily guarded. Anyway, the four small wealthy families nearby had been doing business for so long.
He was almost close to the Yu Qiu family, and it was unlikely that he would start a fight with Yu Qiuping, so Yu Qiuping simply transferred the main force of Tokiwa Bei to Sumamata City, and put his daily training here.
Therefore, he regretted not being able to go back to attend the celebration party for Kinoshita Hideyoshi being promoted to general. Because his performance in the battle of Konoshima was enough to shut up those who were dissatisfied with his "rocket promotion" in the past few years.
Without Kinoshita Hideyoshi's overwhelming reinforcements, Oda Nobunaga might have been defeated like Napoleon at Waterloo because of the late reinforcements.
In the letter written by Kinoshita Hideyoshi to Ame Akihira, the former wrote down his new name given by Oda Nobunaga with excited hand trembling when signing: Kinoshita Hideyoshi! After all, he is also an important member of the Oda family.
, it would be too shameful to call him a common name like "Toyoshiro". In a few years, Ashigaru, who could only look up to others, has been promoted to a general in the blink of an eye, and is on an equal footing with Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Tsuneki.
However, Yu Qiuping did not pay much attention to the job changes in the Oda family at this moment.
Because his plan will be launched soon.
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Yu Qiuping first sent an envoy to negotiate with the wealthy families of West Meinong, asking if he could guarantee the continued trade between the Mitsubishi caravan and the Tsushima merchants. After receiving the agreement, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Because in the perfect plan that he and Amano Keitoku, Naoe Tadayei, and Sanada Masayuki discussed afterwards, Mino was an indispensable part. After Akihira killed Oda Nobunaga, he immediately fell to Mino's side.
, leading Mino troops to attack Owari, thereby taking advantage of the chaos to profit, expand their strength to protect themselves, and avoid being wiped out by the angry Oda family. At the same time, contact the Matsudaira family of Mikawa, relying on the good relationship between Uakihei and Matsudaira Ieyasu to request
He abandoned his alliance with the Oda family and joined forces with Yu Qiupei to carve up the Oda family's territory.
This time, he sent an envoy to ask for trade again. In fact, he wanted to test the attitude of the wealthy families of Simeron towards him, whether it would worsen sharply due to the Sumamata fortification incident. Now it seems that the wealthy families of Simeron are also keeping calm.
, then his plan can be implemented.
He then started the construction plan of Sumamata Castle Castle. The first thing he had to do was to purchase a large amount of raw materials.
Naturally, sufficient quantities of wood, stone, etc. were needed to build the castle tower, but the preparation of gunpowder was the top priority. In addition to buying gunpowder from the people at Tsushima and Tennojiya, Yu Qiupei also asked the Mitsubishi caravan to
Mino and Omi secretly purchased gunpowder in small batches and shipped them back in small batches, so as not to let the Oda family realize that they were purchasing an astonishing amount of gunpowder.
The plan was carried out step by step, and a large amount of stone and wood used to build the castle tower were gathered in the center of Sumamata Castle. During this period, Yu Qiupei arranged for auxiliary soldiers to build a simple civil structure in Sumamata Castle.
The construction site of the castle tower was surrounded to block the view. At the same time, auxiliary soldiers and civilians were asked to dig the foundation for the castle tower, and the excavated sand was piled on the side.
Time gradually passed, and no one seemed to notice anything unusual in Sumamata Castle. Oda Nobunaga sent envoys twice, both of which asked if there were any problems with the defense of Sumamata Castle. He did not feel that there were any problems in the defense of Sumamata Castle.
Any problems with building materials.
Finally, it was time for the autumn harvest. The auxiliary soldiers, like most of the Owari people, had just finished digging the foundation and were dismissed and went home to work on the autumn harvest. Yu Qiu waited for a long time and finally waited for this opportunity - he had a reason not to summon
The civilians and auxiliary soldiers came to build the castle tower, but they used their own soldiers.
On August 7, that is, the night before the ramming of the soil, Sanada Masayuki's ninjas took a large amount of gunpowder from the iron gunners' training camp and mixed it with cotton, straw and other flammable materials and piled it inside the main pill.
in the dug sand.
Regarding the appropriate ratio of gunpowder to sand, Yu Qiuping has done several experiments before. Too much gunpowder will produce a strong smell of sulfur, and the soil will not be very stable. Too little gunpowder will not explode.
After many secret experiments by Yu Qiuping, he finally found a suitable ratio of gunpowder and sand. At this moment, the ninjas were mixing the gunpowder into the sand and soil according to the ratio specified by Yu Qiuping.
Throughout the entire process of mixing gunpowder, Yu Qiupei personally stood at the top of the Honmaru Castle to supervise, for fear of discovering any accidents. Sanada Masayuki also issued a strict silence order to the ninjas, prohibiting them from revealing to anyone anything about mixing gunpowder into the sand.
After the incident was completed, these ninjas were suspended by Sanada Masayuki from all activities that required going out, and were all placed under house arrest in Honmaru's barracks to prevent them from having the opportunity to disclose the information to the outside world. These ninjas also knew in their hearts that this was probably
The gunpowder plan was a very important matter, so I didn't resist much and obediently accepted Sanada Masayuki's arrangement.
After the difficult night finally passed, Yu Qiuping, who had stayed up all night, was not sleepy at all. On the contrary, his bloodshot eyes alternately flashed with nervousness, excitement, and excitement, and his hands could not stop shaking. Because he understood
, as long as this matter is successful, his goal of revenge will be half accomplished. However, today's daytime and the subsequent collective soil-breaking action are the times when the secret is most likely to be leaked.
However, he still had a lot of worries in his heart. He was not worried about whether the plan would fail, but worried about whether he should tell Kaede Imagawa about this matter.
She said that she had given up her hatred and hoped that Yu Qiuping could allow these subordinates who were willing to risk their lives to follow her to live a stable life.
She also said that she hated Yu Qiuping for burying everything in his heart and carrying it on his own, while shutting her out from all problems.
She didn't want this, she didn't want Yu Qiuping to turn into a red leaf for her.
So, should I tell her about this?
Chapter completed!