On March 12, the second year of Tianzheng (1574), inside the castle tower of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
The guest sitting in front of Yu Qiuping is an elegant middle-aged man in purple samurai uniform, named Xiangzong Gabe Qintai. He is the third son of Changsong Gabe Kunichin and the younger brother of Changsong Gabe Yuanqin.
, adopted to inherit the territory of the Kosogabe family. As his brother's right-hand man, Kosogabe Okinitai has made great contributions to the unification of Tosa and the confrontation between the Chosogabe family and the Miyoshi family over the years. Therefore, Chosogabu family
Bu Yuanqin relied heavily on him and almost obeyed his advice on foreign affairs.
And this time, the arrival of Xiang Zong's subordinate Qin Tai is a request to the Yuqiu family and the Oda family, the head of the Yuqiu family, to form an alliance to deal with the two common enemies-the Miyoshi family. However, it is not so much
Forming an alliance is rather a request for help from the Chosonggabu family.
The Miyoshi family is still a behemoth in Western Japan. It controls the three kingdoms on Shikoku Island, Iyo Country in the northwest, Sanuki Country and Awa Country in the northeast. In addition, it also controls Seto.
Awaji Country, which is a key point in the inland sea, controls Settsu Country in Kinki, part of Izumi Country, and Harima Country in Sanyo Road. It has a huge territory of about 1.5 million koku, more than 60,000 troops, and the most powerful navy in Japan -
-The Awaji navy with more than 800 large and small ships. And the Maori family, another behemoth of the Western Kingdom, is his ally at this moment.
Such an enemy is obviously not something that the Chosogabe family, which is located in a corner, can handle alone. Although the Tosa Kingdom under the control of the Chosogabe family is huge, the land is barren, and the height of the stone is only 200,000 koku. Relying on a leader
With such huge mobilization power, the Chosougabe family could only manage to gather 10,000 motley troops for local operations. This was completely disproportionate to the strength of the Miyoshi family. Previously, the Chosougabu family was able to unify Tosa and even go north.
The main reason for harassing the Miyoshi family is that the Miyoshi family did not pay attention to Tosa Country.
Things are different now. The Miyoshi family seems to be planning to solve the problem of Shikoku Island once and for all. As early as more than ten years ago, Miyoshi Changqing and the others realized the importance of a solid foundation under Yu Qiuping's unconscious awakening - but they
Focusing on the rich Iyo, Settsu, and Harima, rather than the barren Tosa. However, as the fragmented Tosa was unified, the power of the Chosogabe family was enough to cause some trouble, which the Miyoshi family could not
Things that were allowed to happen in their back garden. Therefore, after leaving Miyoshi Changitsu to take charge of Izumi, Miyoshi Yoshihide to take charge of Harima, Anzhai Fuyayasu and Araki Murashige to take charge of Settsu, they transferred the rest of the main force back
Shikoku Island.
The Miyoshi family expected to launch an attack on Tosa Kingdom from three directions: the West Route Army, led by Miyoshi Yoshihiro, would attack the Nakamura Imperial Palace in Nishi Tosa from Iyo Province, with a strength of about 9,000 troops; the East Route Army, led by Tokawa Ichino, would attack Tosa
On the coastline of the eastern part of the country, the attack on Aki Castle in Higashi Tosa was also 9,000 troops; the middle route army was personally commanded by Miyoshi Chokei, and it penetrated directly from Shiroji Castle into the core of Tosa Country - Oka Toyo, who is also the headquarter of Nagasune's family.
The city has about 20,000 troops. By dispatching such a large-scale force, it seems that the Mihaoshi family is determined to eliminate the Changzong family and will not retreat due to various unfavorable factors.
The general attack is expected to be launched in mid-April after the spring plowing is over. The Chosogabe family knows that they are no match, so they have to ask the Oda family for help. It is hoped that the Oda family can take advantage of the opportunity that the main force of the Miyoshi family is in Shikoku.
Attack the Miyoshi family's territory on Honshu Island and force the Miyoshi family to return.
After expressing this long paragraph, Xiang Zong's subordinate Qin Tai fell silent, waiting for Yu Qiuping's reply. According to the newly planned army system of the Oda family, the army commanders of the various directions of the Oda family have great authority.
, you can decide on your own whether to choose allies. Therefore, whether the Changzong family's request for alliance can succeed depends largely on Yu Qiuping's judgment. At this moment, Yu Qiuping was lost in thought.
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From the perspective of international relations, this is undoubtedly an excellent choice. "Distant diplomacy and close attack" describe the best diplomatic strategy for the current situation. Due to the territorial distance between the Yuqiu family and the Changzonggabu family, in a short period of time,
There will be no conflict of interest. And since they have a common enemy, the Sanhao Family, weakening the Sanhao Family can satisfy the interests of both parties. Therefore, it is almost a natural choice for the two to cooperate to deal with the Sanhao Family.
However, there was another reason that put Yu Qiuping in trouble - it was an order drafted by the Oda family not long ago. According to Ikeda Hengxing, this order was drafted by Lin Xiuzhen after suggesting it to Oda Nobunaga, but it was
A share of the credit was given to Oda Nobutada, and the publication was published in his name to establish his prestige.
The order's requirements are simple: from now on, all large-scale battles with the Mihaoshi family will be postponed to busy farming times as much as possible.
When Yu Qiuping first saw this order, he couldn't help but applaud for this simple and to-the-point order.
Because after more than ten years of reforms by Oda Nobunaga, the degree of separation between soldiers and peasants has become higher and higher. The Oda family has mastered the rich grain producing areas of Owari, Mino, and Omi, and the Oda family has the ability to organize a large-scale standing army.
The strength of the corps. The standing troops are similar to the Yuqiu family's Red Leaf Army. All soldiers are off-duty mercenary soldiers. They do not need to participate in production. They only need daily training and accompanying the army on expeditions. Their salaries are paid by the master's family.
On the other hand, the Miyoshi family has almost the lowest ratio of standing troops in Japan. This is because the Miyoshi family maintains a number of troops that far exceeds the number of Ishigaoka - most of them were brought along with the Miyoshi family when the Miyoshi family withdrew from Kinki.
The troops evacuated together. They came from Kinki, but they were backlogged in Shikoku. Although the countries controlled by the Miyoshi family were not barren, they were not large-scale grain-producing areas. Food supply for so many people was quite tight. The Miyoshi family had no choice but to collect large amounts of food.
The wasteland was reclaimed and cultivated by the migrating troops. They cultivated the land during the busy farming period and went out to fight during the slack farming period. Only in this way could they barely maintain operations.
Therefore, spring plowing and autumn harvest are particularly important to the Sanhao family. Once these troops fail to return to the territory to work in time for spring plowing and autumn harvest, the food and income for the next year will be lost, and the Sanhao family will not distribute enough to support the whole family.
Salary. During the last massive siege of Oda, the Miyoshi family had to withdraw its troops because of the food crisis. This was the disadvantage brought about by the integration of soldiers and farmers. In the Oda family's army, there were more standing soldiers than peasant soldiers.
They are not engaged in production and do not have their own farmland. There is no need to rush back to the territory during the busy farming season and disband the troops to farm. Of course, going out to war during the busy farming season will also have an impact on the Oda family's grain harvest, but the Oda family has the capital to do so.
Their annual battle plans are not limited by busy farming seasons.
Therefore, Lin Xiuzhen suggested that when the Oda family confronts the Miyoshi family, they must go out during the busy farming season, forcing the Miyoshi family to give up farming and come to fight. The Oda family does not even need to win, as long as the Miyoshi family's
By dragging the army here, it has achieved its goal. If things go on like this, sooner or later the Sanhao family will collapse due to insufficient food reserves. This is a ruthless plan to lose three hundred to oneself and kill a thousand enemies in one move. It is either a conspiracy or a naked conspiracy.
Two bottles of poison were placed on the table, allowing Sanhaojia to choose one and drink it.
The Miyoshi family could either choose not to assemble troops and continue farming to ensure food - in which case their territory would be captured by the Oda family's standing soldiers; or they could choose to carry out the same separation of soldiers and farmers as the Oda family and use standing soldiers who did not need to produce to fight
A duel between the Oda family's standing troops. However, the territory controlled by the Miyoshi family is far less productive than the Oda family, and may only be able to maintain a standing army of less than 40,000 people. This is equivalent to reducing the Miyoshi family's military strength without a single battle.
Went a third.
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Everyone in the Oda family, including Amakihei, is convinced that this rogue strategy will achieve great success. Therefore, Oda Nobunaga plans to assemble the main force of the Oda family to attack Nagashima after the spring plowing at the end of March to eliminate the troubles that plague the organization.
Nagashima has been suppressed by the Tian family for a long time. When summer passes and autumn arrives, they will lead a large army to attack the Miyoshi family, and at the same time launch an attack on Settsu and Izumi. This order was also drafted in the name of Oda Nobutada and sent to
He recruited Sakuma Nobumori and Yu Qiupei, who were on the front line of the Miyoshi family's confrontation, and ordered them not to attack during the slack season.
This makes Yu Qiuping very embarrassed - because the Sanhao family is planning to take advantage of the summer slack period to kill the Changzong family. If the Yuqiu family cannot send troops to contain it, it will be difficult for the Changzong family to survive this situation.
After the disaster, Shikoku Island will be unified into the back garden of the Miyoshi family. After that, the Yuqiu family will have to face the Miyoshi family who has no worries about their future. Losing the Nagasougabe family will also lose an important factor against the Miyoshi family.
Allies, this is what Yu Qiuping, as the leader of the Sanhao Raiders, does not want to see.
If it were in the past, Ame Qiupei could have written to Oda Nobunaga, explained the current situation to him, and asked for permission to send troops. According to Oda Nobunaga's temper, although he was moody, perverse and violent, he had no regard for the talents and talents of his subordinates.
However, this time the situation was different. Oda Nobunaga publicly announced the order signed by Oda Nobutada to the entire Oda family. Apparently he wanted to use this outstanding order to establish prestige for his heir and to
Oda Nobutada paved the way. This was Oda Nobutada's first publicly issued order. If Yu Qiupei raised objections at this time, it would be a disgrace to Oda Nobunaga and Oda Nobutada, making them unable to step down. Even if Yu Qiupei raised objections at this time, it would be a disgrace to Oda Nobunaga and Oda Nobutada.
Akihira secretly wrote a letter and successfully persuaded Oda Nobunaga to agree to send troops. However, in the eyes of outsiders, Oda Nobutada just said that all ministries should exercise restraint and then sent troops to Uakihira. The future young master's prestige was not good.
Just sweep the floor?
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"Your Majesty, are there any difficulties? If we need any guarantee from the Changzong family, the Changzong family is willing to entrust the heir." Yu Qiuping's silence was mistakenly thought by Xiangzong's Qintai.
Threatening the Chosou family. At the moment of life and death, Xiangsong family did not dare to trust Tai, and honestly stated the bottom line of the negotiation, "If we defeat the Miyoshi family in the future, Sanuki, Awa, Nagasaki in Shikoku Island will be defeated."
The Sogabe family also promised not to move an inch of land, and only asked for half of Iyo, and were willing to make a written guarantee."
Chapter completed!