August 25, the sixth year of Tensho (1578), Hanakuma Castle.
After being reorganized by Hashiba Hideyoshi, the Nizi Relics Corps stationed at Hanakuma Castle with a reserve force of 1,500 people. Originally, Nizi Katsuhisa strongly requested to serve as the vanguard in this battle, but Hashiba Hideyoshi decided to let Momiji leave after careful consideration.
The army came to serve as the vanguard - after all, this battle is about a quick victory.
The offensive launched by the Oda family when the autumn harvest of the Western Kingdom was busy was quite consistent with Oda Nobunaga's usual rogue style of play. The Oda family, who occupied Onono and Kinki, had been able to easily maintain a large standing army, so they could ignore spring plowing.
He Akiharu went around to conquer. At Hideyoshi's request, the Oda family attacked Harima with three troops: Hashiba Hideyoshi, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Ame Akihei. Hashiba Hideyoshi and Ame Akihei marched west from Harima, while Akechi Mitsuhide led the army south from Tamba.
The Miyoshi family is currently in the process of harvesting, but years of battles and the number of soldiers far exceeding Shigao's numbers have kept them in crisis of food shortages, and they dare not delay any autumn harvest. The Miyoshi army on Shikoku Island was in danger before the autumn harvest was over.
Unable to summon troops to support Harima, Miyoshi Yoshihiro, who was guarding Harima, could only find a way. Even Miyoshi Yoshihiro of Himeji Castle was helpless against the approaching invasion because of the autumn harvest, so he could only scrape together 3,000 troops.
Human troops will symbolically go to the front line to defend. The defense of each city can only rely on the city lord himself.
The Miyoshi family thought they could not stop Hashiba, Akechi, and Uaki, so they had no choice but to ask Honganji for soldiers and food support. However, Oda Nobunaga had long seen through this and personally led the army directly under the Oda family to join Sakuma Nobumori's army.
Ishiyama surrounded the legion and launched a fierce attack on Ishiyama Gobo. The Momiji Fleet was also ordered to cruise at the mouth of the Kizu River, obstructing the flow of ships and completely blocking Honganji's support for the Miyoshi family.
The Miyoshi family then asked the Mori family for help. The Maori family was also harvesting in the autumn, so they could only ask Shimizu Souji and Ukita Hideie to urgently gather troops, but it was estimated that it would be some time before they could enter Harima. Before that, Miyoshi Yoshiki would have to
I figured out a way to solve the problem myself.
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At this time, on the wall of Hanakuma Castle, Yu Qiyu, dressed in military uniform, was walking quickly towards the Nizi family who were standing at the top of the city. As a member of Crow, the task he received from Amano Keitoku was to use the Ushiba family
He entered the Nizi army under the false identity of Jun Xie and monitored the movements of everyone in the Nizi family. Amano Keitoku suspected that there was a spy planted by the Maori family in the Nizi family, so after obtaining the consent of Hashiba Hideyoshi, he arranged for Yu Qiuyu to be a spy.
"My Excellency Fukuhara Chosuke, I have met you all." Hideyoshi Hideyoshi had already informed Nizi's family about military matters, so Yu Qiuyu directly reported his name and saluted everyone in Nizi's family, but he immediately felt a wave of excitement.
There was a hint of hostility. He raised his head in surprise and found that Nizi Shengjiu was looking at him with some disdain, and then whispered to the entourage on the side: "Our Nizi family is also a famous family in China, and we still need a young man and a half."
Come and teach us how to fight?"
Yu Qiuyou understood that Nizi Shengjiu's voice was deliberately heard by him, but he did not have an attack, but pretended not to hear and bowed again. This time, everyone in Nizi's family was embarrassed to put on airs, after all
He was also under the eaves, so he reluctantly bowed to Yu Qiuyou.
"Thank you Fukuhara-sama, and please give me your advice in the future!" Only Yukimori Yamanaka saluted Yuqiuyou very enthusiastically. Yuqiuyou glanced at his Mikazuki Antler Pocket and recognized this person's identity: "Yamanaka-sama, you are very polite.
, please give me some advice from the masters of the mountain."
At this moment, a warrior from the Nizi family standing by the female wall of Hanakuma Castle suddenly shouted excitedly: "Look! It's the Hongye Army! It's the Yuqiu family's army!"
Everyone followed the sound and saw that on the official road not far from the south of the city, patches of red leaf forest were shouting loud slogans and quickly marching westward along the official road. They listened to the drum beats and marched to neat beats, and the entire queue
As neatly as a knife cutting tofu, the spear in the ashigaru's hand pointed straight at the sky, motionless, while the red leaves on the helmet fluttered slightly with the sea breeze.
"If our Nizi family could have such strong soldiers, how could our vanguard position be taken away from us?" Nizi Katsuhisa sighed when he saw this, "Our Izumo men are all so loyal and brave, how could we lose to the people from Kinki?"
.If we can also have the military training method of His Highness, we will definitely be able to train soldiers that are far stronger than the Red Leaf Army!"
After Yu Qiuyou heard this, he snorted secretly in his heart, despising Nizi Shengjiu's arrogance. However, the surrounding Nizi's surviving ministers seemed to have a very strong sense of pride in their motherland, and they all agreed with their family governor's statement. Yu Qiuyou felt
Feeling a little unhappy, he turned around and walked to the female wall, looking at his own troops in the distance. Unknowingly, Yamanaka Yukimori also came to his side, staring at the Hongye Army in a daze, and kept sighing:
"What a soldier... what a soldier..."
"If the Izumo warriors are trained, they will definitely be no worse than this." Yuqiuyou didn't know why, but he deliberately used the words of everyone in Nizi's family just now to say sarcastically. However, Yamanaka Yukimori didn't seem to hear the underlying meaning of Yuqiuyou's words, but said very honestly:
"Sir Fukuhara, you are overly praised. Although I cannot say that I am good at military strategy, I am still somewhat accomplished. Such a strong army cannot be achieved through training. There is bottomless power behind it. My lord, you are a member of the Hashiba family.
Man, I heard that His Highness Chikuzen also imitated the Red Leaf Army in practicing military drills, so I must understand the difference."
"Master Yamanaka..." Yu Qiuyou was stunned when he heard this, and nodded slightly in embarrassment.
"There are maple leaves hovering on the mountain... The mountain maple flag, is that Tokiwa Bei?" After Yamanaka Yukimori saw Tokiwa Bei's military flag, he suddenly took a step forward with some excitement, pointed at Tokiwa Bei over the parapet. He looked at it intently for a while, and finally
He couldn't help but shook his head in admiration and said, "The strongest red leaf soldier in the world, the strongest red leaf soldier, Tokiwa Bei, really deserves his reputation. Without going into battle, just his marching spirit can already be seen that his martial arts is unparalleled in the world."
"Yamanaka-sama is too complimentary." Yu Qiuyou replied casually, but suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing - he was obviously from the Yu Chai family, how could he respond to other people's praise of Yu Qiujun like this? Yu Qiuyou tried in a panic
When Madoka came back, she realized that Yamanaka Yukimori didn't seem to care about what he was saying at all, but continued to stare at the Tongqiang Bei coming after Tokiwa Bei.
"The cavalry can actually perform such a formation..." Yamanaka Yukimori was so surprised that he couldn't believe his eyes, "This is the red leaf cavalry that defeated Chibei and Echigo cavalry in the battle formation..."
After the Tongqiang Bei, there is the Jingzhe Bei, which has been prepared for a long time and finally goes into battle. The flag of the reserve team is somewhat similar to the lightning flag of Wanjun Bei, but the angle is different and it is thinner. It is the flag of Senju Ounari and Naoe Noboru.
The artillery reserve, which Pingren has trained for a long time, has a total of 3 artillery companies. Each artillery company has 1 nine-pounder cannon, 3 six-pounder cannon and 12 three-pounder cannon. It is also equipped with some iron gunners and long guns to protect the artillery.
Soldiers and cavalry. Such powerful firepower is enough to suppress all long-range soldiers of any family in Japan. It is the result of several years of hard work by the Yuqiu family's ever-expanding Military Industry Department.
This time, Yamanaka Yukimori was completely speechless. He might have never seen a large tube before, and even if he had, he had never seen so many large tubes, so he was stunned for a while. When he came back to his senses
When they arrived, Suzuki Shigehide's special forces company had already passed Hanakuma Castle, and walking behind it was Charlie's Narubei.
"The iron gunners of this unit are extraordinary. They are better than the iron gunners of the previous units." Even though they were far away, even if they were just marching, Yamanaka Yukimori still saw some clues, which made Yu Qiuyou unable to help himself.
Secretly praise. Charlie is the best archery and iron cannon expert in Yuqiu's family. His training of the iron gunners of the Ming Dy Preparation Team is unmatched by any other reserve team.
"So many elite soldiers... The financial resources of the Yuqiu family are really bottomless. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the best martial arts family in the world." Yamazaka Yukimori glanced at the ranks of Red Leaf Army soldiers and auxiliary soldiers that stretched for several miles on the official road. He couldn't help but wonder.
Said with confidence. After half a year of repairs, the Red Leaf Army was fully mobilized for this battle. Ame Qiupei planned to pacify Harima, and directly let Narubei and Rakihara Bei and Hoshiyanagi from Iwaya Castle go to Akashi Port next to Iwaya Port.
The Beihe Liquor Bei changed shifts. The Hongye Army's team this time was also unprecedentedly large, with a total strength of nearly 30,000 people. Changpan Bei, Mingdi Bei, Liaoyuan Bei, Wanjun Bei, Tongqiang Bei, Jingzhe Bei, Special Forces Company
——And the reserve team at the end.
Yamanaka Yukimori, who had already calmed down, suddenly became excited again after seeing the reserve team walking at the end. He stood on tiptoes to see more clearly. Yu Qiuyou looked in the direction and saw the team.
The reserve team also wears paper red leaves - their reserve flag is the mountain phoenix.
Yu Qiuyou's face instantly darkened, but Yamanaka Yukimori did not notice anything strange about Yu Qiuyou, but praised again: "This reserve team... is very strong. But why haven't I heard of its flag? It is the new reserve team.
?"
"No matter how strong he is, can he be stronger than Tokiwa Bei?" Yu Qiuyou asked angrily.
"No, this reserve team can tell at a glance that there are many recruits. In terms of immediate combat strength, it is naturally not as good as Tokiwa Bei, or even as good as the other previous reserve teams. But..." Yamanaka Yukimori squinted his eyes, but couldn't take it in.
He looked at the admiration in his eyes, "But this reserve team...has an...indescribable decisive momentum. As long as this momentum exists, it will definitely not be underestimated in the future."
"Is this the new reserve team? Who is the reserve captain?" Yamanaka Yukimori waited for a long time. Seeing that Yu Qiuyu didn't answer, he turned around and asked again, "Fukuhara-sama?"
"This is Nirvana." Yu Qiuyou's tone was a little strange.
Chapter completed!