Volume 6 Recruiting people to hear the Luocheng flute, chapter 839, haunting
During the time that Yu Qiuping left, the training of the three new infantry reserve units was almost completed. Yu Qiuping named them Jincao Bei, Xinghuo Bei, and Xinghuo Bei according to the Hongye Army's way of naming the reserve units with "five elements".
The reserve flags of Tianhe Bei are the Spring Grass Flag, the Torch Flag, and the Galaxy Flag. The reserve captain of Jincao Bei is Brigadier General Shinaki Nariyo, the reserve captain of Star Fire Bei is Brigadier General Haesuka Koroku, and the reserve captain of Tianhe Bei is
It's Brigadier General Uji Hidetaka.
Among the officers of the entire Hongye Army, the highest-ranking ones are Lieutenant General Takenaka Shigeharu, Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Masayuki Sanada, Director of the Military Intelligence Department, Lieutenant General Fukushima Yasunari, Captain of Tokiwa Preparation, and Lieutenant General Charlie, Captain of Meiru Dysprosium Preparation.
The captain of Yanagi Bibi, Nakahide Omaezaki, the captain of Risehara Bibi, Katsumasa Yoshioka, and the captain of Yushu Bibi, Yutō Ogawa, have also been promoted to major generals. The captain of Nirvana Bibi, Yu Qiushang, and the Captain of Wanjun Bibi, Kitahata Kageito
He is a brigadier general, but it is not long before they are promoted to major general. In addition, there are Brigadier General Maeda Keiji, the captain of the Copper Wall Reserve, Colonel Senju Okinari, the captain of the Jingzhe Reserve, and Lieutenant Colonel Shigehide Suzuki, the captain of the Special Forces Company.
Yu Qiuping took a look at the composition of the senior officers in his army. Almost all of them were old men who had been with the Imagawa family. As for the middle-level officers, they were mainly those from the Ono and Kinki regions, and even more from the Kinki region.
A little more. The grassroots soldiers are basically from Kinki. Yu Qiupei thought about the reason. Maybe it was because he did not expand the army on a large scale during his time in Owari and Mino. On the contrary, he expanded the army many times after moving into Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
The household registration ratio of the Red Leaf Army is quite different from the composition of the other legions of the Oda family - the middle and upper-class samurai in other legions are basically from Ono, while the lower-class soldiers are mainly recruited locally. This way
Yu Qiuping himself can't tell whether the structural proportion is good or bad. But one thing is certain - his army only listens to Yu Qiuping. If Yu Qiuping wants to lead them away from the Oda family, it will almost be impossible.
There will not be any resistance. And like Shibata Katsuie and Hashiba Hideyoshi, there are a large number of Ono warriors in their legions, and they may not be able to confront their former masters with swords. This is probably why Lin Xiuzhen is particularly wary of Yu Qiupei.
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The Hongye Army now has 10 infantry reserves, 1 cavalry reserve, 1 artillery reserve and 1 special company. The number of combat troops exceeds 18,000. Including auxiliary troops, the total strength will reach about 55,000. The Hongye Fleet has
With 1 ironclad ship, 3 battleships, 20 cruisers and 60 destroyers, the total number of naval personnel has reached about 14,000. The total number of troops available to the Hongye Army, even without the security forces, is close to 70,000——
This is equivalent to the mobilization amount of a giant daimyo with 2 million koku. Taking into account the Hongye Army's sophisticated equipment and ultra-high proportion of firearms equipment, it is impossible to do it without the financial resources of 3 million koku. However, Yu
The territory directly under Qiuping's own jurisdiction only amounted to 600,000 shi. This shows how much strength the advanced mobilization system, developed industry and commerce, and sufficient population can add to the Wu family.
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On May 15, the eighth year of Tianzheng (1580), senior officers of the Hongye Army gathered together in the staff headquarters of Maple Mountain Castle in the Hanoi Kingdom. What they were discussing was the latest order issued by Oda Nobunaga when he passed by Azuchi Castle after returning from the Eastern Expedition in Yuqiupei.
The instructions given to Yu Qiupei - the pacification of the four countries. Oda Nobunaga gave Yu Qiupei enough autonomy. How to act was completely left to Yu Qiupei to decide, including the free choice of daimyo, countrymen, and wealthy families. However, Oda Nobunaga
He asked Yu Qiuping to set aside at least 200,000 shi of territory, and he would send Yu Qiuping more force.
"Two hundred thousand koku?" Yu Qiupei couldn't help complaining after hearing Oda Nobunaga's request, "My lord, the sum of Awa and Sanuki countries is less than three hundred thousand koku. Tosa country's
The Chosou family is still an ally, and there are many local noble families in Iyo country. I have been busy for a long time, and I can only divide the areas captured on Shikoku Island into one country at most? Didn't you agree before that on Shikoku Island
Did you give me two countries?"
"Isn't it okay that I have changed my mind? What, you are not satisfied?" Oda Nobunaga seemed to be in a good mood. He laughed loudly and said, "Would you like me to give you a four-nation exploration topic?"
"Four Kingdoms Question?" Yu Qiuping held his forehead deeply, dumbfounded for a while, "Lord, is there such a service? You can draw cakes for me to satisfy my hunger, and you can't just make up a service. At least let's do a Kyushu Question or something like that.
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"The shogunate is gone, you still care about whether the service is real or fake. If I say there is, then there is." Oda Nobunaga said perfunctorily to Amakihei at that time, so Amakihei became the guardian of Izumi-Awaji and the guardian of Kawachi-Ki.
In addition to the guardianship, he also received a nondescript service position on the Four Kingdoms Quest.
"Then I have to make a request." Yu Qiuping saw that Oda Nobunaga had no intention of changing, so he made a condition, "If you are willing to do it, can you ask Kolon to take over. Take him from Mino Jinshan Castle
From there, it was transferred to the Four Kingdoms."
"That young man from the Mori family? Didn't he serve as a bodyguard for you before? Just a few days after he was released from your hands, you want to take him back again?" Oda Nobunaga laughed again, "I didn't expect it.
Are you still nostalgic for the past? Okay, I am right. But Cheng died for you back then, so it is only natural that you should take more care of his descendants."
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"The army force we plan to dispatch in this battle is about 30,000 people. As support, His Highness Ikeda will lead 6,000 people, Lord Sawaki will lead 4,000 people, and Lord Mori will lead 5,000 people to support, plus the Chosou family.
With 12,000 people, the total force will reach 57,000. However, the Sanhao family now only has the land of the Three Kingdoms, with only 30,000 troops, and lack of food and grass to fight for a long time. It is already a candle in the wind..."
In the assessment room of the staff headquarters, Fukuzawa Yunan was standing in front of the sand table giving a briefing to the officers. Takenaka Shigeharu who should have been in that position was sitting on a seat nearby. Yu Qiuping was sitting not far from Takenaka Shigeharu, some
He looked at Takenaka Shigeharu worriedly. His face was a little pale, his lips had no color, and his body was much thinner than before. He also made several violent coughs from time to time. And there was a faint trace of blood on the handkerchief covering his mouth.
With bloodstains.
The lung disease he suffered during the severe winter against the Uesugi family really left a root cause for Takenaka Shigeharu's already unhealthy condition. After that, Takenaka Shigeharu's physical condition was not good all the time. He basically never suffered from major or minor illnesses, and even walked long distances.
You will need crutches or someone to support you. In both the previous expedition to Kyushu and this time to Suruga, Yu Qiupei firmly disagreed with letting Takenaka Shigeharu travel long distances with the army, and instead asked Fukuzawa Yunan to accompany the army.
Fukuzawa Yunan completed a series of briefings, and the captains of each reserve team also completed reports on the combat readiness of their reserve teams. The evaluation meeting took a short adjournment and asked everyone to come back after lunch. Yu Qiuping did not
He was in a hurry to leave, but after everyone left, he came to Takenaka Shigeharu's side.
Takenaka Shigeharu noticed Yu Qiuping's movements, and there was a hint of loneliness in his expression.
"Hanbei, I know you may feel uncomfortable." Yu Qiuping sat down and patted Takenaka Shigeharu awkwardly, "But I hope that this time when you go to Shikoku, you will not join the army. The sea road is bumpy.
And Shikoku Island is about to enter the rainy season..."
"I went to Suruga before, and I no longer have any troops with me." Takenaka Shigeharu sighed with some difficulty, and whispered, "Your body has been fully cultivated. Your Highness does not need to be so careful."
"Why are you crying? You haven't stopped coughing, and you are getting thinner and thinner. I heard from the guards that you can't eat a bowl of rice in a day. Last time you came back from the four countries, weren't you acclimatized and very sick?" Yu Qiuping
He shook his head worriedly, "Don't work too hard and take good care of yourself. It's still early for the world to be peaceful. It doesn't mean that this battle will be the last. There will be other things to keep you busy in the future. If you don't take good care of yourself,
How is your body doing?"
"My body...how many 'futures' are there?" Takenaka Shigeharu showed a wry smile, and then coughed heavily, "I know my body best, and I want to return to the way it was before, on horseback.
Following His Highness's state during the Northern and Southern Wars, I'm afraid it will be impossible in this life. So I want to do my best to help Your Highness calm the world while I can still move and my mind can move. One year
A year counts as a battle."
"That way your body will deteriorate faster." Yu Qiuping made a very serious face and stared at Takenaka Shigeharu.
"As it gets worse, it gets worse. After all, a mortal body cannot live forever." Takenaka Shigeharu's words were much more relaxed than his cough. "Rather than being cared for to death in a hospital bed like an old patient. I would rather, samurai
Life can be exhausted on the battlefield, and it can be exhausted on the road to peace."
"Hanbei..." Yu Qiuping swallowed, "Don't worry...haven't you said before that no one in the world dares to say that my military strategy and the combat power of the Hongye Army can beat me. The Miyoshi family has already
It's the end of the road, don't you trust me to go alone?"
"But after all, it was Miyoshi Changqing and Shiga Icun... When Kyoto joined forces, I couldn't see his arrangement." Takenaka Shigeharu shook his head insistently and said, "Anyway, I have to take the next step first...
My health is getting worse and worse. Now I am barely able to recover to the point where I can go on an expedition, and I don’t know how long I can maintain it." Takenaka Shigeharu turned around and looked at Yu Qiuping, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, please agree to it while I am still able.
When the time comes, let’s go to the battlefield again.”
"No, your body really can't withstand the torture, just have a good rest." Yu Qiuping still refused unwaveringly.
"Your Highness, no matter how much you nurse yourself back to health, you won't get better. The most you can do is linger on the bed, lingering, so what's the point?" Takenaka Shigeharu was choked by his own cough just in the middle of his words.
"It's okay to linger on the bed... I still want you to stay with me more, and I also want you to see the peaceful and prosperous age. That's what I promised you and Nagamasa back then, isn't it? Nagamasa has already
...No more." Yu Qiuping's voice became a little excited, making Takenaka Shigeharu stunned.
"I don't want to wait until I finally calm down the world, end the cycle of chaos, and achieve long-term peace and stability. As a result, the partners who worked together for it are no longer there. No one can witness that peaceful age with me... That would be too uncomfortable.
Well, how I wish I could let you see with your own eyes that the ideal you have worked hard for your whole life will come true."
Yu Qiuping put his hand on Takenaka Shigeharu's pale and skinny palm, stared at Takenaka Shigeharu's bloodshot eyes very seriously and said, "Just to witness our ideals, take good care of your body and live a few more years."
, more than ten years. I know that for a warrior like you, keeping your military strategy and talent away from the battlefield to recuperate will be more painful than dying of illness. But your testimony is very important to me. Live well and promise me
Okay?"
"I swore back then that I would devote myself to His Highness until my death." Takenaka Shigeharu's eyes stayed on Yu Qiuping's hand and murmured, "The cherry blossoms are fleeting, but they have already left their youthful beauty in the world. Why should Your Highness force it?"
Can you stay on that branch a little longer?"
"Because what I like most are red leaves. Those leaves in autumn that must wait until the end before falling."