Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 889 Thirsty Kill
On September 29, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), Mount Hisatsu behind Tottori Castle in Inaba Province.
"Okay, this should be the last one." Hideuchi Hashiba held his waist and breathed a long sigh of relief. The diggers behind him were exploring and confirming around the spring. He didn't know when his brother took Hosokawa
The gold diggers from Ikuno Ginzan under Fujitaka's command were mobilized, and these skilled miners were asked to search for the water source to destroy Tottori Castle on the Hisamatsu Mountain behind Tottori Castle. Tottori Castle is a mountain city, and the water source mainly comes from the city.
The Chiyo River and spring water outside. Now they can't go out of the city to fetch water, so the river is the only source. As long as the springs are dug out, Tottori Castle will be without water.
As the person in charge of this project, Hideuchi Hashiba has been leading the Nuggets around the mountain for a month. He has inspected area after area and destroyed more than a dozen springs. The one in front of him should be the last one.
——It’s already halfway up the mountain. There should be no water source leading to Tottori Castle any higher.
After the diggers explored the surrounding area, they finally started digging. According to their efficiency, within an hour, there would be no more water flowing down here.
"It's finally done." Hashiba Hideucha rubbed his sore back and glanced at the mosquito bites on his arm. This month has been really tough. He was originally a person who liked mountain scenery, but now he looked at it
When he reached the green mountains, he felt sick for a while, and quickly turned his gaze to the distance - a wide official road winding southward was filled with auxiliary soldiers and civilians pushing pushcarts in neat and interactive queues.
In the past month, the Red Leaf Army has not been idle. Under the command of the Red Leaf Army's engineering unit, the auxiliary soldiers of the Red Leaf Army repaired the entire mountain road from Tenjinzan Castle to the foot of Tottori Castle, widening the mountain road by almost half.
All the potholes and uneven places have been filled in. It is really impressive that such work efficiency can be achieved in such complex terrain. With this new official road, the originally tight logistical pressure has been relieved.
Every day, mountains of baggage are transported from the rear to the front.
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People on the mountain road didn't know that someone on Hisamatsu Mountain behind Tottori Castle was watching them. The auxiliary soldiers and civilians were sweating like rain, transporting food, ammunition, and ordnance, pushing carts forward quickly. The traffic volume of the official road and
There are strict restrictions on the traffic rules. The right two-thirds of the road is used by the transport team heading north, while the left third of the road is reserved for the auxiliaries returning empty vehicles-because returning empty vehicles will be faster.
There are a lot of them, so the corresponding roads are a little narrower.
On this official road of more than 100 miles, the engineering team of the Hongye Army built nearly 10 rest places, prepared a large number of mats and sleeping bags for the auxiliary soldiers to take a nap or sleep, and also provided food and water at any time. During the rest
There are also a large number of craftsmen and replacement trolleys on site in case of damage to the transportation tools.
Every 100 meters or so, there will be a small outpost. The soldiers in the outpost are responsible for observing the surrounding situation on the one hand, and directing the traffic on the other. Different goods have different transportation levels, and sometimes auxiliary soldiers
We need to collectively make way for the cavalry or the carriages carrying emergency supplies to pass.
In the mountain forest outside the official road, the Red Leaf Army also set up a series of overt or covert strongholds, stationed by ninjas from the Military Intelligence Department and iron gunners from the special company, to prevent enemy troops from attacking the transport team, which also played a role.
The role of keeping an eye on the enemy's situation. At the three key passes of Kageishi, Chizu, and Kusune, a company of Tianhe Bei is stationed respectively. Once a large group of enemy troops attack, they are responsible for guarding the official road, so as to allow the troops under Tottori Castle to
The main force of the Red Leaf Army can go south to support.
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At this time, in the Momiji Army barracks south of Tottori Castle, Amakihei and Akechi Mitsuhide were watching the situation on the southern official road from the watchtower.
"As expected of the red leaves." Akechi Mitsuhide sighed with approval, "It has almost doubled the traffic volume of this mountain road. You are really good at doing these things."
Originally, the mountain road in the south from Sanyo Road to Sanin Road in the north only needed to be responsible for the transportation of Yu Qiupei and Hashiba Hideyoshi's troops, while Akechi Mitsuhide himself used the official road of Sanin Road to come.
Supplies. Before Yu Qiuping repaired the official road, the transportation volume of the two mountain roads was almost the same. Since the number of Hongye Army and Hashiba Army was almost three times that of Akechi Army, supplies could not keep up with consumption, and they had to borrow from Akechi Mitsuhide.
Some grain. However, after Yu Qiuping's official road repair plan was completed, the transportation volume of the road suddenly increased greatly. Now, the baggage transported from the official road in the south can in turn supply part of Akechi Mitsuhide.
"We often do this in the territory, and we are familiar with the roads." Yu Qiuping thought of the large-scale general repair plan of the official roads in the territory that Naoe Tadayei was previously responsible for. When he repaired the official roads this time, he urgently received an urgent request from Naoe Tadayei from Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
He mobilized a group of his subordinates to take command.
"With this official road, I don't have to worry about how long it will take with the Mori family. They always have to plow in the spring." Akechi Mitsuhide leaned on the pillar of the watchtower very relaxedly, "I don't even need to give up.
The water is gone. If we wait until spring plowing, they will withdraw their troops and Tottori Castle will collapse."
"Long nights and many dreams will lead to changes. It is better for Hideyoshi to cut off the water. If the water is cut off, they will not be able to survive in November. If they want to do spring plowing, they will have to wait until January of next year." Yu Qiuping responded while looking at Akechi Mitsuhide.
posture, "Hey, Mitsuhide, be careful, don't fall."
"No way." Akechi Mitsuhide smiled, "I'm not as tall as you."
"It's always dangerous." Yu Qiuping glanced at the low fence. Seeing that Mitsuhide Akechi didn't move, he simply pulled her over. "Next time, I will change the engineering drawings with them and fix the watchtower."
The fence should be made higher.”
"Really, you are still the same, like to worry about these useless things." Akechi Mitsuhide sighed, looked at Yu Qiuping's profile, and murmured.
"I suddenly realized something." Yu Qiuping turned around and looked in the direction of Tottori Castle.
"What?" Mitsuhide Akechi asked in confusion.
"You said, if there is a shortage of water..." Yu Qiuping's eyes gradually became solemn, "Will there be a fight in Tottori City?"
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On September 30, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), the last well in Tottori Castle dried up due to the Hashiba army's water cutoff operation. Although Yamana Yutoyo had already begun to reserve water in advance after he became aware of the possible water cutoff operation of the Hashiba family.
However, the water demand of tens of thousands of people in the city is still a bit overwhelming for him. As early as half a month ago, Tottori Castle was already in a water shortage due to one after another water sources being dug out. And a few days ago,
The Hashiba Army and the Akechi Army took action one after another, capturing the Tottori Castle Castle Town and the Yankane Mountain, Maruyama and other passes around Tottori Castle. They completely blocked Tottori Castle and cut off the possibility of the Tottori Castle defenders going out to collect water.
Complete severance inevitably brought about conflicts within the city.
"Tch..." At this moment, Urakami Munekage looked at the few barrels of drinking water sent by the Yamana family for the whole Urakami army today, and couldn't help spitting on the ground. Those few Yamana family soldiers also did not give them
Urakami Munekage looked good. After seeing Urakami Munekage's rude attitude, he bowed hastily and left.
"There are hundreds of us, and we only have to give away these few buckets of water. How can there be enough to drink?" Urakami Munekage cursed angrily, "Not even one person can drink a sip."
"I heard that in the early hours of this morning, the last well was broken." Goto Katsumoto explained to his lord at the side, "There is nothing we can do...the water storage in the city will not last for a few days, and the water will be cut off soon."
"When the water supply was not cut off before, they didn't give us much. Why did the Yuxi family have more than 300 barrels every day? We only had 20 barrels a day before! And there were two wells at the Yuxi family residence that were dry only yesterday.
What? Why do they want so much water?" Urakami Munekage's resentment towards the Uki family was as deep as the ocean.
"Ukita's army also has a large number of people...and they need a lot of water. And..." Goto Katsumoto pursed his lips and lowered his voice and said, "Now in Tottori City, the Yamana family doesn't just have the final say.
Forget it. The main force of the Yamano family suffered heavy losses before, and now their military strength is not as large as that of the Ukita family... If the Ukita Nao family is really pushed into a hurry, the Ukita Nao family may backhand and seize Tottori Castle.
Give it to the Oda Army."
"His son has been killed, how can he still surrender to the city?" Urakami Munekage spat on the ground again, "That guy is usually cruel, but he only loves his son. Now his son has been killed
Yu Chaijun was killed, so he must be determined to take revenge."
"Anyway..."
"No matter what, this little water is not enough!" Urakami Munekage pointed to the buckets of water.
"Oh, my lord... I have no choice but to rely on others... I have to bow my head." Goto Katsumoto said earnestly to try to calm down Urakami Munekage, "Besides, Nizi's family gets less water than us every day."
"The Nizi family has a grudge against the Yamana family. How could Yamana Yutaka give them water?" Urakami Munekage snorted coldly and looked towards a house not far away - where the Nizi family's four-eye flag was flying.
"There are old and new grudges. If the Nizi family can't bear it anymore, they might start grabbing water from the Yamano family." Urakami Munekage laughed twice, then walked to the water can and scooped up a small amount with a small bamboo spoon.
He brought his saliva to his mouth and sipped it, "If a fight really breaks out, do we want to get a share of the action?"
"Lord, now that we are facing a powerful enemy, if we continue to fight among ourselves, we will be doomed." Goto Katsumoto walked up to Urakami Munekage and whispered in a very serious voice.
"When that time comes, it doesn't mean that I can't avoid internal strife because I can't think of it." Urakami Munekage saw clearly at this time, "Even if you don't want to participate, you will still be involved."
"Your Highness Yamana is also an old fox, so he will not live in vain for a lot of years." Goto Katsumoto saw that Urakami Munekage had said this, his face became gloomy, and he whispered, "If it really comes...
If you don't drink enough and have to fight internally... His Highness Yamana should come back to you for cooperation. After all, the Urakami family has a grudge against the Uki family, he has a grudge against the Nizi family, and the Uki family is the strongest here, so the threat must be eliminated both emotionally and rationally.
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"Hey, before you tried to persuade me to do this and that, didn't you end up thinking ahead of me?" Urakami Munekage glanced at his loyal family elder who had been with him for many years, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"As a retainer, you must have this kind of consciousness. But I hope it won't come to that day." Goto Katsumoto raised his head slightly, his eyes were particularly solemn, "Because no matter we win or lose in the internal strife, Urakami