After Qiuping returned to the inn, he recognized the attendant of Asai Nagamasa at a glance. The latter was sitting panting and resting aside. As soon as he saw Yu Qiuping coming, he immediately went to greet him.
"Master Yuqiu, I am here under the order of my lord, please go to Omi to help!" The attendant knelt down and saluted.
"Your Highness, what's going on?" Yu Qiuping looked at Sena Shitoshi doubtfully.
"After the Rokkaku family heard the news about the break between the Asai family and the Rokkaku family, they immediately prepared their troops for war and prepared to conquer the Asai family north," Sena Ujitoshi said.
"That's right." The attendant lowered his head and said, "My lord said that he has little talent and knowledge and doesn't know how to use the eagle equipment that you have helped him to train. However, Lord Yuqiu is famous for his martial arts, and I hope to invite you to come and counsel on military affairs!"
Yu Qiuping suddenly remembered that in the previous history, after the Asai family completed the change of power and the Rokkaku family broke up, the leader of the Rokkaku family, Rokkaku Yoshihide, led an army of 25,000 to attack the Asai family in the third year of Yonglu (1560). But now, because of the Asai family,
The coup was brought forward one year, and the battle between the Rokkaku family and the Asai family was also brought forward one year accordingly.
In the history of the previous life, this battle was Asai Nagamasa's famous battle - the Battle of Noragada. The Asai army, which had only half the number of the Rokkaku family, relied on Asai Nagamasa's fierce fighting to defeat the Rokkaku family's army in one fell swoop and recovered a large number of troops.
As a result, the Asai family rose to become a force that could compete with the Rokkaku family.
Originally, Asai Nagamasa would have won a complete victory in this battle. Yu Qiuping was also eager to participate in this famous battle of the Warring States Period and contribute to the victory of the Asai family.
After obtaining the permission of Sena Ujitoshi, Uakiuhei quickly returned eastward with Amano Keitoku, Maeda Toshiie, Honda Nabenosuke, Sanada Masayuki and Matsushita Karuran, preparing to help the Asai family. And Sena
Uji Toshinori repeatedly told Yu Qiuping not to act in a big way, especially not to participate in the battle as a member of the Imagawa family.
Sena Ujitoshi continued to stay in Kyoto with the rest of the people, waiting for a series of interviews.
Since the Rokkaku family had sealed off the border with the Asai family at this time, and even the vast waters of Lake Biwa were under martial law, all passenger ships coming and going needed to undergo strict inspection. The group had to follow the envoy's route, that is, back to the west bank of Lake Biwa
The territory of the Asai family. As the treasure of Omi, Lake Biwa is located west of the center of Omi. To the northeast of Lake Biwa is Kita Omi, and to the southeast and south of Lake Biwa is Minami Omi.
Along the way, although the scenery was meandering and the clear and transparent Lake Biwa shone brightly in the sunlight, Yu Qiuping had no intention of admiring it and just tried his best to drive. Finally, he made it back to Otani Castle on July 28.
Asai Nagamasa also personally waited outside the castle town of Odani Castle with more than a dozen attendants to greet Yu Qiuping and his party.
"Brother! You are indeed here!" Asai Nagamasa stepped forward and clasped his fists, "I knew that brother would definitely come back to help me! What did some of the family's important ministers say? If the war is fierce and dangerous, my brother will protect himself wisely and will not participate.
Come in."
"You are my sworn brother, how can I stand by and watch!" Yu Qiuping got off his horse, "Besides, I have neither money nor soldiers, so I can only come here in person, hoping to be of some help!"
"No matter what, I, Nagamasa, will always remember this friendship in my heart!" Asai Nagamasa made a gesture of invitation, "Brother, please follow me into the city."
Xiaodani Castle has almost changed compared to when Yu Qiuping first arrived a month ago. The sound of neat drills can be heard in the area where the warriors live, and the autumn harvest grain and grass transported from various territories are lined up in long queues to enter Xiaodani Castle.
The city was transported and moved into the warehouse by civilian workers. There was an atmosphere of active preparation for war everywhere. Yu Qiuping followed Asai Nagamasa through the small pill at the foot of the mountain - that is where Asai Hisamasa lived in seclusion. The woods were gloomy and it was a quiet place.
.The group continued up the mountain, passing Kyogoku Maru, and then the Honmaru of Kotani Castle. The group entered the castle tower of Honmaru, and saw a huge map of Omi spread out on the table. The three generals Kai Akame and many wealthy families
They all gathered around the table and discussed the situation of the battle.
"Everyone, I would like to say hello to Mr. Yuqiu." After Asai Nagamasa arrived, he immediately called on everyone to salute Yuqiu. After everyone clasped their fists in greeting, the evaluation meeting began.
"How is the situation now?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"Both sides are preparing for war, and the war is about to break out." Tsuna Kaibo replied personally, "Ten days ago, the Rokkaku family announced that the governor had betrayed his faith and exiled his father. The Rokkaku family will attack the unjust governor, His Highness, and regain the position of head of the family for the governor of the old family."
"But then the governor of his hometown immediately stated that he had voluntarily retired, which caused the Rokkaku family to lose their excuse for a while." Akao Kiyosuna continued to analyze, "But the Rokkaku family did not give up, but betrayed the alliance by breaking the engagement contract with the Asai family.
For this reason, I announced that I will attack the Asai family."
"Since the autumn harvest is currently underway, the Rokkaku family has not yet begun to recruit troops from all the wealthy families. However, the troops of the Rokkaku family have already completed their assembly in Guanyinji City, and some wealthy families to the west of Guanyinji City are also recruiting troops. We estimate that the autumn harvest is complete.
After that, the Rokkaku family will probably gather all the troops in Guanyinji City to attack us, and the strength may reach 20,000 people." Tsunauchika Kaiboku analyzed.
"How many more days will the autumn harvest end?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"About four days, maybe five days," replied the Anyangji family member responsible for the autumn harvest.
"Then how many troops can we summon?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"We can gather at least 12,000 people," Asai Nagamasa replied, "but this does not include the wealthy families in Aichi County and Inugami County. If there are a large number of wealthy families in these two counties who respond to our recruitment order, we can gather up to 14,000 people.
Human troops.”
In Yu Qiupei's previous life, the Rokkaku family had about 25,000 troops, while the Asai family had only 11,000 troops. Since the war started a year earlier, the Rokkaku family's erosion of the Asai family's territory and wealthy family was not so complete, and the gap in military strength was also small.
Not that disparity.
As a large country of 770,000 koku, coupled with developed agriculture, commerce and handicrafts, Omi has gathered a large population. The entire Omi country can mobilize an army of more than 30,000 people. This is already equivalent to a million koku daimyo.
Mobilized.
"Then it looks like there won't be too much of a disparity in military strength." Yu Qiuping looked at Asai Nagamasa. "As long as we stick to it, it won't be difficult to force the Rokkaku family back." Yu Qiuping said as he thought about it, this was still a balanced situation.
Maybe there is no need to persuade Asai Nagamasa to fight to the death like he did in his previous life.
"But the Koga ninjas of the Rokkaku family are very powerful." Tsunachika Uboku reminded, "They are elusive and good at harassment operations. Moreover, the intelligence network formed by the Koga ninjas gives the Rokkaku family a huge advantage in intelligence. Together, we
They know exactly how many people there are and which reserve teams there are. In the entire Kinki, no matter what the situation is, the Rokkaku family cannot hide it from the eyes of the Rokkaku family. This is the capital they rely on to compete with the Miyoshi family."
Yu Qiuping glanced at Masayuki Sanada, who lowered his head solemnly, thinking about something. After a long time, he suggested: "I wonder if I can check all the current information about the Rokkaku family from the Asai family."
Tsunachika Uboku looked at Asai Nagamasa, who nodded affirmatively. Tsunachika Uboku asked someone to lead Masayuki Sanada away.
"Since there is a huge difference in intelligence, it is safer to defend the city." Yu Qiuping said.
"This is what we plan to do," Asai Nagamasa pointed at the map and said: "If we want to attack North Omi from Minami Omi, there are only two ways. One is to march along the west bank or the east bank of Lake Biwa. The road on the west bank is not only a long way
It is far away, the road is narrow and rugged, and there are a large number of small wealthy families and people in the country, which is not conducive to the movement of a large army. When the Rokkaku family attacked our Asai family, most of them took this road on the east bank of Lake Biwa."
"Although the road on the east coast is flat, it is not wide. It is sandwiched between Lake Biwa and the Ibuki Mountains, forming a narrow corridor. Mount Sawa is located in the center of this corridor. Sawa Mountain Castle is like
The lock of this corridor. As long as Sawayama Castle is defended, the Hexagon Army can bypass both sides of the mountain castle, but the baggage train cannot pass safely and it is difficult to take a step into Kitaomi!" Nagamasa Asai shook his fist excitedly, "Isono
Your Excellency is the lord of Sawayama Castle, and he has arrived at Sawayama Castle earlier to set up defenses! When the autumn harvest is over and the grain and grass harvested in the Kitaomi River are transported to Sawayama Castle, the 1,200 defenders in the city will be able to sustain it for half a year!"
"Our plan now is to wait until the autumn harvest is over, gather the army and set up camp around Sawayama Castle, rely on the defense of Sawayama and Sawayama Castle, and firmly block the Hexagon Army in Minamiomi!" Asai Nagamasa said with an energetic smile:
"We must let Rokkaku Yoshihide return in defeat!"
After the evaluation meeting ended, it was almost evening. After Yu Qiupei arranged for his subordinates to stay, he accepted the invitation of Asai Nagamasa and went to Kyogoku Maru to inspect the training of Eagle Bei.
"How is Eagle Bei's training going?" Yu Qiuping and Asai Nagamasa walked outside the training ground gate and asked.
"I have been training according to my brother's regulations. As for the effect, I will know it at a glance!" Asai Nagamasa proudly opened the door himself, and saw 500 soldiers solemnly lined up in ten square formations, standing in military postures, meticulous.
The movement made Yu Qiuping think for a moment that he was seeing Tokiwa Bei.
These ashigaru have been standing here in a military posture all afternoon. This kind of resilience makes Yu Qiuping marvel. The white eagle flag flying high in the sky is particularly dazzling in the sunset.
Next, the commanding team of Asai Nagamasa conducted a series of three-sided turning and formation changing training, which made Yu Qiupei admire him. Although the training time was only a short month, he and Tokiwa Beihan, who had been training for a year,
There are some differences, but this discipline and neatness are enough to be proud of the entire Kinki region. However, unlike the Tokiwa Bei, the weapons equipped by the Eagle Bei are not uniform cheap spears, but more expensive and sophisticated samurai swords.
This is because there are many people in Eagle Betting who come from Asai Nagamasa's flags, and they themselves are swordsmen. In addition, the financial resources of the Asai family are not comparable to those of Yu Qiupei, and Asai Nagamasa spent all the military expenses of his flags.
After arming this reserve force, it can naturally be equipped with katana swords and utensils.
"How many of you have been on the battlefield?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"Although it is a brand new reserve force, more than half of them were former Hatamoto samurai or Ashigaru who had been on the battlefield." Nagamasa Asai smiled proudly.
"The brand new reserve team..." Yu Qiuping suddenly frowned and asked, "The Eagle Bei hasn't appeared in front of outsiders yet, has it?"
"No, they are all trained in Kyogoku Maru. In order to deal with father's questioning, when I recruited troops from abroad, I always used it as an excuse to expand my troops. The flag of the Eagle Bei has never been displayed outside. My family has
There are still many people who don’t know the existence of this army." Nagamasa Asai replied, "What's wrong?"
Chapter completed!