On May 7, the seventh year of Yonglu (1564), Yu Qiuping completed the assembly of troops in the territory. This time, the Yu Qiu family dispatched a total of 600 soldiers and 400 auxiliary soldiers recruited from the territory - Yu Qiuping's
20,000 stone territory, many of whom have been selected into the combat team, and the rest can probably only recruit so many auxiliary soldiers. Due to the serious imbalance in the ratio of combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, Yu Qiuping's combat soldiers are still
They had to march in full uniform to reduce the logistical pressure on the auxiliary troops. A total of 1,000 Ashigaru and 50 cavalry approached the border with Oda Nobukiyo's territory from the west.
This time, there are two brand-new troops in Yu Qiuping's army. First, the cavalry platoon of Aneshan Reliance was officially announced. After Yu Qiuping got rich, he expanded the cavalry unit to 50 people and selected them from veterans.
Some outstanding meritorious servicemen joined the cavalry force - because in the general Japanese concept, becoming a cavalryman is a symbol of becoming a samurai.
However, Yu Qiuping still had a dark eye on the issue of cavalry training, and had to let everyone practice the same square formation marching and queue changes as the infantry. Maeda Keiji did bring some small training methods. This guy has no idea about the cavalry.
He seems to be quite proficient. He can teach other cavalry some skills, including asking riders to try to see the scarecrow standing on the road on horseback, or hacking on horseback. Yu Qiuping gave him the position of cavalry instructor Dangdang,
Help yourself train your troops.
The other unit was the iron artillery team that Yu Qiuping had longed for. With Yu Qiuping's strong insistence, he resisted the pressure from Charlie and many archers and asked the oldest archer platoon to start learning iron artillery.
How to use it, the 20 people who learned the fastest were selected and replaced with iron cannons. However, this caused strong dissatisfaction with Sena Shiyoshi. Because the training of archers cost almost no money, and the arrows shot were pulled out.
It can still be used. However, the iron gunner's gunpowder is a one-time consumable, and it is too expensive to train. However, Yu Qiuping insisted on letting the iron gunner train with Tsuda Kazuyoshi extensively, and the gunpowder is free.
- His theory is that if you don't train, you won't be able to hit anyone on the battlefield, so it's meaningless to spend any amount of money. Under his training regardless of cost, the iron gunner's crosshair quickly approached the bow and arrow.
level.
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However, before setting off for the expedition, he still had one important thing to resolve - Takenaka Shigeharu's physical problem.
After spending an afternoon kneeling with Yu Qiu Shang without eating last time, Takenaka Shigeharu became tired and sick, and it took a long time for him to recover. Only then did Yu Qiuping remember that Takenaka Shigeharu's health had never been good. In the history of his previous life
In the past, he died of illness early in 1579 before he had time to show off his talent on the battlefield in the Western Kingdom. Yu Qiuping did not want such a tragedy to happen to his friends, so he personally made the plan for Takenaka Shigeharu.
Meal care plan.
At this moment, he was sitting beside Takenaka Shigeharu's bed, reading to him the health regulations that needed to be paid attention to.
"Eat less pickled foods, less vegetables and cucumbers for breakfast, and more fresh vegetables and fruits. You must have a bowl of porridge and half an egg for breakfast every day."
"Lunch...dinner..."
"No drinking, no staying up late. You must go to bed before 7:00 every night..."
"You should get enough exercise every day, walk for two quarters of an hour in the morning and two quarters of an hour after dinner."
"Working hours should also be limited, every day..."
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Yu Qiuping meticulously read out the health regulations for Takenaka Shigeharu word for word, leaving the latter lying in bed dumbfounded.
"Hongye, I'm only 20 years old." Takenaka Shigeharu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Although my health has not been very good, I don't need to be treated like this."
"Don't treat your body like a child's play, Hanbei!" Yu Qiuping frowned and pretended to be angry, "We have agreed to fulfill our dream of rectifying the world together. Do you want to break your promise? I don't want to wait until I am old and the world is peaceful.
After I passed away, I didn’t have a good friend with whom I could talk freely about my past ideals.”
Takenaka Shigeharu was stunned when he heard the words, slightly moved, and his eyes flickered.
"If you don't obey me, I will send you a few maids to supervise you every day." Yu Qiu threatened angrily, "For your health, I will do whatever it takes."
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On May 8, the Oda family's army began to approach Niwa County and Oda Nobukiyo's territory from all directions. Due to years of wars, the Oda family could not recruit enough troops, and this time only 7,000 people were sent to conquer Oda Nobukiyo. However, without the Saito family,
Oda Nobukiyo also knew that this crisis was serious. Therefore, he went on a rampage in the territory, urging almost all his retainers and samurai to summon every male of the right age in the territory. The total number reached about 3,000.
Prepare to resist Oda Nobunaga's army.
However, his approach made his subordinates, from the elders to the ashigaru, complain. These Owari people were related to each other before and were not willing to fight against each other. After Oda Nobukiyo rebelled, he fell due to the civil war.
Few people. This time, almost every adult male was sent to the battlefield, which really made people feel disappointed and dissatisfied.
On May 9, the seventh year of Eiroku (1564), the Oda family army began to approach Oda Nobukiyo's territory from three directions: Kuroda Castle, Komakiyama Castle, and Ohkusa Castle. Among them, Oda Nobunaga led the main force of 4,000 people and marched toward the northeast from Komakiyama Castle.
They surrounded Oguchi Castle, which had been unable to be conquered for a long time. Niwa Nagahide, as the general of the East Route Army, led 2,000 people to surround Ocao Castle. Yu Qiupei set out from Yeli County and led more than 1,000 of his troops to march eastward to Inuyama.
In a village 10 miles to the west of the city, Oda Nobukiyo's main force was restrained, preventing him from easily supporting him. Mori Katsunari, as a good partner who has cooperated with Yu Qiupei many times, once again led his troops to Kuroda Castle and Kiso.
On the land ceded to the north of Sichuan, Yu Qiuping was on guard against possible attacks from Meinong.
Due to the threat from Amakihei's troops, Oda Nobukiyo had to leave the main force of 1,500 people in Inuyama Castle. The 900 people in Oguchi Castle and the 600 people in Ohusa Castle were occupied by Oda Nobunaga's army and surrounded the castle town.
According to Oda Nobunaga's request, the mother-in-law and horse warriors, as well as the horse-riding samurai from various retainers in the Oda family, patrolled Niwa County constantly, blocking all access to Inuyama Castle and its two branch cities.
Possible connection. At the same time, Oda Nobunaga separated Shibata Katsuie and Sakuma Nobumori as a special force and began to attack the villages around Oguchi Castle and Ogusa Castle. Those villages were unable to resist, so they had to express their allegiance to Oda Nobunaga.
As for Oguchi Castle and Ogusa Castle, many of the young men and ashigaru who were recruited came from those villages. Seeing that their hometown was captured, and their families fell into the hands of Oda Nobunaga, they were not only uneasy, but also worried about their own resistance.
It will bring trouble to the family. Since the connection between the inside and outside of the city is completely cut off, the two branch cities are like two small boats on the vast ocean, lonely and helpless, seemingly unable to wait for any rescue. Under such circumstances
, the morale in the two branch cities began to waver.
Oda Nobukiyo understood the danger that the branch city was facing at the moment. Unwilling to sit still and wait for death, he bravely sent troops out of the city to try to support the two branch cities to boost the morale in the city. Naturally, the special task force Amakihei, who was assigned to contain Oda Nobukiyo's main force, could not
He would let him leave easily. In order to prevent Inuyama Castle from being captured by Ua Qiupei after the main force left, Oda Nobukiyo had to lead 1,500 troops to leave from the west gate of Inuyama Castle and attack Ua Qiupei's troops. He planned to defeat Ua Qiupei first and eliminate the danger on the flanks.
, then go south to support the branch city.
But this played into Yu Qiuping's plan.
Oda Nobukiyo's 1,500-strong army was already a cornered beast and did not need auxiliary troops in close-quarters combat. Therefore, nearly 800 people put on tōmaru and set foot on the battlefield as soldiers holding weapons. In addition, there were also generals and horses.
Including 80 cavalrymen. Oda Nobukiyo originally thought that among Yu Qiupei's more than 1,000 soldiers, there were only more than 300 soldiers. His number of soldiers was twice the advantage. However, he did not know that Yu Qiupei's recruiter
The rich man had 600 ashigaru warriors and 50 cavalry, waiting for his arrival.
At 4:00 on May 10, Oda Nobukiyo's army left the west gate of Inuyama Castle and marched along the south bank of the Kiso River towards Uakiuhei's camp. Uakihira also left the auxiliary troops in the camp, and the soldiers were sent out to form an array.
Tian Xinqing also left the auxiliary troops behind and sent 800 combat troops into formation.
The terrain in the northwest of Niwa County is very flat, almost a flat river. Except for the Kiso River, which is the border line between Mino and Owari, there is no terrain that can affect the battle situation. Uakihira's camp is set up on the north side of Kando, which is Kando
On the edge of a village between the Kiso River and the Kiso River. Oda Nobukiyo also led his army to leave the official road and came to the wasteland to the north to compete with Ame Qiupei's troops.
On this kind of plain that is almost unaffected by terrain and fortifications, it does not involve any strategic layout, strategic contests or complex battle situations. It is the first time for Yu Qiupei to experience one-on-one battle in formation. Oda Nobukiyo's number is still slightly
There are more than his subordinates, and the troops of Inuyama Castle have always been a strong fighting force in the Oda family, so Yu Qiupei is a little nervous. Who wins and who loses in this battle has nothing to do with the contest of strategy. It is simply a competition.
The combat power of the two armies, Ashigaru, and the battle formation planning ability of the generals of the two armies.
Due to the small number of people, Yu Qiuping also preferred defense, so he listed a regular horizontal formation. 600 ashigaru and 50 cavalry, as well as a small number of guards and messengers, a total of 13 platoons. Among them, there were 3 archer platoons and 9 infantry.
platoon and 1 cavalry platoon. Yu Qiuping arranged three archer platoons to line up in front of the entire army. Six of the nine infantry platoons were lined up in the front line, forming three horizontal lines and forming side by side. The remaining
The three infantry platoons and the cavalry platoon were detained by Yu Qiuping in the formation as reserves.
Oda Nobukiyo's 800 men and nearly 80 cavalry formed a rather huge Crane Wing Formation. On the left was Mita Yoshitoshi's reserve of 300 men, and on the right was the reserve of 300 led by Taro Tadokoro.
The total number of people. The two wings were pressed forward, making a gesture of outflanking Amakihira. Oda Nobukiyo's main formation was located in the middle of the two wings, and was garrisoned by 200 ashigaru and 80 cavalry.
At eight o'clock in the morning, both armies were in formation and armored. Since they were located on the plains, there was no commanding height from which to view the opponent's formation. Both Yu Qiupei and Oda Nobukiyo also sent out their cavalry to try to detect the opponent's formation, number of people and possibilities.
The offensive intention. The war is about to break out.
Chapter completed!