February 15, the sixth year of Tianzheng (1578), Maple Leaf Mountain City.
A few days have passed since the Hongye Army squadron returned to Hanoi. The burial and pensions of the fallen soldiers are almost busy. New recruits have also joined the army one after another, and everything is back on track. Ii Naomasa's injury has not completely healed, and he is still recovering from his injuries. And Takenaka Shigeharu
Although my pneumonia has recovered, it seems to have left behind the root of the disease. I keep coughing and sneezing all day long, which makes people quite worried.
After experiencing the chaos in the fifth year of Tensho (1577), the entire Kinai and the surrounding areas were reshuffled. The Matsunaga family of Yamato and the ninjas of Iga were wiped out, and a large amount of territory in both countries was destroyed.
He was taken under the direct control of Oda Nobunaga and was entrusted to his own flag. It is said that many of the Iga ninjas who escaped were recruited by Hattori Hanzo under Tokugawa Ieyasu, but Oda Nobunaga turned a blind eye to this.
Close one eye.
At present, the direct jurisdiction of the Oda family includes the huge area of ​​Owari, Mino, Omi, Ise, Iga, Yamato, part of Echizen, part of Kaga, part of Echichu, part of Noto, and part of Yamashiro. It has become Ishikaka
A giant with more than 3 million koku. As an ally of the Tokaido, the Tokugawa family only has Mikawa and Tokō with 540,000 koku. Its strength is far inferior to that of the Oda family. It has gradually changed from an equal ally to a subordinate vassal.
The largest legion of the Tian family at present, the Hokurikudo Legion, has a total stone count of an astonishing 1.54 million koku. Although nearly 400,000 koku are the territory of the original wealthy family, as the commander of the legion, Shibata Katsuie still uses Echizen to guard and add
He Shou's status was granted 650,000 koku. Maeda Toshiie, Sasaki Narimasa, and Fuha Mitsuharu each received a territory of about 100,000 koku. Just as a retainer, Shibata Katsuie's territory already far exceeded that of Mikawa Tokugawa.
Home.
The second largest legion of the Oda family is the Nankaido Legion of Amakihei, which governs Kawachi, Izumi, Kii and Awaji Island Iwaya Castle. The total number of stones in the Nankaido Legion is only 770,000 stones, and it is assigned to the Oda Xinbao
The territory under the control of the Oda family is 170,000 koku, and Ikeda Tsuneki owns the 70,000 koku territory around Kishiwada Castle. The real territory under the direct jurisdiction of the Uaki family is only 530,000. Compared with the Hokurikudo Army, the number of koku seems to be higher.
Only half, but no one will look down upon the Nankaido Legion. The Nankaido Legion relies on trade ports such as Sakai Town, Ishiyama Town, Kishiwada Port and the trade policy of the Yuqiu family, and the centralization of power in the territory. It has extremely strong military capabilities and mobilizes
capabilities. The active trade and employment opportunities and the Yuqiu family's low taxes have attracted a large number of people, and the population under their rule is even much larger than that of the Hokuriku Army. The Hongye Army of the Nankaido Army relies on the world's highest
The ratio of standing troops is also world-famous for its combat power. After Uakihira made great contributions to Hokurikudo, Oda Nobunaga granted Uakihira the title of guardian of Awaji. Uakihira is now the guardian of Izumi-Awaji and the guardian of Kawachi-Ki.
Guardian Dai, holding Shikoku in hand. At the same time, Oda Nobunaga also promised to Uaki the territory of Awaji Island and Shikoku Island.
The third largest legion of the Oda family is Akechi Mitsuhide's Yamashita Legion. The Yamashita Legion occupies Tanba, Tango and part of Tajima, with a total stone count of approximately 440,000 koku, 70,000 of which were composed of Oda Nobunaga.
It was controlled by Fujitaka Hosokawa, the remaining force dispatched by the president, and under his rule there was also Ikuno Ginzan, which was said to be worth 200,000 koku - but the mining rights of Ginzan had to be handed over to Oda Nobunaga.
The fourth largest legion of the Oda family is Hashiba Hideyoshi's Sanyodo legion, which currently only occupies half of Settsu, and its territory is only about 200,000 koku. Sakuma Nobumori's Honganji Temple surrounding legion also does not have much territory, but he
Commanding a large number of Hatamoto samurai sent by the Oda family,
They continued to besiege Shishan Royal Branch with powerful troops. However, the siege for many years did not make much progress, and Shishan Royal Branch remained powerless.
The current major enemies of the Oda family are mainly the Chinese Maori family, the Shikoku Miyoshi family, the Koshin Takeda family and the Kanto Tojo family. Although the Miyoshi family only has a territory of more than 1.3 million koku in Harima, Awaji, Awa, Sanuki, Tosa and Iyo, their subordinates have
Maintaining a nearly 60,000-strong army that far exceeds the capacity of the territory, it is the sworn enemy of the Oda family that has been fighting for 10 years, and is also the target of the Nankaido Army. The Mori family also occupies a territory of more than 1.3 million koku in the Chugoku region, but controls Iwami Ginzan
However, they have strong financial resources and many years of accumulation, and can mobilize an army of 60,000 people. The Bizen Urakami family and the Mimasaku Uki family, who are subordinate to the Miyoshi family and the Mori family, have 400,000 koku of territory in their hands, which is also the mountain
The Yodo Army and the San** Army are the resistance to the Chinese strategy. The Koshinobu Takeda family has a territory of 1 million koku and an army of 40,000, while the Kanto Tojo family has a territory of 1.5 million koku and an army of 50,000. With their backing, Uesugi Kagetora Masakaori
Uesugi Kagekatsu, who was supported by the Tian family, was in trouble in Echigo.
The above is almost the situation that the Oda family is facing now.
On March 17, the sixth year of Tianzheng (1578), in the barracks outside Maple Mountain City, thousands of troops were surrounding the general stage, preparing to listen to a young man's speech. The young man was dressed in military uniform and had a heroic appearance. The only flaw was that
, which is the empty sleeve of his right arm.
The young man is Yu Qiu Shang, the young master of the Yu Qiu family, and the army of thousands of people is about to form a brand new reserve team - Nirvana Bei. The more than 300 surviving veterans of Junling Bei have returned from their injuries.
All of them chose to join Nirvana Bei, and Yu Qiuping drew some key members from each reserve team and rebuilt the reserve team with the recruits in the new camp. Since Ii Naomasa was seriously injured and could not return to the team, Yu Qiuping
Takashi Mori from Tokiwa Beri was transferred to Nirvana Beri as the first company commander, while the second and third company commanders were Enomoto Nakataka and Yoshida Miyaichi.
Usually at the establishment ceremony of a new reserve team, all the recruits and veterans can barely restrain their inner joy because of the requirements of military regulations. But the moment the formation of the reserve team is announced, the entire school grounds will be reminded of thunderous cheers.
and applause. Even if there are some slightly strange emotions, most of them are due to the reluctance of leaving the original unit and the reluctance of the original comrades.
There has never been a meeting to establish a reserve team as depressing as today.
About a quarter of an hour has passed since Yu Qiu Shang stood on the podium, but he did not say a word. The three companies and the four square formations composed of cavalry, artillery and other arms surrounding the general platform were also silent, as if
I didn't think there was anything strange about Yu Qiu Shang's behavior at all, everyone was silent.
Finally, Yu Qiu Shang opened his mouth to break the silence. He didn't clear his throat, so his voice was still a little hoarse when he opened his mouth.
"I am Yu Qiu Shang, commander of the first company of Qianjunling Bei."
"Junling Bei is the first unit to be annihilated on the battlefield since the founding of the Hongye Army. It is the first unit to lose the reserve flag on the battlefield. It is also the first reserve unit to be canceled in humiliation."
"Yes, that's right." Yu Qiushang muttered a few words to himself in a low voice, then raised his head again and said loudly: "Yes! That's right! Even if we change our numbers, even if we change people, no matter what
No matter what, the humiliating past cannot be erased! This new reserve team will be looked at with a different eye from the very beginning.
We were crippled from the start!”
"Just like me!" Yu Qiu Shang suddenly pulled out the samurai sword from the scabbard and pointed at the empty sleeve of his right arm, "It was incomplete from the beginning! No matter how hard you try, what you lose can never come back.
!When everyone first sees you, they will look at the unbearable imperfection!"
"Some of you here have experienced such humiliation firsthand with me. However, there are many people who were originally transferred from the glorious army, and many more people were assigned to the army just after they came out of the recruit camp.
This incomplete reserve team. I know you may feel it is unfair, and you may complain, complaining about why you were not assigned to Tokiwa Reserve, and why you were branded with the indelible mark of a humiliating reconstructed reserve team from the beginning!
I know! Because I have felt unfair and resentful countless times since I was a child, especially against God. I don’t know why I have been disabled since I was born! No matter what, I can’t change it!”
"But so what?" Yu Qiu Shang cut off the sleeves of his armor with a sharp knife, letting the piece of cloth be swept by the wind and blown into the crowd. "Humiliation is humiliation, and incompleteness is incomplete, and I don't want it either.
I have been covering it up with these fake sleeves! So what can I do if I am disabled?"
"We want revenge, we want avenge, we want to prove that even if we are incomplete, we can still be the strongest!"
Yu Qiu Shang turned around with a big stride and walked towards the reserve flag that had been prepared. He grabbed the tarpaulin covering the flag and pulled it open, only to see a brand new reserve flag fluttering in the wind.
.
That was modified on the banner of Junling. A huge hole opened in the original mountain, and a fire phoenix burst out of the hole.
Nirvana.
The sudden roar resounded both inside and outside the podium. Yu Qiu Shang and thousands of soldiers roared with all their strength, as if they were venting all their emotions.
At this time, at the gate of the barracks, Chacha was leaning on the fence, looking at Yu Qiu Shang's figure from a distance, her eyes shining. But she didn't notice that not far behind her, another person had been staring at her back for a long time.
, the eyes also shone with a strange brilliance.
The sound of footsteps came from behind. Chacha turned around in surprise, but she didn't know when Yu Qiuyou walked up to her.
"Second Young Master." Chacha hurriedly saluted Yu Qiuyou, but when Yu Qiuyou saw this, he suddenly got angry and scolded in a low voice: "Why do you call me Second Young Master? Why don't you call me Brother Youer?"
"Ah...that's too rude. How can a little girl be so abrupt?" Chacha bowed again after hearing this, but it made Yu Qiuyou's mood even worse.
"Then when you called Yu Qiu Shang, why did you call him Brother Shang'er?" Yu Qiuyou replied coldly.
Chacha was shocked by what he said, and for a moment she didn't know when Yu Qiuyou eavesdropped on her conversation with Yu Qiu Shang.
"Do you hate me so much and want to alienate me so much?" Yu Qiuyou took a step forward and asked fiercely.
"No...no." Chacha was so frightened by Yu Qiuyou that she lowered her head uneasily and took a cautious step back.
"Then do you like him that much? You stick to him all day long?" Yu Qiuyou was about to raise his left hand and point in the direction of Yu Qiu Shang, but on second thought, he put his right hand between Chacha and him and pointed to where Yu Qiu Shang was.
On the podium. Seeing that Chacha didn't speak, Yu Qiuyou shouted to her again: "You should answer me!"
Chapter completed!