After the meeting, Semine Shishi Tsubasa asked everyone to go to the barracks to rest for one night, while he waited for further information and asked everyone to hold another assessment meeting tomorrow morning.
After Yu Qiuping returned to the barracks, Charlie and his personal guards immediately came forward.
Yu Qiuhei took out a border map and probably repeated the words of Seme Shizu.
"That's it." Yuqiehei sighed, "Although Naruto and Dakua City still have enough food and grass, Naruto City has not enough food and grass. Dakua City has just suffered a crushing defeat. In order to defend the city, it is no longer able to send troops to restrain the Oda army. The Okazaki Castle troops are almost completely destroyed, and the Matsuhide family in Okazaki Castle also suffered a crushing defeat. Now Okazaki Castle is an empty city. After the Oda family won a great victory on the 26th, it did not take action on the 27th and 28th," Yuqiehei said nervously, "If they really have 2ooo soldiers, some of them will be surrounded by Kariya Castle and Ansuo Castle, and the main force will continue to move forward. One attack may lead to Okazaki Castle." Yuqiehei finished speaking of the pessimistic estimate of the battle situation.
In fact, since the Oda family did not know that the food and grass in Naruto Castle was so embarrassed that they could not attack, they were very wary of Okabe Moto Nobuma, who had high combat power, so they did not choose to attack boldly, and were worried that Okabe Moto Nobuma had a break from his retreat.
"Will we go to the battlefield?" The personal soldier, who had never had any experience in battle, shook a little violently. Yu Qiuhei patted his shoulder and comforted him, "It's okay, I guess we will still focus on protecting Okazaki Castle."
Yu Qiuping suddenly realized that after experiencing a war, he was on the front line and was no longer so nervous, but could comfort others.
"Thompson, have you ever been to the battlefield before?" Yu Qiuping asked when he saw Charlie beside him calmly wiping his longbow.
"I have never been on the battlefield before, but I have fought with my father and bandits and have killed people." Charlie said, "War is not that scary, be careful to protect yourself."
"No matter what, let's have a sleep first." Yu Qiuping looked at the black eye mask that his personal soldier, Eishin, and smiled slightly, "It's impossible for the Oda family to stay still. The situation may change tomorrow."
In the early morning of the next morning, two hundred soldiers were called. Serezushi Toshi and the follower with a crow hung a huge tailgate in the center of the Tianshou Pavilion living room, a map of the border of the Sanhe River.
"Until this morning, I have not received any information about the Oda Army." The opening remark of Semeshi Shin breathed a sigh of relief for everyone present, but Semeshi Shin shook his head.
"This is not a good thing." Semeishi Toshi said with a serious expression. "This only means that the scouts we sent were unable to detect the movements of the Oda Army until now, for some reason." He placed his right hand on the map at Okazaki Castle, and then horizontally to the left, drawing a line.
"We now know nothing about the battlefield situation north of Okazaki-Ansuka-Kariya line. The cavalry of the Oda family spread out huge intelligence barriers, and our scouts are now in short supply and cannot penetrate."
"If the Oda family's goal this time is to capture the entire Mikawa," As soon as Semeshi Toshi said, some of the people present showed disapproving. "Don't think this is impossible," Semeshi Toshi looked at those people, and under the gentle and calm faces, there was a strong deterrent force. "Once Okazaki Castle is lost, the contact between Toho and Nishi Sanhe will be interrupted immediately. Now most of our troops in Toho have just been disbanded for autumn harvest. It will take at least ten days for Lord Asahina to gather a unit with a force of 2ooo warriors. Ten days, who can guarantee that Nishi Sanhe can hold on?"
Everyone suddenly became silent.
"Continue to say that if the Oda family aims to capture Mikawa, they will definitely target Okazaki Castle. Then they will attack Kariya Castle or Anxiang Castle through Kariya through Chiri. Anxiang Castle and Kariya Castle were originally struggling to fight each other, but now when the troops are seriously insufficient, they are likely to be defeated one by one. The Oda family cannot be allowed to approach Kariya Castle and Anxiang Castle, because once these two cities are lost, Okazaki Castle will have no danger to defend, and we may have to withdraw from Okazaki."
"So, the key point of this war is Zhili." Semei Shi said loudly, and at the same time, he clenched his fist with his right hand and pounded the location of Zhili Castle on the map.
Yu Qiuping's heart suddenly rose to his throat. Isn't that... the city of more than 200 slaves?
"If the Oda family's purpose is limited to attacking Dagao Castle, Daigao Castle and Naruto Sea, and recovering Ouhashi City. Then our goal is to restore the connection with these two cities." Semei Toshi said, "I had sent someone to go to Jumu, Fukuya line, to bypass the front line to contact Dagao Castle. I sent someone to go to Jiangduan, and Naruto Sea, and to try to establish a new transportation route. However, these two routes are too far away, and information communication is likely not to be smooth enough."
"So, the key is Shinri," said Toshi Seiya, pointing at Shinri Castle's location. "If we can contact Shinri, we can keep the information open."
"This is such a strategic location." Semine Shin-shou complained a few times in his heart, "The family governor not only refused to build a big city here, but also sent only slaves to garrison. Now something has happened."
"The Oda family will not be able to see what we have seen. They must have taken the capture of Chirito as an important goal in the next stage. However, Chirito Castle has been completely uninformed since the evening of the 26th. We don't even know whether Chirito Castle is still under the control of the Imakawa family. Chirito Castle is likely to have fallen."
Yu Qiuping suddenly felt dizzy again. He touched the more than 200 letters in his package, and felt that his chest was so nervous that it was about to explode. If these more than 200 people were in danger, how should I face the more than 200 families who were heartbroken? No, I want to go to Zhili, I want to go to Zhili to see how they are.
"So we need a small team to go to Zhili to determine whether Zhili has fallen. Now that we are short of staff, we can only send 10 people. Anyone here, have anyone been to Zhili?"
"I've been down." As soon as Semeishi Toshi finished speaking, Yu Qiuhei stood up immediately. "I've been to Chili Castle not long ago. I'm very familiar with the route. Please give this task to Jai."
Semeishi Toshi was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, he remembered that Yu Qiuping's appearance was about to bring a letter to the more than 200 slaves in Zaizhili. He looked at Yu Qiuping's red eyes and anxious expression, and wanted to dissuade him, but Yu Qiuping immediately clasped his fists and shouted: "Please be sure to hand over this task to me!"
Semine Shin-hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.
"Okay, after the meeting, please click ten people and come to me."
Yu Qiuping had no impression of what he was discussing next. All he thought about was to go to Zhili quickly. Zhili who had not fallen. Zhili, who had lived well for more than 200 slaves, handed over the family letter to them and told them that everything was fine in the family.
It seemed that there was a very dangerous task. The little man who was very excited on the road stood up and volunteered to take the task.
After the assessment, Yu Qiuhei took Charlie, the personal guard, and the crow's entourage to help select a few people, and went to the second floor of Tianshou Pavilion, the temporary office of Semeshi Toshi.
"Korean Ye, do you really matter?" Semei Shishi asked with concern, "You have no combat experience before."
"Sir, please give it to me, I'm really urgent." Yu Qiuping swallowed, "I believe I can handle it."
"It may be in life-threatening danger." Semine Shin-shi added.
"I'm not afraid. I've already killed my friend because I'm afraid of death. I'll regret it all my life," Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice, "I don't want to do it again."
"Okay, if you have decided," Serashi Tsubasa sighed, "Besides, Hongyejun is also gifted, and I'm more at ease with you to implement this problem."
"My samurai is called Amano Keito. This year, he is a veteran who has been on the battlefield many times. He is experienced and very determined. I will let him go with you." Semeishi Tsubasa introduced the entourage next to him who had always had a gloomy face and no expression, and had a crow. "His crow can deliver letters. If the conditions do not allow you to come back to report the message, let the crow replace the carrier pigeon and come back with the news. On the battlefield, the crow is much safer than the carrier pigeon."
"Listen, you will be arranged to leave later in the fourth quarter of the year." Semei Shishi said, "You go along the official road to Shiri Castle. Given that we cannot receive any news about Shiri Castle now, it is very likely that the Oda army cavalry is already blocking the transmission of information on the pipeline, and you are likely to be ambushed. If the conditions really do not allow it, please return. Don't take risks."
"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.
"If you can reach Zhili City, no matter what the situation is, I will report to me a crow. Then, based on the specific situation, you will judge whether to withdraw with Zhili City defenders or hold on."
"But if you have found the Oda family's horse cavalry nearby, please be sure to give up any plans to retreat." Semei Shin-shou said in a deep voice, "The Oda family cavalry is Oda Nobunaga's elite guard, probably composed of 1oo riders. If there are such a number of cavalry, don't expect to retreat."
"Why, sir, there are more than 200 people in Zhili City." Yu Qiuping asked in confusion.
As soon as the question came out, several warriors who had been on the battlefield next to him threw a surprised look at Yu Qiuping.
"A single horse takes ten steps, this is never a false statement," Serashi Shin-shou explained. "Working on the plains, the one charge of these 1oo cavalry is enough to destroy the 1oo's inadequate training."
"I see that there are many iron-sharp bamboo guns in Zhili City that can be used to restrain cavalry." Yu Qiuping said with a presumption.
"Do you want to use spearmen to stop the cavalry from rushing into the battle?" Semeishi Tsubaki smiled bitterly, "In our Imakawa family, I'm afraid there is only the family governor, and the Hashima team of Asahina and Okabe can do it. My Hashima team can also barely try it, but they are still in Toei and have not brought it."
"How easy is it for a spearmen to stop the cavalry from charging? Indeed, if you stab the spear out firmly, you can stab the war horses or riders to death, but the spearmen themselves are not immune to the high collision of the opponent." Semeishi Toshi explained, "If the cavalry maintains a cluster charge, it will have a huge momentum. Generally, these are farming during busy farming and slack farming, and they are seriously insufficient in training, and they lack willpower, and they have no determination to die with the enemy. When the cavalry rushed in, they will instinctively dodge. Once dodge, let alone exchange their lives, they will not even be able to save their lives. They will be destroyed under the cavalry's attack at a high height. As long as there are three or four people in a spearmen team dodge, a large number of cavalry will pour in, and the slaughter of the candids will be destroyed by slaughtering the helpless ones. A spearmen team will be destroyed."
"Even a team of slingers with firm will dare to exchange their lives with the cavalry to stop the opponent's charge to destroy the formation. If there is no cavalry covering the flank, once the opponent's cavalry changes direction and detours to your flanks before you adjust the formation, the troops will be completely spared. So, don't expect to take those more than 200 slaves to fight with the Ma Li, and there is only a dozen people on the other side." Shinse Shin Sei looked at Yu Qiuping's face getting worse and worse, and could only sigh. "This is something that can't be done."
"In the war, most of the casualties were born in the pursuit after the war." Semine Shin-shou continued, "Generally, semi-professional soldiers like Xiaoxiao, with 10% casualties and 20% good ones, and they will begin to retreat due to low morale and incomplete front lines. At this time, if the system can be kept intact, there will be no big losses in the end."
"But if the team unfortunately collapses and the organizational chaos will turn into a massacre." Shinse Shin said with lingering fear. "The collapsed team is unorganized, and no one wants to cover their companions. Finally, everyone throws down their armor and weapons and flees in fear. Generally, when this kind of big escape, only those running in the front can run back to safety. The people behind are always confused and crowded with each other, not knowing where to run, but just run with the large army. In the end, they exhaust their physical strength meaninglessly and do not run far, and are caught by the enemy and killed."
"If the enemy has cavalry troops, it will be even more tragic," said Toshi Semei. "Highly mobile cavalry can easily catch up with the escaped siege and kill them. If there are hundreds of cavalry on the battlefield, if the defeated side can maintain the formation and intimidate the cavalry, or let the cavalry cover the siege retreat. If it becomes a defeat, these hundreds of cavalry will not be able to escape."
"I've said so much, just want to tell you," Serezushi Toshi sighed, "Don't expect to fight with the Masan, or retreat in front of the Masan."
"Sir, what should we do if we encounter Ma Li people on the way to go?" Amano Keidu suddenly asked.
"Retreat quickly. Ten of you are no match for the mother-clothed people. The hope of forcing a breakthrough is too small." Sera Shin-shou said. Everyone's expressions darkened slightly, as if they had lost confidence.
Chapter completed!