On June 6, the Oda family was in the castle of Imu Mountain.
It has been three days since the Oda family crossed the river, and the hamlet on Mount Imu has been strengthened. The supplies, food and food that were originally left on the south bank of Kisogawa were also transported in these three days - it can be used by the Oda family to be active in Mino for more than two months.
After Mino had a foothold, what they had to solve was how to build Mino's city. At this moment, everyone in the Oda family was gathering around a hanging map, discussing the situation in front of them.
"The Azukura Castle must be defeated." Ninoha Nagahide pointed at the Azukura Castle, which is located a few miles above Iki Mountain. It is located on a high mountain on the north bank of Kiso River. It has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. On the top of Iki Mountain, you can clearly see the whole picture of this city. Although it is just a small city, the altitude difference is very large. The city surrounding it is scattered in chaotic mountains. If you want to attack the city, you can even get the open space for the troops to spread. You can only send small troops to the ground one by one, and the army has to block the rugged mountains to watch. The troops at the top of the city can calmly defend the number of people not even more than their own siege troops, and the casualties ratio will be very different. In the era when cold weapons are the main force, this kind of city will generally be considered as a city that cannot be captured through siege means, and can only be defeated through long-term siege.
However, Suzukura Castle is a small city, which means it does not require too many defenders - it is estimated that there are less than 500 people in it. These people consume relatively little food and can support it even if they are besieged for a long time.
Generally, small cities with such steep terrain advantages are often built in remote places rather than next to important roads - because no one will build important official roads next to such rugged and difficult areas. The Oda family can also choose to bypass the Sarutoku Castle without fighting. Anyway, hundreds of people inside it dare not go out of the city to fight. After bypassing it, they will then attack other cities in Higashimio. After the other cities fall one after another, the isolated Sarutoku Castle has to surrender.
However, the Oda family was not engaged in a strategic decisive battle, but sent a partial army to conquer the city. Their goal was to capture one or two Higashimio cities, and then retreat to Ohara. If they missed the Saito family and did not fight, when the Saito family sent a large army to recover the lost land, the Oda family would find that it had a nail in the land occupied by Mino - Saito City. It could easily obtain the movement information of the Oda family's army through the vision of the high mountain, attack the Oda family's baggage team, and even cooperate with the Saito family's troops to attack the Oda army inside and outside to attack the Oda army. This is something that the Oda family, with insufficient troops, cannot tolerate.
"Oh, Your Highness Nishiha, we all understand what you said!" Yoshihiro Ikeda muttered dissatisfiedly, "But you have to be able to beat it down! But such a small broken city is still built on the mountain where birds do not shit. How do you fight?"
"Oh my god, even our Okawa King can't defeat the city!" Maeda Takiya laughed and mocked Hiroki Ikeda: "You are not! You are invincible!"
"Ah Dog! You guy, shut your mouth!" Ikeda Hengxing patted Maeda's family with dissatisfaction, "I am not the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who knows the most, right?"
"Then our most important Highness Hengxing!" Maeda Tatsuya teased in an exaggerated tone: "What do you think should you do now?"
"Don't both of you," Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly and smoothed out the situation: "I'm discussing the important matter! Let's hear what your nobles think?"
Yu Qiuping then turned his gaze to Takigawa Ichii standing beside him. The latter noticed his gaze and nodded slightly, "How to act must be done after sufficient information can only make a decision."
"As for how to obtain sufficient information, you can only know if you go to the ground and take a look." Takigawa Ichii said in a deep voice.
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At noon on June 6, a group of senior generals from the Oda family brought their guards to the outside of Suzukura Castle to investigate the local geographical situation.
"This mountain is really high." Longzi, who was following Yu Qiuping, kept his little head raising, and his hair was hanging down behind his head. She stared at the Suzuku Castle built on the mountain and asked in confusion, "Why would anyone build the city in such a place?"
"Kuangnosuke, what do you think?" Yu Qiuhei did not answer directly, but asked Honda Tada Katsuka on the side.
"I don't know. I don't have to know." Honda Tadao shook his head, "I only know that if His Highness wants to conquer this city, I will definitely lead the way."
"Oh, Kuronosuke," Yuqiehei sighed and patted Tadaka Honda on the shoulder. "A general is not enough to have a courageous spirit. If you want to become an amazing samurai, you must also know the military strategy."
"I am not good at learning, but I can't do it." Tadao Honda refused very simply.
"Okay, no one thinks about this happening." Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, "Then I'll tell you."
"Mino is a place where there are many wealthy families, and the merger between the wealthy families is very serious. This ancestor of Tajimi Kin-kuo must have wanted to protect his family, so he built a strong city here. The surrounding little wealthy families must be deterred when they see such a mountain city. The Saruto Castle stands on the high mountain on the banks of Kisogawa, which is enough to see the movements of Kisogawa Nano Nao. Such a perspective with great strategic significance must also be the object that the great family or the Mino Saito family wants to win over. Therefore, building a city here can ensure the peace of the family."
Longzi nodded as if he was unaware, and Tadao Honda still had an indifferent expression, which made Teacher Yu Qiuping feel frustrated. In desperation, he had to embarrass him and open a new topic: "How to say it, generally such highlands are good places to build cities and villages!"
Yu Qiuping scratched the back of his head and wanted to give an example to prove his argument, but in a hurry, he couldn't find an example of making a lot of profits from building cities and camps. Instead, a negative example came to his mind.
Ma Su! In the Battle of Jieting, he chose to set up camp on the mountains to curb the Wei army's offensive momentum. However, his opponent, Zhang He, one of the five good generals, keenly found his weakness, cut off his water source, and was eventually defeated by Zhang He.
Yu Qiuping felt his heart suddenly bright, and when he looked at the almost indestructible mountain city again, he was full of confidence.
"Let's go! Let's look around this Ape Ghou City!"
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Yu Qiuhei took his attendant to the place where Ninoha Nagahide and Takigawa Ichii were. Just as he wanted to make a suggestion, he suddenly found that Kishita Fujiro also ran over from another direction with several followers.
"Oh? Hongye, Fujiyoshiro, you are so anxious to come back, have you noticed something?" Danwu Nagahide asked with some joy.
Yu Qiuhei and Kishita Fujiro looked at each other and smiled. Yu Qiuhei patted Kishita Fujiro's shoulder and said with a smile: "Fu Qira, you talk first."
"Then I'm not polite!" Kishita Fujiro was not nervous and patted his chest and said, "Your Highness Ninoha! I have a way to conquer Suzuku Castle!"
"Ah?" Kishita Fujiro's words were already spoken, and everyone around was exclaiming. Although everyone regarded this monkey as a friend, they also felt that he had no special abilities except being smart, and would also be chewing. At this moment, his words were amazing. Maeda Takiya and Ikeda Hokkai couldn't help but laugh secretly from the side, preparing to watch his jokes.
"Oh?" Ninoha Nagahide was as generous and kind as ever, and did not show any dissatisfaction or contempt, "Fujiko, let's talk."
"Your Highness Nishiba!" Kishita Fuji Yoshiro pointed at Suzuku Castle with his finger and shouted excitedly: "We can use the water cut to capture Suzuku Castle!"
"Discovered water?" Many people around were stunned, but Yu Qiuhei was surprised. He did not expect that this Kishita Fujiro actually coincided with him.
"Yes, right!" Kishita Fujiro nodded repeatedly, "Sashinobu Castle is set up on a high mountain, so it is not easy to get water! I found that the water sources in their entire city seem to come from the groundwater of the three springs on the back mountain of Sashinobu Castle! As long as we cut off these three water sources, the wells in their city will probably not be able to get water!"
"If this is true, it would be a great achievement, Fujiko!" Ninoha Nagahide encouraged with joy.
"Tukiyoshiro said it right, that's exactly what it said." Yu Qiuping said with a smile on the side, "The method I came up with is also a way to cut off the water."
"What are you waiting for!" Maeda Takiya jumped three feet high excitedly, "Let's go around the mountain city quickly! Let's see if this is the case!"
When the group hurried on the road, Kishita Fujiro couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes. This was the first time he had made any contribution to the battle formation. The entire 4,000 army might act according to his plan!
However, Yu Qiuhei, who was following him, understood that this was definitely not the last time he shone. In the history of his previous life, the later Hideyoshi Hashiba was a siege expert who was famous for "killing birds with hunger, killing Miki without thirst, flooding Takamatsu". Even Odawara Castle, which was known as "never falling", was captured by him. In that era, no city could stop this siege genius wherever his Thousand Scoops and Horse Seals went, and all of Japan were frightened by it.
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After the investigation, the Oda family immediately launched a water cutoff operation. They sent a large number of auxiliary soldiers to the back mountain of Suzuku Castle to dig the land near the three springs to block the water source, or dig ditches to attract the upstream water source.
Tajimi Repair in Suzukura Castle was shocked when he discovered that the Oda family had begun to try to cut off the water source - that was the lifeblood of Suzukura Castle! In the past few decades, no outsiders had seen through this! The Oda family easily caught the flaw! Being caught off guard, he hurriedly sent his troops out of the city to counterattack, trying to stop the Oda family's water cut-off operation.
Chapter completed!