The experiment on baking jade came out quickly. He only slightly adjusted the ratio of saltpeter and sulfur and left it to Kato Kyoaki. How to seal it with a clay pot and how to ignite it was his business, but this guy is really smart. He ran away
Borrowing a match rope from the iron cannon team solved this problem. The manufacturing process of baked jade is relatively slow and is not suitable for large-scale mass production. Fortunately, he does not need mass production. This thing is too hot and it is best not to let people know about it.
At that time, Kira Yoshi ordered the iron artillery team to conduct on-board shooting training. He always believed that the iron artillery team should be matched with the navy. This was the best way in an era without artillery. According to the training situation reported by Takigawa Masushige, the iron artillery team
The artillery team has basically mastered the accuracy and rhythm of shooting, and the behavior of firing guns indiscriminately without listening to orders has basically disappeared. This is a good start.
The 300-man iron artillery team boarded 15 Kanbune ships, with exactly 20 people per ship. In order to strengthen the protective power of this armed force, Kira Yoshihide also ordered the Yodogawa people to prepare 20 small boats, with a total of 200 people who were good at water.
The fighting Yodogawa soldiers carried bows and arrows to protect the surrounding area, and the fifty-man grenade squad was also dropped into the navy to prepare for the battle.
In mid-July, as the weather became hotter and hotter, after more than a month of confrontation, everyone's patience was exhausted. Not only were the warriors very agitated, but even the peasants and soldiers under their command also had some commotion. The autumn harvest was coming, and each of these peasants and soldiers
They were ready to return home, but the war was still going on. They could only complain in a low voice. The morale of the soldiers was in trouble, and some bad signs appeared that made Kansuke Yamamoto very worried.
It was already troublesome enough, but we also had to face the desperate urging of Ashikaga Yoshitō. From the first three or two days, he wrote a letter to one letter a day. The shogunate, who was not familiar with military strategy, issued urgent orders to defeat Shihe immediately.
Issun then came to Nakao Castle for rescue. The war was not as simple as he thought. Yoshitoki Kira had no hope for Ashikaga Yoshito's military ability and simply turned a deaf ear to his orders.
Just when Kira Yoshi was busy training, Tokiyuki Yamamoto hurried over and asked with a serious look: "Master, you really can keep your composure! Do you know that the autumn harvest has started in Nankaido? It won't take a month.
The Sanhao family can send an additional 10,000 or even more troops, and I almost fell into Sanhao Changqing's scheme!"
"What!" Kiragi stumbled in shock and almost fell, and asked hurriedly: "Didn't you say that everyone is waiting for the autumn harvest? Why is the Miyoshi family so fast! Is it because the climate in Nankaido is warm and humid? How could this happen!"
"It's my negligence! When I was young, I only wandered around Nankai Road for half a year. I can't remember the scenery there. If I hadn't accidentally compiled the records today, I wouldn't have remembered it! The Mihaoshi family can increase their troops, but I have no soldiers.
If you compete with the Miyoshi family for harvest, our family will lose no matter what!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki waved his fist, looking very angry.
"Does this mean a quick victory is necessary?" Kira Yoshitsune, with a sad look on his face, sat in the military tent and asked himself: "How to win a quick victory? Is it possible for my family to forcefully cross the river to attack Shihe Icun? This
You are seeking death! I would never do such a stupid thing!"
"Luring the enemy! We must lure the enemy deep!" Yamamoto Kansuke walked to the sand table and looked at it carefully, and then said: "We must lure Shihe Ichin across the river. Only Shihe Ichin can cross the river and attack, in order to break the crisis in front of us.
"
"Luring the enemy across the river?" Kira Yoshi stared at the small red and blue flags on the sand table, his anxious expression gradually became firm: "Luring the enemy across the river! We must lure the enemy, for this we are willing to do whatever it takes, Master, you
Are you ready?"
Facing Kiragi's scorching gaze, the wise general squinted his one eye and asked in a low voice: "I have already put life and death aside, but will the master of the hall be too dangerous?"
"Haha... Fighting on the battlefield is nothing more than risking your life. I fight for the shogunate and the Kira family. If Fushimihara unfortunately dies in battle, it will be because the Kira family has exhausted its strength and has no one to blame!" Kira Yishi closed his mouth.
He chanted loudly with his eyes: "Buddha said: You can meditate when you are sitting, you can meditate when you are walking. One flower is one world, one leaf is one Tathagata. When spring comes, the flowers turn green, when autumn leaves fall, the mind is at ease with endless prajna, and the movement is natural in silence."
"The Buddha told Universal Bodhisattva: In the future, if there is a good man or woman who hears the name of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva, puts his palms together, admires it, bows to it, or admires it, this person will last for thirty eons.
Sin." Yamamoto Tokiyuki put his palms together and prayed.
On July 24, Kira Yoshitoki led his retainers into the military camp and gathered five thousand Omi people. Kuchiki Fujisuna stood under the high platform and sang loudly: "Kira Yakata-sama has arrived!" He announced Kira Yoshitoki's name.
More than five thousand peasants and soldiers knelt down in awe.
It was very difficult for farmers in this era. He never intended to show off in front of these farmers. He stood directly in front of the high platform and asked in a gentle tone: "Who among you is an only son without a family? Whose child is still young and underage?"
Yes, please stand up and come to the front."
The peasants and soldiers were a little at a loss. They didn't know what the noble man meant by asking this question. They raised their heads and glanced at the samurai gentlemen on the stage, but showed no sign. In the end, they were the stupid and bold ones who stood up first. Gradually, many people started to show up.
Standing up, looking at the humble expressions of the peasants and soldiers, Kira Yoshishi smiled in response.
Chief Yamaoka reminded in a low voice: "The total number is about six to seven hundred people."
"I got it!" Kira Yoshi held the ebony rosary in his hand. This was something he took out from his parents' belongings after his awakening last night. Her mother often held this rosary to pray for the peace of her family business: "The World Honored One said:
"Human beings suffer from eight kinds of suffering, namely the suffering of birth, the suffering of old age, the suffering of illness, the suffering of death, the suffering of separation from love, the suffering of meeting with resentment and hatred, the suffering of not being able to seek what you want, and the suffering of excessive flaming of the five yin."
Love is separated, resentment meets, and the desire is not available. The five yins are blazing. These four sufferings correspond to the seven emotions and six desires, resentment, and greed. The five aggregates accumulated in the body are burning like fire. He just wants to use these eight sufferings to bind the five thousand soldiers in front of him. He thinks for a moment, Ji Liangyi
He then said: "You all have no family fortune. You have parents at home and no brothers to take care of you. Once you die in battle, you will lose your heirs. Therefore, I decided to let you serve as our main formation to fight for your survival."
Opportunity."
"Jue...Jue Si? How could it be..." The five thousand peasant soldiers seemed to be frightened by this formation. What does it mean to say life and death without fighting? These farmers were a little frightened. They didn't know that now was the time to kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy.
, or turned around and ran away. Seeing the Mikawa warriors guarding each door, all of them had stern expressions, and some timid people had already begun to kneel down to pray for blessings from gods and Buddhas.
"War is a struggle to survive in death! This is the most terrifying Shura field in the world. The coward will perish here, and the brave will be reborn in blood! The more cowardly and fearful you are, the faster you will die. Not only will you die! Your family members will also die! Because
You died for your cowardice! Do you know? I see cowardice and despicability in you. You are worried about your wealth, afraid of death, and just want to survive like a fly, gasping for air. Is that so? Answer me!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" More than 5,000 people mourned. Even Takashima Nanato on the stage was a little confused. Isn't it a waste of time to talk to a group of peasants and soldiers?
"Half of you will die on the battlefield, and the remaining half, if you are lucky enough not to encounter more pursuits and escape back to your hometown, will have to face indiscriminate arrests by the Mihaoshi family... I think you understand what indiscriminate arrests are.
"?" Kira Yoshihi walked off the platform and slowly approached the crowd.
Arbitrary arrest is war and robbery, and rape and robbery are committed without committing any evil. In normal wars, the generals of both sides will restrict excessive indiscriminate arrest. For example, only allowed to target enemies who died in battle and prisoners of the defeated army, or only allowed indiscriminate arrest in villages and not allowed to enter castle towns to act recklessly.
Of course, there are also samurai families who do not follow the routine. For example, the Kai Takeda family has been very fond of random arrests and human hunting since Takeda Harunobu came to power. It is not uncommon for a city to be robbed.
"Ha! Hi!" The peasants and soldiers' random greetings were mixed with angry shouts. Those were the voices of ungrateful young people. Before they could speak, they were restrained by the middle-aged peasants and soldiers around them.
, and then looked at those veterans with stern eyes, and immediately calmed down.
"Is it all over if you run back home? No! It's not that easy! The army of the Sanhao family will launch a random arrest in your village, harvest all the food in your fields, and steal your last ration. If you are lucky,
If not, your wives and daughters will still be occupied. If you want to resist, you will only be killed... By the way, if the Miyoshi family discovers the dome balls and bamboo guns with the Ashikaga family crest, you will not be the only ones who die.
Your family members will be beheaded and your houses will be burned down."
"Ah! The bastards of the Mihaoshi family! I'm going to fight them!" The peasants and soldiers who had been suppressed for a long time suddenly started making noises. The angry young people stood up desperately and shouted angrily: "Yikui! Tyranny!"
"One Kui! One Kui! One Kui!" One, two, three... Gradually, all five thousand people stood up. They raised the long handles in their hands and roared angrily. The blood of Tu Yikui has penetrated into their blood for hundreds of years to protect the name.
It was only a hundred years since the death of Kajichi, which caused terror by imposing taxes without respecting the people's strength. The Garan of the famous temple in Kyoto was burned down, forcing the shogunate and the imperial court to bow their noble heads.
