Kira Yoshi listened to their argument with an expressionless face, thinking to himself: "To practice endurance and Qi-nurturing skills, a king must be unpredictable. He must not express his attitude at will. Ask more questions and answer less, listen more and speak less...
This monarch is really troublesome!"
Kira's army did not move because he did not find a better opportunity to move. Now there is no use in crossing the river on a large scale to attack Ohorikan. The 13,000-strong army will not be able to complete the crossing in less than an hour. In this time, the beacon fire on Ohorikan Castle
The beacon fire has been burning in Taiwan for a long time.
The Takeda family's reinforcements would arrive earlier than the Kira army, and the siege troops were waiting for work with their backs against the river. Half of the siege battle was lost before it was even fought, so every siege ended in failure.
He has made this attempt many times, but changing the landing location again and again still has no better effect.
Don't blame the retainers for meaningless quarrels. Retainers can only understand their thoughts if they give feedback. There are too few other voices in the Kira retainers. Most of the samurai are taciturn or don't like to interrupt. They will do whatever the general says.
This has both advantages and disadvantages. He prefers to hear a special voice, even if he says it wrong.
"In the final analysis, the attacking side with inferior troops is under too much pressure. What's even more deceptive is that the superior troops on the opposite side are waiting for work, and the defender is still Takeda Harunobu, who is famous for his good defense. He only wants to win by five points in the war, and shouts that people are
A city is a stronghold and a wall. Humanity is a friend and hatred is an enemy. What he lacks most is patience and perseverance. In terms of ruthlessness and forbearance, he is the first-class in the Warring States Period. He is proficient in military strategy and planning. It is really difficult.
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We can’t blame the retainers for being incompetent, nor can we blame Kira Yoshi for his inaction. There has never been anyone in the world who can completely suppress Takeda Harunobu. Murakami Yoshikiyo even defeated Takeda’s army twice in the Uedahara battle and Toishibengri. It was so impressive at that time.
Takeda Harunobu, who was still immature, faced off twice. From then on, Takeda Harunobu matured rapidly and became more and more difficult to deal with. He was even more difficult to deal with than those old foxes.
However, he has a group of arrogant and powerful generals who will obey Takeda Harunobu if no one is convinced. Takeda Nobushige is the top lieutenant, Sanada Yukitaka is the sharpest knife, and many wolf-like and tiger-like warriors form the indestructible foundation of the Takeda family, even if history
Even Uesugi Kenshin in his prime could do nothing against him.
He didn't think the Takeda family governor was so difficult to deal with before. He had the impression of the Second Battle of Kawanakajima. His senses about this Tiger of Kai were just average. He had a reputation for being resourceful, thoughtful, and ruthless, but
Encountering the invincible Kira Legion is like a paper tiger that breaks with just one poke.
But he never expected that this person not only had the above advantages, but also had another unknown advantage, that is, he was good at summarizing and learning lessons. He would change his strategic thinking every time he fought a draw, and he would change his mind every time he suffered a defeat.
It becomes more difficult to deal with. The most important thing is that he is unpredictable. You can never guess what tricks he will use to trick you. You always have to be careful and watch out for his little moves. This is very uncomfortable.
This time Takeda Harunobu learned his lesson and laid out a large formation in Hachimanhara, waiting for Kira Yoshi to fall into the trap. It doesn’t matter if Kira’s army doesn’t fall into the trap, it’s to my benefit if everyone drags on. As long as one of the other three groups wins, it will immediately cause trouble.
A chain reaction, for example, a crisis in Echigo would cause the Kira Legion at the front to waver. If there was a difficulty at the rear, he, the commander-in-chief, would definitely be unable to sit still and lead his troops to come back for reinforcements. This would achieve his goal.
As long as Kira Yoshitoki leaves, he will definitely take away his own direct reserves. By then, the Japanese army left behind in Shinano will be no match for Takeda Harunobu. With 28,000 troops dispatched together, it will take less than a few months to conquer the Kawanakajima area.
Swallow them all, and then fall into a vicious cycle like dominoes one after another. Shinano, Ueno, and Etchu were successively lost, and their own backyard fell into the chaos of Mutsu Deha's invading army. It would not take two years.
It's completely over. If Echigo doesn't just rely on his ability to seize the territory, will he still be afraid of the Ichikui mob in Etchu and those trash from Dewa Mutsu with his resourcefulness of Takeda Harunobu? All he needs to do is use a little strategy to contact Hojo and share Echigo together.
, can easily kick the other two out.
The deeper Harunobu Takeda's intentions are, the less Kira Yoshitoki will dare to act carelessly. At this juncture, allocating three to five thousand people to support Ueno, Echichu or guarding Echigo is meaningless, and the reinforcements will not make a quantitative difference.
The role of the enemy can't solve any problems. Nagao Kagetora and Yamamoto Tokiyuki are the kind of people who are not sure of joining the battle without fighting. If they think they can withstand it, they won't ask for reinforcements. If they can't withstand it, they will probably give that little reinforcement.
Enough.
If this was the case, if Kira Yoshitoshi really planned to attack the city regardless of casualties, let alone the three castles on the Yawatahara, it wouldn't be a problem to fight all the way to the gate of the Takeda Army Camp on Chausu Mountain, but he really didn't want to do that.
, specifically asked the Kira Legion to use all their strength, just to wait and see if there are any new changes in the battle situation in other directions.
According to his judgment, there is probably no problem in the joint war in Ueno Country. Although the danger to Echichu Ichikui is great, it is not without a chance to withstand it. The only worry is whether new problems will arise within Echigo. Deyu,
Will Mutsu's invading army forcefully capture a castle before winter? If they are determined to attack with ruthlessness and consequences, it is not impossible. Once the city is breached, the impact will be different.
It is very likely that the two invading armies will choose to stick to it and rely on the support of the castle to plunder grain and grass to survive the severe winter. The two invading armies that do not need to farm in the next spring will harass the spring sowing, which will cause great harm to Echigo's agriculture.
, and at the same time, the damage to Echigo's public sentiment and popularity was huge.
While anxiously waiting, Shinano entered the most important autumn harvest period of the year. The Shinano people in Asahiyama Castle gritted their teeth and watched as the Takeda Army swaggered and appointed samurai to supervise the autumn harvest work in Northern Shinano. That was their land, but now it was being used
The Takeda family occupied the country in a majestic manner, urging annual tributes and collecting taxes such as dongbei money, and enlisted the indigenous farmers of Northern Shinano to serve as civilian husbands for the Takeda army. They wanted to peel off their skin, pull their tendons, eat their flesh, and drink their blood.
A group of Shinano people went to Kira Yoshito and asked the Kira Navy to take the opportunity to dispatch the grain and grass drying in the occupied area. It would be better to take the opportunity to burn the nearby castle to teach them a profound lesson.
Kira Yoshi did not agree to their request, but bluntly said that doing so would make the innocent farmers desperate. Forty percent of the grain dried was their annual ration. You can make it happy and comfortable with just one fire. Those farmers
How could they survive this year without food rations, which forced them to join the Takeda Army. This meant that just to make these people happy, the entire Kira family had to bear the blame for all these losses.
However, he didn't do nothing. When all the annual tribute collected at the end of the autumn harvest in late September was put into warehouses for storage, Kira's navy took advantage of the dim light in the evening and took boats upstream, attacking the earthen warehouses along the way to rob grain and grass. Kira's navy The task of the navy was to seize all the food and grass that could be snatched. What could not be taken away was burned. Anyway, it was not burning the people's food. When the farmers saw the actions of the Kira navy, they were optimistic about the success.
For several days in a row, they attacked in the evening and returned during the day, plundering and burning all the village chiefs along the Chikuma River. On the first night, under the guidance of the leading party, the Kira Marines came back as assassins, and entered the nearby walled city to kill them. Many castle lords appointed by the Takeda family were killed. Later, the castles near the Chikuma River were strengthened to prevent assassinations and came to a standstill.
The Kira navy also distributed many leaflets, which roughly meant calling on the wealthy land servants and peasants in the rear in the name of Shinano's guardians to unite to fight against the Takeda family's barbaric aggression, and promised not to hold them accountable for their temporary surrender. All territorial residents in enemy-occupied areas will be exempted from annual tribute and taxes for the current year. As long as all farmers participating in the boycott refuse the Takeda family's increased corvee burden, the peasants of that household will be exempted from all corvées for three years after the war.
The exemption from the current year's tribute in enemy-occupied areas is a free favor. Anyway, this year's tribute has been collected by the Takeda family. It would be better to waste this favor by selling it to the farmers for free. It will not cost a penny anyway, and encourage the farmers to resist the Takeda family's increase in payment. The possibility of being exempted from all corvées for the next three years in exchange for military service, voluntary service, and other corvées seemed attractive.
You must know that no matter in ancient Japan or ancient China, every household had to perform corvee every year unless there were special circumstances. This large-scale corvée continued since Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall until the new era came more than two thousand years later. It was just announced that it was over. Exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes did not necessarily kill people. It was hard to say that they died of corvee service. During the corvee period, they could starve to death, freeze to death, die of overwork, be killed by samurai, be killed by enemy troops in war, and other strange deaths. Law.
During the Warring States Period in Japan, farmers were like super-tolerant plants or a little tough guy who couldn't be killed. They were not afraid of the sixty-year tribute. They had to pay extra for farming, a house-to-house fee for housing, and a per-capita fee for each person. , living in the castle town requires a room fee, raising cattle requires a cow fee, wearing clothes requires a sail fee, and going out requires a customs fee. There are also various taxes such as Yamate, Kawamate, Uraku, Tsusu, and Seto. Fu, these farmers like Xiaoqiang can survive and endure the blows of natural disasters. They really deserve to be like Xiaoqiang.
Japan's long and narrow land has never had a large population. During the Onin Rebellion, the population was only six to seven million. Even if there were more wars and natural disasters, they could not set off a large-scale peasant uprising. The government decree exempted debts and taxes for the current year, and further demanded that in exchange for the power of guardianship, it would give itself greater autonomy.
Therefore, they can survive such heavy taxes and corvees because their pursuits are very low. In this difficult era, having enough to eat is perfect, living past thirty is a great goal, and marrying a wife to carry on the family line is arduous. The mission is to be exempted from the three-year corvee in this environment, which is very attractive.
There are always people who will take the risk and take a risk, and when talking about Kira Yoshi, he also said that he will fight back. No matter how you talk about the general appointed by the imperial court and the guardian of Shinano appointed by the shogunate, it is quite bluffing. No matter how the farmers look at it, they still feel that Kira is still there. The family is more powerful. Besides, the Kira family has been very good to them in recent years. They don’t collect and pay for general service very much. If there is a disaster, they will definitely be exempted from the tax for that year. The farmers’ life has been getting better and better in recent years. It’s all thanks to this. His policy to appease the people.
This move soon brought trouble to the Takeda army. The recruitment of people's military service was not going smoothly. More and more peasants were fighting against the Takeda family, but these city lords did not dare to act rashly. Several attacks by the Kira naval army gave Hokushin
A shadow was cast on the guards in the Nong area, and everyone acted cautiously but did not dare to deal with these local servants. In the end, even the peasants who had been drafted fled back to their hometowns to take refuge overnight, and the issue of drafting labor was also disrupted.
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Takeda Nobushige's progress is very smooth. Since the Kira Legion did not come to attack and harass, he simply changed from a fake siege bait to a real siege force. With Sanada Yukitaka as the vanguard, he led an army of 6,000 to easily surround Kaijin.
The city was attacked fiercely. This time he was fully prepared and sent in the gold diggers who had been trained by the Takeda family for a long time.
This elite force was originally the mountain people of the Takeda family who were responsible for digging gold mines. Takeda Haru used the tax exemption as a bait to recruit Kai mountain people to mine and refine gold for the Takeda family. They did not have to pay taxes or bear the burden of digging rivers and building embankments.
By asking for labor, you can also develop nearby farmland to cultivate your own land to support yourself, so it is a very popular business.
Because of the nature of the work they are engaged in, they are specially organized into a separate "public". They only need to go out with the Takeda Army during wars. They are usually responsible for setting up camps or digging and building some engineering tasks. When used in sieges, they become a
A very powerful engineering force.
The addition of the Gold Diggers made the situation of defending the city very critical. The Gold Diggers selected a position in a corner not far outside the city, and then immediately took action to prepare to use non-stop digging day and night to dig a road leading to Haijin City.
tunnels, which put great pressure on the soldiers in the city. At the same time, the Takeda Army used a unique trick. Two hundred iron cannons suddenly appeared from under the city, causing great damage to the unsuspecting defenders on the city.
The mounds of earth excavated outside the city were used by the Takeda Army and piled under the city. It seemed that they planned to pile up a slope of earth enough to cross the city wall. During the day, there was a large-scale siege by the Takeda Army, and at night, the gold diggers shoveled away the earth.
With the sound of digging, the morale of the soldiers was inevitably shaken. The people of Shinano were worried that a big hole would suddenly appear in the ground at some point, and then the Takeda family's samurai would pour out in a steady stream.
The lord of the city, Murakami Yoshikiyo, did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly sent a letter to Asahiyama Castle with a flying pigeon to ask for help. On the other hand, he urgently mobilized the garrison in the city to do his best to boost morale. Looking at the siege of Takeda Nobushige's thousands of troops, he lamented: "Miss me, Mr. Shinano."
The general is a fierce general. Who would have thought that now he would become a general defending the city? What a twist of fate! I, Yiqing, only have so many abilities to defend the city. I really don’t know if I can persist until the reinforcements arrive, no matter what the thieves are.
We can only grit our teeth and stick to it, and then do our best to obey fate!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
