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"Then I would like to ask, Your Highness Matsudaira, how can we help in this battle?" After the casual conversation, Imagawa Yoshimoto took the initiative to bring the topic back to business.
"I feel ashamed to say that I don't have many people on hand now. Counting the retainers who are still staying near Tojo Castle, there are less than 200 people. Although there are still Goi Matsudaira, Fujii Matsudaira, and Tojo Matsudaira at home, these three families are separated.
Support me, but they can only mobilize less than 1,000 people at most. Kira Mochihiro of the Tojo Kira family took me in before, but the strength was not enough, and he could only mobilize 300 people."
Matsudaira Hirotada told the whole story of Mikawa's current situation very honestly, without any intention of defending himself or putting in nice words, "But my great-grandfather's Matsudaira family can mobilize 1,300 people, and my third uncle's Sakurai Matsudaira family also has 1,300 people. Matsudaira supports them."
Miki and Fukugama Matsudaira can mobilize 1,000 more people. In terms of military strength, I am at a very big disadvantage. Moreover, the home city of Okazaki Castle is currently in the hands of my third uncle. Okazaki Castle is a strong city. Without thousands of troops, it is probably impossible to defeat it.
of."
Thousands of troops - this astronomical number is unattainable in the eyes of ordinary wealthy families, but it is not difficult for the Imagawa family. After the Imagawa family unified Yuanjiang and regained half of Hedong, the total number of troops that can be mobilized has reached 1,000 people.
.If you include the wealthy families in Higashi Mikawa who have nominally returned to the Imagawa family, you will be close. Of course, Imagawa Yoshimoto will definitely not include them. They were in the period of the Imagawa clan and the Imagawa clan Teru.
He always listens to the instructions but not the propaganda, and now he even refuses to send hostages. Only those who can be relied on will have ghosts.
"Then how many people do you need?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked directly.
"About 4,500 people." Matsudaira Hirotada reported a rather accurate number.
"Why?" Imagawa Yoshimoto felt that Matsudaira Hirotada was shouting less, "Are these people enough?"
"If the number of people is too large, I'm afraid that the Matsudaira family will think that the Imagawa family is trying to use my hand to embezzle Mikawa and unite to resist me." Hiroshi Matsudaira honestly expressed his thoughts, "If the number of people is smaller,
Maybe it can alleviate the doubts among the clan."
"If the number of people is smaller, even if the Imagawa family really wants to seize Mikawa, the Matsudaira family can join forces to stop it, right?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was more direct.
"I'm offended, but I do have such thoughts." Matsudaira bowed and bowed very apologetically, "It's really rude."
"Your Highness Matsudaira is sincere. Shouldn't this kind of thing be kept hidden in words forever?" Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly felt that Matsudaira Hirotada's attitude was very interesting.
"After all, I have something to ask of the Imagawa family. You should not lie under any circumstances. Otherwise, wouldn't you be benefiting yourself by deceiving others? It is really disgraceful and goes against the way of the samurai." Matsudaira Hirotada explained calmly, and then bowed again.
Apologize.
"Not bad." Imagawa Yoshimoto actually had an appreciation for the honest and stubborn samurai in front of him - it's not surprising, good people can always be admired.
Of course, in the Wu family's troubled times, good people will never survive.
"Then I agree to it. When will the Imagawa family send troops?"
"Please hurry up, sorry for the trouble. I will go back to Tojo Castle to gather my old troops first, and I will be waiting for your news then." Matsudaira Hirotada finally bowed to Imagawa Yoshimoto, "Please!"
"What? Sir, you want to send troops to Sanhe?"
After Imagawa Yoshimoto returned to the room, he explained the future itinerary to Ginkgo, which immediately caused Ginkgo to complain.
"I can't stay at home for a few days, and I have to go out to fight again. It's true that all martial arts families in the world are equally dark..."
"No way!" Imagawa Yoshimoto heard this and immediately raised his hands to show his innocence, "I haven't been at home with my wife and children for almost two years!"
"But I'm angry. I'm very disappointed now. I feel that my husband and other samurai are all on the same path!" Ginkgo put her hands on her hips and pouted in mock anger.
"Then how can we let Ginkgo calm down?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was also "acting on occasion" and asked Ginkgo with a smile.
"Take me with you!"
Ginkgo looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto with "starry eyes", and the conversation changed so much that Imagawa Yoshimoto couldn't even react, "This Suruga is too boring. I have been married for three years, and the farthest I have been to Mount Fuji.
I’m almost bored to death!”
"You want to go to the battlefield? How can this be done?" After Imagawa Yoshimoto came to his senses, he shook his head repeatedly, "It's too dangerous."
"What are the dangers of this mission? Sir, do you think I don't understand?" Ginkgo took out a folding fan from Imagawa Yoshimoto's waist and fanned herself, "Nishi Mikawa was in chaos. Several people named Matsudaira were fighting around, all of them were young.
Just making a little fuss. As soon as the Imagawa family's army supporting the upright family governor arrives, those clan members will definitely stand in line and come back, it's just a formality."
It has to be said that what Ginkgo said is indeed the truth - Imagawa Yoshimoto himself understood this mission this way. Faced with the overwhelming material difference of the Imagawa army, the Matsudaira family did not reject the return of Matsudaira Hirotada. He only wanted to
Just take an armed parade with the troops, send Matsudaira Hirotada into Okazaki Castle, and then punish the rebellious Matsudaira Nobusada. In the original history, things did develop like this.
"But it would be inappropriate for my mistress to accompany the army on an expedition..."
"I can pretend to be sir's maid! Myolie!"
"But mother knew about it and wanted to accuse us..."
"Mom, she is going to Zentokuji Temple and Fujinomiya this time, and she also wants to educate Goro. She will not be back for a month. We have returned from the mission long ago!"
Seeing that his excuses were refuted by Ginkgo one by one, Imagawa Yoshimoto had to admit it with a wry smile. Looking at Ginkgo's expectant little eyes, he couldn't bear to refuse - besides, he himself didn't want to be with her all the time.
What about lovers sticking together?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But I do have a problem." Ginkgo, who was completely victorious, suddenly tilted her head and fell into deep thought, "Even if I pretend to be a maid, everyone in the horse community knows me.
It’s not a lot, wouldn’t it be discovered?”
"I can hide you." Imagawa Yoshimoto replied without thinking.
"How to hide? Where to hide on horseback?" Ginkgo gave Imagawa Yoshimoto a blank look.
"I have my own way." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled evilly, and a ghostly trick came to his mind.
So, on September 15, the 9th year of Tianwen (1540), there was an eye-catching sedan in the queue of Imagawa's army marching westward. 8 people carried the sedan and walked along the official road, but everything was stable. The sedan was followed by Imagawa The family's guards and horses returned to the crowd, and the knights gathered around the flying red bird horse seal.
"How elegant it is to go out in a sedan chair. Your Highness is so magnanimous and ambitious that no one can match it." Himura Hiroyuki was already full of praise for this arrangement, but Akai Kurotaka and Kira Uisege scoffed at it - he He felt that these fancy things were of no use. Kentaro Targami was a little worried that Imagawa Yoshimoto was not enterprising and had neglected his martial arts and riding skills. Nagoya Furunoji Yutaka thought that the target of the sedan chair was too big, and it might be difficult to move quickly once it became the target of an attack.
Only Hayasaka Nao and Mochizuki Takaki knew what was going on inside the sedan, but they did not dare to say anything.
"If you really have a husband, you have all kinds of crazy ideas."
Inside the sedan, Ginkgo carefully fiddled with the curtains and looked at the army outside through the narrow slit. At this moment, a pair of hands suddenly appeared where they shouldn't have appeared.
"Sir! What are you going to do! Uh..." Ginkgo yelled and was about to protest, but Imagawa Yoshimoto kissed her directly and pushed her down onto the mats in the sedan chair.
"There are people outside..." Ginkgo said in a low voice while stroking her long, disheveled hair, "What are you trying to do, sir?"
"So Myolie, you should keep your voice down. Besides, the footsteps outside are so loud that you can't hear clearly." Imagawa Yoshimoto showed his trademark evil smile, leaned down, took a wanton look at Fangze, and began to take off Ginkgo's clothes.
"Sir! This is no longer a matter of whispering, the sedan will shake!"
Although strange noises were happening in the sedan, the members of the Honkamoto escorting around were indifferent - even if they wanted to move, they were not allowed to move according to military regulations - this was due to the training results of Imagawa Yoshimoto in the past two years.
Imagawa Yoshimoto still remembers the instructions he made before his death - he asked Imagawa Yoshimoto to inherit all his policies. But those policies were a bit too unbelievable. After careful study, Imagawa Yoshimoto himself understood a few things. , but he was not sure that he could convince other important officials in the family - he was too lazy to do so. So, he just picked the simplest one and put it into practice - Imagawa Yoshizhin's method of running the army.
After all, the fighting power of Imagawa Yoshima's flag had been witnessed by all the important officials in the Imagawa family. When Imakawa Yoshimoto implemented the military system and training methods in the flag under the direct jurisdiction of the family, he did not encounter much resistance.
Each reserve team is expanded to 400 soldiers. There are 10 soldiers in one squad, 5 squads in 1 platoon, and 8 platoons in 1 reserve. There is 1 cavalry platoon, 2 archer platoons, 5 infantry platoons, and 800 auxiliary soldiers. .Everyone broke up the original organization and unified it under this organization. Unified the military system and unified equipment. It is no longer like the army in the past - the number, organization, and equipment of the troops brought by each small lord are all diverse - —but will be unified and organized according to this standard.
For the troops of other retainers in the Imagawa family, such a request is a fantasy. But for the direct-controlled banner of Imagawa Yoshimoto himself, it is feasible.
The book left by Imagawa Yoshima also wrote that giving each reserve team its own number and flag would be more conducive to morale and cohesion. So Imagawa Yoshimoto stroked his pen: Matsui Sonobu's first flag book was completed
Gomaobei, the military flag is a spear; Yamada Keitaka's second army became the Jinsei army, and the army flag was the dangerous pass; Asai Masatoshi's third army became the Anyuan army, and the army flag was the festival battle; Osawa Motoin's fourth army
The military flag became the battle shield; the fifth military commander with a high Meishan clan became the Guangdong military commander, and the military flag was the snow mountain.
At the same time, in addition to martial arts and formations, daily training also included a large number of three-sided turns, marching columns, and forbidden exercises, and attached great importance to discipline - these are all required by the military manual left by Imagawa Yoshima.
The reserve captain Matsui Sonobu and the reserve captain Osawa Motoin of the Shogun Bei highly praised this training method and took the lead in implementing it in their reserve teams. After the training achieved initial results, the remaining reserve teams also began to follow suit.
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The specific result of the training is that the swordsman next to Imagawa Yoshimoto's sedan is currently marching horizontally and vertically on the official road with neat steps to the beat of the drum. Even though the strange noises coming from the sedan made the soldiers very curious,
No one dared to turn around and take a look - because the captain did not allow them to rest. Any unnecessary movement at this time, if discovered by the military judge, would result in a severe beating from Matsui Sonobu.
But at this moment, Matsui Sonobu's order suddenly came from the queue——
"All - stand still!"
"One, two, three, four!" The soldiers shouted four slogans in unison, then stopped in unison.
"Look to the right!" Matsui Sonobu shouted again.
After hearing the order, the soldiers quickly shook their heads to the right, took small steps like wind under their feet, and quickly aligned to the right. The originally scattered team instantly returned to a straight line.
"Look forward!" Matsui Munanobu shouted again, and the soldiers once again turned back together as if they were one person.
"If you pass a village or town ahead, just walk by and don't disturb the people."
After receiving the order, the soldiers finally began to walk easily as if they had received an amnesty. After discovering that the sound of neat footsteps disappeared, Imagawa Yoshimoto was afraid that there was too much movement, so he had no choice but to let go of the ginkgo under him.