When fighting a war, logistics is all about fighting.
This time Shiga Icun sent out troops, bringing with her the elites of the Sanuki Kingdom who had fought in both the south and the north.
There are twelve reserve troops, including 700 Hime warriors and 2,500 Ashigaru warriors.
These people are not the Iga clan, the Zaga clan, or the Yamato clan under Yoshigage, they are the standing elites of the regular samurai families.
Hime warriors are elites on the battlefield with at least 30 titles and salaries, and Ashigaru are battlefield veterans who have gone through many experiences.
On the Yiyin side, excluding the 600 miscellaneous people who returned to Kii, there are also 2,000 Ji samurai and 2,800 ashigaru.
Although it seems that there are many more Hime Samurai warriors, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, and their entire families, they may not be able to defeat them, and the Ashigaru are not even on the same level.
The military strength is barely evenly matched, but Yiyin knows that it is still weak, so it must lead Shihe Yicun to take the initiative to attack.
Defense is always easier than offense.
The entire army in Shihe is 3,200 men. Ten men consume two dan of food per month, which is 640 dan.
This is a daily ration, and it is customary to double it during wartime. Otherwise, you may die suddenly due to lack of strength. That is one thousand, two hundred and eighty dan per month.
Grain and grass must be transported by sea, land, and over the mountains into the Nara Basin. Shipwrecks, moisture, mold, falling, and corruption along the way will cost at least twice as much.
Three times the amount of food would have to be sent to the front line to achieve double the quantity, which would be 3,840 dan.
This is a month's rations for the army to support fighting abroad, not counting other armaments, horse feed and other materials.
This was the result of joining forces with the Kii people and mobilizing the Kii peasant soldiers. Otherwise, the food consumption would have been at least five to ten times.
Sun Tzu's Art of War said, "If you eat the enemy for one minute, you will treat me twenty times." It's really not a joke.
The height of Sanuki's stone is 120,000 koku. According to the daily food tax customs for the four public and six citizens, the food can only be 48,000 koku a year.
It also needs to bear the losses that the lords at all levels turn over progressively, each family's own retention, and the salary of the noble warriors. The food and grass that can be saved in a year will not exceed 10%, which is 4,800 shi.
Therefore, Sanuki Country's accumulation of frugality for a year can only allow Tokawa Ichisumi to go abroad for more than a month. This is still an ideal situation without any logistical problems.
If the Miyoshi family hadn't controlled maritime trade in the Seto Inland Sea and commercial taxes at Sakai Port, their family wouldn't have been able to support this war if they were drained.
The logistics line was long, and Yiyin judged that the military rations stored in the Shihe Yicun Army would not exceed ten days.
If the quantity is too large, the fragile supply lines of feudal society will definitely be unable to supply.
Therefore, as long as Zahe Zhong returns to Kii Country, Juga must defeat the Spo coalition forces within three days, otherwise she will collapse without a fight.
Not ten days, but three days. Because the army needs time to withdraw to Kii Country and reach the Neraizu's sphere of influence.
People will die if they don't eat.
No matter how well-disciplined the army is, they cannot withstand the ravages of hunger unless there is an organization that gives them beliefs and ideals that are more important than life.
If Shihe couldn't do it, she would have no choice but to make a desperate move. And Shiba Yiyin was ready to wait here, waiting to defend and attack.
Tokawa Icun was waiting for news from the north, waiting for Tsutsui Shunkei to go to battle, but in the end, Miyoshi Nagakei's almost bragging battle report came.
She pursed her lips, disapproving.
The victory of Sanhao Changqing was to fight stupidly and destroy supplies.
This time, he was able to successfully force Ashikaga Yoshiki back to the border of Yamashiro, relying on his tacit cooperation with his third sister, Fuyayasu Anzai.
It's also because Hatakeyama Gaozheng is too unpopular and can't control his retainers. What does it have to do with the eldest sister?
But if the house governor wants to show off his achievements, the younger sister should be responsible for applauding.
I was still thinking about how I could say something nice to make my eldest sister happy, and then I could attack Kyoto and make her look embarrassed.
The bad news came that slapped in the face.
In the shogunate, thirty heads were placed neatly, and one was held in Shihe Yisun's arms, not caring at all about the blood stains on it.
There were no tears in Shihe Yicun's eyes, but his increasingly red pupils made his subordinate Ji Samurai shudder.
"What the hell is going on in the north!"
Looking at Ji Ji, who was in charge of military affairs, his murderous intent was revealed.
The man couldn't help but tremble, knelt down, kowtowed, and said.
"About ten days ago, Yoshigan Shiba, the legitimate son of the shogunate's Shiba clan, led the Iga clan into Yamato.
First, he expelled the Zaga people who were ravaging the Nara Basin, and then met with the Buddhist master of Kofukuji Temple.
Later, the Zaga Party headquarters was defeated in the north, Suzuki Shigehide captured... captured Miyoshi-sama... and surrendered...
Then...then..."
Shihe Yicun had no expression on his face, he went up and kicked her over.
"Pull it down and show the owl's head to the public. The Iga people entered Yamato for ten days! I didn't know about it for ten days! You deserve to die!"
The man screamed that he was wronged and was dragged down from left to right.
She was indeed unjustly accused. The Iga people were engaged in intelligence trading, and the Shihe Icun army had no awareness of precautions. It was not that they were kept in the dark, and the head of the family governor's only daughter was waiting for him.
Shihe Yicun was filled with regret.
Externally, the Sanhao family was the enemy of the Wu family, and their reputation was completely ruined. Internally, their only daughter died in infancy. If there was a fight for the rightful son in the family, she would be the culprit for the decline of the Sanhao family.
What's more, the head of Xingfuku Temple explicitly issued a decree and designated Sanhao Jangqing as the enemy of Buddha.
Something is wrong, something is wrong! Shihe Yicun noticed a sense of dissonance.
"Bring her back to me."
The warrior Ji who was pulled back was still frightened, kowtowed and waited for Shihe Yicun to ask questions.
"The decree of the Master of Kofukuji Temple is to bring enlightenment to the world? Are both decrees?"
"Your Highness, it's all the same."
Shihe Yicun fell into deep thought and waved her aside.
She is not a person who kills indiscriminately, but her anger persists. The existence of Miyoshi Yoshihiro is very important to the stability of the Miyoshi family.
The three sisters and the four sisters each have their own territory and unite around the Sanhao family. If there are no problems with this structure, it can last for two generations.
Because within the second generation, all families are friendly, closely related, and have strong blood ties. After the third generation, it depends on the methods of the main family and the branch families.
But Miyoshi Yoshihiro's death caused big trouble.
Sanhao Changqing is not young, so it is difficult for him to have any descendants. Moreover, people in this era do not live long. Even if there is a new descendant, if he is still young when he succeeds to the throne, will someone have different intentions?
Originally, Miyoshi Yoshihiro's intelligence and age were enough to connect the past and the next, allowing each family to serve the Miyoshi clan with peace of mind and unite together.
Now that she dies, there will be trouble in the family. Moreover, her death is because he changed Miyoshi Changqing's strategy and asked her to go to the north of Yamato alone. How can this be explained clearly?
The harmony in the family collapsed because of his own mistakes. How could Shihe Yicun not be so anxious and furious?
She couldn't care about these things for the time being. The question now was what to do next.
Why did the Dharma Master of Kofuku Temple declare the decree clearly? The second one is just about being an enemy of the Buddha. There is no reason for the first one.
Unless Tsutsui Shunkei didn't listen to the greeting, so the master had no choice but to tell the news directly to the lower nun Wu family without skipping her!
Shihe Yicun burst into tears immediately.
Niece, it's my fault. I misjudged Tsutsui Shunkei and Iga Zhong. It was me who harmed you.
"Call Suzuki Shigehide's messenger in."
The messengers of Zahe came in and knelt on the ground, holding a letter of Sibo Yiyin to Shihe Yicun with their hands above their heads.
Shihe Yicun walked up behind her, pulled out his sword with lightning speed, and inserted it into her heart from the back. The force was so strong that he nailed her to the ground on the spot, and the letter was stained red and soaked in the blood.
After Shihe Yicun vented his anger, his eyes became clear and he said:
"Send someone to deliver a letter to Tsutsui Junkei and bring her the battle report sent by the eldest sister.
Tell her that I will kill Sibo Yiyin. If she dares to send troops to attack me, I will abandon the Sibo coalition forces, return to the army, and drag her into hell with me.
If she still has a bit of female ambition, let her figure it out.
As long as I kill Shiba Yigen, I will retreat, and Yamato will still be her world."
Toga knew immediately after Suzuki Shigehide's betrayal that the logistics were finished.
Now she just wants to kill Shiba Yiyin to vent her anger, then go back and commit suicide, and beg Miyoshi Changqing's forgiveness.