Chapter 259: Taking Chestnuts from the Fire (8) Beautiful Shadow in the Rain
This storm has lasted long enough, and an hour has passed and the rain has not weakened. Fortunately, it is midsummer and the temperature is not low. Otherwise, the Ninja City samurai who are soaked in the rain and waiting for the opportunity to attack might be even worse than their opponents.
, not to mention whether the sneak attack will go smoothly, at least a bad cold is inevitable.
Toyotomi Hidekatsu's army had already set up camp, and the artillery pieces were all covered tightly with leather jackets. To be fair, their actions were swift enough. Unfortunately, even so, Toyotomi Hidekatsu couldn't avoid being furious, because the artillery pieces
Although it seemed safe, part of the gunpowder shipped with the artillery was wetted—to be precise, seven of the twenty-five carts of gunpowder were wetted.
More than 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder, a few kilograms wet! Considering that the supply of saltpeter has been cut off by the Maritime Trade Alliance recently, this gunpowder is an extremely important strategic material. Moreover, even if several kilograms of gunpowder are used for the big barrel, it will not last long.
But if you think about it, if you give it to the Iron Artillery Team (Musket Team), it will be enough to fight a big battle!
Lord Guan Bai spent a lot of money on this, and he actually lost more than 30% of it because of a storm. Even a Toyotomi disciple like Toyotomi Hidekatsu couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Originally, his mother Zuiryuin hoped that he could gain some more military exploits by participating in the war, so that he could persuade Kanbai to seal him in a good place around Kinki. Unexpectedly, there was no battle at all in Odawara Castle, so he finally got lucky.
It was really unlucky to be hit by a storm even though I had a big job.
For a moment, Toyotomi Hidekatsu even wanted to imitate Cao Cao and use the head of the military grain officer. Unfortunately, he could only think about this idea in his mind, but he couldn't actually do it - because at this moment, he was a small soldier in the army.
The priest is a member of the Nagasuke Masa family. If Toyotomi Hideyoshi hadn't seen that the Nagasuke Masashi family is also in Ninja City at the moment, he might not be willing to let him do this little lotus.
In Japan, Xiaohe Tuobo is an officer subordinate to the military commander. His immediate superior is the military commander, not the general who prepares a certain group after the troops are divided. The military commander has great powers and is one of the main officers in a battle.
Generally speaking, the military commander is responsible for mobilizing troops and commanding operations according to the instructions of the general of the campaign - this general is Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself in the current Odawara conquest. It is similar to the chief of general staff in later generations. The military commander is responsible for his subordinates.
Flag officers, bow officers, spear officers, soldiers and ration officers, and Xiaohetuos officers all directly obeyed his command and were responsible to him, similar to the heads of departments in later generations.
Japan's Warring States Period was an era in which the division of labor accelerated its development. Many specialized responsibilities were divided. According to the documents and records at that time, they were divided into general duties, temple duties, district inspections, ship duties, official duties, and Tibetan duties.
The military affairs, etc., respectively manage various affairs such as construction, religion, land, maritime transportation, diplomacy, and economy. Due to the war years, of course, special military affairs are also divided into military affairs to take charge of conquest matters.
Since offense and defense are related to the rise and fall of a family, military conduct ranks first among the military conduct. According to the explanation of the "Samurai Namesho" written roughly in the middle and late Edo period, military conduct is "the president of everything in the army and responsible for the military state."
"Da Ren". Minamoto no Tomo in "Hogen Monogatari", Taira Chiyasu in "The Rise and Fall", and Minamoto Yoshitsune in "The Tale of the Heike" were all military officials, although at that time military officials were not a permanent position.
, and the name is still called Shang Junxing, but its responsibilities are not much different from those in the Warring States Period.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the "Asakura Takakage Regulations" formulated by the Asakura clan of Echizen's Warring States Period made special provisions for the military duties. According to the regulations, the military officers were selected from among the capable generals before going into battle.
He is responsible for military deployment and assists the general in commanding the entire army.
A job similar to the military service is the warrior service. This name appears in the materials of the Hojo clan and the Takeda clan, and also appears in the "Samurai Family Name Code". According to various records, in different families,
If there are soldiers who perform this duty, there are no records of warriors who perform this duty, and vice versa. It can be inferred from this that the so-called warriors perform this duty are actually different names for military personnel.
Among the followers of the Toyotomi family, the one with the highest status is Ishida Mitsunari. However, this time Toyotomi Hideyoshi had already made up his mind to let Ishida Mitsunari directly receive some military honors, so he was assigned to take charge of his duties and did not do military duties.
As a result, the military chief fell to the Nagasuke Masaike. However, there was actually no real war in Odawara Castle, so Toyotomi Hideyoshi assigned the Nagashuge Masakae to Ishida Mitsunari, who temporarily served as the military chief.
As Mitsunari's deputy, it goes without saying that he favors Ishida Mitsunari.
The chief officers of the combat arms such as the bow commander and the gun commander under the military commander are very straightforward, so there is no need to say more. The ones worth mentioning are the commanders of the logistics departments such as the Xiaohetuo commander and the soldier and food commander.
As the scale of the war expanded and the war lasted longer in the late Warring States period, the transportation and storage of rations, bows, arrows, ammunition, equipment and other supplies for the soldiers participating in the war became more and more important, and could even determine the outcome of the war.
level. Accordingly, a series of positions with the responsibility of providing strong logistical support for the war were established and gradually improved and matured.
The main responsibility of Xiao Hetuo is the transportation of logistics materials. As long as various materials can be transported from the rear to the front, the task has been completed. Of course, this job is not easy. The farmers who were recruited as migrant workers often ran away en masse, and
If the general supplies cannot be delivered to the battlefield in time, if it has a serious impact on the war situation or even leads to defeat, it is very likely that you will lose your head.
As the name suggests, the military ration service is responsible for the collection, storage, and maintenance and management of military rations. Naturally, the responsibilities are also very important. In addition, some families also have military depots, such as the Takeda family, Go-Hojo family, etc., but in the history of the late Warring States Period in Japan
The most famous military commander in the world happened to be Nagashumasaika, who served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In many battles before this war, Nagashumasaika actually did this.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Faced with the people under the Nagasumasa family, Toyotomi Hidekatsu did not dare to kill, so he had to curse and settle the matter, and he could only hold back his anger.
The little lotus monk was also a smart man. At first he just obeyed the instructions and did not find any objective reasons. After Toyotomi Hidekatsu finished scolding him, he pretended to be careful and explained to Toyotomi Hidekatsu that although the gunpowder was damp,
, but because it is not used by the iron artillery team but by the large cannon team, it only needs to be dried.
In fact, although the effectiveness of this method will be slightly worse than when it is intact, compared with iron cannons, the requirements for gunpowder in the large barrel are not so stringent, and it can basically still be used.
This explanation really made Toyotomi Hidekatsu overjoyed, and he completely lost all his bad feelings towards the little Hetuo who listened to the instructions honestly and didn't "explain the details" until the end.
Toyotomi Hidekatsu didn't have much money, and he didn't even consider that he would lose face. He turned around and praised him a few more times, and then ordered: "Seeing that the rain won't stop for a while, Your Highness will arrange for the baking of gunpowder."
...but be careful not to catch fire."
The habits of the Japanese at this time were different from those of other dynasties in Chinese history. As long as they were a samurai, they could address him as "Your Highness." Of course, this little Hetuo was also a samurai, so Toyotomi Hidekatsu also called him His Highness.
Xiao Hetuo then went to arrange for the damp gunpowder to be baked. At this time, he certainly did not expect that Toyotomi Hidekatsu was really a crow's mouth, and his words "Don't start burning" turned out to be a prophecy——
Of course, it wasn't their own people who started the fire.
In the woods at the foot of the hill, several people gathered around a small clearing that had obviously just been scraped out with a knife and were discussing the military situation.
A piece of leather rain curtain is supported on this small open space. The soil in the open space is used as a drawing board. Simply use the tip of a knife to draw a topographic map. It is exactly the situation of Toyotomi Hidekatsu's temporary garrison, and the temporary temporary garrisons.
Sakemaki Renegade is explaining the current situation of the Toyotomi family's Otsutsuki team.
At this time, the Sakemaki Renegade seemed to have explained it almost. Kafihime, who was wearing Sakura's black belly roll, had her beautiful eyes shining and asked with certainty: "Are they really baking a lot of gunpowder?"
"Yes, Princess Kai, I can see it clearly, there is no mistake." Shumaki Renegao said confidently.
"That's great, God is really helping me!" Kaiji smiled, turned to look at the hill, took a deep breath and said: "Your Highness Shimaki, please continue to monitor and wait for them to dry the first batch of gunpowder.
Let me know immediately when it happens.”
Sakemaki Renegai immediately agreed, but Shibasaki Izumi was a little confused and asked: "Why does it have to be when their first batch of gunpowder is dried?"
Kafiji smiled and said: "The enemy has a large number of people, and there must be many people to bake gunpowder. The first batch of dried gunpowder is enough for us to blow up their largest eighteen large barrels."
"
"Oh, that's it." Shibazaki Izumi nodded, but unexpectedly thought of something, and quickly asked again: "But Princess Kai, why do we have to use their dried gunpowder? More of their gunpowder has not been exposed to the rain.
, wouldn’t it be safer to use?”
"Of course this is true in terms of the power of gunpowder alone, but since the enemy has so many people, how can the gunpowder not be defended by a large army? We only have two hundred people. Even if we can fight one against ten, we can't sneak in and then risk everything.
to seize these well-defended gunpowder.
Since the damp gunpowder needs to be dried, it must be pulled aside separately to prevent all the gunpowder from being burned in the event of a fire. In this way, the defensive force on the side where the damp gunpowder is being baked must be empty. I will wait.
As long as the water is muddy first, you can fish in troubled waters, grab the gunpowder calmly, and then blow up the opponent's big barrel."
Shibasaki Izumi suddenly understood, nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Then we have to hit him harder the first time. If we fail to stun Toyotomi Hidekatsu all at once, it will not be so easy when we grab the gunpowder to blow up the barrel."
"That's exactly the truth, but you don't have to worry too much, Shibazaki-dono." Kaiji smiled slightly and said: "The enemy distribution map just discovered by Shibazaki-dono has shown that the other party's Xiao Hetuo is a cautious person.
Gunpowder is stored separately in carts to prevent it from being completely destroyed in the event of a fire.
And this means that as long as we arrange the most powerful shooters later to shoot fire arrows at every gunpowder storage place, it is very likely that many fires will be ignited in their camp, and it may even be caused by an explosion.
.As a result, the enemy's chances of total chaos will be very high."
Shibasaki Izumi was greatly impressed when he heard this. He bowed and said: "I heard that the youngest of the Four Tokugawa Four Kings, 'Aka Yaksha', Ii Naomasa's adoptive mother Ii Naotora's military skills are not inferior to those of the imperial family. I deeply regret that Princess Kai was born.
It's too late, otherwise I would definitely be able to compete with her!"
Of course Ii Naotora is very powerful. She is not only a female samurai, but also a female daimyo. Her childhood name is Master Jiro - "Master Jiro" is obviously a boy's childhood name, but she was given this childhood name because there is no direct male in her family, so
He was raised and taught as a boy from an early age.
Later, when the head of the family became absent and Master Jiro returned to secular life, he inherited the position of governor of the Ii family in the name of Ii Naotora's son. Her other deeds need not be mentioned in detail due to space limitations, except that she trained Ii Naomasa, one of the Four Tokugawa Kings.
I know what her level is.
You know, Ii Naomasa is a whole generation younger than the other three kings of the Tokugawa family. He is a real fierce man who can create Ii Akabi for Tokugawa Ieyasu - Ii Akabi is the elder of the Takeda family who was eaten by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
After the loss, he never forgot about the elite cavalry he wanted to build, but for a long time Reedikawa Ieyasu couldn't find a suitable candidate to form this elite, until Naomasa Ii appeared.
And Ii Naomasa did live up to Ieyasu's expectations and trained Ii Akabi into the strongest army of the Tokugawa family. Until Tokugawa Ieyasu conquered the world, Ii Akabi almost always existed as the core force directly under Ieyasu, and was often defeated by Ieyasu.
Invest in the most critical battles and use them as the "power of the tripod".
Such an awesome Ii Naomasa was taught by Ii Naotora step by step from a young age - not only the art of war, but also martial arts were taught by her. It can be seen that Ii Naomasa's strength is no joke. It is precisely because of this legendary color that later generations of Japan
One of the games in the "Nobunaga's Ambition" series even had a period script specifically for Ii Naotora, and the script was called "Jiro Master Naotora".
Faced with the compliment of a fierce warrior like Shibasaki Izumi, Kaiji was startled at first, then shook her head and said: "How can I compare to Ii-senpai? Besides, she has been taught as a household supervisor since she was a child, and I am just... because of my father.
It’s just a matter of taking orders in the face of danger when the Lord is not around.”
Shibasaki Izumi wanted to say something else, but suddenly he heard three birds chirping not far away, and he couldn't help but look stern. Kaiji reacted faster than him. She had already stood up, pressed the hilt of the Nakiri sword with her right hand, and shouted in a low voice:
"It's His Highness Shijiaki, the time has come!"
"Qiang!" There was a sound, and the moment Shibasaki Izumi stood up, Kaiji still drew the sword in his hand, raised it high, and shouted with a slightly suppressed voice: "Samurai of the Narita family, the time has come to show off our martial name.
! Gentlemen - follow me to defeat Xiu Sheng'er!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the slim black and red figure rushed out like lightning.
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