Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Three: Make him come and go
These days, Li Wei gradually became busy.
As the ninjas handed him information piece by piece, Levi knew that a group of ninjas from the shogunate had definitely lurked into Kyoto, but he was completely unable to catch the traces of that group.
He would never have imagined that a demon would help him eliminate the shogunate ninjas in Kyoto, and in this way, he could pass all kinds of false information to the Genji shogunate.
However, at this time, all the former ninjas of the Fujiwara family were equipped with revolvers and were still practicing what they called the Fire Gun Way.
During Li Wei's preparations, the city walls of Kyoto began to be covered with a large number of rolling stones and kerosene, and there were also special places for firearms to shoot.
As time progressed, Kyoto, which had just seen some commercial recovery, once again fell into the shadow of war.
This can be seen from the fact that food prices have slowly started to rise again.
At this time, Li Wei saw the information passed by the ninjas. The Genji army began to set up camp thirty kilometers outside Kyoto, and seemed to begin to contact the armies of other daimyo to encircle and suppress Kyoto.
"It's coming..." Li Wei looked at the map of the Genji army's camp drawn by the ninja. They were not gathered together, but were camped in scattered places, but overall they were still in a straight-line snake pattern.
Even if Li Wei wanted to sneak attack on the grain and grass, the Genji army did not join forces and scattered the grain and grass in five or six places. There may even be more unexplored places with grain and grass.
His fire attack can only be used once. If it does not achieve decisive results the first time, it will become more difficult to defeat the enemy in the future.
Seeing the actions of the Genji army, Li Wei could clearly see some of the tactics he was familiar with in his previous life.
Every time this time, he would sigh, what kind of books did Xu Fu bring when he came over? This familiar way of arranging troops was very similar to the formations in the Three Kingdoms era.
Most of the military art of the Three Kingdoms era originated from the Warring States Period and is inherited from the same source.
"After my order, the samurai began to enter the highest level of combat readiness. With the former Fujiwara family samurai as the team leader, he led two newly recruited samurai to fight in a three-person team and guard the city wall at all times." Li
Wei began to give orders to the ninjas who were delivering the orders.
These days, Yinwa's production line is in full swing, and dozens more firearms are manufactured. However, these weapons can only be temporarily used as inventory. He is not planning to popularize firearms to the group of warriors he has just recruited. Rookies like that may let them go.
The grenade exploded in his nest.
On the other hand, the most primitive version of the old artillery was also born.
Originally, the normal development of science and technology line was to develop cannons first, then guns, but Kyoto has its own national conditions, and the metal output and metal veins in Kyoto are very poor.
Therefore, according to Yin Wa's analysis, it is better to produce firearms and grenades first. These weapons cannot be made of metal where they can be made of wood.
When firearms and grenades begin to gradually become saturated, then consider cannons that consume extremely scrap metal.
After all, cannons that fire solid shells are more useful for siege and deterrence, as well as disturbing livestock such as horses. In real battlefields, very few people are killed by solid shells.
In this island country, the number of horses is extremely scarce.
Even for the Genji shogunate, it is estimated that the entire shogunate has only a hundred or so cavalry troops. Most of the time, the cavalry is used to assist in harassment. From the swordsman to the lower-level samurai, they all fight on foot.
There would be no scenes like the white-horse righteous followers he knew in his previous life, or the heavy cavalry charge in Europe and Rome.
Just when Levi was thinking about countermeasures, the ninja sent another piece of information.
"Master, Master Renge of the Kakyoin family and a group of monks would like to see you."
"Let them in." Li Wei was a little surprised at this time. Logically speaking, these temple family members should be wise enough to protect themselves at this time. After all, this is a struggle for hegemony between nobles, not a battle with monsters.
A group of monks walked into the Fujiwara Mansion, divided into two lines and came to salute in front of Li Wei.
Li Wei looked at Master Lianhua. At this time, Master Lianhua's face was dark and weathered.
"The master, the young monk, and everyone else have decided to swear allegiance to you and are willing to become the retainers of the Fujiwara clan." Master Renhua said straight to the point.
Later, a monk handed Li Wei a stack of land deeds and scrolls recording temple supplies and personnel.
This made Li Wei feel confused for a while.
"Why?" Levi asked.
"To save all sentient beings, Buddhist scriptures cannot save the world, so we want to choose another method. I want to see the world with blooming flowers." Master Lianhua looked at Li Wei and knelt down to face him.
To Levi,
"The Kakyoin family and the 14 temples they control, 87 monks are willing to swear allegiance and become monk soldiers of the Fujiwara family..."
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At this time, in the camp of the Genji army, Kamizumi arranged for the warriors to take a simple rest.
He was not in a hurry to attack. At this time, Kyoto was like a turtle in a urn for him, and it was as easy as trying to get something out of a bag.
There are ten thousand ashigaru provided by other daimyo, plus five thousand samurai, but the Kyoto garrison is less than five hundred. This battle is fifteen thousand versus five hundred. This is already an advantage like flying dragon riding on my face.
Their spies also went to see the defenses in Kyoto, and found that the samurai in Kyoto did not practice swordsmanship or weapons. They were tinkering with broken sticks all day long. It was obvious how weak their combat effectiveness was.
Especially the master of the Fujiwara family, Kamizumi Nobu felt that that person was as vulnerable as a withered bone in a grave.
As the master and commander-in-chief of the family, he has no martial arts skills and does not even come to inspect the city walls. He seems to spend all day in the mansion singing, drinking and having fun. He is simply a scum among military generals.
Kamiizumi Nobu only felt that the Hojo Daimyo should not be defeated at the hands of such a heroic leader.
His thoughts at this time changed from how to conquer Kyoto to how to complete this request with the minimum loss. It was best to be able to defeat the city without one person dying.
The Kamiizumi family has gradually declined since the death of Sword Master Kamiizumi Yinshi.
Sword Master Shangquan Yinshi is like a treasure to the Shangquan family, and it is also like a curse. He seems to have absorbed all the luck of the entire Shangquan family. From then on, no one from the Shangquan family can surpass the Shangquan family.
Swordsman.
He needs to win this war perfectly, and then replace Hojo Tokimune as the daimyo of Kyoto, so that the Kamiizumi family can regain the strength of the era when the sword master was born, and make the Kamiizumi family great again.
Moreover, the Shangquan family now has a rough jade that even surpasses the qualifications of the Sword Master a thousand years ago. As long as resources are spent to carve that raw jade into a jade and once again become the Sword Saint family of the Shangquan family, then the Sword Saint family can be reborn.
The Shangquan family has survived for thousands of years.
"General, the ninja lurking in Kyoto wants to see you." An attendant saluted.
"Let him come in." Kamizumi said.
So, a ninja walked into the camp, saluted respectfully to Nobu Kamizumi, and handed over the entire Kyoto intelligence and defense map to Nobu Kamizumi.
"General Kamiizumi, I think that the leader of the Fujiwara clan who set fire to Kyoto and destroyed Hojo is an out-and-out formidable enemy. We must take him seriously." The ninja returned.
However, according to the information, the head of the Fujiwara family still hasn't even left the house for several days, and seems to be staying in the house with the Fujiwara princess.
Kamiizumi snorted disdainfully: "Fujiwara? He's just a weakling, vulnerable. If he dares to join the battle, he will never come back."