Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-fifth: Stealing the pillars
"The shogunate army has begun to move? Take a long way around Kyoto?" At this time, Li Wei looked at the information sent back by the ninjas, and he already had a look of doubt on his face.
According to intelligence, the army of the Genji shogunate should have started to attack Kyoto after a day's rest.
At that time, it may be a long tug-of-war and war of attrition. Levi's original plan was to find a perfect opportunity to release the Rod of God during this period. It would be best to wait for them to join forces or gather together.
If it doesn't work out, Li Wei is also going to pull some people together to stage a bitter trick similar to Huang Gai's to get them to join forces.
At that time, people here were also allowed to experience some of Tianxiu's large meteorite technique and the Fire Alliance.
It's just that Li Wei really didn't understand the operations of the shogunate army.
To the west of Kyoto is Hyogo Himeji Castle, one of the five capitals of Sakura Country. Levi could only think that the shogunate army wanted to join forces with other daimyo soldiers and then assemble an army of 15,000 people to fight a war of attrition.
But Li Wei couldn't understand that it would be more advantageous to attack from both east and west at the same time, but the shogunate general still chose to join forces.
It's like playing a game where you can obviously push the base in one wave, but you still have to choose to go jungle. It's as unpredictable as it is.
Although there are more than 10,000 people in the daimyo coalition, they are basically all ashigaru with few samurai. The other three daimyo are like rice worms who want to reduce food consumption before winter. They treat the ashigaru like cannon fodder
He pulled them all out, but his precious warriors did not participate in the battle.
At this time, if the shogunate army wanted to bypass Kyoto, it would have to travel at least two hundred kilometers more before they could detour to the west and join the daimyo coalition forces.
And you may encounter weird things and monsters along the way, so what are they planning?
This kind of operation really made Li Wei not know how to deal with it. He originally thought that the opponent was a king, but it looked like bronze, but Li Wei couldn't face this war the same way he faced bronze.
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When the enemy makes a very stupid operation, firstly, it is really stupid, and secondly, there must be some conspiracy.
Li Wei could only make very careful guesses and consider it, but after thinking for a long time, even if he asked Yin Wa to analyze it, he couldn't find a good guess.
Even Yin Wa, who has artificial intelligence, needs a lot of data support for analysis to make calculations, but the opponent who was originally well prepared suddenly seemed like a performance.
"Follow me to the city wall in person. I want to see what medicines are sold in these elite shogunate gourds." After speaking, Li Wei was about to leave Fujiwara Mansion.
"Master, the food and military supplies have been arranged. Do we need to transfer them from the east city wall to the west city wall?"
"Deploy half first, and the rest will remain on the east wall. The same goes for the personnel."
"Hayin!"
Levi soon arrived at the city wall, but he could only see a blur from a distance. It was tens of kilometers away, and no matter how good his vision was, he could not clearly see the situation at this time.
As more information came back from ninjas, the shogunate army indeed left its original station and moved towards Himeji Castle in the west, always keeping a distance of about 30 kilometers from the Kyoto city wall.
Moreover, the original station was completely deserted at this time. The ninjas also found some grain, grass and bows and arrows that could not be taken away. It seemed that the shogunate samurai were leaving in a hurry.
"Master, can we take the initiative to go out of the city to block the attack and intercept the shogunate army here?" Koizumi came to Li Wei and bowed.
"No, I suspect there is fraud. Although the shogunate army moved in a hurry, they did not panic. Moreover, our main combat power comes from firecrackers and detonating fire bombs, and our number is still too small." Li Wei replied to Koizumi.
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It was too risky to go out of the city to fight. Even if Li Wei's entire army attacked, the shogunate's army would be ten times theirs. As long as they were surrounded layer by layer, it would be difficult for Li Wei to break through the siege himself.
According to the ninja's information, the shogunate army has at least one great swordsman, and it is very possible that there is another great swordsman hidden.
In Li Wei's view, although there was a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, relying on the city walls and muskets, plus the bombs prepared by Li Wei himself, it was not impossible to fight.
All you need to do is set off a wave of fire, and it may be a surefire kill.
But if you go out to fight in the city, it is absolutely impossible to win.
Unless the shogunate army is all a flock of chickens that can be broken at a touch, but in this era where bushido is advocated and the idea of dying on the battlefield to be loyal and repaying kindness, Li Wei does not believe that the Genji shogunate who unified the world with force will have low combat effectiveness and will.
He will never pin his hopes of victory on the stupidity of his enemy.
"What are the movements of the Daimyo coalition forces in the west?" Levi looked at the ninja who was delivering the information.
The ninja also hurriedly returned: "The Daimyo coalition forces have also begun to march in the direction of the shogunate army and will meet at Mount Atago in the northwest of Kyoto."
Li Wei looked in the northwest direction, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
Mount Atago is part of the Arashiyama Mountains, which was the Arashiyama base that Levi had used before.
"I would like to report to the master, the King of Kintetsu has now formed four powerful cannons. Do they need to be deployed on the city wall?" Another retainer of the Fujiwara family came over to report.
"First let three be placed on the northwest wall, facing Mount Atago."
"Hayin."
Li Wei planned to spend the night under the city wall today, preparing to observe the enemy's movements at all times.
On the other side, the Faceless Ghost began to take control of the entire shogunate army and ordered a forced march to meet with the Daimyo coalition forces.
Of course, its order was opposed by many staff members and lieutenants. They all felt that they could surely win by attacking Kyoto directly after resting.
Moreover, if they change lanes temporarily, they are likely to encounter unknown monsters or monsters, which may cause them to suffer additional losses for no reason.
However, Nobu Kamizumi, who is imitated by the Faceless Ghost, only uses the top-secret information provided by Hojo Tokimune to explain the past.
After some debate, everyone could only agree to the Faceless Ghost's order, because the Faceless Ghost gave them reasons that convinced them.
That is, the Fujiwara clan has integrated the aristocratic families in Kyoto and recruited many soldiers of the Hojo Daimyo. At this time, the combat effectiveness is not low. If they fight to defend the city wall, it will become a protracted battle.
Of course, this information was made up by the Faceless Ghost, but the false and true things he forged made these aides believe it, so after weighing it again and again, everyone agreed to join forces with the Daimyo coalition.
The main thing is that with the addition of the more than 10,000 ashigaru from the Daimyo Alliance, they will have more cannon fodder to use.
As a result, the shogunate's army began to march hastily.
While on the march, we did encounter unknown monsters, but this was a good thing for the Faceless Ghost, because it could take the opportunity to let the staff from the temple family stop the monsters one by one, and let these confidants fight without any blood.
The serious trouble disappeared.
Taking advantage of the hurried march, the ten people also put the improved rosemary into the few grains and grass.