Chapter 456
Chapter 456
Chapter 456 Ueno Surprise Attack ([-]) The Ecology of the Rock Cabinet City
Tensho 17th year (1589), October 27th, Ueno-Azuma County-Iwakai Castle.
Konohara Tsuna, a vassal of the Sanada family, was stationed at the rock cabinet city. After the Numata castle was destroyed in front, Yazawa Laiyasu escaped from the Numata castle by chance and returned to the rock cabinet city to help defend.
Before being surrounded by Inomata Kuniken, Narita Usaga and others, there were only 750 defenders in Iwakaki Castle, while Hojo County surrounded them with more than 7000 people.
Sun Tzu's Art of War said: "Therefore, the law of using troops is to encircle them if they are ten;
Hearing this, many people may be very surprised, why can 10 times the force besiege the city, but 5 times the force can siege the city?
In fact, they have fallen into a misunderstanding. Encirclement here does not mean encirclement, but encirclement and annihilation.
Even in modern times, it is very difficult to encircle and annihilate a unit. Don’t you see that Maoxiong has encircled Silichansk from May to three, and dragged it until July to start the encirclement operation. Finally, he was stunned. Let Rurik's 5th Infantry Brigade and 7th Heavy Tank Brigade run away even though they dropped their heavy weapons.
To be honest, although the encirclement is very simple, it requires a lot of troops and tactics.
You have to divide the troops into four parts, one part is to besiege the city, one part is to destroy the enemy's reinforcements, one part is to sweep the surrounding area, and the other part is to encircle the camps and logistics roads.
In addition, in such a high-intensity defense against possible raids by the opponent's reinforcements, you have to flow out enough troops to take turns.
When there are heavy casualties in the siege, the unit must be repaired, otherwise it is not easy to mutiny.In addition, attacking a city consumes a lot of energy, which is several times that of the defender, so each unit needs to be rotated, otherwise there is no combat effectiveness at all.
Therefore, this is why there are so few cases of encirclement and annihilation in ancient times.
Inomata Kuniken, who is the head of the Ueno banner of the Hojo Clan, was ordered by the Hojo Clan to resolve the issue of the Sanada Clan in Ueno before the arrival of the Toyotomi family. As a result, he was entrusted in Numata Castle for 2 months. I hate Sanada so much.
Now that soldiers are besieging the Rock Cabinet City, he is determined to be ashamed.
To say that this rock cabinet city is really not one of the most important cities in Agatsuma County, the Naganohara Castle, Haneo Castle, and Kamahara Castle to the west are just slightly larger courtyards, and Nishi Azuma County is settled in the Sanada clan After that, large-scale development began, and the level of agricultural economy was not good at all.
In other words: Once the rock cabinet city is taken down, the possibility of small groups of troops infiltrating Ueno from Shinano can be completely sealed off.
Before the arrival of Inomata Kuniken, it was Narita, the lord of Ninja Castle, who was in charge of the attack on Iwakura Castle, and Nobusada Kobata, the lord of the Ueno country and the lord of Kunimine City.
The two joined forces with 2000 troops, and were ordered to bypass Numata Castle and directly attack Iwaku Castle. It would be best if it was completed at the same time as Numata Castle.
In the past two months, all the large and small branch cities around Yangui City were basically pulled out. That is, a group of cavalry suddenly attacked from behind a few days ago, and rushed into the city to join the defenders.
After interrogating the captured captives, it was discovered that the raider was Yazawa Laiyasu who had been retrieved from Numata Castle.
After Inomata Kuniken arrived at Iwaku Castle, he dispatched Nobuyoshi Wada, the lord of Ueno Kinzan Castle, to attack Yokoya Castle near Agatsuma Gorge on the west side.
On the one hand, the chief Narita stationed at the Qianryuin Pavilion on the west side of the rock cabinet city, while he stationed at the Yanagizawa castle on the north side, cutting off the possible connection between the rock cabinet city and the outside world from the two lines of defense.
Facing the attack and defense of nearly 10 times, the Sanada family who defended Iwakaki Castle still had a lot of backbone. After repeated persuasion by Inomata Kuniken, he still refused to surrender. Furious, Inomata Kuniken ordered to attack the city.
On the seventh day of the brutal siege battle, the Hojo clan filled up the Izuurabuchi under the Iwakaki Castle and built bridges from the flanks to attack the city. The Iwakaki Castle Sannomaru was declared destroyed.
Inomata Kuniken was overjoyed when he heard that Iwakaki Castle was broken, and ordered the army to take a break before continuing to attack the city, vowing to take Iwakaki Castle today.
However, the resistance of the Sanada Army was beyond his expectations. In the evening of the battle, the Hojo Army broke into Nijimaru several times, but was repelled by the Sanada Army.
Seeing that it was getting late, Inomata Kuniken was reluctant to issue an order to withdraw troops, and called Narita's chief and others to hold a military meeting in Yanagizawa Castle and assign the next day's siege task.
In his opinion, Rock Cabinet City is crumbling. Tomorrow, Ueno will be included in the Hojo Clan's pocket as long as he works hard tomorrow. Therefore, he has to rearrange his troops and put his direct descendants on the front line, so as to win the glory of seizing the city. .
Under the contemptuous gazes of everyone, he had just finished arranging tomorrow's affairs, when suddenly the curtain of the shogunate was pulled back, and his cronies walked in with a dusty warrior, with a centipede representing important messages stuck behind him flag.
As soon as the samurai came in, he knelt down in front of Inomata Kuniken, dragged a letter in his hand, and said to him, "No boarding guard, Su Bingdao urgent military situation."
Inomata Kuniken took the forwarded letter from his valet, opened it very casually, but stood up abruptly the moment he saw the first column of words.
His eyes quickly scanned the entire letter, and the expression on his face changed accordingly.
The letter was not long, but he read it several times. After reading it, he didn't give up. He kicked his horse and went to the envoy who delivered the letter, grabbed him and asked, "Tell me, what happened to U Bingdong?" Is it? Is it the Toyotomi family who are coming from the other side?"
The samurai was taken aback by Inomata Kuniken's sudden move, and he responded nervously, "It is indeed the Toyotomi family's army, and the formation flag held on the opposite side is the Wuqitong pattern. Before the subordinate left, Usui The pass has just been breached."
Inomata Kuniken pushed the samurai to the ground with some irritability, turned around and walked back to his position, frowning, and revealed the news to the Hojo generals who are participating in the military discussion here at the moment, "The news just came, Toyo The Chen family broke through Dubingdong yesterday morning and has already entered Ueno."
"Ah! How is this possible? Didn't the people in Fuma say that Toyotomi's army is in Suruga?"
"Asshole, Dubingdong was broken, I don't know what happened to Matsuida Castle and Anzhong Castle in our family."
As the deputy commander, Chief Narita was even more nervous, because his base city was in Musashi Shinobi Castle. If he didn't react fast enough, he might be blocked in Ueno.
He also walked up to the envoy and asked forcefully, "How many enemies have come, and whose banner is it fighting?"
"I'm just a guard of Sakamoto Castle. I don't see the real thing. I only know that it is full of people. The Ubing City on the north side was taken by a charge. It is absolutely impossible for the small army to infiltrate it. As for which one belongs to it?" The military power is not sure from here."
Narita's cousin, Narita Naga, who was next to Mr. Narita, explained, "There are not many people in Toyotomi's family who can use Wuqitong patterns, but they are Guanbai Hideyoshi, Dai Nayan Hidecho, Right General Hideya, and Senator Hideji. Just wait for someone.
I heard that Hidecho was seriously ill and could no longer lead the army. If Hideyoshi came in person, he must have come by the Tokaido, so it seems that the one who came out of the Toyotomi family was one of the two juniors of the Toyotomi family, Hideie and Hideji. "
Hearing that it was a junior, the ignorant nobles in the middle of the Ueno Army breathed a sigh of relief, but Narita's head frowned even deeper after hearing his cousin Narita's analysis.
He looked at Inomata Kuniken and said, "If Toyotomi Hideji is responsible for the Ueno invasion, there is no need to worry, but if it is Toyotomi Hideki who comes over, we may be in trouble."
Inomata Kuniken remained silent, while a ignorant samurai shouted in disbelief, "Is it so exaggerated? Whether a junior leader can convince the crowd is still a question. As long as we go back to the stable bridge to regroup, we can say no." Drive him back to Xinnong before the main hall arrives."
"Master Iwamatsu must not say such wild words." Hearing the clamor of the samurai, Narita Nagain explained, "I heard that the right master is very good at using troops, and likes to use surprise troops to defeat the enemy. Tokugawa, Mori, Shimadzu, Nagamune The Ministry and other heroes have all suffered losses in his hands."
Before his words fell, Inomata Kuniken, who was seated in the main seat, said with a final word, "It is absolutely impossible to be the right general. He has long been confirmed to have confronted adults such as An Fangshou (Hojo Usun) in Junfu. How could he hit Ueno so quickly? Come."
His words quickly won the approval of the surrounding daimyo. From their point of view, it would take ten days and eight months to walk from Junfu to Shinano, let alone attack Ueno from Shinano. Speaking of 7 days ago, it was confirmed that the main force of the Toyotomi family was still gathering in Junfu.
Inomata Kuniken communicated with Mr. Narita for a while, and then issued an order: "You don't need to be so worried, that Toyotomi Hideji is just a fool. He was taught a lesson by Tokugawa in Mino, and he was taught by Shimadzu in Kyushu. Once, even Ji Yi couldn't handle it with his roots.
It's getting late now, everyone has a good rest tonight, we will retreat from the rock cabinet early tomorrow morning, and go to the Stable Bridge for repairs.
For Sanada this time, Ueno mobilized more than 4000 people in order not to delay the autumn harvest.I will immediately send someone to send a letter to ask all the Ueno families to mobilize troops and prepare for a decisive battle with Toyotomi Hideji after gathering at the Stable Bridge. "
After finally seeing off his colleagues, Inomata Kuniken raised his head and looked at the rock cabinet city not far away, and hammered his fist unwillingly.
Unlike Inomata Kuniken who believed that it was Toyotomi Hideji who broke into Ueno, the Narita clan leader and his brother Narita who left Yanagazawa Castle seemed worried.
Returning to his own camp, Narita Chief finally couldn't help but think of his cousin and asked, "Dazou (Narita Chief himself named Ozo Daisuke), who do you think is the enemy who entered Ueno?"
Narita's eldest relative asked back with some distress, "Does my lord also feel that something is wrong?"
Narita nodded and replied, "According to your analysis, if Toyotomi Hideji would not have made such a hasty move to raid Usyo, he should have waited for his uncle Hideyoshi's main force to gather in Suruga before setting off.
The combat tactics I heard from the samurai looked like those of the Toyotomi Hide family. "
Mr. Narita was not sure what he thought, so he wanted to confirm with Narita, the family's think tank. He really hoped that Mr. Narita would give him a negative answer.
Unexpectedly, Narita Changki nodded and looked at him and said, "I also think the same way."
After confirming his thoughts from Narita's elder relative, Narita's elder did not feel the slightest joy, but a kind of fear spread in his heart.
He couldn't wait to ask Narita the second question, "So if it's really General You, what do you think he will do next?"
Hearing Mr. Narita asking for his opinion on his military strategy, Mr. Narita went to a map and spread it out between the two of them, carefully examining the route on the map.
Soon he discovered the key point, pointed to the Stable Bridge City in the center of Ueno and said, "Here it is, Stable Bridge. If it is really Toyotomi Hide's family, I am afraid they will go straight to Huanglong, surprise the Stable Bridge City, and block us directly. In Kit Ueno, Notomoru's idea of gathering Ueno soldiers is completely unrealistic."
Unlike Narita's eldest relative, Narita's chief is concerned about whether he can return to Ninja Castle. "If the stable bridge is broken, we may not be able to go back."
After finishing speaking, he suddenly raised his head to look at his cousin, and the two of them quickly established the idea "36 strategies, walking is the best strategy."
"No, we can't wait until tomorrow, we'll leave tonight." Narita seemed to have made up his mind, and said to his younger brother.
Narita agreed with his idea, but also suggested, "We can't go back along the old road, we have to go around. Now the most important thing for us is time. I decided to go directly south along the Agatsuma River, which can save 2 days."
Mr. Narita frowned and said, "This road is not easy to walk, besides, you need to light a torch to walk at night, it is impossible to leave under Notoshou's nose."
Narita suggested, "How about getting Youbing Weiwei (Obata Shinsada) as a guide? They are natives of Ueno, and there are many people in the family who were under the command of Ye Zhenggong back then. Maybe they know that they can bypass Mount Haruna. road."
The two felt that this suggestion was very reliable, so they directly approached Xiao Ban Xinding who had besieged the rock cabinet together before.
When he heard the analysis of the two, he also frowned worriedly, but as an aboriginal, he was more concerned about the blame of Inomata Bangken.
He asked the two of them, "If it turns out that His Highness Notoshou did not guess wrong, and it was indeed that idiot Hideji who attacked Ueno, then I'm afraid he will be blamed for our early retreat.
The two adults are from Musashi, and the city is also in Musashi. This time they are participating in the war as guest troops.But I am different, I am a native of Ueno, and I directly accept the jurisdiction of Noto Mori.
Sir, if you retreat, you will retreat. If I do not obey the order and retreat directly, I am afraid that I will be blamed by Noeng Tengshou. "
At the critical moment, Mr. Narita saw that Xiaofan Xinding could not be dragged into the water and did not intend to continue to persuade him. He said to Xiaoban Xinding, "In this case, please ask the right soldier guard to find us two guides who are familiar with the road and lead us one step ahead. go back.
Take us back to the Stable Bridge, and I will naturally tell you the first-hand information, and I will also wait for the return of the Lord in the Stable Bridge City. "
Having already rejected the request of the two, Xiao Banxin decided that he was embarrassed to persuade the two of them so decisively, and agreed to their request for a guide.
At the same time, he assured them, "Don't worry, my lords, just pretend that I haven't been here tonight, and I will be able to visit the guard tomorrow. If you ask me, I will definitely ask three questions."
Seeing that Xiao Banxin was so righteous, the two expressed their gratitude to him and sent him out of the shogunate in person.
In these chapters of Hojo Crusade, I will use a non-linear narrative method to describe.
I will describe this exciting war from the perspective of Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi, Hojo Ujimasa, Narita Usaga and others.
In this way, the timeline may jump back and forth, and the protagonists of the previous and subsequent chapters may also be swapped.
If you feel that you are not used to reading it, you can read the chapters together for a few days, so that it will be easier to understand by connecting the front and back.
(End of this chapter)
Tensho 17th year (1589), October 27th, Ueno-Azuma County-Iwakai Castle.
Konohara Tsuna, a vassal of the Sanada family, was stationed at the rock cabinet city. After the Numata castle was destroyed in front, Yazawa Laiyasu escaped from the Numata castle by chance and returned to the rock cabinet city to help defend.
Before being surrounded by Inomata Kuniken, Narita Usaga and others, there were only 750 defenders in Iwakaki Castle, while Hojo County surrounded them with more than 7000 people.
Sun Tzu's Art of War said: "Therefore, the law of using troops is to encircle them if they are ten;
Hearing this, many people may be very surprised, why can 10 times the force besiege the city, but 5 times the force can siege the city?
In fact, they have fallen into a misunderstanding. Encirclement here does not mean encirclement, but encirclement and annihilation.
Even in modern times, it is very difficult to encircle and annihilate a unit. Don’t you see that Maoxiong has encircled Silichansk from May to three, and dragged it until July to start the encirclement operation. Finally, he was stunned. Let Rurik's 5th Infantry Brigade and 7th Heavy Tank Brigade run away even though they dropped their heavy weapons.
To be honest, although the encirclement is very simple, it requires a lot of troops and tactics.
You have to divide the troops into four parts, one part is to besiege the city, one part is to destroy the enemy's reinforcements, one part is to sweep the surrounding area, and the other part is to encircle the camps and logistics roads.
In addition, in such a high-intensity defense against possible raids by the opponent's reinforcements, you have to flow out enough troops to take turns.
When there are heavy casualties in the siege, the unit must be repaired, otherwise it is not easy to mutiny.In addition, attacking a city consumes a lot of energy, which is several times that of the defender, so each unit needs to be rotated, otherwise there is no combat effectiveness at all.
Therefore, this is why there are so few cases of encirclement and annihilation in ancient times.
Inomata Kuniken, who is the head of the Ueno banner of the Hojo Clan, was ordered by the Hojo Clan to resolve the issue of the Sanada Clan in Ueno before the arrival of the Toyotomi family. As a result, he was entrusted in Numata Castle for 2 months. I hate Sanada so much.
Now that soldiers are besieging the Rock Cabinet City, he is determined to be ashamed.
To say that this rock cabinet city is really not one of the most important cities in Agatsuma County, the Naganohara Castle, Haneo Castle, and Kamahara Castle to the west are just slightly larger courtyards, and Nishi Azuma County is settled in the Sanada clan After that, large-scale development began, and the level of agricultural economy was not good at all.
In other words: Once the rock cabinet city is taken down, the possibility of small groups of troops infiltrating Ueno from Shinano can be completely sealed off.
Before the arrival of Inomata Kuniken, it was Narita, the lord of Ninja Castle, who was in charge of the attack on Iwakura Castle, and Nobusada Kobata, the lord of the Ueno country and the lord of Kunimine City.
The two joined forces with 2000 troops, and were ordered to bypass Numata Castle and directly attack Iwaku Castle. It would be best if it was completed at the same time as Numata Castle.
In the past two months, all the large and small branch cities around Yangui City were basically pulled out. That is, a group of cavalry suddenly attacked from behind a few days ago, and rushed into the city to join the defenders.
After interrogating the captured captives, it was discovered that the raider was Yazawa Laiyasu who had been retrieved from Numata Castle.
After Inomata Kuniken arrived at Iwaku Castle, he dispatched Nobuyoshi Wada, the lord of Ueno Kinzan Castle, to attack Yokoya Castle near Agatsuma Gorge on the west side.
On the one hand, the chief Narita stationed at the Qianryuin Pavilion on the west side of the rock cabinet city, while he stationed at the Yanagizawa castle on the north side, cutting off the possible connection between the rock cabinet city and the outside world from the two lines of defense.
Facing the attack and defense of nearly 10 times, the Sanada family who defended Iwakaki Castle still had a lot of backbone. After repeated persuasion by Inomata Kuniken, he still refused to surrender. Furious, Inomata Kuniken ordered to attack the city.
On the seventh day of the brutal siege battle, the Hojo clan filled up the Izuurabuchi under the Iwakaki Castle and built bridges from the flanks to attack the city. The Iwakaki Castle Sannomaru was declared destroyed.
Inomata Kuniken was overjoyed when he heard that Iwakaki Castle was broken, and ordered the army to take a break before continuing to attack the city, vowing to take Iwakaki Castle today.
However, the resistance of the Sanada Army was beyond his expectations. In the evening of the battle, the Hojo Army broke into Nijimaru several times, but was repelled by the Sanada Army.
Seeing that it was getting late, Inomata Kuniken was reluctant to issue an order to withdraw troops, and called Narita's chief and others to hold a military meeting in Yanagizawa Castle and assign the next day's siege task.
In his opinion, Rock Cabinet City is crumbling. Tomorrow, Ueno will be included in the Hojo Clan's pocket as long as he works hard tomorrow. Therefore, he has to rearrange his troops and put his direct descendants on the front line, so as to win the glory of seizing the city. .
Under the contemptuous gazes of everyone, he had just finished arranging tomorrow's affairs, when suddenly the curtain of the shogunate was pulled back, and his cronies walked in with a dusty warrior, with a centipede representing important messages stuck behind him flag.
As soon as the samurai came in, he knelt down in front of Inomata Kuniken, dragged a letter in his hand, and said to him, "No boarding guard, Su Bingdao urgent military situation."
Inomata Kuniken took the forwarded letter from his valet, opened it very casually, but stood up abruptly the moment he saw the first column of words.
His eyes quickly scanned the entire letter, and the expression on his face changed accordingly.
The letter was not long, but he read it several times. After reading it, he didn't give up. He kicked his horse and went to the envoy who delivered the letter, grabbed him and asked, "Tell me, what happened to U Bingdong?" Is it? Is it the Toyotomi family who are coming from the other side?"
The samurai was taken aback by Inomata Kuniken's sudden move, and he responded nervously, "It is indeed the Toyotomi family's army, and the formation flag held on the opposite side is the Wuqitong pattern. Before the subordinate left, Usui The pass has just been breached."
Inomata Kuniken pushed the samurai to the ground with some irritability, turned around and walked back to his position, frowning, and revealed the news to the Hojo generals who are participating in the military discussion here at the moment, "The news just came, Toyo The Chen family broke through Dubingdong yesterday morning and has already entered Ueno."
"Ah! How is this possible? Didn't the people in Fuma say that Toyotomi's army is in Suruga?"
"Asshole, Dubingdong was broken, I don't know what happened to Matsuida Castle and Anzhong Castle in our family."
As the deputy commander, Chief Narita was even more nervous, because his base city was in Musashi Shinobi Castle. If he didn't react fast enough, he might be blocked in Ueno.
He also walked up to the envoy and asked forcefully, "How many enemies have come, and whose banner is it fighting?"
"I'm just a guard of Sakamoto Castle. I don't see the real thing. I only know that it is full of people. The Ubing City on the north side was taken by a charge. It is absolutely impossible for the small army to infiltrate it. As for which one belongs to it?" The military power is not sure from here."
Narita's cousin, Narita Naga, who was next to Mr. Narita, explained, "There are not many people in Toyotomi's family who can use Wuqitong patterns, but they are Guanbai Hideyoshi, Dai Nayan Hidecho, Right General Hideya, and Senator Hideji. Just wait for someone.
I heard that Hidecho was seriously ill and could no longer lead the army. If Hideyoshi came in person, he must have come by the Tokaido, so it seems that the one who came out of the Toyotomi family was one of the two juniors of the Toyotomi family, Hideie and Hideji. "
Hearing that it was a junior, the ignorant nobles in the middle of the Ueno Army breathed a sigh of relief, but Narita's head frowned even deeper after hearing his cousin Narita's analysis.
He looked at Inomata Kuniken and said, "If Toyotomi Hideji is responsible for the Ueno invasion, there is no need to worry, but if it is Toyotomi Hideki who comes over, we may be in trouble."
Inomata Kuniken remained silent, while a ignorant samurai shouted in disbelief, "Is it so exaggerated? Whether a junior leader can convince the crowd is still a question. As long as we go back to the stable bridge to regroup, we can say no." Drive him back to Xinnong before the main hall arrives."
"Master Iwamatsu must not say such wild words." Hearing the clamor of the samurai, Narita Nagain explained, "I heard that the right master is very good at using troops, and likes to use surprise troops to defeat the enemy. Tokugawa, Mori, Shimadzu, Nagamune The Ministry and other heroes have all suffered losses in his hands."
Before his words fell, Inomata Kuniken, who was seated in the main seat, said with a final word, "It is absolutely impossible to be the right general. He has long been confirmed to have confronted adults such as An Fangshou (Hojo Usun) in Junfu. How could he hit Ueno so quickly? Come."
His words quickly won the approval of the surrounding daimyo. From their point of view, it would take ten days and eight months to walk from Junfu to Shinano, let alone attack Ueno from Shinano. Speaking of 7 days ago, it was confirmed that the main force of the Toyotomi family was still gathering in Junfu.
Inomata Kuniken communicated with Mr. Narita for a while, and then issued an order: "You don't need to be so worried, that Toyotomi Hideji is just a fool. He was taught a lesson by Tokugawa in Mino, and he was taught by Shimadzu in Kyushu. Once, even Ji Yi couldn't handle it with his roots.
It's getting late now, everyone has a good rest tonight, we will retreat from the rock cabinet early tomorrow morning, and go to the Stable Bridge for repairs.
For Sanada this time, Ueno mobilized more than 4000 people in order not to delay the autumn harvest.I will immediately send someone to send a letter to ask all the Ueno families to mobilize troops and prepare for a decisive battle with Toyotomi Hideji after gathering at the Stable Bridge. "
After finally seeing off his colleagues, Inomata Kuniken raised his head and looked at the rock cabinet city not far away, and hammered his fist unwillingly.
Unlike Inomata Kuniken who believed that it was Toyotomi Hideji who broke into Ueno, the Narita clan leader and his brother Narita who left Yanagazawa Castle seemed worried.
Returning to his own camp, Narita Chief finally couldn't help but think of his cousin and asked, "Dazou (Narita Chief himself named Ozo Daisuke), who do you think is the enemy who entered Ueno?"
Narita's eldest relative asked back with some distress, "Does my lord also feel that something is wrong?"
Narita nodded and replied, "According to your analysis, if Toyotomi Hideji would not have made such a hasty move to raid Usyo, he should have waited for his uncle Hideyoshi's main force to gather in Suruga before setting off.
The combat tactics I heard from the samurai looked like those of the Toyotomi Hide family. "
Mr. Narita was not sure what he thought, so he wanted to confirm with Narita, the family's think tank. He really hoped that Mr. Narita would give him a negative answer.
Unexpectedly, Narita Changki nodded and looked at him and said, "I also think the same way."
After confirming his thoughts from Narita's elder relative, Narita's elder did not feel the slightest joy, but a kind of fear spread in his heart.
He couldn't wait to ask Narita the second question, "So if it's really General You, what do you think he will do next?"
Hearing Mr. Narita asking for his opinion on his military strategy, Mr. Narita went to a map and spread it out between the two of them, carefully examining the route on the map.
Soon he discovered the key point, pointed to the Stable Bridge City in the center of Ueno and said, "Here it is, Stable Bridge. If it is really Toyotomi Hide's family, I am afraid they will go straight to Huanglong, surprise the Stable Bridge City, and block us directly. In Kit Ueno, Notomoru's idea of gathering Ueno soldiers is completely unrealistic."
Unlike Narita's eldest relative, Narita's chief is concerned about whether he can return to Ninja Castle. "If the stable bridge is broken, we may not be able to go back."
After finishing speaking, he suddenly raised his head to look at his cousin, and the two of them quickly established the idea "36 strategies, walking is the best strategy."
"No, we can't wait until tomorrow, we'll leave tonight." Narita seemed to have made up his mind, and said to his younger brother.
Narita agreed with his idea, but also suggested, "We can't go back along the old road, we have to go around. Now the most important thing for us is time. I decided to go directly south along the Agatsuma River, which can save 2 days."
Mr. Narita frowned and said, "This road is not easy to walk, besides, you need to light a torch to walk at night, it is impossible to leave under Notoshou's nose."
Narita suggested, "How about getting Youbing Weiwei (Obata Shinsada) as a guide? They are natives of Ueno, and there are many people in the family who were under the command of Ye Zhenggong back then. Maybe they know that they can bypass Mount Haruna. road."
The two felt that this suggestion was very reliable, so they directly approached Xiao Ban Xinding who had besieged the rock cabinet together before.
When he heard the analysis of the two, he also frowned worriedly, but as an aboriginal, he was more concerned about the blame of Inomata Bangken.
He asked the two of them, "If it turns out that His Highness Notoshou did not guess wrong, and it was indeed that idiot Hideji who attacked Ueno, then I'm afraid he will be blamed for our early retreat.
The two adults are from Musashi, and the city is also in Musashi. This time they are participating in the war as guest troops.But I am different, I am a native of Ueno, and I directly accept the jurisdiction of Noto Mori.
Sir, if you retreat, you will retreat. If I do not obey the order and retreat directly, I am afraid that I will be blamed by Noeng Tengshou. "
At the critical moment, Mr. Narita saw that Xiaofan Xinding could not be dragged into the water and did not intend to continue to persuade him. He said to Xiaoban Xinding, "In this case, please ask the right soldier guard to find us two guides who are familiar with the road and lead us one step ahead. go back.
Take us back to the Stable Bridge, and I will naturally tell you the first-hand information, and I will also wait for the return of the Lord in the Stable Bridge City. "
Having already rejected the request of the two, Xiao Banxin decided that he was embarrassed to persuade the two of them so decisively, and agreed to their request for a guide.
At the same time, he assured them, "Don't worry, my lords, just pretend that I haven't been here tonight, and I will be able to visit the guard tomorrow. If you ask me, I will definitely ask three questions."
Seeing that Xiao Banxin was so righteous, the two expressed their gratitude to him and sent him out of the shogunate in person.
In these chapters of Hojo Crusade, I will use a non-linear narrative method to describe.
I will describe this exciting war from the perspective of Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi, Hojo Ujimasa, Narita Usaga and others.
In this way, the timeline may jump back and forth, and the protagonists of the previous and subsequent chapters may also be swapped.
If you feel that you are not used to reading it, you can read the chapters together for a few days, so that it will be easier to understand by connecting the front and back.
(End of this chapter)