different warring states of japan

Chapter 2193: The trump card that cost countless money
Yiyin used famous quotes from the wars fought in the south and the north, so Uesugi Yoshikage naturally understood what he meant.

The best way to get rid of the current passive situation is to exit Toba Rikyu and let the enemy in to fight.

The Fushimi Castle at that time was not located in the Momoyama period of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in history, nor was it the Fushimi Bugyosho during the Tokugawa shogunate period.

It is located in a defensive area surrounded by mountains and water in the northeast of Yuxiang Palace.

Mikami Palace is a shrine built in the 12th century. It quickly fell into decline after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu massacred the emperor and his nobles, but it is located on a higher ground and is the closest defense point close to the Uji River.

Inariyama to the north, Inari Taisha Shrine is the largest stronghold of Shintoism in Kyoto and the forefront of competition with Buddhism. The Takata sisters have been strengthening this place as a military stronghold.

Fushimi Castle is located between the two, only three or four miles away from Mikami Palace and seven or eight miles away from Inari Taisha Shrine, forming a triangular defense posture.

If a legion chooses to break through Toba Imperial Villa and enter the Shimo-Toba area, continuing eastward will reach the triangle area with Fushimi Castle as the core and Mikami Palace and Inari Taisha Shrine on both sides.

This relatively open flat land is large enough to accommodate an elite legion, making it the main force that divides the defense line and isolates Fushimi Castle.

Simply put, this is a good opportunity for a legion to smash the entire defense line in one fell swoop. If the Swabian family does not want to be defeated one by one, they will inevitably come out to fight against a legion.

A decisive battle with Sasaki Yoshikin was Hideyoshi Ichijo's biggest strategic goal.

If he could defeat the Kinki coalition led by Sasaki Yoshikin before the Sasaki family's Kanto reinforcements arrived at the Kinki battlefield, Hideyoshi Ichijo would definitely not be able to resist the temptation.

Being able to lure the Sōma army out to fight would be a welcome development for all the armies that were unwilling to crash head-on into the Toba-Fushimi defense line and suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, Yiyin's strategy of retreating to advance is almost 100% feasible.

Uesugi Yoshikage looked at his adoptive father with admiration. An old hand at gangsters is always an old hand at gangsters.

But Yiyin dared to retreat actively because he was absolutely confident in his own strength. Even if he lured the enemy in and occupied the advantageous position of the salient, he was confident that he could completely defeat the enemy.

Yoshikage Uesugi does not have this confidence.

Uesugi Yoshikage pondered.

"After I withdraw from Toba Imperial Palace, I will gather my forces at Fushimi Castle and wait for Hideyoshi Ichijo to cross the river for a decisive battle. What about Mikami Palace and Inari Taisha?"

Yiyin rubbed his nose.

"Leave Mikamiya to Amago Yukimori. As for you, follow me to Inari Taisha."

Yoshikage Uesugi widened her eyes, but she didn't care about the second half of the sentence. Her attention was all on the first half.

"Can the Amago family do it? Mikanomiya is directly facing the Uji River!

The two roads of Yokooji-numa have been controlled by an army. Once the army crosses the Kamogawa River and arrives in Shimotoba, Mikamiya will face siege from three directions on both sides of the Kamogawa and Ujigawa River.

I remember that Koriyama Castle only has tens of thousands of koku of land, and the main force of the Nizi Army has at most one or two thousand. Can the Nizi Army withstand the pressure of guarding the Kasumi Palace?"

Yiyin smiled helplessly.

"Thousands of Western samurai under the Niwa clan have written in blood to ask for battle. Takeda Shingen has been active everywhere these days. I have to give Niwa Yukimori a chance.

In fact, Mikamiya is not that important. Even if the entire Amago garrison was wiped out, it would be a tragic plus politically, as long as Amago Yukimori was alive.

Both Amago Yukimori and Takeda Shingen were well aware that the Amago clan was not strong enough, and their idea of ​​asking for war this time was actually the same as Hosokawa Akechi's, which was to use their own blood to stain their achievements and seek post-war benefits. "

Uesugi Yoshikage curled his lips.

"It's up to you. They are your women anyway. You can do whatever you want with them."

Yiyin was so embarrassed that he became angry.

"How can you talk like that? They are all your stepmothers, so show some respect."

Uesugi Yoshikage was a little annoyed, but he finally held it back and changed the subject.

"Father doesn't care about the base of Mikagamiya, and wants me to go to Inari Taisha in person. I guess he has arranged some killer move at Inari Taisha?"

Yiyin smiled slightly.

"Ichijo Hideyoshi inherited Oda Nobunaga's separation of farmers and soldiers from spears and cannons, and he always felt that this tactic was enough to sweep away the traditional samurai of the island nation.

That is why, when her political and economic situation were on the brink of collapse, she wanted to take risks and create the illusion that she could turn the tables by fighting with me.

Here, I have prepared a little shock of the new era for her, I hope she will be satisfied."

Uesugi Yoshikage stroked his chin. "Father, please stop keeping us in suspense. What exactly is it?"

Yiyin smiled and pointed out.

"Christina."

Uesugi Yoshikage's eyes lit up.

"Nanman Artillery?
I asked father why he was so confident, and it turned out that he had brought the Nanman artillery team here.

The bombardment of more than a dozen large and small cannons is indeed enough to deal a heavy blow to an entire legion. The dense array of spears and cannons is most afraid of artillery bombardment.

The location of Inari Taisha is also good, with artillery positions set up halfway up the mountain, with a range sufficient to cover the small plain between Toba and Fushimi Castle."

Yoshigin looked at Uesugi Yoshikage with a half-smile, which made Uesugi Yoshikage frown and ask.

"Did I say something wrong?"

Yiyin chuckled.

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"More than a dozen cannons? Who are you looking down on, girl?
Fire the cannons, blast him! I have saved hundreds of cannons just to teach Hideyoshi a lesson on how to use the god of war in the era of hot weapons. "

Uesugi Yoshikage felt dizzy after hearing this.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible... Hundreds of guns... Holy shit... This isn't World War I or World War II, where did so many guns come from?"

Yiyin smiled slightly.

“It’s a one-time thing.

In the past few years, I have allocated a large amount of funds to Christina, regardless of cost, to manufacture wooden cannon barrels, with a total of several hundred of various calibers.

However, due to problems such as moisture and cracking caused by long-term storage, there are only about a hundred guns that can be used now, and they are all disposable tools that can only fire two or three shots.

Of course, Christina also bought a dozen low-pound cannons and even a ten-pound cannon from the Nanman merchants in the Southeast Asian colonies. "

Uesugi Yoshikage was stunned when he heard this. Yoshigin was really rich. How much money would this cost?

It is not difficult to realize the wooden barrel cannon, but the difficulty lies in standardizing the size, because only wooden cannons of the same species and the same caliber can be equipped with the appropriate gunpowder filling and shell size.

Not to mention how many woodcutters and carpenters would need to be recruited, the amount of waste alone would be astronomical.

This is not just about cutting down a hundred trees. The selection and consumption of materials involved more than tens of thousands of trees.

That is to say, the island country is mostly mountainous, with enough trees and a wide variety of tree species, so that suitable materials for wooden barrel cannons can be selected and wooden cannons of uniform caliber and size can be produced.

Otherwise, it would be a large-caliber shotgun, and the range and aiming sights are unknown.

Don’t be fooled by Yiyin’s nonchalant words. Only Yiyin himself knows how great the price behind this is.

With a hundred wooden cannons and a dozen Nanman cannons, how many Nanman gunners need to be hired, how many island gunners need to be trained, how much gunpowder, projectiles need to be prepared, and related logistical work needs to be done?

Behind each of these items are mountains of gold and silver.

In other words, the Spoelstra Federal Reserve controlled most of the island's resources, which gave Yiyin the opportunity to create this trump card.

Otherwise, even if Yiyin had 8 million stone tiers, it would not be able to get so much money, food and supplies to invest in the bottomless pit of the Nanman artillery team.

But even with Yiyin's careful preparations, only about a hundred cannons could participate in the battle, and most of the wooden cannons had been damaged and rotted in the warehouse.

It is this final battle to unify the world that is worth Yiyin's painstaking efforts to pull out this trump card and use it to shock the world.

On both sides of Yamashiro Province, the armies of Sasaki and Ichijo were confronting each other. Hideyoshi Ichijo was always seeking a decisive battle, but in fact Yoshigin was also seeking a decisive battle, but the ideas of both sides were very different.

Hideyoshi Ichijo was so defeated that he wanted to go all in to turn the tables and survive.

However, Yiyin knew too well the Wu family's fickle and cold-hearted nature, so he used a mass bombardment of hundreds of cannons to completely scare the Wu family out of their wits.

To lay the most solid foundation for Swabia's dominance, absolutely strong financial power and violence are needed.

After Yoshigin's explanation, Uesugi Yoshikage could only give a thumbs up and sigh from the bottom of his heart.

The roar of artillery fire is a romance engraved in the heart of every woman who is dominated by women. Uesugi Yoshikage feels so happy just by imagining that scene that he can't wait to go and see those straight-legged darlings.