Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 198 The Xiu family's "Wu San Tong pattern"

In fact, Xiujia’s idea is very simple. First of all, due to the characteristic that matchlock guns must flow out of a certain gap, this distance is generally 2 to 3 meters. Once a 100-member iron artillery team is deployed, the battlefield width will be 200 to 300 meters.

This width may be just right for a team of 1500 people, but don't forget that the current battlefield environment is still dominated by cold weapons, and dense formations are the main factor in the outcome of battles.

The significance of the existence of long-range firepower is to disrupt the opponent's dense formation and pave the way for the next point-to-surface cluster breakthrough.

And a long-range firepower with a width of 3 meters but only a hundred firepower output points is not enough to deter the enemy's cluster repetition. In the end, the firepower value per unit area is not enough to cause loopholes in part of the enemy's formation. .

It is precisely for this reason that the current application of the Iron Cannon Team is mixed with the Arched Foot Light Team.

This approach is very helpless, especially when the Japanese Warring States period is still using the Marugi bow, even if the foot is lightly armored, as long as the head is lowered, the skinned hat on the top of the head can be used to block it. Most bows.

Faced with such a problem, Xiujia's idea is very simple, to maximize the firepower per unit area.

The biggest difference between iron cannons and bows and arrows is that although iron cannons have a longer shooting interval than bows and arrows, and the follow-up firepower is insufficient, they have the natural advantage of piercing armor and killing.

But if you want to open the gap, you must create a great psychological deterrent to the enemy within a certain range, or make the enemy army in a certain range out of touch with the large army. available.

Xiujia believes that if the firepower problem cannot be solved by the three-stage attack, then continue to increase the number of reloaders, so that the three-stage attack becomes a five-stage attack and a six-stage attack. At this time, the loading time of an iron cannon is 5~6 seconds. After loading in 20 stages, it can basically make up for the continuous problem of iron cannon shooting.

The purpose of Xiujia's doing this is very simple. It is to spread a sufficient amount of ammunition to a small area in a short period of time. There is no need for holes in the entire front of the 200 meters. Have enough confidence to break out from this gap.

Of course, Xiujia's thinking at this time is still too advanced. Before it has been tested in actual combat, even if they say it, these big names can't understand the reason.

After an hour or so, Ishida Mitsunari finally completed the delivery with Kamei Tomoki and Akashi Quandeng. Hideka personally marked the delivery document and praised Ishida Mitsunari again, "Ishida-sama is really a loyal minister who is self-denying and dedicated to the public."

Ishida Mitsunari accepted Hideka's compliment, and explained with some embarrassment, "It's all for Dainagon's service."

"That's right. My lords and I watched the lord and the low-level warriors counting supplies together, and I felt deeply ashamed." Before the Xiu family could speak, a daimyo among the Danba crowd said eccentrically.

Xiujia followed the voice and found that it was the lord of Fukuchiyama, Taga Hideshige. As soon as his words came out, everyone in the formation burst into laughter.

All the people present were fine people, how could they not understand what Tahe Hideshige meant.

According to Xiujia's own educational philosophy, I would only have sincere admiration for Ishida Mitsunari's way of respecting and honoring the corporal, but in the context of the era at that time, he could only smile with the crowd, but secretly said in his heart, "So don't give it to me." For the clerk's sake, brother, your path has narrowed."

Unexpectedly, Ishida Mitsunari was not angry, but stated to everyone, "We all serve for Dainagon, and we only want to do what Dainogen ordered as soon as possible. As for the method used, I don't care."

After a while of elegant and refined answers, there was even a taste of "don't care if the cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat". Even Hideka had a little admiration for Mitsunari Ishida.

To be honest, if the Hide family had such a dedicated retainer as Ishida Mitsunari, then the Hide family could worry less. Coupled with his pure personality, he could really entrust the internal affairs to him.

Everyone who heard Ishida Mitsunari's rebuttal couldn't hold back their face, because there was a hint of meaning in what Sancheng said that they didn't work for nothing, and everyone changed their faces when they heard it.

Fortunately, Hideka hurriedly reconciled, holding Ishida Mitsunari and Horio Yoshiharu with his left hand and saying, "I have prepared a banquet in Honmaru, and all of you daimyos have come from afar. Please give me some thin noodles, and go up to the banquet and have a drink together."

With Hideka's intervention, Shigeto, who had a strong smell of gunpowder just now, suddenly extinguished his anger. After all, this is Okayama Castle, the home city of the Bizen Hashiba family, and the residence of the Hide family, the four Xiazaemon governors. As the saying goes As the saying goes, "Beating a dog depends on the face of the owner."

If everyone made a move in front of Xiujia, the general of the Four Kingdoms Legion, and Xiujia was convicted of disordering the army, none of you present would be innocent.

Returning to the evaluation room in the Okayama Castle Palace, two days ago, the daimyos of Hikaki and Inaba and their favorable retainers were entertained here. Unexpectedly, a new batch of guests ushered in a few days later.

As usual, Xiujia presided over the banquet as the host, washed the wind and dust for everyone, and presented saru music and Noh dance.

To be honest, from the perspective of Hideo's future generations, I really can't understand the thoughts expressed in the current art. It's like going back to the summer of 2021 and watching the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on my mobile phone.

That is the more traditional saru-gaku and Noh dance, but in the eyes of Hideo, the soundtrack and dance are considered to be the underworld, but they have to cheer together with the daimyo.

It was a good night for the host and guests, even the 13-year-old Xiujia drank a little wine and fell asleep early.

In the early morning of the next day, accompanied by the sound of rumbling iron cannons in the castle town, Xiujia dispelled his drowsiness, and changed his clothes under the service of Ah Fang and other maids.

Zhuang Zhiqing and Qingshui Xin had already waited outside Xiu's house one step earlier.Seeing the Xiu family get up early, and after greeting the Xiu family, they suddenly put a big burden on the Xiu family, "My lord, Ishida-sama came to Honmaru early in the morning to ask for an interview. I have arranged him in the Fangxue Pavilion. Your Highness, wait. Not to see each other."

Hideka who was changing clothes froze, and asked in surprise, "Did Ishida-sama say why you came to see me so early?"

"I have asked him before, Master Ishida has always kept his mouth shut, and insisted on talking to you in person when he sees His Highness." Zhuang Zhiqing told the Xiu family what happened in the morning, which made the Xiu family feel a little uneasy .

After all, Ishida Mitsunari is nominally helping Hideyoshi to supervise the food and grass, but in fact he is Hideyoshi's military supervisor in the Four Kingdoms Army. Hideyoshi doesn't know what secret Ishida Mitsunari has to tell him in private.

Regardless of whether the Xiu family is willing or not, since they have come to the door, the Xiu family must go up to meet and see what kind of medicine is sold in Ishida Mitsunari's gourd.

Hideka led his attendants and walked lightly along the corridor of the Imperial Palace to the small room on the side hall called Fangxue Pavilion, watching Ishida Mitsunari who was sitting in the middle through the crack of the door.

Sometimes the Xiu family really admires Ishida Mitsunari, even when there is no one around, he can achieve such self-discipline, sitting in the hall is still meticulous, his eyes don't even look around, he looks forward with piercing eyes, It's like paying back to the lord of the funds.

Unlike Ishida Mitsunari, the two handsome samurai sitting behind him looked around the surrounding environment, seeming to be full of curiosity about the house.

Ishida Mitsunari didn't make any extra movements in his entire sitting posture, which made Hideka who had been watching for a while lose interest in him. He turned around and stepped forward with rhythmic footsteps, as if telling the person in the room, "I'm coming. "

Turning a corner and walking to the main entrance of the side hall of Fangxue Pavilion, Xiujia noticed that Ishida Mitsunari, who had been sitting upright before, had bent forward and bowed to welcome Xiujia's arrival.

I don't know if he followed Hideyoshi, but Hideyoshi has a trace of Hideyoshi in his body, and he has learned to pack himself with a smile.

Hideya, who was standing at the door with a serious face a moment ago, quickly changed his face after seeing Ishida Mitsunari, with a smile on his face, and walked into the hall from behind him, talking while walking
"Oh~ oh, why is Lord Ishida here? I'm really sorry. Yesterday, I had a few drinks and made me sleepy at night. I just woke up at this time."

Speaking of which, Xiujia happened to come to the main seat. After sitting down, Xiujia leaned forward slightly to Sancheng with a smile and asked, "Ishida-sama won't mind?"

Ishida Mitsunari kept his body straight, looked straight at Hideka and said, "Your Highness, you don't need to worry about it, it's better to pay attention to your health. Dai Nayan always misses you when he is in Kyoto."

It should be noted that the Xiu family at this time did not allow Ishida Mitsunari to be flat. In terms of official positions, the Hide family is the official four ministers, and Ishida Mitsunari is just a white man. Home is nearly 2 times his.

No matter from which angle you look at it, Ishida Mitsunari's actions are extremely bold, even surpassing the stereotyped impression in Hideka's impression.

This sudden change made the smile on Xiujia's face stiff.

Ishida Mitsunari did not give the Hideo family time to react, and once again bowed to the Hideo family very solemnly, "Hashiba Danayan's vassal Ishida Mitsunari has seen Hashiba Zaemon Gatekeeper."

Ishida Mitsunari's salute this time is very standard, and no one can find a single fault. Compared with this formal salute, the previous salute may simply be a bow.

Although there is a feeling of being fooled, the Xiu family really can't punish Sancheng for this, so they can only calm down and say to him, "Master Ishida, I still have a lot of things to deal with today. If you have anything to do, please contact me as soon as possible." Come on."

It can be seen from the tone of Hideka's opinion on Ishida Mitsunari.

Hideka just made Ishida Mitsunari flat, but Ishida Mitsunari and the two samurai behind him stood up in the astonished eyes of the crowd, pulled out a flag with black stripes on a white background and handed it to the two samurai behind him to unfurl.

At this time, Xiujia was still sitting in the main seat, and Zhuang Zhiqing and Qingshuixin were also lined up on both sides, all of them were greatly surprised by their rude behavior.

But when everyone took a closer look, there was actually a Wusantong pattern painted on the flag!

At present, all mainstream theories believe that the Wusantong pattern and Wuqitong pattern are the patterns bestowed by the emperor, which is derived from the meaning of "the tree is the tree where the phoenix lives, and it is a sacred thing".

Since Ashikaga Takashi was bestowed with the Goschi-mon, the Goschi-mon can only be used as a "power bearer" or a national shrine, representing the supreme glory of the holder.

The biggest difference is that the Wusan Tong pattern has the difference between "given pattern" and "in-given pattern", that is, for those who have obtained the emperor's special permission, you have the right to give the Wusan Tong pattern another level, while the Wusan Tong pattern The Qitong pattern can only have the "given pattern" of the emperor. In history, the Wuqitong pattern that Hideyoshi gave to the Ukita Hide family and others was also bestowed by the Empress Shangzo.

Of course, there is a new point of view in the latest Japanese archaeology, which believes that the "Wuqi Tongwen" comes from the "Wuwu Tongwen" of the Abe family in the northeast. It is bestowed upon him by the emperor.

The five-san paulownia pattern is the pattern that the Minamoto family changed the paulownia pattern privately and bestowed it on the retainers. Of course, all of these patterns were unified into the imperial court etiquette following Ashikaga Takauji's reign as the roost, and became the family pattern bestowed by the emperor.

"Hashiba Zaemon Governor Hidekaden accepts orders." Ishida Mitsunari took out a letter from his sleeve, and said to Hideo with a unique Kyoto accent.

The style of painting on the scene changed so quickly that Xiujia didn't even have time to think. He changed his body muscularly and knelt down to the Wusan Tong pattern in salute.

"I am grateful for my son's dedication and devotion to the public. Today, I would like to ask His Majesty the Emperor to pass on my Wusantong pattern to you. I hope you will strictly abide by your original intention and make great achievements again."

In fact, after the Xiu family came to their senses, they already understood that this five-san paulownia pattern should be Hideyoshi's "re-gift pattern", because now is not the time when the "five-san paulownia pattern" will seriously exceed ten years later. The "Wusan Tong Wen" bestowed by the Emperor must be received in person at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

So at this moment, the "Gosan Tongmon" transferred by Ishida Mitsunari must have been transferred from Hideyoshi's own "Gosan Tongwen".

(Here is a word, the author is very curious, Osaka Fushimi in front of Sekigahara with "Wuqi Tongwen" and "Wusan Tongwen" walking all over the place, how did the group of samurai distinguish whose family they belonged to? )

After Ishida Mitsunari read the letter, he also warned Xiujia in an elder tone, "Master Zuoweimen, Danayan feared that you would not be able to check and balance those arrogant soldiers, so he specially asked the emperor to send his five I give it to you under the Santong pattern.

"I hope to use this flag to warn the daimyos of the Four Kingdoms who are still trying to resist. They are fighting against the master of the king. They are out-and-out rebels. I hope you will not let down the good intentions of Lord Nayan what."

Hideka received this "five-three paulownia pattern" from Ishida Mitsunari, and he was extremely excited. After all, it is not the era of "five-seven times, five-san is all dogs" ten years later, and can have a "five-san pattern". Tongwen", even if it is the flag of "Ziciwen", it is also a very face-saving thing.

From then on, Hideo can also call himself Bizen, Okayama, Hashiba, Zaemondo, Gosanden, Hideo Nobuyuki!

("Wuqi walks everywhere, Wusan is all dogs" refers to the story that Chacha's pet dog was given the Wusan pattern, and he was called His Highness Wusan. Originally, Chacha wanted to give the Wusan pattern directly, but luckily at that time Hideyoshi was still sober and didn't agree.)
　It may not be possible to update tomorrow, I have to assemble my new computer, and the old computer is sold to a friend and needs to be packaged.

　　It will take a lot of time, so dove a day.

　　But fortunately, I finally have a new computer, and I don't need to type on my phone anymore.

　　Yesterday a friend said in the comment section that I didn’t respect you all without checking after I finished writing. It’s really too difficult to type on mobile phones, and there are indeed many more typos than the original computer codes.

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