Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 30 Nao's death

According to the description of Zhijia before his death in the early morning history books, Zhijia should have died of stomach disease caused by long-term irregular diet and preference for raw food, which may eventually lead to stomach cancer.

Hachiro’s painstaking research and development of penicillin is to delay the death of Naoka, so that Hachiro can delay his death until Hachiro becomes an adult and establishes his prestige, so that he can be more stable when he takes over the Ukita regime. Unexpectedly, the wheel of history not only returned to the track strongly, but also passed one more At the fork, fate seems to have played a big joke on Hachiro.

"Hachiro, I know you are very sad now. I have already sent a messenger to the lord to inform the matter. It happens that our army has pacified Inaba. Why don't I protect you and go back to Shishan to inherit the family governor by me, Jing Mei." Hideyoshi patted Hachiro said over his shoulder.

Hachiro was still thinking about the possible impact of the early death of the Nao family, until Hideyoshi patted himself and realized, "Ah oh. Okay, I'm sorry, my father. I'll just listen to my father's arrangement."

"Some things have to go through, why don't you go down and rest first, and we will start when the lord replies." Hideyoshi continued to comfort Hachiro
"Yes, my father."

Hachiro turned and left, Tadaka signaled to Hideyoshi and accompanied Hachiro back to his camp.As soon as he sat down, Hachiro couldn't wait to ask how Zhong's father died.

The Zhong family signaled Hachiro to wait and then turned and left. Not long after, he brought a blood-soaked warrior to Hachiro. When he saw Hachiro, he jumped up and knelt down. , many people died."

Hachiro lifted the general in front of him and gave him a piece of coarse cloth soaked in water to let him wash his face, and then he fixed his eyes and saw that it was Qiu Shangjiu's family.

"Akigami-sama, who are you?" Hachiro was a little surprised by the changes in Akigami's family. The once exquisite samurai had an unshaven beard and small cuts on his face and neck.Looking at the wound on his neck, Hachiro already thought of the dire situation in Bizen.

"What's going on, Akigami-sama." Hachiro asked Akigami's family.

It turned out that after Kobayakawa Takakage was forced to retreat last time, Kobayakawa mobilized the Kono family in Shikoku. After learning that the army reserved by Hideyoshi Harima was also going to Inaba, he led the Mori family Sanyo Army and the Kono family's coalition forces, a total of 2 People claim that 3000 people attacked Bizen again.

Due to the fall of Beichu, the Yuki family actually repeated the tragic situation in the mid-Tang Dynasty of "thousands of miles of mountains and rivers have fallen, and the family is safe and the country is looking at Toyama".

Facing the offensive of the Maori army, Ukita Naoya led a total of 1 troops from Bizen, Harima, and Misaku to set up an ambush in Takamiya, north of Toyama. The vanguard of the army retreated, and the situation in the second battle of Toyama was very good.

Perhaps seeing the defeat of Kobayakawa's army, Zhijia, who wanted to expand the results of the battle, directly led the mother-in-laws into the battlefield, rushing left and right amidst the chaos.

Unexpectedly, the stray bullets from the iron cannon that came from nowhere directly hit Zhijia, knocking Zhijia off his horse.Kobayakawa Takakage, who was about to withdraw his army after seeing the vanguard being defeated, saw Ukita's army in chaos, which reflected the superb quality of the Sengoku wise general, and directly ordered the Chinese army Takashi Anato to attack.

Ukita Nao's family, who was originally rescued by Hachiro, died of unknown stray bullets in such a muddled way.

The Ukita Army, which had lost its unified command, could only retreat under the leadership of Masayuki Hanafo, Masayuki Oka, and Yasuhide Togawa.

The Nao family almost exhausted their last efforts to arrange their own offspring, that is, to let Hachiro come back to inherit the Uki family, and at the same time appoint Hanabou Masayuki, Oka Toshikatsu, and Togawa Yasuhide to serve as assistants. Died.

At the same time, Ukita Kane's house in Toyama Castle, which was supposed to serve as support, was surrounded by Takakage Kobayakawa, and the situation was in jeopardy.And his only son was trapped in Fushan City, which was also the reason why the Zhong family was anxious.

Hachiro quickly calmed down after listening to the description of Akikami Hisa's family, thinking about what to do next to ease the situation in front of him.

After thinking for a while, he said to the Akiyama Jiu family, "Jiu family, go down and rest first, and then follow my team."

"romper"

"Uncle, Harimamori may not dare to send me back to the Yuki family heir governor without the order of Your Majesty, but the situation in Bizen has deteriorated, we must hurry up." Hachiro said again and again, took out a pen and paper and began to write.

"Uncle first led the Ukita Army to sweep Chito County, helped the two generals Yoshioka and Kamei to stabilize the country, and opened up the road between Inaba and Misaku at the same time. After the sweep is completed, the Hashiba Army should be about to leave, and the Misaku Army can just be the vanguard in the front open circuit."

"You should quickly bring these letters to Takeuchi, Goto, Emi and other powerful families, and let them prepare for the battle with all their strength. The troops will gather at Tsuyama City. Wait for the next move."

"Okay Hachiro"

"Uncle, you have been in charge of the family's money and food all year round, how much money should the family have left to use?" Hachiro asked

"Before I left Shishan, there should be 4300 guanwen and 3 shi of grain available. It was midsummer at that time, and now it is winter. According to the situation in previous years, about 6 shi of autumn grain should be put into storage."

"Why do we only have food for 50 shi?" Hachiro asked in surprise
"After the loss of Beichu's territory, the height of the family's stone should be around 45 shi." Ukita Tadaka began to explain the economic situation of Ukido to Eight Zero Science Popularization. not much.

Most of the 15 koku in Mizuka belonged to the noble family, and only 3 koku around Jinshan belonged to the family.

Bizen’s 22 shi Ukita family owns about 12 shi, plus the 3 shi of the direct control of Sayo and Ako, the Ukita’s direct collection should be around 18 shi.

按照5公5民的税负，本家实际年入为9万石，依照往年夏粮秋粮37开的比例看秋粮入库6万2000石是保守估计了。

After hearing this, Hachiro was silent for a while and said to the Jiu family, "Jiu family, you order to go to Himeji, find Master Xuanzhu, and ask Master Xuanzhu to go to His Royal Highness Jinwu (Oda Nobunada) and take the I took the letter with me, and the words are more sincere, I hope the Oda family can support them, and sell some second-hand iron cannons to the main family at a low price."

"Roms."

"That's it for now. You go down and prepare. I need to be alone." Hachiro sent the two of them away after giving instructions. He needed to plan the way out for Yuxi's family by himself.

In fact, Hachiro had thought about it a long time ago. The military power of the Uki family is only the existence of the average line of the Warring States Period in Japan. Some policies must be used to improve military strength, but it is obviously unrealistic for you to expect the ashigaru, who is used to bad debts, to suddenly become a bull.

For those Ashgaru of the Warring States Period, getting together and using the quilt (qin) is already the limit of their courage. After a hundred years of the Warring States Period, the lords above their heads change every day, and their own lives are the most important. And Hachiro knew that it would take a long time to establish a concept of honor and disgrace for them, so he had to find another way.

For these ashigaru peasants and soldiers, they may not dare to fight hand-to-hand, but it is relatively easy to train them to shoot bows and arrows with iron cannons in the distance. As for the accuracy of bows and arrows, they don't need accuracy at all. As long as the density is high enough, it is enough to suppress the enemy.

Hachiro decided to refer to the British National Bow Act in the 16th century, and conduct a pilot project in the territory of Ukita, starting from the place where Ukita directly ruled.

Requirements: Men between the ages of 14 and 65 and strong women between the ages of 18 and 45 in Yuxi Duoduo, regardless of their official status, need to go to the county hall for 15 days of archery training every 2 days. The farmer arranges to train in rotation. During the training period, the bows and meals are provided by Yu Xijia, which is very attractive to the farmers in the Warring States Period who can't eat enough all the year round.

At the same time, referring to the British longbow, a new type of single wooden bow was made, which was stored in the arsenal of each county hall at ordinary times, and distributed by teams during wartime.Even the name Hachiro has been thought up. Refer to Changzong Gabu's "one-collar bow system", which is called "full-collar bow system".

The "full-collar bow system" plan is to organize a bow team of 2000~3000 people before the Honnoji Temple, and complete the direct-leading national training before Komaki Nagakute. Hands, let Fukushima Masamori know what "Ukita Gatling" is when we get to Sekihara!
Of course, these are still on paper at present, and everything needs to be implemented after Hachiro returns to succeed the family governor.

Early the next morning, the Akigami Hisa family and the Ukita Tadaka family left Tottori respectively to complete the tasks assigned by Hachiro. Hachiro stayed in Tottori for 5 or 6 days and the order from Azuchi finally arrived.Nobunaga ordered Hideyoshi to try his best to stabilize the situation in Bizen, and at the same time informed Hosokawa Fujitaka, Tamba's Akechi Mitsuhide, and Settsu's Ikeda Hengxing to be ready to support Hideyoshi at any time.

After receiving Nobunaga's order, Hideyoshi quickly reorganized the army, and led the integrated Inaba and Tajima troops, plus Harima, a total of 2 troops, along the Inmi Line, passed Yagami Chito and entered Mizuma.

Before Atago and Gina, Hachiro first disclosed to Yoshioka Takakatsu and Kamei Tomoki the "full-collar bow system" he was about to implement and asked for their opinions. After hearing this, they all expressed their willingness to follow their skills and implement it first.And willing to experiment with mulberry and fir instead of bamboo to make bow materials.

At the end of November in the eighth year of Tianzheng, Hashiba's army entered Jinshan Castle, and 6000 people from the Ukita Army of Jinshan Castle joined forces and marched into Bizen in two routes.

The 6000 Ukita Army on the left came to Bizen Jinchuan via Kikko, Ohara, and Natatsuji Temple. This is the main road of the Tsuyama Line in later generations, but it was still a small road in the 16th century, and the upper limit of marching was insufficient.

The Hashiba army on the right with 2 soldiers descended along the Yoshii River that crosses Misaku Bizen, via Washo and Mount Tenjin.Although Hideyoshi persuaded Hachiro, Hachiro chose to march with the left army. Hideyoshi then ordered the Lord Murotsu, and Ikoma-chan led his team of 1200 people to accompany him as guards.

On December 3, the eighth year of Tianzheng, after three days of marching, Hachiro led the Ukita army and finally came to Jinchuan Castle. Jinchuan Castle was originally the residence of Jinchuan Yuanxian. , Later, the Zhong family rewarded 3800 stones around Jinchuan to the old Jiangyuan Jingzong.

As a local lord, Jingzong Jiangyuan warmly entertained Hachiro and others, and led 200 people from the city to join the battle. Hachiro's left army expanded to nearly 1 people.

After assembling the Matsuda family's army, in order to ensure privacy, Hachiro ordered the troops to march quickly, not to absorb the army along the way, and finally arrived at Sayama Castle for repairs in the evening.

Toyama samurai who are familiar with the local environment brought the latest news of the Maori army to Hachiro. After a month of caged castle, Toyama Castle is still in the hands of Ukita.

Takakage Kobayakawa has led 1 people to encircle Ishiyama, the main city of Ukido. The Toyama area is surrounded by 8000 people from Muneji Shimizu. Muneji Shimizu moved the main camp to the north side of Toyama in order to better guard the back of the Mori family and monitor Toyama Castle. Tsuyama.

Seeing that it was getting late, Hachiro summoned the generals to issue tasks in the Sayama Palace.

"All the backup teams cook at 3 shifts and set off at 4 shifts, and launch a surprise attack at 5 shifts. Toyama is the first team, so be sure to go down to Jinshan with one drum."

"Master Jiangyuan led Jinchuanbei to stand by in Xinchuan on the north side of Mount Usan. I am rationing you 800 people. Please try to intercept and kill the fleeing Maori army as much as possible."

"Uncle, Toyama prepares to attack Tianjin tomorrow. The momentum will be as big as it is. Use all the cannonballs given by Harima Shou, and try to beat the defenders in the first blow. The army is divided into two, and Muneji Shimizu will hand it over to the second Hashiba army. No problem, Your Highness Ikoma."

After Hachiro finished speaking, he looked at Kisaki Ikoma, the second seat next to him, and Fang Hanshou agreed.

"Other generals, follow the second division and try to kill and injure the Maori army. You don't need to pursue them. Just leave the defeated troops to His Majesty Matsuda. We still have big projects to prepare."

"After the army captured Tsuyama, they rested for a while. At dawn, they set up formations in Jingshan, waiting for Kobayakawa Takakage's retreating army to join Shishan Castle and defeat them. Do you understand?"

"Hai, follow His Royal Highness Ukita's orders"

Hachiro looked at Ukita Tadashi's family again and said, "Uncle, there is a way to practice the garrison of Shangshishan Castle. After we fight the Maori army tomorrow, I hope they can attack the Maori army's rear."

"Leave it to me to help at this time, and I will arrange for the ninjas of my family to send the message into the city." The Zhong family agreed without hesitation.

After ordering the military council, Hachiro let all the generals leave, and Hachiro was also fighting for the last time to rest quickly. Tomorrow's battle will be a positional battle under his command in the true sense, and he will be facing Xiguo Wushuang, who is almost twice as powerful as him Kobayakawa Takakage, he must keep his head clear and his command must not make mistakes.

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