Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 801 East-West War ([-]) Removal of Military Discipline and Arrival of Reinforcements

The meaning in Xiujia's words was already very clear, he planned to deal with the historical second-generation general in Junfu City.

This news finally made Nobushige Sanada feel better, but he still has his own doubts.He looked at Xiujia and asked, "Does Your Highness want to lure Major General Tokugawa out to fight? But forgive me only for the incident of Mikatahara back then. I am afraid that the Tokugawa Army will not leave the city easily because the people in its territory were robbed." Bar."

"He will come out, because of his pathetic self-esteem." Xiujia said with a smile, "Of course this requires some other cooperation." But he kept silent about the specific cooperation.

This has always been the habit of the Xiu family. Only a few people know the whole picture of all the plans, and others will only know the part related to themselves, including the order to Sanada Nobushige, which is only to let him leave Maruko after Tokugawa Hidetada After the city left, it regained control of Maruko Castle, cut off the east-west passage of Utsu Valley Road, and then came out to support itself.

After Sanada Nobushige left, Hideie turned to look at the attendant Sugaemon Masatoshi who had been standing behind him all the time, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him, saying, "Go to the coast of Hamakawa, there is already a boat waiting there. You, give this letter to your brother, he knows what to do."

Suga Masatoshi is the youngest brother of Suga Masatoshi, who is 15 years younger than him. He is only in his early 20s now, and he is a member of Hideka's close servants who replaced Keisuke Ota, who inherited the family business.

Jian Zhengchen took the letter and solemnly nodded to Xiu's family, and was about to get up and leave.Hideka's voice sounded behind him again, "Take two people and walk together, this is Suruga after all, the road is safer."

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The Xiu family's order is unquestionable. Although the soldiers were confused about the order of their superiors to break camp and set off, the mechanic still carried out the order. The beginning and end of Fengchun Army's operation.

In fact, the soldiers were quite resistant to Xiujia's order to leave Junfu City and continue westward, exposing their backs to the 3 people in Junfu City, but due to Xiujia's authority, they did not put it on the surface. show up.

After the Ashikaga family captured Tanaka Castle, he personally came to invite Hideo to enter the city.In fact, along the way, the Ashikaga family held the vanguard position and would come to greet Hideka in person every time they broke the city. This was actually because he wanted to show his ability to his father and show off his achievements to his younger brother.

After all, he is also the son of the Xiu family, and the Zhong family who bears the name of "Fengchen" has not made any achievements so far.

But this time the Xiu family did not enter the city as before. He ordered the Shi family standing beside his horse, "There is no need for you to go west and break the city."

The Shi family looked up at their father suspiciously. He thought that he had done a bad job and had been deprived of his position as a pioneer, so he wanted to argue with his father.

And Xiujia had already explained, "Take your people and have a good rest, there is still something you can use in the future."

Then there was a loud voice ordering to the left and right: "Send the order, the whole army will be lifted for one day, just like at Junfu Castle, the entire Fujieda Plain and both sides of the Oi River will be swept away. All the people will be taken to the small mountain city on the west bank. go."

One of the reasons why Xiujia's Fengchun Legion is more powerful than other armies of the same period is that they have military discipline requirements that are not available at the same time. This is written in "Ukita Military Law Names".

Military discipline is a magic spell, which can strictly restrict people's will within the scope of generals' needs, change their scattershot and wanton habits, and finally make following military orders an option that penetrates into muscle memory and strictly implement the orders of superiors.

Since the Xiu family promulgated the military law, there has always been a military discipline in charge of supervising military discipline. Junmufu is usually under the direct control of the formation. The soldiers were restrained.

Although these military commanders dispatched from above will not intervene in the command of the battalion generals and captains, they are indeed existences that they dare not mess with.Because it is stipulated in the "Military Law" that the short soldiers are responsible for protecting the chief, but after the military order is dispatched, the short soldiers are under the jurisdiction of the military order, which not only protects the safety of the chief, but also takes into account the management of military discipline.

That is to say, these soldiers can directly control the captains and battalion commanders by cooperating with these short soldiers.

As for [Removal of military discipline], it is a story that has never happened in the past 20 years since the military law was issued, so that many soldiers are not used to it, and do not know what to do to remove military discipline.

Fortunately, there are not only standing guards in the army, but also the garrison and reserve players who usually train relatively laxly have set a good example for them. All of a sudden, the entire banks of the Oi River at the junction of Suruga and Yuanjiang are devastated, and crimes continue to break out here. .

The generals who have long been accustomed to restraining soldiers with military discipline are even more puzzled by the Xiu family's removal of military discipline.Now that the war is imminent, and there is an army of 3 behind, it is the time to be exhausted. How can we send people out to do things at this time?

Although random arrests were an unwritten rule in the Warring States Period, since the Xiu family came to power, they were only carried out when there was a clear order to search villages, and only searched property would never kill people or pollute people's innocence.But this time the military discipline was lifted, and nothing was banned.

In fact, there was a natural reason for the Xiu family to do this. After all, the soldiers had been under a lot of pressure since they followed him to Luo, and the soldiers would not feel afraid or nervous when there were more than [-] troops by their side before.

But now there are only less than 3 people around him. There are enemies blocking the road in front of the cage city, and behind him there are Junfu defenders who are no less than himself.Ordinary soldiers have never read military books, but those who don't know how to survive in war have almost died in previous wars.

Although the soldiers were willing to carry out the bold plan of the Xiu family, their hearts would still be shrouded in anxiety.

At this time, lifting military discipline and indulging soldiers in looting, random arrests, and violations are necessary means to re-gather morale.Before the "military soul" of later generations was injected into the Rabbit Army, regardless of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties or modern European, American and Japanese armies, lifting military discipline was a simple and direct way for soldiers to release pressure and regroup their combat effectiveness.

Even the Tang Dynasty, which many people are proud of, lifted the military discipline of the prosperous Luoyang City for 7 days to boost the morale of the soldiers after the battle of the Tang, Uighur, and Dangxiang coalition forces in the Anshi Rebellion. The Dangxiang and the Uighurs participated in it, and even the compatriot Tang Jun stretched out his butcher knife to his compatriots.

Of course, if it was only for this reason, the Xiu family would not issue such an order of losing humanity.The reason why he did this was more for strategic considerations. He needed to clear the population of this land, so as to keep the reinforcements coming by sea and his next concealment a secret.

After all, there are tens of thousands of people living on this plain. You can guarantee that when Tokugawa Hidetada arrives, no one will report to him and tell him, "Youfu has received reinforcements from the sea. Where is he hiding with people and is preparing to ambush?" Where is the young master?"

"One will succeed and ten thousand will die"

The Xiu family never hesitated when changing to cold-blooded, even though the Xiu family knew that many people would die in the process, the Xiu family did their best to give an order to guarantee their lives, that is, to escort the population to the small town on the west bank of the Oi River. Go to the mountain city.

Soldiers are a group of bloodthirsty beasts. When Xiujia's order of "Contact Military Discipline" reached the soldiers' ears, after a short period of discomfort, the soldiers began to disperse in squadrons of 30 people on the entire plain. Let's have fun.

That night, the wanton shouts of the soldiers in Tanaka Castle and the painful wailing of the surrounding sufferers resounded through the sky, making the Xiu family who had issued this order feel like they were on pins and needles.After all, it is a person who has received the education of the human nature of later generations. Although he is the one who gave the order, he is the most unacceptable.

So much so that when he saw the Ashikaga family coming out of a samurai house in disheveled clothes, he couldn't help but go up and kick him to the ground. The military equipment in his hand pointed at him fiercely, and he said no with veins and blood all over his face. Speak up.

The Shi family is also a little confused, is this an order from his father?Why would I still be kicked.

But the Shi family who offended the father could only bow their heads and follow the Xiu family back to the city like a child who did something wrong.

After sitting down again, Xiujia asked him, "Who is that woman?"

The Ashikaga family didn't know what made him angry. Facing the Hide family's inquiry, they could only kneel down there and bow their heads and replied: "It is said that it belongs to the Toki family, a samurai in the castle."

When the Xiu family heard this, it was still a well-known family. Although their faces were still a little unhappy, the anger on their faces was much smaller. At least their son was on 13 for nothing.

But his younger brother, Toyotomi Shigeka, had already found out all this clearly, and said from the sidelines, "I have asked the lady, and she said that she is the daughter of the Lord of Shinano Zouga Takashima, Zouwai Laisui, and the guard of the castle Toki. defined wife."

"Madam? Wife!" Hearing this answer, the Xiu family looked at the Toyotomi Shige family in disbelief, and then at the Ashikaga family who glared at their younger brother.

For some reason, the Xiu family seemed to hear giggling laughter from around them, and even heard someone whispering something like "His Royal Highness is really a lord".

The anger on the face of the Xiu family was still the same, and he educated the family, "After such a noble family, you should treat each other with courtesy. As the Ashikaga government, don't you know? How could you do such a beastly thing? In the future, his husband Find it, what do you do?"

"Lord Toki won't come here anymore, he already died in the siege battle during the daytime." Toyotomi Shigeie explained again at the right time.

Xiujia took a deep breath and stared at Zhongjia who was on the sidelines, and continued to educate the Ashikaga family until "Even if he doesn't come to you, don't forget your identity, don't you want your fame?"

In fact, the Xiu family really didn't have anything to teach, it was nothing more than scolding the Shi family in terms of morality and human relations, making him pay attention to his identity, which was not comparable to ordinary ashigaru samurai.There are some things that the people below can do, but he cannot.

In the end, he was given a task to apologize to Mrs. Toki, and then asked the servants beside him to find a few wives from high-ranking families in the city, and sent them to a room to take care of each other, so that they could comfort each other's emotions.

Of course, the Hide family was dissatisfied with the actions of the Ashikaga family, but the people below had their own opinions about the actions of the Uji family.Most of them are dirty words such as "His Highness Ashikaga is like a lord". For these words, they should be passed on from the following people, and they will not really reach the ears of Xiujia.

But what the Xiu family didn't expect was that when the Shi family apologized to Mrs. Toki afterwards, they said, "I will marry you as my concubine after the war, and let you bear me several sons." half dead.

This doesn't seem like an apology, it's simply a bandit robbing Mrs. Yazhai!
Of course, after a day and a night of hustle and bustle, Tanaka Castle finally regained its calm. It was also in the afternoon that the soldiers in the city suddenly found a team of thousands of people appearing on the plain east of Tanaka Castle, and they were marching towards Tanaka Castle in a mighty manner. Come.

The news of the arrival of the army outside the city undoubtedly made the city tense up. Everyone thought that the enemies in Junfu City were chasing them. The Fengchun army commanded will disperse in a hurry.

But when people walked in and took a look, the first ones were actually a flag with a pattern of gentian Wuqitong and a flag with a pattern of Jian's plum bowl.

If the Gendan Wuqitong pattern is the exclusive family pattern of the Xiu family, then the only one who owns the plum bowl pattern flag in the Fengchun family is Masatoshi Suga, who is called "My Zhang Liao" by the Xiu family.

It wasn't until the army approached the top of the city that the soldiers realized that the general commanding the troops was none other than Lord Suga Masari!

The arrival of Masatoshi Suga greatly boosted morale, even greater than the effect brought about by Xiujia's lifting of military discipline on the 1st day.

After all, they all knew that Masatoshi Suga was left behind by the Xiu family in Dongjun to launch a siege to Quantou Castle and Xingguo Temple, but now the Lord Masato appeared in Tanaka Castle on the border of Suruga Enjiang, and he came from the east. It doesn't mean that many cities behind have been pulled out, and someone may even have taken over the siege and custody of Junfu City.

The low-level soldiers who didn't know the real situation all believed in this judgment, and only then did they understand why the Xiu family didn't leave anyone under Junfu City to watch over the enemies in the city. It turned out that someone was watching behind their ass.We all misunderstood the lord.

But in fact, Masatoshi Suga came from Jundong by boat and logged in on the west side of the Utsu Mountains. Because of the trend of the plain, the people in Tanaka City thought they were crossing Utsu along their road from the east. from the valley.

This was the reason why the Xiu family asked Zhengzheng Suga to deliver the letter before. The Xiu family had already told Masato Suga about his arrangement, that is, to conquer Xingguo Temple and Quantou as much as possible after the Xiu family and others left.

But if it is really difficult to conquer, then leave the necessary defenders, with the elite troops Changlubei (Standing), Shangzongbei (Standing), Hitachi Garrison 2nd and three armies, and because of transportation problems The artillery battalion who stayed in Jundong came to meet him by boat.

Of course, Masatoshi Suga is really strong, although because of Torii Motochu's defense and Hideka's disallowing the use of artillery, Izumito Castle is still strong.But Xingguo Temple City has fallen.

Suga Masari left the 1st and 2nd divisions of the lower general defense, the 3rd and 4th divisions of the lower general reserve, and the 3rd and 4th divisions of the lower field reserve in Quantou City. The total force reached 6400 and continued to besiege the city. As well as the firearms that Xiujia left there, more than [-] people boarded the boat in two batches and came to Tanaka City to find Xiujia.

From Jundong to Junxi, the Clippers can come back and forth once a day. Although there are only more than 1 people landing at the moment, it is also a good military supplement for the Xiu family.

And with the arrival of Suga Masari, the Xiu family once again gathered generals in the city to hold a military meeting.

(End of this chapter)