Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 802 East-West War ([-]) Tanaka Castle Military Discussion

During the military discussion, Hideka finally confided his plan with all the generals present: "This Tanaka Castle is just like Mikatahara back then, but Major General Tokugawa will not have such good luck as his father back then. The death place of Major General Chuan."

Xiujia ordered that in order to deal with the next battle, he will temporarily reorganize the formations.

In the first team, there are 1000 people in the home of Toyotomi Shige, Ukita Kane, and Kamei Fusaki, etc. Ukita Kane’s family has 2 people, Musashi Bei (standing), Shimono Bei 6700 (formerly Doi Kiyara’s department, and later supplemented by Ashikaga’s house), Ezo A total of [-] soldiers from Rigaobei and Ezo tribes;
In the second battle, Togawa Tatsuan's Hitachi soldiers defended the 1st division, and Hitachi prepared the 1st and 2nd divisions with 4500 people;
The third team of the Ashikaga family has 2500 Ashikaga soldiers, Shimono Bei (standing), and the 1st Edo Garrison (formerly belonged to the main team), a total of 5800 people;
The fourth division, Hitachi Division (Standing), Hitachi Defense Division 2, Shimono Division 1 Division (formerly Doi Kiyoshi Division, and later supplemented by the Ashikaga family), directly under the Iron Pao University, 5600 people;
In the fifth team, Ukita Zongsheng won the upper general reserve (standby), the second division of the upper general defense, and the first division of the lower field defense (formerly belonged to the main formation); 2 people.

The sixth formation (main formation) Toyotomi Hideka's near-side attendant team 300 riders, Banner crowd 1600 riders, Gohonban 2nd division, Ibaraki Bei (Standby), Firearms Battalion, a total of 7100 people;
There are 1200 Ezo Jurchens in the Mobile Rangers, such as Tachihara Hisakuna and Tachihara Nobuhisa, and 2100 Ezo heavy armored soldiers.

The total force reached 37800, not counting the 3700 that Sanada Nobushige took away.

What follows is the unfolding of the entire military discussion.

"In the first battle, Fu Shishiro (Toyotomi Shige's family) led the people to continue westward. After conquering Zouyuan City, he selected the old and weak people in the small mountain city, and asked them to put on the armor they had prepared and painted. Style clothing acted as a suspicious soldier and continued westward.

After the army marches to Kakegawa, it looks like besieging the city. After receiving my new order, disband the group of people on the spot, take people back quickly and return to Tanaka Castle, and surround Major General Tokugawa under the city."

"In the second battle, Togawa Hizen led troops to garrison Tanaka Castle, including the wounded soldiers in the army, who were included here as suspicious soldiers. They waited until Major General Tokugawa besieged the city and stood firm. After seeing my signal, he went out of the city and fought with us at the bottom of the city."

"In the third formation, Matsuhachiro (Ashikashi's family)'s troops led troops to the small mountain city to the west, watched over the people there, and acted like we divided our troops to go west along Tanuma Street to confuse the enemy. Like Fu Shishiro, follow After receiving my order, stop taking care of the people detained there, and lead people to surround them from the southwest."

"The above-mentioned units will be able to act early tomorrow morning. The other formations will continue to wait in Tanaka Castle, and will follow the main formation after the follow-up troops of the original twelve formations are replenished."

The Hide family has already opened their nets, leaving more than [-] troops in the entire west, just to block Tokugawa Hidetada's way to escape to the west and escape to Yuanjiang Sanhe, but block them from both the north and south streets.

As for Hideya himself, he will be the pillar blocking Tokugawa Hidetada's escape to Suruga to the east, and also the main force in this battle.

After the military meeting was arranged, the Xiu family did not forget to remind: "When you go back today, re-discipline the soldiers, and don't cause trouble on the battlefield."

After everyone got the military order and left, the Xiu family left their two sons alone.Although the two children never expressed doubts, Xiujia knew very well that they both had a lot of questions to ask.

"If you have any questions, let's talk about it today."

The two looked at each other, and Toyotomi Zhongjia said first, "I have nothing to ask, my father has no plans, and my son just needs to implement it."

Xiujia took a deep breath, glanced at Toyotomi Zhongjia, and praised him, "Your attitude is very good, and you will also assist your elder brother Hachiro with this attitude in the future, and obey him as you do to him." me too."

Shigee Toyotomi responded humbly: "Yes"

"However, your elder brother will definitely live in the center all year round in the future. You brothers are sealed outside, so you should share his worries more. You must have your own ideas, so you can handle affairs for your brother at critical times, right? ? Come on, ask your questions."

With what the Xiu family said, the two brothers looked at each other again, and the Ashikaga family asked first, "Did my father plan this long ago, otherwise Chang Lujie would not have come here so soon. And my father left Dozens of cannons in Jundong were also shipped over."

Nobushige Sanada asked this question before, but Nobushige Sanada didn't know that the Hide family had brought Masatoshi Suga to him, so of course the answer he gave was the same.

"However, what if Major General Tokugawa in Junfu Castle still doesn't come out of the city?" This time it was Toyotomi Shigeie who asked the question, "So, isn't the father's arrangement meaningless?"

He had doubts about the Xiu family abandoning the siege of Junfu and continuing to go to Luo, and discussed with Kamei Tomoki that Tokugawa Hidetada would go out of the city and spank his ass.

However, several days after Xiu's actions, and after Tokugawa Hidetada in Junfu Castle remained silent, at this moment he had doubts about whether Tokugawa Hidetada would act.

With the huge historical records of later generations as a database, Hideya knew that Tokugawa Hidetada was very proud of his character before he experienced the postponement of Sekigahara and was almost replaced by Tokugawa Ieyasu as heir.

Even in this life, Hidetada, who was born in the Tokugawa family of a million stone daimyo in the Tokaido, was the most valued son by Tokugawa Ieyasu after Ziyasu, and Hidetada, who was raised as an heir since childhood, still has the arrogance of being the son of a daimyo.

Although it has always been compared with the Xiu family, it has always been the target of the Xiu family.And long-term elite education, pampered, the hostage was returned to the Tokugawa family by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after only 3 months, he has never experienced suffering, and he will not easily choose to admit defeat.

This is exactly the reason why the Xiu family humiliated him twice in the city of Junfu. It was to stimulate him and make him want to defeat the Xiu family, defeat his "enemy" since he was a child, and prove to the world that he is no worse than the Xiu family. idea.

The Xiu family could even imagine how anxious and angry that childish kid might be in Junfu City.

But this is not enough, because Tokugawa Hidetada is not Toyotomi Hideji and Toyotomi Hideyori.Although he has self-esteem and competitiveness, he is still a sensible young man, not to mention that he has [Fudo General] Yasumasa Sakakihara by his side.

Therefore, in order to mobilize Tokugawa Hidetada to go out of the city, in addition to the aggressive method, he also needs to let him come out to fight with himself with peace of mind.

This is why the Hide family has been dividing troops to weaken themselves along the way, and the reason why Satake Yoshinori has to communicate with the Tokugawa family.You have to let Tokugawa Hidetada and Sakakihara Yasomasa see that it is really possible to defeat Hideka, that is, if you really scatter the rabbit meat to the opponent, the eagle will hunt!

If all goes well, Tokugawa Hidetada may think that there are only about 2 soldiers around him at this moment, but in fact, the number of troops on his side is twice this number!
All of these psychological constructions and strategies were not even known to Yoshigetsu Satake's story by Tokugawa Hidetada, let alone other people. Know the part that is relevant to him.

But now, when the Xiu family confessed all this to Yingwa Jiuhu and their two sons, they all showed expressions of shock.

Even Jiwa Jiuhu asked Hideka, "What if Chang Lushou (Satake Yoshishige) really joins the enemy?"

Hideka smiled and explained: "Chang Lushou surrendered to the enemy, so naturally someone else will take care of him. Counting the days, Osafune Tsunao's troops should have arrived at Zentokuji Castle and Kambara Castle by now. But in Izu The fighting servants of Zhongchuan should have finished cleaning up the group of ants, and Jundong has 8 troops."

"8? How is it possible, minus the military strength of the Satake family who is here now, and even including the military strength of the Takeda family, Jundong's military strength cannot exceed 6.

After removing the troops stationed in each city and those still besieging the city, 5 would be good, but where did the remaining 3 come from? "This time it was Yingwa Jiuhu's turn to question Xiu's family, no matter how he calculated the strength, it would be wrong, unless Xiu's family replenished the troops under their own collar.

Hideka looked at his two sons and said, "Of course it's the 2 members of the Nakasendo Corps led by your elder brother Hachiro. Of course, the number of Satake Hitachi is also included."

"Young master?" "Brother?"

Hearing the return of Toyotomi Teru's family, all three of them showed expressions of astonishment, "Isn't he in charge of commanding the Nakasendo Legion? Aren't they going to come out of Mino?"

"The Zhongshan Road Legion is just a pretense to make the inner government think that there will be a large army coming out of Meinong, and it is just a pretense for fearing that they will be attacked by enemies in the back and back."

"!!!" Hearing this explanation, the three of them were speechless in astonishment, and even Jiwa Jiuhu couldn't believe that the Xiu family had made such an adjustment, which he had never disclosed to himself before. .

But after thinking about it, Xiujia had asked himself many times before to verify the ability of the Nakasendo Army to supply rations, as well as the ability to break through the Shinano and Mino defense lines.

And I have told him many times that the Zhongshan Road can travel up to 3 people, but Xiujia still insisted that the Zhongshan Road Corps should be organized at 5 people. Is it necessary to prepare for this moment?
"But, Your Highness, didn't your previous strategy ask the Zhongsendo Corps to divide troops to help the North Army Corps evaluate Echigo?"

"Is it necessary to use 5 people to evaluate Echigo? Isn't it enough to have Fujido Sado and Ikeda counselors?"

"Then who is in charge of attacking Minami Shinano and Mino?"

"Who said I'm really going to release Mino? As long as they are suspicious soldiers, they can confuse Tokugawa and abandon Owari. Even if someone really wants to release Mino, they will wait until Echigo is evaluated, or they will join forces with the North Army Corps." Afterwards, Senator Ikeda, Fujido Sado, and others. As long as the area of ​​Mino Ena is blocked, how can it protrude so easily?"

"What kind of reinforcements did the elder brother bring? Could it be Yuki and those small daimyos in the south?"

This question of the Toyotomi family was confirmed by the Xiu family, and they realized that the Xiu family was so advanced in terms of military strategy.You must know that the Zhongshan Road Corps acted 15 days earlier than them. Xiujia wrote his plan into the kit and handed it to them in advance.

Jiwa Jiuhu only knew that the Nakasendo Legion was going to support the North Army Corps, but he didn't know that the Nakasendo Legion would split up and go south to the Tokaido.

But he quickly understood the purpose of Xiujia's move, which was to leave a back hand for Satake Yoshishige to surrender to the enemy.If this happens, it is difficult for the generals of the Xiu family to stay in Jundong to have a unified command, and there are guest troops like Nakagawa Hidemasa, why should they listen to you as an accompanying minister? Order.

But Toyotomi Teru's family is different. His status is special, and his arrival can effectively unify the generals. Satake Yoshishige who "could betray".

Yingwa Jiuhu understood the purpose of the Xiu family's doing this, but the two sons did not understand, so the Xiu family had to explain this to them.

While the two sons were still immersed in surprise, the Xiu family continued to say, "Today's lesson, you must know the way of 'Victorious soldiers win first, and then seek war; defeated soldiers first fight, and then seek victory'.

In future wars, we should not only focus on the present, we must look beyond the battlefield. "Soldiers are fierce things." In war, you don't just fight randomly and then you win. You have to be sure that you can win before you can really start fighting. "

The Xiu family knew that it was impossible for the two sons to understand the true meaning of the art of war in such a short period of time, so they solemnly patted the shoulders of the two of them, and said to Jiuhu, who was beside him, "Zuo Mazhu, I'm sorry to ask you tomorrow!" Still enter the formation of Matsubalang, and follow him to the small mountain city. When the day of battle comes, you will command the soldiers of the two formations in the west and north and south."

"Ha Yi, please rest assured, my lord, to hand over the two Highnesses to me." When Odawara joined the battle before, he did not go out with the army. Today, Jiuhu has truly seen the horror of the Xiu family. The great wisdom outside, the kind of terror that can manipulate people's hearts.

The family is absolutely assured of Yingwa Jiuhu's ability to show his family, since ancient times it has been "the long-term success".He has been with Yoshihiro Shimadzu and himself for so long, especially the deployment of various troops, the planning of the marching route, and the plan to pull out the key cities before Shangluo this time. It's just an opportunity to become a general independently.

But this time, although his two sons have elite soldiers and strong generals as generals, they don't have wise generals who can command and mobilize flexibly.This naturally requires someone who can hold the line to help them, and the Xiu family is absolutely at ease in handing them over to Yingwa Jiuhu.

After Xiu's family explained some other things, Anwa Jiuhu left with the two children.

But at the last moment, the Ashikaga family stopped at the door and did not leave.He turned his head to look at Xiujia and asked, "Father planned a decisive battle here to eat the main force of Tokugawa, but what if Major General Tokugawa is really that useless, or Sakakibara Shikibu just won't let go of the troops?"

Hearing his son's question, the Xiu family froze for a moment, and the smile on his face faded slightly.

Hideka is absolutely confident that the two will come out, but as the Ashikaga family said, "What if?"

Even if the Xiu family is 99.9% confident that they will definitely come after them, what if the Xiu family really miscalculated and they don't come out?
Fortunately, the smile on the Xiu family's face quickly recovered and said to the two of them, "We now have 4 people in our hands, which is enough to sweep Yuanjiang and Sanhe, and even threaten Sanhe. After eating such a large territory of the Tokugawa family, Dechuan's Isn't the Chuanchi Prefecture more anxious than us?

Besides, don't forget the 8 people in Jundong, and your brother Hachiro.He not only guards Satake Hitachi's lock, but also stabilizes the door for us to retreat.If Major General Tokugawa is really so cowardly, then Junfu Castle is their grave. "

(End of this chapter)