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Chapter 442: Occupying the Grid and Building a House
The attack of the Moroboshi family was not smooth, because the terrain around the Takeda family's mountain castle had been excavated and modified to be very rugged, with pits and traps everywhere, and the troops could not be deployed at all, so they had to disperse.

However, the people of the Takeda family had no Bushido spirit at all. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain and the reserved paths and secret passages, they were always able to sneak up on the enemy, then turn around and run away after shooting, causing great trouble to the Moroboshi family.

If they go after them with too few people, they will easily fall into the enemy's carefully prepared traps or ambushes. If they have too many people, the enemy will not fight back and will directly hide in secret passages or castles, causing great annoyance to the Moroboshi family.

The casualties were not heavy, but it made it difficult for the Moroboshi family to make progress because they had to be distracted at all times to guard against sneak attacks.

Especially when some striker rifles were stolen, they had to be on guard against being shot from behind, which caused a headache for everyone in the Moroboshi family.

The Moroboshi family did not have a good solution for sneak attacks. Although their muskets were more advanced, their advantage was only on the front battlefield, relying on range and accuracy to gain the advantage. At close range, as long as they did not fire continuously, they would not be very effective in the face of sudden attacks. Because the distance was so close, both sides only had one chance to fire, and the people of the Takeda family were extremely desperate. They liked to jump out of the bushes and shoot in the face. It was a situation where it was either you or me. The Moroboshi family had no room to maneuver at all.

At present, apart from sending out ninjas to search and guard, we can only rely on the elite ronin soldiers to clean up the attackers.

Unfortunately, the ninjas of the Takeda family have not been idle. The ninjas of the Moroboshi family are busy carrying out assassinations and counter-assassinations around the camp. They have no extra energy to do anything else. After all, once the supplies in the camp are destroyed, no matter how powerful the army of the Moroboshi family is, they will have to retreat and wait for supplies to arrive from the rear.

If the Takeda family launched an all-out attack at this time, the Moroboshi family would be in a very passive position and might even be defeated.

Fortunately, there are still elite Ronin soldiers. These special soldiers who are lightly equipped and very good at fighting in complex environments are just suitable for the current situation, so that the situation is not too bad.

The attack of the Zhuxing family was restrained, and Yan Xu should have noticed it even if he was slow to react.

But after understanding the situation, Yan Xu considered for a moment and still did not choose to take over the command.

Since you don't plan to be a babysitter, don't interfere too much. Anyway, he will guarantee you a safe haven, so you won't lose too badly. So just ask someone to send him a Go chessboard.

The Moroboshi family is not short of talent, but they lack experience in large-scale wars including sieges, which is why they seem to be somewhat infallible.

After all, when we were on the secondary island, they were all small-scale fights. When we arrived at the main island, we simply used force to overwhelm others in the early days. There was almost no real fighting, and if there was, it was just a field battle.

In addition, since Yan Xu did not show up, there was no one who could make decisions, which resulted in the Zhuxing family not having decided on an offensive strategy yet.

After seeing the chessboard that their lord had someone bring, the people from the Moroboshi family breathed a sigh of relief, regardless of whether they understood it or not.

It's not that they are unaware of many problems, but now that they are in their current position, their thoughts and actions are no longer so pure, which is why the Moroboshi family's reaction is so slow.

Now that the lord has set the tone, the group's intelligence and talents have the opportunity to be utilized.

First of all, after a series of setbacks, the Moroboshi family has realized that it is not possible to capture this place in a short time, so they calm down and do not rush to attack. Instead, they collect information about the surrounding situation, make a sand table, and begin to deduce the operation of the Takeda family's entire defense system, trying to find loopholes.

It has to be said that the Takeda family did spend a lot of effort in this regard. The entire defense system cannot be said to be flawless, but the easy targets are either traps or baits. Once they are taken, they will fall into the surrounding clamps and sieges, turning it into a situation of attrition. This is obviously more beneficial to the Takeda family, who has the advantage of time, place and people.

The Takeda family has a huge stockpile of supplies and a large population here, so it is no problem for them to fight the Moroboshi family for two or three years. The Moroboshi family, whose logistics rely on transportation, is not unable to afford it, but it is unnecessary. In addition, although the lord did not say it, the Moroboshi family has never fought with others for such a long time since its founding. How dare they set a precedent?

After seeing the chessboard, they were inspired not to follow the other party's rhythm.

Next, the Moroboshi family forcibly divided the Takeda family's defense circle into countless pieces, regardless of the quality or terrain, and started from the piece closest to the camp. After taking down a piece, they immediately built trenches and artillery towers to enclose this area, turning it into the Moroboshi family's defense system, turning the siege into a collision between the two major defense systems.

Generally speaking, this is not realistic, because it takes too much time and resources, and it is more cost-effective to launch a fierce attack. Therefore, before implementation, this strategy should be sent to Yan Xu for review.

"Not bad." Yan Xu was stunned at first, then nodded and let them go ahead and do it.

In fact, Yan Xu gave them the chessboard in order to let them fight and build roads at the same time, so that the criss-crossing roads could cover the Takeda family's defense network and form a rapid strike capability. As long as they quickly advanced to the mountain city, they could launch firepower bombardment and force the Takeda family to surrender.

But this idea has two drawbacks. First, the roads must be well maintained, otherwise it is easy to fall into a cycle of you destroying it and me repairing it.

Secondly, victory must be achieved in a short period of time, otherwise once surrounded on all sides, we will be in big trouble.

The Moroboshi family had actually considered this method, but because it was too dangerous and they didn't know whether the lord would step in to help them when necessary, they gave up this radical strategy and instead adopted the safe method of occupying grids and building houses.

Although this strategy was very costly in all aspects, it was safe enough because the Moroboshi family was not afraid of positional warfare because they relied on firearms, especially when they built their own positions.

His men were acting on the side of caution, and Yan Xu agreed because the Zhuxing family needed to obtain a stable territory here as a transit station to facilitate entry into the central part of the main island, and the mountain city in front of them was a good choice, so the idea changed from simple capture to construction and transformation.

However, although occupying a grid and building a house is safe, it requires a large amount of labor to achieve. The Moroboshi family has strong transportation capabilities, but it is not cost-effective to transport a large number of farmers from their own territory, so they started from the surrounding villages.

Of course, the wealthy Moroboshi family is not going to rob money, food, or women, but to conscript labor.

As long as you are willing to work for the Zhuxing family, you will receive 50 kilograms of coarse grains as settling-in expenses, and you will also be provided with food and accommodation when you arrive at the construction site.

I have to say this is very tempting. Even if the warriors told the landlords that these people were hateful invaders, the landlords were as obedient as rabbits in front of them and had no intention of resisting at all. This made it difficult to be convincing, so they were tempted.

After the first foolish guy happily carried a heavy bag of coarse grains home, the others couldn't sit still anymore.

If you were not in that era, you would have no idea what 50 kilograms of coarse grains meant, especially when winter was approaching. It was not food, but life.

After the warriors and landlords were forced to write letters of allegiance and put their bloody fingerprints on them, their last concerns were shattered.

Since the masters had surrendered, what was the point of them doing some work? So a few days later, the Moroboshi family recruited 3,000 farmers.

(End of this chapter)