Pillars of the Wu family

At [-]:[-] a.m. on July [-]th, the battle clouds on Nakajima in the Shinano River were dense, and the Kira Corps launched a landing battle against the Ohori Pavilion on Hachimangahara. The horse Huis stood on the bank, drew Boqi Angang from their waists and pointed the tip of the knife straight ahead to urge the army to attack.

There are no less than a dozen arrow sculls densely packed in the city wall on one side of the Ohori Pavilion, each of which has a height of nearly five sculls with a mixed structure of earth, wood and stone. Fragmentary gunshots erupted from the ashigaru, and soon they were hit back by dozens of times the iron cannons, but it was a pity that most of these guns hit the thick stones and a lot of stone chips collapsed.

Thousands of ashigaru held up their rattan shields and tried to charge forward. As soon as they rushed to the bottom of the city, they were attacked by stone throwing and arrow rain in the city. In particular, the three fortresses are connected to each other and can send most of the reinforcements into the city to participate in the defense before the Kira family's army invades. Every time, the rhythm of [-] defenders versus [-] is very troublesome.

This battle lasted until the evening without any outcome. Yoshiki Kira had to order his troops to retreat, and the defenders of the Takeda family in the castle did not come out to pursue them. They stood on the arrow oars and watched closely as Kira's army retreated calmly. , It was not until Kira Yoshishi stood on the side of the boat that he spit bitterly: "This is the Tiger of Kai? It is clearly a cunning old fox! I want to lure my Kira family into the bait, but I am not as good as you! Lost, I don't believe you can keep on like this forever!"

Yoshitoshi Kira set foot on the boat that the navy had been waiting for for a long time and retreated slowly. Saikawa boarded the boat and went back and forth between the two sides of the river. The Ashgaru team left first.The Red Cavalry, Iron Artillery Team, and Heavy Rattan Bow Team always dragged behind to be on guard.Until the last cavalry boarded the return ship.The Takeda defenders in the city did not make any moves, and today's siege battle is doomed to end in failure.

Takeda Harunobu's intentions are not insignificant. Kira's army also suffered serious setbacks in several river-crossing attacks. He knows that his own disadvantage lies in the absolute gap in equipment. The gap between soldiers' military literacy and tacit cooperation is not particularly obvious. In the case of superior military strength and inferior strength, it is also a very correct idea to resolutely avoid a decisive battle with the Kira Army.

If it's just that, it's just showing the basic characteristics of "avoiding weaknesses" and "avoiding realities".It is also necessary to give full play to the characteristics of "promoting strength" and "being imaginary". For this reason, Harunobu Takeda painstakingly designed a set of formations and built fortifications in the Obori Pavilion, Hirota Village, and Yokota Castle on Hachimanhara.

A security force of 8000 people was deployed in the three branch cities. The 1 troops of Honjo were still stationed on Chajiu Mountain. The defense measures of the Takeda family were very meticulous. The ratio of [-] to [-] troops, of which the [-] defenders of Yokota Castle are the closest to Chausu Mountain, the farthest from Xichuan and the safest.

It is equivalent to saying that even if Ohorikan was surrounded by a surprise attack by the Kira army without any precautions, facing the powerful attack of the Kira family's iron artillery team and bakery team, it would be difficult to eat the fortified city of [-] defenders in a short time.What's more, the movement of the Kira Army's landing was very loud and slow, and the Ohorikan, which was located next to the confluence of the main streams of the Sai River and the Chikuma River, could easily spot them.And before the Kira Army launched a massive attack, it issued a warning and called for friendly support. [

It's just that it can't trap Kira's house. The most powerful thing is that the three connected fortresses are not afraid of the so-called attack from behind. No matter how you go around, you can't ignore the defenders in the city. For example, today's battle Take Takeda's [-] defenders in the Battle of the Cage City as an example.

To attack from the back or divide the troops to plunder the land, it is necessary to bypass the strong city to attack the rear, and send some main forces to pin the Takeda family defenders in the city. However, how many of the [-] defenders are left in the city is another question. You can't resist the [-] defenders going out of the city to counterattack. If one of them is eaten and then copy the Kira Army's army from behind, it will fall.

Too many troops left is also a problem. The main force that the Kira Army can use is only 3000 people, leaving 7000 people and only 1 to attack the other two fortresses. How to do it? An army of [-] is not a pleasant thing for [-].

The [-] defenders of the three castles on Hachimanhara are not afraid, or they deliberately gathered all the main forces in one city to attract the Kira family to surround them. Chausu Mountain is on the west side of Hachimanhara. The Wutian army battalion will definitely send some reinforcements to support the defense of the two cities. The two strongholds only need to support for half an hour.

Therefore, these three fortresses are like three poisonous baits with all kinds of color, fragrance and taste. The tempting bait exudes fatal temptation. If Yoshishi Kira could not help but submit at this moment, he would inevitably be dragged into the attack of the Takeda family. It is a very dangerous thing to fight along Takeda Harunobu's train of thought.

In the first Kawanakajima battle, Nagao Kagetora forced the Takeda family to come forward to negotiate a peace and end the war through repeated surprises. In the second Kawanakajima battle, Kira Yoshishi also used surprise attacks to face Gang, forcing Takeda Harunobu to give up what he is best at. It is the third time that Harunobu Takeda decided to play according to the ideas he designed. Of course, Kira Yoshitoshi couldn't do what he wanted.

Back at Asahiyama Castle, Kira's vassals were busy holding a military meeting to discuss the gains and losses of this battle. Several Yubi were busy making various records, and Kira Yoshitoshi thought: "The Takeda family will definitely fight head-on. If you can't fight, if you can't fight, you have to stick to it, but can you afford it later? I don't know the situation with my brother, and I don't know the situation with Yuezhong. I have to be the first to show my voice and support them with practical actions!"

The failure of the recent landing battles has brought about a high degree of understanding of the Takeda Army by Kira's retainers. Every time, they are mainly tentative attacks. Although they have not gained much results, they have not lost much, except for a hundred or so wounded unlucky ones. There is no other loss for Dan to accept the doctor's treatment. The military meeting was adjourned not long after it started, and everyone generally knows the enemy's situation and there is not much to say.

Masaaki Hattori walked out from the shadow of the tent, leaned over and said in a low voice: "The situation of the anti-Echigo alliance is basically confirmed. As early as the beginning of last year, Harunobu Takeda was planning this alliance. It was only because of Hojo Ujiyasu's perfunctory To be able to take shape, Takeda Harunobu had already decided that even if Hojo Ujiyasu refused to join, he would launch a siege network this year, Hojo Ujiyasu suddenly announced to join the alliance at the beginning of this year, and agreed to send a large army to cooperate with allies to fight together."

"Hojo Shiyasu suddenly announced to join? What does this mean?" Yoshitoki Kira suddenly felt moved: "Could it be that he joined the alliance because his brother repelled the Hojo family in Tone River last year and made him feel resentful? It doesn't seem right. If this is the case, Hojo Shiyasu should have joined last autumn, why did he delay joining until the beginning of this year? There must be some unknown reason for this, right?"

Masaki Hattori nodded and said: "The owner of the museum did not expect it! There are indeed internal reasons. I was lucky enough to find out some information. After the Hojo family was defeated and retreated last year, Hojo Ujiyasu returned to Odawara Castle. It is said that after the illness, he suddenly became ill. Dabian decided to contact the envoys of the Takeda family, and from the end of last autumn to the beginning of this year, the envoys between Takeda and Hojo had frequent exchanges, and it was not until the beginning of this year that Noburen Takeda visited Odawara that the alliance plan was finalized."

"Then why are you telling me now?"

"Master, please make amends! Kai and Sagami both have powerful ninja troops, especially the counterintelligence work near the two cities is very good, because there are some problems with the previous intelligence setup, and the ministers have worked hard to adjust it to see the initial results. The intelligence collection work on the two countries has not been fully launched, and we will not be able to obtain first-hand intelligence information from these two countries for a while." Hattori Masaaki bowed his head and begged for forgiveness.

Yoshishi Kira smiled wryly and said: "Forget it! My family also knows that this is not your fault. Those two old foxes will never give you the chance to spy on first-hand information. The two are allies, and the messengers communicate frequently. It is even more commonplace, unless you can predict the foresight, otherwise this alliance will definitely not know, if even the target of the alliance's countermeasures can spy on the core secrets, then this alliance really has no meaning and value."

"Thank you, Lord Master, for your kindness! I will try my best to ensure that I will not make the same mistake." Hattori Masaki bowed and thanked him, then paused and said: "According to the information fed back from the movements of the Fumos, they seem to be looking around for something. There are signs of haunting in Kasugayama Castle and Omi Sakamoto successively.”[

"Active in Kasugayama Castle, and even went to haunt Sakamoto. What do they mean? Do they have any plans to succeed? Not right! The main family seems to have nothing to do with the Hojo family, and even the series of battles in Ueno are also a series of wars. What's the problem with helping your brother?" Yoshiki Kira walked back and forth with his arms folded.

As the personal experience of that incident and the supreme commander of the mission, Masaki Hattori found out that Kirayoshi didn't realize the impact of that incident at the time, so he carefully reminded: "I don't know the reason, but I feel that Maybe it has nothing to do with Murasame's exposure!"

"Yes! There is also the Muramame knife! How could I have forgotten it!" Yoshiki Kira slapped his head and said annoyedly, "How could I have forgotten this one? Wasn't that knife given to Shigecho Honjo by the family?" Is it? How did they find out... Bah bah! What am I talking about! The Hojo family will definitely find out that the assassination is such a big thing that the main family has spread the news. If he doesn’t know, there will be a problem! The main family is still too Careless!"

Is he regretting giving the knife to Honjo Shigetsu, nor is he regretting that the assassination incident was publicized. If there is a lack of the same between the two, there will be no problem. But the assassination happened before and gave Murasame later. Afterwards, he made a lot of publicity and wanted to change Yuan Le, which is simply asking for guilt. To use a sentence he often likes to say is "it's so stupid that it can't be cured".

Yoshitoki Kira held his head in frustration, and said, "It's a mistake! What a mistake! How could I have completely forgotten about Murasame? The Hojo family must have known about it after Uesugi Kensei's testimony. When Yoshikashi Haru died in a strange way, there was only one Muramame sword missing in the whole city. If I knew it, I should have burned the Furukawa Imperial Palace with fire. What a big mistake!"

Masaki Hattori lowered his head in embarrassment. He couldn't really burn down the Furukawa Imperial Palace just because of the lord's angry words. The order he received back then was to steal knives instead of murder, but the lord was annoyed by this. He also had a little responsibility, so he insisted Scalp said: "The information about Fumo's activities in Sakamoto happened at the turn of summer and autumn last year, and this information was also passed on by my subordinates. At that time, Nagao Seiden was fighting fiercely with Hojo Sagami in Ueno, and the owner of the museum was fighting against the Takeda family in Shinano. I don’t know if the owner of the museum has noticed this information.”

"I didn't notice it, but I have this impression." Kira Yoshitoki said dejectedly: "I probably forgot it because I was too busy."

"That Hojo Sagami will not believe the reason given by the owner of the museum, otherwise Fuma Ninja would not go to Omi to inquire about the news!"

"Of course he doesn't believe it. No one would believe it. My family made a wrong move again! This is really a wrong step, and the reason is full of loopholes. How can someone as smart as Hojo Shiyasu believe such a reason? No wonder Shiyasu Hojo suddenly changed his attitude, no wonder he wants to spend his fortune this year, it’s all the family’s fault!” Yoshitoki Kira sighed and said: “This is the end of the matter, let’s find a way to make up for it!” (To be completed continued...)

ps: Tomorrow is New Year's Day, I wish everyone a happy New Year's Day in advance!Happy family!