The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 386

[Chapter 381 0 Quchuan]

? Shinano Country Iiyama Castle.

As the northern important town of Shinano, it has always been a key traffic town for Shinano to resist Echigo, or Echigo south to invade Shinano.

In the previous wars between the Echigo Kingdom and the Shinano Kingdom, Iiyama Castle was repeatedly contested as an extremely important strategic location, and the bones left by both sides were spread all over the mountains.

Today, the northern part of the northern Shinano country of Iiyama Castle is occupied by the Takanashi family, a powerful daimyo.

The Takanashi family owns the northern part of the Shinano country, and the family territory is traversed by the Chikuma River, an important river between the Echigo and Shinano countries, and the land is irrigated very fertile.

However, although the land is fertile and the food production is abundant, many fertile fields have been deserted due to the war, and many people under the rule have been displaced.

Therefore, although the Takanashi family sits on a large area in the northeastern part of the Shinano Kingdom, it connects the Echigo Kingdom and the Shinano Kingdom.

It was originally a prosperous area with prosperous business travel and developed agriculture.

But the entire population under the Takanashi family’s rule is no more than 4,000 troops that can be mobilized by a mere 20,000 people.

Among them, there are only 150 warriors with strength above the second rank, and their strength is quite weak.

However, now that the entire Shinano country has formed an alliance, a large number of local tyrants in the country led the family’s force to Iiyama Castle in the Takanashi family, intending to block the enemy outside the country gate in the northernmost area of the Shinano country .

Up to now, Yoshisari Tomita, who led an army of 50,000 people, has just arrived in the Iiyama Castle area, and faces this small city across the river across the Chikuma River.

At the foot of Iiyama Castle, a full 50,000 people of the Shinano National Allied Forces had already gathered there.

“Yan Xiujun, now the army of Lingtian Dojo has been overwhelmed. There are 50,000 troops. I don’t know if there is any way to resist.”

Yoshikiyuki Murakami, the most powerful family in the Shinano country, looked at Takanashi Yanxiu, who was the head of the Takanashi family, and now the owner of the mountain town.

“Master Yiqing, Iiyama City is built on the river, and there is a natural danger like Qianqu River. We can deploy heavy troops on the river bank and block all the crossings that can cross the river. This is enough to make it difficult for the enemy to cross the river. Even if we cross the river, we will inevitably lose Heavy.”

Takaashi Yanxiu didn’t think for a long time, and answered directly.

However, Yoshiki Murakami, who was opposite him, was not satisfied, his brows furrowed, and he looked at Takanashi Yanxiu with a very dissatisfied expression.

The method that Takanashi Hikohide just said is not unusual, and even people from other countries who are present know it.

Because this is the very common method used by the Shinano Kingdom in the past when it resisted the invasion of Echigo Kingdom.

Of course, this method is also quite useful. In the past several wars, I don’t know how many corpses of Echigo sergeants have been submerged in this natural danger.

“Yanxiu-Jun, this method is certainly useful, but even if relying on the river can cause some damage to the enemy, it is still of little use to the entire battle situation.

” The number of 50,000 is an incomparably huge force. Even if we have no disadvantage in terms of numbers, the real power ratio is still at a disadvantage. With such a huge gap, Lord Yiqing wants to fight in one battle. Defeating the enemy is too much to take for granted.” The

speaker was another powerful daimyo in Shinano and other countries, the head of the Suwa family, Suwa Noriju.

As a wealthy family in Shinano, second only to the Murakami family, there have been countless battles in the country for hegemony and the unification of the entire Shinano country.

The wealthy Takanashi family located in the northern part of the Murakami family is an important figure that the Suwa family attracted. If the Takanashi family can join the Suwa family’s camp, then a situation of attacking the Murakami family from the north and the south can be formed, which will have a great strategic advantage. The advantages.

So now it seems to be rushing to the top, obviously after embarrassing the Takanashi family, Suwa Rizune directly opened his mouth to support.

“Lai Chongjun is right, although I also hope to quickly defeat the enemy on the opposite side, fighting a large army is never a child’s play, especially this kind of battle with a number of 100,000 people cannot be solved by one and two wars. It will be a long war.”

Another wealthy family in Shinano, the head of the Ogasawara family, Ogasawara Mayor spoke in solidarity.

“You…”

Murakami Yoshikiyin pointed to a few people and did not continue.

The reason why he was embarrassing Takanashi Yanxiu just now was because he wanted to beat him because he was too close to Suwa’s house.

As for really wanting to count on him to come up with some useful strategies

to defeat the opposing army of 50,000 people, there is no such extravagant hope.

A meeting about how to deal with the enemy was interrupted.

At the dojo barracks on the other side of the river, a large army was being assembled, and each Ashikaru kept running out of the tents one by one under the call of the samurai master.

In a short time, an army of about 20,000 people had already left the barracks and was densely arranged along the river bank.

Looking from a distance, the dojo army in blue uniforms is connected to the ground, and it is difficult to see the edge at a glance.

“What a mighty division! The army moves in an orderly manner, and every soldier walks silently and without the slightest panic. At first glance, it is a division capable of fighting well.” In the

opposite coalition, Yoshiki Murakami and others Looking at it, I could not help but take a breath.

These small local tyrants in Shinano fight on weekdays, and the army is dispatched by thousands or hundreds of people.

Now seeing the rigorous training of the army and the scale of it, these little local tyrants who have not seen much of the world can’t help but feel horrified.

“Strictly order the river bank guards to strengthen the guard, and send me an additional 10,000 reserve team, ready to reinforce at any time.”

Murakami Yoshiki, who was temporarily elected as the leader of the coalition, said to a military general beside him.

Before this river bank, 10,000 soldiers were left to guard the dangerous shoal of the main road, firmly blocking all the possible crossings, so as to prevent the army of the dojo from crossing the river.

Originally, in their expectation, with the danger of Qianqu River and the so-called strictness of the coalition forces, it was impossible for the opposing enemy to attack in a short period of time.

But now, seeing the majesty of the dojo army, I can’t help but feel frightened, and my original self-confidence has disappeared.

In order to be safe, I had to send another 10,000 troops, which was barely able to make myself feel at ease.

Soon, not far from the river bank, another 10,000 soldiers were dispatched from the barracks where the 50,000 coalition troops were stationed, slowly rushing towards the river bank.

“It’s just a group of cowards, ordered to attack the river by storm.”

Yoshicheng Tomita, the commander of the dojo army, saw the cowardly performance of the opposing coalition army, and couldn’t help sneering a few times, extremely contemptuous.

Following the command of the head coach, the 20,000-strong army from the dojo quickly pressed down to the river bank, where there were bamboo rafts that had been plucked out overnight for the past few days. This was the main tool for the 50,000-strong army to cross the river.

(End of this chapter)

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