Laziness to think, reluctance to delve into and understand deeply, complacency or contentment with trivial knowledge are all causes of intellectual poverty. This impoverishment is often referred to in one word, which is "stupidity".

- Gorky (proletarian writer of the former Soviet Union, founder of socialist realist literature)

The Uesugi family's Echigo Province was connected to the Rikuzen Province of Oshu, and the main reason why the Uesugi family's army attacked southern Oshu from Ueno Province was that they had just finished their war with the Hojo family and remained in Ueno Province and did not return to the Uesugi family.

Due to the special geographical location, the Yanhuang family must keep enough troops in the southern gate of Oshu, Gaoshui Temple Castle and Bian Shi Imperial Palace, to ensure the safety of Oshu proper, otherwise, the Uesugi family's army can threaten the Yanhuang family's Oshu hinterland at any time.

"General Yufu, according to the military order of the lord, 25,000 new soldiers will come from Minohe Castle in the next month to supplement my Sanada standing army; ”

In the handwritten military order sent by Bai Feng to Yubu Weixin, there were not only orders to Yubu Weixin and others, but also mentions of the expansion of the Sanada Standing Army, the Kunohe Standing Army, and the Iwashimizu Standing Army.

"General Sanada, the 25,000 recruits who were replenished to the Sanada Standing Army are all recruits with no actual combat experience after all, and it is probably still risky to expect them to be stationed in Takamizuji Castle. Yubu Yuki, who is cautious by nature, did not agree with Sanada Masayuki's vague proposal.

"General Sanada, the Yanhuang Standing Army under the joint command of General Nobuyoshi and General Nobuyuki, now there are 60,000 soldiers under the command of General Nobuyoshi alone. Andong Ietada suddenly proposed: "Why don't you apply to the lord to merge the soldiers under General Nobuyuki and the upcoming recruits into the new Sanada Standing Army, and the Sanada Standing Army led by you will go south with us in the name of the Yanhuang Standing Army?"

"This ......" Anton Ietada's constructive proposal made Sanada Masayuki a little tempted, so he turned to Nobuyuki beside him and asked, "Nobuyuki, are you willing to stay in Takamizuji Castle as the temporary commander of the Sanada Standing Army?"

"I ......" Sanada Nobuyuki, who didn't want to reject his father, also didn't want to miss the next big battle, and he came up with a good excuse in a hurry: "Father, after all, I am the commander of the Yanhuang Standing Army, and it may be inappropriate to rashly serve as the temporary commander of the Sanada Standing Army;

Even so, he still had to admit that what his son had just said was indeed reasonable, and that it was indeed inappropriate for him to serve as the temporary commander of the Sanada Standing Army.

"General Sanada, who will be the temporary commander of the Sanada Standing Army is just a trivial matter, and there is no need to worry too much about it at all. Seeing that Sanada Masayuki looked embarrassed to make a difficult choice, Yubu Weixin persuaded him: "If you have any ideas, you can just tell the lord truthfully, but I still think that General Nobuyuki can go south with us, young people always have to hone and hone more to become talents." ”

"Okay, then I'll write the application immediately, and then send someone to send it to the lord quickly. Sanada Masayuki, who was moved by Yubu Weixin's last words, took resolute action after making a decision, and wrote an application to send it to the governor in front of Yubu Weixin and others.

Facing Sanada Nobuyuki's grateful eyes, Yubu Weixin just nodded at him with a smile; for this young general of the Sanada family, who is deeply trusted by the family governor, Yubu Weixin, who has no selfishness and family concept, still hopes that the other party can grow up quickly.

As soon as Sanada Masayuki's application was written, he was sent to Sanohe Castle by the cavalry of the Sanada Standing Army, and although Sanada Masayuki, who had limited time, did not know if the governor would approve his application, he still did his best to prepare for the next battle.

The total strength of the First Banner Army, the Second Banner Army, the Second Essini Army, and the Third Lucy Army was nearly 120,000; plus the 60,000 soldiers of the Yanhuang Standing Army who were about to rush to the front, the tens of thousands of soldiers under Sanada Masayuki himself, and the total number of troops of the Yanhuang family going south was nearly 200,000.

As one of the fortified cities of the Yanhuang family, Gaoshui Temple Castle is also the southern barrier of Ozhou to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, and the grain and grass stored in the city will naturally not be less, but no matter how much grain and grass is stored in Gaoshui Temple City, it is not enough for the long-term consumption of 200,000 troops.

Fortunately, there is still a considerable amount of grain and grass in the Bian Shi Imperial Palace where Iwashimizu Yoshikyo and Kudo Yasuma led the army are stationed, and Sanada Masayuki only needs to mobilize all the grain and grass stored in the Bian Shi Imperial Palace, which is almost enough to maintain the needs of the 200,000 army for half a year.

In terms of position alone, Sanada Masayuki, who served as the commander of the Sanada Standing Army and the lord of Takamizuji Castle, could not give orders to Iwashimizu Yoshikyo who served as the commander of the Iwashimizu Standing Army and the lord of the Bian Seishi Imperial Palace, even though everyone knew that Sanada Masayuki was more valued by the governor.

It was one of Bai Feng's established plans to mobilize grain and grass from Gaoshui Temple City and Bian Shi Imperial Palace for the southward army; anyway, there was enough grain and grass in these two cities, and after the southbound army took these grain and grass away, Bai Feng only needed to send people to continue to deliver grain and grass to these two cities.

This arrangement means that when the Yanhuang family's army marched south to fight the Uesugi family and the Mogami family, Gaoshuiji Castle and Bian Seok Imperial Palace were not only a barrier to protect the hinterland of Oshu, but also a grain transit station to transport grain and grass to the front-line army.

Because Bu Weixin is the commander of the First Banner Legion, and Anton Jiazhong is the commander of the Second Banner Legion, according to the consistent position system of Rome City, under the premise that Bai Feng did not explicitly appoint the commander, Bu Weixin defaulted to the supreme commander Anton Jiazhong as the deputy.

As the supreme commander of the 120,000-strong army of the four legions, Yubu Weixin could not easily leave the army, so the heavy task of following Sanada Masayuki to the Bian Shi Imperial Palace to collect grain and grass fell on Anto Ietada, who was second only to Yubu Weixin.

After a little discussion with Sanada Masayuki, Anton Ietada took the military rations written by the governor and Sanada Masayuki together, and hurried to the Bian Shi Imperial Palace under the escort of a team of cavalry;

Sanada Nobuyuki's personal ability is indeed inferior to his younger brother Sanada Nobuyoshi, but this is also relative, compared to other people of the same age, Sanada Nobuyuki is worthy of the praise of the tiger father without a dog.

Whether it is the command when mobilizing grain and grass, or the clear rewards and punishments when commanding the army, or personally leading the team to patrol the city wall after nightfall, Sanada Nobuyuki's various performances make Yubu Yuki, who is onlookers, sigh that Sanada Masayuki gave birth to a good son!