Early the next morning, Ueda Nobukata gathered all the soldiers in the open area of the city, including hundreds of peasants from the Sanada family, in addition to Ashigaru.

The soldiers were very dissatisfied with the training in winter, but fortunately there was a lot of white rice to eat, and dried fish and so on.

Ueda Nobukata's generosity made Sanada Yutaka secretly worried in his heart, and made Oi Sadakei and Taguchi Nagakei secretly surprised. In short, they felt that Ueda Nobukata was really financially strong.

Only Sanada Yutaka knew that Ueda Nobukata's fortunes were stretched.

But Ueda Nobukata has no plans to cut back on those costs, and Ueda has said that as long as the training is approved by him, he can be rewarded with winter clothing.

This promise made Ashigaru and the peasants overjoyed, and in the winter, they relied entirely on their own bodies to burn a charcoal fire.

A winter coat is enough for them to work hard.

Of course, Ueda Nobukata is not a good person, and he declares that those who do not train seriously will be expelled from the team, and they must not be indiscriminate.

Ueda Nobukata is definitely not doing charity if he is so generous, he just wants to build his own team, and an elite army is the confidence for him to attack Saku-gun.

After Ueda Nobukata finished talking about the precautions, he ordered the original iron artillery team to be carried out for training, which of course was temporary.

The soldiers of a thousand men were roughly divided into ten detachments, while the iron artillery corps totaled twenty-five men, which was enough to train these men.

Oi Sadakei, Taguchi Nagakei and Sanada Yukitaka and others watched from under the eaves as Ueda Nobukata trained his soldiers.

There's not much that Ueda Nobukao can do, since the main thing is to train the discipline of the soldiers, then the queue must be done.

As for the commands to go left and right, forward, etc., they are also taught seriously until everyone can do it, and so on, until they are unified.

Oi Sadakei and Taguchi Nagakei watched as Ueda Nobukata was unimpressed by the training of the soldiers, and although they would also straighten out the ranks, they were not as careful as Ueda Nobukata.

The most they do is the fight between the samurai, even if it is always a foot light, and the most they train is spearmanship.

Taguchi Nagakei quietly said to Oi Sadakei: "Is this the training method of Ueda Nobukata?" And there is nothing out of the ordinary. ”

Oi Sadakei shook his head and said, "Who knows, Ueda's mind shouldn't do anything useless, maybe to confuse the enemy?" He may suspect that there is a fine work among us. ”

Taguchi Nagakei snorted coldly: "Impossible, everyone here is full of hatred for Takeda, I think this Ueda is our high opinion." ”

Oi Sadakyo looked up at Sanada Yutaka, and he found that Sanada Yukitaka did not show contempt, and as for the retainers around Sanada Yukitaka, they also seemed to be puzzled.

Compared to Taguchi Nagakei, Oi Sadakei thinks about more things than Taguchi Nagakei.

After Ueda Nobukata had the soldiers stand for a long time, they began to let them run, and the weather was getting cold, and the ashigaru people were wearing straw sandals and thin socks, so they needed exercise to invigorate their blood.

As for the samurai who watched the ashigaru training, they had already put on thick socks, and some of the shoes were cotton shoes, some were straw sandals, and some were shoes with animal fur.

They just stomp their feet and feel the warmth.

Most of the people watched it for a long time and felt very bored, and saw that Ueda Nobukata didn't have time to deal with them, so they left, and soon only the Sanada clan was left.

Sanada Yutaka said to Haruhara Wakasa Mamoru: "I'm going to ask the lord about something, you look around, someone is coming to remind you." ”

Haruhara Wakasa Mamoru nodded and said, "Ha! The lord and the minister know. ”

Sanada Yutaka walked over, looked at Ashigaru who was doing it and asked, "Is there any deep meaning for the lord to do this?" ”

Ueda Nobukata didn't rush to answer, but asked, "Yutaka, what do you think, do you see something?" ”

Sanada Yutaka thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "Most of them are similar to the Takeda family, but there are some differences. ”

Ueda Nobukata nodded with a smile and explained: "The queue at the beginning of this is to let the ashigaru imprint the order in their bones, and as soon as the order comes out, the brain has not reacted, but the body has already reacted, so the military formation is stable and will not be like a rabble." ”

Sanada Yutaka suddenly realized: "I see, although it seems to be just some inconsequential slogans, but it is for the ashigaru to unconsciously develop the habit of listening to passwords. The lord's thoughts are really far-reaching, and the ministers are really admired. ”

Ueda Nobukata shook his head and said: "This method can quickly make the army have a certain degree of organization, but it is the battlefield that ultimately determines the combat effectiveness."

The army that has seen blood will have a different momentum, and with such a neat array, it will definitely put a lot of pressure on the enemy. ”

Sanada Yutaka couldn't help but nod his head, and asked instead, "Then what is the lord asking the ashigaru people to run?" ”

"Surprise attack." Ueda Nobukata uttered two short words, but they surprised Sanada Yutaka.

Sanada Yutaka hurriedly said: "Lord, the snow is too thick in winter, and surprise attacks are easy to lose troops. ”

Ueda Nobukata said with a smile: "Of course, it's not a surprise attack in winter, but when the snow starts to melt, and it's only now that it starts to snow, and the snow is not thick, so you can practice more."

At that time, the enemy still thinks that the snow is there and there is no enemy attack and is negligent, that is our chance. ”

Ueda Nobukata's goal was to attack Maeyama Castle, whose lord was the Banno clan of Saku-gun, who chose to surrender to Takeda Harunobu when he invaded Saku-gun.

In order to reward the Banno clan, Takeda Harunobu gave the former mountain castle to the Banno clan. Today, the lord of the castle is Sadasho Banno.

Sanada Yutaka wasn't sure which castle Ueda Nobukata was going to attack, but he thought it was Maeyama Castle.

Ueda Nobukata didn't let Sanada Yutaka guess too much, so he said directly: "When the time comes, you still need your help, the news of the fall of Matsuo Castle has not yet spread, and when the time comes, you will go to Maeyama Castle to earn the city gate."

This is a bit dangerous, so let your retainers go instead of you, and if the enemy finds out, you can only attack. ”

Sanada Yutaka nodded and said, "Ha, the minister understands." ”

He thought that according to Ueda Nobukata, the fall of Maeyama Castle was inevitable with mental calculations and unintentional calculations.

Taking the stronghold of Maeyama Castle, the Oi family of Komoro Castle will definitely be independent, as well as the Mochizuki clan of Mochizuki Castle.

However, to get to Maeyama Castle, you have to pass through the road between Mochizuki Castle and Komoro Castle, and the Takeda clan defenders of Iwao Castle can also see it.

Sanada Yutaka asked directly, "My lord, how can our army avoid Komoro Castle, Mochizuki Castle and Iwao Castle on the way forward?" ”

Ueda Nobukata shook his head and said, "It's not a big problem, it's okay to play the banner of your Sanada family." For the rest, I'll do it myself. ”