"Chapter 122: Precursor to the Melee"
A protagonist must have a genius, but genius lies in self-confidence and his own strength.
- Gorky (proletarian writer of the former Soviet Union, founder of socialist realist literature)
Oda Nobunaga's conditions did not actually cause any adverse effects on the Yanhuang family, which was at war with the Uesugi family, the Date family, and the Mogami family;
The outstanding performance of the Yanhuang Ninja Army and the Yanhuang Spy Army provided practical and reliable intelligence support for the military deployment of the Yanhuang family.
The Uesugi family's 50,000 troops heading north had no chance of entering Oshu even with the full support of the Hamae-Tozawa and Onodera families, because the Ohoji family and the Ando family had already signed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Yanhuang family.
The Izumiyama Standing Army, which was stationed at Ishikawa Castle, an important town in northern Oshu, was now fully equipped with 20,000 troops after being replenished with new soldiers, and it was inevitable that the Izumiyama Standing Army, which had no commander for the time being, would be powerless to reinforce Yugo or defend northern Oshu.
According to the offensive and defensive alliance agreement signed between the Yanhuang family and the Dabaosi family and the Anton family, the Yanhuang family must send more than 50,000 troops before the generals of the Yanhuang family can serve as the commander of the coalition forces; otherwise, the commander of the coalition forces will be the governor of the Anton family, Anton Aiji.
The Anton family, as the strongest overall strength among the four major families of Dewa, is the most qualified to serve as the commander of the coalition forces except for the Yanhuang family;
On the one hand, this is determined by the difference in strength between the two families, and on the other hand, because Anton Aiji's personal strength is much stronger than that of the Daihoji Yoshi, so if the generals sent by the Yanhuang family do not have the strength of a special samurai, it is difficult for them to be qualified for the position of commander.
Before receiving a letter from Oda Nobunaga, Hakumine had already sent the First Essini Regiment of Nardoba to Ishikawa Castle in northern Oshu, and the 25,000 soldiers of the First Essini Legion, plus the 20,000 soldiers of the Izumiyama Standing Army, which was temporarily assigned to Erdoba's unified command, and 45,000 soldiers of the Yanhuang family would be under the command of Anton Aiji to help the Anton family and the Dahoji family defend Yugo.
The reason why Bai Feng willingly gave up the position of commander of the coalition forces to Anton Aiji was not because the Yanhuang family did not need the position of commander, but because the purpose of the Yanhuang family was only to help the Anton family and the Dabaosi family to defend the queen of Yu, nothing more.
There is an old Chinese saying that it is easier to invite a god than to send a god, and when he sent an army of 45,000 to Hakugo, he had no intention of letting his family's army help the Andong family and the Dabaoji family counterattack Yuzen, nor did he have the idea of letting them withdraw to the family empty-handed.
The so-called offensive and defensive alliance agreement is nothing more than Bai Feng's goal of annexing Yugo by the Yanhuang family through the combined forces of Uesugi, Tozawa, and Onodera;
Bai Feng, who had already figured out how to encroach on the annexed Yu step by step, had not yet had time to implement his plan, and even before the army of Naldoba had left Ishikawa City, the changes in the situation in the empire made Bai Feng have new ideas, and an urgent military order was sent to Ishikawa Castle.
Since Oda Nobunaga acquiesced to the fact that the entire northern part of the empire was the hunting ground of the Yanhuang family, then Bai Feng naturally would not waste such a good opportunity in vain; anyway, as long as the Oda family stood in the way and the Tokugawa family responded from the side, the situation in the northern part of the empire would be under the control of the Yanhuang family.
Judging from the latest information sent back by the Yanhuang ninja army and the Yanhuang spy army, there should be four forces that made Oda Nobunaga make a commitment at the same time; in addition to the Yanhuang family, there are also the Ryuzoji family of Saikaido, the Tokugawa family, a vassal of the Oda family, and the Sado Island forces.
The Ryuzoji family in Saikaido and the Tokugawa family, which was the target of the Takeda family, would not affect the Yanhuang family's strategic layout in the north, and the only strength of Sado Island, which could affect the Yanhuang family's strategic layout, was actually part of the Yanhuang family.
With the combination of various factors favorable to the Yanhuang family, Bai Feng's ambitions could not be limited to the three kingdoms of Ueno, Shimono, and Changlu; the current military deployment of the Yanhuang family is: The army commanded by Bu Weixin and Andong Jiazhong is dividing into four ways to kill all sides in the territory of Ueno Country, and the army commanded by Luculus has already conquered the city in the territory of Changlu Country, and will soon enter the territory of Shimono Country.
The army under the command of Naldoba was stationed in Ishikawa Castle and was ready to enter Hago at any time to form an alliance with the army of the Daihoji family and the army of the Ando family, and the last remaining troops were the Marcus and Wilead divisions that remained in Minohe Castle.
Although Assame's 2nd Lucy Army was already on its way back to Sanhe Castle, there were more than 40,000 prisoners of war from the Mogami Army and more than 60,000 Uesugi soldiers who needed to be reorganized, and the more than 20,000 soldiers of the 2nd Lucy Army had no chance to return to the battlefield to participate in the battle.
In addition, the Sanada Standing Army stationed in Takasuji Castle and the Iwashimizu Standing Army and the Kuhe Standing Army stationed in the Bian Shi Imperial Palace, among these three standing armies, only the Iwashimizu Standing Army has a certain number of veterans, and the other two standing armies are both pure recruits, and their combat effectiveness is not much stronger than the peasant soldiers of other families, so Bai Feng has no intention of letting them go to the battlefield.
As for the Roman First Fleet, the Sado Navy, the Governor's Guard, and the Sado Standing Army on Sado Island, there happened to be an invitation letter from Oda Nobunaga to the various forces on Sado Island, and Bai Feng was ready to let the Sado Navy and the Sado Standing Army send troops to Echichu and occupy Echichu before Hashiba Hideyoshi.
As long as the Sado Standing Army can control Yuezhong in its hands, the army of the Yanhuang family can fight all the way from Yuhou to Yuezhong, and then turn the Sado Standing Army into a legitimate Yanhuang family army in the name of incorporation, and Yuezhong, which is controlled by the Sado Standing Army, will naturally be included in the Yanhuang family; in this way, Noto, which is almost surrounded by Yuezhong and the sea, will also be in the bag of the Yanhuang family.
Once the eight regions of Hago, Hazen, Echigo, Echichu, Noto, Ueno, Shimono, and Hitachi all become the territory of the Yanhuang family, then even if the three families of Tokugawa, Takeda, and Hojo are still constrained in the north of the empire, the Yanhuang family will still become the third family of the empire.
If the Oda family and the Maori family can defeat both sides in the battle, then the Yanhuang family will not be the third family of the empire, and at that time, the Yanhuang family, supported by the strong support of the city of Rome, may not be able to become a super family that unifies the Yamato Empire.
Although it was the established strategy of the Yanhuang family to unify the Yamato Empire by force, Bai Feng did not expect that this day would come so suddenly; according to his original expectations, it would take at least ten years or so of accumulation before the Yanhuang family could have the strength to unify the Yamato Empire.
However, since the opportunity has come, Bai Feng will definitely not miss it, because the dawn of victory has already appeared in front of his eyes!
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