It took only half a day for Lieutenant General Pingshou to make a decisive decision and strategize, and after learning of the enemy situation on the front line and listening to the advice of Takigawa Kazuyoshi and Takenaka Shigeharu, he resolutely made up his mind and issued orders to all armies to meet the battle.

Relying on the large number of soldiers, he decisively dispatched two special teams, ordering Mikumo Cheng to lead the Kaga soldiers along the mountain road on the right, Arakimura to lead the Settsu soldiers along the sea route on the left, each trying to attack, and on the flat road of the Hokuriku Road in the middle, he ordered the reserve team to form groups in pairs and cross each other to cover each other.

On the first day, Team A is on alert, and Team B moves forward until it is 50 towns away. The next day, Team B bounded the realm, and Team A drove directly to 100 towns, and then stopped at a distance of 50 towns.

This level of marching is a fairly easy task, requiring less than half a day to complete, and the rest of the time and energy is spent digging trenches, building wooden walls, and building a system of positions suitable for defense by firearms.

Behind him, tens of thousands of civilian troops continued to carry various materials and materials forward to support the frontline engineering operations.

Many generals were already full of fighting spirit, and when they got orders, they couldn't wait to wave their troops to attack.

Within two or three days, he had vaguely touched the soldiers of the Uesugi family.

At this time, Honda Tadashi as the vanguard, ordered to drive forward, Yue Guo to see Yue, out of the north of the village, to Fengyuan Township, personally with his own soldiers to walk in the front, from a distance to see the identity of the three rangers, without the slightest hesitation, horse to catch up, bow and arrow, first kill a person, and a horse, but unfortunately the third arrow is slightly off, did not get the full success.

Grabbed the soldier who fell off his horse, and after a little intimidation, before he could be tortured, he learned that the other party was a subordinate of the old general Mizoe of Asakura, and was about to attack south.

The retainer Matsuo Jinping next to him suggested: "The Goujiang clan is unknown, and I think it should be a mortal soldier." Recently, he has been turbulent, and it is not worth mentioning, so we might as well advance lightly, take advantage of his unstable foothold, and defeat him in one fell swoop, so as to build miraculous feats! ”

Honda Tadashi was slightly moved, but then reacted, shook his head decisively, and said: "The Prime Minister of the Tie Shogun has a strict order, and every place he goes, he must first repair the camp position, and he can't fight at will." ”

Matsuo Jinping disagreed: "Tang Tu has a famous saying that if you are outside, you will not be affected by the king's life!" As long as you can capture the flag, what's inappropriate? ”

Honda Tadakatsu said solemnly: "This is not just a matter of military orders, but to avoid being hit!" Takigawa Zuojin has a point, Uesugi is accustomed to this tactic of driving miscellaneous soldiers forward and luring the enemy to reveal their flaws. ”

So the whole army stopped, lined up on the spot, urgently erected wooden fences, dug ravines, and prepared for defensive battles.

Matsuo Konpei hung his head, but he didn't dare to disobey his orders, and he went listlessly to give orders.

He also summoned an envoy and instructed the friendly Oda Nagayoshi in the flanks and rear to be informed that he might encounter the enemy at any time.

Another retainer, Tsukuzaemon, worried: "Since the death of Oda Danmasa (Nobunaga), the Owari soldiers seem to be defeated in every battle, and they have no momentum at all, so I don't know if they can help!" ”

Honda Tadashi also frowned when he heard this, but he immediately cheered up and said with a smile: "Before leaving, Lieutenant General Heishou, the prime minister, specially told me that although Oda Nagayiden has always had some habits of stealing and playing tricks, he still has a little bit of real ability. When you have to fight hard, you might as well have a little trust. ”

Tsutsuki Saemon breathed a sigh of relief and said with peace of mind: "That's good." The Prime Minister's lieutenant general knows people, and the world knows it. ”

Suddenly, Nakane, who had been silent, asked angrily, "Before we come here, did Mikawa-sama (Tokugawa Ieyasu) have any instructions?" Do you want to preserve your strength so that you don't have to use it in Tokaido in the future? ”

As soon as these words came out, Honda Tadashi's expression froze, and his smile froze.

Tsutsuki Saemon shook his head in displeasure: "Although we are all retainers of the Mikawa Tokugawa family, we are samurai who follow the righteousness of the world. Today, I was ordered to beg the country thief, which is a good opportunity for the lintel of the light door, how can I always think about that little thing at home? Isn't it a big loss because of a small loss, and a waste of public because of private interests? ”

Seeing that a dispute was about to break out, Honda Tadakatsu hurriedly shouted and ordered him to concentrate on the war and not to continue. And assigned tasks to the two of them, and ordered one to guard the left flank and the other to the right flank, so as not to conflict.

Nakane Heiyouri and Tsutsuki Saemon did not dare to refute, and retreated respectfully on the surface.

And yet—

The former seemed to be unrelenting in his mouth: "Greedy ghost! The flat family bought you with a little land! ”

The latter's mouth shape seems to reply: "Joke! Come out and work hard, what am I not for the land? ”

Honda Tadashi had a big headache, he knew that this problem could only be covered up, and it was fundamentally unsolvable.

For now, only the first general will focus on the front of the battlefield.

In hindsight, it is still necessary to unite the minds within, but that is not something that can be done in a moment.

Removing distractions, Honda Tadakatsu ordered hundreds of soldiers and personally held the front line, waiting for several carts of wooden sticks and bamboo poles tied together to sharpen them, and the bottom end was buried in the ground to form an obstacle as a support for the counter-charge.

Then, before and after the wooden barrier, pick up the hoe and shovel, and try to dig a shallow trench with uneven potholes to enhance the effect.

There are also templates and bamboo bundles that were transported together, some of which were directly put on the wooden fence as a defense. The other part is tied to a high level, covered with weeds and oilcloth, smeared with sand, watered with a little water, formed a mud shape, and dried it to make a simple roof.

This can hinder the projectile and roast throw, and can also protect the iron cannon bow and arrow from moisture, which is very good for maintaining morale.

Then the pikemen, archers, and iron artillery were arranged behind the fortifications, which was an effective barrier that was difficult for ordinary armies to break.

Originally, when he was in Mikawa, Honda Tadakatsu did not understand this battle plan. However, when he saw the behavior of the Tieshou, he immediately realized the greatness of it and immediately humbly learned from it.

Although there are not so many funds and resources to maintain the same logistical supply, after the hard work of studying and referencing, it is still well done.

It has been possible to build a complete civil defense line in half a day.

However, there are so many people under him, not all of them consciously and humbly want to learn.

In the afternoon, Honda Tadakatsu hastily ate some dry food, and the rangers reported that many enemy troops in front of him were approaching rapidly, and hurriedly got up to prepare for battle.

Brought the antlers and stood in the pocket, and wore a black Wei Pill, a cheek, a cage hand, a waist roll, and a face armor...... And so on one by one. This set of armor has taken time to make in recent years, and the armor is thin and thin, sacrificing some of its defense in exchange for agility much higher than that of a normal samurai, which can support flexible dodging and repeated charges on the battlefield.

Honda Tadakatsu was extremely confident in his own strength and was not afraid of white soldiers fighting. At the same time, he always keeps a cool head, and will not blindly fall into a siege, or fight against the rain of arrows. Although the armor was thin and simple, it was never traumatized.

Unexpectedly, just as a figure could be seen faintly in the farthest distance as far as the eye could see, I heard something seem to be moving on the left, and when I looked at it, there was a slight amount of dust raised.

Before he could see it, it was only a moment before a soldier hurried over from that direction, shouting in a trembling voice: "The wooden fence that had been erected suddenly collapsed, crushing many people, and Lord Nakane was hit on the forehead by a giant tree and has fainted!" People don't know what to do......"

Honda almost vomited a mouthful of blood when he heard this.

I'm afraid that the enemy army will arrive soon, and this kind of thing happens at this time?

Before he had time to think about it, he immediately ordered: "Help the right emon, quickly order Kawai Youhachiro to come up and command the front on my behalf!" Quan San, Liangping, you two teams of 100 people, hurry up with me to support the left wing! ”

After saying that, he picked up the big gun that was more than two feet in his hand and strode away.

In an instant, Honda Tadakatsu approached, and saw that the civil fortifications had indeed fallen into disarray, and dozens or hundreds of soldiers were crushed into the pit, some were trying their best to climb out, and some were motionless, and I don't know whether they were faint or unfortunately became non-combat attrition.

The enemy in front of him is also close at hand.