"The way to besiege the city, after all, should be taken by the right soldiers, not by trickery. In the case that the advantage is not big enough, it is inevitable that it will have to be used, but winning with the right way is more conducive to future performance. That's what he said, and then he gave the child a demonstration.

The 45,000-strong army gathered at Erchuan and One Mountain in Dakochi, and then transported tens of thousands of Shiji military rations in a steady stream, making material preparations for a long-term siege over the years. The distance between the two adjacent strongholds is no more than 300 towns (30 km), so that small units can arrive in the morning and evening.

Each station was equipped with civil fortifications, including courtyard walls and watchtowers, and 200 to 300 defenders to ensure that ordinary thieves could not approach it, and that they could hold out in the face of a large force attack. The main space inside is a warehouse, where food and weapons are stacked. Secondly, places were also arranged for receiving the wounded and entertaining friendly troops passing by. Where possible, there are also attached livestock pens that can be transferred in case of emergency.

Daimyo in various places often had to point out temporary distribution centers in order to facilitate operations, but there are not many examples of permanent military stations being rebuilt as transits.

During the Heian and Kamakura periods, there were official posts but could not be maintained due to economic reasons, and later the land circulation of goods in the region was mainly controlled by merchants from all over the world, and lodging places replaced post houses, and the existence of lodging places mostly depended on local temples and powerful forces. If the daimyo wanted to go on an expedition, he often had to entrust a merchant to contract the logistics. Rather than taking coercive measures against the merchants, the Hirate Hoshu secretly supported the Kai-cho merchants to confront them, and then established an official logistics channel to replace them.

In the absence of sufficient available bureaucracy, it was impossible to completely build up a logistical force, and a considerable part of the day-to-day maintenance and defence of the military stations had to be undertaken by local samurai everywhere. While this reduces control and increases risk, it significantly reduces management costs, and as long as the ledger remains clear, there is no need to worry about any problems.

In this era of war, there is no need to pay attention to humanitarianism, so in the management of military stations, intentional "greed for military rations" and unintentional "dereliction of duty to cause fires and burn military rations" are the same crime, and there is no such thing as "fire dragon burning warehouses". At the same time, "floating" and "consumption" and the like, regardless of the quantity, are also made up in full by the handler himself. Even if the thief robbed him on the way, he demanded full compensation from the person in charge of transporting it.

It seems to be very impersonal, but it is still the people of the country who are eager to bear it, and they are very willing to bear it, after all, it can be deducted from taxes and servitude! Taking a little risk is better than going to the battlefield desperately, or handing over most of the income, and you can also get more "knife-like" quotas on the grounds of "maintaining a military station". In short, with the current low degree of centralization, there is no need to worry too much about corruption for the time being.

Taking advantage of the attack on Ise, Heide Honhide established a feudal military station system in that resembled the "Tsuma Transmission System", which was not yet mature but would be continuously optimized with the process of separating land inspection, sword hunting, and Shinong.

On the front line, it is a testing ground for various siege methods.

The twelve cylinders were divided into six groups, choosing their own location and shooting strategy, and firing cannonballs into the city, not seeking any miraculous effect, but only hoping to accumulate experience, anyway, there is time.

The geographical situation of Fuso is very complicated, and the style of building the city is also unique according to local conditions, how to use large firearms to destroy buildings most effectively, and how to kill and injure the defenders more efficiently, and then how to cooperate with the commandos or siege equipment of the side, these problems still need to be studied, just try one by one.

Okochi was facing the river to the west and north of the city, so Heide ordered the people to block the flow of water at the confluence of the river and build dikes and bridges to serve as offensive fortresses. This, of course, would lead to a long-range attack in the city, so a large number of archers and iron gunners were sent to suppress and counterattack at the same time.

How to carry out civil engineering construction in the occupied territories is also a science. It is obviously difficult for ordinary industrial and commercial workers to adapt to the environment where swords and swords are overflowing with blood, and the soldiers do not have professional skills.

In addition to the embankment of the barrage, it is also necessary to try to excavate tunnels and blast the city gates in the other two directions of the city wall. Along the way, he probed the water veins in the mountains to see if there was a way to cut off the city's well water supply, or put a little poison or something.

At the same time, we must not forget about traditional tools.

Due to the mountainous nature of Fusang, it is difficult to transport large equipment around, and it is too troublesome to assemble it temporarily on the battlefield.

Fortunately, it is not a technology that is too advanced to be studied, and the operation mechanism of the ladder, well, and punch is still very easy to understand.

Only the idea of a large crossbow could not be taken by anyone, and not many people even knew about the small crossbow, which may be due to the high requirements for craftsmanship and material strength, or the lack of tradition of using crossbows in Fuso. Fortunately, there has been some progress in the research of firearms, and iron cannons of various calibers can be applied to various environments.

However, there are craftsmen from the Western Kingdom, who claim to have learned the production method of trebuchets from the Ming Kingdom, and have also made a sample, which can throw about five catties of things more than 200 steps away. A stone of this weight can already deal a considerable blow to the city walls, and it can also be fired at the wooden structures inside the city, causing fires. However, after repeated comparisons, it feels best to throw it directly into the carcass of the small animal.

About half a month later, with the cooperation of Fujibayashi Nagato, the work in the Iga area was successfully completed, and Baiji Tanba made a concession and withdrew the men and horses from the two strongholds to allow the army to cross. As a result, the troops of Hirate Hideyoshi, Iwanari Tomotsu, Nakamura Kazuji, and Mikumo Nariji also arrived at Okochi Castle.

The total number of people has reached 60,000, and the logistics support team has become even larger.

Numerous convoys flowed to provide supplies to the soldiers, and the Heiju family sent a considerable number of bannermen to patrol around to maintain order.

Behind the various projects is a steady stream of materials that are transported to the front line, as well as tens of thousands of employees, and more than 1,000 per day.

Just to dispose of the excrement of soldiers, there are 300 temporary workers who receive 20 yuan a day, and they work day and night.

Some of the attempts to siege the city caused some damage to the city walls, some had no results, and some even injured their own people. Other soldiers fired non-stop shots from their bows and cannons at the wall, unconcerned about the consumption of arrows, projectiles and gunpowder.

He did not care too much about the actual blow, nor did he arrange for a concentrated attack, but patiently settled in the camp, reading the reports submitted from various places every day, and then making a brief reply.

It's as if he didn't pay for it.

Of course, strictly speaking, it is true that at the time of the battle against Oda, Hirate Hinohide was in the red, but afterwards the merchants rushed over and cried and shouted for money.

But after all, it's money, so why not do something else?

During this time, the city had already sent two envoys to make a request for peace, and it was obvious that the will to resist was not very high—it was better to say that they were forced to rebel in the first place, and all of them were rejected in one word: at this stage, with such fanfare, they could only accept surrender, not peace.

Someone suggested that since the defenders were not in a good situation, we might as well storm it, and Hisho kept shaking his head and chuckling, indicating that the time was not ripe enough.

However, the immaturity in his heart did not mean that he could not take the city, but that he believed that the effect of the "exercise" had not yet been achieved.

As for the money spent, it was also part of the purpose, which was to "show off your wealth" in front of the people.

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