"You two are right, but it's a pity that you're a step too late." Within the curtain of the big tent, Hisho Toshihide turned his back to his retainers, pinched the military equipment and looked into the distance, and sighed helplessly: "The latest news, Oda Danmasa has sent people to the east and south to build a dam in the upper reaches of the river. This is indeed a trick that I didn't expect beforehand. ”

Iwanari Tomochi and Konishi Yukinaga glanced at each other, each shocked.

"Could it be that our army will face the battle here, and it is also expected by the other party?" President Konishi's thoughts were a little too divergent for a while, and he suffered from gains and losses.

"Probably not." Iwasei Tomotsu denied: "The water level in Hanoi and Ho Quan is about the same, and no matter where you face it, this flood plan can be used." Unless we push the front to Yamashiro and Yamato......"

"Taking the initiative to attack is not good in terms of reputation or war." Hirata narrowed his eyes and touched his beard, and his expression was very subtle: "I have expected that Oda Danmasa will definitely not suddenly charge at our car formation...... Sure enough, he was good at winning by surprise, and he really gave me a problem. ”

"Anyway......" Iwanari Yutong hesitated for a while before speaking: "It's the end of July now, and autumn is about to begin, and the situation of the river flooding is not so serious, maybe there is no need to worry too much?" ”

"Not necessarily, not necessarily......" Konishi Yuki's eyebrows tightened and shook his head repeatedly: "At the junction of Kii, Yamato, Ise, and Iga, there are large mountains and forests, and it has always been a rainy climate in spring and autumn. If it rains continuously from now on, the excess water will pour down from the mountains and flow from southeast to northwest into the Yamato water system. In the past, I had heard my father and ancestors tell me about the past, and although the floods in were relatively rare, they were not small in scale......

"But the old man is not young to live in." Iwanari retorted: "The possibility of rising water, that is, 12 out of 10, cannot be higher. ”

"But I'm afraid of what happens." Governor Konishi insisted on his opinion: "If the line is broken up by the flood due to bad luck, and the enemy forces take advantage of the situation to kill from the high places in the southeast, it will be ...... Contemptible people think that you should prepare in advance. ”

"This matter is postponed, let me think twice." Tieshou Tsunohide decisively terminated the differences between the retainers, thought about it and commanded: "Another...... Don't publish it yet. ”

Although Iwanari Tomochi and Konishi Yukichi had their own opinions and had not yet distinguished themselves, they did not dare to disobey the order, so they said "yes" in unison and then took their leave.

Only the tie is left to show himself in a dilemma, and it is difficult to hesitate.

I didn't tell more people about this matter for the time being, but I happened to meet Iwanari Yuki and Konishi Yukichi to chat with them, in addition to thinking about countermeasures, but also to think about how to explain to the generals under their command.

As Fang Cai said, the frequency of floods in the region is relatively low, and even if the "Eastern Army" deliberately builds a dam to store water and change the direction of the flow, it may not be able to form a torrent of sufficient scale.

Oda Nobunaga, however, didn't seem like a man who would do something unprepared. Since he has put on a posture of water attack, he should always be a little sure behind it, right? After all, it doesn't take too high a wave, just a depth of two or three feet, which is enough to destroy the positions of the Ties, especially the car formations, and the use of firearms will also be devastated.

At that time, the numerical superiority of the "Eastern Army" will be able to be brought into play.

In other words, last year's battlefield in Sanhe and Yuanjiang, the firing system composed of "piece armor car" and "hundred-split cannon" has proved its value, and this set of expensive large toy groups makes the elite troops of the Takeda family look as weak as the praying mantis that forcibly blocks the car, and anyone who has seen the scene at that time will never want to experience that feeling.

Tie Fan Xiu thought that he would be in an absolute advantage in positional warfare, and he knew that his biggest advantage was logistics, so all the arrangements in the past two months finally fell on the idea of "waiting for work with ease and winning with regular soldiers".

Now, we Oda Dan are coming up with such a subtle coping strategy for the actual situation in the region, which is really unexpected, and I have to admire its wisdom.

You can't turn a blind eye. Otherwise, morale will definitely be greatly affected.

It's impossible to keep this kind of thing a thing hidden.

You don't have to worry too much about your own flag, but it's hard to say about the ranks of the shogunate, guest armies from all over the country, and affiliated wealthy clans. It's easy for a rabble to fall into a state of "listening to the wind is raining".

So, should elite troops be sent to interfere with the enemy's plan to build embankments and store water?

If you do this, you will definitely expose a lot of problems and weaknesses in the process, and if you are unfortunate enough to encounter an ambush and cause a chain of defeat, you may not be able to wait for the water attack to collapse first.

Why don't you just give up the land of Hanoi and return to Ho Tien Castle on the shore of Hozumi?

That's problematic too. How to safely withdraw troops under enemy surveillance without being attacked is a university question. What's more, even if they withdraw, they will lose the opportunity and greatly affect morale, and at the same time, there will no longer be strategic leeway, and if they fail to fight again, they can only go to the sea to Shikoku, and once they get to that point, it may be very troublesome to land and come back.

In short, it seems like a dilemma.

Although I don't know how high the probability of rising water is, and whether the water attack will be successful in the end, it has at least dealt a serious blow to the spirit and confidence of the drawer, making him no longer so calm.

Half an hour later, the scout returned with updated information.

The upper reaches of the Ishikawa River and the Kugawa River, judging from the banner, are about 1,500 to 3,000 people from Owari Kunikoma, and the rudiments of the embankment have already been built. Farther afield, upstream of the Chihaya River, Otsu River, and Ichinoraigawa River, is another native of Owari Province, the Niwa clan, estimated at between 2,000 and 4,000 people, and the progress is a little slower, and they are still busy transporting civil engineering materials.

Seeing these two names, Pingshou Fan Xiu first sighed: Although these two people are mediocre and have nothing to surpass the crowd, they are cautious by nature, wise and self-protective, and people who dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool, if they want to lure and tease, it is probably not feasible.

They were selected to take on the task of building embankments and storing water, but they also made the best use of their talents.

But on the other hand, these two people are definitely not heroic and warlike Huchen warriors, at most they can only barely be regarded as qualified generals.

It can be seen that after the Oda family was hit one after another, there was a shortage of talents, and only second- and third-rate retainers could be used on secondary occasions.

In the past, the large army fought head-on, and people like Niwa Clan Katsu and Ikoma Kinmasa were able to work hard under the protection of friendly forces, but the merit of killing generals and capturing the flag was very rare. However, there are many examples of collapse and quick defeat after being attacked.

If you choose the right elite soldiers, hide your whereabouts, raid at night, and rush forward to cover the kill, you may be able to break it in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the victory to destroy the civil engineering works and eliminate the threat. It is not impossible to even try to divert water to storm the Eastern Army in reverse.

Let Hirator Hideyoshi, Baixiang Ieka, and Kato Mitsuyasu go to battle, or Tokugawa Nobuyasu and Mikumo Narito, who rushed to help this time, can also attack the upstream position and smash the enemy's only chance of victory with elite fighting soldiers.

It seems like that's the way it should be.

Thinking of this, Tie Tsuyo Xiu planned to order the arrangement.

However, just after beckoning, I felt that there was always something wrong with it.

Based on years of battlefield experience and understanding of Oda Nobunaga and his people, he always faintly felt that dividing his troops to attack the upper reaches might really fall for the other party's conspiracy.

After a long hesitation, and the call of the retainers for retribution was heard again and again, and Hiteshu planned to wait until the dead of night to think carefully.

First, he looked as usual and began to deal with the few things in front of him.

So it took more than an hour to check the layout of the car formation, determine the storage place of the front-line military rations, and punish two junior officers for violating discipline.

After returning to the military tent, I was eating dinner, and suddenly Takeda Motoaki, Kyogoku Takayoshi and others nervously rushed to ask for a meeting, and when they met, they asked: "Lord Crime, I heard that the Oda Danmasa of the Eastern Army has sent people to occupy the upper reaches and is preparing to build a dam, accumulate water power, and use water to attack?" It is said that it is necessary to wait until the water is full, and then release the torrent, causing the water level of Ishikawa to skyrocket? Won't we be ...... then Isn't it dangerous? ”

Pingshou Fanxiu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly dealt with the past with false words such as "I already know, don't worry, there will be a way to deal with it tomorrow", and comforted and encouraged him.

Then, before he could rest, there was a report that the shogunate's Odate Haritada and Ueno Kiyonobu were waiting to be received outside.

When I called in, I still asked about the water attack.

So he couldn't laugh or cry, repeated the words of reassurance and encouragement, and reluctantly sent the visitor away.

Then quickly send someone to track down the source.

Iwanari Tomotsu and Konishi Yukinaga both denied leaks.

The ninja team checked itself, and for a while they didn't see any signs of abnormality.

Hattori Hideyasu and Ishikawa Goemon investigated and questioned for a long time, and only at midnight did they come to a speculative conclusion - it seems that there are some "friendly forces" with suspicious identities who are spreading unrest everywhere by handing out notes, gossiping, and scribbling, and the details are still unclear.

It's hard to find out who it is.

After all, there are a bit of "friendly forces" around me now.

Therefore, Hattori Hideyasu and Ishikawa Goemon looked a little embarrassed, so they could only stubbornly show their loyalty and say that they would find out as soon as possible.

Of course, the draw also expressed a considerable degree of importance to this.

However, his expression was not full of severity and worry like the retainers, on the contrary, he showed a calm and calm, confident, and Zhizhu smile after a long absence, and said categorically: "The construction of the embankment has just begun, and it has been rumored that the city is full of wind and rain, which shows that the enemy is afraid that we don't know!" If you really want to play water attack, you should do the other way around and hide the message as much as possible. Therefore, I think this so-called 'water attack' is false, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it. ”

The retainers were a little confused.

Kawada said, "Despite this, what about the emotions of the soldiers? ”

"Then accompany Oda to play a fake show." Hijo said with a smile: "Let Ina and Nagasu personally supervise the work, and quickly recruit people to build an earthen wall for me on the left bank of the Ishikawa!" ”

"This ......," Konishi said, "people are storing water upstream, but we are building walls downstream to defend it?" I'm afraid it will take ten times as much to achieve reciprocity. ”

"It doesn't matter." Tie Fan Xiu waved his hand, "What can be solved with money is not a problem." Although the accounts are no longer sufficient, I believe that at this critical moment, the merchants of Kaimachi and Ishiyama are willing to provide another 100,000 kan loans. ”