After sending off the merchants of Sakai Town and paying the first deposit, the deployment of the Yuqiu family in Hanoi Province also began to get on track.

Tsukiwabei's training was carried out in an orderly manner under the guidance of Shigeharu Takenaka, and more than 1,200 recruits were being trained as pikemen, and a new establishment had been drawn up. The original 800 veterans lost some in the battle of Nanzen Temple, but after recovering from their injuries, they still had more than 700 people who were able to go into battle. The disabled Ashigaru was sent by Akihei Akihei to his and Professor Keitori Amano's school to learn about acting officials and judges and prepare for his appointment. The remaining 700 or so veterans were scattered and assigned to five companies in Chang Panbei to bring those recruits. The commanders of the five companies, namely Yasunari Fukushima, Charlie, Nakahide Omaezaki, Katsumasa Yoshioka, and Yuto Ogawa, all now have the rank of major. If you convert it to other samurai homes, it is probably a general.

The cavalry team has also been expanded, expanding to 200 people. The commander of the cavalry company, Nobuyoshi Anayama, also had the rank of major. The total number of combat troops in Changbanbei has reached an unprecedented 2,200, but the proportion of new recruits is relatively large, and it may take several actual battles to improve combat effectiveness.

When the first batch of grain purchased from Sakai Town arrived at Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, all of Tokiwabei's soldiers were able to eat their stomachs freely, and the instructors in charge of training were finally free to increase the amount of training. Under the high-intensity training, the combat level of the recruits is rapidly approaching that of the veterans.

However, the 2,000 infantry of Tokiwa should have 750 iron gunners if it were to be established—in fact, there are only 200 men now. Fukushima Yasunari and Charlie's platoons each consisted of 100 gunners and 50 archers, while the remaining three platoons were all composed of pikemen. This is because Lan Xiang Huadu's Military Industry Division has just arrived in Maple Mountain City, and even if he works hard to produce iron cannons, the output will not allow the whole army to complete the refitting at once - because the top priority is still the production of spears and sufficient equipment.

The Department of Military Industry has recruited a group of people, and nearly 200 people are working overtime, which can produce 25 full and more long guns, short knives and 5 iron cannons every day, which is already a very remarkable speed. Every time a new cannon is produced, it will be transported to the training ground as soon as possible, and handed over to the veterans to practice shooting.

On October 29, the first batch of building materials was delivered to Maple Mountain Castle. Yu Qiuping immediately organized the people to do it themselves and receive free building materials to build houses for themselves in winter. As the weather gradually cooled and a snowfall came unexpectedly, the temperature plummeted, and the original simple wooden straw houses could no longer protect against the cold, so the people had to redouble their efforts to build houses.

In line with the point of view of not breaking and not standing, since Maple Mountain City has been burned out and needs to be rebuilt, Yu Qiuping simply made a complete plan after cleaning up the ruins. He combined the castle town with the commercial area, residential area, and food and leisure area in the city in a reasonable way to ensure that there were large commercial areas, food and leisure areas near each residential area, and more than a dozen horizontal and vertical official roads were also planned. The people built houses in the places assigned to them according to Yu Qiuping's request, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

And on November 9, the relocation team led by Kaede Imagawa also arrived at Maple Mountain Castle. Yu Qiuping didn't have time to let everyone rest, so he asked these family members to start building a samurai house in Maple Mountain Castle. Yu Qiuping was already very busy, and the arrival of Kaede Imagawa gave him an extra helper. As a result, the construction of the house and the planning of the castle town of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle were thrown by him to the resentful Imagawa Kaede.

What surprised Yu Qiuping was that among the family members who came together this time, there was actually Naoe Tadahei's only son, Naoe Chengyuanmaru. He had sent all his children here, and it seemed that he had made up his mind to stand firm. And Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiu Youxu are about to be 9 years old, and they were also arranged by Yu Qiuping to help Shigeji Takenaka and Amano Jingde.

As for the construction of the intelligence network, Yu Qiuping naturally attaches great importance to it. Sanada Masayuki removed almost all of the ninjas and hosaku of the Military Intelligence Division, and scattered them to the area around Maple Mountain Castle, focusing on the Miyoshi army in South Hanoi. Of course, Yamato can't let it go, after all, Matsunaga Xiu, the old fox, can't tell when he will come out and bite Yuqiuping.

Meanwhile, Sena is in a race against time. The installment payment he had worked so hard to negotiate allowed him to maintain a certain amount of liquidity during the month. He immediately used the funds to set up a number of shops in Bac Haknoi, opened a bank, and tried to trade in various daily necessities to make as much profit as possible.

In this way, Maple Mountain Castle is like a huge beehive, working in an orderly manner. Every day, when Sakaimachi's goods arrive at Maple Mountain Castle, it is the busiest time for the entire territory. Lan Xiang Huadi sent people to take away the raw materials to continue production; Yu Qiuping sent people to take away the grain and distribute it to the people and the army; Imagawa Kaede sent people to collect the building materials and distribute them to the people who were building houses; Sena Yoshi, on the other hand, had to pay for the goods with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and pay these Sakai merchants an equivalent reward.

Time passed day by day, and Yu Qiuping's originally hanging heart gradually let go. Tokiwabi's combat effectiveness is improving day by day, and Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, which was originally in ruins, is now like a huge construction site, and it already has the prototype of a castle town. Sena's Mitsubishi caravanserais, although struggling with the loss of liquidity day after day, was still as profitable as possible. Although due to limited funds, the grain bought can only last this year, and the grain in the first half of next year is still not available, but as long as it survives this winter, the Yuqiu family will gain a firm foothold in North Hanoi, and everything still has a chance.

And the Miyoshi Army near Takaya Castle in South Hanoi also seems to have taken offensive measures because they were a little afraid of Yu Qiuping's 2,000 soldiers. After all, the troops of Miyoshi Yoshiko and Miyoshi Sanren suffered a lot of losses in the Battle of Kyoto, and they spent a lot of energy in Settsu and Harima to quell the turmoil, and now they are repairing, which also gives Yuqiuping a chance to breathe.

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However, the good news came to an abrupt end on November 15.

It's past the afternoon application time, but the goods from Sakai Town still haven't arrived today. Originally, according to the agreement, the goods must be delivered to Maple Mountain City before four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Did something happen? Why hasn't the goods arrived yet? Yu Qiuping stood on the dilapidated tower of Maple Mountain Castle and looked southwest.

"Maybe yesterday's torrential rain hindered the trip." Sanada Masayuki speculated, "I'm going to send ninjas to the southwest to find out." ”

"Go ahead." After Yuqiu responded, he actually felt that the merchants in Sakai Town were just late. After all, there is no reason not to do such a big business. Even if they didn't, the merchants of Sakai Town would have sent someone to tell them why.

However, the next day, on the evening of November 16, the goods in Sakai Town still had not been delivered, which was already two days in arrears. The Ministry of Military Industry and the people who were building houses had to stop their work because the raw materials and building materials had not been delivered. A sense of foreboding swelled in Yu Qiuping's heart, and his eyes looking at Sakai Town became complicated.

All day on November 17, there was still no arrival of any goods. And Yu Qiuping's ninjas reconnoitred all the way along the trade route, and in the territory controlled by the Yu Qiu family, there was not a single caravan from Sakai Town coming.

No goods were delivered for three consecutive days, and rumors spread in Maple Mountain City in an instant. The people were all panicked by the interruption of trade, and even Shigeharu Takenaka, who was training troops at Wakae Castle, repeatedly wrote to ask if there had been any sudden incident. Yu Qiuping himself was also panicked, and he didn't know why the merchants in Sakai Town had been transporting goods for half a month, so why they stopped the shipment without warning.

In the early morning of November 18th, the ninjas of the Military Intelligence Department finally found out the news, and it was indeed a sudden event - Miyoshi Yoshiken came.

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"Miyoshi Yixian is here? How many people did you bring? Yu Qiuping was shocked when he heard Miyoshi Yoshiken's name, and immediately asked Sanada Masayuki.

"Didn't lead the Awa people." Sanada Masayuki had already asked the ninja again and again, and whispered with great certainty, "He came alone." Miyoshi Changqing and Shihe Ichicun, who are leading the main army of the Miyoshi family to attack the head of the Changzong Department who are besieging Baidi Castle, the banner of Awa appeared in the area of Baiji Castle ten days ago, and it is impossible to come to Izumi now. ”

"Coming alone?" Yu Qiuping sighed, even if there was only one person in Miyoshi Yoshixian, he still had a headache about it. This person is the one who murdered the lord and usurped Apo; murder of the head of the Ikeda family and usurpation of Settsu; and murdered the puppet general Ashikaga Yoshiei to lure the coalition forces into attacking; Commit another disapproval of the world, burn down the Imperial Palace and Kyoto, and bury the man who is in the good situation of the coalition army. Such a crime is enough for a person to go to hell a dozen times. But his ruthlessness and skill in the dark are enough to strike fear into the hearts of every enemy.

"That's right, Uchiha-sama took a huge risk and personally connected with Tsuda Sokokazu." Sanada Masayuki said in a low voice, as if he was worried that there were Ninjas from Miyoshi Yoshiken around him eavesdropping: "Boss Tsuda said that after Miyoshi Yoshiken arrived in Izumi, he announced that he would recapture Iimoriyama Castle and take the Yuqiu family. The Miyoshi Army in the Hequan area of Hanoi has been assembled with all its troops, changing the previous declining trend. The merchants of Sakai Town, fearing that they would be burned because of their involvement with us, gave Miyoshi Yoshiken a reason to settle them afterwards, so they hastily terminated the transaction with us. ”

"Aren't they afraid that we will shut down trade routes on the grounds that they are in breach of contract?" Yu Qiuping was very angry when he heard this, he hated people who were untrustworthy in his life.

"The Miyoshi family is estimated to be in the army before the spring ploughing, and they feel that His Royal Highness will cut off the trade route, and it will not be delayed for too long, and it will be swept away by the Miyoshi family immediately, so they have nothing to fear." Sanada Masayuki made his own speculation, "But Your Highness, their assumptions are not wrong. ”

"I know." Yu Qiuping sat down on the tatami mat with some helplessness, constantly taking deep breaths, trying to calm himself down, but his breathing became more and more disordered.

"If the goods that Sakai Town sends to us are interrupted, we will be in for a catastrophe."

If there is no grain to continue to be transported from Sakai Town, the grain stock that Yu Qiupei has now can only ensure the support of the military and civilians until the end of November. And if the building materials are interrupted, the half-built houses are almost useless, and the people cannot rely on them to protect themselves from the cold. If there is a lack of raw materials for the manufacture of the gun and the iron cannon, the change of clothes in Tokiwa will also become a big problem.

There is no need for the Miyoshi family to attack at all, and the Yuqiu family itself will not be able to last next year. If the Miyoshi family attacked after the Yuqiu family ran out of food, it would not be a battle, but a slaughter.

"Your Highness, send an envoy to ask Sakai Town to continue delivering goods." Sanada Masayuki hurriedly whispered, "Otherwise, the Yuqiu family will be finished!" ”

"Impossible, don't think about it." Yu Qiuping shook his head and said with a wry smile helplessly: "If you want to choose a side between Yuqiu's family and the Sanhao family, a fool will choose the three-good family with many people, right?" Not to mention that group of shrewd businessmen. We are much weaker than the Miyoshi family, and they have no reason to support us. As long as we don't ship goods, we won't collapse without a fight, and Maple Mountain City will be taken by the Miyoshi family. When the time comes, they will do business with the guards who occupy Maple Mountain City from the Miyoshi family, what is the difference between doing business with us? Why do they support us at the risk of being picked up by the Miyoshi family? The benefits we can give them can be given by the Miyoshi family, not to mention that Sakai Town is still under the rule of Izumi Province. ”