Yu Qiuping didn't answer Amano's question at the time, he knew that Amano Keide had already said the point. However, he couldn't explain it to Amano: he just wanted the Yuqiu family to gradually lose its authority in the future, and let the parliament gradually dominate - and even the parliament would elect the head of government. And this is just part of his long "Nuwa Project". As for that plan, in fact, it was only a blueprint in that side hall, and it couldn't even be called an outline. However, at the moment, in the troubled times of the Warring States, it is obviously impossible to let a businessman take the helm. In the midst of chaos, there must be a dictator who can have strong execution and fast action to protect the family.

On April 17, 1574, the general attack of the Miyoshi family on the Chosho family began. To Miyoshi's surprise, the attack was a setback at the start. Miyoshi Nagakei's main force was attacked by a large number of well-armored iron gunners in the mountains north of Tosa, and the losses were not small. From Toyonaga to Yamada, Chosamune's family blocked the attack layer by layer on the mountain road that was more than 40 miles long, occupying the dominant terrain and shooting the Miyoshi army condescendingly.

The Changzong army in Miyoshi Changqing's impression is obviously an army called Hanako with empty numbers and poor equipment. However, the troops that appeared in front of him at this moment were strong troops that had always been well-equipped and equipped with a large number of iron cannons. The series of strategies formulated by the Miyoshi family before were all laid out under the condition of despising the combat effectiveness of Changzong's army, believing that the Miyoshi family would definitely be able to quickly break through a series of defense lines, so they did not have a well-prepared supply line and sufficient baggage. As a result, after the initial setback in the battle, the Miyoshi Home Route Army had to retreat to the distant White Land City for supply and reorganization, relaying supply lines and transporting food.

The Western and Eastern Route armies were in a slightly better position than the Central Route Army – in a sense worse. Neither of them had as much supply pressure, so they didn't need to retreat and regroup after an initial setback. However, the Miyoshi family, from the old family to the ashigaru, did not have a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Changzong family, so they suffered heavy losses in a series of local battles. Before Miyoshi Yoshiko could see the Nakamura Imperial Palace, he was firmly blocked. And Shihe Yicun relied on his outstanding command to break through to the city of Anyi, but he was helpless because of the large number of iron cannons in the city. With both fronts at a stalemate, the long supply lines also put a lot of pressure on the Miyoshi family. The supply lines of both the Eastern Route Army and the Western Route Army had to pass through the long mountainous terrain of Tosa Province, and it was particularly difficult to replenish supplies. If you want to send a pound of rice to the front line, you have to consume at least five or six pounds of rice on the road.

"The Awaji Navy should be sent." Shihe Yicun looked at the stalemate of the battle, and couldn't help but shake his head with some frustration, "The enemy is underestimated." ”

If there is a Awaji naval army, the supply of the two coastal routes can be carried out through the fleet, and the pressure on the supply line will be much lighter. In addition, with the presence of the Awaji Naval Army, it was also possible to launch strikes against many military installations along the coast of Tosa Bay, and even land in the interior to break down the defense line of Chosamune's family.

It stands to reason that in a country like Tosa, which is densely mountainous and difficult to travel by land, but has a huge coastline, it is indeed the best choice to attack a country with a large coastline. However, on the one hand, the Miyoshi family underestimated the enemy, believing that as long as the Miyoshi family dispatched the main force, it could easily defeat the army of the head relatives of Chozong, and there was no need to dispatch the navy; On the other hand, the Miyoshi family was worried that the Oda family would launch an offensive in and leave the Izumi Province alone, so they wanted to keep the Awaji Navy in as support.

Now it turns out that they were completely wrong. Changzong and my family didn't know where to get so much sophisticated equipment, so that their combat effectiveness soared. Without the cooperation of the navy, the three-way army of the Miyoshi Army was hindered by Changzong's army in the rugged and steep mountains, unable to make further breakthroughs, but was overwhelmed by the supply line.

Miyoshi's contempt for the enemy also infected the always calm Miyoshi Yoshiken, and instead of tightening his surveillance of Tosa during this time, he devoted more of his experience to. Therefore, although a lot of information shows that it seems that the relatives of Changzong and our department are buying equipment, Miyoshi Yixian did not pay attention to it - he knows the embarrassing financial situation of Changzong and my family, where can he have the money to buy equipment to equip the entire army? At most, I can buy a few hundred sets of equipment sporadically.

When the battle situation became severe, Miyoshi Yixian immediately urged the ninja organization of the Miyoshi family to investigate, only to find out that it was the Yuqiu family that produced thousands of sets of equipment and ordnance for the Changzong family—this is a large amount. I didn't expect the Yuqiu family to make such a big sacrifice for the Changzong family-because this money Changzong and my family would definitely not be able to afford it.

At this time, the time had entered June, and the food reserves of the Miyoshi family had dropped to a dangerous point. However, except for the East Route Army, which survived ten rivers and one survival, the other two routes failed to make much progress. At the same time, news came from Honganji Temple that Oda Nobunaga had suppressed Nagashima in a near-bloody massacre, almost flattening the vicinity of Nagashima. Oda Nobunaga, who had completed all this, did not disband his troops, but directly swung his army westward, and it seems that he had the intention of abandoning the autumn harvest and attacking the Miyoshi family. Miyoshi Chokei had no choice but to announce his retirement and leave Tosa with hatred.

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After learning that the Miyoshi family had finally withdrawn from the army, the town of Sakai, where the Diet was located, immediately fell into ecstasy. The bosses celebrated with their crowns and held a huge celebratory banquet, even happier than when the Yuqiu family won.

However, after the banquet, those far-sighted bosses immediately discovered a new problem - how to ensure that the Changzong family can obediently do what the treaty says. After all, the Yuqiu family is now separated from Tosa by thousands of mountains and rivers, and they can't threaten them, and even if the head relatives of the Changzong and our tribe immediately tear up the agreement, they will be helpless.

Therefore, Imai Munehisa and others immediately contacted Yu Qiuping, hoping that he could quickly prepare a strong naval army to ensure that the Momiji army could cross the sea to Tosa at any time, so as to supervise the rights of the merchants in accordance with the agreement signed before.

Of course, this also coincides with Yu Qiuping's idea - as a team of raiders of the Miyoshi family, without a naval army that can take a shot, it will not be able to compete with the Miyoshi family at all. Yu Qiuping then discussed with Itami Yasukiyoshi and Sena Yoshiyoshi, and proposed a huge sky-high budget to the Diet for the preparation of the navy. Members of Congress, though in pain, finally approved the budget without haggling.

Years ago, Itami Kang Thanh had arranged for the wood to be cut down in the mountains and forests east of Hanoi and dried and other treatments. Now, a large amount of timber has been stored in Maple Mountain Castle, and the drawings and processes used to make Western mast warships have also been tested many times in the Department of Military Industry. Everything is in place, and only one port is owed that can be used to build a shipyard.

Akihei originally wanted to build the shipyard in Sakai Port, but it was opposed by the Diet. They feared that the Awaji Navy would target the shipyards in Sakai Port, which would affect the merchant ships in Sakai Port. To this day, Sakai merchants still fulfill their promise to hand over a portion of their income to the Miyoshi family every year in exchange for the Miyoshi family's promise not to attack the Sakai Town's ships. However, this time Sakai Town's big support for Tosa Province has already angered the Miyoshi family, and the attitude of the Awaji Navy towards Sakai Town's ships has gradually changed. The merchants were very worried that the construction of the shipyard at this time would touch the limit of the Miyoshi family's patience with Sakai Town, so they strongly opposed this proposal.

At the same time, the construction of the coastal defense fort in Sakai Town was already in full swing. In order to guard against possible future invasions by the Awaji Navy, this plan has been proposed for many years, and preparations for this have been carried out for a long time. On the high ground near the port of Sakai Town, many forts have been built. Each battery can theoretically put more than a dozen guns, but Yu Qiuping can't even make the number of guns that put one gun on each battery.

Although the artillery in the turret is a fixed gun, unlike the field artillery, the process requirements are lower, but it is by no means easy. Even though the Department of Military Industry has a large number of manpower after the expansion of recruitment, the speed of artillery production has not been able to increase rapidly. Itami made a suggestion to Yu Qiuping to purchase some machines from the Nanbans—mainly those based on hydraulic boring machines, which could be used to forge artillery. However, Itami Kangqing does not know whether these machines are sold, and even if they are, he does not know where to buy them. Yu Qiuping entrusted two foreign merchants who came to Sakai Port to help them find it, and if he could find it, he would buy it with a lot of money, and the matter would be lost.

By July of the second year of Tensho (1574), the Department of Military Industry had produced a total of 3 coastal defense three-pounder guns and 1 coastal defense six-pounder cannon in a crude manner. However, none of them produced field gun mounts, nor did they have a complex process to reduce weight and diameter, so they could not follow the field troops on the expedition at all, and could only be left in the batteries in Sakai Port as fixed guns. However, the production of six-pounder guns can be regarded as an innovation, although it failed many times along the way, but it also accumulated technical experience for the future production of field six-pounder guns.

However, no matter how strong the artillery is, it must be controlled by someone. Those 10 coastal defense guns require at least a crew of 200 people and more logistics personnel. The subordination of this force was divided between the National Assembly and Yuqiu's family. The Diet insisted that the Yuqiu family's troops should not be stationed in Sakai Town, believing that the coastal defense force should be under the command of the Diet. Yu Qiuping firmly disagreed with letting the Congress have its own troops - otherwise, as soon as this opening is opened, the Congress can recruit more and more troops in the future, and if there is a conflict between the Yuqiu family and the Congress in the future, it is likely to turn into a civil war. Eventually, at Yu Qiuping's insistence, the Congress finally relented and decided that the newly trained troops would belong to the Yu Qiu family, but that the Congress had the right to supervise their actions.

With the mass production of artillery, Yu Qiuping also reformed the military system of the Red Leaf Army. The original quota of the three reserve units has increased from 1,200 to 1,500. The surplus 300 men included three field three-pounder gun crews - although these three-pounder guns had not yet been produced; a platoon of cavalry; Reserve captain of his own guard; A small staff and a small military intelligence division for each reserve. The reason for this establishment is that Yu Qiuping intends to let each reserve unit have a complete command system, so that it can fight on its own without Yu Qiuping's headquarters.