After the lightning, the heavy rain did not come as promised, and dark clouds continued to cover the sky.

When they gathered in the barracks again, the 232 ashigaru, each of them had already been put on, although the quality of the armor was very poor, and although the weapons in their hands were also strange, they finally had a little bit of an army.

"Aren't you worried that you won't be able to distinguish between friend and foe?" Yu Qiuping opened his package and took out the small package containing the paper folded red leaves, "Each of you, take a red leaf from me, stick it in your helmet, and use this to distinguish friend from foe." ”

I really didn't expect these autumn leaves to come in handy.

"From the moment you plant this red leaf, you will become a free person again, marking your willingness to follow me Yu Qiuping and fight for freedom." Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice, taking the lead in picking up a red leaf and fixing it in the gap on the helmet.

The 232 ashigaru stepped forward one by one, bowed respectfully, took the autumn leaves from Yu Qiuping's hand, reverently inserted them in his helmet, and stood in the center of the barracks again. When the last ashigaru finished receiving the red leaves, the pro-soldier suddenly stepped forward and also took a piece of red leaves and stuck it on his head.

"As I said below, I will follow in the footsteps of adults in this life," the pro-soldier replied to Yu Qiuping's doubts, "Naturally, I will follow my lord." ”

Charlie also took out a red leaf from the package and stuck it in his helmet, but did not say anything more.

Amano Keide looked at everything in front of him, and suddenly remembered that when he asked Sena Shijun about this person after meeting Yu Qiuping, Sena Shijun suddenly smiled.

"He is a very special person, and he will definitely be promising." Sena said, "Would you like to hear his story?" ”

……

Suddenly, Amano Jingde squatted down, and in Yu Qiuping's surprised gaze, he took out a red leaf from the bag.

"Amano-sama?" Yu Qiuping said with some astonishment, "You are the flag book of Lord Seming, and your level is still above me." You are..."

Amano Keitoku did not rush to put the red leaves on his helmet, but silently stared at the rain and autumn peace. The cold face with almost no blood made Yu Qiuping a little worried.

"What you just said, my lord... It's remarkable. Amano Keitoku said in a low voice, "I've also heard some rumors from adults, as well as some remarks from adults. Adults are very different from other people I've ever met. The kindness and kindness of the adults are admired below. ”

"Moreover, there is a very strange feeling in the adult," Amano Keide looked at Yu Qiuping's increasingly surprised expression, "I don't know what the adult has experienced?" But what I have witnessed and heard about the words and deeds of adults I have heard do not give me the feeling that I am not like a person of this era. Adults' views on the law and the cycle of chaos are to the point; Adults will be willing to give their money for the sake of more than two hundred slaves; In the face of a precipitous situation, he did not hesitate to abandon the dignity of the samurai and use the flag to rely on it; In the face of powerful enemies, dare to trap the lonely city; It was also the first time I had heard of someone who had succeeded in boosting the morale of the army by replacing the old-fashioned fame and fortune with freedom and inheritance will; Your kindness exudes an infectious force that makes people want to follow and help. ”

"Believe in your own vision, adults are not things in the pool, and one day they will soar." There was still no trace of waves on Amano's face, as if he was just calmly recounting the facts.

"I would venture to ask, what is the ideal of adults, or what is ambition?" Amano Jingde blinked suddenly, his deep pupils seemed to be about to pierce Yu Qiuping, and asked anxiously.

Yu Qiuping was stunned and laughed, "I'm just a general, but my ideals are so big that you don't dare to imagine." ”

"As long as the adults are determined to be in the world, they will follow to the death." After Amano Keide respectfully stuck the red leaves on his head, he clenched his fists.

Use my evil to protect the good of adults.

More than 200 Ashigaru with red leaves gathered in the barracks of the small town of Chiritsu. They are not sure of victory, and they are not well-equipped and adequately trained. They are just, following in the footsteps of that young man, putting on red leaves, fighting with him, fighting for freedom, fighting against their own fate. The red leaves have become a symbol of their status and a sustenance of that belief. Yu Qiuping looked at the red leaf forest in front of him swaying slightly with the breeze, and suddenly felt extremely proud.

This is the first time that the Red Leaf Army, which will make the world feared in the future, shine on the stage of history.

"The grain and grass seem to be fine." Yu Qiuping looked at the grain piled up in the warehouse, "The grain stored here is enough for us to eat for two months." ”

"There are 42 bows and arrows in total, but they are all eliminated from the front line. There were more than 800 arrows, but many of them were defective. Yu Qiuping sighed.

The more than 200 people were divided into five groups by Yuqiuping, of which 35 who could shoot arrows were handed over to Charlie, and 10 people and 4 horses were handed over to the guards to be used as communication in the city. Among the remaining people, the four original leaders of Fukushima Yasunari, Mimasaki Nakahide, Yoshioka Katsumasa, and Ogawa Yudong each led 45 people, and each of them was temporarily given a position of ashigaru and let them each be in charge of a team. The rest of the people were scattered to various important warehouses and castle towers, where they were responsible for guarding and watching. Yu Qiuping, Amano Keitoku, and his men stayed in the castle tower to be in charge of the commander-in-chief.

Akihei Rain now has Yoshioka Katsumasa and his squad patrol the castle walls, monitoring the movements of the Oda family outside the castle. The walls are about 100 meters long and 4 meters wide in each direction. Since the wall is about 5 meters high, it should not be able to climb without the help of siege equipment. Therefore, Yu Qiuping was not very worried about the threat of the cavalry of the Oda family. However, the walls of the northern castle had collapsed to create a slope that allowed people to climb up directly, so Yu Qiuping specially left Ogawa Yudong's squad there to defend in case the cavalry dismounted and forcibly attacked the city.

The rest of the people gathered around the castle tower, where Yu Qiuping was now, to discuss how to defend the castle. Since Yu Qiuping has never had experience in defending the city, he can only rely on everyone to discuss it together.

"When defending the city, you not only need arrows, but also a lot of sandalwood, rolling stones, and even boiling oil," Yu Qiuping recalled the knowledge he had read from the book before, "I'm afraid that there are no arrows in the future, and if you roll stones, you should be able to find something that can be replaced in the city." ”

"Is there oil in Zhili City?" Yu Qiuping asked.

"Yes, there are quite a few," replied Nakahide Omaezaki, "and there was a batch of oil that was supposed to be sent to Narumi Castle, but because the food was more important, it was delayed and stored in the storehouse. ”

"However, it is imperative," said Yasunari Fukushima, "that the walls of the northern castle should be repaired first." Otherwise, when the Oda family will attack from there, all our preparations for defending the city will be in vain. ”

"Do you have all the materials for repairing the city walls?" Yu Qiuping asked, "Mud, stones, wood... There are also some tools. ”

"There are tools, but mud and stones and the like, I'm afraid there are no ready-made ones." Fukushima Yasunari sighed.

"Send someone to measure how much stone and wood you need."

After eating some dry food prepared casually, all the measuring personnel also returned.

"That's right," Yu Qiuping took out a pen and paper from the table after listening to their report, and the guards immediately helped grind it.

Yu Qiuping wrote quickly on the paper, and at the same time muttered in his mouth, "Stone, wood, rolling stone, sasswood, boiling oil, mud..." ”

"We now have 236 people, and if the Oda family doesn't attack, we estimate that we can free up 200 people for operations." Yu Qiuping wrote on paper.

"It's too hard, my lord." Fukushima Yasunari sighed, "The Oda family is estimated to attack tomorrow at the latest, and we can't prepare for so many things." ”

"Who said that, how do you know if you haven't calculated," Yu Qiuping chuckled.

"Our lords, but we settle accounts." The pro-soldier added.

"It seems that our main source of supplies is to demolish the buildings in the city." Yu Qiuping glanced at the buildings within a radius of 10,000 square meters, "Fortunately, there are no private houses, they are basically public buildings, and they will be demolished after demolition." ”

"Any of you who have ever done this kind of engineering work, come here, I need data." Yu Qiuping greeted a few times, and a few people who had worked as repairmen and plasterers in front of him were found here.

"How long does it take for a person to tear down a house. I'm talking about removing the beams and the stones that were used to build the house. Yu Qiuping pointed out the window, "The size of the room is the one outside the window." ”

"The villain thinks it's going to take a long time... The villain used to only do multi-person collaboration. The ashigaru said honestly.

"Then you think a few people are the most efficient to dismantle and will not be wasted." Yu Qiuping asked quickly, "Speak quickly, be in a hurry, don't hesitate." Don't bite a villain. ”

"Uh... Be! That Ashigaru said quickly at the urging of Yu Qiuping, "I think it's most appropriate for five people to demolish a room, and it's about half an hour." ”

"How much stone and wood can you get by demolishing a room?"

"Well, probably..."Ashigaru reported a few numbers, and Yu Qiuping quickly put down the pen and wrote it down on the paper, "The beams of the house are used as sassal wood, and the large stone bricks are used as rolling stones." After deducting these, how much is left? ”

Ashigaru roughly estimated that he had reported a few more numbers, and Yu Qiuping once again recorded them on paper with Arabic numerals.

"What about transportation? How long will it take to transport these stones and timber to the North City. Yu Qiuping looked at Fukushima Yasunari, "If the brothers carry these things, it will take about a cup of tea to transport them from the southernmost side to the north. ”

"Let's start demolishing it from the south," Yu Qiuping said, "and the north side is most likely to encounter fighting, and the house can be left for street fighting." As he spoke, he recorded the approximate speed of the movement on a piece of paper.

"How long does it take to get these things up through the stairs on the inside of the city walls?" Yu Qiuping threw the question again.

…

After about a quarter of an hour, Yu Qiuping collected all the data needed. "Go out and wait, give me two quarters of an hour." Yu Qiuping smiled, waved his hand, and sent everyone out. "If the Oda family has no intention of attacking, call back some of the people on the castle wall, leave 200 people to assemble at the castle tower, and then number them from 1 to 200."

"My lord, are you going to—" The pro-soldier asked puzzled.

"Set a system of multivariate equations, linear programming." A confident smile appeared at the corner of Yu Qiuping's mouth.

After the 200 people had finally completed the numbering and memorized their numbers, the gate of the castle tower suddenly opened. The ashigaru watched as Yu Qiuhei moved his wrist to settle accounts, and came out with a stack of papers full of ghost drawings and strange cross patterns with slash patterns written on them in their right hands. In his left hand, he holds a piece of paper on which many things are densely recorded.

"It's the beginning of the hour! Listen, let's read out our plan of action. I'll repeat it twice, asking each number to remember its task. Yu Qiuping stood on the second floor and said to the ashigaru people underground.

"From the first quarter of the tower to the fifth hour of the first hour, everyone began to demolish the houses in groups of five south of the castle tower and from west to east according to the number. At five o'clock, each team must demolish the house in charge. ”

Then, No. 1 to No. 50 immediately carried the wood and stone to the North City. Nos. 51 to 70 carried the beams and stone bricks to the castle tower. The remaining 71 to 200 continue to demolish houses. ”

"After the delivery of No. 51 to No. 70, I immediately rushed to Beicheng to start mixing the stone slurry and helping to transport the wood and stone to the required location. Numbers 1 to 50 are responsible for the start of repairs to the walls. Half an hour later, from 51 to 70, they stopped their work and went to the demolition site, transported the wood and stone bricks to the castle tower, and returned to the construction site to help with the demolition. Then the demolition was stopped on No. 71 to 90, and the demolished timber and stone were carried to the city walls. After all the transportation is completed, the slurry will be blended, and it will be rotated again after half an hour, and the above actions will be repeated on the 20th. After the stone was enough, everyone rushed to the north city to repair it. ”

Looking at the confused looks of the people below who seemed to understand whether they understood or not, Yu Qiuping smiled, "Don't worry, I'll read it twice." When the time comes, I will write down the specific action process and hand it over to the Kinbei-sama and Amano-sama, the probing-sama is responsible for the management of the rotating transport team, the Amano-sama is responsible for the management of the demolition site, and the two who worked as plasterers just now, you are in charge of managing the restoration of the city wall. ”

After Yu Qiuping read it twice, the ashigaru people below probably understood, and then, they all showed a look of surprise and anticipation. They used to work, and they used to rush to one place together in a bunch of people, and then do the next thing when they finished doing it. Yu Qiuping uses linear programming to derive the optimal personnel allocation and engineering process, which can save a lot of time.

"If everything goes according to plan, I've set aside a budget of half an hour so that we can finish the work at six o'clock in time. However, after the sun sets, the efficiency of the construction with torches will decrease, so you should sit down and prepare for the time of dragging. ”

As soon as they heard that they could finish the work today, the ashigaru people below showed expressions of disbelief, and then sent bursts of cheers to Yu Qiuping.

"Our great benefactor really has the ability." Nakahide Omaezaki smiled and patted Fukushima Yasunari on the shoulder, "I know everything." ”

"So, guys, take action!"