"This battle can't be fought! Hit the hair! ”

Before Yu Qiuping entered the big tent, he heard Yoshioka Katsumasa's angry roar.

"Grinding and chirping over there, if you don't want to fight, if you don't run, if you don't run! I'll give you a shot or an arrow from afar, and I'm so annoyed that I'm annoyed to death! We rushed over to catch them, but they were running so fast in the barren mountains and mountains that they couldn't catch up at all. After a while, it came out again to give you a shot! If you ignore them, go your own way, and they will immediately rush down with swords, guns, swords, and halberds to kill you. As soon as you're in battle formation, and their men are gone, you're going to have to change formation again! Annoying, annoying! ”

Yoshioka Katsumasa's complaint reached everyone's hearts, and a cry of bitterness and angry scolding immediately sounded in the tent.

"Don't you dare to fight in a dignified manner!"

"If they really dare to fight, we will only use half of our troops, and we will destroy them all in one joint battle!"

"What kind of man is hiding in the mountains and forests and not daring to show his head? Is this kind of indiscriminate play also embarrassed to be called a samurai? ”

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, let's do something useful." Yu Qiuping walked into the main tent, clapped his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet, and gathered around the sand table, "Instead of complaining, it is better to honestly reflect the difficulties encountered, and we can discuss and find a way to solve it." ”

"Your Highness, please don't let the pikemen walk alone." Charlie was the first to protest to Yu Qiuping, "There are several spear platoons in the reserve below, and there are many long gun platoons that walk alone, and they have suffered a lot of losses. They don't have the ability to fight back from a distance. Once attacked by iron cannons and bows and arrows in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road, there is no other choice but to be beaten passively. Several attempts to enter the difficult terrain to pursue the Kii people have also yielded no success, and we cannot catch up with them in that difficult terrain. ”

"You mean, any army marching alone must have an iron gunner, don't you?"

"Yes, with an iron gunner, at least the attackers can be suppressed and the troops can continue to advance."

"But if all the paths are lined up with iron guns, the main force on the main road will lack enough iron gunners to cover." Yu Qiuping said with some hesitation, "Banbingwei, is it possible for us to break up the formation and reorganize it in a squad unit, so that each platoon has 1-2 iron cannon squads?" Instead of the previous case, the minimum unit of pikes and guns was a platoon, a company with 5 pistol platoons and 3 gun platoons. ”

"If it is a traditional army, it is absolutely unthinkable to break up the formation and reproduce the formation in this way." Shigeharu Takenaka pondered for a moment, then bowed slightly, "But there is room for experimentation with the highly standardized command system of the Red Leaf Army, and I will try to make this plan with my staff officers tonight." ”

"Your Highness, I suggest that all the ninjas from the Military Intelligence Department be transferred back to participate in the attack." After discussing the previous question, Masayuki Sanada expressed a new opinion, "Ninjas are obviously more comfortable than soldiers in moving and fighting in complex mountain and forest terrain. ”

"But the ninjas are probably no match for those Kii people, and they also have iron cannons, so it's too much of a loss. We were already at a disadvantage in terms of intelligence, and we couldn't use our precious ninjas to consume them with the people of Kii. Yu Qiuping shook his head and vetoed the plan, "Keep in mind the goal of our action - not to fight with the Kii people in the barren mountains and mountains, but to directly attack the cities and rocks they must defend, force them to accept a main battle, and destroy them in a joint battle." Otherwise, we will fight away from home, and the supply line will be too long, and we will definitely not be able to win if we continue to consume small fights. ”

"Then the cavalry should be brought up quickly." After hesitating for a moment, Sanada Masayuki proposed a compromise plan, "With the cavalry here, we can at least deter the Saga people in front of us." Now Suzuki is obsessed with the fact that we can't catch up with him, and he wantonly attacks us, which is also boosting the morale of the people of Kii. ”

"That's right, I've already given orders. Give the cavalry company the highest level of road passing, and all the personnel and supplies on the road behind must give way to them, and they will be able to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Yu Qiuping flipped through the record of the order he had given before, and nodded after confirming that it was correct.

"Your Highness, there is another problem, although you have not yet noticed it, but it can actually be very deadly. It's not just for this battle..."Shigeharu Takenaka suddenly spoke, then paused, and after glancing at Yu Qiuping silently, he continued to whisper, "It's for the future of the entire Red Leaf Army. ”

"What?" If someone else gave such an exaggerated remark, Yu Qiuping would definitely think that he was grandstanding. But if the person who said this was Shigeharu Takenaka...... Not only Yu Qiuping, but all the people in the main tent stopped talking in a low voice, and set their eyes on Shigeharu Takenaka, and the atmosphere in the tent was a little solemn for a while.

"Thanks to the Oda Hall and the people of Kii, the Momiji Army, which the Yuqiu family is proud of, may find a way to crack it in the near future."

Shigeharu Takenaka said lightly.

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"What I'm going to say next, I hope all the adults in the tent can keep it a secret."

"As we all know, the reason why our Red Leaf Army has such a strong combat power depends largely on our two major characteristics. One is a dense formation, and the other is a long gun, iron cannon, and sufficient configuration. Dense formations require extremely high cohesion and high-intensity training, and can always maintain an intact formation and local numerical superiority in battle. The Red Leaf Army has always been known for its strong armor and military advantages, relying on excellent armor and a sufficient number of spears and iron cannons, and rarely fall behind in armaments. ”

"However, for the dense formation, the Oda main hall has already found a way to crack it a few years ago. The Asai family's Eagle Bei was trained completely after the dense formation of the Red Leaf Army, but once the dense formation was hit by iron cannon fire, the casualties were much higher than those of the ordinary formation. In the future, if artillery becomes more widespread, the cost of casualties will only increase. Therefore, the first tactic to restrain the Red Leaf Army was to equip it with a sufficient number of iron cannons and artillery. ”

"And the second weakness of the Red Leaf Army has also been explored by the people of Kii. Although it is not known whether they did it intentionally, or simply to operate in the mountains and forests, everyone did not wear armor and feet when facing the Momiji Army, but only cloth clothes. ”

"It may seem like an exaggerated move, but in fact, if I were the opponent of the Momiji Army," Shigeharu Takenaka muttered for a moment, looking around at everyone and whispering, "I'll let my men go into battle wearing only cloth clothes." ”

"Because of the equipment of the Red Leaf Army, he is destined to have extremely high armor-piercing ability. The power of the iron cannon shot is enough to destroy any possession. And the power of spear assassination is by no means enough to resist. Even if the Red Leaf Army itself is sophisticated, it can't stop an assassination by the spear. The attacks that can be truly effective are bow shots, blunt weapon strikes, and slash damage from swords. And the spears and iron cannons equipped by the Red Leaf Army are destined to not take this kind of attack as the mainstream, and the short knives of the iron gunners are not a big threat. And since most of our troops are trained by civilians before they go into battle, only simple weapons such as spears can be mastered, and it is impossible for everyone to train in complex katana techniques. ”

"In other words, since no matter how good the armor is, it can't stop the attack of the Red Leaf Army, so why should I wear the armor? Anyway, the effect of wearing enough gear is the same, and not wearing enough equipment can also reduce the burden on the soldiers, preserve their physical strength, and allow them to march, move, and make movements faster. Therefore, when playing against the Red Leaf Army, the wisest thing to do is not to wear enough. ”

"If in the future, a certain army prepares for the two weaknesses of the Red Leaf Army, replacing it with military uniforms and is equipped with a large number of iron cannons, then their army will become a nightmare for the Red Leaf Army."

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Shigeharu Takenaka's words silenced the big tent for a long time, no one had ever thought about these issues before, and no one would consider these aspects. They only know that Yu Qiuping, a native of the Ming Kingdom, has had this unique set of military training methods since he was training troops at the Imagawa family.

After the Battle of Mikachi, Oda Nobunaga, who was deeply shocked, also wanted to follow Yu Qiuping's method of military training to train his own direct flag team, but encountered great resistance. Those who were born as samurai did not want to stand in a phalanx with the civilians to protect each other, nor did they want to use the same lowly spears as the civilians, let alone receive training with the civilians that were forbidden by law. And Yu Qiuping's wall cavalry charge was protested by the samurai of the Oda family - they were all samurai, old and young, and they had to inherit the position of head of the family, and there were still a lot of territories and wealth waiting for him in the family, how could they want to use this "one life for one life" suicide fight? Although under the forcible order of Oda Nobunaga, the Banner team of the direct jurisdiction reluctantly began similar training. However, the samurai-born man was always absent-minded and disobedient, and soon Oda Nobunaga had no choice but to give up.

It was only at this time that Oda Nobunaga and others reacted that the reason why Yu Qiuping was able to train such an army was not only due to his method of governing the army, but also related to the trust and cohesion in the Momiji army. Yu Qiuping himself is a ferryman, and the core of his subordinates are all slaves, and there are no hereditary samurai in the army, and they are basically recruited from the people, so there is no distinction between high and low in the army. And Yu Qiuping has been promoting his idea of "everyone is equal" for more than ten years, emphasizing that everyone is born equal, and implementing that strange set of military salutes in the army - subordinates don't need to kneel and kowtow when they see their superiors, they have to line up according to the rules to do everything, and it is useless for the king of heaven and Laozi. It is Yu Qiuping's efforts that allow the Red Leaf Army to have such a strong cohesion and trust and tacit understanding between each other. And these deviant actions are unacceptable to traditional samurai.

No one has ever thought about the special weaknesses of the army trained by this method of governing the army - and Shigeharu Takenaka now points out the weaknesses to the point.

"Wear military uniforms instead of armor, and use iron cannons (muskets) and artillery as the main means of attack." Yu Qiuhei muttered a retelling of the troops that Shigeharu Takenaka had depicted, imagining what they would look like—wasn't that the modern army?

Sure enough, the sworn enemy of the modern army that can suppress the ancient army is the modern army.