Time is the fairest and most reasonable, and it never gives more than one share. The industrious can leave time for the bunches of fruit, and the lazy for the lazy to leave them with gray hair and empty hands.

- Gorky (proletarian writer of the former Soviet Union, founder of socialist realist literature)

"The matter of the prisoners of war is decided, now let's talk about the next battle. After the prisoners of war were over, Bai Feng began to talk about the next topic, and compared with the trivial prisoners of war issue, the discussion of the war was the key to Bai Feng's evaluation meeting.

"Generals, please move. Sanada Nobuyoshi, who had been appointed by Hakumine as a war commentator before the assessment meeting, invited everyone to the map of Higashiyama Road next to the assessment room, pointed to the red circle on the map, and explained, "This is where the Date Army was completely wiped out. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, it normally takes two days from this mountain forest where our army has completely annihilated the Date army to the front line of the battle, and if nothing else, in two days, the 120,000-strong army of General Anto Ietada and General Yubu Noshin will arrive at Takasuidaji Castle and cooperate with the defenders of Takasuidaji Castle and Bian Seishi Imperial Palace to launch a war of annihilation against the invading forces of the Uesugi family. ”

"General Sanada, as far as I know, the Uesugi family's army has retreated dozens of miles back under the leadership of Uesugi Keitor; after our reinforcements rush to the front line, will there really be a chance to completely annihilate this Uesugi army?"

"Southern General, this Uesugi army led by Uesugi Keitora is a tired division after several hard battles, and the necessary food and grass supplies have been transported from the rear, so even if they retreat at full speed, it will not be too fast, and it will not be difficult for our army to pursue them. ”

"General Sanada, you forgot to count them. Taking a step forward to Nanbu Nobuyoshi next to the map, he pointed to Ueno Province on the map and said, "The Mogami family of Ueno Province has been quite close to the Uesugi family recently, and they may come to the aid of the Uesugi army. ”

"General Nanfang, the sugami family of Ueno Province is naturally impossible for us to ignore. Sanada Nobuhiro smiled slightly, and then said: "Although the Mogami family's power in Ueno Province is the only one, he is not the only one; so far, only nine of the fourteen counties in Ueno Province are controlled by the Mogami family, including the three counties that the Uesugi family acquiesced to the Mogami family. ”

The two people who seriously discussed the military situation seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness just now, as for what they thought in their hearts, it was not known to outsiders; anyway, in Bai Feng's opinion, there was some moderate competition among the generals, which was conducive to promoting their progress.

"The three counties that the Uesugi family handed over to the Mogami family have not been able to fully digest in a short period of time, which to a certain extent has also restrained part of the strength of the Mogami family; aside from the garrisons of the Mogami family in these three counties, the Mogami family, which has only six counties in the territory, can only form an army with no more than 100,000 troops at most, and the number of their peasant soldiers accounts for at least eighty percent. ”

"Sanada-kun, the Mogami family can mobilize far less troops than you said. Hearing this, Bai Feng opened his mouth and added: "Mobilizing an army of 100,000 is the limit of the Supreme Family's all-out efforts, and it is impossible for them to do their best to help the Uesugi Family. ”

"The lord is wise!" After quietly sending a sycophant, Sanada Nobuyoshi continued along Bai Feng's train of thought: "If we count the Mogami family's reinforcement of the Uesugi family as 50,000, then the final enemy army that our army needs to face is about 150,000. ”

"My lord, our army now has 120,000 reinforcements rushing to the front line, plus the Sanada Standing Army, the Kunohe Standing Army, the Iwashimizu Standing Army, and the Yanhuang Standing Army that are firmly guarding Gaoshuiji Castle and Bian Shikusho, and it is certainly no problem to completely annihilate the wings of the Uesugi family and the Mogami family in the field. Nanbu Nobuyori said with a worried face: "But if the enemy army retreats all the way into Ueno Country, then our army's pursuit operation will be troublesome." ”

"Under the unfavorable situation of the war, the withdrawal of the Uesugi and Mogami coalition forces to the territory of Ueno Province was expected. Sanada Nobuyoshi pointed to the two yellow circles on the map and said, "Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle are the only way for the Uesugi and Mogami coalition forces to retreat. ”

"The lord of Yuzawa Castle, Mitsushige Nakuoka, and the lord of Hasedo Castle, Shimura Mitsuyasu, were not loyal to Mogami Yoshimitsu although they were important ministers of the Mogami family, and more importantly, they did not have many elite soldiers under their command to provide much assistance to the coalition forces. ”

"If we defend the castle, it will not be easy for our army to annihilate the Uesugi and Mogami coalition forces in a short period of time. Nanfang Xinli frowned, and subconsciously said casually: "If you can burn the grain and grass in these two cities, it will be much easier." ”

Sanada Nobuyoshi, who was moved in his heart when he heard this, thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Southern General, burning the enemy's grain and grass is indeed the fastest way to end the war as soon as possible, but how easy is it to burn the grain and grass in the city where the enemy is heavily garrisoned?"

"It is indeed not easy to burn the grain and grass in the cities heavily garrisoned by the enemy, but what if we burn all the grain and grass stored in Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle before the enemy retreats to Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle?" Bai Feng, who had thought of a way in an instant, said at the right time.

"My lord, do you mean that we will temporarily recruit some wandering ninjas to set fire to Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle?"

"Nanbu-kun, the loyalty of a wandering ninja is not to be trusted. It seemed that he had seen through Nanfang Xinli's thoughts, Bai Feng looked at him with a smile and said, "Our Yanhuang family has its own ninja army, which has been formed before, and now it has some strength. ”

Nanbu Shintoshi, who still had some doubts in his heart, said in a tactful tone: "My lord, in order not to startle the snake, the ninjas we sent to Yuzawa Castle and Hasedo Castle to burn grain and grass must be successful in one blow; ”

"Nanfang-kun, most of the ninjas of our Yanhuang family are from Iga-ryu, and there are currently four upper ninjas, seventy-five middle ninjas, and one hundred and thirty-nine lower ninjas. "The people present are all people that Bai Feng trusts, and he appropriately revealed some of the strength of the Yanhuang Ninja Army.

In fact, in addition to the four upper ninja, seventy-five middle ninja, and one hundred and thirty-nine lower ninja from Iga-ryu, there were also nine upper ninja, one hundred and forty-eight middle ninja, and three hundred and fifty-three lower ninja recruited from other schools.

Even if the strength of the Yanhuang Ninja Army revealed by Bai Feng was only one-third of the true strength of the Yanhuang Ninja Army, it still made Nanbu Nobuyori and Sanada Nobuyhiro stunned in shock;

"The lord is wise!" Nanfang Xinli praised convincingly: "With the Yanhuang ninja army out of the army, it is safe to burn the grain and grass." ”