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"Samurai-sama, you are really good people......

"Okay, two young ladies, you've thanked us more than twenty times along the way, and I'm tired of hearing it," Sasaki Kojiro said lazily, "If you really want to thank us, treat us to a meal after getting off the boat." ”

"By all means, our Izumo Taisha will definitely entertain the two of you."

"Izumo Taisha?" ……

The climate in the North Japan Sea is slightly warmer, thanks to the regulation of temperature by the seawater.

However, there are no such good "temperature regulators" in the deep land.

In the past few days, Tottori Castle, the largest castle in Inhata Province, has not seen a single ray of sunlight, and the cold north wind has swept goose feathers and heavy snow all over the sky. No matter how tightly the window is closed, no matter how many screens are placed in the room, when you wake up the next morning, the pillow is always covered with snow, and the edge of the quilt is also snow-white.

Yoshikawa Nobuya has long been tired of such heavy snowfall. The howling of the cold wind was always echoing in his ears, and the city and outside were shrouded in a gloomy dark gray.

It's not that Yoshikawa is a pampered person who can't live a hard life, but in fact, it's the opposite.

Originally, before the Maori family annexed the Yoshikawa family, the Yoshikawa family and the Yoshikawa family belonged to the division was not harmonious, on the contrary, they often fought hard, since Yoshikawa Motoharu entered the succession, in order to fight against the strength of the family against him, vigorously promoted the division, and the Yoshikawa family was appreciated by him at this time, becoming the general of the leading party.

Let's talk about this Tottori Castle.

Tottori Castle is a mountain castle built on the steep Mt. Kumatsu, bordering Maruyama and Mt. Yanjin to the northwest, and adjacent to the Chiyogawa River and the Fukurogawa River. Taking advantage of the natural terrain, Tottori Castle has become an important stronghold for the Inaba Province.

The Mori Terumoto of the Mori clan and the Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kobayakawa Takakei of the Mori clan all knew that Tottori Castle was at the forefront of the local Maori camp in China, and it was very important to see whether Oda Sei could enter and leave Chugoku.

So, as a member of the Yoshikawa clan and the most capable Yoshikawa Kiyoshi besides Yoshikawa Motoharu, he was sent to serve as the Tottori Castle Castle Substitute and enter the castle to defend the city.

In addition to the snow every day, there is an endless stream of retainers who report to themselves.

Every time he heard something suffocating, Yoshikawa felt like his breath was about to stop.

The food for the establishment is not enough to eat in any case, but no matter how anxious he is, he has to wait until the snow melts, and there is no way to do it before......

Whenever he saw Nakamura Harutsugu, Morishita Michi, and such a former Yamana clan's retainer, who is now his own retainer, crying to himself about the lack of food and grass, the Yoshikawa family always felt a little upset, and even hated the person in front of him.

A group of crazy demons who only know how to compete for fame and fortune! Not only incompetent, but also stupid! In the summer, the enemy even bought food, so how can you survive this winter?! Shall the brethren all go and drink the northwest wind?

In the face of the cries of his retainers, Yoshikawa Jingjia would say two or three perfunctory sentences at first, but now, he simply didn't bother to answer or didn't want to answer at all, just twisted his head to the side and was silent.

Although he is a military general, his mind is much more flexible than ordinary people. Because of this, recently, he has vaguely felt that he and this Tottori Castle will be in trouble in the future, so he is sad and disappointed.

Yushiba Hideyoshi learned the lesson of the last time, he doesn't plan to fight us head-on, but relies on this method, he wants to starve me to death! ……

When I walked into my father's tent, I was chatting with my father.

Fifteen was not yet thirteen years old, and he was still a little early to go into battle to kill the enemy, and he was now serving as his father's flag guard, doing some simple paperwork such as signing for his father.

I forgot to mention that the leader of the Banner Guards of the Wise Honjin is none other than Hosokawa Tadashi, who slipped out to fish yesterday and has not returned yet.

"Father, you told me before that His Royal Highness the Inner Mansion is the luckiest person in the world, but now look at it, there is a great lucky ghost in this world."

"'Again'? Who are you referring to? ”

"Who else can there be besides His Royal Highness Yuchai Zhuqian? He was originally just a farmer's son, not to mention the Four Books and Five Classics, I'm afraid he doesn't even know a few Chinese characters, he doesn't know any righteousness at all, and the art of war and martial arts are even more commonplace, I didn't expect such a person to jump out and shout to the world, I will definitely get ahead! What's even more surprising is that before the Spit Star has even dried up, this peasant son has quietly become the lord of the country with a territory of more than 600,000 stones...... Just thinking about it, it's jaw-dropping, I can't believe it! ”

"Be quiet!" Before my father could speak, I walked in first, "It's not good for that lucky ghost in your mouth to hear that!" ”

"Big Brother ......"

"If you were lucky, there was one person who was much luckier."

"Who?"

"When he originally served in the Asakura family, his territory was only a few hundred stones, but since he changed to Oda Neifu, he immediately became a general, and then followed the Inner Mansion Shangluo, and was promoted to the elder of the family, and also received a rich territory of 30,000 stones, and a few years later he got the official position of the imperial court...... He is now also a daimyo with a territory of more than 400,000 stones, and all of this has only taken twelve years, you can tell me, who is luckier than His Royal Highness Yuchai? ”

“……”

At some point, the monkey's reputation has overwhelmed his father's, and the stories about him, whether they are true or not, have spread all over the streets of Honshu Island.

When his father first joined the Oda family, the monkey was just a general, and his father did nothing but "send" Ashikaga Yoshiaki to Oda Nobunaga, and became the second most important minister in the family after Sakuma, Shibata, and Niwa, and also served as the guardian of Kyoto...... But in the past ten years, the monkey has surpassed his father, and except for the Shibata Katsu family, there is no retainer in the Oda family who can compete with him.

My father turned a deaf ear to what we had said to each other, and when I came in, he stopped talking to Shijuro, but just buried his head in the map.

It is about to usher in the eighth year of Tianzheng, and the drizzling winter rain gently beats on the front eaves of the tent. My father was carefully studying the map of the military fortresses of the country of Inaba before the case.

"What's the use of my father looking at this map now, His Royal Highness Chikuzen Shou has already made up his mind, to starve this city to death through the means of cage city, any attack and tactics are no longer necessary."

"So," said my father, looking up, "Your Highness the Wise General thinks I'm doing too much. ”

I was not called by my name, but by official title.

"I don't think there's any need for it anyway," I sat down on a folding stool, "and I can't lift it up at all." ”

"Can't get up? It's because you feel that this battle was fought for His Royal Highness Yuchai, and it doesn't fit the goal in your heart, so you don't feel motivated, right? ”

"Almost, the most important thing is that Inaba was originally the strategic target of our wise family, but now it has been taken by His Royal Highness Yushiba, which makes me unable to swallow this breath no matter what!"

Inhata Province is located in San'in DAO, and the Sanyo Road Legion led by the monkeys.

"General, I won't mention your attitude first, but you always hate people like this inexplicably, this is not a good problem."

How do you know if it's bad, do you need me to tell you the whole story of the Battle of Yamazaki?

"What a hate, I never liked that guy from the beginning. As soon as I saw him, I couldn't tell the unhappiness in my heart, people like him, sparse and timid, but it was just a little luck that he got to where he is today, and if it weren't for the listing of the Oda Uchifu, he might still be farming in the countryside of Owari now. ”

Odd! Why should I smear the monkey like this, do I really hate him? Not really......

"Say whatever you want, Kogoro, I know you have something to say."

The title has been changed back.

At this time, my father's face was no longer as gloomy as it was just now.

"Father!" I shouted in his usual tone, and then grinned again, "I don't know if you understand the reason why His Highness Yuchai has been winning on the battlefield all the time, my lordship?" ”

"What? Do you have any 'lessons' again? Father took a sip of tea, "It seems that you already have a certain understanding of His Royal Highness Yuchai, just now you said the reason for the victory...... Tell me about it. ”

"Let's put it this way...... In fact, the victories of His Royal Highness in front of Yu Chai Zhu are not so much about the law of field battles as the skills of attacking the city. However, Chikuzen's real strength lies in 'positional attack'. ”

"'Position attack'? What is that? When my father heard this, he looked skeptical, and then smiled and nodded. Your so-called 'position attack', I think, should be to fight more and fight less, and absolutely overwhelm the opponent in terms of numbers, is it a crowd tactic, right? I remember talking about this in "Sima Fa", and I taught you back then, and it seems that you have indeed learned it in your heart. ”

According to the explanation in the "Sima Law", the so-called 'position attack' means that when attacking the city, the attacking side must have more troops than the defending side...... However, through the observation of His Highness Yuchai during this time, I found that his tactics have special features that cannot be ignored. ”

"It's not just about having an absolute advantage in numbers, but also about finding more internal responses among your opponents, right? The lord also mentioned this in front of me back then. ”

When my father said this, I immediately smiled and said, "Since my father knows, then I won't be verbose anymore." Once there is an internal response, the defender's combat effectiveness will be weakened by half. Only before the construction will the battle be successful. I hope that my father will not ignore this. ”

"Well, it seems that you do understand...... father nodded and patted Shiburo on the shoulder, "Your brother's attainments in the art of war have already thrown you off a lot, you have to work hard." ”