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"I'm not going to prepare for Takamatsu Castle in China anymore, and I'm going to pick another place to be our battlefield, in short, I'm going to tell you what I'm thinking...... I want to attack the Boqi Kingdom, which is the territory of Yoshikawa Motoharu, and he will not sit idly by, and I hope that his retreat and reinforcements can relieve the pressure on Haji-sama...... Of course, I hope I can also take this opportunity to take down the country of Boqi! ”

Oh...... The meaning of the lord turned out to be to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

"I know, everyone is dissatisfied with His Royal Highness's previous order, although this battle is just for us to act as a reinforcement for Lord Yuchai, but when I arrive at Takamatsu Castle, all actions will be under the command of Lord Yuchai, so won't all the top and bottom of the family become Lord Yuchai's retainers? (Huh?) Didn't you apply for this task yourself? ）

But if I and Hashiba-sama fight separately, then the autonomy and independence of the family will be preserved.

The country of Boqi is not a good place, although the land is not small, but the soil composition is all volcanic ash, there is nothing to grow at all, and there is nothing of value in the territory of more than 110,000 stones, except for a few iron mines formed by ancient volcanic eruptions......

I originally wanted to attack the cloud country directly, but the Boqi country was able to stand in front of the Izumo country.

Ladies and gentlemen, there are two ways for us to take the sea route, bypass the Hakuki country, land in the Izumo country, and fight the Maori army, but I can't guarantee that the Maori army will come from the Boqi country, and in this case we will most likely fall into the danger of being attacked by the enemy in front and back.

The other is that we follow the previous idea, go to Bei China to help Hashiba-sama, and after winning the Maori Army, we will take advantage of the road to prepare China to attack Izumo Province, at that time, even if we are defeated by the enemy in Izumo Country, we will not be cut off the back road, but this one, although it is safe, but in fact we still do not have a full chance of winning, at that time we will face more than 60,000 Maori, Yoshikawa, and Kobayakawa coalition forces with Hashiba-sama!

And one more thing is that I ...... now."

"My lord! This is already the third one! ”

"Caizang, you shut up for me! Don't say things that don't make sense! ”

Ignoring the many retainers covering their mouths and snickering, I continued:

"The third is what I'm thinking about now, let's attack the Boqi Kingdom directly! Now that Yoshikawa Motoharu is preparing for China, the army is empty, and it is a great opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, even if it can't be taken, if Yoshikawa Motoharu can be attracted, then the life of Lord Yushiba will be much better! ”

"My lord, your idea is indeed good, but I have to remind you that if we can't defeat the Boqi Kingdom, and Yoshikawa Motoharu is not attracted to us, and Lord Yuchai is finally defeated and has been confiscated from us, we have to face no land to settle down, what we face is the hatred of the Yuchai family for our death, and what we face is the punishment of His Royal Highness Youfu for violating our military orders...... So, my lord, you must think twice before you do this. ”

"I've thought about the problems that Lord Uchizosuke said before, but sometimes in the face of some often encountered problems, if you don't make some changes, you won't get some completely different results from before."

My words made Saito Rizo very dissatisfied.

"My lord, this is for some changes that were not needed, with all due respect, you are doing this too much!"

"Uchizosuke! It's not that serious! ”

I looked at Toshizo Saito, who was sitting below, and was very unhappy.

"So far, this is just an immature idea in my mind, and I'm not sure if I want to implement it, so I'm going to talk to you about it now."

"Lord, please forgive me for being rude, I don't think attacking the Boqi Kingdom is the best decision, but if you insist on it, Lord......"

Saito Risan bowed down and said, "We have two choices to attack the Hachiki country, one is to attack the Kawamura Prefecture of the Boqi country from the east through the Daoinaba country, and the other is to attack the largest county in the country of Hachiki-Hino from the south by using the Misaku country!" ”

"Uchizosuke, if I'm not mistaken, Hino County occupies half of the entire area of the Boqi Kingdom, and it is easy to attack and difficult to defend from the outside, it is all a wide rice plain, the territory of the Boqi Kingdom is 110,000 koku, Hino County accounts for 70,000 koku, and the rest of the place is almost all mountainous, so the occupation of Hino County is almost equivalent to occupying the entire Boqi Country."

"But if you want to attack Hino-gun, you have to cross the Mikuni Mountains on the border between Boqi Province and Misasaka Province, and the Mikuni Mountains are lofty and steep......"

"Lord Fujita, why don't we attack Kawamura-gun? But there is also Sande Mountain blocking it. ”

"Hahahahaha...... Mountains are dead, people are alive, and the great cause of our family will never be stopped by the two mountains! Fujita-sama, Mitsuharu-sama, I have thought about the concerns of the two of you before, and I have an immature idea to hear the opinions of you and everyone here today. ”

I had said a lot before, and my mouth felt a little dry, so I drank the tea in the teacup in one go, but thanks to the tea that had been sitting for a while, it was almost cold now, so I felt refreshed.

"My way of thinking is this, we are divided into two ways.

All the way to the command of me, the commander-in-chief, I led the army to walk the mountain road, making it look like I was going to attack Hino County, of course, I am not completely pretentious, if I can really capture the city near the Three Kingdoms Mountain, it would be great, even if I can't capture it, I hope to use this to divert the attention of the wealthy clan of the Boqi Kingdom, in order to cover our second way of men!

As for the second route, it will be by sea, bypassing the Santoku Mountains in the eastern part of the Boqi Kingdom, and landing at the port of the sea in the northern part of the Boqi ———— the Fangchuan Port in Hachihashi County, since the demise of the Nizi family, there has been no major war in the country, and the Boqi country, which has lived a peaceful life for too long under the protection of the Maori family, can be said to have some military waste, and the coastline owned by the Boqi country is not short, but there is no important coastal fortification.

In fact, this road is the key point I am talking about, if you can successfully land in Fangchuan Port in the north of Boqi Kingdom, there is no natural danger defense there, and you can basically conquer the city as if you have entered a no-man's land!

At the same time, in order not to be discovered before landing, I will first launch an offensive against Hino-gun to attract all the attention of the wealthy clans of the Boqi Kingdom! …… Do you have anything to say about what I just thought? ”

What do you want to say? We don't really have much to say right now.

My lord, your set of ideas can be regarded as clever, we really can't think of anything to add for a while.

However, if you want to talk about the loopholes in this, there must be some loopholes, but if you speak rashly, you will be dissatisfied with the lord, so let's listen to what others say first......

I looked around, and there was no one down there talking.

Yah! Why didn't anyone speak?

Is my plan really flawless? Everyone thinks there are no loopholes?

No, it can't be!

I'm just a twenty-two...... Well, to be exact, I'm going to be twenty-two in a few days, and I'm going to be twenty-three.

In short, I'm just a young and vigorous hairy boy, how can I become a reincarnated pig brother that everyone admires...... Oh no, what about Zhuge in the second life?

Finally, my eyes were on Honda Masanobu.

It is said that this fox-eyed guy likes to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf the most on weekdays.

However, he didn't know what he was thinking now, his eyes wandered, and he looked completely "too empty".

"Honda-sama."

“……”

"Honda-sama ......"

“……”

"Honda-sama !!"

This time, someone pushed Honda Masanshin on the side, and this guy finally reacted.

"Oh...... Lord

Honda Masanobu was amazed. What's the command?! ”

"Ahh It's nothing! ”

"Don't pretend, I know it all!"

"You know what you know......"

"Honda-sama, you want your son to marry the daughter of the Okubo family, the former benefactor, but it turns out that Masa-chun is young and vigorous, and you and Okubo-sama can't get off the stage, and it makes you feel a little guilty about Okubo-sama.

Your father and son had a big fight, and in the end this kid ran away from home! ”

"Lord...... My lord, you're really well informed. ”

Honda Masanobu smiled bitterly.

It seems that even if he is a great military division, there are things that cannot be settled, and the Honda Masashi in front of him is both civil and military, and his wit is extraordinary, but he is not very good at handling his own family affairs.

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's just because that kid just happened to run to me......"

"Ah!!h

"Honda-sama, you don't have to be so surprised, Masamu will stay with me in the future, and when she figures it out and is willing to go back, I'll put him back with you."

"That'...... Then please give me more advice to this stupid boy......"

Honda Masanobu almost ran out of breath to carry it, where is his son going, he has to run to the side of the lord, isn't this tantamount to giving someone away as a hostage for nothing?!

In the future, he was really completely tied to this wise family's chariot (huh?). Did Japan invent chariots in ancient times? How could Masanobu Honda come up with the idea of using this as an analogy? On.

It's okay now, if something happens to the wise family in the future, he can't run away if he wants to, and maybe he will fall into it together.

Alas, I have to pray that Wise Kogoro is like his father, a decent ...... It would be nice to be a house governor who is not too mediocre. (Not too mediocre?) You have such low requirements for me←_←)

"Okay, let's put aside the matter of that kid for now, and now I want to consult your opinion on the idea of attacking the Boqi Kingdom that I just proposed."

"No, my lord, your idea is very good, I don't have any opinion."

Hey, it's really fake, my idea was approved by Honda Masanobu, this is really the first time in the world!

In the past, whenever this guy heard my thoughts, he would twist his beard with his fingers, and then smile slightly, and say:

"Young Master (later changed to Lord Gong), although your idea is good, but I still have one or two suggestions, I don't know if I should mention it."

Listen up! This is the old fritter's speaking technique, saying that it is a "suggestion", but in the end, it always criticizes my previous thoughts, and in the end it is beyond recognition.

To put it more simply, this guy didn't give me "advice" at all, but directly had "opinions" on my ideas!

So now I can't believe that this person has no "advice".

Could it be that Honda Masanobu forgot to take "brain platinum" today, so that his mind is not clear? Or is this guy purely taking the wrong medicine today, and eating the "brain fragments" as "brain platinum"?

Or is it that he was simply "deserting" from the beginning, not only was he calling him just now, but he didn't even listen to the idea of attacking Boqi Kingdom at the beginning?

If that's the case, that's terrible!

This guy is simply despising me!

"Honda-sama! Since you think it's good, then please tell me what's good?! ”

I shouted in an unfriendly tone.

"Yes!"

How clever the old fox Honda believed that he understood my thoughts at once.

"The Lord's voice strikes the ......"

While elaborating, Honda secretly shouted "It's dangerous" in confidence, but fortunately he listened to the words at the beginning, otherwise, there would be a good show here today......

"Looks like you're really supporting my opinion, that's great! With your support, my confidence is even stronger. ”

Knowing that he was not "perfunctory", I was happy to say to the people sitting below: So do you have any opinions?

Do you have any other comments? My lord, you are clearly determined to do it in your own way, what else do we have to say?

"Since there is no objection from everyone, then we have decided to go according to this plan! …… Let's talk about the sea route!

Since you have to go by sea, you have to solve the problem of ships...... Lord Sun Shiro! ”

A middle-aged samurai who looks like Ace in "One Piece" walks out.

Wise Sun Shiro!

(I'm sorry, the author hasn't seen One Piece, so there are only a few characters he knows)

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I don't know if you still remember the existence of these people.

Because the wise family is stationed on the shore of Lake Biwa, they have a naval army adapted from the water thieves of Lake Biwa———— Katazhong!

Unless you're a reader who has been reading it since the first chapter, I don't think anyone knows about the existence of the Katada people, and of course, even if you read it from the first chapter, no one will remember this group of small characters who only appeared in two chapters.

Oh, it's really nostalgic to say, when I first started writing this book, I also went to check the information of the Jiantian people, and now that I think about it, almost ten months have passed since that time......

After the Akechi clan pacified the Tango Kingdom, they moved the Katata people from Lake Biwa to Maizuru Port in the Tango Kingdom, and merged with the local pirates to form an even more powerful naval army.

Akechi Sunshiro is not a relative of mine, his original name was Baba Sunshiro, and he was the backbone of the Katata Navy, because ten years ago, in his father's battle against the Asai family, he helped his father defeat the Asai water army on the shores of Lake Biwa (presumably another group of water thieves loyal to the Asai family), and made great contributions, so he was given the surname Akechi and enjoyed the treatment of a member of the Achichi clan.

For a water thief from a humble background, it is a gratifying thing in itself to be able to become a full-fledged soldier (samurai) under the daimyo, who is despised by everyone, and it is even more ...... to have the status and treatment of a nobleman

Over the years, with the old ministers within the Katada people, Lin Yuanqing, Yamaoka Yusheng, Juchu Youjiro, Akechi Hidesada and others have either died of illness or retired.

And out of the idea of further improving the structure of this naval army, I accepted the wise Sun Shilang, who is currently the most prestigious among the naval army, to take charge of the entire naval army.

However, I can't let him take power alone, and I've been thinking about raising up some rising stars in the navy recently.

But that's for the future, and what I hope most now is that he can take care of the entire navy.

Ace ...... Oh no, Lord Sun Shiro! ”

Looking at the person in front of me who looked like "Pirate Ace", I was a little skeptical that a guy with a straw hat would come out of nowhere later, raise his arms, and shout: I am the man who wants to become the king of the pirates!

I'll put aside the matter of One Piece and Luffy for now, I just want to talk to Ace now.

"My lord, please command."

"Sun Shilang, let me ask you first, do you know what my surname is?"

Don't I know what my last name is? Of course not!

"The lord's original surname is wise, and later he received the grace of His Majesty the Emperor and was able to have the famous family name of Kyushu!"

"Do you know the meaning of this surname?"

"I've heard that Wei Ren is a descendant of the great god clan of the Kyushu God Clan, and he once ruled Kyushu in ancient times...... His Majesty the Emperor has given this surname to the Lord and Master Amami, hoping that one day you will become the town guard general who will manage Kyushu for him! ”

It seems that after becoming a "nobleman", Sun Shilang also read a lot of books, and even knew this.

To explain here, the Yuren clan is a descendant of the Okami clan, and the Okami clan claims to be the oldest god in Japan ———— descendant of the main god of the Great Monomon, so I inherited the surname of the Yuren clan and became a descendant of the god clan......

(Alas, I did everything possible to hold back and not complain...... ）

"Well, that's exactly the case, when you attack Kyushu in the future, you have to rely on Lord Sun Shiro."

"Don't dare to be, everything is premised on following the lord."

"Okay, let's get down to business, how many ships can transport soldiers at a time?"

"We currently have a total of 183 ships, but most of them are small and medium-sized ships, and it is not a problem to transport more than 5,000 soldiers at one time!"

"You can transport five thousand people at once, so many?! Are you sure?! ”

"That's right, and the pirates of the Boqi Kingdom are nothing more than a rabble, I can guarantee that I will kill them to the fullest!"

"Well, I'm relieved...... Sun Shiro, your task is to transport your family's 10,000 troops from Maizuru Port to Hachihashi County in the Boqi Kingdom in two times, and the fight with the naval army of the Boqi Kingdom is just a trivial matter, the point is that after you land on the coast, you must launch an offensive against Fangchuan Castle and Araki Castle by the sea non-stop, and you must take these two cities as soon as possible! ”

"Yes! But my lord, my family now has a total of 30,000 horses, why don't you invest more troops to land......

"I want to do the same, although my strategy in the Three Kingdoms Mountain is only secondary, but in order to cover up your actions, I can only try to make the formation as big as possible, and it's best for all the people in Kansai to know that I'm attacking Hino County...... At the same time, I made such a big noise that Yoshikawa Motoharu knew that his territory had been violated by me, and he might withdraw his troops from Takamatsu Castle in Beichu to fight me...... When the time comes, I'm afraid I'll have to fight a bad battle with him, but he is a famous general, I don't have to prepare some people, how can I fight him? ”

"Oh, I didn't think it through......"

"Okay, that's it, in order to hide people's eyes, I will lead the troops to the expedition at noon tomorrow, and the navy will set off in ten days!" ……

Akechi Zuo Masuke and Akechi Sun Shiro ascend to the top floor of the Daian Mansion Ship Building.

It is impossible to verify the age of the invention of the Ataka boat, a water vehicle, but it is said that it was invented by the naval forces of the Southern Dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and some people speculate that it may have been invented by people from the Shikoku Ataka family through the name "Atakaku".

In addition to its small size and speed, this kind of ship is simply useless, the draft is too shallow to capsize in a storm, the sailing distance is too long to adapt to long-distance combat, and most importantly, it is too small to carry much combat power on its own.

In the midst of the Renchen War, the weakness of the Ataku ship was exposed in front of the huge warships of the Guangdong Navy Division led by the Ming Dynasty general Chen Luan.

However, even so, the Japanese, who had suffered losses, still had no intention of reforming, and after the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, the edict of seclusion was promulgated, and naval warfare was no longer necessary, and such ships were retained for more than 200 years...... It wasn't until the black ship led by Governor Perry came over that the Japanese realized that the Ataka ship really didn't work.

Let's talk about the current situation.

It's June, and because the typhoon season has not yet arrived, the sea of Japan is getting hotter, and the reflection of the sun's rays by the sea makes almost everyone on the Ataka ship want to take off their clothes and armor that has been burned by the sun.

The only way for the soldiers to cool down was to fill their armor with a bucket of seawater in a container such as a bucket, which would replenish a little coolness.

"Lady Samasuke, look! It's the water thief of Fang Chuanzhong! ”

"Oh...... See. ”

Looking for the distance where Akechi Sun Shiro's finger pointed, Akechi Sakasuke saw that in the coastal waters of Fangchuan Port not far away, more than 50 warships, large and small, were sailing towards them.

"What are they doing? We have more than three times as many ships? ”

"Lord Zuomasuke, it seems that the enemy also raised troops in such a hurry that they didn't even understand our reality and reality! My lord, now that the enemy is getting closer and closer to us, do you want to do it? ”

"Well, don't miss the opportunity, pass the order! Prepare rockets and iron cannons! Wait for the enemy to get closer! ”

When the distance between the two sides was reduced to only twenty feet, the roar of iron cannons began to appear sporadically on the sea.

Puffs of smoke rose from the Ataka ship.

Because the water thieves can't afford to equip too many iron cannons, the sound and smoke of the iron cannons come from the side of the wise army.

On the contrary, Fang Chuanzhong, who was on the other side, became a group of people who were passively beaten without many iron cannons.

After the first burst of gunfire, more than a dozen pirates, shot by iron cannons and bows and arrows, fell from the ship, and where they landed, a pool of bright red began to stain the waters where they were.

Of course, there were many people who didn't have time to fall into the water, so they had to put all their bodies on the boat.

The iron cannon was followed by arrows carrying flaming rockets, but even so, the water thieves of Fang Chuanzhong did not have the slightest advantage, and when they could only shoot the arrows in their hands at one of the opponent's warships, the opponent had two or three or even four or five archers on the ships aiming at them at the same time.

In contrast to the imbalance in the number of friends and foes, the water thieves are killed and injured much faster than the enemy.

One by one, the ships of the pirates burned, but the wise side did not suffer much damage, and the rockets fired at the ships were quickly doused by the well-trained soldiers with buckets to extinguish the fire on the arrows.

"Ah————h

"The boat is on fire, everyone jump————"

When the flames of the warship expanded to the point where they could no longer be extinguished with water, and they would be harmed, the water thieves jumped off the ship themselves without the need for the enemy's iron cannons and rockets.

Of course, even if you jump off the boat, it doesn't mean that you are safe, the enemy's iron cannons and rockets will still beckon over, of course, these people are all mixed in the sea all year round, and the water nature has long been practiced too well.

As long as you dive three or four feet, you will reach the range that the bows and arrows and muskets of this era cannot kill.

Quickly took a sharp breath, pricked a fierce son, and dived into the water and slipped back.

The water thieves finally began to realize that the enemy who appeared out of nowhere in front of them, whether it was the number of soldiers, weapons and equipment, or their own military quality, was far stronger than they imagined.

Since you can't beat it, let's slip away!

This group of people is not a formal soldier with a sense of samurai honor, they are just a group of water thieves composed of a rabble, after the former Nizi family and the current Maori family occupied this Boqi country, they did not care about this group of people, as long as they paid the annual tribute on time, and did not infringe on the people in the territory, and the rest were left alone.

And this group of people is not honest, how much money can you make from fishing? It's still more enjoyable to be a pirate who robs a house!

As a result, these people continued to harass passing ships, which affected the maritime trade in the area.

Soon after the pirates fled ashore, the soldiers soon landed on the coast.

"Attack! Offensive! Don't let go of an enemy! ”

Wise Zomasuke commanded the battle in a loud voice.

"That...... Zuo Majie-sama, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not? ”

Wise Sun Shiro lowered his eyebrows and looked at Wise Zuo Masuke.

Although he is the general of the wise army. But the guy in front of him is the general of this battle.

Wise Zuo Majie is not easy to mess with, he was originally the nephew of the previous family governor Master Tianhai, and later married the daughter of Master Tianhai, and became a close member, after the current lord ascended to the throne, his status was further improved, I heard that the lord planned to write to His Royal Highness the Right Mansion of Azuchi City, appointing Wise Zuo Majie as the elder of the family.

Generally speaking, if there is a question such as "Adult, I don't know if I should say something" in film and television dramas, then the person who answered will definitely say:

"Please speak" or a slightly more polite "though it is good"

When you don't say it, it means that what you want to say is not a trivial matter, and you yourself are hesitant whether to say it or not...... But then again, your words have already whetted people's appetite for listening, do you think it's possible to swallow them back into your stomach?

"Lord Sun Shiro, you can talk about it."

Sure enough, that's what Wise Zuo Masuke-sama said.

"Your Excellency, you see, our army is marching forward one by one, chasing down the enemy who has fled in the wilderness, but ...... Wouldn't it be too ...... for everyone to rush up and not build a decent organization or faction?"

"Hehehe, Lord Sun Shiro, do you think that until now, we still have to arrange our troops slowly, is this to give the enemy a chance to breathe?"

"No, no, no, Lord Zuo Majie, I don't think I mean that, I just think that now everyone's military appearance is scattered, and the soldiers are fighting for their own ......"

"You don't need to be so particular, Lord Sun Shiro! Is it necessary for us to deal with such a gang of water thieves? ”

"This ......"

"Now the enemy has completely become the target of our slaughter, and at this time, if we line up to kill the enemy, not only will we not get any effect, but on the contrary, it will give people a chance to escape."

"That's ......"

"At this time, everyone is desperately killing the enemy, getting the first rank to increase the combat merits, if everyone fights separately, there will be less competition for military merits, and they can also increase their enthusiasm, isn't it great?"

"Lord Zuo Majie is clever, Fang Chuanzhong is so incompetent, it seems that it is not a difficult thing to attack the Sichuan City below."