"So, the Tozawa family is going out of the city to fight with the family?" On a flat ground 5 miles outside Komatsuyama Castle, Soji Tsugawa said with a smile to Kuroda Iekane and the others beside him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Kuroda Iekane hurriedly replied, "Hi! The family detective reported that the enemy army of Komatsuyama Castle had already left the castle and set up camp next to the Komatsu River, and it was indeed a situation to fight with the main family in the field."

"Well, I originally planned to besiege but not attack, first capture the other branches of the Tozawa family, and then fight a decisive battle with Tozawa Michimori. After all, Komatsuyama Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the strength of the family is still less than that of the other party, but I didn't expect the Tozawa family to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with the family, isn't this creating an opportunity for the family in vain? Soji Tsugawa said with a smile.

Yoshikawa Hiroya on the side said in a deep voice, "My lord, although this is the case, after all, the Tozawa family has more troops than the main family, and there is also a small Matsukawa separation. If the enemy's defense is the main thing, if the family crosses the river rashly, they will definitely suffer heavy losses. ”

"Yoshikawa-sama is right, but is the family dragging down with the Tozawa family here? If a quick battle is not possible, if the Onodera family in the south defeats the Owada family, and Yodogawa Castle in the west is recaptured by the Tozawa family, then the Honka's army this time will be in vain? Nagano Castle Lord Nagano Masahei continued.

Although the Tsugawa family now occupies the initiative to send troops, the form is not optimistic. The Tsukawa family's allies, the Andong family, are now drawn into the battle between the Hiyama Andong family and the southern family, and they can't get out. Moreover, Yodogawa Castle, which was newly acquired by the Anton family, was still being counterattacked by the Tozawa family. It did not play any positive role in the battle between the Tsugawa family and the Tozawa family, on the contrary, the Tsugawa family had to divide a force to rescue Yodogawa Castle.

The Onodera family in the southern Heilu Prefecture has not yet been in direct conflict with the Tsugawa family, and it can be regarded as a harmonious one on the surface. However, once the Onodera family defeated the Owada family and unified the Hirako Prefecture, they would inevitably target Senhoku Prefecture to the north. And the Tsugawa family bore the brunt of the attack, so the Tsugawa family had to defeat the Tozawa family before the Onodera family could defeat the Owada family. Otherwise, they will face a north-south attack from the Tozawa family in the north and the Onodera family in the south.

Now the Tozawa family took the initiative to go out of the city to fight, and it was with the mind of Tsugawa Soji. In this way, once the field battle is won and the Tozawa family is defeated, it will be much easier to capture Komatsuyama Castle later. But the problem now is that after all, the Tozawa family has more troops, and it is separated by a Komatsu River, which is also very disadvantageous for the Tsugawa family.

Tsugawa Soji hesitated for a while, and then said, "If you can't beat it, you have to fight to find out." It is futile to say anything now, and after more than half a year of recuperation and military training, the combat effectiveness of the ashigaru and the peasant soldiers is no longer comparable to that of last year. Since the Tozawa family wants to fight, let's fight! ”

"Herald! Full speed ahead and set up camp next to Komatsu River! ”

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With an order, the Tsugawa family's troops began to move at full speed in the direction of Komatsugawa!

Half an hour later, Soharu Tsugawa stood beside Komatsu River and stared at the Tozawa family camp on the other side of the river.

"The enemy army is also well prepared. Not only did they keep away horses, but they also built improvised fences. It is quite difficult for the family to defeat such a Tozawa family's troops," Tsugawa Soji said to the Yoshikawa Hiroya beside him with a solemn face.

Although the Tsukawa family now has a lot of retainers, the only real general who can take charge of himself is the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family, except for Kuji Mizutani, who is far away in the direction of Yodogawa Castle. Although Kuroda Iekane is the first important minister of the Tsugawa family, although Kuroda Iekane is brave in battle, he is not good in terms of strategy. As for Miki Naogo or Komura Yoshikei and others, they are still too young and inexperienced. Maybe it will be a generation of famous players in the future, but at least not yet.

So Soharu Tsugawa called the Yoshikawa Hiroya to accompany him to observe the Tozawa family's camp.

"My lord, since the Tozawa family has already prepared, why don't you suspend the attack and wait for the battle strategy to be discussed?" Hiroya Yoshikawa said tentatively.

Soji Tsugawa nodded and replied, "It's true that you can't attack rashly. Let's go back and discuss the specific combat strategy. ”

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After a while, the Tsugawa family was in the main formation.

Soji Tsugawa said loudly: "Now that the enemy army is deployed on the other side of the river, how will our army respond?" If you have any ideas, you can speak up! ”

For a moment the people in the tent were silent.

After a long time, Nagano Masabo spoke: "My lord, Your Majesty has been to the vicinity of Komatsuyama Castle before. Komatsuyama Castle is backed by the Ou Mountains, and a mountain road leads to Lake Tazawa on the right, bordering the Mutsu Okudispo family. To the west, there is an open plain, but it is blocked by the Komatsu River in the south. ”

"The Komatsu River is a direct flow of the Omonogawa River, and the water flow is not large. Especially in winter, it dries up directly. Although it is not winter, the amount of water in Komatsu River is not large, and adult men enter the water waist-high without losing their heads. But considering that the Tozawa family was already on the other side of the river, it would not be feasible to cross the river directly, so they had to build a ship," Nagano Masabo said helplessly.

Soji Tsugawa thought for a moment and said, "However, there is no bamboo nearby to make wood." If you go to the mountains to cut down trees, it will be too much work, and the cut trees will not be easy to transport."

"This .....," Nagano Masabo didn't know how to answer.

Generally speaking, if you need to build a boat in this kind of small force warfare, you will cut down bamboo nearby to build a bamboo raft, otherwise it is logging and shipbuilding. Although building a bamboo raft is quick and easy, there is no bamboo nearby. If you build a ship, the workload will be too large, and even if the entire Tsugawa family is dispatched, it will not be able to build it in a short time, and even the transportation of wood will be a problem.

"I don't know where the source of Komatsu River is?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

"Back to my lord, the source of the Komatsu River is on Mt. Omatsu, two miles away. There are two mountains in this place, one is Komatsu Mountain, where the Tozawa family's main drama Komatsuyama Castle is located, and the other is Omatsuyama not far away. Nagano replied.

"Big Matsuyama? In this way, we can go and have a look," said Soharu Tsugawa eagerly.

"Does the lord want to cut off the water source upstream and attack after the river is down?" Nagano replied.

"Exactly. Since the water level is high and it is impossible to build ships, the only way to lower the water level is to lower it. Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "Mabei"

"Hi" Kuroda Iekane, who was sitting on the side and couldn't speak, suddenly heard Soji Tsugawa call him and immediately replied.

"Pay close attention to the movements of the Tozawa family on the other side of the river, closely monitor it, and don't act rashly until His Highness has returned." Soji Tsugawa advised.

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"Nagano Masabo and Takahashi Koya, the two of you bring the flag book of His Royal Highness and come with me." Soji Tsugawa continued.

"Hi," Takahashi replied.

"By the way, Your Highness, there is a head of Ashigaru under the command of my father, Masahei Nagano, who is from a village under Mt. Omatsu, maybe he is quite familiar with the area of Mt. Omatsu." Nagano Masabo said with a smile.

Soji Tsugawa said in surprise: "Oh? In that case, go and bring this man with you, and set out with your Highness. ”

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