At that time, Date Masamune was still very young, and his ideas were inevitably simple, and he seriously underestimated Oda Nobunaga, and it was not until Odawara joined the battle later that he saw how terrifying the latter was.

In the future, let's talk about it later, let's talk about the present, Date Masamune was very happy to see the grain, and in addition, seeing Ita Masashi also made him excited.

Itami and he were nominally uncles and nephews, but in reality they were like brothers.

The latter was only one year younger than him, and they studied together at Shifukuji Temple that year.

That night, Date Masamune hosted a banquet for Shigenobu Suzuki and Ita Minu, and he was still full of praise for the two:

[This time, it was the two of you who worked hard to transport this military ration, and my Masamune will always remember your hard work. 】

[Where, everything is the credit of Suzuki-sama, thanks to him, the family can get so much food, I just helped with the escort, no credit. 】

[Hahahaha, that's what I said, Chongxin, this time raising grain and grass, I'm afraid it will make you hurt your brain, right? ] 】

[Yes, it was not easy at all, because of the war, the shogun did not allow the merchants of Kyoto and Osaka to provide grain to the family, and the vassals of the shogunate were not allowed to sell grain to the family. 】

[This damn Nobunaga! When I go to Beijing one day, I must let him kneel in front of me and beg for mercy! 】

Date Masamune can only play tricks on his lips, after all, he and Oda Nobunaga are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and it is not a matter of going all the way to find the latter desperately.

[Later, I had to go to the Hojo family, and the Hojo family was very happy to sell the grain, but the price they asked for was three times more expensive than the normal local grain price! 】

[Triple? Hum! The Hojo family is really good at picking the time, isn't this tantamount to taking advantage of the fire to rob? They are still allies of their own family, and they are ...... at this time]

In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a robbery while the fire is hot, but the Hojo family is doing a [sole deal], how can it be done if it is not good to blackmail Date Masamune?

However, given that the Date family could no longer buy grain in, and the feudal towns in the Kanto and Tohoku regions were either subordinate to Oda Nobunaga or had a grudge against Date Masamune, it was completely unrealistic to expect them to sell grain to the Date family. In this environment, it was not easy for the Hojo family to withstand the pressure of Oda Nobunaga to sell grain to the Date family.

The Hojo family wanted to take advantage, but they made Date Masamune miserable, because of this incident, the latter who must be revenged, in Odawara's participation in the battle many years later, intentionally or unintentionally fell into the ground for the Hojo family in crisis, which is a later story.

Anyway, it's good that the food is in hand.

Ita really drank a glass of wine and said with great interest:

[Lord, the Soma family has completely withdrawn, and the fairy road has slowly calmed down, so I don't have anything to do if I stay there, please let me stay in this formation and serve you!] 】

[Haha, good! With your help, it's easier for me to get things done, and now I have an important task for you to complete! 】

[Although the lord commands, the small ones must fight hard! ] 】

[Tomorrow at noon, you and Lord Zhengjing, who stayed behind, and Lord Shiraishi Zongshi, the three of them will act together! ] Using the tactics of a roundabout assault to go around to the back of the Uesugi army, this can not only flank the Uesugi Keihu in front and back, so that it cannot be taken care of, but also use this to cut off the connection between the Uesugi army and Kasuga Yamashiro, and after that, I will surround and eat the Uesugi army with superior forces! The big picture can be determined! 】

[Roundabout tactics, hiss~~]

Itami and Shigenobu Suzuki gasped at the same time, they had just understood the mind and thoughts of the lord.

Itami's face was full of excitement, this was the first time in his life that he had participated in a large-scale joint battle, and he had been entrusted with such an important task, after hearing Date Masamune's thoughts, he hurriedly agreed, and said that he would definitely complete the task.

Shigenobu Suzuki, who did not receive the task, fell into thought.

Although Shigenobu Suzuki is a civilian official, and he is also an internal affairs official who mainly focuses on logistics and transportation, and the fighting on the battlefield has nothing to do with him, this does not mean that he is completely ignorant of military planning. In fact, he was originally a samurai, and it can be seen from his surname [Suzuki] and the character [Heavy] that he was originally a country samurai born in [Saga Zhong], and he was somewhat related to the famous [Saga Sun City] Suzuki Shigehide.

It's just that Suzuki Shigenobu's family is not very interested in the set of [Saga Zhong] who hire people to fight all day long, Suzuki Shigenobu broke away from [Saga Zhong] when he was young, and went to Kyoto to learn tea ceremony and arithmetic, and there are some simple, basic theories of the art of war, preparing to become a serious soldier (samurai) from a mercenary [regular], which is called [learning literary and martial arts, selling the emperor's family].

Therefore, after listening to Date Masamune's strategy, Shigenobu Suzuki did not immediately make an evaluation, but thought about the feasibility and calculated the probability of victory.

Faintly, he felt that this kind of [detour-cutting-encirclement-total annihilation] tactic was somewhat familiar, and he didn't know where he had heard or seen it......

Suddenly! He suddenly remembered, isn't this the [Battle of the Three Directions] that shook the world twelve years ago?!

Back then, Takeda Shingen used this set, bypassing the Yuanjiang River and going straight to the three rivers. In this way, the retreat can be cut off, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is cowering in Hamamatsu Castle, will become a homeless and lonely ghost, and even if he can't capture Mikawa, he can still achieve the goal of hooking Yin Tokugawa Ieyasu to fight. Tokugawa Ieyasu was really fooled, and Takeda Shingen's tactics were equivalent to [forced] him to fight, so he hurriedly gathered his men and horses to pursue the Takeda army, and was killed in Mikatahara.

Did the lord want to copy Takeda Shingen's tactics? Well? It's not too similar, Takeda Shingen's intention was to force Tokugawa Ieyasu to send troops to rescue, while the lord's idea was more to surround the Uesugi army, and the focus of the two was not the same.

However, if this ploy is really feasible, it is not a bad idea......

That night, Idashi, Katakura Keitsuna, and Tsunagen Ghost Garden get together for a drink.

At this time, these three people were not yet called [Date Sanjie], and in Date's family, military affairs were still in the hands of the old ministers of the Huizong era. However, with his father's relationship, Ghost Court Tsunagen has slowly become independent, and Katakura Keisuna has also followed Date Masamune to fight in the south and north over the years, and he has been promoted quickly.

Only Ita is real, depending on his age, but he still hasn't made any achievements worth showing off, so he is very excited to get the task of roundabout assault this time.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Ita told the story and wanted to hear the opinions of the two old classmates who had been in the same class at Shifukuji Temple back then.

Ghost Court Tsunagen expressed doubts about this, and after listening to it, he said unceremoniously:

[This strategy itself is good, but it is not suitable for use at this time, our army now has 40,000 people, and Uesugi Keihu and Akechi Kogoro are only 30,000 people, our army only needs to go to the sea and the swamp to fight the enemy head-on, with the advantage of troops, you can win...... But at this time, the lord wanted to use the tactics of roundabout encirclement...... I always feel like it's too much. 】

Ita was already on the rise, but when he heard that Tsunagen of the Oni Court actually called his actions [one more move], he was immediately unhappy.

[Saemon (Oniwa Tsunamoto), you can't say that, the Uesugi family's previous battles with us were all lost soldiers, and now they don't have many people to fight, and even if they do, they are all concentrated in the swamp and Kasuga Mountain Castle, and the middle ground is completely empty. We saw the opportunity to make a surprise attack, no matter how fierce the Uesugi army was, it would not be able to resist the front and rear attacks between us and the lord! 】

[But ......]

Seeing that Tsunagen wanted to say something again, Ita Shi hurriedly waved his hand to stop him.

[Eh, Saemon, will you listen to me first...... According to what you said, if we go head-to-head with Uesugi Keitor, yes, we can also win, but in that case, our army will probably suffer a lot of casualties, and if the strategy of roundabout encirclement is successfully implemented, our army's chances of victory will be greater, and the casualties will be reduced...... Didn't Master Tora tell us before that if the general who commands the soldiers can reduce the sacrifices of the soldiers, then it is considered a merit...... Don't you say, Kojuro? 】

I have said so much, but it seems that Ghost Court Tsunayuan still has some doubts, and it seems that he is not very optimistic about his [First Formation].

A little helpless, Ita really asked Katakura Keixuna for help, but the latter didn't have so many scruples, and said with a smile:

[That's right, the lord has a clever plan, those of us who are courtiers, in addition to execution, should not make irresponsible remarks, Fujigoro, I wish you a victory, come! ] A mouthful! 】

[Haha, it's still Kojuro who listens to it, and it's boring! ] 】

After drinking it all, Katakura Keixuna was also full of thoughts in his heart, in fact, he was more worried about the correctness of Date Masamune's plan than Tsunagen Onibi.

The sentence "The lord's clever plan, we only need to carry it out" actually implies that he does not have 100% confidence in Date Masamune's thoughts, but he is very good at talking and knows that it is necessary to hide his true thoughts.

In addition, he didn't want to ruin Ita's happiness, so he didn't say what was in his heart.

Itami and the remaining Masashi and Shiraishi Munemi are actually sheep that go deep into the tiger's den, and if they can successfully complete the task, it will naturally be a miracle, but if they are discovered by the Uesugi army, I am afraid that at that time, I am afraid that it will ......

He didn't dare to think any further.