Chapter VII: Training in Winter
Having witnessed the changes in Guo Jia making money in seven days and the ancient wild city within twenty days, Nobuhide's eyes when he looked at Guo Jia had changed, and he really felt that he was old. Or it won't be long before he can see Guo Jia's ambitions become a reality. Or he should give him a position as a general. Or......
The days passed, and Guo Jia has been busy outside these days. For example, I love each other with Guidie, and I laugh and scold with Nobuhide, as if everything is calm. However, this calm is only a superficial phenomenon, and Guo Jia's heart has already made a decision on everything. A detailed and elaborate plan came to his mind, and he had chosen his next target. Unification of Owari Province!
Easier said than done! Owari Province is actually divided into four districts, centered on Nakono Castle, with Inuyama Castle to the northeast, Kiyosu Castle to the northwest, and Suemori Castle to the southeast. These four castles do not constitute the entire Owari, and there are two powerful roadblocks around Suemori Castle! Narumi Castle in the southwest, less than fifty miles to the south! And the owner of these two castles is none other than Imagawa Yoshimoto of Enoe Province. It can be said that if these two cities are not eliminated, there will be a great crisis behind the entire Owari. Similarly, there is a formidable enemy directly north of Inuyama Suemori Castle, Inabayama Castle, the capital of Mino Province. Although Guo Jia is the son-in-law of Mino Viper Saito Michizo at this time, he still can't be unguarded!
"It's going to be winter soon." Guo Jia sat next to Gui Die, holding Gui Die in his arms, his eyes looking into the distance.
"Yes, the weather has turned cold in the past few days, so you need to wear more clothes and be free from the cold." Guidie leaned on Guo Jia's arms and settled Guo Jia.
"Alas, the wind-volcanic forest. I don't know if my father will agree to me. "Guo Jia's plan itself has a loophole, and it is an irreparable loophole, that is, his father, Oda Nobuhide!
"Wind Volcanic Forest? Is the husband talking about the military law in the far Central Plains? Gui Die's eyes were like water, and he looked at Guo Jia without impurities.
"Yes. I want to borrow soldiers. Guo Jia nodded, his brows furrowed.
"Husband. You're going to get old like that. Gui Die spoke softly, and stretched out a finger with one hand to smooth Guo Jia's brow.
"Gui Die, what's wrong with me frowning, what can I do when I'm old." Guo Jia scraped Gui Die's nose with his hand.
"Guidie doesn't want her husband to grow old. It's not good to look old when you're old. Guidie held Guo Jia's hand and looked at him quietly.
But Guo Jia set his sights on the sky. "I don't know how long this kind of leisurely life will last."
"Guidie, I want to go and see my father." Guo Jia breathed a long sigh of relief and stood up.
"Guidie is waiting for her husband to come back." Guidie saw Guo Jia get up and stood up with him, and after tidying up Guo Jia's clothes, he instructed Guo Jia to leave.
Guo Jia has already moved, and he no longer lives in that dilapidated house, but lives inside the city tower. During the Warring States period, the castle tower was also divided into several parts, the upper and lower districts, the upper and lower districts were basically the council hall and the residence of the governor or lord of the castle, and a little further down was the place where the children and grandchildren of ordinary retainers or lord lived. The lower town, on the other hand, is made up of winding paths like terraces, one step at a time, so that the view can be broadened and the enemy can be prevented.
Guo Jia walked along the road and slowly walked towards Xinxiu's room, his actions were very secretive, because he didn't want others to know that he had come to see Xinxiu, this was a secret conversation.
"Knock knock" Guo Jia knocked lightly on the door.
"Enter." Nobuhide's voice came from inside the door. Guo Jia heard that he pushed open the door, took off his shoes and put them in the hallway, and walked in.
"Father." Guo Jia knew that these nobles were poor and focused on interests, but he could only abide by it and bow deeply.
"Oh? It's Guo Jia. Sit. Nobuhide was a little surprised to see someone coming, but there was a smile in his eyes. Because Guo Jia will bring him a lot of surprises every time he comes over, and this time I don't know what it will be.
"Father, I want to borrow soldiers." Guo Jia knelt in front of Xinxiu and said his thoughts directly.
"Huh? Do you want to borrow troops after borrowing the city? Let's talk about it. Of course, Nobuhide would not agree directly, but he had already agreed to Guo Jia in his heart, because Guo Jia's ambition didn't care about this small Nakono Castle, and he wouldn't care about this small Owari country.
"I want to train." Guo Jia began to explain his reasons.
"There is a great military strategist in distant China, he once wrote a book called "The Art of War", and there are so many legions that can be called classics, namely that they are as fast as the wind, as slow as a forest, as invading as fire, as immobile as a mountain, as difficult as a cloud, and as moving as a thunderstorm." Guo Jia described the strength of these units one by one. And in another part of the island country, there is a cavalry team under the banner of the wind volcanic forest!
"And I want to form these six legions in the army of the Oda family. That's why I want to borrow troops for training. ”
"Hmm......" After listening to Guo Jia's words, Nobuhide fell into deep thought, of course he knew the "Art of War" and he also knew the introduction of these six legions, but he didn't understand, but his son Oda Guo Jia actually understood, incredible.
"Go on." Nobu-so nodded and motioned for Guo Jia to continue his plan.
"My father stepped forward to mobilize all the soldiers of Inuyama Castle, Suemori Castle, Kiyosu Castle, and Nakono Castle, and reorganized them into two teams for training. The content is very simple, from the beginning of winter to the end of winter, it is divided into three phases, just one stage per month. Guo Jia looked at the ground, as if a map appeared there.
"In the first stage, every day before the sun rises, all the soldiers must be assembled, the soldiers of Inuyama Castle march towards Nakono Castle until the sun rises and return directly to the city, the soldiers of Kiyosu Castle march towards Inuyama Castle, the soldiers of Nakono Castle march towards Inuyama Castle, and the soldiers of Suemori Castle march around Suemori Castle. First of all, we have to make sure that Northern Mino does not interfere, but after thinking about it, Mino should not interfere at will, and secondly, Nakono Castle is relatively safe, almost at will. However, there are two cities in the country of Enjiang to the south of Suemori Castle, so they can't send troops too far, so they can only train nearby. ”
"In the first stage, inform the soldiers to reload, and advance on foot and assign a horseback general to follow. There is no limit to the formation and speed, you can come or not, but the soldier closest to the general needs to be recorded before dawn. After daybreak all the soldiers dispersed, and those who returned to the city as soon as possible were recorded, and the two records demanded two hundred and five each. ”
"In the second stage, all the soldiers were divided into seventy squads and went into battle lightly, followed by a man on horseback, and no matter how fast the man was, the team had to maintain a good formation, and also keep the best record of formation until daybreak. After dawn, keep the formation and quickly return to the city. These two times each recorded four teams. Someone left behind cannot be recorded. ”
"In the third stage, all the soldiers are reloaded and traveled under the condition of ensuring warmth, and they cannot run during the whole process, and they are followed by the general on horseback, and after dawn, two hundred and five people who have no extra movements are recorded, and many people need to follow in the third stage, so I suggest that it is better to send more generals."
After Guo Jia finished talking about his training plan, he looked at Xinxiu, but Xinxiu's eyes were already dull, and he obviously couldn't keep up with the rhythm.
"Father?" Guo Jia called helplessly.
"Oh, oh! I'm here. Listen, you go on. Nobu-hide's body trembled quickly, but he instantly calmed down, and he was obviously distracted.
"Well, my father, I'm done." Guo Jia smiled helplessly.
"Oh. Then do what you want! By the way, what is the first phase? Xinxiu said with a wave of his hand, but his second sentence made Guo Jia completely speechless.
"The first stage is ......," so Guo Jia recounted his plan again, and this time Nobu-su listened more seriously.
"Good. Then I'll pass it on now. I don't know what kind of surprise you will bring me in these three months. Xinxiu smiled, looked at Guo Jia in front of him, and remembered his decisions again.
"It's two things to say if it's successful, and there are still two teams missing, and it's like thunder, and it's hard to know like yin. These two are the most troublesome and require very systematic training to do. Guo Jia shook his head, this time he really didn't have the confidence to promise anything.
"System?" Nobuhide was puzzled, and it was estimated that it was Nanban again.
"It's okay! Anyway, it's a secret talk, I'll make the decision for you, and it doesn't hurt to let the soldiers exercise. Nobu-su waved his hand, looking indifferent.
"One more thing, Father, this matter is very important!" Guo Jia's face was very serious.
"Huh? What's the matter? Nobuhide also got serious.
"Father-sama, have you heard of Koga and Iga?" Guo Jia's voice was low, and there was a light in his eyes.
"Ninja? What does this do, you ask? Of course Nobuhide knew about these two ninjas, and of course he had seen them too.
"Takigawa Kazuki, the retainer who follows me is an Koga ninja, you know my father. My idea is to use them to form an army of the Unknown Shadows. "Guo Jia's idea is indeed feasible, the so-called unknowable is to march in concealment without leaving a trace, and ninja is the best candidate.
"You want to form a ninja legion?" Nobuhide frowned, he had this idea before, but because of the huge amount of money consumed, he had to give up the idea of forming a ninja army, and at this time, Guo Jia also remembered this when he mentioned it.
Xinxiu looked at Guo Jia calmly, and he didn't know what to think in his heart, and after a long time, he said, "Okay!" I agreed. ”
"Guo Jia, I guess you don't know, ninjas need a lot of money to hire one, and they don't recognize people, they won't follow his descendants when their employer dies, but they will leave directly." Xinxiu didn't say this, he just looked at Guo Jia quietly, waiting for Guo Jia's follow-up.
"It's almost thunderous now. Let me think about it again! To be honest, Guo Jia has been thinking about it for several days, and he has almost no clue, and it is too difficult to move like thunder.
"Father, Guo Jia will retire first, let me think about it again. The matter of military training will be left to my father. Guo Jia shook his head, stood up and bowed to Xinxiu.
"Well, leave it to me." Xinxiu waved his hand, signaling to Guo Jia that he had understood everything, and the next thing was the implementation problem.
"Then I'll leave first." Guo Jia nodded, bowed again, and retreated from Nobu-so's room.
The plan was initially successful!