Mid-February is arguably the coldest time in Japan, with average temperatures below 10°C, and in many places reaching sub-zero temperatures at night. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info It's fair to say that this isn't a good time to go to war at all.

In fact, since a long time ago, winter in Japan has been the default armistice, no matter how fierce the battle was or how prepared for a large-scale war. But once it enters February, both sides will tacitly withdraw their troops early and truce.

After all, in such a cold weather, for the vast majority of peasants and soldiers in this era who do not even have basic equipment, it is easy to freeze to death. In addition, many places have even blocked the roads due to heavy snowfall, and it is extremely difficult for the army to pass, so even if you want to go to war, it is impossible.

But the problem is that at such a time, Mao Liyuan, who is known as the first general of the Warring States, chose to have a decisive battle, and the dragon of Echigo and the tiger of Kai were all crazy together. I have to say that this situation makes many melon-eating viewers really incomprehensible.

However, although the audience was puzzled, the two sides of the battle did not get too entangled in this kind of thing. Because since the above chose to fight, the only thing the retainers below them could do was to try to prepare everything in order to fight this war well.

In fact, whether it was the Oda family or the Maori family, for a long time before, in addition to military preparations, what remained was all kinds of logistical reserves. Food, clothing, armor, weapons...... and a series of other things that may not be used, they are desperately trying to collect them.

After all, no one knows exactly how long the war will last, and given the relationship between the two sides and the decisive significance of the war, it is impossible for either side to demand a routine truce during the winter season, farming, etc. Especially after learning that the Oda family had officially put the troops on standing, Mori and other forces already understood that the Oda family would not give them the so-called truce. So whether they want to or not, they must be completely prepared.

Speaking of which, there is a very interesting thing, although wars break out every day in this era, the vast majority of forces actually do not have the so-called logistics troops. Once they go on the expedition, they will only prepare rations for N days according to the situation, and under normal circumstances, it is easy to preserve and carry, and it is not easy to spoil. And once the plan is changed and the war is prolonged, then they will basically not transport food from the rear, but will use local materials.

Well, to put it bluntly, it's robbing the food of local residents. It's like the Onin Rebellion in the past, and almost the whole of Kyoto was looted. Although the leaders of those forces only ordered the looting of grain, it was clear that the peasants and soldiers did not care about this.

This may seem like an exaggeration, but that's the reality of the day. Of course, this is also because in this era, the vast majority of wars are rarely fought very far. Basically, they are all neighboring countries, and it is easy to come and go.

But now, this kind of war, which does not know when it will be fought, even if it is not far from the territory of the country, if you do not carefully consider the logistics, you will undoubtedly lose first. Coupled with the importance of this battle, both Maori and other forces are sparing money to prepare all kinds of supplies to face this ultimate decisive battle.

"Tsk, it's snowing? It's really troublesome......" Hanafang Zhixiu muttered dissatisfiedly as he looked at the snowflakes floating in the sky, obviously not having any good feelings about this beautiful scenery of snowflakes falling from the sky. Suddenly, a cold wind struck, and although Hanafang Zhixiu had already worn warm clothes, the cold wind blowing on his face still made him can't help but tighten his collar.

"Zhengcheng, did you say that His Royal Highness and the Great Highness of the Maori family are all frozen? Do you have to run out to fight in such a cold weather? Hanafang Zhixiu turned his head to his younger brother Hanafang Zhengcheng and kept complaining, "The weather was better last time, but now it's snowing!" My little brother is freezing! ”

"Big brother, if your little brother is really frozen, it will be a great joy for the girls in Bizen." When Hanafang Zhengcheng heard this, he glanced at his brother and said sarcastically unceremoniously.

Hearing his brother's words, Huafang Zhixiu suddenly showed a shocked expression, and unconsciously circled around Huafang Zhengcheng a few times, until Huafang Zhengcheng couldn't stand Huafang Zhixiu's playful eyes, and his face was flushed with shame, Huafang Zhixiu exaggerated a big gasp, "It's okay, okay, I thought my good brother was taken away by a monster." ”

"I'm going to tell my father!" It took a long time for Hua Fang Zhengcheng to hold back such a sentence, but after saying Hua Fang Zhixiu, he didn't say anything, and Hua Fang Zhengcheng himself had already lowered his head with a look of regret, because he already knew what his brother would say.

"Haha, it's really still a child~" Hanafang Zhixiu patted Hanafang Zhengcheng's head and laughed, not caring at all that his brother's face was already so red that he was about to drip blood.

And not far from their side, their father Hanafang Masayuki looked straight ahead with a helpless expression, "Why is the character of this kid like this?" Hanafang thought with a headache. He thinks he is a more serious samurai, and his second son Hanabo Masanari also inherited this, but the character of the eldest son, Hanabo Zhixiu, really made him very helpless.

"I don't have to say anything about the ability, but that mouth ......" Hanafang Masayuki thought helplessly, if it weren't for his broken mouth that didn't guard the door and was full of venom, Hanafang Masayuki would have recommended him to the Ukita Naoya family a long time ago.

"But......" Hanafang Masayuki turned his head to look around, at this time they were running forward at a rapid pace, not because the Ukita Naoya ordered a rapid march, but because of such a cold weather, if they didn't run faster, although the clothes distributed by the family would not freeze to death or frostbite, but if it could be a little hotter, who would refuse?

"Alas, I really don't know why the Lord and His Royal Highness Maori chose to play at this time." Hanafang Masayuki shook his head and thought.

Although both the Mori family and the Ukita family were well prepared to fight in all kinds of weather, they even spent a lot of money and some unspeakable means to prepare multiple sets of thick linen clothes for each ashigaru. But even so, it's not so easy to adapt to fighting in this kind of weather.

In fact, it was difficult for both the standing soldiers of the Oda family and the reserve military service of forces such as Mori to adapt to fighting in such a situation. However, it is clear that under such conditions, the Oda army, which is trained every day, undoubtedly has a greater advantage. This is one of the reasons why Izumi, Kaga, Tango, and Tatanma were able to achieve such a big advantage in just 2 or 3 days.

"This kind of weather is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Although it is difficult for the besieging side to attack because of the cold weather, if the siege makes it impossible for the other side to get out of the city, when the firewood runs out, it will be the day when the city will be broken. The Ukita family explained to the Ukita family.

However, there is one more important reason that Ukita Naoya did not explain, on the one hand, because this reason is not easy to explain, and on the other hand, he is just guessing. "According to the wisdom of His Highness Maori, I am afraid that the only reason why he chose to send troops in this season is probably that one......" Ukita Naoya thought to himself.

Kitasone Castle.

Although it snowed heavily, Akashi Keijin did not return to the warm house to rest, but stood on the castle wall and looked into the distance.

"Father, it's cold outside, so let's go inside and rest." A young samurai came up and said, "Let the child take care of this." "He is the son of Akashi Keiko, Akashi Junto, who is only 20 years old this year, and is an excellent samurai who is highly expected by Akashi Keijin.

Hearing this, Akashi Keijin shook his head slightly, "It's okay, staying in a warm house all the time, if you really encounter any situation, your body will lose its combat effectiveness because it can't adapt to the cold." ”

"Does Father think the enemy will counterattack?" Akashi Quanden was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said with some disapproval, "Although Lord Yushiba is divided into troops to defend, it is more to guard against Kobayakawa's army, right?" Although Shimizu Soji led an army to help, even then their strength did not reach 20,000. Trying to attack us in this weather, isn't it ......"

"Hehe, do you think so too? I think that's what most people think, right? Akashi Jing smiled when he heard this. It was because I didn't think of it that the Ukita Naoya didn't block the reinforcements that suddenly appeared in Yuchai-sama. ”

"This ......" Akashi looked at his father, not quite understanding why he said that. Although Hideyoshi Hashiba came to support very quickly, the weather in those days was good after all, and there was neither snow nor rain. But now...... Although the snow is not so heavy that it is difficult to pass, it is ......

Just when Akashi Quanden was about to say something, he suddenly saw Akashi Keijin's expression condensed, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a force approaching rapidly.

"It's really here?!" Akashi Junden muttered to himself in disbelief. However, in the next moment, he showed the qualities of a good samurai, and although he still did not understand why the enemy army would come to attack in such weather, he immediately organized his troops to prepare for defense.

However, Akashi Keijin was still standing on the city wall, quietly watching the enemy troops getting closer and closer, and the sword flakes fluttering in the snow were so conspicuous. "Ukita Naoya...... It's not that easy to deal with~" Akashi muttered to himself.

Tomita Matsuyama Castle, Yoshisuke Akamatsu, and Bessho Yasuharu were not as vigilant as Akashi Keijin, but when Shimizu Soji led his army to attack, they immediately began to organize defenses.

"Humph! The Maori family is so arrogant, do they think they can take the city in such weather?! Akamatsu Yoshisuke scolded unhappily, he felt that he was being underestimated by the Maori family.

"Hehe, but this is also a meritorious service for us, isn't it?" Bessho Anji chuckled.

"Humph!" Hearing this, Akamatsu Yoshisuke snorted lightly, and then turned around and left directly. He was able to eliminate the mustard so quickly with Urakami Sokei, on the one hand, because although the Urakami family was a rebel of the Akamatsu family, it was a matter of the previous life after all, and for Akamatsu Yoshiyu, Urakami Sokei was completely equal to him. On the other hand, in the early days, when Akamatsu Harumasa was the governor of the Akamatsu family, it was Urakami Sojing who helped him sit on the position of the governor of the Akamatsu family.

Bessho Anji is different, the Bessho family is a retainer of the Akamatsu family, and it is still the same in the generation of Akamatsu Yoshiyu, although its power has gradually grown into the overlord of Harima, but at least nominally it still obeys the orders of Akamatsu Yoshisuke. But on the trip to persuade Hashiba Hideyoshi to surrender Harima, the Bessho family directly chose to submit, as well as the Kotera family and the Kuroda family.

Well, in fact, if these forces all choose to support Akamatsu Yoshisuke, Akamatsu Masahide will not be Akamatsu Yoshisuke at all. In this way, even if there was a war with Oda because of Maori later, Akamatsu Yoshisuke believed that he would not only be able to keep the Harima country by that time, but also be a direct retainer of that side. And it's not like now, not only has the territory shrunk to an extreme, but it's just a retainer of Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Seeing this, Bessho Anji also snorted coldly, "What's the matter, do you still think that the Akamatsu family is still the guardian of the four countries in the past?" Bah! Bessho Anji scolded and scolded, obviously very unhappy with Akamatsu Yoshiyu's attitude just now. However, although he was unhappy with Akamatsu Yoshiyu, he didn't dare to really ignore it.

After all, the purpose of Yushiba Hideyoshi sending them to defend the castle on the front line is self-evident, and Bessho Yasuji doesn't want to leave any handle for Yushiba Hideyoshi in this reshuffle. And over there, the same is true of Yoshisuke Akamatsu, if Tomita Matsuyama Castle is really lost, Yoshisuke Akamatsu believes that Hideyoshi Hashiba will never let him go. Although the Akamatsu family has completely declined, after all, the name is still here, and with this name, there will be a lot of potential trouble.

However, compared to Akashi Kei Qin of Kitasone Castle and Yoshisuke Akamatsu of Tomita Matsuyama Castle and others, Urakami Sokei of Tenjin Mountain Castle is very comfortable. After all, it is blocked by Kitasone Castle and Tomita Matsuyama Castle, and although Tenjinyama Castle is not a well-known fortified castle in the world, it is also a very strong castle under the repair of the successive governors of Urakami. In this cold weather, unless the Ukita family and Shimizu Soji once again slaughtered the whole army to besiege the city, Urakami Munekyo didn't feel that they had any chance of taking the city.

On the other side, "Tsk, this snow is really not happening at the right time......" Takashi Kobayakawa muttered helplessly to himself as he looked at the sky.

"Kobayakawa-sama doesn't need to worry, with the abilities of Ukita-sama and Shimizu-sama, there is no problem in thinking about it to take Bizen." Bencheng Yuanzhen said respectfully.

"Let's hope so......" Looking at the snowflakes fluttering in the sky, Takakei Kobayakawa replied noncommittally.