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At this time, Akechi Mitsuhide had already led his army to surround Yakuno Castle, and 500 muskets continued to vent into the city. As one of the first to study muskets, Mitsuhide Akechi had a special fondness for muskets, a new weapon. So after taking Tamba, he has been constantly expanding the number of musket teams.

Of course, this was thanks to Oda Nobunaga's investment in the research and manufacture of muskets, and the Agotic Chamber of Commerce's control over European merchants arriving in Japan. Well, the most important thing is that thanks to the continuous research and manufacture of the Oda family, the musket has fallen to a very low price. In fact, many European merchants no longer transport large quantities of muskets from Europe to sell them, because they simply cannot sell them at high prices.

Well? Wouldn't these European merchants sell their muskets to other daimyos? Well, how do you say it? First of all, the problem is that there are simply no other forces in Japan that can eat a large number of muskets, except for a few forces such as Maori. Another problem is that the Agotic Chamber of Commerce has trading halls all over Japan, and it is impossible to hide from them. And once discovered...... Well, at least those European businessmen don't want to be on the Oda family's blacklist.

Hawkers, off topic.

A large number of musket shots suppressed the guards of Yakuno Castle to the point that they could not rise at all, and finally when the shooting was over, they had to face the onslaught of the Oda army. Akai Naomasa and Shikei Kyoye, the two fierce generals of Tanba, plus Akechi Hidemitsu and Saito Toshizo, this lineup can be sent even in the entire Oda family. And who is there in Yakuno Castle?

I have to say that the mountain name family has really declined, and now there are almost no famous generals who can make people shout. And how could ordinary local samurai be able to stop the Oda army commanded by Akechi Mitsuhide? It's not like an old man named Yoshimasa Nagano suddenly pops up out of nowhere.

However, in just half a day, Yakuno Castle was broken by the army led by Akechi Mitsuhide, and after the city was broken, Akechi Mitsuhide quickly incorporated the defenders of Yakuno Castle, and then attacked Takeda Castle. On the other side, Niwa Nagahide's Tsuru Castle strategy was also extremely smooth, almost the same as the time when Akechi Mitsuhide captured Yakuno Castle, and at the same time, after breaking the city, he also began to continue to attack the surrounding Aquatic Castle.

As they had decided, once the Yamana clan was unable to stop their attack, they would launch a stormy offensive that would turn the entire Tajima into a battlefield against the Mori clan. Although the lords of Takeda Castle and Suibu Castle immediately sent people to Inaba's Tottori Castle to ask Yamana Yutoyo for help, they also kept urging the surrounding wealthy clans to send rescue troops to come to support. It's just a pity that the letter for help obviously can't be delivered to Inaba so quickly, and those wealthy families are even more blind to the fact that these two cities are being attacked.

Just like those wealthy families in Settsu who were reluctant to go to Ishiyama Honganji Castle before, riding the wall is the idea of the Yagi, Kakiya, and Otagaki families today. They are powerful and wealthy families in Tajima, and if the influence of Tajima is united, even the Yamana family will panic. And in the face of the Oda family's offensive, they obviously didn't want to fight hard. After all, for them, who wins and loses in this war really doesn't have much to do with them.

Having said that, at this time, it has only been a few days since the Oda family's siege network was officially launched, and on the first day of the actual battle, the Oda family actually had an advantage on both fronts, not to mention the disdain of Tajima Equestria, not to mention that the Ishiyama Honganji Temple was surrounded by Sakuma Nobumori's department, and in the battlefield of Izumi Province alone, the Miyoshi family was directly defeated by the Oda army? In this way, the so-called Oda family siege network seems to be nothing more than that.

But unfortunately, these are just cannon fodder to be sent to death, in fact, in the entire siege network, the most important battlefield is the Maori family's Kobayakawa Takakei, Yoshikawa Motoharu, and the Takeda family and the Uesugi family. Others, in fact, with or without them, will not play much of a role in the war. Belch...... Well, the 40,000 troops that dragged on the side of Honganji obviously still had some effect.

Yuanjiang.

In less than half a day, the small mountain city was broken, but in the face of this seemingly easy victory, Takeda Shingen and his retainers did not have much excitement on their faces. The reason is very simple, in the face of the defense of only more than 300 people in the city, the entire 50,000 troops fought for one hour, and also caused thousands of injuries and more than 700 deaths.

"Just a small mountain city makes it so hard for my family to fight, but what about High Heavenly God City? What about Okazaki Castle? What about Cheongju Castle?! Takeda Shingen looked around at everyone, his expression was ugly, but it was no wonder that although the Takeda family was recognized as not good at attacking cities, they had now gathered 50,000 troops! Shingen Takeda has been preparing for this for several years. But this is just the first battle to invade Yuanjiang, and it was fought so hard, so what should I do after that?

Is it really necessary to pile it up with human life? Can the Takeda family be in the current situation, can they be able to stack up the Oda family? Apparently impossible! Not to mention that without so many troops, it is difficult for the economy alone to sustain such a high-intensity battle.

Hearing Takeda Shingen's words, Baba Shinbo, Yama Prefecture Masaki and others all bowed their heads in shame. Naturally, they knew what Takeda Shingen really meant, which was to warn them. This battle does seem to be a simple fight, but is this really the true strength of the Takeda family? No!

This is so simply because...... The people of the Baba Nobubo were careless, and they were all careless in the face of the Imagawa family, who was led all the way to the Yuanjiang by themselves. In their cognition, although the Imagawa family has subdued the Oda family, Enoe is still the territory of the Imagawa family, so even with the assistance of the Oda family, the strength will not be much stronger than the original.

You must know that when there were no reinforcements from the Hojo family, the Takeda family bulldozed the entire Suruga almost within a month. With such a gap, how can these generals afford the Imagawa family?

"Lord, the subordinates have already learned their mistakes, and they will never repeat today's situation!" As the general of the family, the horse farm letter room was the first to speak. And under his leadership, others have also made assurances.

Seeing this, Takeda Shingen put out his anger at this time, and then began to make the next deployment. Before arriving at Enoe, he had already received the news that the Imagawa clan had concentrated all the main forces in Takatenjin Castle. Only a handful of troops remained in the other forts, apparently to stall for time and wait for reinforcements from Matsudaira Ieyasu. And in this regard, Takeda Shingen naturally does not want to delay until that time. Because in this battle, he really saw the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Oda family after the reform of the standing military system.

"We must not let them join forces!" Shingen Takeda thought to himself.

High Heavenly God City.

"The small mountain castle was breached, and all 300 soldiers in the city were killed, but it also caused thousands of injuries and more than 700 deaths in the Takeda family! And ......" the pelican hall chief paused for a moment, his eyes completely unable to hide the shock, "no one escaped!" "For the standing army, at first the Pelican Palace Changzhao was actually against it, because since ancient times, it is not that no one wants to create a real professional army, after all, the Ming country has always been a good example.

But why didn't it work out? This is not without reason. So what is the reason? Quite simply, money ...... In the opinion of the pelican palace chief, with that extra money, it is better to buy more equipment and weapons or something. Because in his eyes, although the combat effectiveness of the peasant soldiers and reserve military service may not be comparable, if calculated from the number of people, the reserve military service should be the strongest military system. The combat effectiveness is higher than that of the peasant soldiers, and the number is much larger. To put it bluntly, if the reserve military service is carried out, the Yuanjiang country can mobilize at least 2-30,000 people, and the cost is far less than the consumption of the standing army.

But today, he was completely shocked by the battle report in his hand, not the combat effectiveness of the standing soldiers, but their spirit and courage to fight to the end. He had long been accustomed to the fact that when the war was unfavorable, his troops began to break and flee.

"Hehe, when a poor farmer only needs to fight for his life in exchange for the living expenses of the whole family, and their children can be given priority to enter the Azuchi Academy to study, I don't think any farmer will die without his life." Imagawa chuckled, he didn't have any surprises at today's result.

Well, what the Imagawa clan is talking about is the military reform welfare carried out after the research of Oda Yoshinobu and Oda Nobunaga. As long as the soldiers who died in the war can enter the martyr's shrine to be enshrined, and their families can get a large amount of pensions and benefits. This practice undoubtedly dispelled their desperate scruples. Correspondingly, all deserters will be sentenced to death, and their families will be reduced to slaves. In such a comparison, who is willing or dares to be a deserter?

Both Oda Nobunaga and Oda Yoshinobu know very well that in this troubled world, simple giving cannot be exchanged for a person's loyalty, and only a combination of grace and power is the way to last for a long time.

"Lord, what do we do next? I think Takeda Shingen will definitely make adjustments after this battle. Asahina asked in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the Imagawa clan shrugged for a moment and said, "I think that Takeda Shingen will definitely continue to lure the Takeda family out of the city to fight with him, after all, this is the Takeda family's strongest and best fighting style." ”

"Not bad." Hayakawa, who was on the side, nodded and said, "And the concubine feels that I'm afraid that after Lord Matsudaira arrives in Enoe, Takeda Shingen's opportunity will come." ”

"Hehe, that's what I thought too...... However, you can't let them succeed easily~" Imagawa chuckled.