Chapter 354: The General of the Naval Army

Thirteenth year of Yonglu, February.

At this moment, Hokuriku is still covered in snow and ice, but Suruga Province has long been a scene of spring blossoms.

Now the Takeda family is already a busy scene of the imminent war.

In Kai Shinano Ueno Suruga Shikoku, the Takeda family has quietly mobilized to prepare for the fierce offensive of the Hojo family in the spring.

Suruga Province, the ship holds the castle.

Funamochi Castle is built on a hill, and from the top of the castle you can overlook Suruga Bay and the town of Sunfu.

Originally, it was Funachi Castle, and it was built as an important branch of Sunpu Castle.

At present, it is used as the base of the newly formed Takeda family Suruga naval army.

After conquering Suruga Province and gaining the coveted outlet to the sea, Shingen also began to form the Takeda Family Navy with the Suruga Navy's Okabe Sadatsuna as the backbone.

The Okabe clan is a famous Suruga clan from the Fujiwara Minami family.

During Shingen's third attack on Suruga, Okabe Sadada's nephew Okabe Masatsuna, Okabe Motoshin was stationed at Sunfu Castle, and after resisting, the two surrendered the castle and subdued the Takeda family on behalf of the Okabe family.

And Okabe Sadatsuna, as the general of the former Imagawa family's navy, himself has the strength of twelve ships and fifty horsemen at one heart, and later won over the Mamiya Takebei and sake brewery of the Hojo family's Izu navy, and the two brothers brought twelve ships to the Takeda navy.

Then Okabe Sadazuna was good at dancing with long sleeves, and he used the former Suruga Navy Army's old department Itami Yasunao (five ships), as well as the former Shima Navy Kohama Keitaka (one Ataka ship, fifteen boats), and Mukai Masashige (five ships).

Kohama Keitaka was originally a group of pirates subordinate to the Kitabatake family, entrenched in Ise Bay, but was defeated by Kuki Yoshitaka and driven out of his lair, and was recruited by Okabe Sadatsuna as a ship general to join the Takeda Navy.

And Mukai Masashige was also born in the Shima Water Army, and joined the Suruga Water Army earlier than Kohama Keitaka.

At present, Okabe Sadatsuna, Itami Yasunao, Mukai Masashige, Kohama Keitaka, Mamiya Takebei, Mamiya Sake Brewing and other Takeda naval generals gathered on the castle tower of Funachi Castle and knelt down with their hands on the ground.

"Meet His Royal Highness Sheng Lai, Lord Shan County, Lord Li Xiao."

The newly subdued sailors knelt down together.

As a new subduing force, their position in the Takeda family is not very high, and among the three people in front of them, Takeda Katsuyori is the successor of the next family governor, and Shanxi, Li Xiao is also one of the top generals in the family, so the attitude of this group of people is very respectful.

Takeda Katsuyori nodded slightly and sat on the main seat, while Shan County and Li Xiao both sat beside Li Xiao.

Shan Shan Changjing said to everyone: "His Royal Highness Katsuri, I am very concerned about the affairs of my family's navy, and now that the war with the Hojo family is imminent, I don't know how the newly formed Takeda navy is doing?" ”

As the general of the Suruga Army, Yamaguchi Masakai is the top boss of these Suruga pioneers.

Okabe Sadatsuna said with a sigh: "Lord Huishan County, although the navy of this family is newly built, Danshi are all warriors who have been on the battlefield at sea for a long time, so they are very experienced, so there is no need to worry about this." Just ......"

"Just what?" Seeing Okabe Sadatsuna's hesitation, Yamayama Changjing asked unhappily.

Okabe Sadazuna said: "Back to my lord, in the matter of naval warfare, in addition to the upper and lower forces, the ship is also very important, and at the moment, the large ships of the main navy of the family, only one of the Otaku ships of the Ohama Minbu-sama, is fundamentally comparable to the Hojo family's naval army in terms of numbers. ”

"Isn't it an opponent of the Izu Naval Army?" Shan Changjing asked in a deep voice.

Okabe Sadatsuna was questioned by Yama County Changjing, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed like sweat, but he didn't dare to answer yes or no.

Silence for a long time, Takeda Katsuyori spoke: "Okabe Tadabei, you might as well speak up, whether it is strong or weak, I need your opinion to give us an accurate judgment so as not to suffer defeat." I've heard that the Hojo family's naval general, Kajiwara Keizumune, was born in Kii Province and is very proficient in the battle of the naval army, right? ”。

Okabe Sadazuna sighed and said: "Back to Your Highness, Kajiwara Keizume's water war is indeed very powerful, and he has been fighting against the Satomi family's Anya Navy for many years, and what is even more terrifying is the Ataka Fleet under his command, and the number of Ataka ships is probably only comparable to the Maori Navy." At the moment, our Suruga Navy is indeed far from being an opponent. ”

Li Xiao sat on the side and listened for a while, although he didn't know much about the navy, Danshi had also heard that later generations commented on the structure of the Japanese navy during the Warring States Period. ,

For example, if the Ataka ship is compared to a battleship, then Sekibune is equivalent to a cruiser, and Kohaya is equivalent to a destroyer.

If the Hojo family navy has so many Ataka ships, then its power is indeed not something that the current Takeda navy can shake.

Takeda Katsuyori heard Okabe Sadatsuna say this, nodded, and said to Yamaguchi Masakatsune: "If this is the case, let's follow the previous agreement, immediately contact the Anbo water army through the Satomi family, and let them send troops to form a joint water army with the own water army, if they can defeat the Hojo water army in Izu, they can block Sagami Bay." ”

Li Xiao heard Takeda Katsuyori say this, and immediately understood the strategic intentions of the Takeda family.

Takeda Katsuyori wanted to form a combined fleet of the two naval forces of Satomi and Takeda to blockade Sagami Bay, and completely block the Hojo naval forces in Sagami Bay, so that they could not move.

Shan County Changjing sighed and said, "Yes, Your Highness." ”

And Okabe Sadatsuna, Kohama Jingtaka and others heard that with the help of the powerful water army, the Anfang water army, they were all relieved.

After everyone discussed the military discussion, they went out of the city together to inspect the Takeda Navy that was training on Suruga Bay.

Looking at the sailors coming and going in the dock, Li Xiao was thinking about the purpose of coming.

In fact, Li Xiao's navy in Vietnam is also in the process of being formed, and before he leaves, he asked Jimpo to take the post of chief, and Honda Masanobu came forward to recruit him and entrenched in Noto's Wajima navy.

Wajima Naval Army was originally working for Noto to protect the Hatakeyama family, Danshi due to the change of the ninth year of Yongroku, Noto guardian Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna, and his father Hatakeyama Yoshisugu was retained by the retainer Naga, Yuzo Xuguang, and Onkai Keitaka chased and released.

After Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna's father and son were forced to leave, Nagasulian and Yuzo Xuguang and Onkai Jingtaka were opposed, and for a while, the Hatakeyama family was in a miasma, and the retainers were panicked.

Under this, Li Xiao took the opportunity to let Shenbao take the position, and Honda Masanobu and the two secretly recruited the Wajima Navy.

According to Honda Masatin's secret letter, there are now two-thirds of the ship's generals in the Wajima Naval Army, and the shipowner secretly accepted Li Xiao's invitation and prepared to lead the fleet to break away from the Wajima Naval Army and join Li Xiao's Vietnamese-Chinese Naval Army.

Of course, when he learned the news of the success of Honda Masasin's strategy against the Wajima Navy, Li Xiao was naturally very pleased, Danshi had another problem, in front of him, he did not have a suitable naval army general in his hands to control this naval army for him.

The navy itself is very independent, originally mostly independent water thieves, and then recruited by the daimyos, such as the Murakami navy of the Maori family.

Li Xiao wants to completely control this Wajima sailor, in addition to giving enough benefits and temptations, he also needs a reliable team to control this fleet.

Therefore, Li Xiao came to Suruga for a very clear purpose, that is, to come to Suruga to dig people.

Immediately, Li Xiao slowed down and looked at the ship general of the Suruga Navy beside him, Xiang Jing.

Mukai Masashige naturally knows Li Xiao, although this person does not speak much above the military discussion, whether it is Takeda Katsuyori or Yama Shan Changjing, they attach great importance to his opinions and consult him many times.

At present, Li Xiao himself is the second elder of the Takeda family, and his status is far above him, not only that, but his name for bravery is well-known, and he is known as a famous general who can fight with Uesugi Kenshin.

So seeing that Li Xiao wanted to walk side by side with him, Xiang Jing Zhengzhong respectfully avoided it, half a step behind Li Xiao.

At this time, Li Xiao said gently: "Lord Xiangjing, I heard that when the Xiangjing family was in Shima, they were very proficient in water warfare and were famous generals of the naval army, but they only knew land warfare and knew nothing about the naval army, so I still need to ask Lord Jing for advice in this regard." ”

Xiang Jing Zheng listened to Li Xiao, who was famous all over the world, and actually asked him carefully about the water war, and he was a little flattered at the moment, and hurriedly said: "But Lord Ma Shou asked, and he definitely knew everything. ”

Seeing this, Li Xiao smiled slightly, and immediately asked Xiang Jing Zhengzhong a lot of questions about the tactics of the navy.

In the face of Li Xiao's question, Xiang Jing Zhengzhong explained to Li Xiao in great detail, probably because Zhende didn't understand the water army, Li Xiao behaved very amateurishly, and many questions were asked again and again, and Li Xiao didn't understand what it was.

At this time, Li Xiao deliberately showed a very embarrassed tone, and said: "Lord Xiangjing, it seems that the way of the water army is really very unfortunate to me Li Xiao, but my Viet Nam Navy is about to be formed, and there is a lack of a general who is familiar with water warfare, and I don't know much about water warfare, and there are no proficient people under my subordinates, so I don't know who I can find, which makes me very anxious." ”,

"The general of the Viethorn-Chinese Navy Army." Mukai Masa's eyes lit up when he heard this, and if he could become the general of the Echichu Naval Army, he would definitely have a very good future than if he was a ship commander in Suruga.

When Xiangjing Zhengzhong heard this, he couldn't wait to ask Li Xiao for his life on the spot and let him follow him to Yuezhong.

It's a pity that this idea is very good, and Mukai Masashi is currently controlled by Changjing in Yamayama County, and he will never be able to leave Suruga.

When Mukai was very sorry, Li Xiao frowned, thinking to himself why this person was so stupid?

So Li Xiao simply made his words clear, coughed, and said: "If it is Lord Xiangjing, you can recommend one or two candidates to me, Li Xiao is also very grateful." ”

Xiang Jing Zheng heard Li Xiao say this again, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Please wait, adult." ”

Then Mukai Masashige ran to the side, pulled a boatman over, and said, "Hurry up and call that stinky boy from Masatsuna." ”

After Xiang Jing Zhengzhong finished speaking, he returned to Li Xiao and said: "Back to my lord, although the dog is not talented, the Danshi Navy is proficient in everything, and even more than me, so I can help the adult." ”

Li Xiao smiled slightly when he heard this, his goal had been half achieved.

Mukai Masashige's son, Mukai Masatsuna, is the head of the four major generals of the Tokugawa family in history.

In history, he has defeated Kajiwara Keizumune, a famous general of the Hojo family's water army.

And in the decisive battle between Tokugawa and Toyotomi, the Battle of Komaki Nagakute, Mukai Masatsuna led his Mukai water army, and defeated the Toyotomi family's water army general Kuki Yoshitaka at Ise Ohamaura.

For a while, the name of the Xiangjing Water Army shocked the world.

Later, during the Odawara Expedition, he was responsible for the blockade of Sagami Bay together with the Toyotomi Navy as the captain of the Tokugawa Navy, and completely annihilated the Hojo Navy.

Such a talent is the general of the navy that Li Xiao dreams of.

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