Chapter 171: The Game
Seeing his surviving iron gunners flee back in embarrassment, Saito Yoshiryu waved his hand and rejected the proposal of his important ministers to "enforce military law", the main reason why these iron gunners were defeated was that they were not familiar with the weapons in their hands, and if they were all killed, they would have to retrain the novices, wasting their time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Saito Yoshiryu looked at the barbed wire fence on the Oda army position and questioned the several infantry captains who had withdrawn from the front, and found that no matter what method was used, it was difficult to remove these obstacles. Without removing these things, the Saito family will not be able to give full play to its military superiority, and can only become a live target for the Oda family's iron gunners.
"How many shots did the Oda family gunners fire?" Saito Yoshiryu leaned sideways and asked a small surname beside him, he remembered that after returning to the Wufeng Gun from the Rokkaku family, he had conducted a test, this new type of firearm of the Ming Kingdom could shoot at least thirty shots in a row, and today from the beginning of the war to the present, it should be almost at the limit, right?
Who knew that the little surname didn't say a word, and looked at the sky behind him blankly, which made Saito Yoshiryu angry in his heart, he picked up the horsewhip and whipped the other party hard, but listened to the other party's pain, and kept saying: "Black ...... Black smoke! ”
Saito Yoshiryu followed the gaze of the little surname and found that behind him, that is, in the direction of Mino, a large amount of black smoke was rising, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he judged that the direction should be the back camp where he stored his food.
Soon, Saito Yoshiryu received the news that Oda Nobunaga had already sent someone to buy off the local heroes of Mino, and when the two armies were fighting, he led another army of the Oda family to attack the grain route of Saito's army.
Although the remaining Saito army fought bravely and repelled these enemies who came to attack, they still ignited part of the grain and grass by them, and the front could not be attacked for a long time and suffered heavy losses, which was already very demoralizing.
At this point, Saito Yoshiryu can only retreat, and he can still retain a certain amount of strength if he takes the initiative to leave, if he waits until the whole army collapses, he is the reincarnation of the god of war and has no power to return to the sky.
Oda Nobunaga discovered Saito Yoshiryu's moves, and immediately commanded the army to cover up and kill, encircled and annihilated thousands of Ashigaru after Saito's broken army, and chased the defeated Saito Yoshiryu for more than ten kilometers, winning the victory in this Battle of Sumamata.
After the war, the Oda family beheaded more than 4,000 people and captured more than 2,000 prisoners.
"Monkey, this time you did a good job, you go down first!" Oda Nobunaga sat in the military tent, and Wen Yan encouraged Kinoshita Toyoshiro, who would be Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the future.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi had spent a long time wandering before leaving the Oda family, and he got acquainted with the so-called people of the three mountains and five mountains, but he didn't expect that this time he would actually use his previous relationship and make a great contribution to Nobunaga.
"Nobun-sama!" Sasa Naimasa walked in with two muskets and said to Oda Nobunaga, "I have examined the iron cannons of the Saito family, and they are exactly the same as ours, and they are obviously all new firearms from the Ming Kingdom!" ”
Oda Nobunaga looked at the firearm in Sasa Narumasa's hand and found that it was completely impossible to tell where they belonged at all, and could only be distinguished from the marks made by Sasa Narumasa.
Sasa Chengzheng said with some annoyance: "The head of the family, the merchant of the Ming Kingdom made a promise in public, but sold the firearms to the Saito family behind his back, this behavior is really too much, are we ......?"
"Hahahaha!" Oda Nobunaga laughed instead of being angry, which made Sasa Narumasa a little confused, and then he heard Oda Nobunaga say: "What a smart man, and only this kind of person is qualified to be my friend." Chengzheng, you go down first, I have my own measure in this matter! ”
After Sasa Narimasa left, Oda Nobunaga said to himself, "Clever technique! Letting the Hexagon, who was in a neutral position between the two families, help him in business, both achieved his goal and did not break his promise. What's more, this situation is not the best for me, but it has to be accepted, and if I want to change this outcome, it will make the situation worse! ”
"Are all the people in the Ming Kingdom so smart?" Oda Nobunaga's voice became smaller and smaller: "When I unify Japan, I must go and see it, if the vast land can be surrendered under my feet......"
"Brother Zhao, I still don't understand a little, why would Oda Nobunaga accept such a result?" Wang Ying sat on the side, and said with some curiosity to Yang Guang, who was reading a book: "His enemy can get the Wufeng Gun through a neutral third party, isn't it a huge threat to his army?" ”
"That's because if he doesn't agree and doesn't accept it, he will only lose more." Yang Guang put down the book and explained with a smile: "Oda Nobunaga can't buy all of my Goho guns, so he can't stop me from selling these firearms to others. ”
"Purchasing through a third party will definitely cost more, and more time will be wasted on transportation. With this experience, he only had to keep a firm eye on the arms that were supposed to go to a third party, and he would be able to get a rough idea of the increase in armaments of the rival daimyo. ”
"Oh!" Wang Ying nodded suddenly, and then said: "If he turns his face, we will leave, and it will be his turn to find a third party to purchase on behalf of him in the future, right?" ”
During the time she knew Yang Guang, Wang Ying always heard Yang Guang say some unfamiliar words from time to time, although she could not fully describe the exact meaning, but it did not prevent her from understanding and using it from time to time.
"Yes!" Yang Guang nodded and said: "This is the reason why I have always let double the number of people firmly guard the treasury, if Oda Nobunaga finds out that he may reap a good reward for taking a risk, it will be difficult to honestly settle for the status quo." ”
"Then who are we going to sell those Five Peaks Gun to?" Wang Ying thought of the 3,000 firearms that Yang Guang brought on this trip, and couldn't help but ask: "Is there any other big name in here who can buy so many firearms?" ”
"There's really a huge, huge force." Yang Guangyi said pointedly.
"The poor monk went down to Lai Lian and met the merchants of the Ming Kingdom." A young man dressed in monk's robes saluted Yang Guang with his hands folded.
"Hello!" Yang Guang looked at the monk opposite with a smile on his face, although this Shimoma Lai Lian did not elaborate on his origin, but Yang Guang through the books of modern time and space, it can be said that he knows the Honganji power to which this person belongs very well. (To be continued.) )