Samurai of the Takeda Family

Yuezhong, Chengshengcheng.

Shioya Qiuzhen is in the castle tower, chatting with the lord Saito Niki of the city, sitting and drinking tea.

As the lord of Seongsheng Castle, the main transportation hub of Hida, Saito Niche had a good life. His clothes were bright and beautiful. The tea he drank was imported from Ming, and there were many famous knives in the evaluation room. It comes from a famous knife-making master.

Saito Nikkei watched Shioya Qiuzhen look at his famous sword, smiled slightly, then shook his two sleeves, stood up and said, "Master Shioya, do you like famous swords too?"

Shioya Qiuzhen lifted his eyes under the bridge of his nose, and smiled on his chubby face, and said, "Master Hakuchishou, you forgot, besides doing business, I am also a samurai."

Saito Niche sneered secretly at this.

Saito Toki, the ancestor of the Saito clan, was granted land by the shogun Ashikaga Takeshi for his meritorious service in the crusade against the lord Naoto Momoi. It has been more than two hundred years. He naturally disdains it.

"Master Chikuzen, do you also like to collect famous swords?"

Shioya Qiuzada is good at observing words and colors. He sees the contemptuous expression that had just passed by Saito Niche before his eyes, and said calmly on his face: "I like famous swords, but I know that martial arts are not good, and I wear famous swords on my body. , It's just humiliating a good knife."

Saito Niche heard that Shioya Qiuzada said, and said with a smile: "Master Chikuzen, really frank. You are right. If you don’t know how to martial arts, you can hold a famous sword in your hand. It is easy to peep and feel greedy. If it is seen by a martial swordsman and thinks that the wearer is a super samurai, he will come forward to invite the battle, so no matter what the situation is, it is just a self-inflicted misfortune. Way."

Shioya Qiuzada seems to have something to say to Saito Niche.

I saw Saito Niche next, staring straight at Shioya Akatsuta, and said: "So a person with insufficient ability, holding a heavy treasure in his hand, will be harmed by him. Mr. Chikuzenshou, what I said. Do you understand the meaning?"

A cold sweat oozes from Shioya's back, clearly grasping the meaning of Saito's niche words.

Saito Niki was very satisfied to see Shioya Akuzada's expression of horror. He then said, "Master Chikuzen, at this moment, are you still not expressing your position? Why do you think I was so easy and promised you? Is the request to rebuild the mountain road leading to Shengang City really just to clear the business road?"

After a pause, Saito Nikkei said again: "Master Chikuqian Shou, over the past ten years, your Excellency has relied on the Jiangma family’s Shinoka Ginzan. You should have made a lot of money, right? You think I have Do you know anything about the circulation channels of you and Jiangma's family?"

When Saito Niki uttered the four words Shinoka Ginzan, Shioya Akuzada stiffened and said, "Master Hakuchi Shou, I understand that your purpose for letting me build roads is to send troops to Shinoka. City, right?"

Saito Niche laughed and said frankly: "That's right."

Shioya Qiuzhen shook her head and said, "Master Hakuchishou, you are too wise. For the sake of Kamoka Ginzan, you are going to fight the Takeda family.

The strength of a single finger of Lord Shingen was enough to punish Saito's family. What's more, right now, among the Hida forces, the Jiangma family, the sister Xiaolu family, and the Uchishima family have already subjugated Takeda Shingen, if you send troops, there is no chance at all. "

Saito Niche put his hands behind his back, showing the look of a bamboo on his chest, and said: "You don't know that the salt house is built before the front. You don't know that this time I sent the troops to Shengang Castle and was allowed by the head of the chief minister."

Shioya Akizada suddenly realized that Uesugi Kenshin really couldn't sit back and watch Hida still being invaded by Takeda forces, especially after Anakoji and Uchijima were hit hard by the Takeda army's Hida conquest.

Kenshin Uesugi will definitely order Etsuchu to send troops to Hida from his own Jinbo family, and the Saito family is now subordinate to the Jinbo family, so the head of the Jinbo was ordered by Uesugi Kenshin and transferred to the Saito family who was familiar with the situation of Hida. It is also reasonable and reasonable to attack Shengang City.

Shioya Qiuzhen sighed and said: "So, it is because of the instruction of the Kanto leader and Lord Jinbao. No wonder you are not afraid of the Takeda family and dare to send troops to Kamoka Castle."

"Not only that, my Saito family and my sister Koji family are also in the alliance. I sent troops to Hida to eradicate the Takeda family. He also secretly supported him. As for Takeda Shingen’s reaction, you don’t need to worry about it. Respond to Duke Huihu’s army on Chuanzhong Island."

Shioya Qiusada’s personal position, of course, is very unwilling for Saito Niche to attack Kamioka Castle at this time. As a result, his interests in Kamioka Castle will be affected. His previous investment is very high. Maybe because of the war, I couldn't get back a penny.

However, after having been with Saito Niche for many years, Shioya Aksada also knows that this person's character is a person who will never give up until he achieves his goal.

He obviously knew about the news of Shengang Yinshan. He had been watching the deal between himself and Jiangma's family over the past few years, but he couldn't bear it.

This time, Shinoka Yinshan changed hands in Jiangma's family. He saw the opportunity and looked for the backing of Uesugi Kenshin, and then decided to send troops to Hida.

In name, he expelled the forces of the Takeda family from Hida, but in fact, he took the Kamioka Ginzan in his own hands.

It's a good calculation.

Shioya Qiuzada thought for a while and asked, "Since Lord Saito is going to send troops to Hida, what is the purpose of looking for me?"

Just listen to Saito Niche nodded and said: "Master Shioya, we have been working together for many years and we have trusted each other very much. Compared with your relationship with Li Xiao, we should go further. This time we send troops to Hida, I need With the help of your salt room, collect information for us and send people to infiltrate the defenders of Shengang City. When our army arrives at the siege, we will join forces inside and outside to seize this city."

A vicious strategy, Qiuzhen Shioya secretly said in his heart, but it is difficult for him to refuse. Most of his business is in Chengshengcheng. If he refuses, he will soon be retaliated by Saito Niche in business.

"Well, Lord Saito, I will do my best, but afterwards you have to guarantee all the interests of my salt house merchants, and the trading rights of Shinoka Ginzan can only be enjoyed by my salt house." Shioya Qiuzada took the opportunity Make your own terms.

Saito Niche Sees It

Shioya Qiuzhen promised and smiled happily, obviously very proud.

"Very well, I promised everything, but Master Shioya, don't break your promise, otherwise all your business in Chengshengcheng will be over." Saito Niche said nonchalantly.

Shioya Qiuzhen was secretly angry about this, so she could only say yes.

"Master Shioya, as I said before, Shinoka Ginzan is like a rare sword to the world. Li Xiao of the Takeda family became greedy, so he was alone and didn’t dare to report to the master’s house. It's like a three-year-old child swaggering through the market holding gold."

"Saito-sama, Li Xiao is a brave general of the three armies, and Huihu Gong has suffered a lot from him."

Facing Shioya Qiuzada’s reminder, General Saito Niki waved his hand and said: “You can rest assured that I will not underestimate the enemy, but no matter how brave Li Xiao is, there is only one person. How much can he recruit for a territory with less than five thousand stones. Farm soldiers, plus the samurai he brought from Kai, this time Lord Jimbo has agreed to lend me soldiers, plus my family, I will use Takeda army several times more than the army to fight against him."

Seeing that Saito Niche was so confident, Shioya Qiuzhen immediately bowed down and said: "So, I'm here to wish you all the success in capturing the city of Kamoka."

Turn left and turn right! Turn back!

Not long after dawn, sharp slogans came from the schoolyard outside Shengang City.

Li Xiao’s regular training school is located in a remote place more than a mile (1 day = 4 kilometers) away from the town of Kamioka.

Every morning at five o'clock in the morning, Li Xiao's standing staff must get up, and then carry their weapons and rice **** to do an armed cross-country training on a five-kilometer mountain road.

Even Li Xiao himself must participate and run with the heavy load.

Seeing that the Lord of the City also joined them and trained together, the morale of Chang Bei was very high.

After arriving at the training ground, take a short break. The regulars finished their own rice **** and began to practice.

The reason why Li Xiao chose such a remote and remote place from the town of Kamioka was to keep it secret. He did not want his new method of military training to be seen by people with ulterior motives.

This five-hundred-standby was made by Li Xiao painstakingly forging a sharp sword. It was prepared to be a blockbuster in the future, and it must not be leaked right now.

Moreover, the roar of his iron cannon squadron can easily reveal the details of how many iron cannons he is equipped with.

After nearly a month of training, Li Xiao put all his time on the marching stop of the infantry queue.

Speaking of which, Li Xiao has to have a headache, the common cultural problems of people in this era.

At the beginning, it took Li Xiao five days to help all Zuqing to distinguish between the left and the right, and whether to step on the left leg or the hind leg first.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiao couldn't help but think of the university military training.

Li Xiao's training now is similar to the content of the university military training phalanx.

The phalanx is a product of the Cold Weapon era, famous as the Greek phalanx, the Macedonian phalanx, and the Roman legion phalanx.

The reason why the city’s phalanx is arranged is that in the era of cold weapons, the emphasis is on the thicker the platoon, the more the array

The more lethality is, there is another important reason. In the era of cold weapons, the military generally has a weaker meaning in combat. The looser the platoons, the soldiers will easily become deserters if their own warfare becomes unfavorable.

In the hot weapon era when the matchlock guns appeared on the scene, the matchlock guns also relied on the dense advantage of a large number of volleys. All the cooperation needs to be arranged in a regular queue, moving forward and retreating.

Therefore, both Prince Morris and Gustaf II marched in the formation of the troops and conducted strict training.

Whether it is the army of Gustav II or Prince Morris, they can quickly form and change formations under various complex terrain conditions.

For example, modern military training often shouts to turn left, turn right, walk forward together, and walk forward. These queue training methods are detailed in the Morris Code of Conduct written by Prince Morris. The implementation of military training will be followed in the future. Inherited by his outstanding student Gustav II.

Later, the maturity of firearms ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ the appearance of flintlocks and bayonets, but the army made continuous innovations in the formation of linear formations, but the formation training has been maintained.

Especially in the hands of the Prussians who are known for their rigorous and old-fashioned, Friedrich II the Great used rigorous military training to evolve the battle formation to the extreme.

In the Napoleonic era, more flexible column tactics gradually replaced rigid linear tactics.

It was not until the emergence of rear-loaded rifled guns that the six major European armies finally put the linear formations out. Such tactics were eliminated, and the skirmish line tactics began to become popular.

As for the modern era, the emergence of airplanes, tanks, and the combat method of marching in a queue have become synonymous with being shot in a queue.

Formation training in the modern army has long since deviated from its original military purpose and changed to a training for the discipline and obedience of the army. (It seems that many countries no longer engage in cohort training)

Of course, in this era of cold weapons, especially the Western phalanx, queue training is absolutely effective. . ..

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