Chapter 20 Fishing in the Wild
Shimazu Yoshihisa thought about it for a while, although the Shimazu family's army of 3,000 people, although it is also called elite, compared with the liver Fu family, the Ito family, the Sagara family, and the Aso family in southern Kyushu, there is absolutely no problem in terms of weapons and equipment or the elite level of the soldiers, otherwise the Shimazu family would not have become stronger and stronger in southern Kyushu in the previous forty years. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, in terms of weapons and equipment alone, it is too far from the soldiers of the Kuroda family, and the only place where you can have self-confidence is probably the courage and indomitable spirit of the men of Satsuma Country when they fight, which cannot be compared with other places. Satsuma Nan'er inherited the fierceness and bravery of the Hayabusa people before him, and has always been the best warrior in the Wa Kingdom.
People who are often not afraid of death on the battlefield can defeat well-equipped opponents, which has been proven by many real examples in history.
But sometimes just having such a brave and indomitable spirit cannot lead a war, because there are too many factors that determine the outcome of a war. Even if you analyze the so-called real examples of winning with less and winning with courage in history, you will find that in fact courage is only one of the reasons for their victory.
The Kuroda family has an absolute advantage in terms of the number of soldiers, the strength of the samurai, the sophistication of equipment, the strategic planning in advance, the collection of intelligence, and the cooperation between the soldiers, which are all incomparable to the Shimazu family.
In fact, Shimazu Iehisa saw this very clearly, so he felt that it was indeed a very difficult task to defeat the Kuroda family head-on.
He had already asked himself many times in his heart, was it really that easy to defeat the Kuroda family? It's not easy, it's really not easy, it can even be said to be an impossible task, it seems that I have to work hard.
Because now the two families are not far away, and they are already tense, and a war may start at any time, there is really not much time left for the Shimazu family, and Shimazu Yoshihisa and Shimazu Jiajiu must plan well.
Shimazu Ichihisa frowned and was thinking, he was thinking very seriously, like an infatuated man who was thinking about his lover, and he could see the wisdom of this young man between his eyebrows, at least when he was thinking, his eyes were still very charming.
Because his eyes are very clear at this time, like a pool of water, which is slowly full of reflections of wisdom, which is a spiritual state that cannot be suppressed, a most charming light.
Many people say that a dedicated man is obsessive, and there is no doubt that Shimazu Iehisa is such a man, but at this time he does not have any women around him, only his brother and some guards are watching him without knowing the amorous manner, expecting him to give advice and help the Shimazu family tide over the difficulties.
And while he was thinking, Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was the governor and brother on the side, didn't dare to come forward to disturb him. Because he knows what his brother is capable of, and when he has to try to defeat his opponent, he also knows that he must believe in his brother. He was thinking that he had to give him enough time to prepare, so that he could hope to defeat a strong enemy like the Kuroda family.
Shimazu Iehisa thought for a long time, and then soothed his brow a little and smiled a little. Shimazu Yoshihisa was still very familiar with this action, and he clearly knew at this time that maybe his younger brother had already had the idea of fighting against the Kuroda family.
Shimazu Yoshihisa actually didn't dare to expect too much, even if Shimazu Iehisa's idea couldn't defeat the Kuroda family now, as long as the Kuroda family could know that the Shimazu family was not easy to mess with, and retreat in the face of difficulties, this would actually be enough.
Because their biggest priority now is to keep the inner city of their residence, not to completely defeat the Kuroda family's army in the first place. The number of the Kuroda family is objectively placed there, which is indeed not something that the current Shimazu family can easily do.
Why is Shimazu Yoshihisa so eager to return to Satsuma with a large army, for the sake of the inner city, as long as the Shimazu family can keep the inner city, then for the Shimazu family, the authority in Satsuma has not been lost.
No matter how many people the Kuroda family had in Satsuma, the inner castle was a symbol of the Shimazu family's rule over the whole of Satsuma, and as long as the inner castle remained in the hands of the Shimazu family, the Shimazu family still had the appeal to many clans and clans.
As long as the Shimazu family can continue to resist the Kuroda family with the support of the people of Satsuma Province, the Shimazu family will be able to drag down and defeat the Kuroda family sooner or later, and this is Shimazu Yoshihisa's plan. He is a very patient and big-picture person, so he was able to stand out from the four brothers who could all be regarded as geniuses, and finally became the head of the Shimazu family
He didn't say this to the Shimazu family for a long time, the first is that he doesn't want him to have too much pressure, and the second is to see how far his younger brother can play, in case he really comes up with a clever plan to completely defeat the Kuroda family, for him, the head of the family, this can also achieve the greatest benefit for him, why not?
"Brother, I have an idea in the next place." Shimazu Iehisa said.
"Oh! Then tell us what you think! Shimazu Yoshihisa said with some excitement.
"Hey! In fact, it is very simple to say, the number of Kuroda family has reached 14,000 or 5,000 people, and the main family only has 3,500 people, and there is indeed a huge difference in the number of people, and if the main family wants to defeat the Kuroda family, they can only use strategy. As he said this, Shimazu Yoshihisa nodded.
Shimazu Iehisa continued: "My idea is to lure the enemy. ”
"Lure the enemy...... What do you mean? ”
"Hey! Brother, it is to lure the enemy, we send a bait team, pretend to be defeated and retreat, the five hundred iron cannons of the main family are distributed on both sides, and when the Kuroda family brigade pursues, and then the iron cannon volley, as long as the Kuroda family brigade retreats, we will cover and kill from behind, so that we can defeat the Kuroda family. ”
Send a bait team, pretend to be defeated and retreat, and distribute long-range ashigaru on both sides to wait for an opportunity to attack, and wait for the enemy's morale to drop under the long-range attack, and after the whole army retreats, then the whole army will be dispatched to cover and kill from behind.
You should be no stranger to such tactics, especially those that happened to the Shimazu family! This is actually the famous tactic used by the Shimazu family to defeat the Otomo family in history-Fishing Nobushi.