Chapter 109: Don't Say, Defeat First

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Zhengheng is well aware of Maori's ability, and the more he knows his ability, the more he attaches great importance to him.

In the previous life, when checking the information, there were only a few words to show a person's achievements, and after experiencing the troubled times of the Japanese Kingdom, he realized that they were not able to see the truth clearly with a brief introduction, and after his personal experience, he attached special importance to intelligence, and the establishment of the intelligence network had been established since the time when it had not yet left Tang Song Village, which was a special case that was difficult to find in the troubled times of the Japanese Dynasty. The Kusama people, the intelligence department of the Date family, were originally just an inconsequential bandit bandit, and the ability of the Kusama Shibei was not very outstanding, and when it came to ability, his loyalty was commendable.

With the strong support of the political balance, the Kusama people have now become a force to be reckoned with in the Date family, and have played a pivotal role in the previous expeditions of the Date family, and have made great achievements.

If you think that the leader of the ninja army like Kusama Shibei, it seems that he is protecting the personal safety of the lord and seeking news from the lord, and he should be the most intimate person of the lord, just like the brocade guard of the Ming Dynasty. That's a big mistake, in the eyes of the samurai, the status of Ranbo is even lower than that of the common people, most of these people are from untouchables or are mountain people who have no property, such as the musicians of the landless untouchables who did it on the surface at the beginning, and secretly did some things to rob the people's rations, and there is no difference between the wild thieves and bandits, and later helped the Niko to rise after the restoration of the country, even so, the leader of the bowl house Yano Saburo is only a hundred stone Zhixing Yuroku. Not even qualified to participate in the assessment meeting.

The Date family started from the end of the micro, and most of the important ministers were born in poverty, and the untouchables such as the Tongshan people were able to climb to the samurai class, but no one had any complaints about the Kusama Shibei ascending to a high position, which also made the Kusama people's development very fast, and it was very attractive to capable Ranbo ninjas, and capable people were often unwilling to fall behind, whether they were samurai or ordinary people.

The fact that the Tsurushi Castle was able to kill three of the demons who came to peep at the cost of only two deaths and one wound is an example, and the Kusama people are quickly spreading, and the information about Mori Motosho is constantly being sent to the hands of Zhengheng. Let the image of Maori Yuan become more and more complete, and he really deserves to be the first wise general of the Warring States.

Several Warring States daimyo that are now known to the political balance of the past few countries, among which the wisdom of Maori Motoshi is the most profound and ruthless, playing Ouchi and Nizi between applause, and he can be seen in the events of Ouchi and Nizi from prosperity to decline, and he can also win the greatest benefits.

It is often flattered that Date Masatsuki has the demeanor of Maori Moto, and can transform from a wealthy family to a national daimyo and become a pivotal figure, but as a party to Zhengheng, he is familiar with him in terms of strategy and tactics inferior to Maori Moto. He didn't have the ability to move easily between Ouchi Yoshiko, Ouchi Yoshitaka, Niko Susuhisa, Niko Haruhisa and others.

Zhengheng's preparation for China is not as good as the crisis of the Maori Yuan's Anyi country, and the external environment of Zhengheng is ten times better than that of Maori Yuan when China's preparation is blowing. The Nizi family is weak, the internal strife of the Ouchi family, and the Maori family has not yet risen completely, which is the external environment of political balance.

Zhengheng believes that it cannot be compared with the Maori Yuan in terms of strategy and tactics, and the only thing that can be taken is the familiarity with history and the advantage of age, and the sending troops to prepare for the future is not so much to resist the aggression of the Maori Yuan, but to delay the degree and time of the rise of the Maori Yuan, and exchange time for space.

The current Tao Qingxian is far from being as strong as in history, forming an alliance with the Otomo family outside, quelling the rebellion inside, and personally leading an army of 30,000 to compete with Maori Yuan to fight for power on Itsukushima. Although it was defeated by Maori Yuan, there are many reasons for contempt. Now Tao Qingxian only controls the two countries of Zhou Fang and Nagato, and when he rebelled, he lost his troops in a decisive battle with the army of Ouchi Yoshitaka, and Naito Shengxing's death made him consolidate and directly control all the forces of Zhou Fang and Nagato, but Ouchi Yoshitaka fled to Kitakyushu and was sheltered by the Otomo family, and his strength recovered quite quickly, prompting him to be able to fight with less than seven or eight thousand troops in addition to staying behind.

Of course, Tao Qingxian has another advantage. The key to the battle of Itsukushima is that Itsukushima is now in his hands, and the island has already built a fortress as a bridgehead to suppress the Maori family.

The Maori Yuan was even more powerful than the one that could only mobilize four or five thousand soldiers and horses in history. At least many forces in Iwami Province and Bigo Province did not remain as neutral as in history, and they waited until the battle situation between Maori Yuan and Tao Qingxian became clear before making a decision, and they all threw themselves into the banner of the Maori family.

Zhengheng is unwilling to see Maori Yuan defeat Tao Qingxian in a short period of time, a living Tao Qingxian is more conducive to the layout of the Date family than a dead Tao Qingxian, as Sugihara Morishige said, the strategic goal of the Date family in the next few years is to take advantage of the Bizen civil strife to seize the maximum benefits.

However, on the one hand, it is necessary to drag down the strategic layout of Maori Yuan, and on the other hand, it is necessary to expand the living space, which is really stretched for the current Date family. The construction of a bridgehead to force the forces of Bigo to be unable to help Maori Yuan and Tao Qingxian compete for hegemony became the best and most urgent way.

The capture of the Mori Takagen can make the Mori family have internal strife, and the construction of the castle will use the minimum force to urge the wealthy families of Bigo Province to hold the gate and suppress the exhibition of the Mori family to the greatest extent. However, the construction of the castle can only force the wealthy clans of the southern seven counties to submit, and the northern seven prefectures, which are more closely related to the Maori family, do not pose any threat, which is the reason for this war, and he wants to use a dignified joint battle to make the wealthy clans of Bigo Province dare not underestimate the combat power of the Date family.

If they dare to go out to help the Maori family, be careful that their backyard doesn't catch fire.

The reason why Zhengheng chose to garrison Nishigahara is precisely because of the geographical advantages of Nishiehara that can be attacked, retreated and defended, and Nishiehara faces the Oda River in Bigo Province, and behind it is the Kibi Plateau, and there are three castles around it: Qingyu Castle, Kamezu Castle, and Baishi Castle, as long as it is slightly repaired and expanded, it can become the bridgehead of Shanyang Road that controls Zhanì in and out of Bichu and Bigo Kingdom.

Taking advantage of the convenience of the Gaoliang River and the Oda River, and the fact that it was a local battle, the grain and grass needed by the 3,000 soldiers did not need to be transported by the 3,000 people, and most of the 3,000 people came to build the fortress. Zhengheng actually wants to tear down and rebuild the three cities, and then connect them again, so that the defense will be stronger, but unfortunately this cost is amazing, Zhengheng does not have the financial resources for the time being, and there is no need for that, if he can capture the Shenbian Plains and Fukuyama Plains, Nishiebara will only be left with the role of the second line of defense and the post station.

The distribution of power in Bigo Province is very different from that of Bigo China, and it is divided into two parts, the southern part is mostly located in the coastal zone and the two major plains of Kanno Plains and Fukuyama Plain, and the northern part is mostly between the mountains and basins, and they do not belong to each other.

Under the protection of the soldiers, 3,000 people built small fortifications along the Odagawa River, and the small bricks could be used as walls with trees, and the loess was used to lay the foundation, and the local materials were taken, and no material costs were required, only some food and labor were needed, which was the benefit of collecting 3,000 people.

Although close to the Oda River, but digging a well is the first priority to build a hill, it is impossible to go to the river to jump water to drink, but a small hill only needs a well water, the small hill is built on the flat ground, it is convenient to dig a well, and the mountain repair is mostly built next to the spring because of the difficulty of digging a well on the mountain.

However, even if the wall is made of wood, the foundation is made of loess, and the well is drilled so as not to collapse, the field also needs to be repaired with bricks and stones, and the stone is also needed to repair the three cities, and the amount is still a lot, but the benefits of being close to the Oda River are obvious, and the political balance has always had a considerable view on the small preparation of China's seven or eight hundred cities, and there are many abandonments when taking advantage of the conquest of other forces, and in this reform, the demolition of the city is an important measure to gather small forces to transfer to the big city, and these dismantled stones are mostly used to build Songshan, Fuchuan and other citiesAfter the autumn harvest, dozens of boatloads of stone were urgently transported and hidden in the area of Nishiebara.

In fact, even if Maori Yuan does not raise troops, Zhengheng will build a bridgehead in Xieyuan, but he will catch up with it.

Three thousand people work together, the materials are complete, in addition to the well has not been dug yet, in fact, the construction of the stone is still quite fast, when Zhu Yun Huixin and Sugihara Shengzhong arrived has begun to see the scale, and finally there are some prototypes of the stone, this is the reason why Sugihara Shengzhong urgently wants the two families to stop forming an alliance, and the construction of a bridgehead in Nishigahara is too much of a threat to the nearby Shenbian City.

Zhu Yun Huixin and Sugihara Shengshige asked for a boring return in front of Zhengheng, the three small stones have a certain prototype, and it is not possible to complete the city defense in a while and a half, at this time, Zhengheng has put his heart on the upcoming war, Mao Li Yuan does not want to fight to the death, but Zheng Heng did not let go of this opportunity to show his strength, he wants to let Mao Li Yuan sleep and eat uncomfortably just wait for this joint battle.

It is precisely because he saw the gap between himself and Maori Yuan that Zhengheng Fang valued this opportunity even more. As soon as Zhu Yun Huixin and Sugihara Morishige left, Masahiro held a military meeting, and the vanguard official Katayama Moricho also hurried over, except for the remaining Noyama Masahiro, he almost poured out of the nest, he looked at the active retainers, raised a piece of information in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Just now I got the enemy spy report detected by the Kusama people, Mori Mototo personally led 2,500 soldiers, including 500 cavalry, led by Yoshikawa Motoharu, and mobilized 25,000 troops in the country of Beigo, and now Kamibe Hirano has gathered 12,000 troops, and it is estimated that all of them will be in place in a few days." ”

Everyone took a breath of cold air, but they didn't expect the Bigo Congress to be so resolute, and the 25,000 soldiers were afraid that they had already wiped out the young and strong people of Bigo Kingdom.