Chapter 164: Attack Five

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Generally speaking, the food and grass necessary for the war must be sufficient to supply the goods from one's own territory to the time of invasion into the territory of others. Therefore, before sending troops, it is necessary to collect military rations from the people in the territory, but at the same time, it is necessary to guard against rebellions caused by the requisition, so as to avoid rebellion before going to war. Strictly speaking, the wars of the Warring States period can be said to be a veritable war of rations, in which people had to plunder at will, in addition to collecting rations within their own territories, once they entered the territory of others, they had to plunder at will to replenish the food and grass that their side needed.

Of course, the people of the defeated country could not resist the invading enemy army, and what is even more tragic is that in addition to the food deprived, the women inside and outside the city often cannot escape the fate of humiliation, and some enemy troops even set fire to their hard-built homes as they leave. In the face of a miserable situation, what can innocent people do but look up to the sky and sigh?

The identity of the traverser always has a sense of responsibility to pray to change this war-torn era, step by step to step on the pinnacle of power, from the beginning of his desire to defect to Oda Nobunaga, to now become the overlord of the two countries of Bichu and Bigo, the left and right Yin and Yang two directions of the pivotal figures, are all this sense of responsibility and ambition. The reason why he chose to join Oda Nobunaga at the beginning was because he knew the direction of history and hoped that he could become the second Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Step by step to the present, it is impossible for Zhengheng to walk on the original track of history and go farther and farther towards the fork in the road. Since the beginning of the ruling party, he has tried to avoid the barbarism of plundering and plundering the people, and he has conceived that the new land he occupies will become his new domain. It is his own, and to rob the people of his own land is to cut his own flesh. Pay for one's whistle. Although he clearly knew that the era of war was very different from the era of peace, in the era of war, discipline, restraint, and morality were all luxuries.

Trying to stick to his bottom line, the drawback is that the financial pressure of the Date family has always been very large, since the first battle of Tang Song Township, the Date family's finances have not been rich, and the granary has not been full. Zhengheng understands that as long as there is a slight defeat, even if it is not broken by external forces. The Date family will also collapse due to financial and food and material reasons. Therefore, after every victory, after trying to ensure that the people's rations would not be plundered, those of the wealthy people who had resisted the advance of the Date family would always raid their homes and destroy them to ensure the maintenance of the army.

Zheng Heng was most concerned about the issue of grain and straw materials, he nodded slightly, and asked the most important question: "What about other grain and straw materials?" ”

As the elder of the Xi family of the Date family, Noyama Masaki certainly knew the financial pressure of the Date family, and this financial pressure often kept him awake at night. Before the war, according to the general mobilization, the number of males between the ages of fifteen and fifty was about forty-five thousand, and the total number of four-color reserves of the standing army was about 6,000, and according to the daily ration of one liter per soldier, the average daily consumption of grain was sixty stone. Since it is a standing army, it needs to consume a total of 22,000 stone for twelve months of the year. And that's just food, not including equipment. During high-intensity training and combat periods, the rations will be twice as high as in peacetime. After the war, to add the country of Bigo, the standing army will have to increase in numbers. The rations needed to sustain the army will increase day by day.

Noyama Yoshichao owed a debt and said, "The inventory has not yet been counted, but even if it is only the grain confiscated by Narazaki Castle and Onishiya, it is not less than 50,000 stones." The rest should add up to about 60,000 or 70,000 stones. Sixty or seventy thousand koku seems like a lot, but it is a bit stretched to cover the entire preparation of China's 6,000 standing army, and now with the addition of Bigo Province, on the one hand, it is necessary to quell the rebellion in the new territory, and secondly, to guard against military dangers from Aki, the Seto Inland Sea, and Izumo Province, the number of troops must be at least doubled, reaching about 12,000 men. The new number of soldiers has not only increased food rations, but most importantly, it is difficult to have a set of weapons at home, which also requires the purchase of new ones. It will take two to three months of retraining to form a new combat strength, and the rations of the troops will be doubled during the training period. Matching this, the grain and straw materials are strained again. ”

The two countries of Bichu and Bigo were originally mountainous areas with few plains, and in addition to the fact that there had never been a strong political power, there were constant internal wars, so that by the time of the Keicho inspection at the end of the Warring States period, the total was only 400,000 koku, let alone now. This time, he conquered only three-fifths of the land of Bigo Province, and although the Fukuyama Plain, at the mouth of the Ashida River, the main one, fell into his hands, it would take a long time to open up. Since Zhengheng is the head of the Date family, he must have a long-term plan, and it is not a way to sit back and eat.

Since receiving the preparation of China, Zhengheng has intermittently done several small-scale local construction, the main thing is to tinker with the Takaliang River and the Oda River, involving internal affairs and agriculture, and there are still some talents available. Only in business, there has been no time management.

As a time-traveler, as long as you have read a little bit of historical fiction, you know the importance of business to stabilize the accumulation of wealth in the Dìng regime.

But Zheng Heng is not qualified, he was an otaku in his previous life, and he didn't know the manufacturing process of steel and glass, so far he was only able to do the process of separating silver taels from copper ore with plant ash and tin, and he didn't know anything else, even the arquebus was still groping, not to mention the killer moves of the traverser to line up and shoot.

As for plagiarizing ancient poems, hehe, not being hungry in the war years is the first priority, and ancient poems can be worth a few bowls of rice.

In the economic and military reform, the only thing that Zhengheng knows how to use is the three major policies of land inspection, knife hunting order, and Leshi Leza, fortunately, these policies have been prepared for China's use, and what the actual effect is, anyway, he has not seen it.

Due to the war, many shops in various places were burned down, and without shops, goods could not be circulated, goods could not be exchanged, and it was difficult to stabilize the local area. Masahiro has always paid great attention to business, but in action it is very different, first attacked Manabe Island, not only offended the Murakami water army, but also made the Seto Inland Sea, which was finally stabilized, become a pot of porridge, and the cost of shipping in the Seto Inland Sea increased greatly, 6 Road, the former and Bizen Matsuda clan fought hard, and then fought with Mori Moto.

Maybe there will be no problems for a while, but after a long time, there will be only in and not out, and there will be a big mess.

Noyama Yoshichao had obviously already seen the sense of crisis, and said: "Now my family, there is Niko Haruhisa in the north, and this expedition to Bizen is obviously uneasy and kind, and the copper mine exchange channel in the north is afraid that it will be closed at any time, and there are Matsuda clans in the east, Maori clans in the west, and Mishima Murakami on the sea is blocking traffic." The current situation of the Date family has really become a closed place, there is a salt field by the sea, and there is no shortage of salt, but what about the other places, although a large number of copper coins and gold and silver have been obtained from previous joint wars, it is difficult to circulate, and I am afraid that it will greatly reduce the authority of my family. ”

Zhengheng thought for a moment and said: "Well, although business is to pursue profits, and to promise heavy profits, it will inevitably be bustling, Leshi and Lezuo are really good strategies to benefit the people, and strengthen the upper measures of the Date family to dominate the territory, the only thing to worry about now is to find a suitable business route, a few fixed supply channels, it would be good." ”

Noyama Mashimasa fell into contemplation, exempting the castle town from market tax and commercial tax, abolishing the merchant privileges of the seat, and then further abolishing the seat itself, all in order to suppress the seat to support free businessmen and strengthen the lord's best measures for the domination of **, there is no safe trade road, all of them are in vain and a joke, but it is not a simple matter to find a suitable trade route.

Zhengheng knocked on the table, it seemed relaxed, but in fact, after thinking about it for a long time, he said slowly: "My family has dealt a hard blow to the Mishima Murakami Water Army, and now it occupies the Numata Village of Kobayakawa Takakei, needless to say, the maritime trade route, now to go out, there are only two roads, one is to go to Itsukushima and even Hakata, and the other is to go to Bizen and Harima to Kaizhen." Mori Moto's vitality was greatly damaged, and the territory was afraid that the rebellion would not only be unable to support Yoshimi Masanori, but it was not difficult for Ouchi Yoshinaga to defeat Yoshimi Masanori, and it was the right time to attack Aki Province, so that Tanba Mamoru went to Yamaguchi Castle to congratulate the New Year, and it was best to reach a certain agreement, so as to ensure that Ouchi Yoshinaga could continue to pressure Aki Province and Mishima Murakami Naval Army, and secondly, he could get a safe trade route. ”

Noyama Yichao frowned slightly, and said: "Yes, Your Highness, now the situation in the country of Bizen is changing three times a day, and I am afraid that I will have to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Zhengheng nodded slightly, and said: "Nizi Qingjiu went out to prepare for a long time without us knowing, I am afraid that he has already made up his mind to eradicate us and reoccupy Beizhong, and now the Date family seems to occupy most of Beizhong and Beihou, and has the ability to leave and right yin and yang, but you and I both know that it is a pavilion in the air and looking at the moon in the water, and there are many crises." Now the only characters who are going to be shocked by stomping their feet and stomping on both yin and yang are Niko Haruhisa and Ouchi Yoshinaga, of which Ouchi Yoshinaga is weaker than Nizi Haruhisa, and the weak and weak alliance can resist the strong. After two days, I will personally lead the main force back to Beiqian China and wait for an opportunity to open up the situation in Bizen and break the deadlock in front of me. ”

Noyama Masaasa asked, "Do you want to enter Bizen Province?" "But every time the Vanida family fights, they will occupy new land and expand their territory, so there is this question.

Zhengheng shook his head and said: "Now it is advisable to be stable and not easy to move, to fully digest the two countries of Beizhong and Beihou, I am afraid it will take two to three years, even if the new territory is seized in a short time, it will not be able to preserve, do your best." A sentence of doing his best to exhaust the current predicament of the Date family.

Noyama Yoshitomo didn't dare to fully believe in Zhengheng, afraid that even if the Date family didn't take it, it would be difficult to give it up.

Between the words, the banquet was coming to an end.