Chapter 21 Bait Candidates

In fact, it is not a tactic that is rarely used, on the contrary, it is a classic tactic that has been used by the Shimazu family since the Shimazu Rixin Zhai period, and it is also the secret magic weapon that the Shimazu family has been able to win more with less in all previous battles. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

This tactic has been used in almost every large-scale campaign since the Shimazu Ichi Writers' Expedition in the 7th year of Shimazu Shinsai Daiei (1527 AD), and has been tried and tested in many battles, such as the Kisakihara Battle, the Obigawa Battle, the Okita Chiefa Battle, and the Tojigawa Battle.

Historically, the Shimazu family defeated the Otomo family, the overlord of Kyushu, who had an army of 45,000 troops, with an absolute inferior force of 5,000 troops, and defeated the Otomo family, the overlord of Kyushu, who had an army of 45,000 people. And this occasion battle also became a turning point for the Shimazu family to dominate Kyushu and the Otomo family to decline.

Now the three thousand Shimazu family soldiers, under the command of Shimazu Iehisa, who was also the commander of the Battle of Ogawa, faced the army of the Kuroda family, which numbered 14,000, and was also preparing to use the tactics of the fishing no. In a different situation, what will be the final result? You can only know until you can fight it at the end.

But one thing that must be noted is that the Kuroda family is not the Otomo family, even if the samurai under his command have the mentality of underestimating the enemy, the Iate Yushi as the main general, and Shigeharu Takenaka as a military advisor are still very cautious in the face of the Shimazu family.

"By the way, brother, have you heard back from the messengers who were sent out to contact various places before?" Shimazu Iehisa asked、

"This, at present, only the Shinna Tadanobu of the Shinna family of Nan Hinata, the Shimazu Asaha of the Toyoshu family, and the Kitago Tokihisa of the Hogo family said that they would come, and the third child is already approaching, and the other liver pay is acting in these ways, all of them have ambiguous attitudes, and there is no reply."

It should be mentioned here that Shimazu Asahhisa, who is the head of the Shimazu family in Toyoshu, and Kitago Tokihisa, the head of the Hogo family, are brothers. Their father, Kitago Tadashi, was the eldest son of Kitago Tadashi, the head of the Kitago family in the capital of Hyuga Province.

In the fifteenth year of Astronomical (1546 AD), after the death of Shimazu Tadahisa, the adopted son of Shimazu Tadahiro, the head of the Shimazu family of the Toyoshu family, Shimazu Asahita of Kitago Tadashi, succeeded the Toyosu Shimazu family and entered the Toyosu family as an adopted son. In the eighteenth year of Astronomy (1549 AD), because his adoptive father Shimazu Tadahiro lived in seclusion, Shimazu Asaha obtained the inheritance of the family governor.

"Liver pay double, right? Thanks to his brother's trust in him so much, not only did he not take advantage of the situation to exterminate him, but also let him continue to exist as an old minister of his family, when his family was in trouble, he actually wanted to be a wall-to-wall watch to save himself, which is really hateful. Shimazu Iehisa said angrily.

"Okay, Shiro, don't worry about this, the most important thing for us now is to do our own things well, the Kuroda family is really powerful, very distressing!" Shimazu Yoshihisa said with a frown.

"Hey!"

After Shimazu Yoshihisa made a decision, he immediately returned to the camp with Shimazu Iehisa and convened everyone to discuss the matter.

The samurai of the Shimazu family in the camp include the bigwig-level Iririin Shigeiji, Kiiri Jihisa, Uehara Naojin, Yamada Yunobu and others, as well as Kiwaki Yumasa, Akasaki Dangomori, Kakai Kakukane, Sarudo Nobumitsu, Kawakami Tadatsu, Akatsuka Shinken, Oyama Tsunami, Kawakami Tadachi, Kawakami Tadashi, Kawakami Tadashi, Kawakami Hisachi, Sakumasa, Machida Kuma, Machida Kube, Hirata Suimune, Kitago Hisamori, Honda Jinji, Honda Kinsho and other branch families, clan heads, or wealthy clans, national samurai, They are all important ministers of the Shimazu family who followed Shimazu Yoshihisa to attack Hyuga Province.

Shimazu Yoshihisa sat on the main seat, his face was very serious, he looked around at everyone, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, you should also know the current situation, we are facing more than 14,000 people from the Kuroda family this time, and it is not easy to win, but our Shimazu family has never been afraid of external challenges, never. This time, we will use the tactics of luring the enemy against the Kuroda family, but the team that is used as a decoy will be extremely dangerous, and you are willing to take on the task of luring the enemy. ”

Everyone knew the tactics of baiting the enemy, and they also knew how dangerous the bait of the baiting enemy represented, and most of the Shimazu samurai lowered their heads.

At this time, a samurai came out together, knelt on the ground and said, "I am willing to take on the task of bait." ”

The person who spoke was a samurai from the Shimazu family, the Kitago family, and the Kitago family.

"I'm willing to go with you." Shimazu samurai Honda said.

Seeing that someone had already taken the initiative to stand up, no matter what their purpose was, at least the bait candidate was already available, and the other Shimazu samurai didn't need to worry about needing to fight hard, so they all breathed a long sigh of relief and regained their composure just now.

After all, the number of people in the Kuroda family is there, and this is an unchangeable fact.

No one is really not afraid of death, the samurai of the Shimazu family are still human, they are also living people with their own feelings, for going out as bait, the real courage to stand up is nothing more than a moment of hot-headedness, or really a little more courage than others, or very confident in themselves, or have their own other purposes.

Most people wouldn't want to take on such a mission anyway, and the other samurai of the Shimazu family have reflected this very well.

"In this case, this time, the task of facing the bait in the Kuroda family's tactics of luring the enemy is entrusted to the two adults. Because the Kuroda family has a large number of people this time, you will lead the headquarters first, and I will also allocate a hundred elites to you, and everyone else will have their own allocation, which will be told to you later. Yoshihisa Shimazu said.

"Hey!" The people should be in peace.

"Hisamori-sama Kitago, Honda-sama." Shimazu Yoshihisa shouted.

"Hey!"

"Please take care, I know that this time against the Kuroda family, your mission is very dangerous, I myself am very grateful for your standing up, I hope you can survive for the Shimazu family."

"Hey!" The two replied heavily.

In the Kuroda family's main formation, when Shigeharu Takenaka saw the Shimazu family's bait team attacking, his brows furrowed.

It stands to reason that the Shimazu family has a total of 3,000 troops, and even if they only send the vanguard when they start attacking, then at least the follow-up troops should be visible, after all, a high Chiho Mountain is not enough to cover all the 3,000 people of the Shimazu family.

If this team is really just a striker, it can only mean that they are acting on their own initiative and have broken away from the brigade. But would the elite of the Shimazu family really make such a mistake?