A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

To be honest, Xiaoping Tai knew the three major seasons of war in Japan's Warring States Period, and they were all regular and patterned. After the spring plowing is over, you usually have to go out to grab some crops if there is no harvest. It is the consensus of all the famous people in the world to go out and grab a handful of wheat after the summer harvest, and to grab a handful of rice after the autumn harvest.

This thing doesn't mean that you can't fight the daimyo if you don't want to. If you don't want to fight, the retainers and ashigaru farmers will force you to fight. If the productivity is not high enough, you will starve to death if you don't fight others. I'll take care of myself first so that I can have enough to eat. The most simple rule of survival for everyone is to die of Taoist friends and not to die of poor Taoists. Anyway, if you don't rob, you will starve to death. Although you may die if you rob, but referring to the casualty rate in the Japanese war, it is more likely that if you rob, you will be able to have enough food and clothing this year.

So if you look at those wars, as long as they are not protracted confrontations, ordinary wars are either in May or September. There are absolutely no exceptions. One summer harvest and one autumn harvest, there is nothing wrong with it.

And what’s ridiculous is that more than 80% of the wars are actually fought over a ditch, a well, or a relatively fertile tidal flat for decades. A person may even die in battle. His father died on the same day by the same river, and his grandfather died on the same day and in the same place.

So there is wisdom in saying that Japan’s Warring States Period was all about village warfare, and that’s right. It is true that many of the so-called joint war parties only have a thousand men in total, and the number of hand-to-hand combat may not exceed 200. This ubiquitous reality can please the wise people of heaven.

Since the Onin Civilization Chaos in Japan, continuous wars have swept across the country. Despite the fact that the Yamana clan and the Hosokawa clan each had their own friends and companions at the beginning, hundreds of thousands of people gathered outside Kyoto to come and go. As mentioned above, many of the early battles were indeed quite small, and more of them were group fights.

But things are different now. After decades of violent or not violent annexation wars, powerful daimyo have basically appeared in each territorial country. Even the Ise Kingdom and Yue China, known as small warring states, have gradually transformed from the coexistence of powerful powers into a situation where two tigers are fighting or a tripartite confrontation.

The powerful Nizi clan even served as the governor of the Eleven Kingdoms of Yin and Yang (no less than one-sixth of the famous sects in the temple). For example, the Otomo clan will soon pacify Kitakyushu and serve as the Kyushu expedition. The Takeda clan will also serve as the governor. For example, the Shimazu clan, a father and son of three generations, shouldered the responsibility of guardian of the three kingdoms of Satsuma Ohsumi and Hyuga.

Almost all daimyo began to transform from the guardian daimyo of the shogunate to the daimyo of the Warring States Period, and began to directly control everything in their own territories. Eliminate the old loose feudal dependence system and replace it with a new, more centralized model.

In this regard, Yamauchi Yoshiharu also followed the trend. Most of the Yamauchi retainers began to gather in Fuzhong City to serve together (this was the most important part in the separation of soldiers and peasants, and also the order for retainers to gather and live). This also resulted in Fuzhong City having thousands of standing ashigaru and samurai all year round. If you are attacked, you can immediately form an army to fight back.

On the other hand, the Yamauchi family relied on the status of the Ashikaga Shogun clan (a clan, not a clan), and such a noble family status to forcefully suppress the power of the temple community in the territory, and all the local tycoons were officialized. Further control the lower class peasants into the hands of the daimyo.

The entire territory has become a low-speed war machine, and everyone must obey the orders of Yamauchi Yoshiharu. Even the Hosokawa Spring Palace of the old Hosokawa clan who entered the country together at that time only had the right to make suggestions and information, and the prestige and power of the daimyo increased unprecedentedly.

At the same time, Yamauchi Yoshiharu had no other bad habits except for marrying many young wives. There are almost no extravagant hobbies. The money he gained from plundering the people and merchants was used to arm his own army. Tea ceremony, Japanese songs, haiku, and painting were all things Yamauchi Yoshiharu learned in Kyoto, but he never indulged in these extracurricular activities that cost money to hold.

Even his son Yamauchi Yoshikatsu would be moved for 200 kan, and he would not throw away the faded old clothes he wore. The whole family was willing to be thrifty. There is quite a bit of an image in which other people’s treasures are tea utensils and famous swords, while mine are five hundred loyal and brave samurai. (Don’t say that I copied the old turtle Tokugawa Ieyasu. Those daimyo who are reluctant to spend money on their own efforts will not be happy in the end. Even the Shimazu family did not build gorgeous gates, but kept their money. The anecdote about the favor of the samurai came down to this. That is to say, the rise of tea ceremony activities later made it seem that everyone was keen on this kind of money-spending activity. In fact, it was not an excuse to hold small group gatherings to get to know people and discuss things.)

However, as the lowest-ranking samurai with a salary of fifteen guan and a salary of fifteen guan, Xiaoheita felt that it would be perfect if he could make a good salted fish every day. What do these major world events have to do with Xiao Pingtai? How can he compare with those big guys who can stir up trouble in three or five days after traveling through time.

Some people even wiped out an army of 450 million in a blink of an eye (this number is probably a clerical error by an author, but the level of care is really not worth mentioning), and there are also some time-traveling bosses who get a few small tycoons to force them casually. You can get 50,000 guan (I'm talking about you, the male protagonist is Akechi so-and-so). It only costs 10,000 guan to build a Sakamoto Castle. How can you, a few rich people with thousands of dan, come up with 50,000 guan? If you drag the whole family to sell them in the red light district, they will not be able to make the money even after three lifetimes of selling them.

Xiaoping Tai cursed various "big guys" and returned to Zixiaoji Zhai in Fuzhong City with Koichiro. Xiao Pingtai even pretended to say that this big house was given to our Zixiaolu family by our lord back then. It was big and strong.

Although it is not Xiaopingtai's own, as a man, he is somewhat vain, right? It's rare to bring a friend home, and he at least needs to look good on the surface.

Uncle Tsunade happened to be back too, so he invited Koichiro to have dinner with him. As for the more than fifty people I bought, I'm sorry, I can't support them either. Except for a man with a pair of children, they were all sent to Jinshan to work. After the season settles down, it would be nice to allow them to write letters back to their families to ransom them.

The three who were left behind were a father in his early thirties with his thirteen-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter. As for his wife, who was separated by the Hojo Army when they fled, they didn't know who she sold them to.

The man named Jinliu was sent back to the riverside village by Xiaoping Tai. The houses there needed to be cleaned and cared for. There are also some fields in front of and behind the house, where you can grow some things. Not only is it enough for Jinliu to eat himself, but he can also send some to the city. (It also makes it easier for him to check on his children regularly.) The little boy was called Aji and was old enough to serve as a follower to Xiao Ping Tai. The little girl was called Xiao Nai and was sent directly to his uncle's wives as maids. After all, the youngest wife was snatched away. I didn't bring a maid.

Xiaoping thought to himself, I am also a person who has a horse and straw sandals to follow. Aji, if you work hard, maybe thirty years later you will be a good Toyotomi Hideyoshi, hehehe.

Anyway, he can feed the whole family without worrying about it. It is impossible to support a retainer with a salary of thirty thousand yuan. It is not fun to support a retainer who does not need to be paid. Taking Aji home and placing him in the longhouse where the servants lived was considered a good place for him.

As for Koichiro and Koheita, they stayed at Koheita's house for another two days after having dinner with Uncle Tsunaliang. Then he was about to leave. Although Koheita felt that Koichiro was actually quite reliable in his work, he definitely couldn't support a retainer, so he wanted to introduce him to Tsunaliang. But after a few days, Tsuna didn't have the intention.

The three of them actually sat down and talked. Koichiro's description of the battle at Kamirukawa was very clear and appropriate. When he talked with Xiaoping Taiyi about how to make money, he also had some unique insights.

Even Uncle Tsuna felt that what Koichiro said was very good and even clicked the beat from time to time. However, Uncle Tsunaliang never mentioned anything about retaining Koichiro, and Koheita couldn't make the decision for him.

So Koheita finally gave Koichiro twenty kanwen as capital, and jokingly said to him: "Koichiro, if you become rich in the future, I will go to you."

Koichiro also smiled and said: "When you become famous in the Yamauchi family in the future, I will come immediately to serve you. You can't break your promise."

"It's a deal!" The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and after cherishing each other, Koheita gave Koichiro a letter and said goodbye.

After Koichiro was on the road for a few days, he remembered to open the letter. Inside was written by Koheita after his time-traveling heart broke out, asking him to seek refuge with Kinoshita Tokichiro, Nakamura Go, Aichi County (he was probably just a lower-level infantryman at this time).

Koichiro scratched his head, a little confused. I thought to myself: Isn't Kinoshita Tokichiro my brother who separated from the family? Why would I take refuge with him?

(It’s so watery, I knelt down to apologize!)

There are still more than 130,000 manuscripts saved. As long as the current ranking can be maintained, there will definitely be five updates next Tuesday. Also, today is the Chinese Valentine's Day. I'm very sorry, but this chapter will probably be over 3,000 words long.