A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Yamauchi Yoshiharu rubbed his temples. He had fewer than 8,000 people, but the other side had 16,000. The pressure was really great. Although relying on Tianlongchuan's resistance for the time being, the Imagawa army did not seek any benefits.

However, the Imagawa Army is assisted by the navy. As long as the Yamauchi Army can be attacked and the pontoon bridge is built, the Yamauchi Army's defeat will be unstoppable.

And Yoshiharu Yamauchi, who had been fighting bad wars for twenty years, had some sense. Although the conflicts for several days did not cause large-scale casualties, the morale of the Yamauchi army was indeed declining. The soldiers' will to fight is crumbling.

When there was nothing to do, most of the important ministers below had no particularly good suggestions. At this time, even if you let Xiao Pingtai come, there is nothing you can do. With twice the advantage of the army, others also have the navy to help. Big fists are king, and they will not be reasonable with you at all.

Until Yamauchi Yoshiharu's stomach rumbled and the waiter brought the food, he didn't pay attention and put aside the messy thoughts in his mind. The sounds of people sucking and drinking soup could be heard in my ears. I watched all the retainers around me drinking soup without any distractions.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu thought to himself, isn't it just a bowl of miso soup? Didn't miso arrive from behind two days ago, making it look like you haven't eaten it before. I feel depressed for no reason, and all I can think about is how I raised a bunch of useless losers like you.

So he used chopsticks to poke at his soup randomly and found that there was actually a piece of fish meat, some vegetables, a few pieces of kelp, and a few small pieces of tofu. Then he turned to look at Harumiya Hosokawa, who was still drinking soup relatively slowly. He stretched his neck and pretended to relax, and found that his bowl was about the same.

So he asked the waiter while drinking the soup: "Why is today's miso soup so rich in content? Koheita also purchased vegetables on the spot."

The attendant didn't think much about it: "Yes, today Ejiri sent a lot of dry goods and vegetables. Lord Zikoji also organized fishermen from Hamana to send fish to the front line, and organized women from Ejiri to make some tofu for delivery. Come on, so today’s miso soup is better.”

The thoughtful Yoshitaka Yamauchi walked out of the shogunate with a bowl in hand and saw a group of soldiers in the camp, all busy eating fish and miso soup by the pot.

Everyone was very cheerful. Yamauchi Yoshiharu handed the bowl to the attendant who followed him out of the shogunate, walked to a group of soldiers, and took a bowl of their soup with the soldier's bowl. I found that although there was no tofu, it was a bit saltier than the soup I drank. He also took a wooden spoon and personally took soup from several piles of soldiers' pots to check, and found that they were almost the same and that the ingredients were abundant.

So Yamauchi Yoshiharu returned the spoon to the soldiers, waved his hands to greet the frightened soldiers to continue eating, and after comforting them for a few words, he clapped his hands leisurely and returned to the shogunate.

Turning around, another day of confrontation and conflict ended, and both sides withdrew their troops and returned to camp. Yamauchi Yoshiharu and the important ministers discussed the military situation in the shogunate. Soon it was getting late, and everyone who had not eaten lunch after fighting for a day felt hungry. Yamauchi Yoshiharu asked the attendants to get some food, and soon the attendants brought the food. Today, in addition to soup and rice, salt grilled fish and pickled radish were added.

Harumiya Hosokawa, who took the first seat, smiled and said: "The war is not improving, but the food is getting better and better. There is considerable improvement."

Several other generals also echoed, "This salt-grilled fish tastes good, my lord, please try it."

Yamauchi Yoshiharu nodded and took a look at his rice bowl. Even the rice that was originally full of wheat beans began to contain about 30% of rice.

So for several days in a row, the camp was filled with a cheerful atmosphere every night (it was said to be every night, but it was actually three or four o'clock, after all, they were facing off at noon and didn't even get a meal). The soldiers held bowls and pots, waiting for the warriors to share the food.

All the soldiers were looking forward to the food being transferred from the rear. Even if they could not catch them indiscriminately, they could not defeat the enemy. Morale was maintained in subtle ways that were invisible to the naked eye.

Over the next ten days or so, the food delivered from the rear became better and better, and even the generals began to look forward to it. They discussed with each other that the red bean buns yesterday were quite good, and the noodle soup the day before yesterday was also delicious. (Noodle soup is not a valuable thing, but it is a little troublesome to make, but there is no problem at all in supplying it to an army. Takeda Shingen’s army had noodle soup. However, steamed buns require a stove and a steamer, and they cannot be stored for a long time. Japanese steamed buns may be different from what you think. Most steamed buns are very small, almost the same size as an egg. In the food drama "The Lonely Gourmet", Uncle Goro once took 20 steamed buns as a pre-cook snack.)

Yamauchi Yoshiharu was pondering the plate of rice cakes and persimmons in front of him (persimmons usually only have a shelf life of six to eight months, which is something that cannot withstand scrutiny. I originally wanted to write Jinping Tang, but then I thought about it and decided to Write it down like this, big brother, just take a look), in normal times, he can eat this thing anytime he wants, and he is not a good eater himself. But listening to the laughter of the soldiers in the camp cheering and receiving rice cakes, he seemed to have experienced something. (The main thing is to make rice cakes. Steaming glutinous rice is not a big deal. It can be steamed in a short time after putting it in the pot. You can search for videos on the Internet. However, ordinary soldiers cannot eat rice cakes once a year. If there are rice cakes to eat, let’s They will probably be happy if they spend a day eating rice cakes)

As for his ministers, there was a small plate of rice cakes, but no persimmons, so he divided the persimmons roughly, each of them had a small piece, tasted the sweetness, and was happy. Everyone was grateful for his gift and saluted him. Yamauchi Yoshiji waved his hands and thought more and more while eating rice cakes.

The next day, the soldiers of the Yamauchi Army met the Imagawa Army's attack with high morale. Even though the Imagawa Army had twice the advantage, they were defeated and failed to break through the Tenryu River.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu looked at the originally depressed soldiers and cheered up, as if he understood something, and this seemed to have something to do with Xiao Pingtai. No, it should all be related to Xiao Pingtai.

From the beginning, there was only coarse wheat and bean rice with little salt, but now there is enough vegetable food, and even rice cakes and sea fish that soldiers cannot usually eat. The soldiers have completely come out of their war-weary mood. They no longer think about the war ending soon, but hope that the war will last longer so that they can eat more good food that they cannot eat at home.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu secretly noted that he already had his preliminary thoughts and planned to ask Xiaoping Tai in detail later.

Kodaira secretly observed the Imagawa Army on the other side several times. The two sides have been facing off for almost a month. In at most ten days, even Imagawa Yoshimoto, who is wealthy and has no shortage of food, will let the soldiers go home for autumn harvest. But Xiaoheita discovered that there was actually more smoke coming from the Imagawa Army tonight.

The second update at 11 o'clock has more than a thousand recommendations this week, and the eighth update next Tuesday will have more than 20,000 words.