A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Another day passed and all the affairs were dealt with. After counting the materials in Futama Castle, especially setting aside enough food, leaving Ashigaru to garrison Futama Castle, and ordering the expansion of the water storage tank and the addition of water storage barrels, the Yamauchi army retreated to Tenryu River.

The place where the temporary pontoon bridge was originally built received unanimous attention from Yamauchi, and Ejiri Castle Isshiki Miyauchi Shaosuke was ordered to formally build a solid wooden and stone bridge. After all, the east bank of the Tianlong River now has territory and a branch city. It is necessary to establish stable transportation and prepare the streets.

Some ignorant and short-sighted people do not pay attention to the importance of a complete road network, but the three people of the Three Kingdoms, as well as Takeda Shingen, Imagawa Yoshimoto and other world-sighted daimyo, have tried their best to improve the roads and bridges in the territory. Wherever the road reaches is the place shrouded by their authority, from large towns to small villages and castles, they have managed to connect them all. In the sixteenth century, the goal of providing access to every village was almost achieved. Even though the roads leading to every village are just flat mud roads, the narrowest ones are only three or four meters wide.

In short, there were many things to deal with after the war ended. Fortunately, not many soldiers were lost in this battle, and the seizures were also very rich. It was a happy ending for everyone.

When they arrived outside Ejiri City, all the people recruited by Ejiri were given rice balls and a little reward and then dispersed on the spot. They had completed their feudal military obligations for the year. If the lord recruited them again, they would be exempted from annual tribute and farewell on a large scale. Qian Hepu asked for service. This is a burden that many poor lords cannot bear, so this year it is probably possible that the Yamauchi clan will not fight bad wars again.

The Ashigaru samurai of the Yamauchi leader followed the military station set up by Koheta, and returned to the Yamauchi leader with a full meal, taking the rewards and going home to harvest rice. This year, the entire mountain must be very happy. The large-scale mobilization of all leaders for the war will make every household benefit from this war. The situation this year is very good. There are no earthquakes, typhoons, floods or droughts. Yamauchi Yoshiharu can store a lot of money and rice to deal with the war that has not happened next year.

After returning to the city, Yamauchi Yoshiharu held a banquet for all the generals as usual and rewarded them for their merits. Chief Konishiharazaemon was able to present a hundred swords to a certain village in Yamauchi due to his skill with the spear. Uncle Tsunayoshi was promoted to the general of the banner, and The salary is fifty pieces. (52 skills + 100 marrying a daughter + 50 entering the capital to contact major names + 50 meritorious service in the Imagawa war = 252 Kanbun banner generals, record it in case you forget)

The first two major contributors are finished, and it will be Koheita's turn soon. Koheita is lying if he says he is not excited. He has changed his identity to a samurai, and the samurai's achievements will no longer be ignored and misappropriated. There are opportunities to climb further.

Sitting quietly on his knees, Xiaoping thought happily to himself: "I have been busy with nearly 10,000 people for you. Since the transportation of military rations is not enough, at least give me a village. Even if there is not a village, half a village will do. I I’m not greedy either. Half the village is just a piece of meat, so I can accept it.”

As a result, the superior, Hosokawa Harungong, actually said that Koheita would do his best to ensure the military rations and reward him with twenty kanmon. However, he participated in a surprise attack and killed a member of the Imagawa Hatamoto samurai (Tsuna Oka nobubu), and was transferred to the Hatamoto clan, assigned to his uncle Tsuna, and obtained the military position of the Hatamoto samurai. But he still served under the leadership of Kitahata University. (This is equivalent to officially changing from a subordinate to a direct minister, and is directly responsible to Yamauchi Yoshiji. Naturally, he will lose his status as a flag-bearing samurai and his position and salary.)

The red-faced Xiaopingtai's original expectations were all in vain. What the hell, Xiaopingtai really didn't react, so he stayed up all night and set fires everywhere, and changed from a company outsourced dispatch worker to a formal contract worker. But the man who was in charge of the logistics of an entire army of 10,000 people was actually rewarded twenty thousand coins?

Okay, I understand, military merit is the most valuable, and you will be rewarded according to your military merit.

This is due to the short distance of wars during this period (generally within a range of 200 kilometers), the short war duration (the three time periods mentioned above were only a few months each), and the small scale of the war (basically thousands of people , it’s a big deal, 20,000 to 30,000, but it won’t be long before a big battle involving hundreds of thousands of people will appear.) It has something to do with it.

This also has something to do with the composition of the army, an army of 10,000 people. Among them, there are about one or two hundred of the most elite Hatamoto and Horse warriors, and four or five hundred Ashigaru people who belong to Hatamoto. Then there are up to 700 or 800 low-level ordinary samurai and rich peasant monks whose equipment is not inferior to that of samurai. In this way, the number of the most elite warriors who dare to fight is 1500, and then there are about 2500 ashigaru. In addition to a small number of standing sufficient To put it mildly, most of them were farmers with an annual income of more than five thousand yuan. There are also 1,500 prepared ashigaru warriors, who are relatively poor in financial resources and can make up for the losses of the ashigaru troops. Then the remaining 4,500 people in this army are basically useless. They are all horsemen, loaders, array men, servants, juniors, flag bearers, even praying monks, pharmacists, etc.

More than 40% of the entire army can be used as logistics personnel. When the army sets off, it swarms up, all carrying supplies and rations. The Japanese don't eat much. Even if they don't have logistics, they can manage an army of 10,000 for a month, let alone go to other people's countries. Territory can still be grabbed.

Therefore, until modern times, Japan's logistics and engineers were also the gathering place for the worst-performing, most unsatisfied, and most unpleasant people in the army. There are exceptions. As far as Koheta knows, there is only one case. The last member of the Navy was named Isoroku Yamamoto and the first member was Nagumo Chuichi. Let’s not talk too much about the results, for fear of harmony.

Throughout the Warring States Period, only during the period from Nobunaga to Yuan and Yanwu, large-scale armies of more than 100,000 or even 300,000 people were often mobilized. Moreover, long-distance and long-distance wars such as the conquest of Kyushu, the conquest of Odawara, and the conquest of Oshu were launched, so that talents who were good at logistics were valued, and they were able to be listed in the military merit books through the transportation of military rations, and finally be rewarded for their knowledge and deeds passed down from generation to generation.

At this time, a person's greatest contribution on the battlefield is a spear, a ride, and a bow. They were the bravest in combat and the most meritorious, the first to climb to the top of the city to break the city defense, and the first to obtain the head of the enemy's named warrior.

The reason why Koheita is listed in the military merit book is for taking the head of Oka Nobu Tsuna. Oka Nagatsuna was a distinguished samurai. He was listed in the Imagawa clan's banner and his family background was also very prominent. Therefore, due to Koheita's own hard work and achievements, he was able to join the ranks of the banner warriors directly under the Yamauchi. This was considered by people at the time It is indeed an incredible honor. He is also worthy of his bravery in killing the enemy.

As for the contribution he made in negotiating and persuading the surrender of Futama Castle, he will add it separately.

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