A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Koheita hurried out of the queue and bowed respectfully to all the big guys present. Nagao Kagetora and Koheita had met each other before in Kyoto, so they smiled and nodded to let Koheta speak freely.

Xiaoping was too worried, so he looked at Nagano Yamasa first. This person was also an acquaintance, almost a friendship that they had fought side by side with. Of course, they are hostile on the surface but go all the way on the inside. The Battle of Numata was the direct retreat of Nagano Yasumasa and became the last straw for Hojo Yasumoto. Nagao Kagetora had his share of the credit for getting Ueno.

Koheita asked him solemnly: "What does Shinano Mamoru think is his most precious thing?"

Nagano was thinking for a moment, as if he suddenly understood something, and said very proudly: "My family has the Ueno Sixteen Spears headed by the Sword Master Ueizumi Isemomo, and ten thousand Minawas."

Koheita asked Nagao Kagetora again, "Where are you, Danmasakane?"

Nagao Kagetora laughed heartily, "Of course the eight thousand Echigo soldiers under my command are incomparable even with swords and famous horses worth billions."

Koheita asked the generals present again, everyone felt that the samurai ashigaru who were loyal to them was their most precious asset. No other treasure can compare with it, it is incomparable.

So Xiaodaita took advantage of the situation and asked the five hundred loyal and brave warriors Ashigaru and the five hundred pack horses, which one was more important? Everyone said it was naturally the five hundred samurai ashigaru.

Everyone did it without thinking. After all, in such troubled times, as long as there is a soldier who is loyal to oneself, are you afraid of losing wealth and land? As long as the more people are loyal to you, the more wealth and territory you will have. After a little calculation, this account will become clear immediately.

Xiaopingtai then smiled and told everyone that everything would be settled easily. Nagao Kagetora was asked to collect at least 500 pack horses, 10,000 rice bags, and 3,000 pieces of cloth. He collected all large and small vehicles and converted them into horse-drawn four-wheeled carts. At least 500 vehicles were prepared.

Then the soldiers were asked to shovel soil and fill the rice bags, and all the cloth was made into something like a bag, and all was filled with soil.

When everyone heard about filling soil, they knew that the trenches had to be filled in, but the price was quite high and painful. Nagao Kagetora looked at Koheita with a considerate eye, and asked him seriously: "Is it possible to be completely sure of the success? The price is not small."

Xiaopingtai naturally wanted to reassure them: "Your Majesty, you must be at ease and be absolutely sure that nothing will happen."

"Okay! I'll leave it all to you!" Nagao Kagetora didn't hesitate, and that's all.

Koheita then suggested to Nagao Kagetora to mobilize brave and powerful samurai ashigaru, especially those who could use long bows and heavy arrows, on the grounds that they needed cover when filling in the trenches. It is best to be a marksman who can shoot an arrow from fifty meters away and hit someone's eyes or neck directly.

There should be a lot of people who are good at bows and arrows. There are at least 15,000 warriors and Fenggong people here. Who hasn't started practicing swords, guns, bows and arrows since they were young. How can you not be good at eating?

And this suggestion is actually in line with Nagao Kagetora's meaning. He also wants to know the level of capable samurai strength among the Kanto gangsters. The archery test is a very important indicator, so you can at least get a feel for it.

The next step was to recruit all the iron gunners in the 110,000-strong army. It was very pitiful that there were not even three thousand guns, and only two thousand were able to take the lead. So Koheta asked Nagao Kagetora to order the gathering of these iron gunners to prepare for the subsequent suppression of the city. These gangsters have not yet realized that the iron cannon will shine in the future. If they do not seize the opportunity now, they will become a dish on other people's tables in the future.

Nagao Kagetora was also very considerate and ordered all armies to hand over their iron cannons and iron artillerymen, and assemble into Nagao Kagetora's central army to obey his orders. In order to facilitate his unified command and dispatch. Otherwise, your ten iron cannons and his eight iron cannons will be of little use if they cannot fire in volley. Is it just to listen to the crackling sound wherever it is placed? Isn't this a joke?

Then thousands of bamboo bundles are made and distributed to the iron artillery troops. This is what it should be. Everyone also knows that iron gunners often need to shoot at close range to achieve results, so they need wooden trusses and bamboo bundles as cover to shoot in. . Besides, this thing is not difficult. Take a bundle of straw, then surround it with chopped bamboo and tie the bundle with rope. Basically, stray bullets from bows, arrows and iron cannons cannot penetrate. It feels more effective than the armor you wear.

The military meeting ended here. Nagao Kagetora acted as a villain and mobilized the iron gunners from all armies and the capable warriors who could use bows and arrows. He also forced the miscellaneous fish to chop down trees and bamboos to make wooden poles and bamboo bundles. , digging soil and bagging it, grabbing vehicles for renovation, and handing over varying numbers of packhorses. In line with the principle of making the best use of everything, they were also asked to scold the streets outside Odawara Castle every day.

The miscellaneous fish were complaining. If they hadn't been given two meals a day, no matter what they ate, this group of people might have dispersed like animals in history. With just the looks of these people, without relying on Nagata Kagetora, what great things could they accomplish.

Nagao Kagetora also followed the strategy of Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and began to gather the generals, drinking and singing. Dressed up in luxurious clothes every day, dogs and falcons hunting nearby, so happy. They hunted wild boars and deer and held an open-air barbecue party, as if they were in no rush to attack the city.

Naoe Keizuna's mission seemed to have achieved great results. After that, the Imagawa family really made great progress. The Suruga navy almost wiped out the Izu navy in Izu. The Imagawa family also swallowed the two Izu counties like they were picked up. .

Satomi Yoshihiro was also unambiguous. Boso's navy arrived quickly as promised, and the Sagami navy was so frightened that they hid in Odawara Port. There was a gap in strength. They had been beaten by Boso's navy for so many years, and they were not afraid at all. Dare to go out to the harbor to fight.

So Ejiri's more than ten grain ships sailed to Sagami Bay every day, unloading a large amount of grain, so that the trash fish from Kanto left without making any fuss and stayed here to eat the giant long-tailed katora. After all, now is the time when the economy is lean, and there is no food to be found in the collar, so it is better to leave it here to do odd jobs for Nagao Kagetora, that is, to work hard. No one has any grudges against rice balls, right? Without rice balls, it’s fine just for stuttering.

Coupled with the constant swearing and shooting inside the castle and the shouting of family members outside the castle, the morale in Odawara finally began to waver. The most obvious thing is that one or two ashigaru escaped from the city, and now there are ten or twenty. The entire village fled out of the city. Nagao Kagetora also kept his promise. In addition to interrogating the military situation in the city in detail and confiscating all weapons and armor, he indeed redeemed all their family members, but temporarily stayed in the army to do labor until they were released after the war.

So after half a month of busy work, the preparations for the siege were basically completed, and it all depended on Xiao Pingtai's actions.

We will attack Odawara soon!