Although Honjo Minoru is dissatisfied, he is not a reckless person.
Seeing that Uesugi Teruhora's close confidant Naoe Kanetsugu was so cowardly, she did not dare to arbitrarily resist the imperial office's order until she understood the reason.
He said politely.
"The troops from Yangbei are coming with great force. These barbaric fools do not know the proper etiquette. The royal palace has a rich body and cannot be put in danger in front of the battle.
Torowei Castle is the gateway to Shangyue and has an important location. The Home Governor's reinforcements are not far away, so why not wait for a few days as a safe solution. "
Yiyin shook his head.
"Because Tonglewei City is too important to allow any loss, it is necessary to go out of the city to compete and test the enemy's strength first.
The most taboo in Gucheng is to defend, and taking the initiative is for defense. Only those who are rebellious will not treat us as weak persimmons and do whatever they want. "
What Yiyin said is true.
Since ancient times, it is rare to defend a city without being able to escape. Unless encountering a situation where the strength of the troops is too different, most of them rely on the city to wait for opportunities to attack and gain the initiative.
Passively defending the city puts oneself into a desperate situation. It is passive strategically and lacks many tactics tactically.
The most important thing is that being trapped in a desperate situation is too destructive to morale and cannot last long.
Honjo Sano narrowed his eyes, the imperial office was secretly changing his concept.
With the family governor Wu Yong, if she said she would arrive in ten days, she would definitely arrive in ten days. How could a mere Hojo Castle stop her.
But the news hadn't come yet, so she couldn't arbitrarily conclude that the reinforcements would arrive on time. If she even said it, she would be speechless by the emperor.
How can we take chances in a war and rely solely on reinforcements?
Yiyin applied the concept of long-term persistence to the current situation, deliberately ignoring the fact that Tokio Castle only needed to defend for five more days.
Although Honjo Shino understood that he was sophistry, he had scruples due to the high status of both parties and could not refute it explicitly.
She had to find other excuses.
"Our army is mixed and the Lord is not here, making it difficult to command smoothly. It is better to defend the city and wait for reinforcements."
Yiyin retorted.
"There is not peace within the Yangbei people. Aren't the four parties also full of contradictions and dissatisfaction with each other? They can overcome it, but we can't?
What's more, this place is already the residence of the direct descendants of the Genji family in Hanoi. This is where the great righteousness lies. I will give you unified orders. Who dares not to listen! "
As soon as these words came out, Daxiong Chaoxiu decisively bowed down and shouted loudly.
"Serve the general and die serving the emperor!"
Yamanaka Yukimori, Shimakatsu Takeo, and other Spocky warriors reacted half a beat too late, allowing her to take the lead. They quickly kowtowed to the ground and shouted to obey the order.
The Chinese and Vietnamese people followed and fell to the ground, looking like they were united. Honzhuang Shinai had no choice but to lower his head and kowtow, and everyone in the shirts also bowed to Shiba Yiyin.
Yiyin looked at her unwilling eyes and smiled inwardly. His status as a direct descendant of Genji in Kawachi was very useful.
The biggest reason why he dared to fight was because this rebellion was a civil war.
The Echigo samurai family has been prospering for hundreds of years. Although there are many conflicts between the upper, middle and lower Mitsukoshi, the relationship between the families is actually not far apart.
Like the three long tails, like the four parties in Yangbei, the ancestors worked together to lead the country. They are not relatives of each other, but also relatives of relatives.
Therefore, although Echigo had many rebellions, his national strength suffered little loss. In the final analysis, they didn't even make a killing move.
When the Wu family fights, they pay attention to the blood ties of the township party.
If it were between two territorial kingdoms, like Kai Country and Echigo Country, the fight would definitely be full of people, and no one would regard the other as a human being.
But the country is deeply entangled, and what they are fighting for is nothing but power. If you take one more bite of rice, I will take one less bite. Although I will be angry, it will not push people to death.
The Yangbei people rebelled several times. The two generations of Uesugi Teruhu and his daughter only intensified the military and food service punishments, but did not crush the Yangbei people into ashes. They transferred the samurai family from other places to re-enfranchise this place.
As for the Yangbei Zhong, they went to war all over Central and Central Vietnam, and no one heard of any villages being burned or fields being destroyed. At most, they were just seeking self-reliance.
The most heart-wrenching thing to say is that if we say that we have nothing to do with Yangbeizhong, does it really mean that we have nothing to do with it?
If Teruhora Uesugi massacred the Yangbei Zhong, most of his samurai families might directly rebel, which would be more troublesome than the Yangbei Zhong.
The Wu family society is a blood society through and through, and the iron rule is to help relatives but not to take care of others.
Whenever defending important areas, the defenders are always on guard. They are afraid of losing the city and ruining the overall situation, so they naturally dare not act recklessly.
Yoshigan dared to fight because he had seen through the nature of the Echigo rebellion. Neither side would make a deadly move, and nothing would happen if they went out to fight once.
If he really faced a foreign enemy like Takeda Hojo, he would not dare to be so casual.
He has less than 200 Ji warriors under his command, and they are really at the point of killing. They are not enough to consume the amount of one battle. Who will he cry to if he loses them all?
In this battle, he was seeking prestige, not really fighting to the death.
Both sides probably have a lot of worries. It would be even better if it turned into a gentleman's battle like this.
With the plug-in in hand, you are invincible.
I couldn't really defeat him, my eyes rolled around and I kept talking.
"The people from Yangbei are arrogant and brave, with a large army. They attack rashly because they are afraid that the enemy will be outnumbered and we will not be able to fight in the field."
Yiyin glanced at her.
Honjo Mino seemed to be afraid of him, and the excuses he gave were worse than the last. Naoe Kanetsugu's head almost dropped into his chest, and he really couldn't stand it anymore.
Yiyin asked rhetorically.
"Where is our army missing? Or is it that the Shangshanmen are too weak to fight against your so-called brave Yangbei soldiers?"
As soon as these words came out, even Saito Nobubu glared at Honjo Minoru and became a little emotional.
Honjo Minoru smiled bitterly. She was anxious to find a reason to refute, but she forgot that today was not five days ago.
With Saitō Chonobu bringing back part of the Nagao Chosen, and Shiba Yoshigan bringing back the Daokuma Chosen, Tobi Castle's military strength became not much inferior to that of the Yangbei Chosen.
Although the composition is messy, Yangbeizhong is actually not that good either.
The most ridiculous thing is that she had just reported this news to Sibo Yiyin, and now that it was used to slap her in the face, she was simply asking for humiliation.
The height of Echigo country's stones is about 400,000 koku. Most of them are located in the Echigo Plain, which belongs to Nakashita Etsu. The Kametsu Takata Plain is not that big.
However, as the lord of Echigo, Terutora Uesugi occupied the gold and silver mines in Echigo, and green hemp was also grown on the territory directly under Kamechuetsu.
Therefore, Echigo's actual mobilization force was no less than five or six hundred thousand koku.
The Xiaetsu of the Yangbei Zhong relied solely on their land and accounted for 30% of Echigo's military strength.
There were about fifteen prepared troops sent out this time, with more than 3,000 ashigaru and nearly a thousand Ji warriors. Together with the Qi heavy peasants and soldiers, it was known as a military strength of ten thousand people.
Central Vietnam and Lower Vietnam equally divided the Echigo Plain, which was even larger. Their military strength accounted for about 40% of the Echigo military service account.
Excluding the few onlookers, the Furushi Nagao family and the part of the Ueda Nagao family who returned to the army, most of the remaining military forces have been assembled in Tomo Castle.
The Big Bear Clan has five reserve teams, the Shangshan Clan plus part of the Ueda Nagao Clan also have five reserve teams, plus the Sino-Vietnam Clan who came to assist in the battle, the number of reserve teams is not inferior to that of the Yangbei Clan.
The lack of troops that Honjo Sano mentioned does not exist, but there is indeed a gap in combat power.
As the core, the Shangshanmen are naturally good at fighting, the Big Bears are famous for fighting against the five scum, and the Chinese and Vietnamese people have different thoughts, so it is not wrong to say that there is a gap in military strength.
But the bad thing is that just now Saito Asanobu boasted of his martial prowess and almost got into a fight with Odaisho.
At this moment, the troops are similar in strength, but they deliberately avoid fighting. The people in the shirts are so shameless!
Benzhuang is helpless on the face, but secretly hates it in his heart, being a human being is too difficult!
The Sino-Vietnamese area was in such a mess that she couldn't even wipe her butt because of the trouble caused by these top-shirted people. Now she was still being glared at by Saito Chaobu, feeling aggrieved.
Benzhuang Shinai secretly made up his mind that when the governor of the family comes, he will definitely ask to resign as the governor of China and Vietnam.
What the heck, whoever likes to be the superior should be the superior! I won’t sit in this hot seat anymore!
She could no longer find any reason to refute, and the people in the upper garments were ridiculed for being timid and afraid of the enemy, which was also a secret tide, making it difficult for me to refuse.
She sighed and simply stopped talking.
Naoe Kanetsugu on the side was quite understanding and sympathized with her, but he didn't dare to ask for help.
When the village was in a state of misfire, Yiyin acted arbitrarily and proposed that when Yangbeizhong arrived, he would go out to give him a decisive blow.
None of the Ji warriors had any objections, and the matter was passed.
Yoshigan said to Honjo Mino with a smile.
"My escorts have just arrived. I still need to worry a lot about city defense."
Honzhuang Shinai kowtowed to the ground and said.
"I am afraid. This is my duty."
After all the trouble, neither of them wanted to break the surface harmony. After all, guarding the city of Tongwei was the greatest common interest of both parties, and no one wanted to break up the team.
Afterwards, the military meeting was dissolved, and each family went back to continue preparing for war. Naoe Kanetsugu quietly left with everyone in the shirts, and Yoshihiro pretended not to notice.
Naoe Kanetsugu had to go and make friends with Honjo Minano and Saito Asanobu.
There are still a few days until the governor comes, and before that, there can't be too much of a split within Tonglewei City.
Naoe Kanetsugu felt tired and knew that he couldn't control Shiba Yoshigan, he was too tough.
Then we can only frighten the two leaders of the upper-shirt crowd, so that they can recognize the fact and not get angry. At least be patient for a few days and don't bring trouble to yourself.
When the governor comes, you two can do whatever you like, it has nothing to do with me, Naoe Kanetsugu!
