Chapter 153 42. Thirst Kills Niuzaki and Makes a Plan

It's time for the military meeting again. What is a military meeting? In the Yamauchi family, which still has a shadow of the system of joint consultation of important ministers, it is Yoshiharu Yamauchi who presides over the meeting, and then a bunch of rough guys start to spit at each other again.

As for why the military meeting is still held? Isn't it because the plan made yesterday is over? Realistically, Yamamoto Kannosuke in Nirasaki Castle righteously rejected Yoshiharu Yamauchi's persuasion to surrender, saying that he was grateful to Takeda Daizen for his help and would repay him with his death.

Okay!

How to fight?

A disgusting mountain castle.

The worst group began to brag about how awesome they are, showing off their muscles, and asking for human flesh to attack the city. There is also a very powerful nickname, called "Ant Attachment"! It is also called brainless push for the city, the most garbage, most common, most common, and most unskilled siege tactics in the world.

The wise suggestions of these rough guys whose brains grow to the muscles of their arms were directly skipped. Their heads were squeezed by the door, but Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's head was not squeezed by the door. Just now, 500 soldiers were killed and 1,200 were injured. The Yamanouchi army could not afford to lose more people. They really could not afford it.

The remaining siege methods were the two famous methods of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, killing Miki with thirst and killing Tottori with starvation.

The literal meaning is that everyone understands that killing with thirst means cutting off the water source in the city. A few years ago, Xiao Pingtai proposed to capture Futamata Castle, which was a siege method of cutting off drinking water. People will die if they don't have water for three days, so it is very effective.

And this method is very suitable for this region of Japan and the Warring States period, because the city is often not big, not built on the mountain and back to the water. But like Nirasaki in front of us, most of the cities are small mountain cities. Their means of obtaining water are very limited and not worth mentioning.

As for starvation, people at that time gave it another name, called the military food attack method. But this method is hard to say. If the city is strong and the soldiers are few, the military food is sufficient, and the morale is high, it may not be surrounded for a year. But how could the army outside the city support for a year, let alone the Yamanouchi army at the moment (it's spring, there's not that much food to eat, and fighting in this season even means going to Takeda's territory to rob). This method is not a good method for the moment, so skip it.

Another one is the earth dragon attack, also known as the cave attack. Takeda Harunobu used this method very well. He had a Kai Kinjushu, who were good at digging tunnels and holes, and suddenly broke into the enemy's city. It was a great success.

In short, the means of siege in this era were few and crude, and were subject to various factors. Using two batting poles was considered a big scene, which was rare to see.

Is Kobayata one of these rookies? Of course not, Kobayata is an ambitious young man with ideas, five lectures, four beauties, and three loves. There is no way, and it is not Kobayata's style to not be able to think of anything. Even if there is no way, sorting out your thoughts may lead to new discoveries.

So Xiao Pingtai did not continue to listen to the fierce quarrels of the big men in the tent, but quietly went out of the tent and rode to the Fuebuki River under Nirasaki Castle to observe.

After Xiao Pingtai thought of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's thirsty killing of Miki, an idea suddenly came to his mind. It is absolutely impossible to attack the city with human flesh. The fastest way to break the city is to cut off the drinking water in Nirasaki Castle.

When he arrived at the bank of the Fuebuki River, he rode along the river for a while. The terrain was just as Xiao Pingtai expected. The Fuebuki River, which originated from the Koshin Mountains, was affected by the mountains in the area of ​​Nirasaki Castle, turned south, and met with the Kamashi River in the Kai Basin, forming a fertile and rich small plain in the basin.

In the area where Nirasaki Castle is connected with mountains and water, it is obvious that the water is blocked by Nirasaki Mountain, so the water source used by the wells in Nirasaki Castle must come from the water flow of the Fuebuki River.

The city is above and the water is below.

There must be water veins in the twists and turns under the city, otherwise how could a well be dug from the castle on the hillside. And judging from the terrain, this water vein is definitely not deep. The earth slope of Nirasaki Mountain is dozens of meters high. With the current well digging level, these dozens of meters are already the limit.

After Kobayata examined and thought about it, he figured out all the joints, and he couldn't help but feel relieved, happy, and returned to the shogunate safely.

In the spacious shogunate tent, the important samurai of the Yamanouchi family were still arguing, and it seemed that they hadn't argued to a conclusion yet. Kobayata looked like they could fight for another 300 rounds, because Oishi Saburo's sleeves were rolled up, and he looked like he was going to fight with someone.

Kitabatake Daigaku sat on a stool to avoid his head, clenched his fists and unclenched them, clenched his fists and unclenched them, and didn't even look at these arguing rough guys. The soil under his feet was crushed into a deep mark by him, and it was getting deeper and deeper.

As for Yoshiharu Yamauchi, who was sitting on the main seat, and the chief accountant Yamauchi, who was sitting below him, they held their foreheads with their hands, looking like they were about to have a splitting headache. Their heads were all aggravated by the quarrels of this group of people. Chief accountant Yamauchi was so angry that he even threw aside the paper and pen for recording. It was completely that you guys can do whatever you want, I won't serve you anymore.

And Yoshikatsu Yamauchi seemed to have just quarreled with someone and was still angry. There was still some redness on his face due to the excited argument. He took a bowl of water from the attendant and gulped it down. He still couldn't quench his thirst, so he took another bowl from the attendant.

After drinking it, he threw the bowl down and walked around in the tent in circles, without any clues, and the fierce quarrels never stopped. But it was useless to continue quarreling like this, and it was of no benefit to the battle situation.

At this time, Yoshiharu Yamauchi saw Kobayata leisurely walking in from the outside after opening the curtain, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, "Kobayata, did you just go out?"

Oyahara was originally planning to quietly find a corner after entering the big tent, preferably among the 20 or 30 hatamotos, and continue to be a group of lazy fish. Unexpectedly, he was discovered as soon as he entered, and his butt didn't even stick to the seat. He had to touch his head awkwardly and smiled, "I just went out to see the Fuebuki River."

"Fuebuki River?" Yamauchi Yoshiharu hummed, as if he thought of something.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu saw that his father suddenly changed his thoughtful look, and also keenly felt that the three words "Fuebuki River" had a special meaning. He groped the slight beard on his chin, found a stool and sat down to think.

When Koyahara saw that he had successfully led the topic to the source of the river, the generals who were still arguing fiercely in the tent also quieted down, so he walked to his seat with a fairy-like air.

"Why don't you try to cut off the water veins in Nirasaki Castle? That way, it will only take three or five days at most, and Nirasaki will surrender without a fight. The gate of Kai will undoubtedly be open."

"Yes or no?" Koyahara seemed like a hermit.

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