Chapter 476 35. Shocked to Hear of the Defeat of Wuzhou

Kobayata was not familiar with the envoy in front of him. He might have met him twice. After all, Kobayata was the head of the Imperial Hatamoto Shu and had met four or five hundred people. However, he did not have as good a memory as Yamanouchi Yoshiharu. It might also be because the time was short and the impression was not enough.

"Sir, please dismiss the idle people!" He handed a document to Kobayata.

Hmm?

"Tatsuzo, you guys look around." During the march, there was really no one around except Aji Tatsuzo and a few flag-bearing guards. All the samurai were leading the troops in the front and rear teams.

Unfolding the letter, Kobayata knew it was written by Yamanouchi Shukei at a glance. The handwriting was much better than his own dog-crawling. It not only had the beautiful Kyoto style, but also had the simplicity and generosity of the Eastern samurai.

He was in a relaxed mood, but when he saw the end of the letter, he was struck by lightning and could not speak for a while.

Uesugi Terutora came to help Matsuyama and was defeated! Hosokawa Saeko's 10,000 cavalry were surrounded in Koshibata!

"Aji! Inform the whole army! We will not leave the camp today, but enter Hamamatsu Castle!"

"Please ask uncle, Imagawa-dono, Fujijiro, and Meigoro to come to our team!"

"Speed ​​up! Let each team leave the small carts behind, and let our team collect them! Let Heiroku come to see me!"

After a series of orders, Kobayata quickly passed the order to the teams in front and behind.

Heiroku was the first to arrive. He was in the small cart team of our team, the closest.

"What's the matter, Tanzheng?" Because he really couldn't ride a horse, Heiroku had always been following the ox cart of the small cart team. Now that he had something to do, he could only rush over.

"Heiroku, since you are the small cart executor of the whole team, I will now order you to collect the small carts of each team on the spot. The army will leave first!"

"Okay! I'll do it right away!" A good subordinate does not ask why, but does his job without delay.

Heiroku turned around and left, and uncle Tsunayoshi and others also rushed to Kobayata's side. Everyone was a little confused about Kobayata's series of orders, so they talked about it.

"Everyone, leave the team immediately, return to your own place and mobilize with all your strength. You must lead all the soldiers to Hamamatsu Castle for roll call within two days!"

"What?" Uncle Tsunayoshi hadn't finished speaking.

"This is an extremely urgent military order. I now order you with the power of the assistant minister granted to me by the previous prime minister. You are not allowed to ask any questions, just obey!"

"Everyone, return to your place and mobilize immediately!" Kobayata said in a deep voice, and his power was beginning to show.

At this point, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's last words were brought out, and even Imagawa Yoshichika couldn't ask any more questions. Yamanouchi Taro's tutors are Hosokawa Saemon and Kobayata. The future family elders must be these two, and there will generally be no changes.

Then Kobayata wrote another letter in his own hand, asking Tatsuzo to go to Kakegawa Castle overnight and order Kakegawa to leave Asahina Carpenter behind to lead the Kakegawa people to Hamamatsu to join.

The country of Totomi is full of rice, fish, and fields. The people are prosperous. Several generations of Hamamatsu castle lords are experts in internal affairs. They manage rivers, cultivate fields, establish industries, and encourage trade.

Now it seems that mobilizing 14,000 people is not a big problem at all. It just depends on determination.

The sudden order also puzzled the soldiers of each team, but since the order was to return to Hamamatsu quickly, most people were happy. Going home early after the battle is nothing to say. They are willing to do it and run very fast.

Of course, they may be disappointed. Kobayashi will not let them go home.

After nightfall, 2,000 soldiers who can fight arrived in Hamamatsu. Kobayashi Motoharu, who was already in the city, immediately opened the city, cooked rice and soup, and settled the army.

Kobayashi did not rest and ordered the Hamamatsu navy to abandon their ships and go ashore, equipped with bows and arrows to enter Hamamatsu Castle to assist in defense. He also ordered the most capable troops of Ataka Kiyokusasu to dress up and land and assemble.

The ship-holding general Shimizu Yoshitsugu, who was born in the hatamoto family, was temporarily ordered by Koyata to guard Hamamatsu Castle and command the navy that came ashore.

The next day, the small pack team of Heiroku caught up. They did not disband, but went to the countryside to collect cattle, horses and other large animals. Even though it was spring plowing, they could not care so much, and everything was based on war.

The soldiers who originally thought they could disband and go home not only did not receive the order to disband, but saw more people and horses gathering in Hamamatsu from all directions. Now, even the most numb soldiers knew that there would be another war, and the camp almost clamored.

The soldiers who were mobilized during the busy farming season were also dissatisfied and did not understand what was going on.

In this situation, Koyata knew everything, so he could only open the treasury. Unfortunately, there were also rats running around in the treasury, and Koyata, the Kanjo Bugyo, knew it clearly.

They could only distribute salt to the whole army, five catties of salt per person, and distributed more than 50,000 catties of salt to stabilize the unstable military camp. The soldiers who went out first also took home the loot and money they had collected.

Let old man Iwase Mototaka and uncle Tsunayoshi take 4,000 people to Suruga Shita County and Oigawa to set up defense. Suruga is not the foundation of the Takeda family. Let's not talk about whether Kobayata can break through Suruga in just ten days. Even if it is broken through, Koshihata's 10,000 troops will have starved to death. So only 4,000 people are left to defend the feint attack, which is not the main line.

"The 10,000 cavalrymen of the Cainu have been trapped in Wuzhou for six days. The soldiers are few and the food is scarce. The enemy has surrounded them ten times. Now I have been ordered to rush to help. Please help!"

Everyone realized how big the event was. No matter which daimyo family lost 10,000 people, it would definitely lead to the disaster of destruction. The original dissatisfaction was all dissipated. This battle must be fought.

………

After calming the army, Kobayata summoned the assistant business clerk of the Nanban Trading House under Hamamatsu Castle and Father William.

There is only one purpose!

Borrow foreign soldiers!

The original East India Company trader Hess was not here, so William had to act as an intermediary temporarily.

He now had a good impression of Kobayata, because Kobayata had just obtained a missionary license for Nishi-Mikawa and donated such a large Nanban Hall.

"I won't waste my words. The current stable situation in Hamamatsu is about to be shattered. Our country has been attacked by foreign daimyo and suffered a huge defeat. Hamamatsu is about to fall into war, please evacuate quickly!"

After Kobayata finished speaking, he pretended to leave, pretending to be extremely busy with military affairs.

"What kind of war happened? Your family is the most powerful daimyo in Eastern Japan, how could you suddenly encounter defeat?"

"I can't reveal the specific battle situation, but our 45,000 troops have suffered an unprecedented defeat. I must go to support my lord immediately. Please evacuate quickly! The war is coming!"

"And I tell you, Father William, our enemy is a devout Buddhist. He is extremely hostile to Kirishita and worships the gods of mountains and rivers (Mount Fuji, Lake Suwa). Once he arrives, your life will be in danger!"

William was unwilling to leave. It took a lot of effort to develop thousands of believers and build a church. As the most tolerant and open Hamamatsu in the entire Eastern Kingdom, he didn't want all the achievements of Nanban Town, which was built with great difficulty, to be wiped out.

"I can call on all the believers of God to join the war. In order to protect Hamamatsu, this is the obligation of all the people of God!"