Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 140: Epic Idiot
Asahina Yasunaga's face turned dark when he saw the "Stone Castle" that suddenly appeared, and Hara also had a serious face when he heard the report from the scouts that a large number of Imagawa family's gang had arrived at Goya Castle.

The Imagawa family came a little too quickly, without eating, drinking or having fun along the way. They arrived at such a rapid speed that they completed the project more than a day earlier than the "initial completion red line" he required. This was not good news at all, but since things had come to this point, there was nothing else he could do. He could only issue consecutive orders to stop building the "sheep wall" and to speed up the work on the city wall, erecting watchtowers, anti-arrow bamboo sheds, guard houses and the like as soon as possible.

At the same time, he ordered the dispatch of additional skirmisher groups to eliminate the enemy scouts with all their might and ensure that the enemy could not penetrate deeply. At the same time, the extra construction teams retreated and turned to build two small forts in the port. They had to be completed as soon as possible to prevent the port from being attacked by small groups of enemy forces.

Well, his defense system was built from the outside to the inside, and now only the city in front, the rock fortress on the hilltop and the defense positions by the river have been barely completed. The small fortresses connecting the high walls and filling the gaps have just had concrete poured on the foundations, and ground buildings have not yet begun to be built. Therefore, the entire defense system only looks okay on the outside, but is actually just a showpiece, with leaks in several places.

What if the enemy disregards casualties, is willing to abandon hundreds of lives, and rushes in madly under the firepower from both sides? It will be difficult for the port to hold on now. He may be forced to leave the city and fight the enemy in the field. Even if he wins by 80%, there will still be considerable losses, which will greatly affect the subsequent defense.

For a moment, the generals of both the attacking and defending sides were frightened and began to tremble with fear.

Asahina Taicho was more frightened. After all, Yuanye had known for a long time that he was in trouble and was fully prepared. But he came here to take advantage, otherwise he would not have run so fast. In the end, he was hit on the head, so naturally he was more frightened.

After he returned to Goya Castle, he immediately summoned the retainers of the Goya family to question them in detail, trying to find out what had happened, but the retainers of the Goya family were hesitant and could not explain clearly.

They also wanted to find out why, but the spies they sent out were always ambushed by multiple cannon fire and could not get close at all. They only knew that starting more than ten days ago, the city and rock fortresses on the opposite side had grown one or two feet taller every day, and today, the city wall on the opposite side was more than three and a half rooms high, and they still didn't understand what had happened.

After hearing this, Asahina Taishinaga could no longer hold back, so he stood up and kicked the retainer of the Goya family to the ground, cursing, "Why didn't you go and harass them, but just watched them build the castle?"

He felt that the Chido clan was hopeless. Not to mention the crazy talk like "the city wall grows one or two feet higher a day", just the fact that these people actually hid in the city and watched the enemy build a city under their noses was already an epic level of idiocy.

The retainers of the Miya family lay on the ground, speechless and cowardly. Wouldn't it be like sending their heads off to harass them? And who could have thought it would be like this? If the enemy had built the city at the normal speed, it would be considered as a miracle if they could have pounded the foundation solid by now. God knows how they built the city wall - there was a circle of foundation piles in the field, and concrete was poured with bamboo and iron as reinforcements, but they didn't see it, and even if they did, they wouldn't understand it.

They felt very wronged, but Asahina Taicho was still not satisfied. He turned around and kicked another one down, and asked angrily: "How many enemies are there? You should know this, right?"

When the head of the Miya family asked for help, he said that the enemy had less than 700 people, including more than 200 iron cannon foot soldiers, all of whom were well fed and dared to fight and kill. They were most likely the direct forces of Oda Nobunaga, but Asahina Yasunaga didn't dare to believe a word of it now. How could the enemy's city be built every day? The enemy must have been here for several months, maybe half a year or even a year, and it is even more impossible that there are only 700 people!
How could they possibly build the city if seven hundred men were not enough to chisel stones?
The retainers of the Goya family looked at each other for a moment, and one of them answered with a stiff face: "We counted several times, and the enemy was not concentrated together. In total, there are about a thousand... five or six hundred people?"

"More than 1,500 people? How many foot soldiers are there?" Asahina Yasunaga asked immediately.

The retainer of the Goya family hesitated for a moment, not daring to hide anything, and lowered his head and said: "The enemy has about 1,500 to 1,600 Lang gangs, and the number of ordinary foot soldiers is unknown. Their number has been increasing..."

They really counted the heads carefully. They couldn't see clearly how the city was being built from a distance, but experienced people could estimate how many people were working from a distance. So according to their speculation, the Wanjin Army had been rotating. More than 600 people were wearing armor and divided into several groups to occupy the terrain and keep guard to prevent sneak attacks, while the rest of the Lang party were desperately building the city and fortresses - those people were definitely Lang party members. They were generally strong and worked very hard. They came and went in a very strict formation. It was obvious that they had been trained for a long time. It was impossible for them not to be Lang party members. They could definitely kill people when they put on armor.

As for the ordinary foot soldiers, they had no idea how to count them. The enemy had been transporting things from the seaside to the front, and large groups of troops were moving day and night. It looked like there were at least two or three thousand of them, and they dared to believe it even if there were four or five thousand.

"A man of fifteen or six hundred?"

If Asahina Yasunaga didn't still have a bit of rationality left, he would have drawn his sword and killed all these idiots in front of him!
He heard that there were less than 700 Lang gangs on the opposite side, so he urgently mobilized 1,500 people to come and prepare for a two-on-one fight to directly swallow the opposite side. As a result, when he rushed over quickly, these idiots changed their minds again. The enemy's core combat power was actually higher than his. He might have to fight against a larger force with a smaller one, or fight under the enemy's city. The enemy also has more than 200 cannons. What's the point of fighting?

Isn't this going to kill him? For a moment, he suspected that these Chita clans had returned to the Oda clan. They were setting a trap to kill his people and then directly counterattack the Shirakawaguchi line, or even counterattack all the way to Mikawa, to help the Oda clan regain the territory they had lost before.

Fortunately, he thought about it and realized that these Chita clans would never have the guts to do that, and the number of 1,500 to 1,600 was probably a bit wrong. When the "Tiger of Owari" Oda Nobuhide was still alive, he could only gather more than 8,000 people with all his strength in Owari, of which each family had only 3,000 to 4,000 Lang Gang. Now Oda Danjotada's family is not as good as before, and it is considered good to be able to gather 2,000 Lang Gangs who dare to fight and kill. Some of them have to be stationed in Shirakawaguchi for a long time. How can they still take out so many core combat forces?
Could it be that the Oda Danmachu clan has grown in strength over the past year or so? Or is this the main force of the Oda Danmachu clan, and the rock fortress opposite Shirakawaguchi is actually empty?

Asahina Yasunaga was puzzled, mainly because he couldn't understand why Oda Nobunaga sent people here to build a city and invested so much manpower. Apart from facilitating a surprise attack on the Shirakawaguchi line, this place had no other strategic value. It was just a wasteland!
He pondered for a long time with a gloomy face, but couldn't figure it out at all. However, he managed to calm down and ordered the head of the Yuya family: "Tell me more about the enemy's general, in detail!"

"Yes!" The head of the Goya family did not dare to neglect him. He sorted out his words and said, "The enemy's general is called Nohara Saburo Ieto, who was born in the western part of the country and wandered to Owari. It is said that he is an excellent doctor and archer. He followed Oda Nobunaga before he succeeded to the position of head of the family. He was loyal and participated in all the wars after Oda Nobunaga succeeded to the position of head of the family. He personally shot and killed Torii-sama of the Matsudaira family, and killed Hayashi Sadamasa in battle when suppressing the rebellion in the Oda Danmasa family."

"He is indeed a brave general!" Asahina Taicho nodded. He did not deny Harano's bravery just because he was an enemy. After all, he had heard of the names of Torii Tadahira and Hayashi Sadamasa. Both of them were famous for their bravery, but they were killed in battle by Harano. So Harano was undoubtedly a brave general. However, he had heard of these before, but he did not take them seriously at that time.

He immediately asked again, "What about his personality? What is his character like?"

He had not taken the group of people from the Oda clan who had landed seriously before, but now he had to get to know the enemy's general in detail so that he could know himself and the enemy, and win every battle!
The head of the Miya family hesitated for a moment and whispered, "It is said that he...is extremely greedy and very good at amassing wealth. He has been running all kinds of businesses regardless of the traditions of the samurai family. Many people in the Danzhengzhong family dislike him and despise him privately.

In addition, he likes fancy clothes and delicious food, and lives an extravagant life. It is also said that he is extremely lustful, and has many maids and concubines in his house, often gathering them together for sexual intercourse in broad daylight.

Asahina Taicho stroked the hilt of the knife, nodded, and sneered, "You are greedy for money. This is more like someone from the Tanzhengzhong family. You really have no dignity."

But after he had finished his ridicule, he did not take it to heart. The Asahina family was not much better than the Nohara family. His current lord was extremely fond of fine clothes and food, and also liked Chinese poetry and songs. Compared with "Nohara Saburo", he could only be said to be slightly better - his lord had a secret and was not lustful, which was better than Nohara.

He pondered Yuan Ye's character for a while and felt that since he was good at making money, he was definitely not a brave man. He was probably full of conspiracy and intrigue, so this aspect should not be ignored. Then he asked with concern: "What else? Is there any other news about him?"

"No more..." That's all the Yuya family found out, but after thinking for a moment, he added, "He is very tall, at least eight feet tall."

Asahina Taicho was stunned and felt a little uncomfortable. He was only five feet six in height (about 1.52 meters), and he didn't expect Hara to be eight feet tall (about 2.1 meters). If Hara came to "Ikiss" and challenged him to a duel in front of the battle, it would not be easy to deal with - even if he had practiced martial arts since he was a child, he would not be sure. Eight feet against five feet six, the opponent could flatten him with a wave of his hand!

As expected, he is worthy of being the bravest general of Oda Danjotada's family, he is truly born with extraordinary powers!
At this point, Asahina Yasunaga had figured out the enemy's strength. He felt that the opponent's general was both wise and brave, and the core combat power of both sides was almost the same. On one side there were 1,500 or 1,800 Lang gangs, and on the other side there were more than 1,800 Lang gangs (including the Lang gangs of the Chita nobles). There was no need to consider the miscellaneous soldiers and foot soldiers. These people could only play a supporting role. Once the core combat power collapsed, they would flee and would be of no use. In addition, the other side was backed by a strong city, so there was no chance of winning at all.

Asahina Yasunaga thought for a while and felt that letting the enemy go was definitely not an option, and being stabbed in the back was intolerable, but fighting head-on with the current strength was even more impossible. This kind of thing could not be borne by the Imagawa family alone, and the Asahina family could not bear the bulk of the consumption - more than half of the 1,000-man party he brought were direct forces of the Asahina family.

After a moment, he made a decision and immediately said to his left and right: "Let's set up camp. We will test the enemy for a few days and build siege equipment!"

He was going to inform the Shirakawaguchi line and ask the Matsudaira clan further north to send elite troops to support him. Originally, he wanted to eat alone, eat up this enemy force coming across the sea, and seize all the iron cannons, but now it is definitely not possible. If he really wants to fight, the Matsudaira clan must go first, otherwise what is the point of raising a dog?

Moreover, a tentative attack should be launched immediately on the Shirakawaguchi front. The main force of the Danjo family is suspected to have left. Now might be a good time to break through and destroy Atsuta Port, an important source of income for the Oda Danjo family, in one fell swoop.

Yes, tie the enemy down here and try to attack Shirakawaguchi first!
(End of this chapter)