Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 166 Save Grandpa!
The next morning, A-man rushed back to Xinwanjin by boat, ready to inform Yuanye of the detailed situation in Meinong. As soon as she stepped onto the pier, she saw a large group of workers loading supplies onto the ship in an orderly manner.

The Wanjin Army also moved. Several Wanjin Army officers were discussing with the Wanjin Navy in a corner of the dock, apparently planning the transportation capacity and preparing for the attack.

Aman took a look from afar and vaguely felt that the Wanjin Army was becoming more and more regular. There was always someone to handle all the small and large matters, and there was already a set of standard operating systems. Perhaps this might be the "template" that Yuanye often talked about, which was to achieve "small but complete."

She did not disturb these officers. She asked the manager at the dock, confirmed Yuanye's location and went straight to find him. Yuanye was at the Wanjin military camp at the moment. He had just finished a meeting with the officers and was studying the Minong map with the rest of the people.

Yuan Ye saw her coming, stopped the discussion and took her into the office. But before he could ask about the specific situation in Minong, A Man asked with concern: "Have you decided to send troops?"

Yuanye poured her a glass of water and said casually, "Yes, using the trade routes of the Oda Danzheng family also has a price. We can't refuse the request for assistance in the war. Besides, we are short of manpower now. It will be beneficial to go out. Maybe we can bring back some people by the way."

Ah Man nodded, not surprised. Even though she was gathering intelligence at Atsuta Port, she knew that Yuan Ye had been worried about the lack of manpower recently. She took the water and drank it, then began to talk about the specific situation in Mino: "The news is confirmed. Saito Dosan did lose Inabayama Castle and fled into the mountains of Mino. Now I heard that he is in the area of Kameyama Castle."

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Besides, Saito Dosan was also a famous conspirator during the Warring States Period of Japan. Yuan Ye was very curious about how his own son could bite him back, and asked with concern, "What exactly happened?"

This was a formal report. Aman also became serious. He took out a small notebook from his sleeve, licked his fingers, and turned the pages, saying, "We don't know much about Mino. The current information is almost all obtained indirectly from Oda Danjotada's family. We can only use it as a reference."

She said the ugly words first, then carefully looked at the contents summarized in the small notebook, and continued, "Saito Dosan was a descendant who rose to power, and his rule in Mino was not smooth, just like the previous 'Tiger of Owari' Oda Nobuhide. He would mess with the powerful families under his command whenever there was nothing to do, and tried his best to curb their development. In the past few years, the powerful families in Mino have been very resentful and have been opposing him.

So at the beginning of last year, not long after those two little bastards, Asa and Yu, came to see me, Saito Dosan announced his retirement in order to quell the collective resistance of the Mino nobles, and handed over the three positions of Saito family head, Mino guardian, and Inabayama Castle lord to his eldest son, Saito Yoshitatsu. But in fact, he still holds the power behind the scenes, and he still has the final say in the Saito family. "

After introducing the previous situation, Aman turned a page and said, "Saito Dosan must have some kind of selfish plan, but we are limited now and cannot find out the inside story. Then at the end of last year, Saito Yoshitatsu suddenly fell ill and could only serve as a director intermittently.

Then, a few days ago, he pretended to be critically ill and called Saito Dosan and his two younger brothers, Magoshiro and Kiheiji, to come and give his last words. However, Saito Dosan did not go and only sent his legitimate sons Magoshiro and Kiheiji to bring people over.

Then an assassination occurred. Nagai Michitoshi, a member of the Saito family's clan and the head of the family, had secretly sided with Saito Yoshitatsu. He found an excuse to separate Magoshiro, Kiheiji and their retainers, resulting in the two being beheaded on the spot without even putting up a fight.

Then they wanted to attack Saito Dosan, but he ran away in time and they didn't catch up with him. In the end, they only occupied Inabayama Castle. "

Ah Man finished speaking in one breath, closed the booklet, and added: "This is the process. At present, it seems that Saito Yoshitatsu is also very scheming. He pretended to be sick for half a year. During this time, he secretly instigated the rebellion of the elders and important officials of the family, and colluded with almost all the powerful families in Mino. It is initially estimated that he can gather more than 10,000 troops. The battle will be difficult to fight. If we really want to go to Mino, we must be fully prepared."

Yuanye was surprised for a moment and asked curiously, "All the Mino nobles support Saito Yoshitatsu? Including the Mino Three?"

The Mino Three are Inaba Itetsu, Ando Morinari and Ujiie Bokuzen.

These three are also the best generals of Mino in "Taiko 2", and they are also the three powerful families in Mino. Harano still has an impression of them. Especially Inaba Itetsu (Ryomichi), this person is not very famous in later generations, and seems to be just a small figure, but in this era, he is very famous in the Nobi area, known as the "Unbeatable Iron", who is good at both civil and military affairs, and always wins in every battle. He has never lost a battle. Even Harano, an outsider in Owari, has heard of his name.

I didn't expect that even these three people would rebel. Saito Dosan is not looking good...

Ah Man didn't care about this. The powerful families would side with one today and another tomorrow. He said directly: "Including the three of them. I don't know what conditions Saito Yoshitatsu promised to the Mino powerful families. Anyway, from the information we have received so far, almost no Mino powerful family supports Saito Dosan. He now only has a part of his direct forces and a group of foot soldiers he forcibly gathered, which together are about 3,000 people."

"Where is Oda Nobunaga?" Yuan Ye asked, "How many reinforcements will Oda Nobunaga bring?"

A-Man flipped through the booklet again and said, "He is gathering people. It seems that he can bring at least 5,000 people to support us. Among them, more than 2,000 are his direct forces, including his 500-man artillery team."

Yuan Ye nodded slowly. This battle is really hard to fight, at least it is not easy for him! The main reason is that he is only a "small daimyo" in name. His actual strength is just that of a powerful noble family. He can only send a few hundred people to fight. In such a large-scale battle of tens of thousands of people, it can only be regarded as a small wave. If he is willing to mobilize all soldiers, he can also pull out more than a thousand strong auxiliary soldiers to help his allies. There is no need to spend so much money. Ordinary strong men should just stay at home and work honestly!

With further intelligence, he had a better idea in his mind. At least he would not be fooled by Oda Danjo Tadashi. He hesitated for a while and said directly: "I know. We do need to be careful. You don't have to worry about me, but I'll leave my family to you. You keep a close eye on it and maintain the status quo. Don't let anything go wrong... Well, pay more attention to the navy. If necessary, I may need them to bring some people back up the river in small boats. You supervise them to plan the route in advance and make contingency plans."

There were very few people he could trust completely now. If he wanted to lead the team on a long journey, he would have to let A-Man look after the house. But A-Man disagreed and immediately objected, "No, I can't stay, I want to go too!"

Yuan Ye was stunned for a moment, and then he became puzzled. "It's just going to war, it's not a good thing, you will have to endure hardships along the way, why are you rushing to join in the fun? Isn't it better to stay at home?"

"For our old man, he's still in Meinong!" Ah Man slumped down with his eyebrows raised to cover his chest, looking depressed, "Actually, even if you don't go, I'll go too. I've been feeling uncomfortable and suffocated for a while. Now Meinong is in a mess again, and I feel like something's happened to the old man, maybe he's even beaten to death, I have to go look for him to see if he's dead."

"Yes, your grandfather is still in Mino..." Yuanye then remembered that Aman and Aqing's grandfather Izumi Heiji had been working for the Saito family, and there had been no news since Aman rebelled and refused to go back last year. He did not rush all the way to Owari to "suppress the rebellion". If you think about it carefully, this old man might have really been involved in the internal strife between the father and son of the Saito family, and it is hard to say whether he is dead or not now.

Even the old man was in a hurry to ask Aman and Aqing to go back, which might be related to the chaos in the Saito family. It was possible that Saito Dosan really wanted to trick his son, but Saito Yoshitatsu was better than his master and used the same trick to trick the old man.

Going to save grandpa is a serious matter. If A-man doesn't go there in person, Yuanye won't be able to take responsibility if he leaves regrets for the rest of his life. He can only think again about who should be left behind to look after the house.

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At this time the next day, Yuanye was already drifting on the sea, leading 400 Wanjin troops and 50 auxiliary soldiers from New Wanjin to Old Wanjin, to fulfill the alliance and help his brother-in-law rescue his father-in-law. There were few logistical personnel, but there was no other way. It was really difficult to transfer manpower, so he could only go to Kiyosu Castle to borrow some miscellaneous soldiers and foot soldiers from Oda Nobunaga.

"You have to hurry up and give birth to a son!" Ah Man followed Yuan Ye and had nothing to do for the moment. She was also worried that her old man was upset, so she couldn't help but start to nag and meddle in Yuan Ye's affairs to divert his attention. "Now there are only three of us at home. If we go far away, there won't even be anyone to look after the house. You really can't do without a son!"

Yuanye said nothing. It was not easy to have a son. The wife he just married was a decoration and could not give birth. But now he understood why the ancients loved to have children so much - in this era, there was really strength in numbers, and blood ties were always more trustworthy than non-blood ties. Only with enough "sons" could one keep a safe position on each piece of land and prevent outsiders from taking advantage of the situation.

Just like now, he needs to go on an expedition, which will take at least one or two months, and Aman and Aqing need to follow (there is no point in Aqing staying, she doesn't like to communicate with others, has no ideas, and can't be the head of the family). The family is basically completely out of control, and he can only order Endo Chiyo, Maejima Jushiro and other internal affairs officials and the remaining officers and military police to form a trusteeship agency, and vote to resolve problems, which makes people feel a little uneasy and uneasy.

Of course, he understood it, but he didn't think that having sons alone could solve such a complicated problem. Those daimyo and noble families were desperately trying to have sons, but if they had too many sons, there would be disputes over inheritance rights, and sooner or later they would all kill each other. The Saito family was a ready-made example.

There were even many cases where a dynasty declined or even died or their clan was wiped out because of disputes over inheritance rights.

Yuan Ye's thoughts wandered for a moment, and he began to ponder how to solve this problem and how to establish a new system. As a modern man, he certainly believed in the system more than relying on blood ties to maintain rule. However, he had no experience, so he could only start to think blindly based on some of his previous experiences in the modern world.

But A-man couldn't understand all this and was still talking nonsense. He had already started assigning tasks to Lord Yuanye - give birth to ten fat boys within five years, and let these ten boys have children after fifteen years. He hoped that after thirty years, the Nohara family would have two hundred people. Only then could the Nohara family be barely considered a large family.

Yuanye still didn't bother to pay attention to her and was still thinking about how to set up the Wanjin political system. While Aman was chatting, they sailed all the way to Old Wanjin, landed and formed a team, and started heading towards Qingzhou Castle to prepare for the first Battle of Mino.

By the way, we also need to rescue A-Man’s grandfather…

If he's not dead yet!

(End of this chapter)