On July 15, 1575, when the autumn harvest of Kii's country began, Yu Qiuhei led a large army south to start the Kii strategy. However, he left all the artillery at Kishiwada Port to guard against possible invasions of the Miyoko family's navy. Almost at the same time, Shibata Katsuya vs Kaga, Hashishi Hideyoshi vs Kama, and Akichi Mitsuhide also began the strategy of Tanba. The Oda family began to expand in all directions like an octopus extending tentacles in all directions.

In Hanoi, the territory of Yuqiutai, there are a long Waizumi Mountain Range between Waizumi and Kii. If you want to attack Kii, there are three roads to walk. The first is to follow the coastline of the Seto Inland Sea, bypass the Waizumi Mountain Range from the official road to the west to the sea, and enter Nakakogun. This is also the most common road to enter Kii from Kinki, because it is also flat and wider than other mountain roads in Kii. The second road is to go south from Hanoi, bypass the Waizumi Mountain Range from the east, and enter Idogun through Takanoguchi. The third road is the most dangerous mountain road - you have to pass directly from the Waizumi Mountain Range to reach Naga County.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

Although the entire Kii country is huge, in fact, most of the land is occupied by mountains and there are very few plains. The valley is rich in rainwater, warm climate, and rich forest resources. It has been known for its abundant timber production since ancient times. The fleet that Ida-Kaki was preparing is a lot of wood purchased from Kii country.

Most of the few plains are distributed along the coast of Kikawa, the largest river in Kikawa, the largest river in Kikawa. Kikawa flows through the four counties in the north of Kikawa, namely the Haibu County, the name Kusa County, Naga County and Ido County. Although the area of ​​the four counties is only about one-quarter of the entire Kikawa, the number of people and Shishiga County is two-thirds of the entire Kikawa. Yu Qiuhei's goal in this battle, the people of Kikawa, most of them settled in these four counties. The other counties are densely covered with mountains and sparsely populated, and have no value at all. In other words, Yu Qiuhei's expedition this time, he just needs to take down the four counties in the north of Kikawa, close to Kawaizumi.

However, Yu Qiuhei understood that this seemingly simple task was actually very challenging. Because the mountainous terrain of Kii Country is too complex, and the complexity is comparable to the mountain roads that Yu Qiuhei crossed when he last supported Tokugawa Ieyasu. Due to the narrow road and the traffic volume, the troops on the attacking side were difficult to perform and were easily blocked on the mountain road. In addition, the food and grass were transported on the mountain road, and the troops would fall into a state of shortage of food.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

The mountains of Kii are densely covered with forests, which is simply a natural cover for defenders. The people of Kii who are familiar with the terrain can easily pass by in this complex mountain forest and attack and kill the attackers' troops. What's even more unfortunate is that there are a large number of believers who believe in the sect in the country, which is why the people of Kii repeatedly support the Honan Temple. These believers are firm in their will and fearless in order to resist the invaders, which brings great trouble to the attacking side. The Mihao family has attacked Kii several times, but they are all defeated in the endless surprise attacks, the tenacious believers of the sect, the strong mountain city and the crisis of food shortage.

Therefore, Yu Qiuping made full preparations for this battle. Not only did he repeatedly emphasize how to use bunkers to avoid damage from iron cannons in the military exercise, but he also taught many skills to attack mountain cities and fight guerrilla warfare.

Due to the limited traffic of the road, Yuqiehei had to divide his troops. Ikeda Yoshihide and Mimaezaki Nakahide's Seiriya, a total of 8 ooo people marched from the Takanokou line on the east road. Yuqiehei himself fell Takababa, and Maddy and Cavalry Company, a total of 94 ooo people marched from the coast of the western line. As for crossing the middle road of the Waquan Mountains, not only did the road be difficult to walk, but also had to face the strong cities such as the Thousand Stone City. It was not a reasonable route of entry, so Yuqiehei gave it up.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

Before going to the expedition, Yuqihei asked for help from Takamasa Katsuyama. As the former guardian of Kii, he had a huge influence in the Kii area. In his repeated confrontations with the Miyo family, he had to make a comeback again and again with the support of the Kii people. Yuqihei hoped that he could come forward and relied on his past friendship to transfer the Kii people to him. However, after Oda Nobunaga heard about this, he issued a stern warning to Yuqihei: It is strictly forbidden to negotiate with any Xiangzong forces. This is the Oda family's usual bottom line, and the Kii people who believe in Xiangzong are naturally included.

However, the "reasonable" Oda Nobunaga also left a window for negotiation for Yu Qiuhei: If the Kii people were willing to put down their weapons and leave their territory to surrender, Oda Nobunaga would not interfere. Yu Qiuhei knew that such conditions were nothing more than a fool. The Kii people were always strong, and if they could agree to such conditions, there would be ghosts. The firm attitude was not only Oda Nobunaga, but also Takamasa Kazuyama. After hearing Oda Nobunaga's harsh statement, the latter immediately turned away from Maple Leaf Mountain Castle and returned to his Wakaojiang Castle, indicating that he would never provide any help to Yu Qiuhei again.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

At the end of his life, Yu Qiuping had to give up the plan of adjusting the rules and planned to compete with Ji Yi's people with force.

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On July 17, the Western Route Army, led by Yu Qiuping, arrived at the border between Hequan Kingdom and Jiyi Kingdom. As early as yesterday, the army had entered the mountainous areas of the Hequan Mountains. This road was simply flat along the coast. But the spacious official road ended here. Once it entered Jiyi tomorrow, the road would become narrow and tortuous.

In the evening of that day, senior commanders of the Red Leaf Army gathered in the main tent and held the last assessment meeting before the war. Since this expedition to Kii required a lot of information from the ravens, Amano Kyoto went on a war with the army again after a long time, and attended together with Masayuki Sanada of the Military Intelligence Department.

"How is it? How is the enemy's distribution?" Yu Qiuping asked directly to the two of them. The most important thing in foreign combat is intelligence. When the last time in the Toru-jiang and Takeda's family were fighting away, Takeda Shingen, who was fighting away, actually completely suppressed Yu Qiu's family in intelligence, which made everyone frightened.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

Therefore, after this battle, Yu Qiuping finally applied for a budget from the Congress to expand the military intelligence department and the Raven. The Military Intelligence Department recruited and trained many ninjas. While recruiting ninjas, Ya also invested heavily in bribing many retainers from surrounding forces, and continuously obtained information for Yu Qiuping.

However, this time, Masayuki Sanada was in trouble. He bowed a little apologetically, and then whispered: "Your Highness, you only have the position of Suzuki Shigei's troops for the time being. As for the other Kii people, I don't know anything." After that, he moved the chess pieces that symbolized Suzuki Shigei's troops to the place where the latest information was displayed, while the chess pieces of other people did not move.

The total force of the Chinese people in the entire territory of Kii is about 1 ooooo. The largest of them are the Zaga and Neima, and the two families have about 55 o'clock. The leader of the Zaga school, Shigei Suzuki, is also the commander of the entire Kii country.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

In other words, except for Suzuki Shigeyi's 3ooo people, the remaining 7ooo people are now gone - how can I fight this battle?

"Aren't you doing well before?" Yu Qiuping found the previous documents from the file bag handed over by Mori Lanmaru. Five days ago, Yu Qiu's Military Information Department could still grasp the movements of nearly 9 ooo people. "Why did so many people suddenly leave the surveillance?"

"Because..." Masayuki Sanada whispered in embarrassment, "Their troops were like they had steamed, and suddenly they lost their traces. The ninjas below were searching everywhere, and they could only find a small team of dozens of people, up to hundreds of people. As for the main force, they were completely gone. The people of Kii also had a large number of skilled ninjas. In order to further obtain information, many ninjas have been sacrificed."

"Why..." Yu Qiuping breathed a sigh of regret, "I had spent a lot of effort to sneak into Ji Yi just to obtain information to avoid the elusive attacks of the gods of the Chinese people. I didn't expect it to be lost."&1t;i>&1t;/i>

"Go to investigate all the mountains and hills around which can hide large-scale troops." Yu Qiuhei ordered Masayuki Sanada, "If you fail to track down the initiative, you have to passively defend."

"Wait." Just as Masayuki Sanada was about to take the order, Shigeji Takenaka, who was silent on the side, suddenly interrupted, "Your Highness, I think this may not be the case."

"Banbingwei, what do you say?" Yu Qiuhei immediately turned his anticipated eyes to the most powerful think tank in his army - he always had a regret, that is, Takenaka Shigeji was not present during the Mihimachi Hokkaido War. If he was present, could he see through Takeda Shingen's plan?

Takenaka Shigeji did not answer directly, but instead adjusted his sleeves, then reached out to pick up all the pieces symbolizing the Kii people on the sand table and put them in the chess box beside the sand table.

"Half-soldier?" Yu Qiuping asked in confusion, "Where are you going to move them?"&1t;i>&1t;/i>

"No need to move, they all disappeared from the board." Takenaka Shigeji shook his head and whispered.

"It disappeared, what do you mean?" Yu Qiuping was stunned again.

"That's what he meant." Amano Keidu seemed to have seen Takenaka Shigeji's idea, and silently grabbed a handful of small beans used to symbolize unknown situations from the sand table, and randomly scattered them on the sand table.

"Crow, you guessed it right." Takenaka Shigeji looked at Amano Keito with disdain. The conflict between the two did not fade away with time, but instead became more and more intense. However, the dedicated two never clashed in business due to personal grudges, but the private name is always so cold.
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