A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 11 The wealthy Miyabe Castle
After retreating the left and right monk soldiers and teaching them the preliminary method of condensing mana, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became more harmonious. After expressing his gratitude, Miyabe Tsugujun simply asked Shinkuro directly if there was anyone who could help. The place.

At this point, Shinkuro also felt that the time was ripe: "To be honest, Jirun, I came here this time to discuss something."

"Teacher, what you said is serious. I have a palace and a city. I can send out fifty monks and soldiers. I can also mobilize hundreds of good men and women to help out. I wonder what the teacher's instructions are?"

In fact, Miyabe Jijun had already anticipated this situation. Otherwise, why would the other party hand over the spell to him so happily?
And he sincerely wanted to show his strength in front of his new master, so he revealed all his power at once.

"Ah, by the way, there are also five iron artillery soldiers newly trained by my disciple."

Hearing this, Lian Xinkuro couldn't help but look slightly sideways. This cheap apprentice of himself is really very powerful.

You must know that in Nippon, almost all daimyo lords do not have standing armies. Even many lower-level samurai have to find time to work. There are actually very few professional samurai who are truly completely out of work.

During the war, the various lords were basically similar in this regard. They all led a very small number of samurai to fight with a large number of temporarily recruited ashigaru (farmers and soldiers), and usually these ashigaru were farming at home. This was also the case during the Warring States Period. Frequent reasons.

After all, if one side organizes thousands of ashigaru in advance and then makes a secret raid, and the other side only has a dozen samurai as a standing army, even if there is a huge gap in the average combat power of the two sides, it is calculated mentally and not intentionally, coupled with the absolute crushing of numbers, this This kind of rebellion is naturally very easy to succeed.

Even the Asai family, known as the overlord of Kitaomi, with a territory of nearly [-] koku, under Shinkuro, the nominally cheap father, only has less than a hundred professional samurai who are completely out of production, and their strength is still uneven.

(Shigao system is a system that expresses the area of ​​the fiefdom not by land area, but by output. One stone is about 130-150 kilograms)

It was these samurai who brought several times the number of ashigaru who were drafted in turns. They were responsible for guarding Otani Castle and patrolling the castle towns and villages. Therefore, the Asai family's standing army actually only had a few people.

As for other retainers belonging to the Asai family, most of them have their own small towns or villages, and their own teams. Once a battle occurs, they also use samurai as commanders at all levels, and temporarily summon a large number of ashigaru to participate in the battle. The richer ones occasionally They will temporarily hire some ronin or Chinese people to participate in the war.

But overall, the scale of the war is actually not large. Judging from the decades of fighting history between the Asai family and the Rokkaku family, most of the time, each side leads hundreds of ashigaru to fight in a bloody battle for half a day, killing the enemy. There were dozens of "big battles", and there were rarely more than a thousand troops.

Moreover, we must choose the right season for fighting. If we don't fight in spring, it will delay farmers from planting their fields. It won't work in autumn, which will delay everyone's harvesting of grain. The same cannot be done in winter. The weather is too cold and people with frozen hands and feet can't fight.

After counting, only summer is the most suitable for fighting.

Going into detail, there are also various requirements for the weather. This is not to say that the samurai are delicate and delicate. In fact, after many years of training, their physical fitness is not bad. The problem is mainly with those ashigaru. on the body.

They usually don't eat well and drink well, so their physique is very weak. If they march in bad conditions such as heavy rain, it is not impossible that they will fall seriously ill and half of them will fall down. It can be said that the battle has not even begun. It was declared over.

But even this Asai family is considered to be a powerful daimyo in the entire Nippon, and is even called the overlord of Kitaomi. In terms of overall strength, ranking it in terms of overall strength, I dare not say that there are more in the entire Nippon, but It can definitely be ranked in the top twenty.

Why is this?

Because every other famous person is in a similar situation, this is a worse world.

Of course, what we are talking about here is the current situation. Asai Nagamasa, who has the memory of later generations, knows that it will not be long before these habits of the lords and daimyo are forced to change, because there is a man in Owari who took the lead in carrying out the military Agricultural separation system.

But that is what will happen in the future. Generally speaking, if one man is drawn from three men and a height of 300 stone is used, the normal mobilization rate during wartime is about 500 people, and the maximum mobilization capacity is about [-] people. Any more will seriously affect the normal mobilization rate. The land was cultivated.

Moreover, it must not be during busy farming times. No daimyo would be stupid enough to struggle with food. Therefore, generally based on the stone height of each lord, one can roughly deduce their total mobilizable force in normal battles.

Although Miyabe Castle is well developed, the stone height is only two to three thousand koku at best. It stands to reason that it is normal to mobilize more than 100 people, but Miyabe Tsurun just said that he can mobilize more than 300 people.Although Miyabe Tsurujun's monk soldiers may not be as strong as those professionally trained samurai, and the good men and women he talks about are not necessarily inferior to Ashigaru, the power he just mentioned is enough to surpass the power of the Asai family. Some retainers.

With the blessing of religious beliefs, it is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary warriors to explode soldiers.

Shinkuro suddenly seemed to understand why various religious temples occupied a large amount of land and wealth, and from time to time instigated dissatisfied believers to cause trouble for the daimyo, but there had never been any daimyo who dared to directly declare war on the temple. In fact, It's because their war potential is too great.

As for Miyabe Jijun, this guy is indeed very ambitious.

He is talented and ambitious. Perhaps the apprentice he accepted on a whim will exert power beyond imagination.

After a slight sigh, Shinkuro also directly made a promise: "Jijun, I wonder if you are willing to join my family. I am willing to recommend you to become an Ashigaru general."

Ashigaru, ashigaru head, ashigaru group head, ashigaru shogun, shogun, and general are the retainer system and samurai positions commonly used among many daimyo.

They are not only military positions, but also a manifestation of identity, class and status.

Generally speaking, an Ashigaru-gumi leader can serve as the lord or city representative of a small town in peacetime, and lead one to two hundred Ashigaru warriors in wartime. The Ashigaru generals go a step further, usually with a population of nearly [-] under their command. , can send out five hundred or even one thousand troops.

This is not in line with Miyabe Tsurujun's current strength, but it can be regarded as an extra reward for the first retainer to defect to Shinkuro, and what is expected of him in the future.

And once you become a retainer of the Asai family, not only Miyabe Tsurujun's Miyabe Castle will be officially recognized, but others will also receive some rewards.

Of course, next time the Rokkaku family or other enemies invade, Miyabe Tsurujun will need to send troops to fight, and that will also become his obligation after being loyal to the lord.

"Disciple is willing to join the Asai family and serve Master." Miyabe Jijun said thanks as if he was delighted.

In fact, if another daimyo were invited with this position, he would just kick them out directly. Although the position of the Ashigaru general is not low, he is a monk and does not have to be bound by the daimyo.

But it's different now. He has a dual identity. He is nominally loyal to the Asai family, but in fact he is loyal to his master!
Shinkuro nodded with a smile, but immediately sighed: "Jirun, in fact, your talent is definitely more than that. Unfortunately, I am only the young master of the Asai family now and cannot get more things for you."

Recommended by him, it will naturally bear his mark. Unfortunately, as the young master of the Asai family, everything now comes from his nominal father. He can't fight for him too much for the time being. After all, he has not officially served as a Yuan. , there is almost no bargaining chip in hand.

Miyabe Tsurugi's heart moved. He quietly looked at his master's expression, and then said tentatively: "Master, Master Kumasa is probably overworked, so his physical strength and energy have declined, and he is gradually exhausted. But apprentice I believe that after you serve Yuan Dynasty, you will be able to take care of Master Jiuzheng."

He is telling lies with open eyes. Not to mention that Asai Hisamasa is now in the prime of life. He is not a few years older than Miyabe Tsurujun and is only a man in his 30s. Let’s just say that if Asai Hisamasa is really With all the hard work he had done for the Asai family, the Asai family would not be in this situation.

Shinkuro nodded and said nothing about it. It seemed that whether it was based on the history he had read in his previous life, the memory in Shinkuro's original body, or outsiders such as Miyabe Tsurujun, he had no idea about the current Asai family. The daimyo was very unfavorable.

Well, if we go by the history in his memory, it's almost time.

But right now, my strength and reputation are far from enough. Even if I succeed in defeating the pig demon tomorrow, I'm still far behind. Maybe after finishing things here, I should go out and travel first to accumulate some reputation before I can do anything. that thing. . .

(End of this chapter)