You You walked up to the commander's platform, and the others immediately became much shorter than her. She first assigned the soldiers to do a simple task, running around the camp.
The soldiers whispered to each other, but they ran out in an orderly manner. The 8,000-man team was majestic.
After running, Youyou found many problems. The 8,000 men looked at her as if she was a child, not a commander. It seemed that everyone else thought that she was just showing off. She could order them to run, but no one would listen to her if she wanted to bring them to the battlefield.
You Youzi felt that it was impossible for her to use her authority to make them obey her. Which adult man would be willing to listen to a twelve-year-old child's orders? Therefore, Youyou needed to find a new way to manage the warriors she had recruited, and then let the warriors manage the army.
There was an unexpected matter. The eight thousand Zhuge Repeating Crossbows that the Emperor had promised her could not be produced in a short period of time. After Youyou finished inspecting the new army, she led a hundred men straight to the Munitions Factory. The carpenters in the Munitions Factory were all focused on the production of single crossbows, but they were not familiar with the production process, and one person was responsible for all the procedures. After that, Youyou directly seized the production and management rights of the crossbow in the arsenal with the excuse that the military situation was urgent. Because the process of the crossbow was simple, it didn't even need a crossbow. Therefore, she brought forward the assembly line production that only appeared in 1769 to the Heian period of Japan 800 years ago.
Youyou's actions shocked the court once again. It was not because Youyou had proposed a set of advanced production processes, but because the Eldest Miss, who usually lived in her boudoir, had suddenly become so swift and decisive. The nobles of Jingdou were attracted by this strong contrast.
You Youzi's generals and the Xixing Temple had provided her with some information, so she knew that she was also the center of attention. She wanted to be like this. She would either jump to the center of the stage or be erased from history forever. Coincidentally, she knew how to stand in the center of the stage. Now that others were looking at her, it was her chance to stand in the middle.
The repeating crossbows were mass-produced at an average rate of 1,000 per day. This speed was already very shocking, because with the efficiency in the past, they could only produce 20 units a day. By the time the war was over, only half of the repeating crossbows had been made.
With eight thousand repeating crossbows, it was even more difficult to prepare the bolts. During the Heian period, the backward smelting technology made it difficult to forge the iron at the front of the bow and arrow, so the preparation of the crossbow was very slow. Moreover, there were no feathers behind the bolts of the repeating crossbows, so they flew in a parabola.
In fact, You Youzi knew very well that the preparation of the repeating crossbow was not so much for military purposes as for political and propaganda purposes. After all, this thing had a short range and poor penetration. It could barely penetrate even leather armor. Therefore, although there were people who used repeating crossbows in ancient China, they were gradually eliminated. The main reason was that they were really useless. Moreover, the crossbow itself had to be dealt with. It was impossible for the front end not to be dipped in feces. Even if he was smeared with a layer of poison, the bacteria in the feces had a chance of causing infection. In the peaceful times without antibiotics, infection was almost a dead end.
You Youzi shivered. He had once experienced the life of a soldier of the Jin Kingdom. At that time, he was participating in the war to attack Song. The ladder was put on the city wall, and the soldiers were attacking the city. Something that would disgust You Youzi for the rest of her life happened.
A shocking amount of boiled feces was splashed on the city wall. This was a famous city defense weapon,"Golden Juice". It was also from then on that You Youzi had a slight obsession with cleanliness.
After the military equipment was completed, You Youzi estimated the supplies.
There was a full set of siege weapons here. The Emperor was afraid of the rebellion of the local samurai, so the military camp near Kyoto had always prepared a full set of siege weapons, including ten scaling ladders, a charging cart, and two catapults. These were all allocated to You You.
There were also some carriages carrying important military supplies, such as some things to set up camp, five sets of blacksmiths 'stoves and equipment, and a large number of battlefield rescue equipment.
Before leaving, the Emperor told You Youzi that even if they couldn't win this battle, they had to leave a way out for the 8,000 troops. Because Jingdou always needed an army of 10,000 people to defend it, the Emperor had sent his own regular army, so there must be a gap of 8,000 people here. It was still fine if You Youzi won, but if she lost and only brought back a thousand people, then there would be a gap in Jingdou's military security. The Council of Ministers (the abdicated emperor) faction and the great nobles would definitely fight over it. No matter what the outcome was, the seeds of conflict would be planted.
You Youzi agreed. The price they could pay for this war was very small. Although it looked like the entire country was going to fight against a small city, the country could only send 8,000 people this time.
You Youzi had a preliminary understanding of her army. The first was the source of soldiers. These people were stationed in Jingdou, so they spent half their time training soldiers and the other half farming. Therefore, their combat strength was higher than that of ordinary conscripts.
Next was armaments. This army was also the Emperor's personal guards, but the Emperor did not seem to use the taxes he received on them. They could have had elite weapons, but now their armaments were only better than the private armed forces of the local nobles.
Then there was the tactical thinking. Obviously, the samurai who trained them did not teach them how to form a formation to fight against professional samurai.
Then there was the medical standard. They did not have any specialized medical staff at all. Youyou had set up a medical team of 200 people. Their mission was to rush around the battlefield to treat the wounded. They had only gone through twenty hours of training.
The last was the logistics, which was also the biggest headache for You Youzi. A total of 8,000 people ate quite a lot for one meal. The grain trucks needed to be protected by a whole team of people. Otherwise, they would be finished if they were taken away by the enemy. Moreover, You Youzi did not dare to set up granaries around Shangchuan easily, because she was unfamiliar with the place and the other party had the geographical advantage. Once the other party figured out that this army had set up a granary in Shangchuan, it was inevitable that it would be burned. Moreover, the longer they stayed in Shangchuan, the easier it was to leak the grain transportation route. Changing the route at the last minute would also expose them to the risk of spies.
Thus, this battle was very troublesome. It was best to wait for fatigue. If Shangchuan's generals were well commanded, it would be fine as long as they closed their doors and did not come out. As long as You Youzi attacked the city with all her might, she would send troops to attack the stockade and the grain routes. The feudal lords here must have made preparations to reinforce the city walls and repair the defenses before the rebellion. A frontal attack was the worst option. If they couldn't break through the city, the stockade would be burned and the grain road would be robbed. You Youzi's army would naturally be defeated, and they wouldn't even need to chase after them.
In Go, there were often players who had the advantage, but they hoped to gain more credit and took the risk. Originally, he could have won by taking a more conservative move, but he had made a few foolish moves just to show his speed. After that, he revealed his flaws and was caught by the other party one by one. In the end, he threw in his stones and admitted defeat.
It was just like Rommel in the desert of North Africa during World War II, fighting the British. He ran away halfway through the fight, and the British chased after him. Then, he fell for it. As long as the British held their ground in battle, they could firmly control the situation, but there were always commanders who made foolish decisions. After that, he took over the command. Although his actions were very conservative, he grasped the key point of the failure of the war. Therefore, he moved step by step, forcing Rommel to turn from attack to defense.
You Youzi remembered that the ancient people of the Song Kingdom had a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War. In the third chapter,"Strategy", he said a sentence that was both true and nonsense: Whether you could win depended on whether the other party was stupid or not, and whether the other party could win depended on whether you were stupid or not. Victory wasn't the right thing to do, because in times of war, it was impossible to absolutely evaluate which of the two plans was more correct, because all plans made sense. Victory meant not doing the wrong thing. Everything had to be planned out. I always have a backup plan for my actions. If I succeed, what will I do next? If I fail, what will I do next? When both sides had similar strategies and tactics, it was considered good. Unless the difference between the generals was too great, or the commander made a serious mistake in judgment, the war would not end so easily.
Just like that, 8,000 people traveled for half a month and arrived at Shangchuan District. You You Zi sent another thousand people to escort the provisions. These thousand people were carefully selected by You You Zi.
Before the arrival of the 8,000-strong army, the Shangchuan clan had already fortified the walls and cleared the fields. All the villages in Shangchuan area were burned down, but Youyou had already expected this. However, to her surprise, spring was coming soon.
You Youzi thought that if this battle dragged on any longer, the farming in Shangchuan would be delayed, and the autumn harvest would become a problem. When the time came, people would starve and eat the corpses of the dead. This was not what You Youzi wanted, so this battle had to be quick.
Tai Ye always brought Bai Loujian and Lou Guanjian with him to follow You Youzi. Many soldiers whispered to them, and there were even some very outrageous remarks. You Youzi's method was to investigate and educate them one by one. Later, she suddenly remembered the practice of the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War, so she picked out some people who were loyal to her to be political commissar to solve these problems. Some of the disunity factors were temporarily resolved.
You Youzi calculated that they needed at least 1,000 people to protect the grain transportation and at least 2,000 people to protect the stronghold. Excluding the medics, scouts, sentries, and so on, there were only about 4,000 people that could be directly mobilized in the safe mode. Of course, they could send out all 8,000 soldiers during the decisive battle, but that would be equivalent to the army being deaf and blind, unstable, and not necessarily able to eat. Then, they would gather all their strength on their fists to make a life-risking blow.
However, there was still good news. The imperial court had already arranged four spies in Shangchuan, and the Emperor had transferred three of them to Youyou. As a result, information about Shangchuan City slowly spread.
First, there were about a hundred well-trained warriors, all of whom were the lowest level officers. They were well-trained and familiar with tactics. There were still 5,000 soldiers stationed in the city, half of whom were soldiers and half of whom were farmers. The city lord, Uekawa, had fought many mountain bandits and local peasant uprisings, so he had some combat experience. However, he had no experience facing a large-scale battle with an army of 8,000 soldiers.
The reason for the rebellion was obvious. The samurai class in the Kamikawa region urgently needed a government that could represent their interests. In fact, this was very easy to understand. Hundreds of years later, the original intention of the United States of America established in North America was to protect the interests of the local capitalist white people and refuse to pay taxes to the French government.
It wasn't just the Kamikawa family. In fact, this kind of thing happened everywhere. The conflict between the new samurai class and the old aristocratic class could be seen everywhere. You Youzi repeatedly warned herself not to get involved in the politics here, because her purpose here was only to find Gu Ming Dijue and gain some political influence.
In You Youzi's plan for the rest of her life, she only planned to fight against the demons of the west. Because she knew better than anyone else that eight years was too short. If she rashly made a revolution, she would only push the samurai class to the stage of history and then die irresponsibly. It was a child's behavior to be so irresponsible. You Youzi would not make such mistakes. She felt that she could not bear this responsibility, so she simply avoided it. Stopping the evil actions of the demons to the west was her main responsibility. When You Youzi was twenty years old, she would sacrifice her life to seal the demons to the west. This was all planned twelve years ago.
She only needed to do this one thing well, because You You knew that her life was meant for this. For now, this plan was still going very smoothly.
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