"If all the villagers were here, I would have paid to hire them to help us build fences and dig trenches."

"Pay?"

Sagawa Kanbei asked with a confused look on his face.

"Master Tachibana, why do you have to pay? If these villagers didn't run away, wouldn't it be enough to just order them to come over and help? There's no way they would disobey our orders!"

After saying that, he patted the saber on his waist.

As if he was amused, Qingdeng chuckled a few times, "hum hum".

"You ask me 'why'? The reason is simple - because if you don't pay, it will be increasingly difficult for us to find people who are willing to help us without any regrets in the future."

After Yun Danfeng left these words, Qingdeng turned the bull's head and returned along the original road.

Sagawa Kanbei was stunned for a moment, and his expression full of confusion seemed to be the best true portrayal of the phrase "Monk Joji is confused".

Finally, he snorted and murmured, "What the hell...did I say something wrong? We are here to suppress the rebellion. Our task is not more important than farming? Let the farmers help us - this is not natural."

Something?", while riding his horse to follow Qingdeng...

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Although the surrounding scenery is still shrouded in the loneliness of late winter, it does have an atmosphere of seasonal change.

The gentle and peaceful time passed by everyone, and it even felt like being on an outing.

Walking under the green trees along the road, Qingdeng raised his head and looked at the sky - the thick branches blocked the clouds from the sun, and through the gaps, one could glimpse the clear blue sky. The sun had begun to set in the west. In another hour,

, Yesha will arrive as scheduled.

——It should be there soon... huh?

Abruptly, the tips of Qingden's ears trembled slightly - "Wind Perceiver +1" was activated - and he suddenly heard the faint sound of gurgling water.

As the team progressed, the sound of running water became clearer and louder.

Finally... after passing through a large forest of miscellaneous trees, a flat open land came into Qingdeng's eyes like a picture scroll.

All around... including the land at the foot of Qingdeng, are steep mountains.

Only this land surrounded by mountains is plain and wild.

Looking at the magnificent scene in front of him, Qingdeng unconsciously tightened the reins in his hands.

——Finally arrived!

This is the Ueno Basin located in the center of Iga!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...the sound of gurgling water came from afar.

Qingdeng followed the sound and found a clear stream flowing from the top of a mountain not far away.

"Follow me!"

Qingdeng gave a brief order to the soldiers around him, then took the lead and climbed along the stream to the top of the mountain.

I don’t know how long I have been trekking in the mountain forest... With the blessing of his talent "Fire Eyes + 5", Qingdeng finally saw the scenery on the top of this mountain.

I saw that the top of this mountain is not steep. Although it is very messy, with bushes and leafy trees everywhere, as long as you take care of it carefully, you can clear a medium-sized flat land.

The water source of that mountain stream happens to be located deep in this flat land.

Qingdeng narrowed his eyes, held his head high, and looked around.

It is located on the top of a mountain, with a stream of stable water flowing through it. The water source is on the top of the mountain, so there is no need to worry about the water source being cut off. More importantly, you can overlook the Ueno Basin below...

At this thought, Qingdeng raised the bullwhip in his hand without thinking and pointed it directly at his feet.

"Right here, set up camp!"

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Before leaving Kyoto, Seito specially commissioned Iwasaki Yataro to urgently purchase a batch of axes, hoes, hammers, shovels and a large number of bamboo baskets and hemp ropes.

With less than 200 troops lacking cavalry, archers and iron gunners, they faced an army of tens of thousands... The strategy with the greatest chance of winning was undoubtedly city building, that is, building field fortifications!

Relying on strong field fortifications to block the enemy's advance and weaken their strength and vigor.

After the morale of the rebel army weakens, they rush out of the camp and attack with the whole army! Beat them until they are invincible!

Throughout ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, the person who mastered this classic "defensive counterattack" strategy the most... Li Shimin, the Heavenly Khan of the Tang Dynasty, is definitely one of them.

Whether it was to pacify Xue Rengao, to defeat Liu Wuzhou, or to capture two kings in one battle at Hulao Pass, Li Shimin always followed this routine: the entire army would stand firm and wait for the enemy's front to weaken, and when the time was right, he would directly take the lead and attack the enemy.

The enemy launched a lightning offensive like a raging storm, taking away the enemy in one wave.

At first glance, this strategy seems clumsy and has little technical content. It is just "defend, defend, defend, then attack, attack, attack, and finally win, win, win."

But in fact, if it were actually put into practice, it would stump more than 90% of the military commanders in history.

Just "how to build a strong camp in the wild that is impregnable and cannot be taken down by the enemy even with all their strength" can leave countless people at a loss.

Under Aomori's orders, the Shinsengumi soldiers instantly transformed into civil engineering brothers!

Those who dig the soil dig the soil, those who chop the wood chop the wood, and those who chop the branches split the branches.

It can not only clear open space suitable for setting up a stronghold, but also save materials for building a city. It really kills two birds with one stone.

Japan is a small country, and the distance from Ise to Iga is not that far.

Even if the rebel army is poorly organized and lacks livestock to transport baggage, no matter how slow their marching speed is, they can climb to Iga in only 5-7 days at most.

In such a short time, there is no time to build such a complicated thing.

Towering watchtowers, city walls several meters high... don't even think about these things.

Therefore, Qingdeng only planned to build two things: fences and trenches!

Use them to slow down the thieves' attack and divide the battlefield!

Don't underestimate fences and trenches...especially the latter.

In the age of cold weapons, whether in the East or the West, trenches were the most important fortifications in field battles and city defenses, and there was absolutely no such thing!

The trenches here are not those small trenches that are shallow and narrow and can be crossed directly with a longer step, just like drainage ditches.

It is a ditch that is so deep and wide that a person cannot climb out if he falls into it!

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PS: The "Aizu cavalry is very elite" in this chapter is completely made up by Bao Baozi. According to historical facts, none of the feudal lords at the end of the Tokugawa period had very strong cavalry (Bao Han)

Before the introduction of Western horse breeds, the average height of Japan's native horses was only about 1.2 meters... The cavalry riding such horses could only show off their majesty in Japan.
Chapter completed!