Chapter 76 New Soldiers

Yan Xu, who had anticipated this, did not waste too much energy on it. Whether it was revenge or alliance, it all came down to strength.

If you don't have the strength, even the peace envoys will dare to turn against you on the spot and put a knife to your neck and demand this and that.

If you have the strength, after you hit them on the left cheek, not to mention the peace faction, even the war faction will extend their right cheek to you, and may even kneel down to let you hit them more comfortably. It's that simple.

Yan Xu smiled self-deprecatingly. The modern world is still better. Although it is still a society where the strong prey on the weak, at least a way out is left for the weak.

Not only armor and weapons were seized from the Otomo camp, but also a lot of gold and silver that Otomo Munemori used for rewards and recruitment. Unfortunately, it could not be kept.

Yan Xu played with the gold in his hand. Although he felt a little emotional, he no longer had the initial excitement, because this thing had now become a consumable and its meaning had changed.

Knowing that the Otomo family's coming must have the purpose of testing how much strength the Moroboshi family retained after the war, Yan Xu stopped saving and began to replenish his troops.

When he went back before, because he had recovered a lot of funds and the new grain was on the market, Yan Xu took the opportunity to purchase a large amount of coarse grains from the previous year. His reserves were sufficient, so he replenished the number of foot soldiers to 500 in one go.

In the system, Yan Xu felt that the most useful type of soldiers were the Foot Soldiers, because they were cheap and available in large quantities.

No matter how big a territory you occupy, someone has to defend it. In this regard, ten swordsmen are no better than a thousand foot soldiers, not to mention that after their skills have been expanded, the application range of foot soldiers is wider.

According to the skill enhancement, the five hundred foot soldiers are divided into two hundred crossbowmen, two hundred spearmen, and one hundred sailors.

In fact, this is still not enough. The Onimaruyama Castle alone needs to be garrisoned with 300 people. In addition, there are two villages, an unbuilt dock, and a fleet that is about to be formed, all of which require sufficient manpower.

Next came the hatamoto, the backbone of the force, whose number was increased to 200. Fifty of them were responsible for guarding the castle tower, one hundred formed the Eight Treasures Army, and fifty were the navy.

Unfortunately, more food is needed, otherwise Yan Xu would have wanted to replace all the foot soldiers with hatamoto.

As for the three high-level military types, samurai, swordsman, and ninja, each one costs ten units of food plus one or two taels of gold. It is not too expensive, but it is not cheap either. After all, in the previous battle, the number of ninjas and samurai killed in the Otomo family totaled nearly two hundred, which is twenty kilograms of gold. It can be seen that their survivability on the battlefield is not as high as imagined. If a big battle really occurs, dozens of kilograms of gold may be gone.

However, after learning about the three arms in detail, Yan Xu realized that he had thought it was simple. The system arms were not used in this way, at least the advanced arms were not used.

Compared to the rigid low-level troops, high-level troops are smarter. In fact, this can be seen from the Eight Treasures Army formed by the hatamoto. Although they are a little clumsy in learning things, they may learn them, unlike the foot soldiers who can only stand there at a loss.

For samurai, a high-level military branch, this is even more obvious. It would be a waste to use them as a pure military branch to fill the front lines. Because samurai who have received basic education know simple reading, writing and arithmetic, they can be considered useful people in ancient times when the literacy rate was low. Therefore, they are more suitable for basic management work, such as statistics, public security, tax collection, procurement, etc.

Before, everything depended on Yi Yujing alone, and many things could not be handled in time. For example, for the spoils of this battle, he could only let the soldiers move the spoils back to Guimaruyama Castle. As for the sorting, classification, and statistics, all had to wait for him.

With the help of the warriors, many things can be done by just giving orders, which greatly improves efficiency and saves time.

In addition, with warriors performing grassroots work, Yan Xu no longer has to worry about being sidelined by his subordinates, because these ministers also need warriors to control and exercise the power in their hands.

The smarter warriors would tell tales. Based on the importance of warriors, Yan Xu recruited twenty of them at once, which was enough to support the basic framework of the current territory.

Compared to the samurai, the swordsman has the highest combat power. In a one-on-one fight, a samurai cannot beat a swordsman.

It’s just that apart from fighting, the swordsman has no other special skills, but that doesn’t mean it’s useless.

There are two major indigenous teams in the territory, one is the ronin elite soldiers composed of ronin, and the other is the katana team composed of wandering samurai. The two major teams will definitely continue to expand in the future. How can he sleep well without adding some sand to the mix? So he also recruited twenty people and incorporated them into the two indigenous teams.

Ninjas, who are classified in the same category as samurai and swordsmen, have no management skills and are not as strong in combat as the other two. They are even less capable than ninjas like Tsuchigumo and Shuichi who have unique skills. They can only be regarded as enhanced versions of Genin.

But they also have an advantage, which is loyalty.

The empty and dead eyes made Yan Xu understand that the system ninjas were no longer human beings. They were real tools. Their humanity and instincts were almost completely wiped out. That’s why they could face death without blinking an eye. This was even more true when it came to killing. No matter whether the target was a beautiful woman who brought disaster to the country or a well-behaved and cute child, they were truly treated equally.

The appearance of the system ninja provided a basis for the realization of the idea that Yan Xu had originally given up, that is, the Forest Ninja was responsible for intelligence, the Tsuchigumo and others were responsible for assassination, and the system ninja was naturally responsible for protecting his safety, so ten of them were also recruited.

Although I still want to continue, the current number of recruits is almost the limit.

Not to mention the system's food units that are running out of food, the material reserves that were brought here alone can hardly sustain such consumption.

Yan Xu bought a lot of things, but it was all in vain if they couldn't be transported.

It can be said that if more supplies cannot be brought over next time, food for the entire territory will become a problem, not to mention the subsequent expansion of the territory.

Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle. No wonder all parts of the country that want to develop must first attract investment, because there is really no money and it is too expensive.

In any case, the sufficient military force gave Yan Xu enough confidence, and he began to look forward to the arrival of the Otomo family.

Not to mention that Yiyu Jing was shocked to find that there were so many elite soldiers inexplicably in the territory, and there were twenty more samurai under her command. The Otomo family was really about to explode after receiving the news of defeat.

Otomo Sorin, Otomo Munemori's elder brother, was also a powerful man who led the Otomo family to the point where they could share the throne with the Mori family.

But compared to the cruel and violent Otomo Munemori, Otomo Munemori's methods were more peaceful. He was good at integrating all forces for his own use, including his troublesome younger brother.

However, Otomo Sorin never expected that his own brother would give him such a big surprise. He was so shocked that his loincloth almost burst out. He immediately summoned all his retainers to discuss the matter, and a decision must be made as soon as possible because the Otomo family could not afford to delay.

Ignoring those militant factions who only shouted for revenge, Otomo Sorin thought about the proposal that Kadokuma Ishimune had just given him.

Kadokuma Ishimune was the retainer that Otomo Sorin relied on the most. It can be said that without him, there would be no Otomo Sorin today, which shows the respect that people had for him.

(End of this chapter)