Bab 285: Campaign

Once more Gengyo set out, this time with 7,000 men under his command. From their reports, the Uesugi army numbered upwards of 30,000, but despite that, Gengyo had a strange confidence in his forces. He felt that, in some sense, they actually outnumbered the enemy.

Under Jikouji's supervision, a disciplined army had been forged. Takeshi and Morojo had overseen the production of a healthy amount of firearms too, and every man was armed with a revolving weapon with the ammunition to complement them. They had been trained in the sword as well, to a degree, though their training was not as extensive as it should have been.

The remaining 4,000 they had left with Matsudaira. The Grand General had continued to assure Gengyo that it was enough and though he had his doubts, he had no choice but to trust the man and complete his own campaign as quickly as he could, so that he might relieve whatever pressure Matsudaira would get under.