human
Our situation is not desperate, said General Sanada-Sayemon-Yoke-Moura, the most skilful soldier in the empire;
gpt
My advice is, that you should attack Hieyas at once, and not allow him to assume the offensive,
human
How can you think of such a thing? exclaimed young Signenari.
gpt
Our army would be slaughtered in a few hours by forces three times its size. We must occupy the forts, and protect ourselves from any surprise until all our forces are assembled. If Hieyas has not then attacked us, it will be time enough to take the offensive.
human
I maintain my proposition, said Harounaga.
gpt
I have an idea that Hieyas's army is not nearly so numerous as you suppose. How, in the space of a single moon, could he make himself so formidable?
human
We cannot act on suppositions, said Yoke-Moura;
gpt
How many soldiers have we at the present time?
human
Let me see, said Yoke-Moura:
gpt
Signenari, who, in spite of his youth, has just been honored with the rank of general, has twenty thousand men under him; Harounaga has as many; Moto-Tsoumou and Massa-Nori each command ten thousand soldiers; Moritzka has fifteen thousand, and Yama-Kava five thousand. I am at the head of thirty thousand troops. That makes a total of one hundred and ten thousand soldiers.
human
By what means shall we swell the list?
gpt
You do not consider, master, said Yoke-Moura,
human
Nor must we forget, cried the Prince of Aki,
gpt
The most exposed provinces, said Signenari, glancing at a map,
human
What! exclaimed Fide-Yori,
gpt
Alas! friend, said Nagato,
human
If it be so, said the Shogun,
gpt
I will send a substitute, said the Prince of Nagato.
human
I have decided to remain here. But let us not think of that; let us hasten to act, and to send our troops to their various posts; let no time be lost in idle words.
gpt
I agree with Yoke-Moura, said the Shogun;
human
Let General Moritzka start immediately with his fifteen thousand men, said Yoke-Moura;
gpt
There is no change to be made in the plan which you propose, said the Shogun;
human
Princes, said the Shogun to the nobles who remained with him,