On the afternoon of June 18, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), on the east mountain of Maple Leaf Mountain City.
Imagawa Kaede looked at the familiar face and the gentle smile of the person in front of her. She had countless things to say and questions to ask. She wished she could immediately throw herself into Yu Qiuping's arms and caress every familiar inch of his face.
skin and edges.
It's a pity there is no time.
"You have done enough." Yu Qiuping glanced at the corpse-strewn battlefield and the devastated Maple Leaf Mountain City, gritted his teeth and whispered, "Leave the rest to me."
"What are you going to do?" Imagawa Kaede asked softly. Although tears were still falling, the perseverance in her voice was not at all like that of a woman who had just reunited with her husband who had returned from the dead.
"Rush down from the mountain, rush directly from the rebels, rush to Oda Nobunaga's horse seal, and chop down his horse seal." Yu Qiuping raised his arm and pointed straight at Oda Nobunaga's horse seal.
is, "the most direct method."
"Okay." Imagawa Kaede nodded.
"Don't you question me?" Yu Qiuping was a little surprised when he saw Imagawa Feng's reaction.
"I believe in you, more than anyone else, and I believe in you more than anything." Imagawa Kaede's tears streaked across the corners of her smiling mouth, and he untied the Chidori with his right hand and pinned it to Yu Qiuping's waist, "You
You never break your promise to me, right?"
"Wait for me here." Yu Qiuping got on his horse, leaned towards Imagawa Kaede, raised his right hand, and wanted to lightly poke Imagawa Kaede on the forehead.
"I will command the volunteers to follow you." Imagawa Kaede shook his head stubbornly this time, avoiding Yu Qiuping's fingers, "Rather than praying for you devoutly behind you, I want to be by your side and with you.
Fight alongside."
"Okay." Yu Qiuping also smiled, retracted his outstretched fingers, and turned to make a fist. Imagawa Kaede smiled knowingly, understood his actions, and raised his hand, using the one that was slightly smaller than Yu Qiuping's.
The white little hands clenched their fists and fist bumped with Yu Qiuping.
"For our ideals."
"And for our meaning."
Carry out your will and reverse your fate.
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Yu Qiuping held up the Maple Bird Horse Seal with his left hand, slowly pulled the Chidori out of its scabbard with his right hand, and rode the horse to stand on the top of the east mountain of Maple Leaf Mountain City, looking at the familiar homeland and unfamiliar battlefield.
The originally noisy and fierce battlefield suddenly lost its voice at the moment when the Maple Bird Horse Seal fluttered again, as if the Creator pressed the silence button. All the sounds of killing, fighting, weapons clashing, and firing were all silenced in an instant.
Cut it off and replace it with a peaceful world where you can just hear the wind blowing the leaves.
All the soldiers who were fighting stopped attacking, all the soldiers on their way stopped, and all the iron gunners and artillerymen who were aiming and shooting lowered their arms and cast their blank eyes on the proud face on the east mountain of Maple Leaf Mountain City.
Horse Seal——The maple bird horse seal that shocks the world.
All the daimyo, house governors and samurai also turned their eyes away from the battlefield at this moment and looked under the horse seal. They hurriedly took out their telescopes from their arms and adjusted the focus in confusion until they found the man wearing a red leaf shawl.
The resolute figures became clearer in the lenses, and then they finally exclaimed, breaking the tranquility of the battlefield.
Yu Qiuping urged his horse to sit down and slowly galloped down the mountain road. Countless eyes from the sky and the earth were fixed on him, along with endless hopes. The power of hope poured into his heart continuously.
.
Feng'er is watching me, His Highness the Governor is watching me, His Highness Sena is watching me, Brother Taehyung is watching me, Nagamasa is watching me, Mitsuhide is watching me, Hanbei and Kwonbei
Looking at me, the 20,000 volunteers on Dongshan are looking at me, the tens of thousands of Hongye Army’s subordinates are looking at me, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both the enemy and our armies on the battlefield are looking at me, and the countless common people inside and outside Maple Leaf Mountain City are looking at me.
Looking at me, the heroes of the Red Leaf Army buried here in the Dongshan Mausoleum of Maple Leaf Mountain City are looking at me. All the heroes throughout the past and present who have fought their lives to end the cycle of chaos are looking at me. Countless people all over the world who long for a peaceful and prosperous age are also looking at me.
Hold me.
I gave up the chance to come back, I gave up the opportunity to save countless lives and prevent countless tragedies - just thinking about this choice will make me regret it so much that I can't bear to die. But because of this, I have a reason why I absolutely cannot lose.
Because this road and this opportunity were gained by sacrifice and giving up so much. The situation has never been so desperate, but my heart has never been so calm. This moment of determination is what I finally found after spending most of my life. I am now
, burdened with endless regrets, I am the strongest in the world. I will keep moving forward until all this regret is burned away.
Yu Qiuping clamped his horse's belly, feeling the strong wind in his ears, the buzzing of plovered birds, and the hunting sound of maple birds in the sky, and single-handedly attacked the army of the world without hesitation.
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"It's His Highness Hongye!"
"His Royal Highness Hongye is back!"
"His Royal Highness Hongye is not dead!"
When Yu Qiuping killed one man and one horse from Dongshan, the volunteers on the whole mountain roared with joy and tears, watching their hero whizzing past the crowd. Yu Sanlang desperately squeezed out of the crowd and squeezed to the mountain road.
By the side, he witnessed Yu Qiuping rushing past him - his appearance was exactly the same as the Hongye Highness in Saburo's memory fifteen years ago - he didn't lie, he remembered correctly, he really met Hongye Highness at that time! He wanted to
I want to tell my father, mother, and brothers that he remembered it correctly!
"For His Highness Hongye!" Yosaburo shouted, raising the sword in his hand, and rushed up the mountain road, running to follow Yu Qiuping's horse print. Behind him, countless volunteers also set foot on the mountain road, killing down the mountain.
go.
"For His Highness Hongye!" The volunteers roared like a tsunami in unison, shouting the slogan that supported them through the devilish battle to defend the city, and followed the heroes who supported them to survive in troubled times. Above the heads of the volunteers
The red leaves seemed to have gathered into a red stream, rushing out of the maple forest, flowing down the river, and pouring into the battlefield outside Maple Leaf Mountain City. And at the front of this red stream, a man rode alone into the battle.
Rain and Qiuping.
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At the easternmost part of the battlefield, it was the troops of the Tokugawa family. Sakai Tadashi was holding a telescope at this moment, his hands were trembling, and he said to Tokugawa Ieyasu in disbelief: "My lord! It's really His Highness Momiji! It's really it.
Your Highness Hongye!"
"My lord, look!" Honda Masanobu also handed the telescope he just held in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He wished he could put the telescope in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his own hands. "It is really His Highness Momiji himself who is not wrong! No.
What a shadow warrior!"
"No, I can recognize him without those things..." Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but shook his head, tears fell in large drops, his lips kept pursed but he still couldn't restrain his emotions. Looking at Yu Qiupei's figure, he couldn't help but murmur
Said: "Red leaves..."
Even
If Amakihei doesn't show up, Tokugawa Ieyasu is already ready to defect - he plans to use his 7,000 soldiers to stop the troops of the Kanto daimyo, Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshiyuki, and win more for Amakishang's main formation.
time. However, he understood what this meant giving up - the lives of Tokugawa Nobuyasu and Tsukuyama Palace and the future of the Tokugawa family. Therefore, at the last moment, he still hesitated - but the appearance of Yu Qiupei
Let these hesitations completely disappear.
"All troops obey the order!" Tokugawa Ieyasu suddenly stood up on his horse, snatched his golden fan horse seal from the flag bearer, and waved it vigorously in the direction of Oda Nobunaga's horse seal, and at the same time
He shouted sternly: "Justice lies with the Western Army! From now on, our Tokugawa family will be His Highness Hongye's partners! Make way for His Highness Hongye! Draw your sword and attack Oda Nobunaga!"
"Hey! Hey! Roar!" The samurai and ashigaru of the Tokugawa family raised their samurai swords high and responded to the lord's order with a roar. The Mikawa samurai have always been the embodiment of loyalty, courage and justice, and even more
What's more, Yu Qiuping's two life-saving favors to the Tokugawa family were even more unforgettable for them. The confrontation with the Yu Qiu family in the past ten days had caused them to suffer in their hearts, but now the counterattack seemed to have wiped out all the past.
All the haze was swept away. Without any doubts or wavering, the Tokugawa army left a road several people wide in the formation for Yu Qiuping to gallop through alone, toward this great hero and the Tokugawa family.
The benefactor gave him all the cheers without hesitation, and then followed him to cover up the murder.
To the west of the Tokugawa Army, there are nearly 15,000 soldiers of the world's daimyo. These daimyo from all over the Kanto and Northeast regions are currently watching in stunned silence as Yu Qiuping, one person and one horse, holds the Maple Bird Horse Seal high and charges towards the thousands of troops.
Come here. This is not like a battle between armies in the Middle Ages at all, but more like those legendary heroic epics in ancient times in "The Ancient Chronicles".
"Is this a human being...or is it a soul resurrected from hell and seeking revenge?" Ashina Moritaka stared blankly at Yu Qiuping's figure and stuttered for a long time before stumbling out a sentence.
"This is a ghost..." Iwaki Changlong was also dumbfounded, "This is something that no one dares to do..."
"It's better to say it's a god than a ghost." Mogami Yoshimitsu was not as nervous as the others, but his expression was full of respect. "Even the gods would be outraged if such a benevolent person was murdered in this way."
"Get out of the way!" The Hojo clan was shouting loudly at this moment, asking the soldiers of the Hojo family to give way to Yu Qiupei.
"Get out of the way!" Shirakawa Yoshinori, Nasu Shiin and other Mutsu minor daimyo also responded one after another.
"Get out of the way." Faced with the retainers' doubts about this order and the worries about disobeying Oda Nobunaga, Date Terumune said in a deep voice without any explanation, "Are you going to attack such a benevolent person in the world?
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"This is the revenge of the samurai. How can we, as samurai, interfere?" Nanbu Harumasa reined in his horse and waved to his subordinates, "Everyone get out of the way and no attacks are allowed! Let His Highness Jibu pass by!"
Yu Qiuping rode his horse straight in, not paying attention to the tens of thousands of soldiers from the world's great names. He just carried the horse's belly, holding the maple bird horse seal high, flying the thousand birds, and floated past the tens of thousands of soldiers.
More than 5,000 Kanto samurai and ashigaru warriors walked away with awe in their eyes.
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To be continued...