"This is the most troublesome point and the biggest uncertainty of this plan." Yu Qiuhei nodded and recognized Ansei Fukushima's question. "If Takeda Shingen doesn't want to fight with us, we will definitely not be able to fight with him. There is no doubt about this. Therefore, everything we do is actually similar to doing business."
"Doing business?" Ogawa Yuto scratched his head when he heard this, "What does Your Highness mean?"
"If you do business with others, if you want to take all the advantages, no one is willing to trade with you." Yu Qiuping put down the matching in his hand and pretended to sell him to Tokugawa Nobuyashi. "I will sell this matching for five taels of silver to the Tokugawa Young Master. The Tokugawa Young Master will definitely not buy it. But if I only buy one tael of silver, I will suffer a loss myself, and I am not willing to sell it."
"So I will sell three liang, a price that both parties can accept. Although Young Master Tokugawa is not sure about the quality of the purchase and thinks he may not make any profit, he will also consider buying it. Three liang of silver is also a price that I can accept."
"I understand!" Mimaezaki Nakahide slapped his head and interrupted suddenly: "Your Highness means that if we line up in the valley or guard the city, Takeda Shingen will definitely not fight us. If we are on the plain, we will definitely not be willing to fight the Takeda family. Therefore, we choose a low-lying, semi-open area with fortifications as the battlefield. We can accept it, and Takeda Shingen can also accept it."
"That's right. If Doctor Oshin really wants to annihilate us in the wild, this is his best chance. Because I won't give him a chance to show off against me on the plains, he should know it in his heart. If he keeps such a powerful army as Yuqiu Army, he will definitely not be able to go to Luo with peace of mind." Yuqiuhei looked at Omaezaki Nakahiro with great satisfaction. This smart boy could always understand his strategic intentions. "So, I think when Doctor Oshin led his army to Serahara, he would be happy to use it as a battlefield!"
"What if Doctor Oshin doesn't fight, Your Highness?" After all, he is facing an unprecedented strong enemy. Even Katsumasa Yoshigaon could not help but ask, "What should we do if he headed straight to Yoshida Castle?"
"Then we will go northeast along the mountain road, take down Nagashino Castle and Inugu Castle with the backhand, and even take down Nimata Castle and cut off the Takeda family's retreat." Yu Qiuhei used the match to draw hard on the map, "Hanmatsu Castle has not been defeated, and the food road is blocked. Doctor Dashen dares to let us cut off all his retreat and trapped in Sanheyuan River? If the fire catches its backyard, he can't even go back!"
"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm afraid of it..." Although Yu Qiuping had already mentioned this, the Water Atom Sutra was still a little worried, "If it were Takeda Shingen..."
"Don't worry so much," Sanada Masayuki, who was still hesitating, stood aside for a long time, suddenly interrupted: "With my understanding of Doctor Dashun's personality, if there is such an opportunity in front of him, he will never refuse." Sanada Masayuki smiled bitterly and whispered: "Because he is very confident in his field battle, never fears challenges, and rarely loses. Over the years, Doctor Dashun's failed to succeed, and counts one hand."
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On December 20, after the assessment meeting ended, Yuqiu-Tokugawa coalition left Okazaki Castle and began to go to Yoshida Castle.
On the afternoon of December 21, the two armies arrived at Yoshida Castle. In order to hurry up, after a short rest, Yuqiu Army and Tokugawa Army set out on their own. Yuqiu Army took the northern line, heading eastward, heading straight to Iigu, while Tokugawa Army marched along Toyo River toward the upper reaches of Shirahara. On the evening of the 21st, Yuqiuhei also met a messenger sent by Tokugawa Ieyasu from Hamamatsu Castle. The letter said that Takeda Shingen had transported a large amount of food and supplies to the north of Hamamatsu Castle, and it seemed that he was preparing to station there for a long time.
When Yu Qiuhei asked Tokugawa Ieyasu's messenger to remind Tokugawa Ieyasu to strictly guard the city and never go to war, the messenger smiled knowingly and replied in a low voice: "The lord had expected that His Highness the Lord of the Ministry of Justice would have such a request, so he specifically asked me to tell me. He said that he would never take a step out of Hamamatsu Castle, and I hope Your Highness would be relieved."
"That's great." Yu Qiuhei smiled when he heard this. He vaguely remembered that in the history of his previous life, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who went out of the city to attack Takeda Shingen, but was hit by Takeda Shingen in Sanfanghara and fled back to the city in a mess. It is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu was immediately scared and even shit broke out. After returning, he deliberately asked someone to draw his embarrassment at the time to encourage himself.
"Then wait for His Highness Hongye's support." The messenger greeted Yuqiu and rode his horse away. Yuqiuping watched him leave in the direction of Hamamatsu Castle, and he felt a little relieved, but then took a deep breath.
Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, he may have a fierce battle with the Takeda family. I hope that Tokugawa Ieyasu can attack bravely and help him restrain more Takeda troops.
On December 22, just as the sky was dawn, Yuqiu's army embarked on the journey eastward again. They had arrived for three days shortly after noon. Yuqiuping immediately arranged for the auxiliary soldiers to carry their baggage and start moving north from the mountain road into the Ina Mountains. After a little rectification, he led Chang Panbei, Mingdibei, and Xiliubei to finish wearing armor, bringing two days of dry food, and continuing to advance eastward. After getting rid of the auxiliary soldiers who were dragging the oil bottle, Yuqiu's army's march speed suddenly soared. However, before Yuqiuping could go far, he suddenly met a messenger sent by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Not long ago, at 8:00 noon on December 22, at the end of Hamamatsu Castle.
"Lord, have you really made up your mind?" Tadaji Sakai had just completed the assembly of the Tokugawa family's troops. At this moment, there were 4,000 soldiers in the city. In addition to 1,000 left behind, the remaining 3,000 soldiers were ready to go, and 5,000 auxiliary soldiers holding flammable materials and torches were gathered on standby.
"Out of the city to counterattack, this is our best opportunity." Although Tokugawa Ieyasu's voice trembled slightly, the tone was so unquestionable. "Hongye's troops must have been nearby, so Takeda Shingen suddenly gathered all the troops to head north just now." Tokugawa Ieyasu said, raising his hand and pointing at the Takeda army that was slowly leaving the camp north outside the north castle of Hamamatsu Castle. "But Takeda Shingen is too arrogant! Although my Tokugawa family was defeated in two battles, the Sankawa men never feared the war! He left only such a few people to guard his camp and supplies? He transferred more than 20,000 main forces to attack Hongye! It's really too bullying!"
"But the Jiafei army is invincible in the world. If we fight in the field, we may not be able to match it!" Sakai Tadaji was still cautious and kept advising Tokugawa Ieyasu.
“I don’t expect to use these 30
00 soldiers and Takeda Shingen's 8,000 soldiers head-on! I just wanted to take advantage of him to go north and beat him up behind the scenes, burning all his camp, food and supplies!" Tokugawa Ieyasu said, whispering viciously. His expression was not like the kind and honest man who was not surprised by his usual favors and disgraces, but more like a gambler.
"I have already sent a letter to Hongye, and asked him to speed up the march immediately! When Takeda Shingen realized that the rear was being attacked and wanted to return to the army in a hurry, Hongye had arrived! If Takeda Shingen wants to fight, we will attack him on both sides! If he doesn't fight, we will burn his baggage and retreat to Hamamatsu Castle to see how long the Takeda army without food can last!" Tokugawa Nobuyashi finished his analysis like a cannon, and then slapped the battlements hard, "As soon as the Takeda family army passed Sanfanghara, we will immediately send troops to attack his camp! We have been a turtle for so long, Takeda Shingen must have never thought we would leave the city! Let him see the blood of our Sankawa men!"
Tadaji Sakai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that the situation in front of him was a little strange. He began to follow him since Tokugawa Ieyasu was still called Chiyo Matsuhira, and watched him grow up all the way. After so many years, he asked himself that he already knew Tokugawa Ieyasu very well. His various words and deeds today were much different from those of Tokugawa Ieyasu on weekdays, which made Tadaji Sakai a little confused.
At the fourth moment of Shin-shi, all the Takeda family's army had left the camp, and the troops cut off the rear had arrived in Sanfangyuan. Tokugawa Ieyasu no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the drums of war, opened the city gate, and rushed towards the camp left by the Takeda family!
However, a quarter of an hour after Tokugawa Ieyasu personally led 8,000 troops out of the city, the messenger sent by Yu Qiuping came late. The messenger was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He rushed all the way from the south gate of Hamamatsu Castle into the Tianshou Pavilion, and then stuffed the letter to the left-behind Yasumasa Kamihara. He yelled at the top of his lungs regardless of his superiority and inferiority, and asked him to hand it over to Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately.
"Hurry! Your Highness Kamihara! Your Highness Jima said that you would hand over this letter to your lord immediately, and it would not be delayed for a moment!"
"The lord has left the city, why are you yelling so loudly?" Kamihara Yasumasa was so scared by the messenger's behavior. He took the letter in surprise and asked in a low voice: "What's so anxious?"
The messenger rushed over and shouted again. He couldn't breathe for a moment, but he kept pointing at the envelope with his hands. Kamihara Yasumasa felt panic for no reason, and tore open the envelope tremblingly, quickly took out the thin letter paper. After a glance, he immediately rushed to the side of the window of Tianshou Pavilion and looked north. At this moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu had led his army into the camp of the Takeda family, and the auxiliary soldiers began to burn the food and supplies left by the Takeda family, and the soldiers drove the troops left by the Takeda family to completely eliminate them.
However, he looked into the distance again. He saw that the Takeda army, which had already been preparing to go north, had turned extremely quickly at this moment. The one in front of the line was the Ai Prefecture Masake from Yama Prefecture. Behind the Ai Prefecture team, Takeda Shingen's Fenglin Volcano was flying high.
Kamihara Yasumasa's hand twitched instantly, and the letter paper held in his hand fell weakly on the ground. I saw three lines of Chinese characters written in scribbled handwriting.
"Don't leave the city"
"Don't leave the city"
"Don't leave the city"
Chapter completed!