"I won over the world's famous general Yamagata Masaki, destroyed the world's strongest cavalry team, Akabi, and repelled Takeda's attack with half the force. It was even possible to kill Takeda Shingen!" Tokugawa Nobuyasu finished listening.
Everyone in the Yuqiu family was so excited that they couldn't sit still at the description. At this time, a ninja who had counted the number of corpses on the battlefield had just arrived to report, when he was grabbed by Tokugawa Nobuyasu and asked in a low voice: "The Takeda Army is dead.
how many people!"
"There are about 1,000 corpses on the battlefield." The ninja replied in a low voice.
"Oh my God, this is a great victory! More than 1,000 Takeda troops fought in the battle! Such a record, Uesugi Kenshin couldn't even achieve it on Kawanakajima. His Majesty Momiji is really brave and invincible!" Tokugawa Nobuyasu became completely excited after hearing this.
, and roared several times. However, what surprised him was that all the Yuqiu family warriors around him lowered their heads in silence, and no one echoed his cheers.
"Fukushima-sama?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu walked towards Fukushima Yasunari who was sitting under a big tree with some surprise. After the latter heard someone calling him, he quickly wiped his eye sockets with very secretive movements, and then raised his head.
To start, "What are your orders, His Highness Tokugawa?"
"This is a big victory, why doesn't everyone look happy?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu hesitated for a moment, then asked directly.
Fukushima Yasunari was stunned when he heard this, and his Adam's apple squirmed violently. He lowered his head, raised his head again after a while, and said with some difficulty, "His Majesty Tokugawa did not know that the Yuqiu Army also suffered heavy casualties in this battle. 8,000
All the auxiliary troops were dispersed, and all their food, grass and baggage were lost. Of the 4,000 soldiers, more than 800 were killed, more than 400 were seriously injured, and more than 800 were slightly injured..."
"The Red Leaf Soldiers are still able to defeat the enemy with half the casualties. The Red Leaf Soldiers are truly the strongest army in the world." Tokugawa Nobuyasu couldn't help but admired sincerely after hearing this.
"My colleagues...also..." Fukushima Yasunari was indifferent to Tokugawa Nobuyasu's praise. Instead, he pursed his lips and continued in a low voice with red eyes, "Colonel Captain Nobuyuki Anesama was killed in action, and Major Company Commander Hara Nagari Yori
, Aoki's entire army was killed, more than half of the school officers were injured, and countless lieutenants and non-commissioned officers were killed and injured..."
Hearing this, Tokugawa Nobuyasu seemed to gradually understand why the warriors of the Yuqiu family were still in such a sluggish mood after the victory. Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, the Yuqiu army had accomplished something that was almost impossible. But Yuqiu
From the military's own perspective, this was a disastrous defeat.
"Where is Your Highness Hongye? Why not in the camp." Tokugawa Nobuyasu has grown up and is no longer the dumbfounded man who didn't understand people's affairs and accidents. He took the initiative to change the topic and asked about the whereabouts of Yu Qiuping. "I'm looking for him.
There is something else."
"On the battlefield over there." Fukushima Yasunari raised his hand and pointed to the north bank of the Nishi-Kanda River under the setting sun.
"Why didn't His Highness return to the camp?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu was stunned, "Is that the place where Your Highness annihilated Chibei?"
"Yes." Fukushima Yasunari nodded, and sighed again, "Because His Highness also has... very important people who died in this battle."
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As the sun set, on the battlefield where the two armies were confronting each other, Yu Qiuping was kneeling beside Long Zi's body, speechless.
It's so pitiful that the two armies trampled each other so many times, and so many corpses were trampled beyond recognition. Maybe the gods couldn't bear to part with this girl's beautiful face, so she didn't suffer any damage to her cheeks.
Except for her face as pale as paper and the bloody wound on her neck, the girl was as peaceful as if she was asleep.
The blood had dried up and dyed her fair neck red.
Yu Qiuping only felt pain in his heart, very painful, and he didn't even know how to describe this kind of pain. It was either a mental pain, or a heart-rending pain in a physical sense. For some reason, he suddenly remembered
He understood what Ryuko said to him before hedging.
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"Your Highness, promise me, you must survive! If you die, Long Zi really doesn't know how to live! You must live well. Only if you are alive, Long Zi's life will be meaningful."
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Silly girl... I'm living a good life, why are you no longer here... Why are you so stupid, insisting on rushing forward to block the fatal knife for a man who has failed you.
Once the curtain of memories opens, it can never stop. Every moment of getting along with Long Zi for more than ten years is recalled in front of his eyes. Yu Qiuping's tears can no longer stop, slowly flowing down his cheeks.
It flows down. It is the hot water you prepared when you got up in the morning, and it is the sumptuous lunch when you ran back to the camp hungry.
Meal is the blanket that I put on my shoulders immediately after sneezing in the cold wind, and the smile that is always by my side, as cute as an elf.
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"Don't abandon me. I promise not to cause trouble or talk nonsense. Your Highness, please let me follow you."
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I didn't abandon you, but you abandoned me and took the first step.
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"I'm afraid that if I don't tell you this time, I may never have another chance in the future. You are also a samurai, and you are also a samurai who has been on the verge of life and death several times. No one knows whether you will be so lucky next time when life and death comes. I
I'm afraid of expressing, but more afraid than expressing, I'm more afraid of never having the chance to reveal my feelings to you... I'm afraid..."
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Yes, I am a samurai, and you are also a samurai. This time, I am as lucky as ever, but you have encountered misfortune. I can no longer talk to you, I can no longer see you smile, I can no longer help
When I hear you call me "Your Highness" sweetly, I can no longer ruffle your hair to coax you into acting coquettishly.
What was the last thing I said to you?
"Take care of yourself."
It seems that this sentence is correct. When you arrive in that world, without me and without my wife, you still have to take care of yourself.
We had a cold war for a long time, but at the last minute, we finally reconciled, didn't we? I started talking to you again, and called you silly girl again. You should be happy, right? You shouldn't be regretting it.
Left?
Yu Qiuping tried hard to find excuses to appease his inner guilt, but it was all in vain.
Yes, how could Long Zi not have any regrets...
She wanted to marry me and stay with me for the rest of her life...
But I rejected her, rejected her humble request. I never said I liked her or loved her once, and I never have the chance to say it again.
"Bastard." Yu Qiuping wailed and hammered the ground hard with his hand, almost bleeding from the hammer. This huge shock caused Longzi's body to shake, and a neatly folded red scarf shattered from his chest armor.
It slipped out.
This is the scarf that Yu Qiuping gave her. She has been wearing it for more than ten years. The scarf, which had faded, was now dyed red with blood.
Yu Qiuping opened the scarf tremblingly, but suddenly found an envelope falling out of the scarf that wrapped it. He was stunned for a moment, and picked up the envelope like a hungry tiger pouncing on food, as if he could grab it if he had enough.
It was like the passing life of Ryuko. His hands could not stop shaking, and he opened the envelope with great effort. It was a thin piece of letter paper with Ryuko's delicate handwriting on it.
Yu Qiuping's ears seemed to hear Long Zi's clear and sweet voice. The girl seemed to be kneeling in front of her, holding the letter in her hand very shyly, and reading it softly in a voice as thin as a mosquito's.
Listen to Yu Qiuping.
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Your Highness, when you read this letter, I may be gone. Because Longzi has made up his mind that he will never give this letter to you, and he does not want to cause any more trouble to you because of his willfulness. So.
, if you saw this letter, you must be sorting out Ryuko's belongings.
Long Zi thought about it for a long time. If this was the last thing Long Zi wanted to say to His Highness, what would Long Zi say. Maybe the most words would be the words "Thank you".
The moment I woke up for the second time, I met His Highness.
It was you who gave me warmth and allowed me to escape the nightmare of my previous life.
I have been chasing your back as if praying, but you never looked back.
Why do you live in such a hurry? I beg you not to leave me.
Even next to you, I am still afraid.
But please don't leave.
For me, you are my destination.
In such a beautiful and cruel world, this is the reason why I am still alive and breathing.
It's because I still have someone I want to protect, someone I want to protect even if I risk my life, that one unique person.
Because every time I see His Highness, I feel as if a beam of light has dispelled the gloom in my eyes.
So I beg you not to leave me, don't let me become a human again, please don't leave.
Only you are my destination.
As long as you are here, Longzi can do anything.
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Reading the letter, I shed tears, and the illusory image of Long Zi sitting in front of me seemed to be constantly going back. From the gentle and considerate girl who took care of Yu Qiuping's daily life; to the girl who fell in love with Yu Qiuping because of sharing the same bed.
To be continued...