At noon on December 24, in the main tent of Takeda Army.
"My lord is awake! My lord is awake!" While everyone was still arguing about the next strategy, a medical officer suddenly ran over in a hurry and informed everyone of the good news. Everyone who was originally blushing,
He immediately stopped arguing and ran towards the camp where Takeda Shingen was training.
However, just as they ran into the camp and before they could say hello to Takeda Shingen who was lying on the camp bed, they heard the conversation between Takeda Shingen and the medical officer.
"Doctor, please tell me directly, how long do I have to live?"
"Lord..." When the medical officer heard these words, a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead. He suddenly fell to his knees on the ground and kowtowed several times to Takeda Shingen.
"It doesn't matter. I know my body well. I don't blame you. Just say it." Seeing this, Takeda Shingen straightened up and wanted to laugh heartily a few times, but he didn't want to trigger a violent cough. Takeda Katsuyori hurriedly saw this.
Stepping forward to support Takeda Shingen, Takeda Shingen waved his hand to indicate that he did not have to do this.
"At most... three months. Originally, my lord's illness, if he rested, he might still be able to survive for a year. But this fall from the horse injured his lungs, and it happened that my lord..." The doctor said, his voice getting louder and louder.
The smaller it is, "the common people are incompetent..."
"It's okay, three months... that's enough." Takeda Shingen sighed sadly after hearing this, but he smiled again and kept repeating, "That's enough, that's enough..."
"My lord, are you still determined to go to Luo?" Kosaka Masanobu couldn't help but feel a sore nose when he saw Takeda Shingen's body like this, and his tone was slightly strange, "Right now, our army has suffered a lot of casualties, and it will be futile to continue fighting... Besides, the Hojo Army is out of work.
Without any effort, Hamamatsu Castle has not been captured until now. Lord, let’s withdraw our troops and return to Kai. Your body needs to be recuperated..."
"No, I won't go to Luo." Takeda Shingen shook his head with some difficulty, "I will use the last three months to eliminate beetles for the martial arts family in the world."
"Your Highness? What do you mean?" Kosaka Masanobu seemed to vaguely understand what Takeda Shingen meant, but he still asked subconsciously.
When Takeda Shingen heard this, a sad smile appeared on his lips, and he whispered in a sinister and mean tone that no one had ever heard from him:
"Oda Nobunaga, get rid of it if you can. Yuqiu Hongye, you must kill it."
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"Lord, you want to pursue us?" Naito Masahiro was stunned when he heard this, "The Yuqiu army has already withdrawn this morning."
"Chase, chase immediately. Nobushige, Nobu-kun, you lead your troops to catch up immediately. Don't let them evacuate safely and slow down their march." Takeda Shingen nodded towards Oyamada Nobumo and Anayama Nobu-kun, indicating that they should leave immediately.
, and whispered in a low voice: "I heard that kid Kihei came last night? He must have come to spy on my condition. Seeing that I am bedridden, maybe Yu Qiujun will be careless, which is why we are chasing him.
Chance."
"My lord, why is this happening?" Kosaka Masanobu was completely confused by Takeda Shingen, "Since my lord no longer plans to go to Luo, why are you still pursuing Yuqiu Hongye?"
"Because he has become a great harm to the martial arts families in the world. And now, nearly half of his main force has been killed, his auxiliary troops have been routed, he has lost all his food, grass and baggage, and he is alone outside the country. This is the time when he is at his weakest. If we don't eliminate him at this time, we will wait for him
Once you calm down, you will never have such an opportunity again." Takeda Shingen said such a long sentence in one breath with some difficulty, then he coughed several times and said slowly, "Don't you understand?
?The strongest in the world is no longer our Jiazhou Army."
"The Mikawa samurai are famous for their fierceness. They collapsed immediately after losing 10% of their casualties in Mikatahara. Our Koshu Army relies on
He is famous for his bravery. In the Hachimanhara area of ​​Kawanaka Island, we faced more than half of our enemies, with 30% casualties and 30% casualties, and still kept moving forward, which amazed the East." Takeda Shingen recalled the past events, but there was no trace of anger on his face. Color, "And now, the Red Leaf Army is facing an enemy that is more than twice its own, with nearly half of the casualties but the battle line is not lost. What's even more exaggerated is, do you still remember the Tokiwa team that blocked our 8,000 soldiers on the mountain for an hour? , 70% of them were killed in battle, and everyone was injured, but they still fought to the death. This will is far beyond us, let alone the people of the world."
"This is not the most terrifying thing... If the Hongye Army is like our Koshu Army or the Echigo Army, with skills that have been experienced in hundreds of battles, it will be acceptable. But according to our intelligence, the army of Amaki Hongye, Half of them have just been recruited in the past few years. Before joining the army, they were farmers in the countryside. As long as they are trained by Yuqiu Hongye and experience a few actual battles, their combat effectiveness can surpass that of our Koshu Army, which has been fighting fierce battles for more than ten years. Above. This method of running an army is unparalleled in the world. Even Judge Kuro is still alive." Takeda Shingen said, shaking his head repeatedly, "There are also the red leaf cavalry and the weird horse formation. , everyone needs to resolutely obey the instructions and have the consciousness to exchange their lives for their lives. It seems simple to you, but if you really charge, how much pressure will each cavalry bear? Genshiro is confused, he should have fled at the moment. And like this In the cavalry confrontation, Chi Bei lost unjustly. Yuqiu Hongye was able to train his troops to such an extent... It seems that the most important thing about him at that time was not his defensive ability, but his way of running the army. "
After Takeda Shingen finished speaking such a long paragraph, he immediately leaned on Takeda Katsuyori as if he was exhausted, and coughed heavily several times. After he finally recovered, he spoke in a deep voice with a very appreciative tone. His highest praise in decades was not even enjoyed by Kenshin Uesugi:
"The strongest Momiji Army in the world, the strongest Momiji Army."
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"For more than a thousand years, warriors have been honing their martial arts day and night, and it took them more than ten years to stand in the world with their loyalty and courage.
However, after half a year of running the army, this son can make a village man as good as a warrior who has been trained for more than ten years. On top of the battle formation, hundreds of village men are arrayed, and thousands of warriors can hardly defeat it. The spears and iron cannons are hidden The glory of the saber. You are a pariah, not afraid of the might of a warrior.
Once this army is completed, there will be no unparalleled generals in the world. The day this method of running an army is spread throughout the world, the day the warriors will disappear. This is because all those who run the army in the world follow the method of Yuqiu Hongye to train the untouchables, and No need for warriors to form a formation.
I am the successor to the Qing Dynasty and Genji, and Takeda is a model for the martial arts in the world. Now I will leave my life to help the world's warriors remove beetles, wipe out this son's army, and suppress his method of running the army, so as to prolong the years of the warriors."
Takeda Shingen's words were later recorded by the retired Kosaka Masanobu in the "Koyo Military Mirror" and passed down to later generations. Takeda Shingen's far-sightedness really amazed later generations of readers.
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On the evening of December 25, after nearly two days of pursuit, the Takeda Army finally surrounded the Uakiu Army in Noda Castle in Mikawa Province. Due to the pursuit of the Takeda Army, Uakiupei's marching speed could not increase and he had no chance to escape. As for the big city, we can only retreat to Noda Castle near Shitarahara and upstream of Toyokawa. Noda Castle is not a big city, but there are only more than 5,000 people around Yu Qiupei, so it is not difficult to get them all in. Since the mountain road is really difficult, Takeda The army continued to pursue them, and Yu Qiuping had no choice but to destroy all the artillery pieces and abandon them.
Tokugawa Nobuyasu originally wanted to lead his troops to enter Noda Castle to defend Noda Castle with Yu Qiupei, but Yu Qiupei declined. Because Yu Qiupei's baggage was burned, and Noda Castle did not have much food in stock, and Tokugawa Nobuyasu did not have much on hand.
How much food there was, the two armies quickly ran out of food when they joined forces. Yu Qiupei asked Tokugawa Nobuyasu to transport the food to Noda Castle in advance, and then asked him to immediately lead the army back to Mikawa and contact all parties to find a way to relieve Noda Castle.
At this moment, in Noda Castle, there are about 2,500 Yuqiu Army soldiers and lightly wounded soldiers who are still fighting, as well as more than 700 wounded soldiers who cannot go into battle and more than 2,000 auxiliary soldiers. Due to the loss of all the baggage, the gunpowder and projectiles of the iron gunners were lost after a day.
There was not much ground left in the fierce battle. The Takeda army may not have known this, but because they were afraid of the iron cannons of the Amaki army, they did not attack the city. They just surrounded Noda Castle and began to try to cut off the water source of Noda Castle.
Yu Qiuping saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. The current casualties of Yu Qiu Ping's army were no longer enough for him to go out of the city to fight back. And there was not much food left in the city. Even if he lived frugally, at most
It only lasted for five days. Cutting off the water supply to the Takeda family was actually unnecessary. There was no need to cut off the water source. The Yuqiu Army could not hold on.
Yu Qiupei could only hope that Oda Nobunaga would send follow-up reinforcements, or that Tokugawa Ieyasu could bravely defeat the Hojo army and then come to rescue him. However, he also knew in his heart that this was almost a fantasy.
The days passed, and it was December 28th in the blink of an eye. The Takeda Army successfully cut off the water source of Noda Castle. However, Yu Qiupei's eager reinforcements were still nowhere to be seen. If there is no signal of reinforcements today, Yu Qiupei will be there tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
They had no choice but to fight tooth and nail to break through. These five days of training allowed Yu Qiujun to recover more than 100 wounded soldiers - although this may not be of much help.
He didn't know how many people would die in this breakout. Under the pursuit of the Takeda Army, the Yuqiu Army without much cavalry cover had to walk dozens of miles of mountain roads to return to Yoshida Castle. In the end, 1,000 people could escape.
Human? Yu Qiuping is unwilling to do this unless he has to. But now, they have fallen into a desperate situation.
Yu Qiuping even considered negotiating with the Takeda Army and committed hara-kiri in exchange for the safe departure of his subordinates. However, after learning the news, the Yu Qiuping army was excited, and no one agreed with Yu Qiuping's actions. The officers who came to protest
Yu Qiupei's castle tower was completely blocked. Yu Qiupei had to compromise and promised not to do this. However, he secretly instructed Sanada Masayuki to go out of the city to communicate and see what the Takeda army wanted. However, to Yu Qiupei's surprise,
What Sanada Masayuki expected was that the Takeda Army's attitude was unprecedentedly firm this time, and they even drove Sanada Masayuki back without even seeing him.
This made Yu Qiuping worried. Could it be that the Takeda army was determined to avenge Shanxian Changjing? If the Takeda army was so determined, then Yu Qiuping would have given up the plan of breaking out and escaping, because the captured
The Yuqiu army will definitely not end well. In this case, they can only fight to the death in Kaicheng tomorrow, and fight as hard as they can. If the Takeda army can be defeated, then everyone will still have a way to survive.
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On the evening of December 29th, the Yuqiu army in the city had already prepared a desperate attack. Their plan was to leave the city for a night battle in the early morning of the 30th - they would definitely not be able to fight during the day anyway, so they might as well take advantage of the city's head.
Firelight and moonlight desperately attack at night, and maybe they can turn defeat into victory.
The Takeda Army outside the city seemed to be aware of the dangerous atmosphere, and each of them acted as if they were facing a formidable enemy, waiting for the trapped beasts that Yuqiu's Army would surely arrive in the next few days.
However, in this strangely tense atmosphere, in this night that was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop clearly, a peaceful and peaceful sound suddenly came from the forest next to the Takeda Military Camp.
The melodious sound of the flute.
Chapter completed!