At noon on December 24, Takeda Army’s main tent.
"Lord is awake! Lord is awake!" Just as everyone was still arguing over the next strategy, a medical officer suddenly hurried over and informed everyone of the good news. The people who were originally blushing in a fight suddenly stopped arguing and ran towards the camp where Takeda Shingen cultivated.
However, they had just run into the camp and before they could greet Takeda Shingen lying on the camp bed, they heard such conversations between Takeda Shingen and the medical officer.
"Doctor, please tell me, how long will I live?"
"Lord" medical officer heard this, a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times at Takeda Shingen.
"It's okay, I know my body myself. If you don't blame you, just say it." Takeda Shingen straightened up when he saw this, and wanted to laugh a few heartily, but he didn't want to cause a severe cough. Takeda Katsurai hurriedly stepped forward to support Takeda Shingen, and Takeda Shingen waved his hand, indicating that he didn't have to do this.
"It's been three months at most. If my lord was sick, it might be a year before he could rest. But this time he fell off and injured his lungs, and it happened to be the lord." As the medical officer said, his voice becoming more and more "incompetent"
"It's okay, three months are enough." Takeda Shingen sighed with regret when he heard this, but smiled again and repeated, "Enough, enough."
"Does your lord still insist on going to Luo?" Takasaka Masatoshi saw that Takeda Shingen's body became like this, and his nose felt sore, and his tone was slightly strange. "It is futile to stop our casualties and the Hojo army did not work hard, so he has not captured Hamamatsu Castle until now. Lord, let's withdraw our troops and go back to Kakai. Your body needs to be well maintained."
"No, I won't go to Luo anymore." Takeda Shingen shook his head with some effort, "I will use these last three months to eliminate the worms of the martial arts family in the world."
"Your Highness? What is it?" Takasaka Masatoshi seemed to understand Takeda Shingen's meaning vaguely, but he still asked subconsciously.
When Takeda Shingen heard this, a slight smile appeared on his lips, and he whispered in a gloomy tone that everyone had never heard from him:
"Oda Nobunaga, if you can get rid of it, you will get rid of it. The red leaves of rain and autumn must be killed."
"The lord is going to pursue?" Naito Masatoto was stunned when he heard this, "Yu Qiujun had already retreated this morning."
"Chasing, chase immediately. Nobuma, Nobuma, Nobuma, you will immediately lead the army to chase after me. Don't let them evacuate safely and slow down their march." Takeda Shingen nodded to Nobuma Oyama and Nobuma Oyama, signaling them to leave immediately, and whispered in a low voice: "I heard that the child Hibee came last night? He must have come to spy on my condition. Seeing that I was bedridden, Yu Qiujun might be careless. It is a good opportunity for us to pursue."
"Why is this lord?" Takasaka Masato was completely confused by Takeda Shingen. "Since the lord no longer plans to join Luo, why do you still pursue Yuqiu Hongye?"
"Because he has become a major harm to the martial arts family in the world. Now that his main force is nearly half of his casualties, his auxiliary troops are dispersed, his food, supplies are lost, and he is alone in the country. This is the time when he is the weakest. If he doesn't destroy him at this time, when he recovers, he will never have such a chance again." Takeda Shingen said such a long sentence with some difficulty, then coughed a few times, and slowly said, "Don't you understand? The strongest in the world is no longer our Kashu army."
"The Mikawa samurai is known for its fierceness, and it collapsed in Sanfanghara. Our Kazuma Army is famous for its bravery. On Kawakanashima, we have faced half of our enemies, and 30% of our casualties are still moving forward, which amazed the East Kingdom." Takeda Shingen recalled the past, but there was no trace of glamour on his face. "Now, the Red Leaf Army has faced twice its enemies, with nearly half of their casualties but the front line is not lost. What's even more exaggerated is that do you still remember the Takababa team that blocked our 8ooo soldiers for an hour on the mountains. They were killed 70% of them, and everyone was injured, but they still fought to the death. This will is far above us, let alone the people in the world."
"This is not the most terrifying thing. If the Red Leaf Army is a skill that has been trained through many battles like our Koshu Army or Echigo Army, it can still be accepted. But according to our information, Yuqiu
Half of the troops of Hongye have just been recruited in recent years. Before joining the army, they were still farmers in the countryside. As long as they were trained by Yuqiu Hongye and experienced a few more practical battles, their combat effectiveness could be above our Koshu Army, which had been fighting for more than ten years. This method of military governance is beyond the reach of the world, and even Judge Kyuro is in his life, he can only accept the disadvantage." Takeda Shingen said, and he shook his head repeatedly, "There are the Red Leaf Cavalry, The strange horse formation requires everyone to obey the orders firmly and have the awareness of exchanging life for life. You look simple and really charge, how much pressure will each cavalry bear? Gen Siro was confused and should have escaped at the time. When confronting such cavalry, Chi Bei lost unjustly. Yu Qiu Hongye could actually train his soldiers to such a level. It seems that what the governing department looked at him the most back then was far from his defensive ability, but his method of governing the army."
After saying such a long sentence, Takeda Shingen immediately leaned on Takeda Katsurai as if he was exhausted and coughed several times. After he finally recovered, he gave his highest evaluation in decades in a tone of appreciation, and even Kenshi Uesugi could not enjoy:
"The strongest Red Leaf Army in the world, the strongest Red Leaf Army is always preparatory."
"For more than a thousand years, warriors have polished their martial arts day and night, and it took more than ten years to establish themselves as loyal and brave.
However, in half a year, the countryside village men could be tempered by more than ten years of warriors. On the battle formation, hundreds of village men were arranged, and thousands of warriors could not be shaken. The spears and iron cannons actually covered the glory of the swords. The untouchables were not afraid of the power of warriors.
Once this army is completed, there will be no unparalleled generals in the world. When this method of governing the army is spread throughout the world, it will be the day when the warriors die. It is only because those who govern the army in the world all follow the method of the red leaves of the rain and autumn to train the untouchables, without the need for warriors to line up.
I was the descendant of the Qing and Genji, and Takeda was a model of the martial arts family in the world. Now I should leave a life to eliminate the worms of the warriors in the world and destroy all the soldiers of this son. I have no way to manage the soldiers to extend the years of the warriors."
Takeda Shingen's words were later recorded by the retired Masatoshi Takasaka in the Jiayang Army Archives and passed down to later generations. Takeda Shingen's far-sighted vision also really amazed readers in later generations.
On the evening of December 25, after nearly two days of pursuit, the Takeda army finally surrounded the Yuqiu army in Noda Castle in Mikawa. Due to the pursuit of the Takeda army, Yuqiuhei's march was not fast and he had no chance to escape back to the Great City. He had to retreat to Noda Castle near Shirahara, upstream of the Toyo River. Noda Castle is not a big city, but Yuqiuhei has only more than 5 ooo people around him, so it is not difficult to enter them all. Because the mountain road is really difficult to walk, the Takeda army pursued him relentlessly, Yuqiuhei had to destroy all the artillery and abandon it.
Tokugawa Nobuyasu originally wanted to lead his troops and Yuqiuhei into Noda Castle to defend, but Yuqiuhei politely refused. Because Yuqiuhei's supplies were burned, and Noda Castle had not much food in it, and Tokugawa Nobuyasu had no food in his hands. The two armies joined forces and quickly left the food. Yuqiuhei asked Tokugawa Nobuyasu to transport the food to Noda Castle in advance, and then asked him to lead his army back to Sanhe immediately and contact all parties to find ways to rescue Noda Castle.
At this moment, in Noda Castle, the soldiers and minor wounded soldiers of Yuqiu Army who were still combat-capable were about 25oo, and there were more than 7oo wounded soldiers who could not go into battle and more than 2ooo auxiliary soldiers. Due to the loss of all the supplies, the iron gunner's gunpowder and projectiles were consumed less than much land after a day of fierce battle. So Takeda Army might not know this because it was afraid of Yuqiu Army's iron cannon and did not attack the city. After only surrounding Noda Castle, it began to try to cut off the water source of Noda Castle.
Yu Qiuping saw it and was anxious, but there was no way. The casualties of Yu Qiu's army were no longer enough for him to go out of the city to fight back. There was not much food left in the city, and even if he saved money, it would last for five days at most. The Takeda family's water cut off was actually a waste of time. There was no need to cut off the water source at all, so Yu Qiu's army could not hold on.
Yu Qiuhei could only expect that Oda Nobunaga sent subsequent reinforcements, or Tokugawa Ieyasu, who bravely defeated the Hojo army and then rescued him. However, he also understood in his heart that this was almost a dream.
Days passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye it was December 28. Takeda's army successfully cut off the water source of Noda Castle. Yu Qiuping's desire to see the reinforcements still had no sign. If there was no signal of reinforcements today, Yu Qiuping would have to break through tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. These five days of cultivation have restored Yu Qiu's army to more than 100 injuries.
Although this may not be very helpful.
He didn't know how many people would die in this breakthrough. Under the pursuit of Takeda Army, Yuqiu Army, which had not many cavalry cover, had to walk dozens of miles of mountain road before returning to Yoshida Castle. Can there be 1 ooo people who can escape back in the end? Yuqiuhei was unwilling to do this unless he had to. But now, they are in a desperate situation.
Yu Qiuhei even tried to negotiate with the Takeda Army and used his separatism to exchange for the safety of his subordinates to leave. However, after learning the news, Yu Qiuhei was excited and no one agreed to Yu Qiuhei's actions. The officers who came to protest blocked Yu Qiuhei's Tianshou Pavilion. Yu Qiuhei had to compromise and promise not to do so. However, he still secretly instructed Sanada Masayuki to go out of the city to communicate and see what Takeda Army had to ask. However, beyond Yu Qiuhei and Sanada Masayuki's expectations, Takeda Army's attitude this time was unprecedentedly firm, and he drove him back without even seeing him.
This made Yu Qiuping worry. Could it be that the Takeda army had made up their minds to avenge Yama Prefecture Masayoke? If the Takeda army was so determined, Yu Qiuping would have given up on breaking through and running away, because the captured Yu Qiuping army would definitely not have a good end. Since that is the case, we can only fight to the death of Kaicheng tomorrow, and we can do as much as we can. If we can repel the Takeda army, then everyone will have a way out.
On the evening of December 29, Yuqiu's army in the city had already made plans to fight to the death. Their plan was to leave the city in the early morning of the 3rd, and it would be impossible to fight during the day. It would be better to use the fire and moonlight on the city to fight to the death at night, and maybe even turn defeat into victory.
The Takeda army outside the city seemed to have also noticed the dangerous atmosphere. Everyone was facing a great enemy, waiting for the trapped beasts that were bound to arrive in the Yuqiu army in the past few days were still fighting.
However, in this strange and tense atmosphere, in this quiet night, even a needle could be heard clearly when it fell to the ground, suddenly a peaceful and melodious sound of flute came from the forest next to Takeda Army camp.
Chapter completed!