At five o'clock on July 19th, the sky was getting brighter, and the morning glow in the far east seemed to indicate good weather. News of the fall of Washizu and Marune's two villages came quickly. Oda Nobunaga brought Saito back to Butterfly. Ikoma Yoshino and her two unmarried sisters, Oda Inu, were called to Ohiro Room by Oda City.
At this time, Oda Nobunaga unbuttoned his clothes to reveal his broad and thick chest. He was dressed in the most common attire of an admirer ten years ago. He held a folding fan and danced to the accompaniment of drums. His masculine voice sang: "Fifty years in the world. , It is nothing compared to heaven and earth. It is nothing but a small thing. Seeing the world is like a dream. Let your life be destroyed once and then present. This is the seed of Bodhi. Your heart is full of regrets. You are going to Kyoto at this moment. If you see the head of Lord Atsheng "Look at the world, sea and sky, is there anyone who is immortal?"
His expression was so calm at that moment that Saito Kaicho and Ikoma Yoshino couldn't help but burst into tears. The two young sisters supported their sister-in-law and cried. Qimaru, Chashinmaru and Sanchimaru, who were still ignorant of the baby, also followed them. The mother cried loudly, and the attendants who were playing drums and accompaniment couldn't help crying in low voices. They understood Oda Nobunaga's determination to fight to the death.
Almost every samurai from Echizen can dance the Echizen Kōwamai. The narration in the voice of the deceased resonates with the living, lamenting the flowers blooming and falling, and the world is impermanent. The Oda family, who came from Echizen, is naturally familiar with this philosophical music. For the Oda family, To me, this dance is not only ominous but also carries a sense of farewell.
After the dance, Oda Nobunaga put on his armor without saying a word and bid farewell silently under the gaze of his relatives. During this period, he ate a simple Ochazuke while standing, just like Nagao Kagetora often boasted about eating while standing. Just like my own bravery, in this era, standing up to eat is a bit like "decapitated meal". After eating this full meal, you will not plan to come back alive. It represents the spirit of seeing death as home, which has also been strongly advocated by Wu family society for hundreds of years. culture.
Oda Nobunaga walked out of the honmaru without saying a word. At the same time, the sound of conch shells was blown in Qingzhou City. The melodious conch horns woke up the sleeping townspeople in the city. They opened the windows and were surprised to find that the lord led more than two hundred soldiers and went straight out of the city. The Oda samurai who were walking in the castle town immediately woke up. Xu Mang put on his armor and shouldered his spear and went out of the city to chase the lord's army. It would be a shame for a samurai to avoid fighting no matter what.
During the ten-kilometer journey from Kiyosu Castle to Atsuta Shrine, one after another nearby lords discovered that Oda Nobunaga's army was rushing towards him. When Oda Nobunaga arrived at Atsuta Shrine, two men quietly gathered around him. With more than a thousand troops, they offered prayers to Atsuta Daimyojin in Atsuta Shrine and prayed for victory.
Suddenly, just after noon, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and the hot summer day turned into dark clouds, covering the sky like a lead-colored curtain. Lightning flashes pierced the dark sky and rumbles of thunder came one after another. There was no wind in the dim world. This dull and yet The depressing feeling is like the end is approaching.
The air gradually became dull and hot and humid with a hint of coldness, which was the outpost of the storm from afar. A moment after this coolness, thunder suddenly broke out and the wind and rain rushed. A curtain of rain hung down from the dark sky, and the violent wind and rain poured down on the face, and the dense The strands of rain were like sharp swords connecting to the sky, pulling the dark clouds from the sky straight down.
In just a moment, the boundary between heaven and earth could no longer be distinguished. The dim river roared like a group of wild wild horses and washed away the dams on both sides. The river bed was rising at a speed that could be discerned with the naked eye. It only took an hour to rise a lot higher and denser.
Lines of rain obscured the scenery in front of us, making it blurry. Even the warriors on the mount could not distinguish it from a little distance away. This area of heaven and earth seemed to be in an endless water world.
This sudden violent storm disrupted the marching rhythm of Imagawa Yoshimoto. The five thousand sergeants of the Imagawa Army's main formation were drenched from top to bottom. The originally solid road turned into a muddy pond, and the marching speed suddenly dropped to less than five minutes an hour.
Kilometers, both the senior samurai sitting on the horse and the ashigaru running on the ground were tortured by the wind and rain.
Imagawa Yoshimoto's majestic attire turned out to be a burden that made him miserable. The three layers of armor on the inside and the outside on the outside were so wet and cold that it was extremely uncomfortable. What was even worse was that the gap in the throat chakra was still there.
Pouring cold rainwater into his neck, Imagawa Yoshimoto began to regret this reckless action.
Halfway through the march, there was no village or store behind, and he wanted to turn around and return to Tagaka City, but he couldn't lose face. Imagawa Yoshimoto was so regretful that his intestines turned green, and he complained in an annoyed low voice: "In the middle of the march after all the hard work, we encountered an unexpected enemy.
With the weather like this, could it be that we encountered the Yellow Banner Star when we went out today? Bah, bah! It’s really unlucky! But... maybe it would be better to stay in Dagua City."
I remembered the sultry noon before the heavy rain. I met Tozaemon Tozaemon, the old man of Yufukuji Village, who I met during the summer vacation at Yufukuji Temple. He led the temple priest, monks, and villagers to stop the army on the road and offered a bucket of katsuuri.
, ten bottles of royal wine, fifty kelp rolls, one bucket of rice cakes, one stone of chestnut cakes, ten boiled sweet potatoes, and ten boiled roots of heavenly stems. These offerings were wrapped in white cloth and placed on a flatbed cart for transportation.
This clever Tozaemon is also very good at talking. He said that the summer weather has been hot for several days, and Imagawa Oya personally led an army to Luo. When the people in the countryside learned about it, they were all overjoyed. It was disrespectful to prepare special gifts and food.
With some food presented by the villagers, the Imagawa army rested for nearly an hour in the afternoon before setting off, but they were hit by a heavy rain.
"If we hadn't wasted that time, maybe I would have entered Dagao City! But the kindness of the villagers is hard to resist. As a famous martial artist, how can I hurt the feelings of my subordinates?" Imagawa Yoshimoto said unconsciously.
The peasants of Owari were classified as their own subjects, and they could not refuse the gifts offered by the landlords. Refusal was an expression of dissatisfaction with the submissive attitude of the subjects. The humiliated subjects would make a fuss and overthrow the lord, so this was also an act.
A major taboo for lords.
The samurai of the Imagawa family finally couldn't bear the pain of the rain pouring down. They rushed to the formation and begged: "Lord! Can we stop and take shelter from the rain, wait until the rain has passed and the sky clears before proceeding! We are in this muddy water.
It’s really painful to have one foot deep in the ground and one foot shallow in the ground, and the horse can’t bear it too!”
Hearing the retainers' cry for help, Imagawa Yoshimoto felt really happy. In fact, he had long wanted to stop and rest. In recent years, his body has not been as strong as before. Putting on a few layers of armor on his slightly fat body, he was burned.
After sweating all over and being soaked by the cold rain, he was a little worried about whether he would get sick.
As if he didn't care, he glanced at the sad faces of a group of old men in the Fudai family. He coughed and said slowly and with a straight face: "Well! Then stop! First, tell me, why are you here?"
"Report to my lord! This place is called Okezhajian Tianleping, also known as Tianlezhajian. This place is still three miles away from Dagao City!"
"Obazama?" Imagawa Yoshimoto shivered for some unknown reason. He suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. He wondered if he had been confused by the cold rain. He shook his head mockingly and ordered to the attendant: "
It’s still early, so just wait for a while and wait for the rain to subside before marching again. We must arrive at Dagao City before dark!”
"Ha!" The warriors of the Imagawa family turned around and gave the order happily. At least they no longer had to face the violent storm.
Tongzajian is just like its name. There are steep mountains on both sides and a narrow and elongated valley in the middle. The low-lying valley in the middle is called Tianleping, so the locals also call it Tianlehajian. The mountains on both sides are in Tongzajian.
There are two steep slopes formed between them. The rocks on the mountain are rugged and the ancient trees are green, which gives it a somewhat scary and evil atmosphere. It is said that the local elders passed down some strange sayings: "Tongzhajian goes up to the mountain with Lei Lei, and Tongzhajian goes down to the sea like a surge."
Imagawa Yoshimoto had no choice but to choose to camp here. It was just that the heavy rain made it difficult to march without setting up camp. But once he set up camp, he would face a problem. The five thousand people in this formation stretched vertically into a long snake formation. This formation
Marching is very good, but there is also the danger that it is difficult to keep track of the head and tail, and it is easy to be divided and surrounded.
Seeing this terrain, Imagawa Yoshimoto's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He subconsciously felt that this was a very unsafe place. Rain and fog obscured the surrounding scenery, and he could vaguely see mountains full of strange rocks and old pines. Fortunately, this field
There is a dense pine forest in Leping to provide shelter from the rain.
While the soldiers were camping at the stall, they scrambled to hide under the trees. The hot and humid temperature was really uncomfortable. The warriors dropped their spears and swords one after another, untied their wet armor and hung their close-fitting shirts on the branches to dry, coming from far away.
Jiang's most elite archery ashigaru team were like chickens that had been plagued by plague, with their heads hanging down and hiding in a daze under the ancient pine trees.
Matsui Sonobu tugged at his wet sleeves and complained with a gloomy face: "What happened today? When we left Junfu, we encountered these hot and dizzying scorching days. Our son fought hard for his life in the scorching sun."
We have been traveling so hard that we have five or six blood blisters on our feet, and today we encountered this unlucky rainstorm, God really didn’t give us a chance to rest and breathe!”
Ii Naomori sighed and said: "Who says it's not the case! The bow strings are all soft after the rain. You can't even draw the big bow for three to five days. Even if you bend the bow reluctantly, the arrow can't fly. At this rate,
The military exploits we will achieve in the next few days will probably have nothing to do with us. We can only rest for a few days in Dagao City... I thought I could get a decent achievement with my master, but I didn't want to encounter this.
Once upon a time, it was really annoying!”
The Sekiguchi clan leader, who is the head of the Ii family, smiled and said: "Actually, that's not entirely true! Shinano Mamoru's daughter is now the adopted daughter of the Lord, the concubine of the Lord of the town. It is said that Princess Ii has been pregnant recently? That is a big deal.
That’s a good thing! From now on, you don’t have to worry about not being reused as a guardian of Shinano Palace!”
"That's right! Shinano Shoden really gave birth to a good daughter! To be favored by the town government is really a blessing accumulated over generations. It's a pity that my daughter got married early! Otherwise..."
"Otherwise, you also want to get into the glory of the mayor? Haha! You, an old boy, don't even look at your naughty behavior. It's not like we have never seen your daughter. To put it bluntly, she is considered a winner at most.
How can the princess of the Ii family be so naturally beautiful! Hahaha..."
The samurai started to quarrel. One greedy samurai took out his own rice balls and ate two of them. At noon, the labor force had enough food to feed the 5,000-strong army. The chestnut cakes and sweet potatoes were thrown into the big pot.
Add all the grains and stew together a pot of porridge. Each person drank a small bowl without feeling anything. The amount of exercise he had been running for half a day was not enough to fill his teeth.
The violent storm had been falling for half an hour, and it finally began to subside. Imagawa Yoshimoto hid in a simple tent, looked at the patter of rain, frowned in thought, and took off his clothes and put them to dry by the campfire. Fortunately,
He also brought a lot of spare clothes with him so that he would not sit shirtless. The others were busy setting up a large pot to boil hot water. They had just been caught in a heavy rain and were worried about getting sick, so it was necessary to simply wash up and take a shower.
"I always feel something is wrong. What is the problem?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was staring at the map in a daze. It was said that he had given up on the main road of Donghai Street and took a large circle, and instead took the mountain road to get closer to the Dagao Castle adjacent to the shore as quickly as possible, but in the end
Whatever went wrong always made him feel uneasy.
"It shouldn't be wrong that there are several military forces nearby, but why do I always feel something is wrong? Is it because this narrow space makes me feel uncomfortable? We should leave for Dagao City as soon as possible!" This kind of uneasiness made him unable to sit still.
He invited Xiao Xing to scrub him a few times and then hurriedly put on dry clothes and armor, preparing to summon the warriors and continue moving forward.
Just when Imagawa Yoshimoto was busy in the camp, countless figures appeared on the top of the mountain near Okezama. Looking at the shadowy flags at the bottom of the mountain through the thick rain curtain, Oda Nobunaga felt really indescribably excited.
Holding the sword tightly, he suddenly drew it out and pointed at the formationless Imagawa army below, shouting: "The fate of our Owari samurai's martial arts depends on this moment, everyone obeys the order! Follow our attack!"
Oda Nobunaga was the first to rush down the hill. I wonder if it was the blessing of gods and Buddhas. More than two thousand people rushed down the steep and slippery hillside without any stumbling or rolling as expected. At this moment, the strong wind and rain were their worst.
With good cover, lightning and thunder blocked their rapid footsteps, and a thick curtain of rain blocked the sight of the Imagawa Army. By the time two thousand troops took advantage of the favorable wind from the sea and rushed in front of the Imagawa Army, the situation was already over.
The unsuspecting Imagawa army was frightened by the sudden military force. They had no idea where these people came from. Many samurai had a ridiculous idea in their minds. Could this be the legendary divine soldier?
?Seeing the familiar papaya pattern, I immediately realized that this was the military strength of the Oda family, but how did they get here?
This violent storm just happened to help the Oda family escape the layers of Imagawa troops nearby. The heavy rain and rolling thunder blocked all sounds. It was precisely because of this heavy rain attack that the Imagawa troops near Okehazama were attacked.
They either hid under the shade of trees to avoid the rain, or stayed in their tents to wait for the rain to clear up. They never expected that anyone would pass by them in this bad weather.
The 5,000 main formations of the Imagawa Army are all the main reserves of Suruga Enie. It's not that Imagawa Yoshimoto can't trust the Mikawa samurai, but it's because there are too many Imagawa brothers from Suruga Enie, and they have been using the military power of the two countries for decades.
, as his own people have long been at ease, the samurai of Mikawa are also happy to hide far away and not show up. For example, Kira Yi'an stayed in Dagua City to guard the rear. He did not think that his sparse military strategy could achieve any achievements. Besides,
Staying behind to sort out military affairs and manage food and grass is also a meritorious service.
The heavy rain made the five thousand elite members of the Imagawa Army feel cold inside and out. In order to dry the mud and water on their bodies, they simply took off their armor, untied the reins of their horses, threw their swords and spears aside casually, and hung their bows and arrows on the pine branches. Above, groups of three or three were hiding in the dense woods to take shelter from the rain. There were only 300 horse warriors in Imagawa Yoshimoto's main formation.
When they saw the Oda Army's surprise attack, they had no time to react. Many samurai didn't even know where they had thrown their armor and weapons. The Ashigaru hurriedly put on their tōmaru and picked up their three guns and rushed in. It was raining, but the unorganized Ashigaru could not stop the Oda army's attack, and any weak resistance was annihilated in the heavy rain.
When Imagawa Yoshimoto heard that he was being attacked, his body swayed and he almost fell down. He struggled to stand in the tent and looked at the flag in front of the camp. He yelled: "They are all a bunch of rubbish! He has missed all the dragnets that our family has cast. , this is Oda Nobunaga’s main formation! How did he come here? Didn’t Arao Zenji say that Oda Nobunaga was still sighing in Qingzhou? Then how did he come here! This area of more than ten miles is my Imagawa’s house How come he can still come here with such a powerful army! What is going on here! Where is our army and where is our general?"
There were too few troops in this formation, so the elders could only use swords and spears to hold off the wolf-like Oda army. Imagawa Yoshimoto's brother-in-law, the former lord of Takake Castle, Masatoshi Asai, hurriedly came to support him. Ku persuaded: "My lord! All the troops in our formation are hiding in the woods to take shelter from the rain. There are only 300 horseback warriors in the camp! My lord, please mount your horses quickly. We will wait for a while before making a decision!"
"There are only so many people! Then we can only avoid the danger temporarily! Retreat immediately!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Imagawa Yoshimoto hurriedly rushed out of the tent. He was not a fool, so of course he knew the importance.
Now if Bubu escapes and falls into the hands of the Oda family, he will either be killed on the spot or captured and die in humiliation. He wants to remain useful and revitalize the Imagawa family's great cause. His good son, the Imagawa family, really still has many things that he has not learned. Even if this war ultimately fails, as long as he can escape and have a chance to make a comeback, how can he die here casually?
Imagawa Yoshimoto's agility was strong. Although his body was not as good as what he had seen more than ten years ago, he had no problem getting on a horse while wearing several layers of armor. Most of the three hundred horsemen returned to fight in front of the gate of the camp under the leadership of the elders of the Horashiro clan. , not only the fallen corpses but also the close and trusted samurai he was familiar with, these are the essence of the Imagawa family.
He knew very well that the Imagawa family had accumulated hundreds of years of experience in these genealogies, and it was very likely that they would die in this battle. He reined in his horse and was reluctant to leave. When Asai Masatoshi saw that he was still not leaving, he knelt down in the mud anxiously. Dili loudly advised: "My lord, please leave quickly! I am waiting here to help you. I, Zheng Min, respectfully ask my lord to leave quickly!"
"...This is all the hard work that I, the Imagawa clan, have put in for many years! It is so hateful to be burned down like this! I will leave now, leave now... Koshiro! I hope you can return to Junfu alive, and we will do everything for you when the time comes. There are still living soldiers holding a grand celebration banquet! I will go too!" Imagawa Yoshimoto looked deeply at Asai Masatoshi, and left quickly surrounded by fifty people on horseback.
"My lord! I, Koshiro Asai, am proud to be a samurai of the Imagawa clan. Even if I go to Hiraizaka, I will not regret it!" Masatoshi Asai knelt in the puddle and looked at the disappearing figure, and bowed respectfully.
Then he stood up and drew his sword. Facing the oncoming dozens of red-armored Oda family knights, he shouted: "Even if we die here! We will have no regrets! In order to repay the lord's kindness, the Imagawa family
Koshirō Masatoshi Asai is here to take your name!"
"The Imagawa family Ishihara Yasamori, Kouri Masashige, and Miura Yoshi are here to take your life!" Several brave Imagawa family samurai brandished their swords and launched a desperate charge against the fierce horse-riding samurai. Their eyes were full of paranoia and
Madness and death have long been ignored.
The humans and horses intertwined for only a brief moment, and in the next moment blood burst out. Several speeding figures lost their balance and fell heavily. Asai Masatoshi covered his broken throat chakra and tried to block the blood that kept pouring out of his neck.
He leaned on the sword and panted laboriously, with every breath spraying out blood stains. Masatoshi Asai closed his eyes in despair and shouted with difficulty: "I will never regret being a samurai of the Imagawa family in this life! My lord! I, Koshiro Asai, will go.
also!"
Quietly watching a life disappear, dozens of knights on horseback reined in their horses and remained silent. The leader of the knights on horseback was tall and burly. He gently raised his right hand and held the big gun flat without moving, letting the blood stains on the gun blade.
After being washed away by the gradually decreasing raindrops, he slowly said: "Enemy general! Asai Koushiro Masatoshi, I, Maeda Mataemon Toshiie, have taken over!"
Imagawa Yoshimoto galloped forward on his horse. At this time, he no longer cared about missing his good brother-in-law Masatoshi Asai. The mountain road leading to Takake Castle was covered with the defeated soldiers of the Imagawa family. Who knows why these soldiers chose to escape at this time?
, he did not bother to scold these retreating soldiers, and meandered away driven by the horsemen of the Imagawa family.
"Asshole! It was obviously not that difficult to walk when we first came here, why is it so troublesome now!" The hillside is not steep, but the slippery muddy ground makes it difficult to move quickly. The speed of the war horse can only be described as a stroll. Seeing the tightness behind it,
The warriors of the Oda Army who were in hot pursuit dismounted one by one and chased on foot.
Kawakawa Yoshimoto discovered that these Oda Army soldiers who were chasing on foot were very skilled and were much faster than he was on his mount, so he couldn't help but panic and hurriedly abandoned his mount Qing Cong.
One foot struggled on the muddy road.
This is a battle of endurance and perseverance. Although Imagawa Yoshimoto is not as obese as a pig and can only ride in a sedan chair as the legendary man who loves to paint his teeth and pluck his eyebrows, he has become middle-aged and is inevitably getting richer. He is in his forties.
Being a house supervisor for many years means he is still young and strong, but compared to the youth and strength he was during the Huacang Rebellion twenty years ago, he is still a few grades behind.
The long-term peaceful life in Junfu has long worn away the sharp edge of this hero. The most intense sports are riding horses, walking, bowing and archery. The long-term comfortable life has left him lacking the necessary physical strength for long-distance marches. At the same time, he wears richly decorated but elegant clothes.
The armor was very thick, and one foot was deep and the other was shallow. After a quarter of an hour of trekking on the mountain road, I was out of breath and unable to walk.
The horseback samurai of the Imagawa family saw that they could not do anything, and hurriedly separated most of the main force and cut off the rear, leaving only five or six generals to escort Imagawa Yoshimoto to escape. However, how could Imagawa Yoshimoto still run? He was not carefully guarded by Oda Nobunaga.
The trained mothers followed Oda Nobunaga to the fields and rivers to swim, and in winter they went up to the mountains to hunt, running as fast as wild children in the mountains.
Matsui Sonobu, the lord of Toe Futamata Castle, was his trusted general. He supported Imagawa Yoshimoto for the last step, then he knelt on the ground respectfully and bowed his head and said: "My lord, please leave quickly, I will buy your lord some time."
! Please, my lord, return to Tagua City alive. As long as my lord can go back alive, I will have no regrets even if I wait to die here!"
"Gorohachi! I didn't expect that we would also have to say goodbye! Alas! I was wrong!"
Imagawa Yoshimoto helped Matsui Munonobu stand up. Looking at this strong man who was only forty-four years old, the bitter taste in his heart was indescribable. He represented a large number of generals with rich combat experience. Even if the military strategy was not enough,
A general who was the flag-bearer of one party, but a very talented person in commanding ability and personal bravery when facing the enemy, had to die here in vain to protect him from escaping. Imagawa Yoshimoto's heart was full of mixed emotions, including hatred and regret.
"Lord! Without further ado, please set off quickly! Everything we do is for the Imagawa family. Please set off immediately, lord!"
"Please, my lord, set off!" the five warriors behind Matsui Sonobu said in unison.
The only five remaining samurai are all known to Imagawa Yoshimoto. They are Ejiri, Tominaga Shige, Nagase Nagayuki, Okazaki Tadami, and Kanai Tadamune. These people are all loyal and brave generals of the Imagawa family, but they are here.
, bid farewell to the Imagawa family’s governor in this tragic way.
Thinking that the Imagawa family's prosperity just yesterday had turned into this miserable situation in just a few hours today, Imagawa Yoshimoto's heart was spinning a thousand times and he couldn't help but burst into tears. He stepped forward and slapped them hard.
arms, then turned around and carried the six warriors on his back, shouting: "Gentlemen! Please take care of yourself!"
The six desperate warriors of the Imagawa family looked at the figure of Imagawa Yoshimoto leaving in embarrassment, and shouted: "Lord! Please take care of yourself! For the sake of my lord, I will not regret it even if I die!"
Imagawa Yoshimoto did not look back and did not want to look back. He could not live up to the trust of his loyal retainers. Even though he knew there was little hope, he still had to grit his teeth and persevere. He was working hard to race against time. When he climbed over a ridge, he saw a group of Imagawa family members collapsed.
The soldiers were retreating slowly, and he tried hard to catch up, but these defeated soldiers seemed to be scared away. When they saw the warriors in gorgeous armor stumbling over, they fled eastward without their lives.
Imagawa Yoshimoto's spirit was hit hard. He didn't understand why his military force didn't come to protect him. Wasn't he good enough to the ashigaru of Suruga Togae? Don't they know that the only one wearing this big armor is the president?
Is General Imagawa Yoshimoto alone? After a long time, he laughed at himself: "Maybe they understand all this and are deliberately unwilling to come closer! I am just a dying person, and I am the only one who will die for the dying person.
Those loyal ministers! After all the loyal ministers are dead, naturally no one is willing to die for our family."
After trying to understand all this, Imagawa Yoshimoto's steps gradually started to falter. There was still a long way to go from Takake City, but he no longer had the strength to continue walking. Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around.
When he looked over, he found that the Oda Army's female soldiers had surrounded him. The last moment for the world-famous Tokaido No. 1 archer had arrived.
The rain had stopped unconsciously, and a cool sea breeze mixed with a familiar breath blew away the thick dark clouds, revealing the bright and beautiful sunset on the horizon. When the first ray of sunlight fell on him, Imagawa Yoshimoto held Sosan in his hand.
Zuo Wenzi leaned in front of a dead tree and sighed: "I didn't expect that I, Imagawa Yoshimoto, would have to live in this situation today, Xuezai! If you hadn't passed away, why would I have led the army out to battle, Owari? If you hadn't passed away, why would we?
If you had not passed away, I would not have been in the humiliating situation of dying here. This is the fate destined by the gods and Buddhas! This is the last wish of Imagawa Yoshimoto!"
No one listened to his exclamation, only the crow perched on the dead tree looked at the samurai under the tree. Imagawa Yoshimoto sat upright in embarrassment and glanced coldly at the gradually approaching Oda army, and saw a few cowering figures on their side faces.
The shrunken Imagawa Ashigaru secretly ran away, and in frustration he couldn't help but sigh: "This is the strong Suruga army of my family, this is the glory of my Imagawa family, that's it! Just leave your last farewell words! The world is as flashy as flowing water,
The clouds and smoke of the past are only dreams, and the soldiers and horses have been fighting for forty years, leaving the prosperity behind for future generations."
Imagawa Yoshimoto was still dead. He did not choose to cowardly commit suicide, nor did he have time to calmly choose to commit seppuku. He only had time to draw out his beloved sword Sosan Zumonji, which was given to him by his father-in-law Takeda Nobutora, and killed numerous people in the Oda army.
, but unfortunately there are too many samurai in the Oda army, and even if he has a treasure armor to protect his body, he cannot last long.
The long and intense running made him severely exhausted. After killing several people in a row, he staggered back to a dead tree and panted violently. However, the Oda Army soldiers did not give up the pursuit. Under the great stimulation and temptation of Ichiban Kung Fu,
Next, the Oda army's female soldiers charged forward risking their lives, showing no fear even if several of their companions were killed.
The first samurai who rushed in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto was named Hattori Kohei Taiichi Tadashi. He thrust with his spear and stabbed the slow-moving Imagawa Yoshimoto to the ground, but Imagawa Yoshimoto wielded Sosan Zumonji and killed Hattori Koheita's body.
The thighs were cut, and the two were rolling on the hillside fighting. Even Hattori Kohei was too young and strong to be able to defeat Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had been traversing the East China Sea for more than 20 years.
The rushed Maori Shinsuke Ryokatsu suddenly took action and stabbed Imagawa Yoshimoto in the abdomen. Just when Maori Shinsuke was about to cut off his head, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly broke away from Hattori Koheita's suppression and threw himself at Maori
Shinsuke bit his hand and bit off one of his fingers.
In the end, Imagawa Yoshimoto's head was cut off by Maori Shinsuke Yoshikatsu. He lived up to the name of Suruga Hero, did not insult the many loyal and brave warriors who died for him, and did not give up until the last moment of the fight, nor did he give up on the Imagawa family.
