Chapter 1162: It's hard to break the dead end, and you have to be tough to the end
Takeda Shingen looked at Liu Shiba and asked a question, but found that this guy didn't even turn his head, his body was motionless, his eyes were frozen...
Patiently, Takeda Shingen gasped, stretched his body forward with difficulty, reached out and patted his shoulder, and added:
"Takeda 18, what do you think of my son Katsuyori?"
Liu Shiba remained motionless, his body stiff and his eyes fixed...
Such a change was not expected by Cuihua and Li Ergou, let alone Takeda Shingen.
There is only one person with the same eyes as Liu Shiba, and he is the old driver-Tang Chen!
"Nani? Are you so scared..."
Takeda Shingen was puzzled and muttered to himself.
"Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack!"
Then, from behind the crowd of about 20 or so Chibei riders, who fell onto their backs and fell into a ball, a burst of gloomy laughter could be heard.
The more than twenty red cavalrymen who were on the ground because their horses fell to the ground all pulled their horses to stand up.
These red cavalrymen looked at the people in the middle of the tent, Takeda Shingen, Li Ergou, Cuihua, Liu Shiba, and Takeda Nobulian who was nailed to the ground by an arrow...
No one noticed that these more than twenty red knights froze at the same time...
Except for one person - Liu Shiba!
At this moment, a hole dozens of meters long was opened in the big red tent. Takeda Katsuyori pulled the reins of his war horse and slowly rode into Shingen's main camp tent.
At this moment, Takeda Katsuyori has made a desperate move and is fearless. The governor's throne is just tens of meters ahead, within reach!
Therefore, he even lost the respect he always showed to his father, Takeda Shingen!
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Behind Takeda Katsuyori were the remaining thirty or so red cavalry who had not rushed into the tent just now.
Outside the tent, the Takeda family's close ministers, important ministers, and generals were standing and watching, but few stepped forward to interfere with Takeda Katsuyori's retrograde move!
I saw Takeda Katsuyori turn over from his horse and jump down, holding the sword and swinging it forward. Without any hesitation, he rushed towards Takeda Shingen with big strides!
The forward momentum continued unabated, and Takeda Katsuyori barked an order:
"Kill Xinxuan and enfeoff the lord of a city!"
"You guys, follow me and kill a younger brother..."
The one who followed Takeda Katsuyori to attack and kill Shingen was the thirty remaining Akabi cavalry who had just followed him into the tent and had no time to pay attention to them...
Takeda Shingen's focus at this time shifted from Liu Shiba to his son Takeda Katsuyori.
Shingen squinted his lazy eyes and looked coldly at - Takeda Katsuyori!
"Hua Hua Hua..."
As soon as Takeda Katsuyori spoke, the tent behind Takeda Shingen was slashed open with a samurai sword, and a group of people rushed in. The clothes and furniture were not gorgeous, just like ordinary ashigaru who were defeated.
These ordinary Ashigaru, not showing the slightest fear towards the Red Bi Cavalry led by Katsuyori, rushed directly in front of Takeda Shingen to form five or six human walls to protect Takeda Shingen.
Leading these ashigaru generals is Sanada Masayuki, the head of the Sanada family!
Sanada Masayuki led his own family's Fudai bodyguards, which numbered about two hundred ashigaru.
Standing next to Takeda Shingen, Sanada Masayuki's eyes were deep and his face hidden under his beard was extremely cold. At this time, he slowly said:
"The samurai of the Sanada family are sworn to protect their lord to the death!"
More than two hundred ashigaru shouted in unison.
"ha!"
Takeda Shingen turned his head and looked at Sanada Masayuki, smiled slightly and said:
"Chang Xing, I really saw you right..."
Sanada Masayuki bowed slightly and said:
"The only lord I can truly worship and be loyal to is Xuan Gong!"
"boom!"
Just as they were talking, the soldiers of Katsuyori and Sanada collided violently...
In Takeda Shingen's main camp tent, within this small area, a fierce hand-to-hand combat unfolded...
Takeda Katsuyori led more than thirty red knights who participated in the attack. This attack was as fierce as a beast.
With a short dash forward, he plunged headlong into the almost chaotic and loophole-filled defensive gun array deployed by the Sanada family's ashigaru!
"kill!"
"roar!"
These red knights all abandoned their spears and drew their swords. Using the huge force of their forward thrust, sharp melee weapons and sophisticated armor, they directly penetrated the Sanada family's ashigaru defense formation in one direct encounter.
Smash in from the front of the tent, and blast out from behind a few meters away from Shingen!
Thirty red cavalrymen plus Takeda Katsuyori slashed and killed all the way. In this attack, not a single cavalryman was killed!
On the other hand, more than half of the Sanada family's two hundred armed ashigaru were killed again... heavy casualties!
This tragic and one-sided battle situation simply created an incredible precedent in cold weapon warfare!
The two sides are hedging, no matter how rubbish the Sanada family's spear is, even if they poke it with their eyes closed, one of them will be killed, right?
In fact, the overall combat effectiveness of the Sanada family's infantry army ranks among the top three in the Takeda family.
But in front of me, the Sanada family's army was slapped in the face...
The rebellious young master Takeda Katsuyori was beaten cleanly and his face was swollen!
Takeda Katsuyori led thirty bodyguard cavalrymen and successfully staged a classic textbook counterattack with zero casualties for all the important officials and generals of the Takeda family who were watching the battle.
A black figure appeared before Sanada Yukimura's eyes, and his figure began to sway. Then, with a look of loneliness on his face, he staggered and knelt directly in front of Takeda Shingen, choking with sobs:
"My lord! My subordinate is incompetent. It seems I want to take one step ahead of my lord and leave!"
Let’s take a look at Takeda Shingen, the most famous general of Japan’s Warring States Period!
He——Takeda Shingen!
His performance fully demonstrated to Liu Shiba and others what Sun Tzu's Art of War means - immovable as a mountain!
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The original text in "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Military Struggle" describes the essence of military law performed on paper by Sun Tzu, a master of Chinese art of war:
"It is as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, as motionless as a mountain, as unpredictable as the dark clouds, and as moving as thunder."
It is as fast as the wind: the army's actions must be quick to respond, just like the passing wind, defeating the enemy with lightning speed.
Its speed is like a forest: when the army is marching slowly, it is like a still forest, solemn and orderly, not alerting the enemy, not disturbing the grass and alerting snakes.
Invade like fire: When attacking the enemy, be like a prairie fire, end the battle with an unstoppable offensive, and achieve complete victory.
Unmoving as a mountain: When the army is stationed, it should be like a mountain, ready to fight at any time.
It is as difficult to know as the clouds: When the army is hidden, it should be like clouds covering the sky, making it impossible to see the sun, moon and stars.
Move like thunder: When the army moves, it is like thunder, so brave and swift that the enemy has no way to retreat.
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Seeing that Takeda Katsuyori, his designated successor, was about to kill the current Takeda Shingen, his face was as calm as water, and his eyes were as deep as abyss...
His determination has not changed throughout his life, and he will persist until death...
