Chapter 1210: A city falls without a city mourning, Tokugawa
Where Tokugawa Ieyasu's main formation was, a noisy and panicked sound came from the formation...
"Nani? That's nonsense..."
"Impossible! We just left Noda Castle not long ago, how could we be attacked?"
"Commander, you? Tell the truth..."
"Yes, tell the truth! Have you seen it with your own eyes?"
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"That's enough, shut up!"
The leader of this formation, a short middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance but a resolute expression, who was sitting on a horse stool, frowned and shouted.
He was Tokugawa Ieyasu, the hero who finally brought peace and unity and established the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Azuchi-Momoyama period, commonly known as the Warring States Period.
Ieyasu is sitting on a horse stool, wearing a gorgeous robe, and an exquisite body with gold and silk outlines. He is holding a miniature banana fan in his hand, with a slightly anxious expression...
He couldn't figure it out, but Hosaku clearly brought back the information. Takeda Shingen, the governor of the Takeda territory and the unpredictable military prodigy, had returned to the embrace of Amaterasu. This was a God-given opportunity...
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who endured the humiliation, was able to keep his family alive for the time being, although his sworn brother Oda Nobunaga, who was allied with him, took care of each other.
However, the great talents and strategies in Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart could not be satisfied by Mikawa, Yuanjiang, and other small border countries?
Tokugawa Ieyasu admired Shingen deeply, but he was also dissatisfied...
Admiration is one thing, but in troubled times, admiration cannot protect your family, the retainers and generals who rely on you.
The gradually expanding territory and doubling of the army gradually made him feel breathless.
Especially the neighboring Kai Takeda Shingen, the powerful army made Tokugawa Ieyasu frightened but helpless.
Not long ago, the disastrous defeat of Mikatahara was still vivid in my mind, and I abandoned my armor and fled to Hamamatsu Castle...
Just when the Tokugawa family was in danger and about to fall, the Takeda army miraculously retreated back to Mino, and finally passed through Komaba and established their main camp.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was a cautious family leader. He never believed in miracles, let alone that the stubborn and resolute Takeda Shingen would suddenly become merciful or abide by the alliance contract.
In the Warring States Period, friendship and loyalty were both jokes...
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That evening, jaw-dropping good news came from the Mino border: Takeda Shingen passed away...
The ones who brought the good news were two retainers of the Takeda family. They claimed that they felt they were being treated unfairly by the Takeda family and therefore switched to Ieyasu?
To this, Tokugawa Ieyasu only responded with gentle acceptance and said he trusted him, let alone...
Who is Mr. Shingen?
That is the God of War that even I, Tokugawa Ieyasu, must look up to and admire. How dare you say that you are being treated unequally?
Do you think Mr. Shingen is an idiot?
Unless, there is a reason that makes you despair about the Takeda family, forcing you to leave?
Tokugawa Ieyasu thought about this for a long time and had no answer...
But, then, Tetsuichi Yamamoto and Anayama of the Takeda family revealed another important piece of news:
"Shingen is seriously ill and may not die soon, and he has threatened to replace his successor Takeda Katsuyori and let a foreign Takeda clan member take charge of the military and political power of the Takeda family.
Dissatisfied, Katsuyori led his retainers and bodyguards to rebel and attack Shingen's main formation, but they were suppressed, failed and captured..."
Isn't this a God-given opportunity?
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Just yesterday, Tokugawa Ieyasu made a decisive decision to tentatively attack Takeda territory.
How could he, regardless of the fear of Shingen and the opposition of the elders and generals to sending troops to Takeda territory?
Tokugawa Ieyasu just went his own way!
The Tokugawa family of Mikawa finally had the opportunity to expand their territory on a large scale...
Subsequently, the ninjas dispatched to the Takeda Territory also brought back news of changes in the Takeda Territory:
The Takeda family's 22,000 invading troops quickly returned to their territory, leaving only Takeda Shingen's 5,000-strong Yamaji Battalion behind.
And among these five thousand people, there are also two thousand private soldiers of Yamamoto Tetsui and Aneshan...
Shingen of the Takeda family, an old-faced man, and housekeeper Masayoshi Naito, escorted Shingen's coffin and some of the soldiers who had been cut off, and quickly ran along the Hime Road back to Kai.
The more important news is the potential connotation brought back by the ninja: the Takeda family's important patriarchs, important retainers, generals, and city lords are almost gathered together, all concentrated on the front line of Komaba.
What does this mean? The Takeda territory is now empty, and the various cities and territories are leaderless.
Coupled with the new death of Shingen, the forces competing for the power of the family governor have taken advantage of the situation, and there is chaos. At this time, the Takeda family has been destroyed, and when will it be...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu was indeed a hero, and he made a decisive decision on the offensive strategy.
Late that night, the Tokugawa family secretly carried out a full-scale mobilization, quickly gathering the 12,000 most elite soldiers they could mobilize, and marched overnight to the Takeda territory.
As for those two idiots Yamamoto and Anayayama who are seeking glory, let them spread some residual heat. The three thousand retainers and generals Lao Yebing who are dragging Mino to death are just lucky...
Two thousand versus three thousand, you can't win or lose, but you can definitely hold off...
Who said soldiers in the Warring States Period couldn't fight and march at night?
The Tokugawa family's troops, holding their belts and holding torches one by one, hobbled from the entire Mikawa area and gathered around Futamata Castle to hide.
Just waiting to rest for a few hours, after dawn, unexpectedly invade the Takeda territory!
How many people dream of attacking the territory of the invincible Takeda Shingen?
When Lord Shingen was alive, the entire territory of Takeda had never been captured. People are the city, and the city is the human heart...
This is also where Tokugawa Ieyasu admires Shingen: this old man understands people's hearts so clearly, it's scary...
However, just at dawn, on the eve of the army's departure, another incredible news came...
Their rear, Noda Castle, was actually attacked?
Where did the army come from?
Tokugawa Ieyasu never doubted the Takeda family, because the power of the family governor had just died, so how could he think about attacking other countries? Isn't this funny?
You are not busy robbing the family governor, but you are running to capture the city. You are not as crazy as you...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu touched the two dark mustaches on his chin, frowned slightly, and gritted his teeth and said:
"It can't be a sworn brother, right? Oda Nobunaga?"
No matter who it is, the strategy of continuing to attack Takeda territory must have failed. They must send their troops back to save themselves. Noda Castle cannot be lost...
Noda, that is a dangerous place, it is in the middle of the five important cities of Mikawa Tokugawa...
The five directions are: Futamata Castle, Hamamatsu Castle, Furumiya Castle, Yoshida Castle, and Chojo Castle.
Except for Futamata Castle and Hamamatsu Castle, which are far away from Noda Castle, the other three castles are almost all adjacent to Noda Castle, within fifty miles of each other.
The fall of one city means the destruction of all four cities...
Because all the fighting forces in these six cities were mobilized by Tokugawa Ieyasu...
