Chapter 1233: A letter dragon in the dark, horse riding team
Tokugawa Ieyasu's main formation was already in chaos...
The retainers of the Tokugawa family could not believe what they saw before them. The Tokugawa family's army of nearly 10,000 elite troops attacked the Takeda army of less than 2,000 people, but they returned with a disastrous defeat...
This is unscientific...
Although there are many invisible vegetation at the location of the two abyss, there is no city. Being condescending does not make it difficult to conquer!
"My lord, Sakai Chuji is back."
Okubo Tadayo walked a few steps closer and whispered in the ear of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was sitting on a horse stool without moving at all.
"Lord? Sakai is back..."
Seeing that Ieyasu didn't respond, Okubo Tadashi thought he hadn't heard, so he raised his voice.
"startled……"
Tokugawa Ieyasu's throat finally squirmed a few times, and he issued a difficult response.
"Master? Master? You..."
At this time, Okubo Tadashi finally realized that something was wrong with Ieyasu.
Tokugawa Ieyasu closed his eyes tightly, his face was pale, he gritted his teeth and exhaled and asked:
"You really can't believe the Sanada family! Taibo ordered the whole army to retreat on my behalf!"
"ha!"
Okubo Tadashi narrowed his eyes and looked at Ieyasu, whose face was as golden as paper, but hesitated to speak.
"Um?"
Although Ieyasu closed his eyes, there was still a slit in the corner of his eye, and he snorted when he saw it.
Okubo Tadashi hurriedly explained:
"Sakai withdrew less than 3,000 men, Sanada Shini's 1,000 ashigaru rebelled, and the 5,000 men who attacked Ryugabuchi—the whole army was wiped out."
"Nani?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and he stood up with a struggle, with a look of shock on his face.
Originally, Ieyasu thought that if he was defeated, he would be defeated. At most, he would lose more than a thousand people. He would just retreat and fight another day.
But he never dreamed that the loss of five thousand men would be a huge loss. This would directly hurt his muscles and bones. The Sanhe Yuanjiang area under his control had lost even one of the troops he could mobilize.
However, before Okubo Tadashi finished speaking, he saw that Ieyasu's face was flushed and his mental state seemed to be good, so he frowned and said after considering:
"My lord! We retreated to Hime Street in Futamata Castle, but we were blocked by the Takeda Army's Chibeki."
Tokugawa Ieyasu was shocked when he heard this, turned his head with an angry face and said:
"With a full attack of two thousand people, how many Akabi knights can we have? How many Ashigaru will we have after we withdraw from our formation?"
Taibo did not respond when he heard this, but looked at a military commander in short robes behind him.
The short-robed general had a delicate face. Upon seeing this, he stepped forward and respectfully reported:
"After the defeat of the Tokugawa family, there were about 5,000 Ashigaru approaching our formation, and together with the 1,000 elites of our formation, the total number was more than 6,000.
However, based on my experience, the Takeda family's Akabiki guarding Hime Street does not exceed three hundred, but these three hundred are particularly good at fighting and extremely fierce."
"Yeah! I understand."
Tokugawa Ieyasu was indeed a heroic figure. After hearing the unfavorable news, he finally calmed down.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was in a desperate situation, but he could still remain calm. He really had the qualifications to conquer the world...
Hattori Hanzo looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu silently and nodded secretly...
"The Takeda family has great luck! The new family governor, Takeda Shiba, is indeed a character..."
Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled freely and suddenly shouted:
"Order, Honda Tadakatsu! Lead the remaining soldiers of the headquarters and fight hard to defeat Takeda's three hundred red cavalry.
After opening up Jijie Street, how about we temporarily retreat to Futamata City, which is closest to us, and then look for an opportunity to retreat to Gaotian God City or Songbin City?"
After giving the order, Tokugawa Ieyasu majestically touched his beard, which was astonished, and turned to look at Taiyabo and Hattori Hanzo beside him.
Hattori Hanzo's face was twisted, and he looked at Taobao blankly, speechless...
Taibao hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed:
"My lord! Honda Heihachiro Tadakatsu was captured by the Takeda family's iron cannon when he attacked Ryugabuchi..."
"Nani? Tadakatsu..."
Tokugawa Ieyasu's body shook violently, and tears as big as peas fell from his eyes uncontrollably.
Since childhood, when Ieyasu was a hostage, Honda Tadakatsu has been with him through all the ups and downs of the world...
Now, with the efforts of the two of them, the glory of the Mikawa Matsumoto family has been restored, and just when they are about to show off their grand ambitions, Honda Tadakatsu went to see Amaterasu...
How sad this is for Ieyasu!
During the Warring States Period, despite intrigues and intrigues, true temperaments abounded in adversity. Tokugawa Ieyasu and Honda Tadakatsu were a typical pair of brothers in adversity.
After losing consciousness for only a few breaths, Tokugawa Ieyasu returned to normal and said calmly:
"Who is willing to serve as the Tokugawa vanguard, break through the obstruction of the Takeda family's Akabiki, break through the Hime Street retreating to Futamata Castle, and escort our formation back smoothly?"
"Boom..."
"Boom!"
"Drink! Drive..."
In the distance, there was a noise of people and horses.
Immediately afterwards, a military general called for battle:
"My lord! Sakai Tadashi is willing to serve as a vanguard."
Tokugawa Ieyasu's serious face relaxed when he heard this, exhaled and laughed:
"Okay! Although Tadakatsu has gone! But my Tokugawa family has so many loyal generals. Didn't Sakai return safely? Hahahahaha..."
"ha!"
Sakai Tadashi promised, and with blood all over his body and black armor and feet stained red, he said anxiously:
"My lord! Please don't delay, follow Chuji quickly and fight out. And send a general to lead a thousand samurai who stay behind to fight to the death!"
Tokugawa Ieyasu was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed drastically and he said:
"Nani? Send our warriors to cut off the rear? They are all the bravest warriors in Mikawa..."
"Come on... my lord! Please look behind me... there are soldiers chasing me! The five thousand defeated soldiers just now are now less than four thousand."
Sakai Chuji gritted his teeth, led more than fifty of his cavalrymen, and rushed back into the main formation like a whirlwind.
When Tadashi Sakai led his team back to the main formation, Ieyasu and the important ministers of the Tokugawa family in the main formation saw clearly the battlefield behind the defeated army. How tragic it was!
The distant grassland was covered with Ashigaru corpses and their heads that had been hacked for!
In front of the corpses, there were thousands of **** who were roaring and charging towards the formation like crazy beasts...
That’s right!
It was the Takeda Army that rushed towards them, but the generals and ministers of the Tokugawa family could not help but compare them to beasts.
Because this team of Ashigaru could not see the human form at all!
These Ashigaru's hair was messy and their faces were covered in blood. Most of them didn't even have equipment, let alone weapons.
These lunatics, with their bare chests and chests full of spurts of blood and scars, roaring and roaring with bare hands, rushed straight towards Ieyasu's main formation...
As for the bamboo spear, it has long been broken...
In the rout, military commanders would turn around and block them from time to time, but they were instantly drowned like a wave of water...
What annihilated the general was just an ordinary Sanada Ashigaru infantryman, and he was empty-handed...
That beast-like ashigaru tore the Tokugawa general off his mount. Regardless of the sword that passed through his chest, he grabbed the general's neck with his free hands and tore the general's throat with a single blow of his bared teeth!
Everyone in the Tokugawa family in this formation looked at these bare-handed wild beasts of the Takeda family with dumbfounded eyes.
