Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 1018 Enemies 4
After nightfall, the defenders of Maple Leaf Mountain City did not dare to relax their vigilance. Instead, they took turns to patrol the city at night. The army outside the city was holding torches and adjusting their deployment. The Oda family's 200,000 troops under direct control were distributed in the North City, West City and Southwest City.
corner, and to the south are Oda Nobutada's Kanto Army, Shibata Katsuie's Hokuriku Army, and Takigawa Ichimasu's Higashiyama Army. The siege force of the east city is composed of the Tokaido Army of Tokugawa Ieyasu who has just arrived.
The army and the vast number of Kanto daimyo formed. The murderous aura hidden in the silent night kept everyone in Maple Leaf Mountain awake all night.
On the North City wall, a dozen soldiers from the 7th Squadron also led volunteers to patrol the night. By coincidence, Yosaburo was assigned to a group with Junji Mitsui, the squadron leader. Following Junji Mitsui
He said nothing, staring hard at his back, and the image of his brother before his death kept reappearing in his mind.
"Hey, the guy following you."
Mitsui Junji seemed to be aware of the sight behind him and suddenly spoke. The rough voice could be heard very clearly on the city wall at night. Yosaburo raised his head and listened quietly to Mitsui Junji's words.
"I only know that you hate me and think that I killed your brother. I know that you also look down on me, and even look down on us soldiers. You feel that we dare not go up and throw wood, but instead force you to go up and kill your brother.
He was killed. But there is nothing we can do about it. This is fighting, not playing house."
Mitsui Junji changed the topic and whispered in a much softer tone, "If it were normal days, do you think we Hongye Army would have any disrespect for you people? It's impossible, His Highness Hongye will not allow it. Even
He himself is so polite to the people, how dare we people? Let alone yelling at you, if you people are in danger, we soldiers will definitely risk our lives to protect you, without hesitation.
Nor would we shout something like, 'Our lives are worth more than yours'. Even if it is just to protect one of the people under our rule, our Red Leaf Army will be willing to pay hundreds or even thousands of casualties."
"But it's different on the battlefield, and there is no room for this. If you are a commoner, we will naturally protect you unconditionally. But since you have volunteered to join the army, since you are now my soldiers, you are my
If you are my subordinates, I can no longer protect you as common people. Instead, I will command you as subordinates, and you will inevitably be beaten and scolded."
"In our Hongye Army, the lives of soldiers are prioritized. We will teach this in the first lesson in the training camp. The subordinates must protect the commander, and when retreating, priority must be given to covering the retreat of the reserve captain and staff, and even the artillery crew members.
Their lives are more precious than those of iron gunners and spearmen. Not because of anything else, but because they can play a greater role than us. If a spearman dies, it will be a good supplement, but if an iron gunner dies, it will be much more troublesome. If he dies,
The one who died was a technical member of the gun crew, and the gun was scrapped. I don’t know how difficult it would be to re-train an elite gunner. And if the person who died was a staff officer or even a senior commander, it would be an unbearable price for the team.
.So, our lives have a price on the battlefield. Every soldier must unconditionally protect those who are more precious than himself and be willing to sacrifice his life for victory. Only in this way can we win."
Mitsui Junji turned his head, glanced at Yosaburo, and continued to walk forward, "The situation is even more difficult now. There are only so many soldiers in the city, and even fewer have combat experience. We
We cannot die easily. It does not mean that we are afraid of death or that we cannot die, but for the sake of victory, we must play more roles and kill more enemies before death. What we have to do is to constantly use
Shoot with iron cannons, fight with swords after the enemy enters the city, and direct you volunteers to deal with various situations. So I
It is impossible for us to risk our lives by lifting up wooden rolling stones and throwing them down. These things can only be done by you recruits and volunteers. To put it bluntly, you are cannon fodder. But for the sake of victory and to defend the city, we can only
If you do this, war is such a cruel thing."
"It was already explained during the evening meeting. Today is just a trial attack. The leading troops of the Oda family are filling in the moat while waiting for other troops to be fully positioned to complete the encirclement. Tomorrow is the beginning of the real bloody battle. Be prepared.
Come on. Don't embarrass your brave brother."
"Yes!" Yosaburo, who had been silent for a long time, answered in a deep voice with tears in his eyes. The back of the fierce soldier in front of him suddenly became softer under the moonlight.
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In the early morning of June 14, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), as the sun had just risen, trumpets sounded in the positions of the armies of the world. The mighty army walked out of the camp, pushing various siege equipment and swarmed towards Maple Leaf.
Mountain City. The earth-shattering footsteps were like a galloping herd of beasts, startling the birds in the surrounding mountains and forests. Maple Leaf Mountain City, on the other hand, stood there quietly, waiting for the invasion of beasts.
At this time, outside Dongcheng City, Tokugawa Ieyasu, as the main commander, was not in a hurry, and had no intention of urging the Kanto daimyo who were grinding foreign workers to speed up - because he himself was planning to grind the biggest foreign workers.
If Ikeda Tsuneaki, Sawaki Yoshiyuki and Amakihei are just close buddies, then Tokugawa Ieyasu and Amakihei are life-long friends. They have known each other for twenty-four years, and they have become close friends during the Imagawa family period.
Tokugawa Ieyasu will never forget the boy who got off his horse and helped him up outside Okazaki Castle. He was a good man, and from then on he was a good man that Tokugawa Ieyasu envied - because he himself was not destined to be like this.
Sure enough, as Tokugawa Ieyasu himself acted selfishly for the benefit of his family, the relationship between Yu Qiupei and Tokugawa Ieyasu broke down for a time. But when the Tokugawa Nobuyasu incident broke out, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who asked for help but hit a wall one after another, was desperate and almost
When he was about to lose his wife and children, the good guy who had already broken up with him stood up and helped him - saving the Tokugawa family at the expense of his own family's safety. This kindness and Yu Qiuping's attitude towards his friends, Tokugawa
Ieyasu will never be forgotten.
But Yu Qiupei's kindness has to pay a price. In order to save Tokugawa Nobuyasu, he angered Oda Nobunaga. In the end, Oda Nobunaga granted marriage to his second son - the foreshadowing of this was also laid by Yu Qiupei himself.
It broke out after being murdered by Oda Nobunaga. After the battle for the governor, the Amaki family and the Oda family were already on the same level. Oda Nobunaga called on the world's army to besiege the Amaki family. The Amaki family was in danger. Although Tokugawa Ieyasu remained calm.
, but he really blamed himself - he always felt that it was Yu Qiuping who finally put the Yu Qiu family into such a situation in order to save his wife and children.
If it were the Tokugawa Ieyasu more than ten years ago, he would definitely abandon the Uqiu family without hesitation, and kill the Uqiu family without hesitation for the sake of the survival of the Tokugawa family.
It proves the undying loyalty of the Tokugawa family. But Tokugawa Ieyasu is no longer the cunning and scheming turtle he was ten years ago.
He once thought that a qualified family governor must be able to abandon everything to preserve the family. Justice, loyalty, shame, family affection, friendship, everything can be abandoned for the sake of the family. Only by being so ruthless can the family be maintained in troubled times.
, to spread praise and admiration for future generations is also a responsibility to the ancestors and descendants. Tokugawa Ieyasu has been doing this for decades. But it was not until Yu Qiupei rescued Tokugawa Nobuyasu that he seriously interrogated himself for the first time -
—Is the path he has chosen all along the right path? Is it the right path for him to abandon everything to protect his family? If he takes all the truly beautiful things in the world,
Abandoned, what is left of the family he protected? A numb family shell and a group of clansmen who are only interested in profit and do all kinds of evil. Is this a family he wants to protect? It is the loyal, brave and kind-hearted people of his ancestors.
Do the Mikawa samurai want to pass it down?
No, it's not.
The current Tokugawa Ieyasu feels that he is more like the unexperienced and passionate Matsudaira Takechiyo more than 20 years ago. He himself doesn't know why he keeps going back to life, but after doing this crazy thing
After making the decision, despite the opposition of the astonished retainers and forcefully making the decision, the relaxation and relief in his heart was a joy he had not experienced in decades - could this be Hongye's state of mind? This is that he would rather give up all worldly interests.
, do you also want to protect the state of mind during those beautiful times in the world?
He wants to save Yu Qiuping's wife and children, and return Yu Qiuping's favor. He wants to avenge Yu Qiuping, avenge himself who went astray in the past, and he wants to protect those precious things that can truly make the family prosper.
It sounded absurd, childish, and womanly. It was like a decision that a fledgling bird would make, but it was made by this samurai, one of the most powerful people in the world. At this moment, he finally understood.
Yu Qiuping's persistence. He looked at the endless maple forest on the east mountain behind him and murmured in a low voice:
"Hongye, are you watching?"
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Tokugawa Ieyasu has secretly controlled several dangerous places outside Dongcheng City, and deployed Tokugawa troops to various places in the name of military governor. In fact, he has deployed a retreat path. Once Maple Leaf Mountain City is really unsafe,
, he was confident that he would immediately defeat the scattered allied forces around the Tokugawa army's position, and open a passage outside the east gate of Maple Leaf Mountain City so that Yu Qiuping's family in the city could break out from here. Then he would cover them and run towards the mountainous area to the south, trying to find a way to escape.
Escape from the Red Leaf Fleet.
This plan was to save Yu Qiupei's wife and children, but Tokugawa Ieyasu also prepared another plan, a plan to avenge Yu Qiupei.
"Mr. Tian Shen, should I call you Master Kamiizumi?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked in a low voice to the simple old swordsman.
"It's alright, it doesn't matter." Kentaro Tadashi just nodded casually, with his hands behind his back, looking at the boundless army. When Takamatsu Castle in Bichung burst its embankment, Kentaro Tadashi was practicing in the mountains and forests of Shikoku.
The news came a few days later. When he hurried back to Kinki, what he saw was that the world's army was besieging Maple Leaf Mountain Castle where Yu Qiu Shang was stationed.
"I will arrange for you to be included in the Tokugawa family's mission and go to Kyoto Honnoji Temple to meet Oda Nobunaga. When the time comes, please act according to the situation. According to Kyoto's public security regulations, all the personnel I sent may not accompany you to enter. Near Honnoji Temple. Moreover, the area around Oda Nobunaga is extremely heavily guarded. It is almost impossible to bring a sword in." Tokugawa Ieyasu considered his words, fearing that his words would offend the world's best swordsman in front of him, "Are you sure?"
"It doesn't make any difference whether you have a sword or not." Kentaro Tian Shen squinted his eyes and moved his old, wrinkled hands slightly. When he opened his eyes again, the sharpness and murderous aura that he tried to hide but still exuded made De Kawa Ieyasu and the surrounding guards shuddered.
"I bet my life, which is running out, to kill that devil, to plead for the lives of all the people in the world, and to save my disciple." Kentaro Tianchen's hands slowly opened at the same time, and then slowly opened again. He slowly clenched his fists and sighed, "After I became anonymous, I thought I would no longer care about human affairs. I didn't even shed tears when my son died in battle. Who would have thought that I would be so angry today? Oda Nobunaga, You want to destroy the future of all people in the world... I won’t let you succeed.”