Chapter 517: The Decisive Battle Begins
After Oda Nobunaga's words were finished, Tokugawa Iemitsu's face gradually appeared dead, and he never thought that the chief of staff he had always trusted so much was actually a member of the Oda family.
He stopped talking, and looked at the long knife that pierced his body, and the two words engraved at the end of this long knife became his last words of exclamation, and he used the last strength of his body, and shouted with horror in his voice:
"This, this, this is the Muramasa Knife, the Demon Knife Muramasa!"
The reason why this Tokugawa Iemitsu finally issued such a frightened word is because this Muramasa knife, during the reign of the Tokugawa family, was a forbidden knife, and many people in later generations thought that the demon knife Muramasa was a knife, but in fact, it was not, the demon knife Muramasa was a kind of knife, and he had many of them.
This is due to the fact that Wajima has absorbed the culture of Middle-earth, and many great craftsmen are accustomed to carving their names on the island, and the demon knife Muramasa is one of them.
And the Muramasa knife, the reason why it is called the demon knife, is inseparable from the Tokugawa family, the Muramasa knife, dyed the blood of the Tokugawa family and the patriarch of the past dynasties, many of them died under the Muramasa knife, so it is called the demon knife.
In fact, this can only show that the Muramasa knife is in Wajima, and the popularity rate is relatively high, and nothing else can be explained, but the Tokugawa family defines this knife as a demon knife and prohibits production.
Tokugawa Iemitsu's exclamation just now, and there was no lack of surprise, and there was surprise that his chief of guard was holding a forbidden knife in his hand.
With the death of Tokugawa Iemitsu, Oda Nobunaga, through his previous deployment, said that Tokugawa Iemitsu was assassinated by the Ming army and successfully took over, Tokugawa Iemitsu's men in the city.
Although the coup d'état that seized power was not bloodless, it only killed an unlucky Tokugawa Iemitsu.
After Oda Nobunaga took over the soldiers and horses in the city, he secretly sent people again, with the head of Tokugawa Iemitsu, out of the city to ask the Ming army to surrender.
Zhu Hao was also shocked when he heard that Tokugawa Iemitsu was dead in the army, and after hearing a detailed introduction, he learned that Yamada Nobunaga, who was thrown into the sea by him, changed his name to Oda Nobunaga, and killed Tokugawa Iemitsu in a coup.
Zhu Hao felt sad about Tokugawa Iemitsu, the ruler of Wajima, who was killed by the people around him, and also expressed disdain for his incompetence.
Then Zhu Hao replied, and Oda Nobunaga's messenger said:
"A despicable villain who betrays the main crime, this king disdains to be in the company of it!"
Zhu Hao said that, and once again the rough future people were driven out, and the people who came didn't expect that Zhu Hao would be so unreasonable.
If he had known that last time his master came to see Zhu Hao in person and begged for Tokugawa Iemitsu, he was thrown into the sea by Zhu Hao, he would never have volunteered so much to go to the Ming army camp.
As the envoy returned to the city and informed Oda Nobunaga of Zhu Hao's attitude, Oda Nobunaga clenched his fists and said hatefully:
"This damn Zhu Youzhen, since he doesn't let Ben Jiang live, then everyone will die together!"
Oda Nobunaga said, let 10,000 soldiers, form a death squad, and take the initiative to attack the Ming army with hundreds of people infected with the plague in the city.
Oda Nobunaga's purpose was to make the Ming army infected with the plague and make them afraid, of course, the 10,000 people he sent, after they came into contact with the people infected with the plague, Oda Nobunaga had no intention of letting these people come back alive.
He didn't want to put himself in danger.
With Oda Nobunaga's order, more than 10,000 Wajima soldiers, under the banner of "revenge" and "snow hatred", rushed out of the city and launched a suicidal charge against the Ming army.
The reason why more than 10,000 people accepted Oda Nobunaga's orders to do such a lifeless thing was because they were all diehard loyalists of the Tokugawa shogunate, and they hated "the Ming army sent people to assassinate Tokugawa Iemitsu", and they wanted to avenge Tokugawa Iemitsu.
And Oda Nobunaga, the reason why he sent these people, in addition to attacking the Ming army, also eliminated these, the loyal men of the Tokugawa shogunate, and consolidated his rule, after all, the existence of these people has always been a hidden danger for him.
Oda Nobunaga knew very well in his heart that if these people knew that it was Tokugawa Iemitsu who he killed, then these people would definitely immediately turn their guns and attack him.
As the people and horses of Wadao in the city attacked, Xu Chu organized the former soldiers and horses to eliminate them, and at the same time reported the news to Zhu Hao of the Chinese army.
Zhu Hao heard Xu Chu's herald and came to report it, and immediately asked the herald:
"Are the Japanese slaves in the city all out of the city, or are they part of the city?"
The herald listened to Zhu Hao's words of inquiry, and hurriedly replied:
"Back to Your Highness, the Japanese slaves in the city probably sent more than 10,000 troops, and the whole army was not dispatched!"
Zhu Hao listened to the words of the herald, and secretly said in his heart:
"What the hell is this Oda Nobunaga doing?"
"He now has more troops than this king, and instead of attacking the whole army, he sent 10,000 horses to attack, isn't this a gift for this king to exterminate and destroy his living force?"
"Could it be that the last time the king threw him into the sea, he let his brain water?"
Although Zhu Hao didn't think clearly for a while, what the hell Oda Nobunaga was doing, he would not give up this and destroy the other party's chance of vitality.
Therefore, Zhu Hao then ordered the whole army to press, and it was necessary to leave Oda Nobunaga, the 30,000 horses out of the city, all outside the city.
With Zhu Hao's order, under the siege of all the Ming troops and the superior forces, the more than 10,000 people sent by Oda Nobunaga to the city only lasted for about an hour, and most of them were surrounded and annihilated by the Ming people, and the rest were captured alive by the Ming army.
With the smooth end of this battle, Zhu Hao originally thought that Oda Nobunaga had something to do, but the heart that had been hanging was finally put down.
However, this made Zhu Hao even more puzzled and confused about Oda Nobunaga's attack in the form of death.
Just when Zhu Hao was thinking about the purpose of Oda Nobunaga's attack, Xu Chu was interrogating, and those captured Wajima soldiers learned of Oda Nobunaga's insidious intentions, and he immediately did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported to Zhu Hao.
After Zhu Hao heard Xu Chu's report, he immediately looked angry and snorted coldly:
"This inhumane guy, this king shouldn't have thrown him into the sea in the first place, but should have been directly executed!"
"If this king is directly executed, this bastard will not have so many innocent deaths!"
Xu Chu listened to Zhu Hao's sigh, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort:
"Your Highness, you don't have to be sad about this villain, as long as you give an order, the last general will immediately directly capture this lonely city, and bring that bastard to His Highness to make amends!"
"Besides, our entire army has already had cowpox, and we will not be infected by the plague again, so why should Your Highness be angry because of this, wouldn't it be worth it if you hurt your body?"
Zhu Hao listened to Xu Chu's words, bowed slightly, and smiled at Xu Chu:
"General Xu has a heart, it's rare that you, a person in the army, can be so careful!"
"But don't worry!"
"This king won't let these small people hurt their bodies!"
"As for what you just said, attacking on all fronts, this king thinks that this is not the time at this moment!"
"The lives of my Ming soldiers are far more precious than these Japanese slaves, and this king doesn't want us soldiers to have unnecessary casualties!"
"Otherwise, this king would not have withdrawn the army to the country!"
Xu Chu listened to Zhu Hao's words, bowed slightly and said:
"Your Highness, attaching so much importance to the life and death of soldiers is really a blessing for the last general!"
"But what should our army do now?"
"Do you want to stay here?"
Zhu Hao listened to Xu Chu's words, and said with a slight bow:
"Yes, as long as our army is stationed here and the other party feels the pressure, they will mess with themselves!"
"That Oda Nobunaga, who killed Tokugawa Iemitsu and seized power, can be seen that these Japanese slaves will not unite them under external pressure, but will be more panicked!"
"As long as we wait until the other party is in chaos, we will attack again, and then we can get rid of these centaurs with the least casualties!"
After listening to Zhu Hao's words, Xu Chu bowed slightly, bowed and said:
"The last general, His Royal Highness Xie ordered, the last general will be taught!"
When Zhu Hao heard this, he waved his hand and motioned for Xu Chu to step back, ending the conversation between the two.
In fact, Zhu Hao had a sentence just now, which was not spoken, that is, the plague in the city is still spreading, and these people in the city, even if they are united, will be panicked because of the spread of the plague.
Therefore, Zhu Hao's psychology now is to sit and wait for the chaos, and he is not in a hurry to attack him.
Oda Nobunaga in the city, after hearing that all the soldiers and horses attacking the Ming army were wiped out, there was no sadness on his face, but a strange smile leaked, he was fantasizing in his heart at the moment that Zhu Hao's men and horses were all infected with the plague, and he took the opportunity to solve all the Ming army and become a hero written in the history books of Japan, like his ancestors.
In fact, this Oda Nobunaga, the hero of the Warring States period who went down in history with Wajima, Oda Nobunaga, is not a person, the hero who went down in history, Oda Nobunaga is the ancestor of this person.
He had to change his surname in order to get close to the Tokugawa shogunate, but he didn't want to forget the glory of his ancestors, so he changed his surname to Yamada, but changed his original name to Nobunaga.
And after he killed Tokugawa Iemitsu, changing his surname back was only a small-scale matter, so he did not revert to his previous name.
However, people who know the inside story now call him Oda Nobunaga, and he has the same name as the ancestor he worshipped since childhood, and he naturally accepted it very happily, so Oda Nobunaga's name was called.
With the two commanders holding their troops still, while the two armies confronted each other, the two were more patient, but compared to Zhu Hao's confidence, Oda Nobunaga was betting that the Ming army would completely collapse in the next second.
But in this gamble, it is true that Zhu Hao, a participant, is the banker, and Oda Nobunaga loses the bet, which is already doomed.
With the passage of time, about half a month later, the time came to the first month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and the new year officially came, with the advancement of the new year, Zhu Hao was already sixteen years old after the New Year, and it was less than a year since he really ruled the world.
And with the advent of the New Year, not only did there be no feeling of joy in Kyoto, but there was an undercurrent surging, and in the capital lord's mansion, news came one after another, making him restless.
First of all, it was the matter of his murder of Tokugawa Iemitsu, which was rumored that some soldiers in the city mutinied, and although they were suppressed, the loss of internal friction made him feel painful.
Then, immediately afterwards, there was another large-scale outbreak of plague in the city, and almost all the people of the entire capital were infected with the disease, and although he controlled it in time, many soldiers still died of the disease.
These two things made him, who originally had more than 40,000 soldiers, have less than 20,000 soldiers and horses at the moment, and the Ming army outside the city is still in full battle, with a posture of "if you dare to go out of the city, I will kill you", there is no panic at all, and the appearance of the outbreak of the plague.
This made Oda Nobunaga, although he didn't know what spell Zhu Hao used to keep the plague from invading the Ming army, but he also understood that this plague seemed to be unable to infect the Ming army outside the city.
After thinking of this, how could Oda Nobunaga sit still, he immediately ordered his soldiers to decide to break out of the city on the fifth day of the first month.
The reason why Oda Nobunaga chose this time is because Wajima has always followed the customs of Middle-earth, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, there is a folk saying of "breaking five", Oda Nobunaga, ready to use this "broken" word, to break through the encirclement of the Ming army in one fell swoop.
"Being a stranger in a foreign country, thinking of relatives every festive season!"
Compared with Oda Nobunaga's restlessness, these two poems are Zhu Hao's heart at this moment, it is another year of New Year, he once again did not reunite with his emperor brother, and the years of conquest made him get together with his family less and more.
On the occasion of the New Year, he couldn't help but think of his brother, remembered Zi Yan at home, and when he thought of them, Zhu Hao couldn't help but hate Oda Nobunaga, if it wasn't for Oda Nobunaga, I'm afraid he would have returned to Beijing in triumph and celebrated the New Year with his family.
Because of this thought, Zhu Hao turned all his thoughts into hatred for Oda Nobunaga, and he decided not to wait, he wanted to immediately send troops to completely solve Oda Nobunaga, and strive to go home to reunite with his family before the Lantern Festival.
Zhu Hao had this thought, and immediately stopped dragging it out, he immediately found Xu Chu and ordered him:
"General Xu, now that the time is ripe, this king has decided to encircle and annihilate these remaining Japanese slaves!"
Zhu Hao said, paused slightly, and then continued to speak:
"Well, this time is set for the fifth son of the first month of the first month, and the offensive will begin!"
Xu Chu listened to Zhu Hao's order, and immediately accepted the order, but then said with some doubts:
"Your Highness, why don't we attack immediately, but wait until the fifth day of the new year?"
Xu Chu is an impatient, such a long siege obviously made him already full of fighting spirit, if it weren't for Zhu Hao's military order, with Xu Chu's temper, he would have launched an attack on all fronts.
Zhu Hao looked at Xu Chu's impatient expression, and said slightly:
"General Xu, this king knows that during this time, you have endured very hard, but just endure it for a few more days!"
"Let them have a good New Year, it is the king's last mercy to these Japanese slaves!"
The reason why Zhu Hao said this is because according to the folk saying, after the fifth day of the new year, the New Year is over.
After Zhu Hao's words were finished, he paused slightly, smiled at Xu Chu and said:
"Besides, this 'fifth day of the first month of the first month' is also known as 'breaking five' among the people, and this king also wants to use this broken word to completely destroy these Japanese slaves!"
Xu Chu knew that Zhu Hao's words were actually half-joking, and Zhu Hao's statement earlier was his true idea of deciding to use soldiers on the fifth day of the junior high school.
With Zhu Hao setting the time for the attack on all fronts, the battle of life and death between the two armies was no longer inevitable, but whether it was Zhu Hao or Oda Nobunaga, no one expected that they would launch an attack on the same day.
This also seems to prove that it is destined in the dark, and only one of the two can exist.
As time passed, it soon came to the night of the fourth day of the first month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and all the generals above the intermediate level of General Zhu Hao gathered into the big tent and said:
"Generals, this expedition to Wajima, so that we could not rush back to reunite with our families on the New Year's Day, this king knows that the generals, as well as his soldiers, miss their relatives at home very much!"
"In this battle, this king hopes that you can make meritorious contributions in one fell swoop, and completely annihilate the remnants of these Japanese slaves, as long as all the soldiers use their lives, this king promises that everyone can go home and gather with your relatives before the Lantern Festival!"
Zhu Hao inspired the whole army with the words "go home and reunite", and suddenly made these soldiers who missed their families have a great increase in morale, and they all thought about Zhu Hao's packing tickets, saying that they must annihilate all the Japanese slaves in this battle.
With the passage of time, the fifth day of the first month of the first year of the Apocalypse, it is the arrival, the three drums sounded, the whole army of the Ming Dynasty was dispatched neatly, and Oda Nobunaga, who was actively mobilizing the whole army at this moment, suddenly heard the drum of the Ming army's three links, and instinctively felt bad.
However, at this moment, he had already mobilized the whole army, and the combat mission had already been issued, and at this moment he was already ready to send an arrow, so he did not change the battle plan, and decisively issued the order to attack.
As the commanders of the two armies issued the battle order at the same time, the two armies met unexpectedly under the capital of Wajima, and after the two armies met under the city, both sides were stunned, and they were surprised to meet each other here.
However, their surprise only appeared for a moment, and the next moment, they all raised their weapons in their hands and slashed at each other mercilessly.
The war began, Oda Nobunaga, was prepared to attack it by surprise, and strive to rush into the blockade of the Ming army in one fell swoop, but I didn't want Zhu Hao, he chose the same day, launched a full-line attack on him, the war began, Oda Nobunaga, knew that today he wanted to break out of the encirclement safely, it was impossible.
Immediately, he shouted loudly, motivating his soldiers, hoping that they could break through the blockade of the Enlightened Army and win him a chance to survive.
As Oda Nobunaga continued, the words of the heavy reward came out, and the entire Wajima soldiers were inspired by the heavy reward and their morale was greatly increased.
Seeing this, Zhu Hao immediately shouted:
"Those who descend will not die, kill Oda Nobunaga and become the new lord of Wajima!"