Chapter Eighty-Nine: Takeda Katsuyori

Tokugawa Ieyasu and his entourage of twenty-five people rode towards Futamatata Castle in the frost of the cold winter morning, and although Hamamatsu Castle and Futamatata Castle were not far apart, the cold wind howling in the early morning was really unbearable. Tokugawa Ieyasu was also halfway through the march and ordered everyone to light a fire for a while to rest and make it easier.

After listening to the order, Yasumasa Kamihara took the lead in dismounting, and then came to the side of the burning sky to help the burning sky who was struggling to dismount. When Tokugawa Ieyasu on the side saw it, he also walked up quickly to the burning sky who bowed his head and said: "I remember all the contributions made by Mingshamen to my family, and this trip is really troublesome!" After listening to Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, Burning Sky hurriedly responded: "It is an honor to be able to serve His Royal Highness Mikawa, how can I bother to say it!" ”

Then Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered to the accompanying flag team: "You wait to go around and defend it, I will discuss the military situation with Koheita and others!" After hearing the order, the accompanying Qiben team immediately scattered, holding the sword in their hands and observing around.

Seeing this, Burning Sky realized that this was an opportunity for Tokugawa Ieyasu and Kamihara Yasumasa to exchange identities, so he followed Tokugawa Ieyasu to the snow forest next to the road. After entering the snow forest, Tokugawa Ieyasu said to Ishikawa Shumasa, Naito Masari, and Kanku: "You three go to guard nearby, pay attention to your step, and act carefully!" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky and Ishikawa Shumasa and Naito Masari glanced at each other, and the three of them walked towards different discoveries. Although the snow in the forest is not very thick, it forms a thin layer of ice on the snow, and it is very slippery when walking. Tokugawa Ieyasu's words "pay attention to your step" turned out to be the meaning, and I was quite moved when I thought of this.

After walking around with the sword, he heard Tokugawa Ieyasu say loudly to the three guards, "I've already decided, don't say any more!" At this time, Burning Sky turned around just in time to see Tokugawa Ieyasu and Kamihara Yasumasa walking out from behind, Ishikawa Shumasa and Naito Masari, who were guarding on the side, also looked behind them when they heard the sound, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was wearing Tokugawa Aoi pattern, waved his hand at the three people, signaling the three guards to come back and assemble.

Burning Sky carefully came to Tokugawa Ieyasu's side with a sword, looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had no obvious difference, and then looked at Kamihara Yasumasa on the side, and his heart was not very spectrum. At this time, Ishikawa Shu was facing Tokugawa Ieyasu and said, "My lord, it's not early, I'd better hurry up and go to Futamata!" After hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu glanced at Kamihara Yasumasa, and then said to the four of them: "Gather the flag and go to Futama Castle quickly!" (PS: At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Kamihara Yasumasa have swapped identities)

After that, everyone once again embarked on the road to Futama Castle, and rushed directly to Futamatata Castle in one go. The Takeda Army under Futama Castle saw an unknown force coming from afar, and immediately became vigilant. Burning the Sky followed behind Kanhara Yasumasa, and saw the Takeda Army under Futama Castle in front of him moving, turned his head to look at Ishikawa Shumasa and Naito Masari on the side, and saw that the two had no unnecessary reaction, so Burning Sky himself pretended to be calm, and followed everyone to stop outside the range of the Takeda Army's iron cannons and bows.

When the Takeda army saw that the comers had stopped, they sent a samurai to Tokugawa Ieyasu and the others and asked, "Are you waiting for the Tokugawa envoy?" At this time, Ishikawa Shumasa and Naito Masari stepped forward and said to the Takeda samurai: "I am the envoy of the Tokugawa family, and this is the head of the family!" After hearing this, the Takeda samurai said a few words to the two of them, and then walked towards the army.

Burning Sky looked at the Takeda army under Futama Castle and found that except for a few elite samurai, there were basically samurai and ashigaru, and there were also some peasant soldiers repairing the castle walls. Yasumasa Kamihara was also looking around at the enemy's arrangement, and he saw that there were still words in his mouth. Ishikawa Shumasa and Naito Masari were in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu and watched the movement in the Takeda army.

Soon after, a group of samurai on horseback came out of the Takeda army, led by a man who was dressed naked, and he could guess who it was without thinking about it. Yama Prefecture Changjing walked up to Naito Masari and Ishikawa Shumasa, and said to the two: "The lord has an order, and he will be sent down to guide the way for the Three Rivers Temple." Saying that, Masaki of Bashan County bowed his head to Tokugawa Ieyasu on the horse, and then turned his horse's head to guide Tokugawa Ieyasu and his party.

The Akabi horseback samurai behind him also scattered around Tokugawa Ieyasu and his party at the moment when Yama Yama Masakatsu's words fell, and Naito Masanari was about to reprimand Yamaprefecture Masakai for his rudeness, but was stopped by Kamihara Yasumasa. Yasumasa Kamihara pressed Naito's shoulder and said to Naito Masari: "Lord Naito, don't be reckless!" After hearing this, Naito Masanari immediately closed his open mouth and followed Yama Yama Masakai towards Futamata.

The layers of garrisons of the Takeda family inside and outside Futama Castle really made the Takeda family feel a little uneasy, and these warriors of the Takeda family and Ashigaru suddenly changed color after seeing the burning of a monk's robe behind Tokugawa Ieyasu, and various expressions appeared on the face of the Takeda army. Burning Sky immediately watched the change in Takeda Jun's expression, and there was a trace of pride in his heart, and his body was inadvertently straight.

After passing through layers of Takeda troops, Tokugawa Ieyasu and his entourage finally followed Yamaprefecture Masakai to Honmaru in Futamata. Yama Yama Masakai stopped Ma in front of Honmaru and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu and his party behind him: "Mikawaden, let's get off here!" Burning Sky listened to the words of Shan County Changjing, and pretended to get off the horse easily. At this time, Yasumasa Kamihara, who was beside him, suddenly said to the burning sky: "After entering the castle tower, you can just see the opportunity to act!" ”

After listening to Yasumasa Kamihara's words, Burning Sky pretended to arrange his monk's robes, as if Yasumasa Kamihara was just passing by himself. Naturally, the flag team could not enter the Honmaru, so Tokugawa Ieyasu took Yasumasa Kamihara, Ishikawa Shumasa, Naito Masari and the four people of Burning Sky into the Honmaru.

Futamataki Honmaru was full of warriors from the Takeda family, and some of them saw Tokugawa Ieyasu enter Honmaru and began to stare at the four people behind Tokugawa Ieyasu, and sure enough, among the four they found the Burning Sky wearing monk's robes. Burning Sky followed Tokugawa Ieyasu into Honmaru, and in an instant, he felt that the eyes around him were basically focused on him. Burning Sky looked up at the surrounding circle of "wild wolves" with green lights in their eyes, took off the Buddhist beads on their wrists and held them in their hands, pretending to be relaxed in front of all the Takeda warriors.

Seeing this, the eyes of the Takeda samurai were furious, and some of the samurai even held the hilt of the sword at their waist with their hands. At this time, a young samurai dressed in a gorgeous Takeda rhombic pattern haori in front of the castle tower said to Tokugawa Ieyasu, "Lord Mikawa, don't come unharmed! Tokugawa Ieyasu glanced up at the samurai in front of him, and then said to him, "Suwa Shiro is worthy of being the leader of the younger generation of the Takeda family, and if it weren't for Katsuyori-sama's negligence that day, I would have become a prisoner of Katsuyori-sama." ”

After listening to Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, Takeda Katsuyori glanced at the burning sky who was following Tokugawa Ieyasu, and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu without changing his face: "The lord is waiting in the castle tower, Mikawa-sama should enter the castle tower quickly!" With that, Takeda Katsuyori bowed to Tokugawa Ieyasu and walked towards the castle tower. At this time, the Takeda Ma Hui who were guarding in front of the castle tower also stepped forward and respectfully removed all the swords and ribs of the five people, including Tokugawa Ieyasu, and placed them in front of the corridor of the castle tower one by one.