Chapter Ninety-One: The Upheaval of Higashiminon

After Takeda Shingen got up and left, the retainers of Takeda gradually withdrew from the castle tower. Burning Sky turned his head and glanced at Tokugawa Ieyasu and the others, Tokugawa Ieyasu had already gotten up and immediately came to Honda Tadakatsu's side, and said to Honda Tadakatsu: "Honda-sama is finally safe!" After listening to Burning Sky's words, Honda Tadakatsu patted Burning Sky on the shoulder and said, "Mingshamen became famous in the first battle, but was captured by the enemy in the next battle, I am really ashamed!" ”

At this time, Yasumasa Kamihara walked up to Honda Tadakatsu and said with a smile: "If it weren't for Heihachiro sacrificing his life to save him, it would be even more difficult for me and Xiao Heiji to escape from the pursuit of the Takeda Army." Honda Tadakatsu glanced at Tokugawa Ieyasu in the distance, and then whispered to Kamihara Yasumasa in front of him: "I'm ashamed to be relieved by the troubled lord!" Seeing this, Okubo Tadasa, who was on the side, also bowed his head to Kamihara Yasumasa, and then Kamihara Yasumasa coughed, stood behind Tokugawa Ieyasu, and walked outside the castle tower under the leadership of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu and the others came out of the castle tower, the Takeda family's Ma Hui respectfully handed over the sword and rib cha placed in the corridor to the others. Kanku also took his Taidao and Kazasa, and then followed Tokugawa Ieyasu out of Honmaru under the escort of Yama Prefecture Masakei.

At this time, the outside of the Honmaru was filled with captured Tokugawa samurai, as well as some of the heads of the samurai who had been taken from them. When the samurai saw Tokugawa Ieyasu walking out of the Honmaru, they were all excited, but under the pressure of the samurai of the Takeda family, they didn't dare to make too much noise. When the samurai saw Tokugawa Ieyasu walking in front, they also supported each other and followed Tokugawa Ieyasu to the outside of Futama Castle.

On the way out of the city, Kanku saw that the Takeda army guarding Tokugawa Ieyasu's way out of the city was not hungry at all, so the question of Takeda Shingen's request for 8,000 koku of food from the Tokugawa family came to his mind again. While thinking about Takeda Shingen's intentions, Burning Sky followed Tokugawa Ieyasu and walked towards the outside of Futama Castle. Perhaps it was because the Burning Void was so enchanted that the words Eight Thousand Stones spit out of the Burning Void's mouth.

Yasumasa Kamihara, who was beside the Burning Void, heard the Burning Void muttering the words "Eight Thousand Stones" and "What's the use". When Tokugawa Ieyasu and his samurai were about to walk out of Futama Castle, they whispered to the burning air: "Eight thousand stones will not be able to carry out large-scale operations for the sake of the family for at least a period of time, and it will even cause famine or samurai riots in some areas. ”

After hearing this, it suddenly dawned on Takeda Shingen that Takeda Shingen was holding back the Tokugawa family's troop dispatch time and mobilizing troops, so that the Tokugawa family could not effectively deal with their various actions for a period of time. Looking at the daimyo who was about thirty years old on the side, Burning Sky realized that the difference in vision had a huge impact on the difference in strategy and judgment between the daimyo and the grassroots samurai.

Unconsciously, Burning Sky had followed Tokugawa Ieyasu out of the control of the Takeda Army in Futamata, and broke away from the pressure of the Takeda samurai, and many Tokugawa samurai began to sing the polls of the Mikawa area, and the other part sang the polls of the Toe area, and the excitement and excitement were self-evident. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was the leader, also ordered the samurai to stop and repair after he stepped out of the Takeda Army's field of vision.

This time, there was another local farmer's thatched hut next to it, and the local peasants fled early because of the war, and after Yakora and Honda Tadakatsu drew their knives and entered the thatched hut to search, Tokugawa Ieyasu and others entered the thatched hut. Burning Sky finally witnessed the identity exchange of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Kamihara Yasumasa this time, watching the two of them remove the disguise on their faces, Burning Sky suddenly felt a chill behind him, and he was no longer willing to take a second look, so he lowered his head and began to think about how to make up for his lost soldiers after he ended the support army operation in Yuanjiang.

Watching the two swap identities, Honda Tadakatsu and Okubo Tadasaku excitedly kowtowed to the real Tokugawa Ieyasu and said, "The great favor of the lord is difficult to repay even if he is broken!" Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled and said to the two: "Needless to say, if it weren't for Heihachi and Jiemon sacrificing their lives to save me, I'm afraid I would have become the cornerstone of Takeda Katsuyori's feet now." ”

Then Honda Tadashi suddenly turned to kowtow to the burning sky and said: "This time, because of my unfavorable guards, the lord was captured, thanks to the Mingsha Gate who rescued the lord!" After hearing this, Burning Sky immediately got up and stepped forward to help Honda Tadashi up, bowed his head and saluted back: "Honda-sama, it is not Mikawa Hall that is being saved below, but Kamihara-sama." Yasumasa Kamihara immediately stepped forward to explain the cause and effect to Tadashi Honda and Tadashi Okubo.

After listening to Yasumasa Kamihara's words, Honda Tadakatsu and Okubo Tadasa, bowed their heads and said to the burning sky: "It is also a miracle that Mingshamen can rescue Koheita from the hands of the heir of the Takeda family, and we are ashamed of ourselves. Listening to the praise of the two Tokugawa generals in front of him, he also sighed in his heart that his luck was bursting, he was just on the spot at the beginning, and even the battle plan was decided without much thought when he was inspired, and now he wants to think about it if it is not for Takeda Katsuyori to underestimate the enemy under the big victory, and he estimates that there is no scum left now.

Just as Tokugawa Ieyasu walked out of the thatched hut and was about to say something to the Tokugawa samurai. Burning the sky turned his head to find Fushiwa Akijiro beating horses from the direction of Hamamatsu Castle in the distance, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was facing away from the burning sky, also noticed the sound of rapid horses' hooves, and the samurai looked in the direction of Fushiba Akijiro who was beating horses. There was a sudden sense of foreboding at the head of the burning hollow, could it be Iwamura Castle in Higashimino?

Suddenly, the heart of the burning air twitched, and he greeted Fushiwa Mingjiro. Fushiwa Akijiro restrained the war horse in front of the Burning Sky, jumped off the horse, and half-knelt down to the Burning Sky and said: "My lord, there is news from Gifu Castle that Iwamura Castle has fallen to Akiyama Yunobu, and half of the Shimura and the samurai of the main family have betrayed the family and thrown themselves into Takeda, and His Royal Highness Nobunaga ordered Lord Sakuma to immediately lead the army back to protect Gifu!" Sakuma-sama-sama sent me to report the news to His Highness Mikawa and the lord! ”

After hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu's face suddenly turned pale, and beads of sweat began to ooze from his face, and then he raised his head to the sky and said, "Isn't the Hachiman god no longer caring for Oda and Tokugawa?" After calming down for a short time, Burning Sky bowed his head to Tokugawa Ieyasu and said: "Mikawa Palace, if it is a last resort, please also ask His Highness Mikawa to shrink the defense line, whether it is for the Tokugawa family or for the own family, His Highness Mikawa must fight to survive, and it is better to live in troubled times than anything else!" ”

After listening to Burning Sky's words, Tokugawa Ieyasu glanced at Burning Sky with an unusually determined gaze, and after a few breaths, he said to Burning Sky and the samurai, "I must go back soon!" The samurai of the Tokugawa family obeyed the order and marched to Hamamatsu Castle with the samurai of the Tokugawa family who had been honorably sacrificed and the indelible spirit of Tokugawa! Let's go! ”

After hearing Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, the Tokugawa samurai, who learned that the Oda family was in trouble, got up and quickly fixed their straw sandals, checked the cart carrying the heads of their comrades, and then followed Tokugawa Ieyasu who rushed out on horseback, and rushed desperately towards Hamamatsu Castle.