39, need a little spirit (II)

The "Dragonfly Cut" in Honda Tadakatsu's hand was able to withstand the "Shura's Fury", and the fierce competition between the two weapons made a piercing "squeak" sound. Because the river blockage made it impossible for the war horses to impact each other, the two fell into a confrontation of forces as soon as they came up.

"Hey!" Shinhachiro put his arms together and pressed the huge blade of "Shura's Fury" towards Honda Tadakatsu's neck little by little, and the inertia of the leap into the river just now had given him a slight advantage in strength. Honda's marksmanship is even more weird than him, so he doesn't plan to change the way he currently fights.

Honda Tadashi is also a famous general who has not tasted defeat in the eastern country, as can be seen from the fact that he has not suffered any major injuries in more than 100 battles. However, just like the wooden spear of "Dragonfly Cut", no matter how sharp it is, it cannot compete with the weight of the pure iron monster of "Shura's Wrath", and the one who uses this monster weapon is also a "monster", and Honda Tadakatsu cannot win in strength.

Shinhachiro clenched his teeth, he wasn't an easy opponent to win in front of him. However, such an opponent makes the blood around the body burn even more, which seems to be the true meaning of life! His arms pressed down harder, and his legs were already clamping tightly around the horse's belly.

The half-covered iron mask can certainly hide Honda's expression of loyalty, but even the most dull person can distinguish between advantages and disadvantages in this kind of static confrontation without fancy. A bead of sweat dripped down the edge of the mask, and Honda's arms trembled violently.

The circumstances of life are really impermanent, and the feelings that Honda Tadakatsu gave to Naito Harumasa just now did not expect to return to himself so soon.

"Open!" After all, Honda Tadakatsu was a battle-hardened samurai who knew when to hold on and when to give up. I saw that he "raised fire and burned the sky" and instantly turned into "Su Qin's back sword", and unloaded the opponent's offensive diagonally.

This is a trick that is often used when the samurai are in a stalemate, but at the same time it requires a considerable level of skill. However, under normal circumstances, the use of this move would be accompanied by the war horse moving forward, but at the moment, Honda Tadakatsu in the river obviously does not have such conditions, in other words, he is using this move purely with his own skills.

Shinhachiro's eyes lit up, and he slashed the gun downward. Because of the serious consequences of the lack of use in this move, the "Shura's Fury" flashed with a cold blade and slashed straight at Honda Tadashikatsu's fingers.

At this time, a sneer hung on Honda Tadakatsu's face that should have been earthy, and the green tendons on his hands suddenly exerted force and suddenly let go, that is, between this collection and release, the barrel of the "Dragonfly Cut" gun bent abruptly and then collapsed, and the attack of "Shura's Fury" was bounced off at the last moment.

"Huh~~!" Shinhachiro was slightly stunned by such a result, and the blow that he thought was foolproof actually missed.

"Look at the guns!" Honda Tadakatsu, who had already calculated, didn't wait for him to react, and stabbed Shinhachiro in the chest again.

"Good!" Shinhachiro blocked at the same time, Tima moved forward and moved closer to his opponent, and the gun in his hand swept Honda Tadashikatsu's waist. "Shura's Fury" was already shorter than "Dragonfly Cut", and the huge sword-shaped spearhead was also more conducive to close combat, and now that the two were so close, his advantage was even more obvious.

Honda Tadakatsu blocked the blow with his gun in his hand, and it seemed like he was in a hurry. It's no wonder, indeed, that the "dragonfly cut" seems a little too long, and that it's in such an inconvenient river. But just as we were secretly relieved on the shore, something happened suddenly.

Honda Tadashi twisted and pulled the handle, and the "dragonfly cut" became two rods in his hand, and the middle was connected by an iron chain, and the lower half of the gun continued its original work, and the upper section of the "short gun" Huo Ran stabbed out. "Die!" In the middle of the sneer, Honda Tadakatsu stabbed Shinhachiro in the throat.

"Ah~!" I don't know how many people on the shore exclaimed, but I shouted anyway. But halfway through the shouting, it stopped abruptly, and Mu Dengden looked at all this in front of him.

Honda Tadakatsu himself couldn't believe it, and when he looked down at his chest, he really couldn't believe that such a thing could happen. There, the huge blade of the "Shura's Fury" pierced deeply, and I was afraid that many of them would come out from behind, but it was not so important to him at the moment, because the blood was gushing out like a stream along the murder weapon, flowing to the surface of the river and spreading into a large area.

He looked again, and the tip of the Dragonfly Cut was lonely in mid-air, and the target was standing in the river in front of his horse.

"Remember? You've used this trick in front of me! Shinhachiro smiled and twisted the barrel of the gun in his hand as he said this, and the wound on Honda Tadashikatsu's chest became even bigger. Do you know why I tried so hard that I couldn't shoot you down? Because my feet have long since left the stirrups, and they were prepared for this trick of yours. If you have an afterlife, you must remember that if there is any 'trick', don't let me see it! ”

I don't know if Honda Tadakatsu regretted it at the last moment, because his body had fallen backwards due to the withdrawal of "Shura's Fury", and the huge weight made the river pop and slowly float up again.

"Quick, get a few people to get him up!" I shouted to the guards who were still fluttering around me, and immediately a few of them jumped off their horses and went down into the river.

"Lord, I did a good job this time!" Shinhachiro walked up with the "Shura's Wrath" on his shoulder, and his war horse consciously followed.

"Good! Very good...... I'm going to give you a big credit! I said yes, but my eyes were fixed on the river where the body of Tadashi Honda was being recovered.

Honda Tadakatsu was carried up, and water was still dripping out of his armor, because his helmet had fallen off his horse just now, and his eyes widened on his pale face with excessive blood loss, and he seemed so persistent and unwilling.

"Good...... Very good......" I muttered and circled around his corpse twice, then stood on my feet and commanded Sakurai Sakichi, "Wipe all the armor off his body like brand new." The remains should also be sorted out, and there should be no unclean places! ”

"Yes!" Sakurai Sakichi immediately replied, but couldn't help but ask, "And then?" ”

"And then? And then, naturally, send it back to the Tokugawa army! I pointed to Honda Tadakatsu and said, "Find a large gate and carry him, along with his spear, horse, and helmet." It's just that this wound should not be moved, and everyone must see that there is only this wound on his body. In addition, I would like to make it clear to the people of Tokugawa that we have searched for many things and have not found the horse seal of Honda-sama, so this must be said in public! ”

The team began to march again, but Ikeda did not return immediately. "Coming to fight with the heart of death, Honda Tadakatsu deserves to be a true samurai, and he deserves such a courtesy!"

"Huh?" I squinted at him.

"What, is there anything wrong with what I said?" He was a little hairy at my sight.

"Sango, what do you say!" Instead of answering him that question, I asked Sango.

"Honda Tadakatsu came to attack His Highness with an 'unknown' identity, but His Highness felt his righteousness and bravery, and ordered his generals to fight with him alone and fairly!" Coral rode his horse and looked back, smiling with a hint of sarcasm. "Although the warriors of the Three Rivers are brave and fearless, their actions are not necessarily upright. As for the respect for the concept of samurai, Tokugawa Ieyasu is definitely not as good as His Royal Highness, it is really too petty! ”

I glanced at Ikeda again.

"You're so ......," Ikeda was dumbfounded.

"How's that?"

"It's so weird!" He muttered, "It's so weird that you think about it all day long!" You, Tokugawa Ieyasu, 'Monkey', you guys are weird. It wasn't like that back then! ”

I continued without any further disturbances, and arrived at Okazaki Castle safely. Because Okazaki's location is quite close to the border of Owari, we arrived around 11 a.m., just in time for the final scene of the castle break.

The Tokugawa banners at the head of Okazaki Castle were falling one after another, but the battle was not over, and there were some samurai without helmets and light armor, wielding swords and slashing at the recalcitrant Tokugawa soldiers. Some samurai in the same costume were still climbing up the city at a rapid pace, and it could be seen that these people were quite brave and tenacious (savage).

"This is your Shimazu samurai, right?" I asked softly.

"Hmm......" Coral nodded slightly.

"How many of you are such brave warriors?" I'm a little curious.

"Over the years, there have been less than a thousand outstanding disciples recruited from the Body House Stream and the Manifestation Stream!"

"A thousand people ......" I calculated in my mind, and a thousand people can already play a key role in many times. I also seem to have a reserve force that can form such a force, and I don't know what happened to the children of the retainers and orphans that Nobutsuna Ueizumi trained for me in Sakai Town, so I should take good care of it when I go back this time.

The gates of Okazaki Castle were slowly opened, and thousands of troops gathered around it swarmed in, and the shouts of killing in the city were not very intense, and most of the living forces of the defenders were consumed on the city.

"Meet His Highness Da Nayan!" Takayama Shigetomo and Nakagawa Kiyohide, who had been freed up, rushed over.

"The two Highnesses have worked hard!" I soothed it with a pleasant face.

"Thanks to His Highness Shimazu's timely assistance and heroic battle, this was able to take Okazaki so quickly!" Nakagawa Kiyohide felt slightly embarrassed.

"Are the defenders completely routed?" I thoughtfully skipped this question.

"Torii Mototada, Naito Parents, Naito Motocho, Matsudaira Ietada, Sano Tsunamasa, etc., have all been courted, and His Royal Highness can be invited to the city for dinner later!" Takayama Shigetomo arrives.

"I won't enter Okazaki Castle, and the army will immediately move into Nagashino Castle!" I beckoned to the two of them and said, "Please come as soon as possible, my Highnesses will be able to wait in front!" ”