Chapter 802: Chase and Flee (2)
From Mikatahara to Suruga, even a rapid march would have taken 2 or 3 days, not to mention the Oda army, which was following closely. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Although the Takeda Army can get a little respite after nightfall, it is only a little, because even if the Oda Army stops pursuing, the Takeda Army will not be able to escape too far, after all, they are also human beings and need to rest. But......
"As long as the lord escapes back to Suruga...... There will be a chance for this family to ......," thought a letter dragon and the others.
Yes, Takeda Shingen had already evacuated first, and at the same time completely dispersed the troops, either from Nimata Castle and Tenkata Castle to Shinano, or retreated to Suruga by the same route. Takeda Shingen knew that even if he fled back to Suruga, if all the current more than 30,000 troops were left in Enoe, then the Takeda family would still perish.
Although in this way, the Takeda army that scattered and fled in all directions was estimated to be defeated in an instant once they encountered the Oda army, but at least, those who were not caught up were able to return to the territory of the Takeda family safely.
Another day passed, and Takeda Shingen looked into the distance, and asked with a calm expression, "Where is the front?" Ever since the defeat, his expression had remained so calm, even when he heard the news that all four of his ministers had been killed.
"Lord, go a little further and you'll be in Kakechuan City!" Muto Masayuki replied a little tiredly.
Since they began to retreat, they had barely rested, and when they did, they couldn't sleep well. Because any wind and grass will wake them up from their nightmare.
"So, move on." Hearing the news, Takeda Shingen's expression was still joyless and sad.
"Yes!" More than 100 people around responded in unison, among them, there were banners, small surnames, and a few retainers who followed Takeda Shingen. In order to speed things up, Takeda Shingen completely abandoned all the infantry and withdrew in small units of pure cavalry. This sounds unsafe, but now it seems that it is undoubtedly a very good choice, because at this time, the nearest Oda army is also more than half a day away.
It's just that everyone has just advanced less than 100 meters, and suddenly saw a person and a rider appear at the end of the road, and in an instant, the faces of Muto Masayuki and others changed, and a Shinlong and Takeda Shinren directly stood in front of Takeda Shingen.
Yoshinobu Oda! Although most of the people in the Takeda family had never seen him, the white clothes, as well as the odd-shaped weapons and the huge black horse, all indicated the identity of the other party.
"Did you really catch up? It's really ......" Takeda Shingen looked at Oda Yoshinobu and shook his head and sighed, his tone was a little surprised, a little doubtful, but there was no shock and panic that should have appeared.
"Haha~ I think you're His Royal Highness Takeda, right? I really didn't expect you to really plan to go to Suruga~" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Takeda Shingen and laughed, and Kuromaru under his crotch slowly walked over to Takeda and his party, it seems that the more than 100 people in the Takeda Army are completely non-existent for Oda Yoshinobu.
It's just that although there are more than 100 people in the Takeda family over there, except for Takeda Shingen, everyone has a panic and desperate expression on their faces after seeing Oda Yoshinobu move towards their side, as if they are not facing Oda Yoshinobu alone, but a huge army.
Suddenly, one person rushed out, "Oda Yoshinobu!" Go to hell! ”
"Akiyama-sama! Come back!! Seeing this, Muto Masayuki hurriedly shouted.
"Huh!" A flash of lightning flashed, and the man was cut in two.
"Akiyama-sama!"
"Faithful friends!"
Seeing this, the Takeda army shouted in surprise, and Takeda Shingen, who had always been calm, couldn't help but show a shocked expression, and then, he looked as if he had done a trivial thing, ignored Akiyama Shintomo's body, and continued to slowly drive towards Takeda Shingen.
"Is this the martial arts who is known as Shura, the unparalleled sword saint in the world? Sure enough, it's the same as the legend, it's similar to a demon......" Takeda Shingen sighed, he suddenly understood where he lost this war, or rather, he had seen through Shimazuo's thoughts very early, but he didn't believe that Oda Yoshinobu could defeat the strongest army under his command with just a few people.
"The time to single-handedly change the war is long gone." Takeda Shingen heard such a sentence when he was very young, and it is also a sentence that he will remember all his life. It's just that now, behind this sentence, the sentence that Takeda Shingen had long forgotten resurfaced in his mind.
"After all, no one in this world can do it against a thousand."
"And what if someone could do it?" Shingen Takeda had never thought about it, but now, he didn't need to think about it, because the answer was obvious.
"Your Highness Takeda, surrender, with your wisdom, it is not difficult to imagine that the current Takeda family has lost the qualification to become a chess player." Oda Yoshinobu looked at Takeda Shingen and said in a deep voice.
As soon as these words came out, they immediately provoked everyone's angry scolding, "Bastard! Don't be disrespectful to your lord! In their opinion, Oda Yoshinobu's words are undoubtedly an insult to Takeda Shingen, after all, as a generation of heroes, how can he submit to the Oda family?
But Muto Masayuki beside Takeda Shingen didn't speak, he just looked at Oda Yoshinobu with uncertain eyes, and then at Takeda Shingen, and didn't know what he was thinking.
"Oh? Let me submit? Takeda Shingen had a surprised look on his face, and then smiled, "Take me hostage in order to control the Takeda family?" ”
Oda Yoshinobu was not the slightest surprised that Takeda Shingen guessed his thoughts, "That's right, if you want to come to His Royal Highness Takeda, you don't want the Takeda family that you have developed to perish so quickly, right?" ”
"Hehe, that's what I said~" Takeda Shingen chuckled.
Hearing this, everyone looked at Takeda Shingen in disbelief, obviously not believing that his lord seemed to be really considering surrendering. As for everyone's reaction, Takeda Shingen naturally won't fail to see it.
"No, when Oda Yoshinobu catches up with me and waits, the only chance for the family to turn the tables has been lost." Takeda Shingen shook his head, but explained to everyone.
"But no matter how strong Oda Yoshinobu is, there is only one person!!" A letter dragon retorted loudly. He could see that Oda Yoshinobu was strong, but he didn't believe that Oda Yoshinobu still had a way to pursue Takeda Shingen under the obstruction of more than 100 people. As long as Takeda Shingen can return to Suruga or even Kai, then there is still hope for the Takeda family.
A Shin Dragon's voice was very loud, and Oda Yoshinobu in the distance naturally didn't hear it, but he just raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything, just quietly waited for Takeda Shingen's decision.
Shaking his head, Takeda Shingen didn't seem to have any more thoughts of explaining to a Shinryu, he just turned his head and asked in a somewhat curious tone, "His Highness Shura, I don't know how you knew that Zaixia would retreat here?" ”
According to the thinking of ordinary people, Takeda Shingen should have retreated directly from Futamatata Castle to Shinano, although the mountain road is rugged, it is not impossible to walk. And in this way, the Oda army is also more difficult to pursue.
"I don't know, I'm just going to go to Ryuunji Temple to see the tombs of the Imagawa clan and his wife, I heard that you buried them there." Oda Yoshinobu shook his head and said.
Hearing this, Takeda Shingen couldn't help but be stunned, and then suddenly laughed out loud, "Is this the destiny of heaven?" "The laughter seemed to be mocking something.
The others, looking at Shingen Takeda and then at Yoshinobu Oda, then looked at each other, and finally turned into a silent sigh. They knew that the Takeda family was finished, and in fact, they already knew it when the Oda army had been chasing after the defeat of the Mikahara battle.
After all, this time the Takeda family almost emptied their family funds, and in Sanfangyuan alone, although no one counted it, it is casually estimated that the number of people killed in the battle is about to be 20,000.
And the most important thing is that the death of many important ministers such as Yama County Changjing and Baba Nobubo is the most hurtful to the Takeda family. In any era, talent is the most important. And this battle can be said to have directly defeated all the famous generals of the Takeda family, even if Takeda Shingen goes back, will the Takeda family really be able to fight back? No way! Everyone can see that after losing a large number of famous generals, it is already the best ending for the Takeda family to be able to hold the two territories of Shinano and Kai.
And that, it has to be a situation that can only happen after Uesugi and Mori can defeat the Oda family. But with the situation of the Takeda family facing Oda Yoshinobu, even the warriors of the Takeda family, who did not know what strategy, did not think that the Oda family would be defeated, because from this battle, they got a result, Oda Yoshinobu was too strong.
It is true that one person cannot change the war, but what if a thousand enemies plus a group of wolf-like troops? That's how the Takeda family lost, and they didn't think that Maori and Uesugi could be any better than them.
"I agree! The Takeda family will submit to the Oda family, and at the same time, I will also go to Azuchi Castle as a hostage, but I have one request......" Takeda Shingen looked at Oda Yoshinobu and said in a deep voice.
"Will Shinano and Kai be preserved? This matter can only be decided by the elder brother, but I don't think there will be any problems in the future. Oda Yoshinobu said when he heard this.
Just hearing Oda Yoshinobu's words, Takeda Shingen shook his head and said, "This is one of the requirements...... Another request, I want you to take my daughter Ju as a concubine. ”
"Na...... Marriage? Oda Yoshinobu looked at Takeda Shingen strangely, obviously a little surprised by Takeda Shingen's request.
"Not bad! Also, I want you to make Masayuki your retainer! Shingen Takeda said again.
"Are you confused, old man?" After Oda Yoshinobu heard Takeda Shingen's words, he had only one thought. After all, Takeda Shingen not only promised to submit to the Oda family, but also sent his daughter and retainers, isn't this an old fool?
However, Oda Yoshinobu doesn't seem to have any reason to refuse, after all, no matter how you look at it, it's your own advantage. Not to mention anything else, just Muto Masayuki can become his retainer, which is already a lot of money. That's the future Sanada Masayuki, and it also comes with Sanada Yukimura and Sanada Nobuyuki.
Seeing that Oda Yoshinobu did not answer, Takeda Shingen added, "Please rest assured, His Highness Shura, my daughter is only 14 years old this year, and although she is not as beautiful as a country, she is also as beautiful as a flower." ”
"Nima, am I that kind of big pervert?" Oda Yoshinobu came back to his senses when he heard this, and immediately looked at Takeda Shingen speechlessly. But strictly speaking, if Takeda Ju really doesn't look good......
Subsequently, Oda Yoshinobu took Takeda Shingen and his party back the same way, and when they saw Oda Yoshinobu and Takeda Shingen appear in front of him together, everyone was stunned.
"Xingjiu, you lead the Death Gods to protect His Highness Takeda to Atsuchi, and the others, rectify and return to the territory, after a while, maybe we will have to fight Echizen or China." Oda Yoshinobu said lightly, not explaining too much.
"Yes!"
"Oda...... Lord, my subordinates want to return to Jiafei first, and there are still family members of my subordinates there. In addition, the subordinates also need to report the matter to His Royal Highness Takeda and take Princess Kiku over. Muto Masayuki said respectfully. After Takeda Shingen decided to surrender, he directly handed over the position of family governor to Takeda Katsuyori.
"That's nature, Chiyonu, you send a few ninjas to protect Changyuki, and when the time comes, you can also help move things or something." Oda Yoshinobu naturally won't stop this, after all, Muto Masayuki's family naturally includes his two sons.
After Oda Yoshinobu made the arrangements, he left for Suruga alone again, while Shimasaku and others quickly led the troops back to Osaka.
"Is this a win? The Takeda family is surrendered? Matsudaira Ieyasu and Uden Nagasho seem to have failed to accept this reality, but in fact, apart from them, many of the Takeda family's retainers can't accept it. But whether it's acceptable or not, the outcome has been decided.
"My lord! The Takeda family has surrendered to the Oda family! Did you see that? Lord?! The Urinden chief fell to his knees and cried.
A day later, Longyun Temple. At this time, the order for the Takeda family to surrender had not yet reached Suruga, but for Oda Yoshinobu, he was just going to Ryuunji Temple to worship, but it didn't matter if it was an enemy or a friendly army.
"Lord Imagawa, I really didn't expect that you would choose to live and die with the High Heavenly God City, aren't you a little overwhelmed?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at the stone tablet in front of him and said lightly, "But also, after all, Yoshimoto Gong is so good, and when you succeeded to the throne, the situation of the Imagawa family was so bad......"
Speaking of this, Oda Yoshinobu couldn't help but show a self-deprecating smile, "But I really didn't expect that after you knew about this matter, you would still let Fan Yi inherit the position of family governor, in order to protect the Imagawa family?" Moreover, I never imagined that Hayakawa would choose to stay by your side in the end......"
"Hehe, I really can't imagine that I will lose to you in terms of women......" Oda Yoshinobu smiled bitterly.
"But don't worry, Fan Yi is my son, even if I can't admit it, I will take good care of him. And Ryuomaru, I won't snub him, I will take him as a righteous son, and when he grows up, let him start a new Imagawa family again. ”