Chapter 004: After the Tiger's Death
Takeda Shingen died of illness, some people say it is tuberculosis, some people say it is stomach cancer, anyway, no matter what, the world-famous Kai Tiger Takeda Shingen died, he died, except for the Ashikaga general who invited him to Shangluo to crusade against Oda Nobunaga and the retainers of the Takeda family were a little sad, most people are still very happy, after all, there is an important competitor missing, can you not be happy? Three of these people are the coolest, Tokugawa Ieyasu, needless to say, the damn dead tiger scared Lao Tzu so much that he on horseback, and it was best to die. Oda Nobunaga, you said that he was the one who was about to be crusaded by the tiger, can the tiger be unhappy if he dies? There is also a person named Uesugi Kenshin (this person is very interesting, he will definitely pull it in the future), so cool that he cried for three days and three nights, Uesugi Kenshin's territory is in Echigo (place name), known as the dragon of Echigo, and he must be a relatively ** person who can have this title, but he is adjacent to the territory of Kai Tiger Takeda Shingen, which is interesting, the dragon and tiger compete, the two of them cut each other five times in the place of Nakagawa Island, and no one hacked anyone, it can be said that Uesugi Kenshin admires this opponent very much, so as soon as the tiger died, he cried, What to say about losing the most important opponent in life. I think there's a bit of a genuine feeling about that.
Takeda Shingen died, he was very unhappy before he died, and he was about to become the most awesome man in the world, so he didn't give him a chance. So he gave his hope to the next generation: Katsuyori Takeda, and it is clear that this somewhat silly name hints at the ending, Tiger Father Inuko (much better than the stupid Imagawa clan). At least he has the ** and hard power to dominate, but the soft power is lacking.
In 1575, two years after the tiger's death, Takeda Katsuyori decided to carry on his father's will and kill Oda Nobunaga. But I feel that I don't have my father's bullishness, and I haven't done anything bullish in person, and the most important thing is to serve the public, the person who follows the tiger is definitely not a domestic cat, at least a jackal-level person, in order to convince this group of jackal-like ancestors and relict him, Takeda Katsuyori decided to take Tokugawa Ieyasu to operate first, Liwei! So he personally led a large army to attack Nagajo Castle, which was defended by only 500 men. The lord of Nagajo Castle was Okuhei Masanobu (Ieyasu's son-in-law), and there was also a man in the castle named Torii Qiangemon (the name is really annoying). The Warring States period was coming to an end in 1575, and by this time the main force on the battlefield had changed from ashigaru samurai and cavalry to shotgun and mounted rifle teams, and in short, firearms began to be used on the battlefield on a large scale...... And the Takeda family has always liked to charge with cavalry and dislike guns (from this point of view, the Takeda family is still a pure man, and likes the pleasure of riding a horse and cutting people), which lags behind the historical trend......
Some people say that Takeda Katsuyori is very vegetable, I don't think so, although he is not a famous general of his father's level, but he is also a brave general with a bit of brains, and he deliberately chose to attack in the rainy season in order to weaken the power of Tokugawa Oda's shotgun (in those days, once it rained, the shotgun was basically useless). Originally, it would have been easier to capture Nagajo Castle defended by 500 people with the strength of the Takeda family, but he overlooked one thing, Mikawa Soul! This thing may not have a particularly large kicker effect when attacking, but it is definitely a nightmare when defending the city. At this time, I have to mention the representative of the soul of Mikawa, Torii Qiangemon, what is the most important thing when defending the city? Morale! What does morale come from? I firmly believe that reinforcements will come! Will reinforcements come? This required someone to bring news of reinforcements to boost morale, so Torii Qiangemon escaped from the castle in search of news while it was dark, and luckily he met the lord Tokugawa Ieyasu and the army of the Oda Tokugawa Alliance. At that time, Tokugawa Oda advised Torii Qiangemon to stay and not return to Najo Castle alone, it would be too dangerous, but Torii Qiangemon refused, his mission was not completed, and he wanted to send a message to the Mikawa soldiers who were still defending the castle. Torii Qiangemon is not good-looking, and he is a little fat, you can get away with it once, but it would be an insult to Takeda's IQ to let you get away with it again...... So he was captured by Takeda's army outside Nagajo Castle.
When I knew that Oda Tokugawa's coalition was coming, I thought that Takeda Katsuyori should know that he was unlikely to win, but if he withdrew his troops at this time, the morale of the army would not be a big problem, and his personal prestige would definitely be swept away by those jackal-like retainers, and it was obvious that Takeda Katsuyori didn't want to let his face be swept away. So he chose to gamble, betting that he could take down Nagajo Castle before the Tokugawa-Oda coalition arrived, I think if it was a normal environment replaced by a normal person, such as his father Takeda Shingen would definitely withdraw his troops at this time, and bet? Is the probability of winning a bet less than 3%? But Katsuyori Takeda had no choice, and he chose the latter between the fate of his country and his personal future.
So he began to intensify the siege of the city, and began to rebel against the Torii strong right emon, he also understood that the faith of the Mikawa people was a bit awesome, and only by first dismantling their faith, and the Torii strong right emon was the breakthrough. "If you shout to the people in the city: reinforcements will not come. I will spare your life and reuse you. Otherwise, you will die," Takeda Katsuyori said to Strongemon Torii, who was tied to the execution rack. "Okay I shout"
So Takeda Katsuyori ordered the execution rack to be pushed in front of the military formation. "Guys in the city, listen up, Torii Qiangemon is here!" "Please hold on a little longer! The army of the lord! And Oda-sama's army will definitely come, and they will definitely come to our rescue! “
, I can't let this dead fat man talk anymore, and I still have a fart, Takeda Katsuyori has a feeling of being deceived, so he ordered Torii Qiangemon to be chopped into meat sauce...... "Everyone, I'll go first, it's a pity that I can't see victory......
If I'm not mistaken, 200 years ago in Nanchang, Hongdu, Jiangxi, a scholar did the same thing, his name was Zhang Ziming, facing Chen Youliang's butcher's knife, and used his life to deliver the news of reinforcements. I have always admired such people, they can be prosperous and rich, but they still choose to die. I think this kind of thing is very awesome, this thing is called the festival in China, bushido in Japan, and the soul of the three rivers in Mikawa!
I don't know if it moved the heavens, but it didn't rain on the day that was supposed to rain, so the power of the shotgun was fully exerted. The Takeda family was quickly overwhelmed by reinforcements arriving in the house...... Since then, the Takeda family has begun to decline, and there is no one in the whole world who can confront the Oda family, and the Tokugawa-Oda Alliance has also moved from the initial equal relationship to subordination. The world tends to be unified. By the way, three of the four very awesome people that Takeda Shingen left behind to his son died in this battle, and I don't know if this is good news for Takeda Katsuyori.
This person, once rich, often forgets the poor and lowly friends, and the Oda Tokugawa Alliance, which was very weak back then, must not have thought of the current situation. The Tokugawa family is a few points better than the original, but the Oda family is dozens of points better than the original...... So the contradiction naturally arises.