Takeda Shingen thought that he might not be able to hear the flute tonight, but he didn't want it to come from the same place at the same time.

So, under the order of Takeda Shingen, the personal guard moved the bed table to the familiar place that Takeda Shingen had to go to every day.

Takeda Shingen sat down in the shade of Shiiki, where he could hear the flute most clearly, but quickly stood up again.

"Move the bed table to the left again."

"Huh?"

"People around you probably know that we listen to the flute here every night and move the bed."

"Yes." The personal guard responded, obediently moving the bed table to a young cedar.

"The most taboo carelessness in war. If anyone knew where I heard the flute, they might attack it with an iron cannon during the day, and I might lose my life. There's only one night left, so be careful. ”

There was only one servant waiting on the side, and in order not to disturb Takeda Shingen's Yaxing, the rest hid in the left, right, and back directions. Takeda Shingen gently shook the military fan and closed his eyes slightly. The moonlight became colder and colder, and the valleys, trees, and cities seemed to be immersed in the beautiful sound of the flute of this last night. Perhaps Yoshiyu himself was also crying while playing a touching flute.

The moon hid behind the clouds. For more than 50 years of life, Takeda Shingen remembers vividly. When he was sixteen years old, he fought for the first time, and before he knew it, more than 30 spring and autumn seasons had passed, and the years were like songs.

Suddenly, there was a loud tom noise, as if it was about to crack the valley, the earth, and the river. Takeda Shingen heard a few noises from the place where the bed table had been placed just now, and jumped up violently.

That moment. Takeda Shingen suddenly felt extremely indignant. Tarzan collapsed in front of him and was not depressed. The Yellow River is on the side and is not shocked. In order to cultivate this mentality. Takeda Shingen has worked hard, and he thinks he has indeed reached such a state.

Even when Kawanakajima Uesugi Kenshin entered the main camp, he did not jump up from the bed. But tonight, despite the fact that he had anticipated the possibility of someone shooting at him and had prepared for it, he could not help but panic.

I still haven't cultivated enough! After blaming himself, Takeda Shingen was about to sit back on the bed, but his huge body swayed. A strong numbness runs from the right waist to the feet. He went limp on his knees and fell to the ground.

Takeda Shingen suddenly felt that the wolf was unbearable. He was about to use his right hand to prop himself up when he was suddenly taken aback - his right hand had lost sensation. He felt a strange pain in the back of his head, and the right side of his face slammed straight to the ground.

The subordinate drew his sword and ran towards Takeda Shingen with a loud shout.

"The lord was hit by an iron cannon."

"Bastard, what are you yelling about? It wasn't me who was hit by the iron cannon. It's a guard, go and ......" Takeda Shingen scolded, but his teeth clucked, and his voice finally got lower and lower. His lips spasmed, and he felt drool come out.

He tried to pull himself up with his left hand. But the right half of his body felt as if it had taken root on the ground, and it was very heavy. I was in a hurry. He suddenly felt something in his chest, and he wanted to vomit.

"Wow!" Shingen Takeda finally spit it out. It looked like food, it looked like a black blood clot, and it felt slimy on the left side of his face. Shingen Takeda had to admit that his old illness had relapsed.

This time Shangluo can be described as thoughtful. With the experience of Imagawa Yoshimoto, he was not in a hurry, cautious, and won a great victory in the first battle, seeing that his ambition was about to be realized, but it came to naught in an instant. Could it be that the stars who were robbed of their light by the moonlight were not Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, but themselves? Gotta live! How can you die?

"Don't scream—" Shingen Takeda wanted to shout, but still couldn't speak.

"Don't scream, don't let the enemy find out. Don't even speak. The faint voice made the personal guards who ran over even more frightened.

"The lord has been hit! Quickly report to the young master. ”

"Call the healer! Fast. ”

"Hurry up and move the lord to the military tent."

Under the moonlight, dark shadows came and went, making a mess.

The sound of the flute still floated in the night sky, as if it were about to melt into the night air, but no one here listened to it anymore.

"The lord was hit."

"The sound of that flute is a conspiracy of the enemy."

In the midst of the chaos, the envoy ran madly between the military tents of Shiro Takeda Katsuyori and the important ministers......

At the same time that Takeda Shingen listened to the flute before, Tokugawa Ieyasu in Nagasawayama Castle had been holding his hands into fists for a long time at this time. Behind the bed, Mototada Torii and Yasumasa Kamihara asked questions from time to time, but Tokugawa Ieyasu only responded with "oh, um" and did not answer.

The two of them also unconsciously closed their mouths and were silent in the moonlight. From here, Takeda's camp surrounded Nagasawayama Castle, dim in the faint moonlight. The moonlit enemy forced Tokugawa Ieyasu to make a decision.

In the face of Takeda Shingen's army, Tokugawa Ieyasu himself was powerless. There are all kinds of indications that the Oda reinforcements that made Tokugawa Ieyasu want to penetrate the autumn water are no longer possible; Even the last line of reinforcements that hoped for Uesugi Kenshin was nowhere to be seen, and as for the Imagawa family, there was no response. But Tokugawa Ieyasu was neither wavering nor flustered, and he had gradually matured.

According to his judgment, it should be Yamachiyama Saburo Bingbei Changjing who stayed in the eastern part of Mikawa Province and the border area of Yuanjiang Province after that. This guy will be there to keep a firm eye on the Imagawa family's moves. Moreover, once he saw that the Imagawa family showed signs of pursuing Takeda Shingen, he would undoubtedly block it in order to contain the Imagawa family's army.

As for the Tokugawa family itself, in the face of the attack of the Takeda family, how did the weak Tokugawa army resist? Is it to establish the Pure Land world on earth, or to choose the way of death of the samurai? Tokugawa Ieyasu was thinking about this.

In fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu has long been free of confusion about life and death, and the only thing he needs to think about now is how to die to achieve his ambition. In the silent moonlight, the ghosts of his dead retainers surrounded him, forcing him to rethink.

Natsume Masakayoshi, who died on his behalf, Tadahiro Torii, who died heroically to show that he was not a coward, Tadashi Honda, who was killed in the snow after the defeat, and the young Yasumi Matsudaira, Yonezawa Masanobu, and Naruse Masayoshi...... One by one, they appeared in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes, as if they were pouring out something, and then quietly left. Tokugawa Ieyasu understood what they were trying to say.

"My lord. Don't overthink it. "I can face Takeda Shingen, who is known as the world's number one general, alone. Far from being unfortunate.

"Please understand. Takeda Shingen is the touchstone used by the heavens to temper the lord. ”

At this moment, there was a sudden cannon shot, which almost shattered the night sky. Without waiting for Tokugawa Ieyasu to ask, Yasumasa Kamihara took the lead in standing up.

"Is it the enemy or your own people?" Torii Mototada stood in the moonlight, looking up into the distance.

"It's strange, it's still quiet outside." Kang Zheng said.

Okubo Tadashi tilted his head and walked into the tent puzzled: "The voice just now sounded like an iron cannon. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't answer him, but said softly, "Don't speak." ”

"There was only one shot, and there was no more sound. Probably nothing. ”

"Maybe it's some kind of code. ...... to launch a night raid"

Kang Zheng hurried outside. I'd like to check it out. I don't know what Kang Zheng said, but in the end, I only heard him instruct his subordinates...... Check it out." Someone answered and hurried away.

Nothing happened overnight.

Early the next morning, Mototada Torii came to report that Takeda Shingen had sent an envoy.

"Emissary?" Tokugawa Ieyasu thought for a long time before he asked Mototada, "Who is it?" ”

"Nagashino, the retainer of the Suganuma Izu family, did you repel him?"

When Yuan Zhong said this, he obviously thought that Takeda Shingen was bullying the Texas army and was in a bad situation, so he sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender. Tokugawa Ieyasu did not answer immediately. Instead, he stared at the sky for a long time. Now that this has come to this, what are the messengers for?

"It doesn't hurt to see you. Let him in. ”

"I hope you don't get angry."

"We can kill him at any time. Let him in. ”

Soon. The messenger walked in with a look of surprising deference. It's the old minister of the Suganuma Izu family, and Miao Manxin, who is over the age of six. "Below is the envoy who was recommended to Xin Xuangong by the three parties of the mountain family, and then sent here."

Tokugawa Ieyasu deliberately diverted the topic and said casually: "I heard that Shin Xuan Gong is sick. After hearing this, the other party's face immediately changed slightly.

"I heard that he has tightness in his chest and often vomits blood, has he become so weak because of his long campaign?"

"Zai Xia is not by his side, so I don't know the details. But before I saw him here, he looked good. ”

"What are you doing here?"

"My lord has no contact with the Oping family, I probably don't know the details, please let me tell me carefully."

"You want to say that Okuhei Sadakatsu has surrendered the city?"

"Not bad. Xin Xuangong transferred skilled craftsmen from Kofu, so that all the wells in the city could not produce water, and he was forced to surrender. ”

"So that the well can't produce water?" Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but glance at the messenger again. During the attack on Futamata, the Takeda army used to send rafts under the Tenryu River Dam to cut off the water source, and this time they sent people to dig people underground to cut off the water veins...... Thinking of the endless peculiar tactics of Takeda Shingen Prefecture, Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't feel that his hair stood on end, and finally couldn't help but sigh:

"Xin Xuangong's tactics are really endlessly changing."

"Yes. Therefore, the soldiers who defended the castle pleaded with the monks of Guò Nomanji Temple to Shingenko, hoping to spare the lives of Okuhira Sadakatsu and Matsudaira Yoichiro. In order to achieve his goal, the messenger deliberately changed some facts.

"When?"

"Yesterday."

"How's it going?"

"Xin Xuangong agreed to their request, forced the two into Erdao Castle, and repeatedly persuaded them to follow Jiafu."

"So they went to Takeda?"

The envoy raised his half-white eyebrows and smiled slightly, "No." They would rather die than give in. My master, Suganuma Izu, the Okuhei prison who made the hand, and the Suganuma Punishment Department of Tian Feng interceded for them. ”

"Oh."

But with all their tongues, they refused to give in. Therefore, the three parties of the Yama family decided to exchange them for the hostages of the Takeda family held in your side. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. He had already decided that the Takeda hostages, who had been captured by the Tokugawa family in the battle between the two families, would be useful in this battle, so he secretly sent them back to Okazaki Castle.

"Xin Xuangong agreed to the three-party proposal of the Shan family, and sent you to discuss the exchange of hostages?"

"Exactly."

"If I don't say yes, what will I do?"

When the other party heard this, he immediately changed color. Seeing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately thought, "Something must have happened!" ”

"If that's the case, the contemptible person can only laugh and commit suicide by seppuku."

"Suicide is not your mission. Who are you apologizing? ”

"I was deeply touched by the two imprisoned generals."

"Have you seen those two?"

"Yes. Both of them were deeply moved by the broad-mindedness of Xin Xuangong. Do you want to abandon those two generals who even touched Xin Xuangong? ”

"I didn't say I was going to abandon them."

"The contemptible people also want to ask for the Lord on their behalf. Thank you for your understanding. Especially Matsudaira Yoichiro. Since the age of six when the adult came to Atsuta as a hostage. I'm always there for you. Tokugawa Ieyasu heard this. deliberately stiffened his face: "What you said is not good." If I believe that Xuangong really keeps his promise, I will lead everyone and escort the hostages to Hirose River. As long as Xin Xuangong can do it, I will naturally have no problem. ”

The envoy hung his head weakly: "I will convey the meaning of the Lord to Xin Xuangong. ”

"Okay, let's split up. Yuan Zhong, send off the guest on my behalf. ”

After the two of them went, Tokugawa Ieyasu lowered his head and paced slowly around the bed. This is really strange......

The exchange of hostages soon began.

The hostages on both sides were escorted by more than two thousand horses. Come to the banks of the Hirose River. Yama Shokei has already entered the Okuhei family, and if Takeda Shingen plays a conspiracy, Takeda's main force will immediately come to attack. As a precaution, Tokugawa Ieyasu secretly arranged for a part of the territory to be distributed around to prevent the enemy from raiding.

However, shortly after the exchange of hostages, Tokugawa Ieyasu received a report that a sedan chair had set off from Takeda Shingen's main camp and was hurrying towards Nagashino Castle. Soon, a more accurate report came: there were three palanquins. But instead of entering Nagashino Castle, they headed towards Fenglai Temple in the north......

If there is Takeda Shingen sitting in the sedan chair. Isn't it an obvious retreat? Why did he retreat?

"Don't take it lightly." Tokugawa Ieyasu instructed his people. The Takeda Army may have feigned a retreat and tricked Tokugawa Ieyasu into retreating to Okazaki Castle. They then turned the spearhead to attack. As Tokugawa Ieyasu expected, Yamachiyama Masakei, who remained behind in the Okuhei family, seemed to be busy preparing for the attack.

The day after the hostage exchange.

"I have confidential information to report to your lordship." Matsudaira and Ichiro Tadamasa's subordinate Torii Sanzaemon who was trapped in the Okuhei family came to visit his fellow Torii Mototada.

"Sanzuo, do you want to talk to the lord about defending the city?"

"You can't sue anyone except adults."

"Can't you say it to me?"

"Yes. Please go and tell your adult secret. ”

"It's a mystery. Well, I'll report to you. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu also slept in his uniform while in the army, so he often itched all over his body. He was soaking in hot water at the moment, wiping his back while letting his men look for lice in his clothes.

"Newspaper. The three lefts of the Ao Ping family have to meet the lord alone. ”

Mototada crossed the shoulders of his subordinates, saw Tokugawa Ieyasu's dirty underwear, and said loudly.

"Let him wait." Tokugawa Ieyasu's voice came from behind the door panel, "I'm rubbing my back." ”

"Sanzuo won't even tell me, I must see you."

"Can't even you say that?" Tokugawa Ieyasu exclaimed, "Sanzuo comes in." ”

Sanzaemon cautiously came to the back of the door panel.

"What the hell is the matter with you?"

"This ......," Mizaemon said as he looked away from Tokugawa Ieyasu's body, "and it is rumored that the general of the Takeda family, Takeda Shingen, was killed in battle. ”

"What?" Tokugawa Ieyasu shouted.

Takeda Shingen almost plunged Tokugawa Ieyasu's life into darkness, Tokugawa Ieyasu has tasted the ups and downs of so many years, and when he is finally about to usher in the light, he encountered the biggest obstacle - this huge stumbling block actually died in the battle, this rumor simply makes people's eyeballs fall!

"Three left!" Tokugawa Ieyasu was naked, his eyes wide open, and his voice was raised, "Where did you hear this rumor?" Say! ”

"Yes. It is precisely because of the importance of the matter that the villain decided to sue only the adult. ”

"Takeda Shingen, who is good at conspiracy, probably wants to use this to deceive our army, or to lure Oda into taking the bait, in short, he has bad intentions. But since you came to tell me the news, there must be a reason. Tell me where the rumors are coming from. ”

"Yes......" Sanzaemon once again looked away from Tokugawa Ieyasu's body, "The villain has been struggling to think about whether there is a way to hit Takeda Shingen during the period when the Okuhei family was trapped. ”

"Oh."

"Although the Kai army is strong, it is only because of Takeda Shingen, if you kill him, it is equivalent to breaking the pillar of Kai ......"

"It's verbose! No need to talk about this bullshit! I'm asking you where the rumors come from. ”

"Oh, forgive me. This is exactly what Sanzuo said. When trapped in Oping's house, the villain learns that there is a flute master in the city. Born in the Ise Yamada family. Namura Matsuyoshikyu. ”

"That piper - you have a fart!"

"Please be patient and listen to the villain. The flute master played the flute every night after the battle. Both sides can be immersed in the sound of the flute. Sanzuo noticed this. When the villain heard that Shingenko liked to play the flute, he lured Yoshikyu to a position where he could hear the sound of the flute, and asked him to play the flute there every night."

"Interesting, interesting."

"The so-called people are good, and they must believe that the Xuan Guild is fascinated by it. Where exactly would he listen to the flute...... That's what the villain cares about. The day before Takeda Shingen's palanquin went to Horaiji Temple, a bamboo pole tied with a piece of paper was inserted into the mound behind Takeda Honjin——"

Tokugawa Ieyasu forgot to put on his clothes and stared at Sanzuo tightly.

The bamboo pole immediately caught the villain's attention. I believe that that is where Takeda Shingen listens to the flute. So I took advantage of the cover of pine branches and aimed my iron cannon at that place. ”

“……”

Fang Xiu was also a witness to the matter. That night, the villain asked him to play the flute as usual, and just as his flute was blowing in a magical way, I shot him. ”

“……”

"Next, I found that there was chaos in the Takeda formation, and from time to time there was the sound of running and shouting. The next day, Takeda Shingen's sedan chair went in the direction of Horaiji Temple. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been listening to this qiē silently, suddenly shouted: "Muddy bastard, shut up!" ”

Torii Sanzaemon was suddenly silent in horror.

"Well, that's not a rumor at all. Is it your pride? ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu shouted angrily, "Bring your clothes." I almost got into a cold because of this boring topic. Sanzuo, you always like other people's tricks, don't you realize that the bamboo pole is just a trick of the enemy? ”

Sanzaemon looked dazed. He watched Tokugawa Ieyasu put on the clothes sent by the upper and lower people, and was silent. "You're such a nerd, Sanzuo. finally set up a trap, but was used by the other party...... Okay, I'm better to tell you about Tokugawa Ieyasu. You all stand down. ”

After putting on the battle uniform, Tokugawa Ieyasu rudely rebuked his subordinates, "Come here, Sanzuo." There are no outsiders here. Is the sedan chair really going in the direction of Fenglai Temple? You should know what they're doing, so let's talk about it in detail. ”

When Sanzaemon heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and soon understood Tokugawa Ieyasu's intentions.

"Yes, yes. The villain has been watching them. He leaned over, "As soon as I fired, the other party was in a state of uproar and confusion. Next, I heard samurai on horseback galloping through the formation, and more and more people were gathered. ”

"Oh. After dawn, they came to exchange hostages......"

"No, after dawn, the Sanlang Guards of Yama County rushed into the city in a rage."

"I see. What you see is different from what I see. So, what do you do next? ”

"The villain didn't think that shot would kill Shingen Takeda, but he was definitely injured."

"Don't be presumptuous. Where did you get the rumors of his death in battle? ”

"When the team of the mountain county entered the city, the people who transported grain and grass said."

"Tell me what the people have said."

"Yes...... The man was carrying the chicken rice specially for Takeda Shingen to the middle of the battle, and suddenly he heard a loud noise, and he was immediately frightened......"

"Wait, Sanzuo! I heard that Takeda Shingen has been eating vegetarian food for more than ten years since he joined Zen. Why does he eat chicken? Have you ever asked about this? ”

"Asked. Takeda Shingen has a chest disease, which is why he summoned the healer by his side when he went out on the expedition. The healer persuaded Takeda Shingen not to eat vegetarian food during his military service, but to use fish and meat as bait. ”

"Oh." Tokugawa Ieyasu clasped his hands over his shoulders, "What's next?" ”

He said that in the midst of the confusion, he did hear someone shouting that the lord had been hit...... Hit by an iron cannon...... The two guards lifted the motionless Takeda Shingen, and then the two healers were hurriedly passed into the military tent. Shingen Takeda seems to be dead. ”

After Sanzaemon finished speaking in one breath, Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes lit up and he fell into deep thought. What Sanzaemon said was not impossible, but how could he dare to believe it. Just as there is victory and defeat in battle, and there is life and death, just when Tokugawa Ieyasu was desperate for fate, his opponent Takeda Shingen suddenly fell...... Is this really a coincidence?

"Three left." Tokugawa Ieyasu screamed, and fell silent again. An irresistible exuberance stimulated his limbs, and his voice was out of shape. If this is the case, based on etiquette, he should bow his head and hang himself...... The haze gradually lifted, and you could see the blue clear sky. If you take it lightly at this time, then it may be cloudy in the blink of an eye, and even heavy rain will fall. Don't be in a hurry! Don't be in a hurry!

"Your Excellency." Seeing that Tokugawa Ieyasu was silent, Sanzaemon said cautiously, "Even if Shingen Gong is really dead, the villain thinks that Takeda will block this news......"

"Reasonable."

"If that's the case, what kind of news will Takeda spread among the people?"

"They will definitely say that they will recuperate for a period of time at Fenglai Temple."

"Then, let's go to Fenglai Temple to find out."

Tokugawa Ieyasu shook his head. He didn't object, he just felt that even if he went to Fenglai Temple, he wouldn't be able to inquire about the truth of the matter. Even if Shingen Takeda, who always had a shadow warrior by his side, died, he would have a stand-in lying on the hospital bed and Yubi imitating his handwriting. Thinking of this, Tokugawa Ieyasu stood up.

"Listen, Hugh is going to mention this to anyone."

"Understood."

"You go back immediately, and for the sake of prudence, pay attention to find out what news Takeda will spread."

"Yes."

After Sanzaemon went out, Tokugawa Ieyasu stared at the void and couldn't help but laugh......

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