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Text Chapter 265: Martial Spirits in Troubled Times

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    The Sanada family's tent was located on a hill to the left of Date Masamune.

    go.  It's still dark.  A line of white fish belly just appeared on the horizon, but the soldiers of the Sanada family had already left the camp and led their horses towards the assembly area.

    Yesterday, the Sanada family's thousand cavalrymen were classified as reserves by Date Masamune and did not go into battle, so there is no situation like other feudal towns where the camp is full of wounded soldiers.  But today, Date Masamune decided to launch the final attack, and arranged the elite Sanada cavalry in the attack sequence, determined to attack the "Fairy Mountain" on the opposite side.

    Soon, the Sanada family¡¯s cavalry will face those terrifying rifled guns.

    A gentle white mist filled the mountains, like a thin veil, shrouding the bloody battlefield between the two mountains in silence.  After the soldiers were basically assembled, Nobumasa Sanada, the general of the Sanada family, rode out of the camp on his war horse and walked towards the troops gathered halfway up the mountain.

    But outside the camp, he saw his nephew.  Sanada Shinsuke, wearing heavy armor and holding a war horse, knelt on the path that Sanada Nobumasa must pass.

    The young man wore a fiery red helmet on his head.  The helmet was much larger than an ordinary helmet and was decorated with two huge metal antlers, making the young man kneeling on the ground look like a ferocious beast.

    Sanada Nobumasa saw Sanada Shinsuke¡¯s angry eyes and stopped his horse next to Shinsuke.

    Seemingly attracted by the helmet he hadn¡¯t seen for a long time, Sanada Nobumasa remembered something.  He stopped and said nothing.

    Young Shinsuke stared with anger, kept his kneeling position and straightened his chest, looked at his uncle on the horse and said loudly, "Uncle, why don't you let me go to fight! I am already seventeen years old!"

    The first battle that Japanese samurai participated in was called the "first formation". The first formation is extremely important for a general.  In the list of players that Sanada Nobumasa just sent out, the name of the family patriarch, Sanada Shinsuke, was not included. This made it difficult for Shinsuke, who was eager for the first battle, to accept.

    Sanada Nobumasa removed his eyes from the helmet and looked at his young nephew.

    The Sanada family of the Numata clan has always been famous in Japan for its bravery, but compared with other feudal clans, the descendants of the Sanada clan have never been prosperous.  Sanada Nobumasa is nearly forty years old, but he is the only living man of this generation of the Sanada family.  For this family, the male in the family is particularly important.

    ¡° Sanada Nobumasa is not the governor of the Sanada family, his father is still there.  But my father is too old after all. Except for major events, Sanada Nobumasa is responsible for all the affairs of the Sanada family.  The Sanada Shinsuke in front of him was the son of Nobumasa's brother who died young and the eldest grandson of the Sanada family's governor. In other words.  This young man who was aggrieved by his uncle Ma Mae was the successor of the Sanada family's banished governor.

    And the helmet on Shinsuke¡¯s assistant is a treasure of the Sanada family. It was given to Shinsuke with great solemnity by the current family governor at Shinsuke¡¯s coming-of-age ceremony.  The original owner of this helmet was Sanada Yukimura, the younger brother of the Sanada family governor and uncle of Sanada Nobumasa, who shocked the whole of Japan decades ago.

    Yukimura Sanada is a genius general that Japan has never seen before.  It is the pride of the Sanada family.

    During the Battle of Sekigahara that ended the Warring States Period in Japan, the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families each mobilized all Japanese troops to launch a decisive battle in Sekigahara.  Before the war, the Sanada family split into two factions, each with its own master.  Sanada Yukimura and part of the Sanada family joined the Toyotomi family side of the Western Army, while Sanada Yukimura's brother, the current governor of the Sanada family, joined the Tokugawa side of the Eastern Army.

    During the Battle of Sekigahara, Yukimura Sanada, who joined the Toyotomi family, held back the 30,000 Tokugawa army with a thousand men, preventing the main force of the Tokugawa family from reaching the battlefield.

    For Japan, whether 30,000 people can reach the battlefield is enough to determine the outcome of a decisive battle.  Sanada Yukimura almost reversed the situation in Japan with the small strength of the Sanada family.  Although the Battle of Sekigahara ended with Tokugawa's victory and Toyotomi's defeat, the Sanada family's reputation for bravery spread throughout Japan because of Sanada Yukimura's incredible performance in this battle.

    "Do you know, Shinsuke? The war in Japan is about to begin again."

    Looking into the distance, Sanada Nobumasa asked calmly, "Wearing Lord Yukimura's helmet, do you know why he died in battle?"

    Sanada Shinsuke was stunned and took off the antlers helmet from his head.  He held it respectfully in his hands.

    "Kong Yukimura is a loyal and brave samurai. In order to thank His Highness Toyotomi Hideyoshi for his kindness to the Sanada family, he died for the Toyotomi family in the final battle of Osaka defense."

    Sanada Nobumasa looked at his young nephew and shook his head.

    "Shinsuke, you are wrong. Yukimura did not die for the loyalty of the samurai, but died fighting for my Sanada family."

    Looking at the mountains in the distance, Sanada Nobumasa thought about the past.  On the eve of the battle, a look of indifference appeared on his face, as if he had already put life and death aside.

    ?Go, compared to the 20,000 people in Japan, it is only a quarter.  "

    "Master, forget it if Japan can't defeat it! If we win, the ones who will benefit the most are the maritime merchants. After all, Dongyi Island is our base!"

    Zhao Ru¡¯s last words attracted Deng Aqi¡¯s attention.  Deng Aqi looked at King Nan with complicated eyes, but Deng Aqi said nothing.

    Pang Ning took a breath and did not answer Zhao Ru's question.

    Get on your horse.  Pang Ning led a group of officers and rode in front of the entire army and said loudly.

    "Today's offensive, the Navy's 1,000-man Marine Battalion, 500-man Second Marine Battalion, plus 2,000 men of the Pioneer Army's Xiongji Banner, are responsible for quickly defeating the Fukuoka Domain. The Navy's 3rd and 4th Marine Battalions,  Follow me to establish a position south of Fukuoka Domain and snipe the Japanese coalition forces coming to support in the valley."

    The war was very difficult and felt like a stalemate.  Even a slippery man like Pang Ning, who is usually casual, was a little angry at this time.  Riding on the big horse, Pang Ning pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, looking sideways at the 5,500 soldiers of the Nanhai Kingdom. The Nanwang of the Nanhai Kingdom roared angrily,

    "Do you all understand? Who dares not to rush today! I will shoot him!"

    Hearing a roaring reply, Pang Ning waved his whip and pointed down the mountain.

    "The whole world attacks!"

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