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Volume 1 The Newborn Eagle Chapter 1141 The Eve of the Storm

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    Takeda Shingen did have the intention to temporarily let go of the Tokugawa family, but Takeda Shingen's past unfaithful actions indeed made it difficult for many people to believe in him, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was one of them.  First, if the Takeda family's army is allowed to pass, the Tokugawa family will be annexed by the Takeda family sooner or later, and it will also make the Oda family located behind the Tokugawa family angry, thus affecting the alliance between the two families.  As for the Imagawa family?  Although Tokugawa Ieyasu had previously sent several groups of envoys to the Imagawa family in an attempt to unite the Imagawa family to fight against the Takeda family, the Imagawa family still has not made any response.  In fact, with the annexation of the Suruga Imagawa family and the reunification of the Imagawa family fighting against the Takeda family and the Hojo family respectively, the original tripartite alliance of Takeda, Hojo, and Imagawa has been disbanded.  Therefore, it is precisely because of this that Tokugawa Ieyasu really can't understand why the Imagawa family has been adopting a defensive strategy after the eastern part of Mikawa Kingdom was invaded by the Takeda family.  However, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not have more time to consider the strange behavior of the Imagawa family, because this time the Takeda family's army in Shangluo was about 10,000 troops; while Mikawa, plus the Oda army, only had a few thousand troops.  As a result, signs of instability gradually appeared in Okazaki Castle. People were generally worried, and taking the initiative to challenge was a fool's errand.  Listening to the whispers of the generals, Tokugawa Ieyasu said in an unquestionable tone: "Tomorrow, the Takeda people will set off from Nobe, cross the river, and go straight to Nagajohara in front of Okazaki Castle. That's where  Our decisive battle. We will wait for their arrival north of Rhinoceros Cliff." Tokugawa Ieyasu took the roster presented by Yubi and first cast his sharp eyes on Sakai Tadashi.  He is no longer the usual Tokugawa Ieyasu, his serious and mighty expression is intimidating.  Chojo was originally located to the north of Okazaki Castle.  Futamata Castle is closely connected to the Rhinoceros Cliff to the north, and Changzhangyuan is located on the Rhinoceros Cliff.  It is twenty-four miles long and sixteen miles wide. It is a barren land covered with shrubs.  Tokugawa Ieyasu will fight to the death here.  Under the sharp gaze of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Sakai Zaemon Wei Chuji couldn't help but avoid it.  "Tadaci, I will make you the right winger!" Tadashi responded.  If only appointed to the right.  Then he really has no reason to object, nor can he express his opinion.  He couldn't speak easily until all the formations were completed.  "Shu Zheng, you are a left-winger!" "Understood!" Ishikawa Shuzheng's face was tense and he bit his lips as if he was angry.  "Next, is the arrangement of the main force. Takigawa Kazumasu is on the left of Tadatsuki. Hirate is on the left of Takigawa Kazumasa, and the three generals of Sakuma and Oda are on the left of Hirate." "Understood." Already before coming  The three Oda-fang generals who had received orders from Lord Nobunaga knew that this was not the time to interrupt.  "On the left side of the number, Koheita will defend it." Kambara Koheta Yasumasa smiled after hearing this and nodded.  "To the right of Kohei Tai is Ie Tadashi." Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered in such a stern tone.  Matsudaira Ietada could not refute at all. He glanced at Koheita and replied cheerfully: "Yes!" "To the right of Ietada is Ogasawara Nagatada. I am in the center. Shiro Zuo is the flag bearer. This is a war with no retreat. We must  Fight to the death." When Tokugawa Ieyasu said this, Torii Shirozaemon Tadahiro finally spoke.  He said softly, "My Lord, you want to set up the Crane Wing Formation on Changzhangyuan?" "Yes. There are cliffs in front, back, left and right, and there is no way out." Zhongguang was silent.  It's not that he doesn't understand Tokugawa Ieyasu's thoughts.  But I was very uneasy inside.  Facing the Takeda family's tens of thousands of troops, no one would deploy the Long Snake Formation to confront them.  Once a hole is opened, the consequences will be disastrous.  But it is exactly what Tokugawa Ieyasu said.  There is no retreat from this battle.  There are cliffs on all sides. Either the entire army will be annihilated or a complete victory will be achieved.  If Tokugawa Ieyasu arranged the formation in this way to cheer up the demoralized Oda reinforcements, it would be acceptable; if not, it might lead to a tragic outcome.  Because three of Oda's generals were present, Torii Tadahiro didn't ask any more questions.  "If you understand everything, leave immediately and prepare separately. Another one: Hanzo." "Yes." Watanabe Hanzo Moritsuna replied casually.  "You go to inquire about the enemy's situation. In addition, each team must appear at Nagajohara at dawn tomorrow morning with high morale. Do you understand?" Everyone stood up solemnly and took the order to leave, but they were not satisfied with Tokugawa Ieyasu's actions.  The arrangement is unconvincing.  Once defeated by Takeda, one's own army will be annihilated.  How could this kind of Crane Wing Formation be able to face Takeda's tens of thousands of troops?  Tokugawa Ieyasu doesn¡¯t think about anything right now.  If there is anything else that needs to be considered, there is only one thing: no matter what happens, Tokugawa Ieyasu must show his existence as a samurai to the Takeda family.  No, not just to the Takeda family.  No matter who the other party is,No matter how many troops he has or what strategies he uses, he will never surrender to the opponent as long as it goes against his wishes.  ??In this sense, this battle is Tokugawa Ieyasu's demonstration to the world of his character of not succumbing to fate and standing firm between heaven and earth.  If the military fortunes are not good, we will not hesitate to die in battle.  It would be better to die in battle than to let the retainers live as useless and unworthy servants.  This is the arrangement of the gods Tokugawa Ieyasu was determined to die.  Inspired by Tokugawa Ieyasu¡¯s unusually stern expression and words, the army set off towards Nagajohara.  On the side of the Takeda family's army, more than 17,000 people had gathered on the morning of the 22nd.  Takeda Shingen led this huge team across the river and headed towards Nagajohara.  He marched very cautiously. After reaching a nearby area, he stopped advancing for a time and waited for the exact military situation.  At this time, Takeda Shingen still did not believe that Tokugawa Ieyasu would come to fight with the mentality of "I would rather break the jade than destroy it completely": "If he dares to resist my army, it only means that he is stupider and inferior than I thought." Katsurai  His opinion was exactly the opposite: "Tokugawa Ieyasu will definitely stop us. Even I will never let the enemy pass without using a sword or a gun" The winter morning fog has not yet dissipated, and Takeda Shingen laughed loudly in the morning fog.  He laughed: "Then, you and Tokugawa Ieyasu are both fools! Hahaha!" At this time, Uehara Notoshou, who was sent to inquire about the enemy's situation, returned in a hurry.  He was a subordinate of Nobumo Oyamada. The night before yesterday, he was ordered to go deep into Rhino Cliff and carefully spy on the movements of the Okazaki Army.  "If you can ascend the defense, you can tell me exactly what you saw and thought." "Yes." Uehara responded, unconsciously tilting his head, "The Okazaki people have set up the Crane Wing Formation, with a total of nine teams." "Situation.  Is that true?" Takeda Shingen leaned out in surprise, and the seat squeaked.  "Yes. There are flags everywhere." "Father!" A smile appeared on Takeda Katsuyori's dignified face, "Am I right?" "Humph!" Takeda Shingen murmured.  Tokugawa Ieyasu actually set up a crane wing formation in front of him, blocking the way.  He seemed to understand everything and said: "Then, he just wants to die." (To be continued)
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