Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty Seven

When Hashiba Hideyoshi learned that Tokugawa Ieyasu was pursuing Ikeda, it was almost the fourth quarter of the ninth day of April. Prior to this, Hideyoshi had been staying in Letian, frequently letting the army harass Tokugawa's troops around Komaki.Of course, this is just a posturing, and its real purpose is to prevent Ieyasu from seeing him attacking Mikawa. "If Ieyasu hasn't noticed it until noon today, there is something exciting to watch." In the early morning, when Hideyoshi just got up, he went out of his usual way and said that he wanted to go out for some activities, so he asked his men to lead the horse, and walked around the camp twice before leisure And back.

In his opinion, Katsuto Ikeda's surprise attack on Mikawa will not be hidden today.Once Ieyasu found out, he would definitely take action.And once Ieyasu took action, it was time for Hideyoshi to show his talents.Hideyoshi is triumphant: Knowing that the old nest is in danger, Ieyasu must be shocked and withdraw his troops in a hurry, and then it is up to him to perform a wonderful performance.This is another great victory for the cheap Yue! No matter how good Ieyasu is in field battles, once he loses his old nest, he will fall into trouble and fall apart like Genbo Sakuma. The decisive battle is today!Hideyoshi thought about it.Back in the tent, while eating, he looked back at Ishida Mitsunari from time to time, as if he was talking to himself: "At noon today, Katsuto should have entered Sanhe, right?"

"Of course. Ieyasu is probably still in the dark." "That's needless to say! If he knows, can he stay here? Even if I, Hideyoshi, hear about the attack on Osaka Castle, I will definitely not sit here and eat slowly." Hideyoshi laughed and asked people to withdraw meal.Afterwards, he called You Gu to prepare to write a letter to someone. At this time, Hineno Binchu, who was camped in Niebori, sent a message: Ieyasu had already left Komaki Mountain. "Ieyasu isn't in Komakiyama?" Hearing the report, Hideyoshi almost kicked the table over.He quickly got up and asked You Gu, who was recording beside him, to stop writing. "I won't write this letter for now..." Hideyoshi had already left the tent before he finished speaking.

Hideyoshi is ready to go out today.According to his plan, after dictating the letter, he should rush to Longquan Temple and prepare to leave. He has already arranged all the matters.The brigade still stays at Komakiyama, while he himself leads powerful generals such as Horio Yoshiharu, Ichiyanagi Suyasu, Kimura Hayato, etc., to relive the dream of Chiyake's seven guns.This time, Hideyoshi was indeed a little too arrogant.On the battlefield, no matter who is a little bit arrogant, there will be annihilation, and even eternal doom. Hideyoshi walked out of the tent, shouted "Let's go", and stepped on the horse.In the forest of wind streamers, spears and flags, Hideyoshi's army moved like a storm.Hideyoshi was like this when Nobunaga's army marched to Tianlewa, and it is like this today.Wearing a Tang helmet on his head and wearing a red brocade feather weaving, he went straight to Longquan Temple.At this moment, Hideyoshi has completely become a child and has no scruples at all.

Before rushing to Longquan Temple, Hideyoshi was still ignorant of the defeat of his men in Nagakute.Although I felt that Ieyasu's action was really swift and might endanger the Komaki battle, Hideyoshi never expected such a disastrous defeat.In his mind, the word "failure" never existed. At this time, Horio and others at Longquan Temple were anxiously waiting for Hideyoshi's order.As soon as Hideyoshi approached their camp, he shouted loudly: "Mosuke! Moan! Today's battle may be bad. Hurry up!" He shouted like a mischievous child, and jumped off his horse.Only then did he learn that Nagakute was defeated.

"Did Katsuto attack Iwasaki Castle?" "Yes. Not only that, but the heads were inspected one by one." "Ah, this Katsuto!" Hideyoshi let out a long sigh.According to the plan, the troop was dispatched today to defeat Ieyasu in one fell swoop, but now the situation has reversed, and he has no choice but to save people. "It's all the fault of that honest man!" Hideyoshi slapped his thigh, complaining incessantly, "I told him so many times, yet he still wants to attack Iwasaki Castle." As long as Katsuto marches non-stop, Ieyasu will be chasing after him. In this way, the two armies can start a decisive battle, but now... Hideyoshi's heart is on fire.However, in the blink of an eye, he was freed from the vortex of anger.If you indulge in anger blindly, you will do yourself a hundred harms and no benefits.

"It's not someone else who let Shengren go. Hmph, now I have to rescue Shengren and attack Jiakang at the same time. Only by completely defeating Jiakang can the hatred in my heart be relieved!" In an instant, Hideyoshi changed his mind, stopped indulging in anger and blame, and concentrated all his energy on attacking. This is Hideyoshi.He adjusted his emotions just like a swordsman changing his moves, and the speed of the changes was jaw-dropping. Hideyoshi ordered Horio, Ichiyanagi, and Kimura to rush to Nagakute to rescue Ikeda Katsuto, while he led the army to attack Ieyasu.The total troops mobilized this time amounted to 38,000 people, and they will not stop until the defeat is reversed!

"In any case, first surround all Ieyasu's banner generals, and annihilate any one of them on the spot! The enemy is exhausted, and our army is full of fighting spirit." After Ieyasu went down the mountain, in Xiaomu's base camp, Ishikawa Susho, Sakai Tadashi, and fierce general Honda Tadakatsu who were in charge of staying behind were arguing endlessly with red faces and red faces. "It seems that you don't listen to my opinion?" "It's not that I don't listen, it's that you didn't think carefully enough." The upright and mighty Honda Heihachiro Tadakatsu took the case, and Ishikawa Hoki Shoushuzheng persuaded him earnestly.Sakai Chuji expressed a few words of emotion from time to time, and watched the argument between the two with cold eyes.Several people are fully armed, just put on the helmet.Every word uttered made the desk buzz.

"I didn't think well? Where did I fail? Tell me, the number is positive!" Ishikawa Shumasa was older after all, and always took his time. "Everything is under the master's control. Does Heihachi even doubt the master's resourcefulness? Once Chikuzen finds out that the master has gone after Ikeda, he will definitely go after the master. If we don't even consider this point, we are still wise My lord? I don't think he is so stupid. If you really listen to you, and attack rashly and attack Inuyama Castle, the situation will be difficult to deal with." "I'm so mad!" Zhong Sheng gritted his teeth in hatred.In fact, his idea is that Hideyoshi hastily dispatched troops to rescue Ikeda, and Inuyama Castle must be neglected to defend. Taking advantage of this excellent opportunity, Susho, Chuji and him immediately launched a sneak attack on Inuyama Castle and took the castle in one fell swoop.In this way, Hideyoshi, who wanted to launch a sneak attack on Sanhe, failed to steal the chicken and lost money, and lost Inuyama Castle.The opportunity cannot be missed, and the time will never come again. Therefore, Zhong Sheng suggested to launch an attack immediately, but was firmly opposed by Shu Zheng.

The reason for the positive number is: if you attack rashly, once you are surrounded by Hideyoshi, it will be too late to evacuate towards Xiaomushan. In this way, the entire army may be wiped out. "Before he left, the lord clearly ordered us to strictly defend ourselves, but he didn't say that if the enemy has a weakness, let us attack!" In case Ikada defeated Ikeda and returned to the army triumphantly, he found that Xiao Mushan had already fallen into the enemy's hands. Even if he took Inuyama Castle, he would never gain much.On the contrary, it may cause chaos, and even worse, the whole army may be forced to return to Qingzhou.In this way, Inuyama and Qingzhou will be surrounded by Hideyoshi, who has always been good at attacking cities and villages.

"I'm not saying that all the horses go to Inuyama City, but leave one person there to garrison, and the other two lead the army back... In this way, both Inuyama and Xiaomu are in your hands, isn't it the best of both worlds? Why do you understand it as exchanging Xiaomu for Inuyama , deliberately making trouble with me?" "I'm still firmly against it! Now is not the time to have your cake and eat it too. It's time to wait patiently for the lord's instructions here." "Master Ishikawa!" "Even if your lips are worn out today, Shuzheng is determined to stay with Xiaomu. I don't agree with other ideas!" "My lord, there are rumors about you circulating in the army, do you know about it?" "I don't know, and I don't want to know!" "Of course you don't want to know. I heard that you send secret envoys to Chikuzen from time to time. Could it be that you have something on your mind about Hideyoshi? Now that the news has spread throughout the camp, you must not be ignorant." "You... you said I had an affair with Hideyoshi?" "Yes, that's why you are desperately opposing my attack on Inuyama Castle today, isn't it... I still trust you so much to cover up this matter for you. I am really blind!" "Shut up! Shut up, Heihachi!" The two faced each other tit for tat, Sakai Tadji on the side couldn't stand it any longer, so he could only persuade him: "Don't talk nonsense about collaborating with the enemy, but talk about evidence." "I'm not responsible for rumors. Who cares what others say!" Zhongsheng wanted to continue arguing, but was stopped by Zhongji. "The number is positive, it seems that you are against attacking Inuyama no matter what?" "Yes. If you attack rashly, even if you win, it will not be of much benefit, and once you lose, the consequences will be disastrous." Tadashi nodded emphatically. "Well, I don't advocate siege. Heihachi, you give up too." He stood up.His action was really to comfort Zhongsheng's grievances. Although he was in favor of Zhongsheng's attack plan, since Ishikawa Shuzheng was so resolutely opposed, he had no choice but to give up.In order to comfort the angry Zhong Sheng, he deliberately looked annoyed. However, Zhong Sheng, who was in a fit of anger, misunderstood Zhong Ci's meaning, thinking that he was also persuaded by Shu Zheng. "Hmph, that's good, I understand!" Zhong Sheng angrily stretched out his rock-like rough arm, grabbed the famous big helmet with three-pronged antlers, raised his foot and kicked over the seat, "Anyway, I won't stay here anymore!" "Stop, Zhongsheng!" "No. If you don't fight, don't fight. What's the big deal, anyway, I am determined." "You stop!" "Pooh!" Shuzheng hurriedly stopped him, but was scolded by Zhongsheng.Tadakatsu returned to the north camp without looking back, but instead of going straight to Inuyama Castle, he led his army in the opposite direction to pursue Hideyoshi.Shuzheng said worryingly: "If he doesn't stop him, he will definitely fight Hideyoshi desperately, and he may lose his life in vain." Zhong Sheng probably felt that his family was in trouble, so he went crazy.He only brought more than 500 people, and chased all the way behind Hideyoshi who set off from Longquan Temple, and soon caught up with Hideyoshi's Qian Cheng Piao Tan Ma Yin.On the other parallel road, Zhongsheng suddenly shot Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi, who was rushing towards Nagakatsu, couldn't help being extremely surprised. He didn't need to look carefully, but just glanced at the large antler helmet at the front, and he knew that there was no one else except Honda Heihachiro Tadakatsu. "Ah—you monkey, stop for me!" When the two armies were separated by a river, Zhong Sheng yelled, "What is the monkey afraid of me? Is it frightened by my helmet? Hahaha! When the broken gourd saw me, Sanhelu, it immediately collapsed." Hearing such vicious abuse, coupled with the frequent firing of guns, Hideyoshi's subordinates couldn't bear it anymore. "My lord!" The bloody guards couldn't bear it anymore, "How dare that stinky fly treat the lord so rudely and not trample it to death?" Hideyoshi ignored his subordinates.This is just a trick of the other party, deliberately hindering their progress. "Hey, is it a puppet or a plaything? The samurai are all dead?" Zhong Sheng was more annoying than a fly. Every time he shouted, there was a small commotion among Hideyoshi's subordinates, and everyone wanted to stop and fight back. . "My lord, just trample him to death. That guy is so presumptuous..." "Don't bother with him! It's better to spend your energy dealing with that fly than walking. Changjiu's hand has already been in a hurry! He can't do anything to us, why bother him? Do you think he came to die on purpose? This is their trick... ..." After scolding for a long time, seeing that there was no response from the other party, Zhong Sheng simply walked around Hideyoshi obliquely in front of him and harassed him. "Today, the Deer of Mihe wants to taste the gourd that Hashiba Chikuqian guards. Oh, scare away! Scare away!" No matter how patient people are, there is a limit, and Hideyoshi is no exception.The unbearable Hideyoshi finally opened fire on Tadakatsu.This is irrational behavior, not uncommon on the battlefield.In encounters, most people are very prone to anger, and anger can lead to two results: either a big victory or a big defeat. Rationality can help you discover the opponent's flaws, and it can also aggravate your own fears.Therefore, moderately adjusting the emotions and mentality of soldiers is the way to use soldiers.Hideyoshi didn't hold back his men from exchanging fire with Honda, but he didn't stop them either. "Heihachiro is really interesting." Hideyoshi kept laughing as he urged the horse to gallop. "Ieyasu is such a strong general in the family, he will risk his life to stop me. I think this kid will become my retainer soon, he must live, he must live." At the most critical moment, Hideyoshi suppressed the anger that was about to burst out from his subordinates. Gradually, a long time is in sight. After noon, Kii Mori Motosuke had been beheaded by Ando Hikohei Naoji, and the remnant guarded the lingering Terumasa and retreated in the direction of Shidanmi, Mizuno, Shinogi, and Kashiwai. Honda Heihachiro Tadakatsu gradually regained his sanity.He suddenly realized Hideyoshi's intention of ignoring him and rushing forward: Hideyoshi just wanted to fight the lord!Thinking about it this way, Zhong Sheng no longer dared to delay on the road.He wanted to join the main force of the lord as soon as possible to meet Hideyoshi's army. "Brothers, let's go around and wait. Anyway, today's Hulu Laozi is settled. Let's go to the front and wait for them!" With a shout, Zhong Sheng led the cavalry away under the bright sun.Since it is only a cavalry team of about 500 people, it is flexible no matter whether it is advancing or retreating. Hideyoshi still ignored him and continued to lead a large army to advance.They crossed the Yata River, crossed Sokake, and finally lost sight of Honda's men. The gunshots gradually decreased, and the surrounding area was surrounded by layers of green, and the bright sunshine quietly poured down on the earth.At around 4:00 noon, Hideyoshi couldn't help frowning. It's strange, but he didn't even see a single enemy in Nagakute area.Could it be that he was wiped out by that deer?Could it be that Tadakatsu Honda deliberately used some provocative words to lure me into the Nagakute area?Hideyoshi couldn't help but wonder.If this is the case, Ieyasu must have taken this opportunity to finish chasing and killing Ikeda's men and go to the opposite direction of Xiaomushan. If Jiakang takes advantage of my absence, how can he steal my camp?Hideyoshi broke out in a cold sweat.It seems that it is not a good thing to always work on strategies.Hideyoshi, who has always been good at strategy, is bound by his own imagination whenever he has doubts.He shouted to Inaba Kazutetsu in a loud voice, impatiently asking him to investigate the enemy's situation.In Hideyoshi's military career, it was probably the first time that such a miscalculation occurred. Along the way, regardless of Honda Tadakatsu insulting him in every possible way, Hideyoshi kept rushing along, but there was no sign of an enemy here!He once again ordered Hikoemon's son Hachisuka Iemagi and Hsanne Hiroshi to go reconnaissance. "It's too late to call Yitie. You immediately send people around to find out: what's going on with Ieyasu, why is it so quiet?" All the way, driving straight people, but can't find the other party's people, which of course makes people feel nervous . So, where is Honda Tadakatsuyoshi who has caused Hideyoshi to be confused?It turned out that Zhongsheng hastened his horse and rushed to Xiaofan City, where Jiakang camped the night before.Zhongsheng also never expected that all kinds of harassment to Hideyoshi in a moment of anger and childishness would have an immeasurable effect on Ieyasu's advance and retreat. At this moment, Zhongsheng couldn't help sulking again: "What time is it now, the lord is going to retreat to Xiaoban City, how can you be so foolish, to be satisfied with such a small victory!"Now is the perfect opportunity to lead the troops with high morale to defeat Hideyoshi in one fell swoop, and Komaki has Sakai Tadaji and Ishikawa Shuji waiting in full force, the enemy cannot rush to rescue quickly. Zhong Sheng still firmly believes that it is not too late now.If Ieyasu is immediately suggested to attack Hideyoshi from behind, Hideyoshi will become a trapped beast in the long hands.At that time, the Tokugawa side will display their best field battles, maneuvering horizontally and horizontally, dividing and galloping, and it is estimated that the battle will be over before sunset. Seeing that the world is about to be held in his hands, but the lord is indifferent to it, and even has time to rest in the small flag, it is really stupid, short-sighted, and a woman's opinion!Therefore, as soon as he arrived at Xiaobancheng, Zhongsheng yelled, "Where is the lord? Where is the lord!" Like a gust of wind, he went straight to Ieyasu's camp, passing through the soldiers with blood on their armor and still waiting in full force, "Are you stupid generals? Why didn't anyone propose to the lord that you couldn't see such a good opportunity?" Zhongsheng got off his horse, rushed into Jiakang's tent like a red ghost, and asked loudly, "My lord, what's going on?" Ieyasu just took off his helmet and was busy wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Oh, isn't this Heihachi?" "Exactly! My lord, now Hideyoshi is impatiently rushing towards Nagakute, like a headless fly. The opportunity to turn things around is here! My lord, put on your helmet and get on your horse quickly..." "Not urgent." "My lord, hurry up! Don't be confused now!" "Who is confused? Don't worry, tell me what happened to Hideyoshi?" As he spoke, Ieyasu ordered someone to untie the rope buckle of the armor. "Don't do it!" Zhong Sheng shouted, yelling at his followers. "My lord, didn't you hear me clearly?" "I heard that, please be quiet first." Ieyasu asked his followers to continue to remove the armor for him, smiled at Zhong Sheng who seemed to be eating people, and told his followers: "Okay, just hang there." "My lord... What does my lord mean, that I think our army has no chance of winning?" "No, of course. I don't want to go." "What did my lord say? You don't fight battles that are sure to win?" "Exactly." Ieyasu nodded vigorously, his face darkened, "Even if we go, I'm afraid it will be too late." "No, there's still time! Hideyoshi is anxiously looking for us at Nagakute." Ieyasu shook his head lightly. "He has already realized that something is wrong and is retreating in a panic." "In my lord's opinion, in which direction will they retreat?" "Le Tian. If you don't retreat to Le Tian, ​​wouldn't you be taken by a thug like you? If he doesn't even have this bit of common sense, he will still stay at Chikuzen? Stop talking, Nabenosuke!" Whenever Ieyasu called Tadakatsu by his childhood name, it meant that he had made the final decision.Zhongsheng will also unknowingly recall his boyhood and forget his anger. "I still don't understand what you are talking about, my lord. Such a good opportunity... I will regret it for the rest of my life!" As he spoke, Zhong Sheng sat down on the chair brought by his entourage and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "War can't be too much, you have to be forgiving and forgiving." "What... what?" "Letting Hideyoshi away on purpose is the real war." "However, Hideyoshi's head is about to be obtained, but he let him go. Isn't this letting the tiger go back to the mountain? It can also be called a victory?" Ieyasu shook his head and said slowly: "If you kill Hideyoshi today, the whole world will be in chaos." He looked at the sky and said to himself: "I don't have Hideyoshi's strength. If I kill him on the spur of the moment, I will be with you." Mitsuhide Akechi who attacked Lord Nobunaga ended up with the same fate." "My lord is getting more and more outrageous..." "It's not outrageous, Nabenosuke! What we have to do now is to carefully reflect on the wishes of the gods and Buddhas. The gods and Buddhas have already hated war... If Hideyoshi is eliminated and the world falls into chaos again, the gods and Buddhas may not agree. Even if Let Hideyoshi win the world for me, as long as I have a way out. Do you understand the pros and cons? If I get rid of Hideyoshi here, then we must fight against all the daimyos in the world. And if Hideyoshi is let go, Hideyoshi will become a shield. If I break the situation that Hideyoshi managed to control, then the oath I made to the world will become a lie. I understand the wishes of the gods and Buddhas, and I want to end this troubled world as soon as possible, so that Let the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment as soon as possible. This is my long-cherished wish." Zhong Sheng dismissed this, "It's a lie, this... is a complete lie! It is the master's wish to win the world and rule the world... I think you are timid." Ieyasu didn't pay attention to Zhongsheng any more, but just told Honda to be honest.It seems that he has decided to let Zhengxin observe Hideyoshi's retreat, and he himself will withdraw to Komaki Mountain as soon as possible in case of Hideyoshi's unexpected counterattack.Today's victory is only temporary. After returning, they will have to return to the confrontation state before the war. Unconvinced, Zhong Sheng walked out of the tent, his anger still lingering.The chance of victory that was so hard to come by was just given up in vain!He couldn't help but hate Jiayasu: the lord is getting more and more unreasonable!The gods and Buddhas didn't say that Ieyasu didn't keep his oath, and if Nobuo, Ieyasu and Hojo father and son unite, they can completely rule the world, but the lord in front of him was scared out of his wits by Hideyoshi.It seems that his stamina is no more than that, and he didn't have the courage to dare to take over the world.In addition to Jun, Yuan, and San, he also got a part of Koshu and Shinshu, and the lord is very satisfied with this.Who made the protagonist become like this? The sun was shining brightly, and people and horses resting on the spot were all around the city.Since they did not sleep last night, many soldiers fell into a deep sleep as soon as they lay down on the grass. When Tadakatsu trampled on the grass angrily, and returned to Miura Kubei and Makino Sojiro who were staying outside the camp, there was a man with blood red eyes waiting for him, that was the first to kill Hideji, for this reason Mizuno Tadashige laid the foundation for the second big victory. "Zhongzhong, what's the matter with you?" "My lord forbids us to attack Hideyoshi, you can go with me." "Where are you going?" "To the lord... I can see that Hideyoshi will retreat to Longquan Temple to camp tonight, and attack Xiaobancheng after dawn. If we sit idly by and do nothing, a major event will be decided. Therefore, we must attack Hideyoshi at night and take his head." .” "No way!" Zhong Sheng shook his head indifferently, "Now my lord won't even allow me to pursue him, so how can I agree to a night attack? It's a good idea!" "Even if the lord does not allow it, we must not sit idly by. Tomorrow morning..." "I understand! My lord will know tomorrow morning. However, it would be outrageous if Hideyoshi's elite troops were intimidated. In my opinion..." "In your opinion..." "In my opinion, it must be the self-righteous honesty and numbers that make my lord worry about gains and losses today. Yes, it must be numbers. Those fellows dare not even attack and defend the empty Inushan Castle." Saying that, Zhong Zhong Sheng angrily walked straight into Makino Zongjiro's big tent. At this time, Hideyoshi has returned to Longjian Temple from Nagakute, and just as Mizuno Tadashige expected, he is urgently calling all the soldiers to discuss the attack on Xiaobata Castle.