Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Fighting High God City Again

In the eighth year of Tianzheng, in March of Yangchun, the flames of war were ignited again, and the old enemies Takeda and Tokugawa fought again. Both Ieyasu and Katsuyori racked their brains in an attempt to maintain a strategic advantage.Katsuyori frequently contacted Echigo's Uesugi Kagekatsu, while Ieyasu asked the Hojo Clan to send troops to Jun Jun, and on the other hand sought to form an alliance with the Date Clan in Oshu. In the previous year, both Tokugawa and Takeda invested heavily in Takatenjin City, and both wanted to start a decisive battle here. For Ieyasu, the Takatenjin Castle in Katsuyai's hands, as well as the military fortresses in Oyama Castle and Sagara, are the key to the Toe strategy.These military fortresses were once in the hands of Ieyasu, but they were taken back by Katsuyori on June 17, the second year of Tensho, and this was also the support point for Katsuyori here.In the six years since then, Ieyasu has been eyeing him, waiting for the opportunity to recapture.

Of course, for Katsuyori, Takaten God City is of great significance.This city, which even his father could not conquer, was captured by Katsuyori, which became his proud hand to boost the morale of the army and show Nobunaga and Ieyasu his strength.If Gaotian Shencheng is taken away by Ieyasu, not only the Toe clan will be under Ieyasu's covetousness, but even Suruga will be threatened immediately. Therefore, although Ieyasu continued to build fortifications around the city from March of the eighth year of Tensho, in the autumn of the same year, the city surrounded by layers of Ieyasu was still in the hands of Katsuyori.

In the second year of Tensho, when Katsuyori stormed the city, it was finally captured because the Tokugawa side did not wait for Nobunaga's reinforcements, and the general in the city, Ogasawara Nagada, surrendered.But this time, it was the turn of the Takeda family to wait for reinforcements here anxiously. No matter from which point of view, Ieyasu, who was allied with the Hojo clan, was at a strategic advantage. Therefore, Ieyasu threw heavy troops here and launched an attack.In this way, on the one hand, Izu and Suruga were threatened by Hojo, and on the other hand, Ieyasu was besieging Takatenjin Castle with heavy troops, and Katsuyori fell into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

Below this city where the two armies are fiercely contesting, there is a dungeon in which the only Mikawa samurai who swore not to surrender to the Takeda clan six years ago is imprisoned. In the past six years, the guards of the city have changed one after another, and each time they tried their best to persuade him to surrender, no less than dozens of times, or even nearly a hundred times, but this warrior always spoke righteously and sternly refused: "My lord, Kang Nai A hero who is unparalleled in the world, he said that he would come to Gaotian Shencheng to rescue me, a gentleman said, it is hard to chase, how can I surrender to you!"

Each time, among those who persuaded them to surrender, there were both those who were moved, and those who were furious, tortured, and beaten. During his six years in captivity, he slept on a slate bed that seeped water from time to time, and everything below his ankles was rotten and withered, but he still maintained a high fighting spirit. "Has my master not come yet?" Kotenshin City was built about 700 feet high, on top of Kotenshin Mountain. The city was located in the south of Kakegawa, Shizuoka, eight miles away from the sea. It was an important military town surrounded by mountains.It was already the season of bleak autumn wind, and Genzaburo Okochi, who was locked in the dungeon, seemed to hear the sound of shouts of killing mixed with the autumn wind from time to time recently. "Could it be that there is something wrong with the ears, and I heard wrong?"

The dungeon is located in the north corner of the city.Coming down from the ground, there is a section of stone steps more than 20 feet, which has been dilapidated, leaving a very high ventilation window, which is the only place that can communicate with the outside world.Through this window, Genzaburo can slightly feel a hint of seasonal information.Sometimes the restless chirping of cicadas comes from afar, sometimes it rains and snows, and the wind howls. All kinds of seasonal changes will visit Genzaburo through this small window. Although the numbers may not be accurate, but according to the calculations, Genzaburo has probably ushered in six cold winters here.In the past six years, he allowed his hair to grow wildly, and changed his clothes six times, but none of them could see the original appearance.People from outside will definitely think that he is a wild beast when they come in and look at it.The prisoner only sent rice once a day, three small rice balls, water, a little pickle, a little salt, or a bowl of porridge.

Yuan Saburo felt that these were enough, and the strong will of the Mikawa samurai had long been used to these.What surrender and surrender, he was born to hate. "If that's a human cry, it must be the lord who has come to attack this city..." All sorts of people seem to have come into the city lately.There were no fewer than five names of generals that Genaburo had inquired from the prison guards.Okabe Tanba Mori, Aiki Ichibei, Miura Ukon Taifu, Morikawa Bizen, Asahina Yarokuro, Ogasawara Hikozaburo, Kurita Hikobei and other generals are all well-known fierce generals from Toe to Suruga.These people probably rushed here to fight to the death because Gaotian Shencheng was violently attacked by Ieyasu.

The prisoner who came to deliver food every day around noon seemed to be a long time late today.Ah, it's getting dark again.Just thinking about it, the prisoner came.The prisoner's name seemed to be Zang, and he was a talkative man over fifty years old. Every time he came, he had to talk enough before going back.Holding a dim lantern, Zuozou groped his way to the cell window, "Hey, prisoner, it's time to eat." "Hey, Zuzou." Genzaburo called out to him as he sat on the cold stone. "What's the matter? I'm very busy today." "No matter how busy you are, you have to tell a little about Kai's story. Is my Lord attacking the city?"

Hearing Gensaburo's words, the prisoner was a little surprised, stepped back and asked in a low voice, "How did you know?" Genzaburo nodded silently, "Even if I am here, my eyes can still see outside. In this war, our lord will surely win." "There will never be such a thing." The prison guard hurriedly interrupted Genzaburo, and then lowered his voice again, "If the city falls, for the sake of our old friendship, you have to give me a hand. " Genzaburo nodded briskly, "Of course, you are my old friend." "I'm sorry when you say that. I didn't take care of you carefully before."

"No, you're already warm enough to me. Hey, let me tell you, my lord is about to attack today. Have you heard about the generals?" "This, I can't tell you, the higher-ups won't let me tell you." "Oh, then I won't ask. If you do, you will be in trouble." Yuan Saburo felt that since he was so determined and would never surrender, he would not force others. But the prisoner sighed deeply instead. "When you say that, I can't help but want to tell you. Let me tell you. I heard that the general who attacked the vicinity today is called Okubo Heisuke. He is very good at using guns."

"Oh, really? Even Okubo Heisuke is here, it really is a big battle." "Also, this is a secret. Today, the two leaders Okabe Daito and Nakura Gentaro quarreled above the cell." "Oh, what are the two arguing about?" "Nakura said, no matter what you say, the Tokugawa side is brave and good at fighting. The soldiers have cut off all the wheat and rice in this area. The rations of the common people are limited every day. No one will help the Takeda side. Therefore, Takeda If you are going to be defeated, it is better to abandon the city as soon as possible. Okabe retorted that if you abandon the city, you will be chased and killed by the enemy, and the whole army will be wiped out. General Katsurai will definitely lead the rescuers to support, so , we must stick to it until he comes to the rescue. The other retorted that Katsuyori is playing against Odawara, so he won’t come... Anyway, the two of them quarreled fiercely.” After hearing this, Okochi Gensaburo snickered in his heart, and said, "Oh, then, the winner will be decided soon. Where is Mr. Sheng Lai now?" "Mr. Katsuyori is in Izu..." Before finishing speaking, Tsukune broke out in a cold sweat and twisted his mouth fiercely, "You are such a bastard! Why do you ask about everything! How can you tell outsiders about these things? " "Oh, my fault. So, when did the fighting start?" "It started in March, and it's so annoying now! Do you know where there is no war?" "March...then I don't know. If it had started in March, I should have sat up and prayed for the Lord's victory. Oh, my lord, I don't know all this, please forgive me. " Genzaburo propped up his rotten legs, trying to sit up, when suddenly there was a sound of chaotic footsteps from the upper entrance.He jumped in fright, and the prisoner was even more frightened out of his wits. He was about to run to the exit in a panic, but was pushed to the window by the people who came in. "Light up the lamp!" The person who came was a thirty-six or seven-year-old general, with four or five followers.The entourage lit the three large candles they had brought.Suddenly the dungeon was as bright as day, and the man approached the window and looked in. "Are you Genzaburo Okochi?" Genzaburo stretched his shriveled legs forward at once.As if he had changed himself, he asked sharply, "Who are you?" "Sure enough, I have a lot of backbone. My name is Gentaro Kura. Gentaro and Gensaburo... have the same names as brothers." "Shut up!" Genzaburo scolded angrily with his wet body trembling, "Although the names are similar, the roots are very different. You always want to abandon the city and run away, but even if I stay here for decades, I won't let you die." I will give in. You are such a covetous person who is afraid of death, I know the purpose of your coming here without telling me. Don't waste your words, get out of here!" Gentaro was scolded a lot, but he still didn't smile, and once again put his face on the window grille, looking at Genzaburo. "Although you are an enemy and not a friend, I still admire you very much. I really want to tell Ieyasu what you just said." "Again, I won't answer you." "Okay, if you're not happy, you don't need to talk. You have to listen carefully. As you expected, Tokugawa came to capture this city, and the city's connection with the outside world has been cut off for three months. In this way, You will probably also understand that, regardless of the arrival of reinforcements, we are currently faced with only two choices. One is to live and die with the city and fight to the end with blood; There is a big difference, those who oppose the opening of the city say that even if the city gates are opened, they will be driven out and killed, it is better to fight to the end." In the prison, Okochi Gensaburo closed his eyes slightly, motionless as if frozen. "I don't need to hide it, let me tell you straight. I just remembered that you are still in prison. Even so, Tokugawa didn't know that you were still alive, so they must have thought you were dead...Since you are okay It's easy to live today. I want to send you to Ieyasu's camp. Are you willing? I have heard that you have difficulty walking, so I specially prepared a sedan chair for you. You go to Ieyasu's camp. The city has opened. Only the passage in the northern valley is left empty. In this way, the casualties avoided by both sides are no less than a thousand, this is my idea." "..." "Well, if we fight to the death, Tokugawa's losses will not be small, and you will make a great contribution. You should think about it carefully." At this time, Nakura Gentaro suddenly found that Genzaburo had already fallen asleep with a slight snoring sound. "Hmph, don't you even listen? You really are a stubborn old man." Genzaburo was still snoring, which made Nakura Gentaro click his tongue. "Prisoner, open the cell door." "Yes... yes, I don't know what your lord is doing when you open the cell door?" "What are you doing? Is this something you, an old man, should ask? Open it quickly, and stop talking!" The jailer sighed, and thrust the key into the lock.He knew that when the prison door was opened, Daheyuan Saburo was going to be severely tortured.He gently called Gensaburo: "Prisoner, hello, prisoner, wake up, wake up." Nagura Gentaro winked at the followers and let the two followers go in first.Then, one of the attendants was holding a candlestick, and the other followed with a knife in his hand. "Call him up!" Nakura motioned to his followers.The entourage drew out a knife and pressed it on the prisoner's face. "stand up!" "It's so noisy!" "This guy is pretending to sleep." Nakura nodded. "There is no need to answer... So, I have no choice but to get rid of you. Your old master finally came to rescue you, but you died without even seeing his face. Don't you feel regretful?" When he said that, Genzaburo opened his eyes all at once. "Stop rambling, my lord and I have the same heart. Once the warrior of Sanhe speaks, he will never change his words. If you want to kill or cut, please feel free. If I am afraid of death, can I endure it for six years?" "Okay, kill me!" Nakura's self-esteem seemed to be deeply hurt, "Hmph! I won't let you die like this for nothing. Before killing you, I want to see the Mikawa warrior who speaks wild words, How strong is the endurance. Hey, tear his clothes off." "Yes." The entourage agreed, and with the blade facing outward, he put the knife under Gensaburo's clothes.With a chirping sound, the clothes were cut in half and fell to the ground, exposing Genzaburo's dirty skin like rotten wood. "Is it cold? Pour some hot candle oil on his back to keep him warm." "Yes." Another attendant tilted the candlestick and poured hot candle oil on Gensaburo's head.The wax dripped from his head to his back, and immediately solidified.Gensaburo still opened his eyes slightly, staring at the sky steadfastly, without even shaking.Probably his body has dried up, or he has lost consciousness long ago. "Okay, ask him again." As soon as Nagura finished speaking, the attendant put the gleaming knife point under Gensaburo's neck, forcing him to raise his head. "How? Should I go on a mission obediently, or die like this?" "No need to repeat, I have said it clearly." "Good! Burn his hands!" "Yes." The guard lifted Gensaburo's hand on his knee with the tip of the knife again.Genzaburo didn't resist, and stared blankly at the palm of his hand with blank eyes.Gentaro held his breath and watched in surprise as the prisoner stretched his dirty palm towards the candlestick. The nails of the little finger and ring finger of Genzaburo's left hand creaked and burned, emitting a disgusting smell.However, his mouth was slightly open, and he didn't seem to be gnashing his teeth and enduring the pain. "Keep burning for me!" "Yes." This time it was more cruel than the previous one, and it burned all the way to the fingertips. "Keep burning!" "yes." After a while, Genzaburo's entire left hand was burned, and he moved his right hand to the flames.If he had grasped a knife at this moment, his fingers would have snapped off. "This stubborn guy!" His right hand was also burned, but Genzaburo still kept his mouth shut.Nakura Gentaro was dumbfounded in surprise, "This guy doesn't know how hot or cold, it seems that we can't count on him anymore, he's almost dead." Gentaro kicked open the cell door and escaped.If the torture continued like this, he might not even be able to control himself. He felt terrified, afraid that he would really kill the other party on the spur of the moment.In this sense, Okochi Genzaburo seems to have become an unkillable captive. A few attendants also left with Nagura, and then Sakuzo approached the lamp tremblingly. "I don't know what to say about you, you are indeed too strong." "Heh..." Under the light, Genzaburo bent his back on the ground at this moment, not laughing but crying.Burning from palm to fingertips, how can it not hurt?However, this kind of pain seems to have become Gen Saburo's only survival value, and the only good medicine for his life to last.If there was no resentment and no object to fight, this prison life would have destroyed his body long ago. "Oh... so it was the Buddha who was torturing the Daming God." He shook his upper body while speaking.Never fail yourself!The burnt part of the hand seemed to be alive with insects moving. It was warm and warmed all over the body. After a while, a pleasant sleepiness hit the whole body.Genzaburo didn't eat the food Sakuzo sent, and soon he snored like thunder and fell asleep soundly. Sakuzo hurriedly stepped forward, took off his clothes and covered Genzaburo's body. For some reason, he clasped his hands together and prayed: "Namo Amitabha...Namo Ami..." Only the strong wind howled, relentlessly blowing in from the only vent. The next day, Yuan Saburo gave birth to hope again.He didn't have the slightest desire to go on a mission, but the enemy seemed to be urging him.Ieyasu once said a word: I will definitely come to rescue him!This was already the greatest satisfaction at the last moment of his life.Therefore, he no longer cares about whether he can see Ieyasu alive, but is willing to show the enemy his fortitude in life again. If Nakura Gentaro came to the prison to beg him, it meant that the victory and defeat were already clear, and the enemy could not avoid the destruction of the entire army except for him to be sent out as an envoy.I will definitely come to beg me again, but I don’t know who it will be this time—Gen Saburo is here to fight the final decisive battle with the enemy generals one by one. He feels extremely happy. It turns out that war is not only a battlefield... Forge a will like iron and stone, and never succumb to the coercion and temptation of the enemy.This kind of pride in victory makes him more confident and more fulfilled as he fights.This is by no means empty preaching, but the traces of life left by Okochi Genzaburo with his strong will.He wants to overcome all human weaknesses and make his will shine like a crystal forever. Soon, Okabe came to Yuan Saburo's prison again with a knife.Bringing a knife, he asked his subordinates to make a sumptuous meal and brought them in, and repeatedly praised Genzaburo for his admirable samurai spirit. "Don't say it so eloquently. Do you think I'm the kind of person who eats your food and drinks, listens to your praise, and then sells his will?" Genzaburo sneered and threw the food and wine that he served aside. As a result, he also became angry with the knife. He tied Gensaburo's hair into a knot, put the handle of the gun in, and carried Gensaburo around the cell like crazy.The hair that had lost its elasticity was torn off and fell down one after another. However, this only added to Genzaburo's boldness. Next came Yujing Kahei. As soon as he came in, he said: "There is not much food left in the city, even the food for you, a prisoner, is almost gone. Since you can't even eat, I hope you will prepare. Show off your samurai spirit. Besides eating, if you have any wishes, just tell me. We are all samurai, and I will try my best to satisfy you." After Kabei also fled, Genzaburo laughed heartily again. "Hey, why is there such a big gap between those who have already awakened and those who have not yet awakened!" Since then, the onigiri sent by Sakuzo have gradually become smaller, and the number has been reduced from two to one. From the end of the eighth year of Tianzheng to the spring of the ninth year of Tianzheng, the smell of gunpowder could be faintly smelled from the air vents, and the sound of arrows could also be heard. "It's really unexpected that this city and my body will..." It seemed to be March outside.On this day, Genzaburo had been waiting for Sakukura's arrival, but the whole day passed, and Sakukura didn't even show his face. It seemed to be daylight.From the vent, Gensaburo could feel a little sign of dawn.For whenever dawn came there was always a fragrant fresh air seeping from somewhere into the vent, though only a little.Every time Okochi Gensaburo stood up, tiptoed, greedily sucking this little bit of fresh air.But now it's not working anymore, not to mention the legs, even the hands can't be controlled, and even the eyesight is extremely weak.Still, his ears and sense of smell adapted to this unusual life. "That... that must be Huang Ying's voice." Since yesterday, the city has been uncharacteristically silent, like a dead city.The oriole's cheers seemed to celebrate the end of the war.Sakuzo didn't come anymore, and the prisoners probably fled... Thinking about it, Genzaburo felt that his vitality had turned into small bubbles, which burst one by one. He lost the sustenance of life and felt hopeless. This is enough... His soul full of combat power seems to have been greatly satisfied.He could no longer feel the hunger in his stomach.Around noon, a wave of tiredness hit him, and he fell asleep again.When he woke up suddenly, he heard the sound of gongs and drums outside. "Strange..." Yuan Saburo stood up suddenly and listened with all his heart.No movement of the attackers entering the city was heard, but the sound was indeed the beating of drums.According to the poor knowledge, Yuan Saburo thinks it should be Xing Ruomai. "Since my lord moved to Hamamatsu, I often watch this dance during the New Year. Maybe my lord has already entered the city." "If you enter the city..." Yuan Saburo suddenly felt a huge wave in his heart.Even if the hero enters the city, it is probably impossible to know immediately that there will be a dungeon in such a place for such a warrior.After finally ushering in the lord, is it possible that if you can't meet, you will die? ... Thinking about it, the originally clear things in Gensaburo's heart suddenly became muddy, and the desire for life was immediately written on his face.He stood up holding on to the window lattice, but his legs, which could no longer stand, immediately sent out bursts of tingling pain, which spread all over his body. "Wow..." Yuan Saburo roared with all his strength.Suddenly, the snare drum sound that was coming through the window just now disappeared, and the surroundings returned to the previous deathly silence, and a nameless sadness welled up in my heart.He staggered and fell under the pane, having neither strength to stand nor to shout. After a while, in the tunnel opposite the window pane, a lantern timidly and flickeringly moved towards this side.Gensaburo didn't notice. "Hey...hey...brother, how are you? Hey...Sakuzo risked his life to get some onigiri. Eat one. Hey, prisoner..." I don't know if it was in a dream or in reality Gensaburo vaguely heard the voice of the prisoner.He only felt that his whole body was in chaos, as if he was haunted by the Sandman.This is probably a dream that implies that his vitality has been exhausted. "Hey, hold on, it's me, bro." Gensaburo opened his eyes slightly, and slowly woke up from his vague consciousness. Sakuzo had already entered, stroking his body and sobbing. "Sakuzo was a cunning person from the beginning. I originally thought that if the city fell, I would ask you to help Afly, so I pretended to be kind to you... But now I am sincere to you. I admire you from the bottom of my heart You are the real warrior... If you kill a hero like you, the gods and Buddhas will not forgive me...Brother, I risked my life, sneaked into the adult's tent, and stole it from there .If you are found out, your head will be lost...I didn't think carefully about all brothers, you must persevere." Saying that, Sakuzo untied the bamboo tube from his waist, gently lifted Genzaburo's head, and poured water into his mouth. Most of the water flowed out of his mouth and onto Gensaburo's ribs, which were so thin that they were clearly visible. Only then did he wake up and found that Sakuzo was hugging himself. "Oh, Sakuzo..." "Brother, do you know that from today onwards, there is not a single grain of rice in this city... No, there is still a little bit, and there will be none after today. Therefore, I sneaked into Mr. Kurita Xingbu's house Camp tent, steal a little bit." "What, this... this rice ball was stolen?" "Oh, even if it was stolen, it's not considered a thief. Of course, you can kill me as a thief. You always talk about the will of Mikawa and the will of the warrior of Mikawa. Even I, an old man, can hear the calluses. I At first I didn’t take it to heart at all, but now I finally understand... If a good person like you is starved to death, there will be no good person in Yuanjiang, and I just feel dissatisfied. Although I am a commoner, but, I risk my life and want people to know that there are people in Yuanjiang who can understand my brother, and they will not hesitate to let people kill me. Eat quickly!" Listening and listening, for some reason, Yuan Saburo's tears flowed down, and he couldn't stop it. "Oh, Zuzou, you are trying to save face for the people of Enzhou!" "Yes. Don't call me a thief, eat quickly...brother." "Why would I scold you? Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient. However, I have one more thing to ask you. Was someone beating the drum just now?" "Ah, tell me about this. Tomorrow, the other party will launch a general attack, and all of them will be killed here. The general Kurita Shobu in this city watched the singing and dancing of Mrs. Mitsuko Kowasa in the Tokugawa camp." "Oh, watch the performance of Mrs. Xing Ruo San in our lord's camp..." "Yes, everyone in the city began to cry... Lord Tokugawa listened happily, and set up a stage beside the city wall. Taifu sang "Gao Guan" with his beautiful voice, and both parties listened quietly. For a long time, there was no sound from either side." "Oh, the lord actually allows people to sing to the enemy?" Suddenly, Genzaburo gave a deep salute to the onigiri in Sakuzo's hand, then pulled it with his hand that had festered into the shape of a mallet, and ate it in big mouthfuls. Gaotianshen City has not yet fallen.However, it seems that Takeda Katsuyori's reinforcements will not come, and the officers and soldiers of the whole city are ready to die with the city.So, where is Katsuyori stopping Tokugawa's advance now? Okochi Genzaburo finished eating the rice ball in Sakuzo's hand, drank every drop of the water left in the bamboo tube, and asked about the song with great interest. "Now the lives of the soldiers in the city are at stake, so I begged desperately, and the Taifu sang it as a memorial for these people in this life." Documents were shot from the arrow tower in the city, and soon the Taifu came out of the camp, saying that Tokugawa had agreed to a truce.As a result, the fighting all around stopped for a while, and silence enveloped the whole city.Soon, Kurita Xingbu, the general guarding the castle, led his family members Hejumaru, Yanbingwei, etc. to the archery tower. Hearing Taifu's "Gaoguan", the soldiers all burst into tears at this time.Not long after, the singing ended.A warrior wearing a purple war robe flew out of the city and presented a gift to the Taifu.The gift was ten pieces of Satake Dabao paper, one roll of silk, and a dagger. "The Taifu readily accepted. The samurai in the purple shirt said, this way, he can die without any regrets. Please greet Mr. Tokugawa...and come back after speaking." After Sakuzo finished speaking, Genzaburo couldn't help muttering: "Damn it! He comes and goes in a purple shirt. So, what's his name?" Zuozang does not know. When a person faces death, there will be a poetic feeling of sadness in his heart.Yuan Saburo suddenly had a new power in his heart. Sakuzo had no intention of leaving the cell either.It seems that the lingering sound of "Gaoguan" sung in front of the two sides just now lingers, and he is still immersed in deep emotion.Soon, Gensaburo dozed off again in a daze.When he woke up again, it was like a mountain collapsed around the cell, and there was noise everywhere. The soldiers in the city must have killed out before dawn, and the general offensive had already begun.The deafening sound of war drums, gunshots, and arrows, the neighing and mourning of war horses, the shouts of soldiers, and the great battle outside all came vividly through this small air vent. Okochi Gensaburo hurriedly put his rotten legs together and sat up.Why, on earth, people insisted on such a tragic pile of corpses, he could not understand.He understood only one stark fact: the power to annihilate this reality does not exist anywhere in the world.He put his hand under his grimy chin, clasped his hands, and prayed for Ieyasu's victory. The crazy noise continued from the morning of the second day until noon. During this time, the prisoners hid beside the window panes, and kept praying for the gods to bless them. How brutal the battle was that day was not known until later. The "Military Merit List" records the number of heads of famous samurai killed by the Tokugawa generals.The records are as follows: 〖One hundred and seventy-seven people of Osuka Gorozaemon Yasuga Kisaburo Suzuki and one hundred and thirty-six guardians of Etchu Okubo Shichiroemon Tadashi Sixty-Four People Sakai Zaemon Wei Zhongji Forty-two Forty-one members of Shenyuan Xiaoping Taikangzheng Ishikawa Hoki kept the number of forty people Twenty-six guards of Ishikawa Nagato Honda Heihachiro Tadakatsu Twenty Two Hikojiro Honda Twenty-one Torii Hikoemon Motochu Nineteen People Honda Zuzaemon Shigei Eighteen People ...〗 A total of 688 people, plus miscellaneous soldiers, guards, etc., the number of Takeda casualties is very large, and the surrounding valleys are full of headless corpses. The guard Kurita Xingbu and his family are of course no exception. Okabe Daito, Okabe Tanba, Miura Ukon Taifu, Oil Well Kahei, Nakura Gentaro, Ogasawara Hikozaburo, Morikawa Bizen, Ushiwazumi Mori, Asahina Yarokuro, Matsuo Wakasa The guards and other generals were also killed.As a result, the battle for Takaten Kamito, which lasted seven years, finally came to an end with Tokugawa Ieyasu's victory again.The impact of this battle is by no means limited to local areas, but also fundamentally changed the fate of Takeda Katsuyori. The surroundings became quiet again, and the prisoner Zakuzo climbed out of the tunnel tremblingly.Gensaburo was still sitting there, clasped his hands together, and continued to pray. Not long after, the footsteps of five or six people came over accompanied by loud chatter and laughter. "I heard that the prisoner who spent seven years in prison is still alive." "what?" "Hurry up and lead the way. It's too dark here, hold the lamp!" Hearing the sound, Genzaburo opened his eyes.It must be one of our own, this is perfectly understandable. "Here, right inside the window lattice." Sakuzo said loudly, as if he had forgotten that he was a prisoner of Takeda. Seeing a figure swaying inside, someone walked in briskly. "Who are you?" The visitor carefully identified Yuan Saburo, "It's too miserable, the face and head can't be distinguished clearly. The lord has entered the city safely. We have to report you quickly. What's your name, is it Where are you from?" "Okochi Gensaburo political situation..." Gensaburo finished speaking, only felt that the other party seemed to be taken aback, and then he lost consciousness. When he woke up again, he found that he had been carried in front of Ieyasu who was sitting on the bed.It's not completely dark yet, and the surrounding areas can still be vaguely distinguished.However, Genzaburo felt that his eyes were bright and he couldn't see anything clearly. "Where is the lord? Okochi Gensaburo wants to see the lord earlier." As soon as he woke up, Gensaburo shouted anxiously.