Yang Xiao, this ruffian from the Ming Cult period, had become a famous general of the time at some point. Not counting Zhao Min's confidants, he was also the most capable general under Zhang Wuji.
Otherwise, the person who would lead Zhang Wuji today would definitely not be this person.
However, I have to say that what he did today was indeed quite beautiful.
He was just one step away from having an army gather together to take the general's head. It was really just one step away. He frightened Tokugawa Hideyoshi to death. Even afterwards, Tokugawa himself only felt like he had survived a disaster.
Tokugawa Hideyoshi looked at Yang Xiao, who came and went in a hurry, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He wondered how many such great generals there were on the Ming army's side.
Look at the Ming army's armored soldiers, then look at his own. Two thousand men have the guts to confront him, so what about his own side? Zhang Wuji's army is indeed not far from here, a two-day journey, but right now, in the past few days, hasn't he been chased and attacked by these pioneering two thousand Ming troops?
If it were their own soldiers, with only 2,000 men facing 50,000 or 60,000 Ming troops, they would probably be scared to death.
However, when Tokugawa Hideyoshi looked around again, he felt even more disappointed.
The soldiers in the army were not just in chaos, but were simply in disarray. The casualties of this battle were still unknown, but in the previous attack on the camp set up by the Ming army last night, four to five thousand people were probably killed. Four to five thousand people were lost in more than two hours. If it weren't for him, the general, supervising the battle from behind, the morale of the army and even the entire army would have collapsed. In Yang Xiao's sneak attack, dozens of his own guards were killed or injured. You know, those were people who had followed Tokugawa for several years, or even more than ten years.
Besides, after the Ming army charged into the enemy's formation just now, everyone was wantonly waving their scimitars and killing people. I'm afraid that just in that attack, there were no less than a thousand of their own casualties, and these were just the casualties.
Tokugawa looked at his own camp. Those able-bodied men who had just been captured some time ago not only had no fighting power, but in the current environment, they directly became the fuse of the collapse of the entire army. When they faced the Ming army, they could not muster any courage and could only flee. Even now, there were still countless people climbing up the mountains on both sides of them.
In this situation, Tokugawa felt a little sad again.
Not only Tokugawa, but also Takeda Nobuo said so. He whispered: "We can't go on like this. We really can't go on like this."
Amidst the sadness, Takeda Nobuo could only offer a few words of utter nonsense. At this moment, any Japanese general, whether competent or incompetent, would have known that this couldn't go on. But what could they do? Wasn't the situation already like this?
Japan has fallen into a desperate situation. It is not easy to turn the situation around.
Tokugawa took a deep breath and said: "Quick, catch those escaped men and see if the injured can be saved. If they can be saved, save them. If not, then there is no hope."
After Tokugawa Hideyoshi calmed down, he continued to perform his duties as the general. He calmly gave orders to his personal guards. However, at this moment, Takeda Nobuo said, "Many of our soldiers were killed in this battle. Should we bury the dead?"
"Bury their ass!" Tokugawa said angrily, "Although they died in battle, it was ultimately because of their own lack of fighting ability. It took five or six people to kill one Ming soldier. This was when they were not wearing heavy armor and were on light cavalry and light infantry. With this kind of battle loss, they simply deserved to die."
"It would be fine if we in Japan still hold the initiative on the battlefield, but it's too late now. If we bury those thousands of corpses, I'm afraid the large number of Ming troops will really chase us."
Tokugawa Hideyoshi's rage could not be hidden from anyone, and what's more, he didn't want to hide it from anyone.
Afterwards, Tokugawa Hideyoshi captured the escaped young men again. Of course, not all of them could be captured. I'm afraid only about 60 to 70 percent of them were captured.
As for the rest of the people, they naturally continued to flee. Some of them climbed to the mountains on both sides. They had previously thought that a large number of Ming troops were coming, so they were quite agile.
They didn't even know how they climbed up the towering and steep mountain. However, when the Ming army retreated, they were caught in a dilemma. They could neither go up nor down. In short, they were stuck there.
Tokugawa looked at their funny appearance. He hadn't laughed out loud for many days, but this time he burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, idiot, that's how idiots behave."
"Ha ha ha ha".
The funny appearance of his own soldiers almost made his general laugh to death.
Tokugawa ignored those idiots who were unable to go up or down. Just as he said, idiots deserved this fate. When those idiots were exhausted, they would naturally fall down.
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At this moment, looking at the place where the Ming army had set up camp before, the place that had not been captured for more than two hours, it was now deserted.
Seeing this scene, Tokugawa laughed again: "Hahahaha, yes, that's right. Let me not talk about how skilled the Ming general is in using his troops. Just say that he relied on such small casualties to make me like this. Facing such an opponent, shouldn't we lose?"
Nobuo Takeda on the side frowned as he listened: "General, although this battle was disgusting, we still have tens of thousands of troops at our disposal, and the Ming army must have suffered heavy casualties in this battle. Therefore, if we march again, I am afraid we will not be caught up by the large Ming army behind us."
Tokugawa smiled and looked up at the sun in the sky: "It's already afternoon. We have been fighting until now, and how far have we walked today? What's more, the soldiers have not rested after the battle yet. How far can they go today?"
"Mr. Takeda, you'd better drink a few more bowls of porridge while your head is still on your neck. If you really end up with your head and body separated, at least you should die with a full stomach and don't let down your status as a staff general."
After hearing this, Takeda Nobuo was speechless, but he didn't know how to refute Tokugawa Hideyoshi or how to cheer him up.
At this point, Takeda Nobuo was actually feeling very downhearted. The reason why he still appeared to be a little positive and optimistic was simply the attitude that a general of staff should have at the moment. But in fact, he was not in a much better mood than Tokugawa. In fact, he was even more pessimistic about the direction of the situation than Tokugawa Hideyoshi.
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