"Takeda-kun, how many casualties were there in our battle at the river bank?"
After a moment of silence, Tokugawa Hideyoshi finally asked a serious question.
Nobuo Takeda hesitated for a moment: "It's hard to say how many people died in the battle, but a total of 12,000 of us went out, but only more than 7,000 people came back."
"So many!" This number was obviously beyond Tokugawa Hideyoshi's expectations.
Only more than 7,000 people returned, so how could the remaining ones survive?
Takeda Nobuo said: "That's true, but now we have to face a bigger problem. Now, the Ming army has crossed the river."
"If the commander of the Ming army had not made mistakes in command, how would we have defended this camp?"
Tokugawa Hideyoshi sighed and said, "Mr. Takeda, for us in Japan, any war right now can be called a national war. It concerns the destiny of the country. How can we pin our hopes on the enemy commander's mistakes in command?"
Upon hearing this, Takeda Nobuo sighed and said, "General, I know what you said, but other than that, I really can't think of any other way we can stop the Ming army. It would be fine if we were defending the city, but right now we only occupy a large camp."
"How can a large camp stop such a brave Ming army?"
Tokugawa Hideyoshi looked at Takeda Nobuo thoughtfully and said, "Mr. Takeda, do you want to retreat?"
When Takeda Nobuo saw that his thoughts were exposed, he no longer concealed them: "General, that's exactly what I meant. Although we lost more than 4,000 people in this battle, it was only more than 4,000 people."
"Without the city as an obstacle, we can't win."
"Don't forget how that loser Inoue Yu was defeated. He lost half of our national strength in just those two battles."
"Inoue Yu?" Tokugawa frowned; "Why do you mention that loser, Takeda? Am I not as good as him?"
Nobuo Takeda smiled bitterly and said, "The general is naturally much stronger than him. If it were Inoue Takeshi, he would not have dared to walk on the river bank last night. Even if he had gone, he would not have come back alive."
After hearing this, Tokugawa Hideyoshi thought it was sincere and no longer cared about Takeda Nobuo comparing him with Inoue Takeo.
However, at this moment, one of Tokugawa Hideyoshi's personal guards ran into his tent and said in panic: "General, something bad has happened."
When Tokugawa Hideyoshi heard this, he was also shocked: "Is the Ming army attacking?"
The guard said: "No, it's not."
Tokugawa was obviously a little annoyed: "The Ming army didn't attack us, why are you panicking?"
The personal guard said: "The Ming army has set up catapults outside our camp. Last night, the heads of our soldiers who died in the battle were thrown into the camp as cannonballs."
"What?" Tokugawa Hideyoshi stood up suddenly, but perhaps because he was tired and had lost a lot of blood, he almost fell to the ground when he stood up so suddenly.
"General!" Takeda Nobuo on the side hurriedly supported him.
After Tokugawa calmed down, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go and take a look."
…
At this moment, the front line where the Japanese army camp and the Ming army were confronting each other was covered with hundreds of human heads.
Outside the camp, catapults were still throwing heads at their camp.
The current scene was so terrifying that some timid Japanese people almost went crazy.
They were at a loss, they were in great distress.
When Tokugawa Hideyoshi saw this, his already pale face became even paler.
"Intimidation, the Ming army is intimidating us now. Quickly, take these heads away and bury them in a cesspool. We can't let our soldiers be intimidated by these things."
Takeda Nobuo, who was standing by, was speechless after hearing this. "General, are you so angry that you've lost your mind? These are the heads of our soldiers. How can you bury them in a cesspool?"
"Don't you want the morale of the army anymore?"
Tokugawa Hideyoshi then reacted: "Yes, how can we find a cesspool? Well, how about preparing some boxes to put these heads in?"
Takeda said: "That's fine. Put the soldiers' heads in a box, bury it properly, and burn a few incense sticks as a token of our respect. That's all."
So, Tokugawa Hideyoshi ordered the heads to be collected.
However, there are not many people who dare to do this. If it was the enemy's head, it would be fine, but the most important thing is that it was the head of one's own comrade.
When those brave Japanese soldiers went to pick up those heads, they could only wonder if they would end up like this.
However, what further impacted the Japanese people's psychological defenses were the heads that were directly smashed by the catapults.
Those heads, like broken watermelons, red, white, and the eyeballs rolling on the ground, regardless of whether they are disgusting or not, the key point is that they are too scary.
And while the Japanese were picking up the heads, the Ming army's catapults outside their camp were still throwing catapults inside.
…
At this moment, in front of the Ming army camp, right at the location of the catapult, Yang Xiao and Wei Yixiao were doing these things with great interest. However, at this moment, Zhao Min also came here.
"Two generals, can you calculate how many Japanese we have killed in total?"
Yang Xiao thought for a moment: "In total, more than four thousand heads were chopped off, but it seems that less than four thousand two."
Zhao Min nodded: "More than 4,000 people is not bad. In the battle last night, our casualties totaled more than 500 people. Fortunately, the soldiers are all wearing heavy armor, otherwise the casualties would be much greater than this number."
"However, generals, don't throw all these heads in at once. It will take at least two or three hours."
"Our soldiers have not yet completely crossed the river, and the second pontoon bridge has not yet been built. This is such a good opportunity, we still have to intimidate them for a little longer."
After hearing this, Yang Xiao and Wei Yixiao nodded quickly.
Then Wei Yixiao said: "Marshal, it's too bloody here. With your status, you should not lose face. You should go and have a rest. General Yang and I will watch over it."
After hearing this, Zhao Min smiled slightly and turned to look at the pile of heads: "Not to mention whether it is indecent or not, it is indeed a bit disgusting. I'll have to trouble you two generals here."
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