The next day, before dawn, Tokugawa Hideyoshi's army rested for more than two hours before continuing on their journey, or rather, continuing their escape.
Such a high-intensity march has already made many of his soldiers unable to withstand it.
"General, are we leaving too hastily? The soldiers haven't had a good night's rest in recent times."
"Baga," Tokugawa Hideyoshi cursed, "If you want to rest, wait until the Ming army chops off your head, then you can rest forever."
"True rest is reserved for the dead."
A young general just spoke the truth on behalf of the soldiers, but was scolded to death.
However, at this moment, Takeda Nobuo still understood Tokugawa very well: "General, our soldiers run fast. Even if we are harassed by the Ming cavalry every day, we are still faster."
"If we continue like this, we will definitely escape the pursuit of the Ming army."
Tokugawa Hideyoshi couldn't help but laugh: "That's true. It's just like a wolf and a rabbit. If the wolf loses the race, at most it will just go hungry. But if the rabbit loses, it will lose its life."
After hearing this analogy, Takeda Nobuo was speechless.
"General, right now, we have another urgent matter."
"Without the imperial court's supply of food and fodder, it will be difficult for us to feed 60,000 troops by collecting them on our own. Almost all of our supplies were lost in Edogawa. It's time to think of other ways."
Tokugawa Hideyoshi frowned: "What other way is there? Takeda-kun is as smart as me. Now, what else can we do? The Ming cavalry has already run ahead of us. They have done the things of fortifying the cities and clearing the fields for us. It is obvious that collecting food will become more and more difficult."
"But fortunately, our Yamato people are a herbivorous people."
"There are so many hills and mountains here, and they are so vast. It would be great if the young men could carry forward the fine traditions of their ancestors."
Takeda Nobuo could hardly believe his ears. He had originally wanted Tokugawa Hideyoshi to come up with a good idea, but he actually said such words. However, when he thought about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.
However, Takeda Nobuo was a little confused as to how this herbivorous nation came to the conclusion. Did they see it themselves or did they eat it themselves?
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The Tokugawa army continued to march forward, and in recent days, not only the Tokugawa army was exhausted, but Zhang Wuji's side was also not feeling well. After all, they were heavily armored infantry, and if they wanted to catch up with the Japanese, they would need to exert more effort.
However, the Japanese had become frightened birds and ran away so fast. If it were not for Yang Xiao's cavalry to restrain them every day, Tokugawa would have disappeared without a trace.
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"Young Master has been working really hard these past two days."
Inside the Ming army camp, Yu Fei said with some heartache.
Wei Xiangjun also said: "Yes, it's really heartbreaking to watch."
Zhou Zhiruo was a little surprised: "It's okay. Fighting is always hard. Compared with the soldiers, we are already doing well."
"At least, I can rest in the carriage."
Wei Xiangjun's cheeks blushed: "Sister Zhou, that's not what I meant. I don't feel that I am working hard. I really feel that Brother Wuji is working hard."
"You know, Brother Wuji used to be with us every night, but in recent days, Brother Wuji hasn't touched you guys."
Zhou Zhiruo’s eyes widened instantly: “Is this what you call hard work?”
"If this is considered hard work for him, then what are we?"
Wei Xiangjun said: "We didn't spend every night with Brother Wuji before. If we were together every night, we wouldn't be able to bear it."
"I, I just simply feel sorry for Brother Wuji."
"In recent days, our soldiers have had too little rest time. If Brother Wuji wants to do something, he has no time to rest. If he wants to rest, he can't do anything. In short, I feel sorry for Brother Wuji and I can't bear to see him looking wronged."
Zhou Zhiruo was completely speechless: "You little stinky girl, are you talking like a human being? It seems that Zhang Wuji hasn't harmed us in the past few days, but you have wronged him so much."
"Do you still remember the scene back then when you absolutely didn't want to be with that enemy? You hid in my room crying, and covered your ears when you heard that sound. But now, look at you. You have completely disgraced a woman's dignity."
After being scolded, Wei Xiangjun was not angry, but was shy and didn't know what to say.
But Yu Fei on the side hurriedly said: "Sister Zhou, are you done yet? Sister Xiangjun was only seventeen years old at that time. She didn't understand many things, so it was inevitable that she would make some childish jokes. Everyone would be the same when they were that age."
"Besides, Sister Xiangjun hasn't had an audience with me for almost a year since she gave birth."
Wei Xiangjun quickly said: "Yes, it's been almost a year. I have the same idea as Sister Min'er. If I get pregnant at this critical juncture, I'm afraid that Brother Wuji will drive me back to Ming Dynasty."
Yu Fei said with a smile: "If this was a month or two ago, it would be hard to say, but now, there is absolutely no such possibility."
"The Japanese are on the verge of collapse, and the disaster of national destruction and genocide is imminent. So, sister Xiangjun, you don't have to endure so much hardship. It's time for you to serve me in bed."
After hearing this, Wei Xiangjun's already rosy cheeks became even rosier in an instant.
"Sister, what are you talking about? I don't mean to sleep with you."
Seeing this, Yu Fei said with a smile: "Okay, don't use the excuse of not wanting to get pregnant at this juncture to fool you, and don't use that excuse to fool yourself."
"The outcome has been decided. My senior sister and Gong Yu have long since given up on enduring this. Why are you still enduring it?"
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It is said that when Zhang Wuji's army set out to continue pursuing Tokugawa Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Hideyoshi also led his army to continue fleeing.
However, this time, he encountered the so-called checkpoint that Yang Xiao had supervised to build overnight.
This was somewhat beyond Tokugawa Hideyoshi's expectations, but on second thought, it was reasonable.
Last night, all the spies around Tokugawa Hideyoshi's camp had been eliminated by the more powerful Ming cavalry, so he was not aware of the news that Yang Xiao had built a camp overnight.
But even if it was built overnight, isn't that reasonable?
As an enemy, no matter how bizarre Yang Xiao's actions are, they are all reasonable.
At this moment, Takeda Nobuo walked up to Tokugawa and said, "General, the Ming army set up a camp overnight, and they must be trying to trap our army here."
"A large number of Ming army infantrymen are behind us. If we are trapped and wait for the Ming army infantrymen to catch up, we will be dead."
"How about taking a detour? If we go faster, we will only waste three or four hours at most."
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