Zhao Linger's words were sharp, and everything she said was just a joke, but Zhao Linger was so serious that Zhao Min felt bored.
"Hmph, I don't want to bother with you. Just make some more delicious food for me tonight and I won't bother with you."
Looking at Zhao Linger again, although she did not agree with it verbally, she had already agreed in her heart.
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That night, let’s not talk about how Zhao Linger went to great lengths to prepare food for Zhao Min, let’s just talk about Zhang Wuji.
His army was about to catch up with Tokugawa Hideyoshi.
After Yang Xiao gathered his cavalry together, he launched two more attacks on Tokugawa. The closer the distance between them was, the more chaotic the situation became on Tokugawa Hideyoshi's side.
At this point, almost all the Japanese no longer believed that they could escape Zhang Wuji's pursuit. If they continued to follow Tokugawa like this, what else could they do but die?
As a result, a large number of deserters appeared. This was an inevitable phenomenon, so inevitable that it was natural. At the beginning, Tokugawa also used steel knives to enforce military law.
But later they found that they could not kill them at all because too many people fled. Not to mention the so-called able-bodied men who had been captured recently, even the so-called brave warriors and the inferior privates began to flee.
After all, if you escape, you might survive, but if you stay, you will definitely die.
"General, this can't go on. If we continue like this, the army will be dispersed."
Tokugawa smiled bitterly and said, "Why go on like this? It's all dispersed now, hasn't it?"
When Takeda Nobuo heard this, he wanted to refute it subconsciously, but when the words came to his lips, he found that he could not make any judgment on this matter at all, because at this moment, their team had really been dispersed.
But even so, what else can Takeda Nobuo say?
After thinking for a while, Takeda said, "General, the army is indeed dispersed, but at the moment, we can still gather about 30,000 people."
After hearing this, Tokugawa couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Thirty thousand people? Is that still a thing? There aren't that many left anymore. Now, I'm afraid there are only more than 20,000 people."
Nobuo Takeda took a deep breath and said, "General, more than 20,000 people, aren't they soldiers?"
"Now that things have come to this, I won't say any more useless nonsense to you. In fact, I also feel that we are bound to lose this battle."
"Or rather, now that things have come to this, we have already lost, but what can we do if we lose?"
"If we lose, does that mean we don't need to fight anymore? It's better to be defeated by the Ming army in a direct battle than to be chased like a dog, right?"
"Of course, being chased like a dog is nothing. The key is that we have to be able to escape. But now, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape soon."
"Maybe I can hold on for two or three days by gritting my teeth, but what will happen after two or three days? I can't escape it, I can't escape it anyway."
"So, right now, our soldiers are either scattered on the road of escape or scattered in a head-on confrontation with the Ming army."
"It has to be thrown away eventually. There's no need for me and the general to explain how to choose, right?"
"However, what I want to say most to the general is that it doesn't matter if the army is abandoned, we can recruit them again later. But in the territory of Japan, there will never be another general like you who has the courage to fight the Ming army."
"Our country has hundreds of years of history. Could it be that we have really become slaves of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Someone has to lead everyone in the resistance. It seems that person can't be Hirohito Koichi, it can only be you."
Tokugawa Hideyoshi was not a fool, he had already understood the meaning of these words.
"Mr. Takeda, do you mean that we should not leave now, but stay here and fight a decisive battle with the Ming army?"
Takeda Nobuo gritted his teeth and said, "That's exactly what I mean. We can't run any further. If we keep running, the army will be completely dispersed. Although we will be defeated if we fight the Ming army now, even if we lose, the general should choose a place where we can fight to the death. Even if the soldiers have no will to fight anymore, they will still fight to the death."
"The Ming army is not as strong as ours. Every time they fight, one less person is lost, and it is difficult to replenish them. After this battle, we still have these two or three thousand people left. Even if they are all useless, we can still kill a few thousand of their people."
"When the situation completely collapses, you can take some useful people and escape. When there were tens of thousands of us, the marching noise was too loud, so it was normal that we couldn't get rid of the Ming army. If we reduce the number to a hundred or eighty people, we can definitely escape. As long as we survive this, are you afraid that we can't make a comeback?"
"To say something disrespectful, after this battle, Hirohito Hiroichi and even the entire Hirohito family will be eradicated by Zhang Wuji."
"If you can make a comeback, the next emperor will be named Tokugawa."
Tokugawa Hideyoshi was stunned. He never expected that Takeda Nobuo would say such words in the end.
However, even though they were surprised, the best option at the moment was to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible. If they delayed for another two or three days, the army would probably escape.
After thinking for a moment, Tokugawa Hideyoshi no longer hesitated: "Well, I will listen to Takeda-kun. Let's find the best place for a decisive battle nearby. Even if I am bound to lose, this general will definitely defeat Zhang Wuji's thousands of soldiers."
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On the other side, Zhang Wuji's army was still in desperate pursuit. According to the report from the cavalry, Tokugawa Hideyoshi was not far away. After chasing for so long, Zhang Wuji was very angry. He was delayed for such a long time. When he returned to the city of Tokyo, he might be laughed at by Zhao Min.
Zhou Zhiruo and the others were also getting a little impatient. A few days ago, Wei Xiangjun had said that she felt sorry for Zhang Wuji, feeling sorry for him because he had endured not touching them for several days.
At that time, Zhou Zhiruo thought that Wei Xiangjun was a bit of a slut, but now, even Zhou Zhiruo felt a little distressed. She knew Zhang Wuji too well. This was the first time he had stayed away from women for such a long time since they had been together.
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