Chapter 587 49. Everyone Flees when Disaster Strikes
Soon, Shingen's second son, Umino Nobuchika, was captured from Yanmei Temple, while Takeda Rokuro Katsurayama Nobumasa was nowhere to be found.
Goro Nishina Morinobu was very brave. He was found in the countryside of Kyoto. After killing several people, he tried to escape to Sagami through the ravine, but was betrayed and seriously injured. Then he committed seppuku and his head was sent to the Yamanouchi main force.
As for Shingen's youngest son, Takeda Shichiro (Yasuda Nobuki), he was found in the countryside of Ueno before he came of age and was also sent to the army. The child saw his second brother Umino Nobuchika, who he was not familiar with, and his fourth brother Suwa Katsuyori, and seemed to realize something and burst into tears.
As a result, he was stopped by Suwa Katsuyori's words, "You are a man of great talent and courage in Kai, how dare you cry!" and knelt in the tent with an unspeakable expression on his face.
The remaining Takeda Chikaeda clansmen are mainly descendants of Nobuharu, Nobumasa, Nobunaga, Nobumasa, etc. These are Shingen's brothers, and their status is there. However, except for Kawaguro Nobumasa who did not die in Toishi Castle, the others had already died in the battle. This time, the search was mainly for their descendants.
Anyway, the Yamanouchi main camp near the ruins of Tsushizaki-kan was constantly sending samurai or heads that had close ties with the Takeda family day and night. After all, the monkeys scattered when the tree fell, and the backbones died, and the people's hearts were scattered.
When this wave of searches was over, it would be useless even if Takeda Shingen was resurrected. All the samurai of Takeda were dead. Without this samurai group and a large number of relatives, even if you were the god of war, you could not command thousands of peasant soldiers who could not read a single word, had rotten teeth and just wanted to go home, were 1.3 meters tall, and were all night blind.
Shingen's brother Matsuo Nobu was lucky. He died of illness last year and stretched his legs. Kawaguro Nobumasa's son Kawaguro Nobutoshi was adopted by him. Now Matsuo Nobutoshi was also caught. What does a 15 or 16-year-old child know? He is facing the end of his life just after his coming of age.
In addition, a letter was also captured along with Mochizuki Nobumasa, and was dragged and thrown into the group of Suwa Katsuyori.
A bunch of uncles and brothers, a disaster is coming.
"Tanzheng, Suwa Shiro sent a message, hoping to commit seppuku by himself!" Murakami Yoshimitsu killed someone's son, and he couldn't let it go, so he came to deliver the message.
"Seppuku? It's not impossible!" Kobayata nodded.
"After all, the Takeda family is the descendants of Silla Saburo Yoshimitsu, and the famous family has been passed down from generation to generation. It is indeed a bit too much to impose the death penalty..." Hosokawa Harumiya didn't know whether he was old and soft-hearted, or he really sighed.
"Then let him commit seppuku!" Yamauchi Taro actually didn't care how Suwa Katsuyori died, anyway, he would die, so he died.
Not everyone in the Takeda family was brave and resolute. Especially the few little ones, after all, they were unbearable, how could they dare to commit seppuku by themselves. Hearing the order of seppuku from Murakami Yoshimitsu, he began to cry again.
This time even Suwa Katsuyori couldn't stop them. Looking at those little kids who were only as tall as rice, he sighed and turned his head away, leaving them alone.
The spring in Tsutsujizaki-kan came later, but the spring was warmer, and the cherry blossoms were fluttering in the wind. The pure white cloth curtains surrounded the Fuefuki River, and all the men of the Takeda clan knelt on the grass in white clothes.
Kobayata sat on a small stool, and Hosokawa Saijo also took the time to rush over, and the two sat together. Yamauchi Yoshiyasu took the letter and chanted the names of the people loudly, then folded them and handed them to Kobayata.
"I woke up from my dream in Kai in spring, and my soul will go with the falling cherry blossoms." The sword flashed, and the cherry blossoms fell. Shiro Katsuyori, who was as brave and military as his father, committed suicide at the age of 25.
The rest of the people, whether they committed seppuku or were forced to commit seppuku, eventually returned to dust and returned to earth, and all died on Fuefuki River. The heads were hung on the streets of Kai, with their identities written on them, to deter others.
Only Takeda Yoshinobu, Imagawa Hikogoro and his son, as well as a few close relatives such as Kawaguchi Nobuzane and Katsurayama Nobumasa, were still missing.
After dealing with a few people, news came from Sakuguchi that the Kai army was defeated and Tsutsujizaki-kan was lost, and the Hojo army fled all the way. Along the way, they abandoned their baggage and food, and no less than 400 people were killed, and no less than 400 were killed by the captured warriors. Oishi Ujiteru barely escaped.
There are three roads from Kai to Musashi. The northernmost one, Gosaka-departure, is close to Sakuguchi, making it easy for the Hojo army to escape. As for Daibutsu-koshi (Kono-departure), it leads directly to Hachioji Castle, and the last one is Sekino-departure, which can reach Tsukui.
The next day, Takanari and his son led their troops to Tsutsujizaki-kan, but half of their troops were gone. According to their statement, they were searching for the Hojo army that had dispersed along the way, but the army that arrived at the main camp of Yamauchi was still carrying large and small bags, pulling livestock, and pushing carts.
Were the 4,000 people who didn't come really going to search for the Hojo soldiers, or were they going to randomly capture the villages from Sakuguchi to Kofu along the way? Kodaira was too lazy to care, and didn't want to care. While Yamauchi's rule had not yet been established, Takanari and his son would not treat him badly. It was not easy for 8,000 people to come out, so they had to bring some local specialties back home.
"Your Highness, the dismounted prince, defeated the Kai army and advanced into the whole country of Kai, and the victory shook the world!" Takanari Masayasu was old and strong, and he was particularly energetic when he came out to rob, and he spoke loudly.
However, he still bowed his head to Yamauchi Taro according to etiquette, and then sat down. Although Yamauchi Taro was small, his status was high, so high that he needed to look up to him.
"Your Highness Kaizu, I hope you are well, I am very happy!" Now Yamauchi Taro's words are very beautiful, and the old monk Kaikawa Shoki taught him quite well.
"I wonder how the capture of the remaining Takeda people is going?"
"The capture has been basically completed, and the matter was dealt with yesterday morning." Xiao Pingtai answered.
Takanari Hidemasa lifted the curtain of the shogunate from outside and entered the tent. He muttered something in his father's ear, probably reporting the names of the heads at the intersection of Kai Street.
"In this way, the country of Kai will be safe in two or three years!"
A few people chatted with each other for a while, and a dusty envoy rode his horse to the outside of the shogunate.
"Report! Takeda Kai led more than a thousand soldiers to retreat to Hachioji, and Imagawa Hikogoro led hundreds of soldiers to retreat to Suruga under the escort of the two generals Kawakawa and Katsurayama."
"The news is true!" Everyone in the tent asked in unison.
"It is true. (Konishihara) Saemon-sama has led 2,000 soldiers to chase Hachioji, and asked Harumiya-sama to go with him. Harumiya-sama has been in Hachioji for a long time and has a great reputation."
"What about Suruga?"
"Totomi-dono has already set up his troops in the fields and launched a strong attack on Anayama Baiyuki and Imagawa Sukegoro. The fierce battle lasted only two minutes and he won a great victory."
"So did Totomi-dono take Sunpu?"
"Shoukenni gathered Imagawa's old retainers and started an uprising the day before yesterday, and has occupied Sunpu. The rest of the whereabouts are unknown. Imagawa Sukegoro is gathering the remaining soldiers outside the city, and Anayama Baiyuki has retreated to Sengen Taisha."