Daming talker

Chapter 746: Strength defeats skill!

Looking at the dozen or so "gorgeous" flags of the Ming army, Honda Tadakatsu suddenly stopped. He needed to think for a moment.

Honda Tadakatsu, who is 46 years old this year, has many honors, such as the first fierce general of the Warring States Period, the unparalleled warrior of the East, the Japanese Zhang Fei, etc. But the most amazing thing is that he has never been injured after dozens of battles.

This is inseparable from the fact that Honda Tadakatsu was not only brave but also good at "judging the situation". A pure reckless man who did not use his brain would have been buried in decades of chaos.

Honda Tadakatsu had already learned from the Red Guards how Ii Naomasa was captured. He had also heard about the Ming Dynasty's Lin Tianshuai's bravery in climbing the first stage as easily as drinking water, and how he tore Kato Kiyomasa apart with his bare hands.

Thinking of this, Honda Tadakatsu asked his most loyal retainer Nakane Heiuemon faithfully: "Uemon, the Ming army's rear is scattered in several places. Where do you think our main force should attack?"

Nakane Tadashi was Oda Nobunaga's half-brother, and now he was the head of the family here at Honda Tadakatsu. Upon hearing this, he replied:
"Of course, my lord, you have to lead us to launch the strongest attack on the commander's flag! Otherwise, even if we defeat the enemy forces in other places, we can't be called a winner!"

Honda Tadakatsu thought for a moment and said, "The Ming army on the general's side will surely be stubborn and difficult to defeat. This will only waste time."

What should I do if I really can’t defeat that Tianshuai?
Nakane Chudashi said passionately: "You have taught us that a true warrior should not retreat in the face of difficulties even if he cannot take the enemy's head or achieve merit!
The other retainers shouted in unison, "Uemon is right! There are only Honda samurai who advance, and no Honda samurai who retreat!"

Honda Tadakatsu: “.”

What the hell! Do you retainers have to force me to go forward?
Is the brainwashing and teaching of the retainers too much? Can you consider the situation before speaking?

Being trapped by the words of his retainer, Honda Tadakatsu, who wanted to maintain his character, could no longer dodge and could only continue moving forward with mixed feelings.

But under the general's flag stood an extremely tall and majestic figure, looking like an iron tower.

Not only was this man wearing impenetrable armor, but his face was also covered by a visor, exuding a powerful and dangerous aura.

Honda Tadakatsu pointed at the "Iron Tower" and said, "This man is probably the great commander of the Ming army, Lin Tailai. Judging from his appearance, we know he must be extremely fierce!"

Nakane Tadashi once again said in a loud voice: "My Lord, you also said that only those who are willing to die for the kindness of Lord Tokugawa and protect loyalty with their own lives can be called samurai!"

At this moment, Honda Tadakatsu felt that he was kidnapped by his own morality. These retainers were all murderers!

When Honda Tadakatsu led thousands of Japanese soldiers and rushed to the chariot formation of the Ming army, all the retainers automatically gave the C position in front of Lin Tianshuai to their lord Honda Tadakatsu!

The battle with the Great Ming Marshal is the honor that belongs to the lord alone, and no one else can interfere! At most, you can only play an auxiliary role on the side and help the lord win.

Then Lin Tianshuai saw Honda Tadakatsu, the most powerful general of Japan, standing in front of him, wearing a deer horn helmet, holding the famous spear "Tono-kiri", and with a large Buddhist rosary hanging around his neck.

To be honest, it is slander to say that Honda Tadakatsu is only 1.4 meters tall. Lin Tianshuai personally estimated that he is at least 1.6 meters tall.

Even so, Lin Tianshuai didn't quite understand what Honda Tadakatsu's motivation was for challenging him head-on. Did he really ignore the difference in physical size and not be afraid of death?
With the idea of ​​giving it a try, he waved the flag a few times and actually attracted people. Are all Japanese so stubborn?

The two sides did not speak the same language, so there was no dialogue or challenge, they just started fighting with long weapons across the chariots!
The tip of the "Tombokiri" spear in Honda Tadakatsu's hand is shaped like a short sword and has a sharp blade. The blade alone is 1 foot and 4 inches long and is engraved with intricate patterns.

The gun handle is about ten feet long and is carefully made of wood wrapped with a bamboo pole. It is both hard, tough and elastic.

Lin Tianshuai also held a spear in his hand, which looked ordinary and was less than ten feet long.

The visual effect is far less gorgeous and eye-catching than "Tombstone", as if it is completely incompatible with Tianshuai's identity.

The experienced Honda Tadakatsu made a feint to test Lin Tianshuai's reaction and strength.

Lin Tianshuai dodged slightly by leaning sideways, then swung the gun in his hand to deflect Honda Tadakatsu's "Tombstone Cutting".

But in the next moment, Lin Tianshuai made an unexpected move!

Tianshuai jumped onto the chariot, then made a "fire to the sky" gesture and smashed the gun in his hand towards Honda Tadakatsu.

Seeing the other party's actions, Honda Tadakatsu felt a little contemptuous.

This Tian Shuai simply used the spear as a stick, without paying any attention to the exquisiteness of the spear technique. He was truly a rough man among rough men.

Honda Tadakatsu was not afraid of this at all. Although the tip of the "Tomikiri" gun was knocked away, the gun barrel was still firmly held in his hand.

So Honda Tadakatsu stood firmly on his lower body, raised the spear horizontally, and easily blocked the spear of Lin Tianshuai that was coming at him.

Swinging the bat as hard as Lin Tianshuai did would inevitably result in him not being able to retract the force in time. Honda Tadakatsu even thought of the follow-up moves.

However, when Honda Tadakatsu was considering changing the angle of his move, he suddenly heard a "crack" sound, and then he felt his hand inexplicably loosen.

At the same time, he saw that the hard specially made bamboo and wood composite gun barrel in his hand was actually broken by the spear of Tianshuai opposite him!

Then, Tian Shuai's spear continued to move forward towards his forehead with all its force!
Honda Tadakatsu was horrified, and one last question flashed through his mind: why was Lin Tianshuai's spear so strong?

But before he could get an answer, he fainted.

The Honda retainers who were providing cover on both sides all had tears in their eyes. They had never expected that their invincible lord could be defeated so easily!
There are no thrilling battles, no exquisite exchanges of moves!

It was as if Lin Tianshuai just used the spear as a stick and smashed it, and his lord knelt down casually, as if it was a fake match.

Lin Tianshuai jumped out from the chariot again, as if he had some thoughts about Honda Tadakatsu who was lying on the ground.

The Honda family patriarch Nakane Tadashi, who was standing next to him, chopped at him with his long sword. Lin Tianshuai didn't want his carefully crafted heavy armor to be cut, so he raised his spear to block.

Along with the crisp sound of metal colliding, the long sword hit the gun barrel, and it seemed that sparks flew everywhere!
Nakane Heiemon Chudada was stunned on the spot. How could the gun in the hand of Ming Dynasty's Lin Tianshuai be made of iron?

In his understanding, a normal spear has a metal tip and a bamboo or wooden shaft, and the famous spear "Tombokiri" is also like this, but which good guy's gun shaft is also made of iron?
A gun like this must weigh at least 30 or 40 kilograms, right? Is it still human to use such a gun in battle?
All the Japanese generals and soldiers around were greatly shocked, as if their souls had suffered a heavy blow!
No wonder the Great Ming Marshal broke the barrel of "Tombstone's" gun with one blow just now!

The weapon in Tianshuai's hand looked like a spear, but he was actually used as an iron rod weighing dozens of kilograms!

Tian Shuai's arm strength plus the weight and hardness of the dozens of kilograms of iron rod really does not require any skills, he can defeat ten with just force!

Lord Honda had never thought of all this, so he habitually blocked it according to common sense, and then he was caught off guard and suffered a tragedy, as he was hit on the top of his head by an iron rod!
Fortunately, the gun barrel blocked it and the helmet protected me, which reduced the damage. Otherwise, my brain would be all over the floor now.

At this time, Lin Tianshuai's personal guards also came out with huge shields, protecting Tianshuai on both sides.

As Tianshuai's personal guards, they all knew what kind of person Tianshuai was, and they had the necessary tacit understanding. Taking advantage of the moment when the Japanese soldiers and generals were shocked and temporarily unconscious, Lin Tianshuai, under the cover of his personal guards, grabbed Honda Tadakatsu, whose life or death was unknown, and threw him into the chariot formation.

Then he jumped onto the chariot, returned to the formation, grabbed Honda Tadakatsu again, and retreated to the inner circle of the formation.

Knock them out with a stick, catch them and run away. How exciting!

Many of Lin Tianshuai's old friends were knowledgeable in medicine. After examining the unconscious Honda Tadakatsu, they reported, "He should be able to survive, but I don't know if he can wake up."

Lin Tianshuai ordered: "Tie him up first and lock him up with Ii Naomasa!" He sighed and said: "It's a pity that the deer horn helmet has a dent in it."

Japanese famous general character card +1!

Everything happened so fast, it seemed that when six or seven thousand Japanese troops had just begun to attack the Ming army's chariot formation, their main general was gone in the blink of an eye.

I have no intention to continue fighting and can only retreat for the time being.

At this time, on the flank, the Japanese army's right-wing general Tachibana Muneshige was commanding 3,000 soldiers from his own family and engaging in a passionate shootout with nearly 1,000 cavalrymen led by Dayun.

The elite troops of the Tachibana clan were famous throughout Japan, especially the Tachibana clan's iron cannon foot soldiers, who used pre-measured ammunition, and their loading and firing speed on the battlefield was three times that of other daimyo's iron cannon foot soldiers.

However, generally only ten pre-measured mixed ammunition can be loaded into a bamboo tube and carried with you, so you can't shoot too recklessly.

This is also one of the reasons why Japan boasted that Tachibana's 3,000 soldiers could defeat the Ming army of 10,000.

At this moment, Tachibana Muneshige commanded 500 iron cannon foot soldiers to launch several rounds of shooting, suppressing the Ming cavalry on the opposite side.

But just as he breathed a sigh of relief, Tachibana Muneshige turned around and saw several Honda retainers running towards him in a hurry.

"Why are you all here instead of attacking the Ming army's chariot formation?" Tachibana Muneshige asked puzzledly.

Nakane Chu-tada replied sadly: "Lord Honda was knocked unconscious by a stick, and then captured. His life or death is unknown!"

Tachibana Muneshige: “.”

The most powerful general in the Warring States Period? Zhang Yide of Japan? The East Country Warrior? That's it? How long has it been?
My reputation as the unrivaled one in the West won't be affected, right?

Ono Shinyuki, a senior official of the Tachibana family, advised: "Our army has inexplicably defeated two generals, Ii Naomasa and Honda Tadakatsu. This is really a bad omen. We should retreat."

Tachibana Muneshige straightened his dazzling large sun-wheel helmet and said calmly:
"So far, we have not seen the main force of the Ming army return to support us. This shows that Tokugawa Dainagon and Shimazu attendants are still fighting desperately to hold back the main force of the Ming army for us. How can we disappoint Dainagon's expectations?
Moreover, although we have lost two generals in a row, our right wing troops have not suffered much loss. How can we retreat so easily?"

Ono Zhenxing advised again: "Once we see the main force of the Ming army, it will be too late!"

Tachibana Muneshige insisted: “It would be a pity if Ii and Honda became the dew of Korea.

If you insist on retreating, then I will stay here and continue fighting to rescue Ii and Honda!

This move is not for Ii and Honda, but for the trust of the Grand Minister and the face of Japan!"

Ono Shinyuki wanted to persuade him, but Tachibana Muneshige said firmly: "I have made up my mind!"

If I lost Ii Naomasa and Honda Tadakatsu, two of the most important ministers of the Tokugawa family, and I didn't do anything about it, how would Tokugawa Ieyasu view me when he returned?
Seeing that the situation seemed to have changed a little, Dayun led the cavalry back and let the horses rest for a while behind the chariot formation.

When Dayun returned to Lin Tianshuai, Lin Tianshuai asked, "How do you feel?"

Dayun couldn't help but complain, "Just now, a large group of enemies on the opposite side were wearing gold foil helmets, which were very dazzling in the sun!
I thought the red armor painted with vermilion on the horses and soldiers was already fancy enough, but I didn't expect that there would be something even fancier among the Japanese army.

However, these soldiers and horses are quite capable, and they were not panicked when faced with cavalry attacks, and were able to hold their ground."

Lin Tianshuai laughed a few times, "When you attacked just now, you must have encountered Tachibana Muneshige's hatamoto soldiers.

His samurai and hatamoto all wear golden helmets with silver scabbards, so when it comes to being flashy and pretentious, Tachibana Muneshige is also unrivaled in the West."

At this time, a guard came over and reported to Lin Tianshuai: "There is something wrong with the enemy formation on the opposite side!"

Lin Tianshuai and Dayun came to the front of the car formation again and looked towards the opposite side.

But there was a general with a big golden circle on his helmet sitting on the ground, and servants were carrying food boxes and wine jugs beside him.

After taking a look, Dayun complained, "Before there were Sheep Power Immortal and Deer Power Immortal, I thought it would be Tiger Power Immortal this time."

Lin Tianshuai explained casually: "The big golden circle on the helmet is the sun wheel, which is also the symbol of Tachibana Muneshige. This person is Tachibana Muneshige, the unparalleled western Japanese!"

Then we saw Tachibana Muneshige sitting in front of the formation, openly eating and drinking in front of tens of thousands of people on both sides.

Of course, there weren't many delicious foods in front of the army, so Tachibana Muneshige could only take out rice balls to eat, while drinking wine in big gulps, looking very relaxed and comfortable.

The brave general Ono Shizuyuki, who personally served his lord in front of thousands of people, felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help asking Tachibana Muneshige, "Why is this happening, lord?"

Tachibana Muneshige took a big bite of the rice ball and replied calmly: "In the face of such a tenacious enemy, we still have the confidence to win.

We also have to find ways to restore morale and eliminate the tension among the soldiers.

Didn't Kenshin Uesugi do the same when he besieged Odawara Castle? "

Dayun, who was at the Ming army's chariot formation, couldn't help but ask, "What is he doing?"

Lin Tianshuai replied: "I don't know either, maybe just to show off?"

After thinking about it carefully, Dayun said, "Isn't he pretending to be so, trying to lure us out to fight?"

Lin Tianshuai hesitated and said, "It's hard to say. For this kind of bully, it's hard to tell whether his behavior is just for show or for some other purpose.

By the way, what's going on with Lao Ma? Why hasn't he finished fighting and returned yet? "

(End of this chapter)