Deep down in Tokugawa Shitai's heart, he was extremely anxious.
He looked up at the ten-foot-high city wall from a distance and cursed angrily.
This towering city wall was built with his own hands.
Unexpectedly, Yoshitomo Takeda finally got the advantage.
To marry someone.
If I had known better, I would have built the city wall out of paper.
It will break with one poke.
Fortunately, now, the unbreakable city wall that I built with my own hands has become a boulder that is crushing me.
Of course Tokugawa Ishiyasu knew how vicious Tokugawa Taiyasu was.
As long as Tokugawa Taiyasu arrives at Kyushu Island and finds that he has not regained the city, then he will definitely be executed by military law.
Not only himself, but also his family members will be sent to the army.
The only way is to break through the city gate and take back Jiuzhou Island at all costs, even if it costs countless blood donations.
Tokugawa Taiyasu knew that he had already recruited 150,000 troops from other counties. If he went to recruit another 150,000 troops, he was afraid that he would offend the public, which would be equivalent to drinking poison to quench thirst, and would make the people miserable.
However, in order to save his own head, he had no choice but to harvest the heads of the common people.
Who makes his head more valuable?
Tokugawa Taiyasu gritted his teeth and said: "Set up camp and as soon as Shaxi's recruits arrive in autumn, we will immediately give Yan Qi a heavy blow."
…
Five days later.
In autumn Shaxi finally came back.
Tokugawa Ishitasu asked hurriedly: "How many troops will be recruited?"
Akita Sashi said: "One hundred thousand."
Tokugawa Shitai was furious: "Didn't I ask you to recruit 150,000 troops? Why did you only recruit 100,000 troops? Baga, do you want to be executed by me?"
Qiu Shaxi trembled with fright: "General, I have tried my best. The population of the outer county is sparse. There are very few young adults over eighteen years old."
Tokugawa Shitai said: "Whoever dares not to join the army will be killed without mercy. Didn't you kill anyone?"
Qiu Shaxi said: "I only managed to recruit 100,000 troops by killing people. Otherwise, I would not have been able to recruit 10,000 troops."
Tokugawa Ishitai was furious: "You idiot, won't you relax the age limit?"
Qiu Shaxi said: "I have been devolved to the age of sixteen. As long as you are over the age of sixteen, you must be conscripted into the army, otherwise, you will be killed without mercy. But even so, the recruitment of soldiers is only one hundred thousand."
"Baga, you're dead."
Tokugawa Shitai grinned: "You pig-brained person, won't you be devolved to the age of fourteen? Anyone who is over the age of fourteen must be sent to the army, otherwise, he will be killed without mercy."
"ah?"
Qiu Shaxi was frightened: "Fourteen years old? He is still a child. Can he fight?"
Tokugawa Shitaimu showed a fierce look: "If we can't fight, why can't we give away people's heads? As long as we can give away people's heads and consume Yan Qi's bows and arrows, then his death is not in vain."
"this……"
Qiu Shaxi's face turned pale: "General, I can't do it. This... this is too cruel. I think it needs to be discussed."
"Let's discuss this with you Baga."
Tokugawa Shitai gave Aki Sashi a big slap in the face: "You immediately send people to recruit more troops. If the recruitment is not enough at fourteen, then thirteen. If thirteen is not enough, then twelve. In short, We must gather 50,000 people.”
"General, this... this is too cruel..."
"Baga, if you dare not go, I will execute you now."
"Yes, I will send someone to recruit troops immediately."
In autumn, Shaxi had no choice but to immediately send people to recruit troops.
He took Tokugawa Shitai to inspect the 100,000 troops that had been raised.
Tokugawa Shitai looked over, with a childish face.
A fourteen-year-old child, a fifteen-year-old child, there is fear and horror in the eyes, there are tears in the eyes, and the sound of crying is constant.
Tokugawa Shitai couldn't care less.
Anyway, as long as you don't die, it doesn't matter whether others die or not.
…
That night!
Tokugawa Ishitasu didn't even train these child soldiers and let them charge forward.
Its purpose is to give away people's heads.
This move is very insidious.
The first point is to let these child soldiers be used as scapegoats and waste Yan Qi's bows and arrows for the army.
The second point is to let Yoshitomo Takeda be charged with colluding with foreign countries and massacring people.
Once this crime is carried, it will be impossible for the Takeda family to become the Takeda shogunate.
Moreover, he smeared ashes on the face of the child soldier, and the two sides fought. In the dark night, the lights were dim, and the face could not be seen clearly.
This gave Yoshitomo Takeda the opportunity to create child soldiers.
"kill!"
"Whoever dares to retreat will be killed without mercy."
Tokugawa Shitai personally supervised the battle from behind, his eyes vicious.
Yan Qi, Leng Youxue, and Takeda Yoshitomo stood at the top of the city.
Yoshitomo Takeda said: "I didn't expect Tokugawa Ishiyasu to recruit so many soldiers so quickly. This guy is really powerful."
Leng Youxue commanded the archers.
As long as these troops rush to the city, they will shoot flying arrows and let them die here.
Yan Qi's eyes were extremely bright.
"Um?"
Even in the dark night, Yan Qi noticed that the faces of the army rushing over from a distance were actually covered in ashes.
"Why is there ashes?"
Yan Qi is alert.
Immediately carry out the Wushan Yunyu Sutra.
Everything in front of him immediately became extremely clear.
He could clearly see, through the gray and black, that the army at the front was a group of child soldiers.
Where are the soldiers?
They are all children.
Yan Qi's eyes were cold: Tokugawa Shitai is so cruel. How can such a shogunate survive in this world?
He immediately said to Leng Youxue: "Don't shoot arrows yet."
Leng Youxue was curious: "Why not shoot arrows?"
Yoshitomo Takeda also flashed his beautiful eyes, very puzzled: "Did you discover some mystery?"
Yan Qidao: "These children are child soldiers, the oldest is sixteen years old and the youngest is thirteen or fourteen years old."
"What? How is this possible?"
Leng Youxue looked at the rushing army from a distance: "I can only see the dust on their faces, but I can't tell clearly that they are child soldiers."
Takeda Yoshitomo said: "Me too."
Yan Qidao: "You can't see it, but I can see it clearly. Tokugawa Shitai smeared ashes on the faces of the child soldiers and attacked in the dark, deliberately confusing the sight so that we could not find out that they were child soldiers." "
These child soldiers with black and gray faces smeared on their faces have rushed into the best archery area of the Flying Arrow Army.
The distance has increased.
Only then did Yoshitomo Takeda and Leng Youxue realize that these soldiers were really child soldiers.
Leng Youxue sighed: "Fortunately I didn't shoot any arrows."
Yoshitomo Takeda was particularly angry: "It's so abominable. Tokugawa Ishitasu actually brought a bunch of children to fight. They are all children, how can they fight? How can the family be willing to do it?"
Yan Qidao: "Of course I can't bear to part with them! These child soldiers must have been kidnapped by Tokugawa Ishitasu. After all, Tokugawa Ishitasu has already recruited 150,000 soldiers from other counties."
"However, the population of the outer county is already small. If Tokugawa Shitai goes to recruit soldiers, there will be no one. He has no choice but to target children."
"I have to say that Tokugawa Ishiyasu was not only ruthless in his methods, but also very clever. He almost tricked you and ruined the opportunity for the Takeda Shogunate to ascend to power."
Yoshitomo Takeda asked: "What do you mean, sir?"
