Three years later ([[1575]]) he commanded a rank of riflemen at the [[Battle of Nagashino]] [see [[Takeda Katsuyori]]]. His finest moment came in the [[Komaki Campaign]] ([[1584]]). Left with at Komaki while Ieyasu departed to engage [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] troops at [[Battle of Nagakute|Nagakute]], Tadakatsu observed a huge host under Hideyoshi himself move out in pursuit. With a handful of men, Tadakatsu rode out and challenged the Toyotomi army from the opposite bank of the Shonai River. [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] (who outnumbered Honda perhaps 50 or 60 to 1) was said to have been struck by the bravery of this warrior, and ordered that no harm come to him, his men, or [[Ishikawa Yasumichi]], who accompanied him on this bid to buy time for Ieyasu. | Three years later ([[1575]]) he commanded a rank of riflemen at the [[Battle of Nagashino]] [see [[Takeda Katsuyori]]]. His finest moment came in the [[Komaki Campaign]] ([[1584]]). Left with at Komaki while Ieyasu departed to engage [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] troops at [[Battle of Nagakute|Nagakute]], Tadakatsu observed a huge host under Hideyoshi himself move out in pursuit. With a handful of men, Tadakatsu rode out and challenged the Toyotomi army from the opposite bank of the Shonai River. [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] (who outnumbered Honda perhaps 50 or 60 to 1) was said to have been struck by the bravery of this warrior, and ordered that no harm come to him, his men, or [[Ishikawa Yasumichi]], who accompanied him on this bid to buy time for Ieyasu. |