Sakai Tadatsugu

Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井 忠次; 1527 – 17 December 1596) was one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's most favored and successful military commanders, and one of the Tokugawa clan's "" (徳川四天王; "Four Heavenly Kings of the Tokugawa") alongside Honda Tadakatsu, Ii Naomasa, and Sakakibara Yasumasa. He was the eldest of the four, having served Ieyasu's father . Tadatsugu was a brilliant tactician with a penchant for fooling his enemies with ruses. In the , which saw Takeda Shingen's forces devastate Ieyasu's army, some trickery from Tadatsugu kept the enemy from pursuing Ieyasu's men as they retreated.
==Gallery==
ACM Sakai Tadatsugu 2.png|Tadatsugu attacking an enemy
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Memories
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