Sabei was not the only one who had doubts, Honda Tadakatsu raised his eyebrows slightly frivolously after hearing the formation arranged by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

So after Tokugawa Ieyasu finished arranging, Kamihara Yasumasa got up and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu: "My lord, the fish scale array pays attention to fighting more and fighting less, and our troops are insufficient, so we arrange it like this... Is the first thing right? ”

After Yasumasa Kamihara took the lead in speaking, a large number of military generals of the Tokugawa family also echoed and asked: "My lord, it is really inappropriate to use a fish scale array to deal with the enemy, and I hope that the lord will think twice." ”

After hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled and said, "I have made up my mind, so you don't need to say much; After going back, we should hurry up to check the weapons and iron cannons, and if the ammunition is insufficient, hurry up and replenish them, and tomorrow our army will march to Makinohara Castle early in the morning! After saying that, Tokugawa Ieyasu dismissed the people who had come to participate in the assessment.

After walking out of Tokugawa Ieyasu's main camp, Sabei lowered his head and thought about Tokugawa Ieyasu's intentions, but when he was just a little eyebrows, he was suddenly pulled by his right arm.

Sabei looked back, only to see Kamihara Yasumasa and Honda Tadashi smiling and saying to themselves: "Sabei, we know that you are good at military strategy, and we are self-aware of the battle formation, and this military strategy is a little weak, and I hope that Sabei will tell me why the lord and others are marching with fish scale arrays!" ”

After hearing this, Sabei smiled, pulled the two to the side and sat down, and then said to the two: "Honda-sama and Koheita, you are also brave generals who have gone through many battles, why don't you know the truth of the impermanence of the army?" ”

After hearing this, Honda Tadashi instantly understood what Sabei meant, and then said to Kamihara Yasumasa: "Yu Kame, the lord is demonstrating to the Takeda Army!" ”

After hearing Honda Tadakatsu's explanation, Yasumasa Kamihara rolled his eyes, and then said to Honda Tadakatsu, "I know, you don't have to repeat it to me!" ”

Honda Tadakatsu smiled when he heard this, and then fiddled with the Buddha beads wrapped around his hand. Sabei couldn't help but laugh when he saw that the two famous generals of later generations also had such cuteness.

After hearing Sabei's laughter, Yasumasa Kamihara on the side asked Sabei, "Sabei, why aren't you nervous?" Although this battle was led by the Takeda Army, the Honjia and your side were closely linked, and if the Takeda Army was defeated, it would be difficult for you to face the Takeda Army's offensive alone. ”

Sabei listened to a series of words that popped out of Yasumasa Kamihara, and jokingly said, "Being born in this troubled world is difficult for living beings to live, and death is not necessarily a bad thing!" ”

Honda Tadashi raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and then said to Sabei: "Nan no Amitabha, Sabei..."

"Cough, the topic of Heiba is stopped here, Sabei is just a joke, and Sabei still has unborn bloodline in his family, so he will look down on life and death." Yasumasa Kamihara extinguished the interest that Tadakatsu Honda had just provoked. Then he asked Sabei: "Sabei, do you think Takeda Katsuyori will send troops to fight the family as soon as possible?" ”

Sabei shook his head after hearing this, and then said to Yasumasa Kamihara with an eager face: "I can't say for sure, Takeda Katsuyori doesn't lose strategy, so I don't know our intention to take the initiative to attack, it's just... Alas, without further ado, you should also hurry up and check the armaments. ”

From the ground, he stretched out his hand to Yasumasa Kamihara and Tadakatsu Honda. Seeing this, Yasumasa Kamihara smiled and took Sabei's hand and got up, while Honda Tadakatsu smiled at Sabei and immediately rose from the ground.

Yasumasa Kamihara glanced at Tadashi Honda and said to Sabei: "Well, there are some things that really can't be known to us, no matter whether you win or lose, I will fight until the last moment!" ”

After that, Yasumasa Kamihara said to Honda Tadakatsu on the side: "Heihachi, let's go back!" ”

Honda Tadakatsu nodded, and was about to turn around and leave, but he heard Sabei say in a low voice: "Heihachiro, there is a small knife with the inscription of Shishu Muramasa under it, and I want to exchange it for the Buddhist beads in Heihachiro's hand, I don't know what Heihachiro means?" ”

Honda Tadashi was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I almost forgot, you were also the Rinzai Sect Shamen, since Sabei likes it, I will send it to Sabei." With that, Honda Tadakatsu untied the Buddhist beads wrapped around his wrist and handed them to Sabei.

Seeing this, Sabei immediately bowed his head and thanked him, and promised to return to Gifu and give Honda Tadashi a statue of Bishamon.

After the three of them separated, Sabei looked at the Buddha bead in his hand, silently recited a few words in his mouth, and then wrapped the Buddha bead around the scabbard that was pressed and cut at his waist.

On that day, the entire High Heavenly God City was in motion, and in the camp of the Weaving Virtue Alliance, countless commissioners and witnesses were counting and registering the expenditure of armaments such as armaments, ammunition, horses, and forage. Sabei also summoned Fushiwa Akijiro, Fujido Takatora and others to his side and told everyone about their respective distributions.

Knowing that Sabei was going to command the Iron Artillery Team with the Okubo brothers, Fushiwa Akijiro and Right Ichisuke were the first to ask Sabei to bring him. Later, Fujido Gaohu and others, who reacted, also rushed to fight.

Sabei looked at the retainers in front of him, waved his hand and said: "You can escort me with Youemon and Sukeemon, and the battle is urgent, and you must help you to assist Mingjiro well, and everyone must also obey the orders of the general and the camp, and you must not violate military discipline!" ”

After giving some explanations, Sabei and the retainers also immediately threw themselves into intense combat preparations, and they didn't say much.

In the early morning, the morning mist shrouded the High Heavenly God Castle in a hazy manner, and the birds landed around the camp of the Weaver Coalition Army, chirping non-stop. The sleeping samurai rolled over, not wanting to touch the saber he had placed beside him. Suddenly, Sabei held the bead-wrapped beads and looked vigilantly at the sleeping retainers around him.

Sabei, who had just wanted to get up, heard Fushiwa Akijiro whisper before he could get up, "My lord, do you want to wake everyone up?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said to Fushiwa Akijiro with a smile: "Mikawaden hasn't ordered to prepare for the assembly yet, let's let everyone sleep for a while!" ”

However, as soon as Sabei finished speaking, a long horn of the conch was heard from near the Tokugawa Ieyasu main camp, and then the samurai who were galloping on their horses shouted loudly: "The whole army is ready to assemble!" The crisp sound of horses' hooves and muffled human voices blended together, instantly bringing the sleeping samurai and ashigaru back to reality.

Seeing this, Sabei looked at Fushiwa Akijiro beside him, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's wake everyone up for dinner!" ”

More than 10,000 Weaver Coalition troops hurriedly filled their stomachs with the rations they carried, and at the urging of the group leaders and generals, they set up their ranks. After admonishing Akijiro Fushiwa and Ichisuke You, Sabei led his 100-man iron artillery team to assemble in front of the battle with Fujido Takatora and Suke Youemon and the attendants.

After greeting Okubo's loyal neighbors, Sabei reorganized his 100-man iron artillery team and a total of more than 400 iron artillery troops gathered from different military positions and organized them into the third iron artillery team.

After finishing the rectification, Sabei glanced at Okubo Tadayo's second iron artillery team on the side, and smiled at the Fujido Takatora in front of him. Then, under the command of Tokugawa Ieyasu, everyone formed a fish-scale formation in an orderly manner and slowly marched towards Makinohara.