Chapter 319: Xiuzhen's Death
Just when the Sabei side had just stabilized its position and was ready to support the Tokugawa Ieyasu main formation, the Hojo Army had already been killed with the Tokugawa Ieyasu main formation, although the banner of Tokugawa Ieyasu had not moved, but the coalition army was already in chaos.
The first hand in charge of resisting the elite forces of the Takeda Army is not clear what is happening in the rear, and it is in a stalemate with the first hand of the Takeda Army. The Lin Xiuzhen division on the left flank of the coalition army was even more chasing the Takeda rout and attacking the right flank of the Takeda army, and it was farther away from the main camp, so naturally he did not know that the Tokugawa Ieyasu main camp was attacked. The right flank of the coalition army realized that the situation was wrong, but it did not dare to rush back to the division to help, so it had to send a reserve of troops to return to the aid first.
The iron artillery team under the command of the Okubo brothers could not withstand the impact of Hachiman Huangbei at all, and the military formation was directly dispersed by the Hojo army. At the moment, Okubo Tadashi was gathering his scattered subordinates, and it was impossible to find his brother Okubo Tadasa, so he had to send someone to ask for help.
The generals who defended Tokugawa Ieyasu's main camp, while trying their best to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu, advised Tokugawa Ieyasu to retreat first. Although the person who advised was severely reprimanded by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Ieyasu's somewhat frightened eyes could not deceive everyone.
Sabei, who was galloping to support the Tokugawa Ieyasu main camp, happened to meet Okubo Tadasa, who had come to check the situation and ask for help after being scattered by the Hojo Army.
The two didn't say much when they saw each other, and Okubo Tadasa urged Sabei to support Tokugawa Ieyasu Honjin. Along the way, the two immediately gathered the rout, forming an army of six or seven hundred men and rushing towards the Tokugawa Ieyasu main camp.
Sabei, who was holding the pressure, looked up at Tokugawa Ieyasu from time to time, and saw that the banner of "Disgusted with the Filthy Soil and Seeking the Soil" was still there, and he was secretly relieved in his heart.
At this time, Sabei suddenly saw a group of men and horses rushing from the main formation, Sabei saw that the situation was unclear and immediately ordered to form a formation, Okubo Tadasa was also a little nervous, took a large naginata, and looked vigilantly at a group of people and horses rushing in the distance.
As the wave approached, Sabei realized that it was the Hojo Army that had just crossed him and headed straight for the Tokugawa Ieyasu Honjin. Before Sabei could react, he heard the Hojo army shouting "go around".
Hearing this, Sabei's heart moved slightly, and when he looked around, he found that everyone was trembling. Seeing this, Sabei smiled bitterly, the soldiers were victorious, mighty, and strong, but these three victories did not account for one victory on their side, so they had to abandon the heart of counterattack, and after the Hojo army galloped away, they scattered the formation and quickly moved closer to the Tokugawa Ieyasu main formation, and on the way they killed a few of the Hojo army that had fallen behind, which can be regarded as an explanation.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who repelled the Hojo Army, looked at the direction of the Hojo Army's withdrawal, and always felt a little strange in his heart, and was sitting on the Maza thinking about it, when he suddenly saw the Sabei Guards with the flag of the Guardian Army coming, and was about to get up to greet him, but he instantly understood something in his mind, so he took small steps into big strides, rushed outside the battle, and said to Okubo Tadashi and Sabei and others: "Things are not good, Hayashi Satomori should have been tricked now!" ”.
Okubo Tadasa didn't turn a corner for a while, and while he was still hesitating, he heard the Oda samurai behind him say: "My lord, we also gathered some of Sadomori's subordinates just now, is it..."
Listening to Fujido Takatora's words, Sabei pinched the corners of his eyebrows with his fingers, and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu after a while: "Mikawaden, I just saw that the Hojo Army was withdrawing to the left flank, most likely to kill the Sado Guard, I might as well divide the troops to pick up Hayashi Sado Shou one or two now." ”
After Sabei finished speaking, Okubo Tadasa also spoke: "My lord, at this time, I might as well stabilize the formation and gather forces to prevent the Takeda Army from entering from the left flank and cutting off the connection between the main formation and the front and the right flank battle formation. ”
After hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu pondered for a moment, and then said to Okubo Tadayo: "Shinjuro, you and Jiemon will lead the iron artillery team to the northeast and march in sixty steps!" Then he said, "Sabei and his attendants will plot with me." ”
When the Okubo brothers heard this, they immediately led the remnants of the army to build a battle formation. The only twelve or thirteen remaining attendants under the Sabei who stayed behind looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu and the others, and saw that no one mentioned Lin Xiuzhen's department anymore, and his face couldn't help but be a little cold. Looking at the surrounding Tokugawa army, many of them were panicked, and they were even more disappointed in their hearts.
After thinking about it for a while, Sabei retracted the steps he was about to take, bowed his head to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and stood in the middle of the battle.
It didn't take long for the roar of iron cannons to sound in the slightly westward setting of the sun, and the front of the coalition army was gradually unable to withstand the offensive of the Takeda army due to the lack of reserves. Some of the scattered ashigaru were beheaded by the samurai sent out to stop the momentum of the rout.
But it didn't take long for the entire coalition battle formation to show signs of collapse, and some Oda Ashigaru had already fled first. Tokugawa Ieyasu saw that there was no way to cut it down, so he sent the silent Sabei to rein in Oda's rout.
Sabei, who led the attendants out of the main formation, glanced at Fujido Takatora who had something to say on the side, and then shook his head slightly, shouting to gather the scattered Oda Ashigaru and some miscellaneous soldiers.
From the scattered ashigaru mouth, Sabei further learned about the actions on the battlefield, the coalition forces first and the second and third formations that had supported the past had been disabled, and the remaining reserves could not withstand the fierce attack of the Takeda army, and the front formation was about to collapse.
Hearing this, Sabei inquired about the situation of the Takeda Army, and when asked, Ashigaru listened to the words and described the offensive of the Takeda Army in a chaotic rural slang. Listening to how the eight-foot-long and invulnerable Takeda samurai had been described as having smashed into the coalition with multiple guns from one enemy, Sabei nodded slightly, and then sent the ashigaru aside.
Sabei was gathering the rout, and suddenly found Sakuma Nobumori in the distance retreating with an army.
Sakuma Nobumori, who had retreated, saw that Sabei was gathering the rout, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Sabei, the offensive of the Takeda Army is becoming more and more fierce, come with me to meet Mikawa-sama!" ”
Sabei glanced at Akijiro Fushiwa and Ichisuke Right behind Sakuma Nobumori, and then merged the gathered rout into Sakuma Nobumori's army, and then personally led Sakuma Nobumori to the Tokugawa Ieyasu main camp.
Before the two of them could enter the battle, Sabei saw Okubo Tadashi's attendants rushing towards him. Seeing that he was in a hurry, Sabei knew that he had something important to report, so he let him enter the banner battle, and then entered the banner battle with Sakuma Nobumori.
In a moment, Sabei and Sakuma Nobumori walked out of the battle. After a few brief conversations with Sakuma Nobumori, who also had a gloomy face, Sabei separated more than 600 people from the army and rushed to the northeast, including Sabei's own military strength.
At this time, the battle formation of the Okubo brothers was fighting with the Takeda Hojo coalition army, and as soon as Sabei led the army, he saw a family crest flag of Lin Xiuzhen erected in the Hojo army not far away, and there were things hanging on the flag. ”
Hearing this, Fujitang Gaohu tiptoed to look at the knife on his waist, and after a few breaths, he whispered with a somewhat gloomy face: "That... It seems to be the head of Mamoru Sado! ”