The attendants who rushed to the "accident place" of the Sabei looked at the Sabei who was resting in the grass hut, and immediately stepped forward to bow his head to ask about the situation, and the Sabei did not expect Oda Nobutada to also see his own ugly scene, so he was a little embarrassed to tell the squire who came to inquire about the incident.

After listening to Sabei's answer, the attendants sent by Oda Nobutada quietly breathed a sigh of relief and said to Sabei: "Lord Mingwei is fine, and I will go back to my lord to report my life here!" ”

Sabei nodded, watched his attendants leave quickly, and was about to rub his shoulders when he saw a samurai dressed as a horse and a Hui crowd running to his side.

After seeing off the attendants who had come to inquire about the news again, Sabei looked up and saw the Tsuda army in adversity.

In the early morning, it was still drizzling, and by noon, the trend of increasing intensity made the troops on both sides feel a little afraid. Due to the heavy rain, the crowd standing on the city wall gradually lost their footing, and was blown by the strong wind, making it even more difficult to gain a foothold on the small city wall. The iron cannons and bows and arrows that were squatting behind the narrow room were also affected by strong winds and heavy rain, and the threat to the Oda army was far less than before.

The Oda Army, which was upwind, was even more frantically beaten by the heavy rain at this time, and many Oda samurai and ashigaru fell in the mud. The water flowing down from Nagashima Castle created an obstacle for the Oda army who were struggling to attack the city, and for a time it was difficult for the Oda army to take a step under Nagashima Castle.

Nobusumi Tsuda touched the rain dripping from his head pocket and looked ahead, only to see that the fifth offensive he had organized had been defeated. Tsuda Nobusumi immediately slapped his thigh, and then faced the rain that hit his face, reluctantly broke away his eyes, and looked back at Oda Nobutada, the commander not far behind him.

At this time, Oda Nobutada stood under the Oda papaya pattern and the golden umbrella horse print, his face as gloomy as the pouring rain. The attendant who served beside him tried hard to stabilize the banner of the Chinese army with his colleagues who held the flag, and bowed his head and admonished loudly: "Lord, if this rain continues like this, it will be difficult for my family to continue to attack the city today!" ”

Oda Nobutada, who was in the heavy rain, listened to the exhortation diluted by the sound of the rain, looked up at the Tsuda army, which could no longer advance towards Nagashima Castle, and after hesitating for a moment, said to Shibata Katsumasa beside him: "Sanzaemon, you go to Ichchiki to have a look!" After speaking, I saw Shibata Katsumasa braving the heavy rain and rushing towards the distant Takigawa army.

Sabei looked at the people who were struggling in the mud, and accompanied by several of Saki Heiji's close attendants, he inspected the countless openings that the people had dug in the rain. After confirming that the ditches of Nagashima Castle could no longer be filled with water, Sabei issued an order to all the people and his subordinates to retreat.

And the timing of Sabei's order was very unfortunate, even a little stupid, and withdrawing while the army was still fighting with the heavy rain would undoubtedly shake the hearts of the army!

Suzuki Heavy Industries, who was walking in the mud with a saber, bowed his head and said to Sabei, "Lord, is it inappropriate to retreat at this time?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei said fiercely in the face of the rain that hit his face: "This is the most suitable time to withdraw the army, at this time Nagashima is also a headwind, heavy rain and strong winds will make it difficult for them to launch an effective counterattack against the retreating army against the wind, and it is difficult for iron cannons and bows and arrows to cause damage." ”

As soon as Sabei's words fell, he heard Fushiwa Meijiro say, "My lord, His Highness Nobutaka has issued a signal to retreat!" ”

Everyone immediately looked in the direction of Oda Nobutada's banner, and saw that the horse seal and the military flag representing Oda Nobutada began to retreat.

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then followed Sabei back to the camp with great difficulty.

After Sabei reported the situation to Oda Nobunaga in this camp, Oda Nobunaga looked at the somewhat embarrassed Sabei in front of him, and asked Sabei in a low voice, "Sabei, do you have a clever plan to break the enemy?" ”

Sabei was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then bowed his head and said to Oda Nobunaga: "Lord, now that the rain is pouring down, I hope that the lord will continue to beware of Nagashima attacking the camp at night, only by standing on his heels, can my family attack Nagashima Castle step by step!" ”

Oda Nobunaga nodded after hearing this and didn't speak, and after a few breaths, he said to Sabei: "Okay, you go back and rest first, today you accidentally fell from the trench, pay attention to your body, don't force yourself!" ”

After Sabei respectfully withdrew from Oda Nobunaga's main camp, he saw Oda Nobutada, who was covered in mud, leading the two major retainers of Takigawa and Tsuda towards Oda Nobunaga's main camp.

Seeing this, Sabei bowed his head to Oda Nobutada, but Oda Nobutada stopped in front of Sabei, and after a few breaths, Oda Nobutada spoke: "Sabei, your withdrawal today is quite timely, if I don't see you withdraw decisively, I will not order the withdrawal immediately." ”

Sabei was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and he didn't know what Oda Nobutada meant by this, so he bowed his head to Oda Nobutada again and returned to his camp.

At this time, the camp where the Ming Guard army was stationed had also turned into a swamp country, and Suzuki Heavy Industries and Fushiwa Akijiro were directing everyone to widen the blocked drainage path, while Fujido Takatora was watching the widened drainage path while recording something in the shed that was also flooded.

Sabei waded through the stagnant water and walked up to Fujido Takatora and asked Fujido Takatora, "How are you going to use the second half of the day to renovate the camp?" ”

After listening to Sabei's words, Fujido Takatora lowered his head and said to Sabei: "My lord, I will dig a trench around it to drain and store water!" ”

After hearing this, Sabei smiled and said, "Drainage is natural, but why do you need to store water?" If there is too much water in the trenches, it will be inconvenient for us to come out of the camp tomorrow! It is better to dig a trench on the basis of a small ditch to divert water outside the camp! ”

Speaking of this, Sabei's face froze, and then he said to Fujido Takatora, who also had a bad face: "Nagashima Castle's Yiyu shouldn't have attacked the camp at night in a heavy rain, right?" ”

Fujido Takatora swallowed his saliva and replied with a bowed head: "With Tsuda-sama's iron-blooded methods in front, I'm afraid that most of the people in Nagashima Castle are determined to die!" ”

After speaking, Fujido Takatora saw Sabei walking towards Oda Nobunaga's main camp again. Immediately, Fujido Gaohu quickly recorded the conclusion he had just reached in the somewhat damp notebook in his hand.

Oda Nobutada and the others, who were receiving a lecture from Oda Nobunaga in the main formation, turned their heads to look at the Sabei who suddenly entered the main formation, and they didn't have time to speak. I saw Sabei bow his head and say to Oda Nobunaga, who was also a little puzzled: "My lord, I have a clever plan to break the enemy!" ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobunaga nodded to Sabei, and then waved his hand to let Oda Nobutada and the others, who were kneeling, get up. Sabei stabilized his mind and said to Oda Nobunaga and everyone in the camp: "The sound of people on a rainy night is not in the sound of the rain, and today I led the army to dig the trench outside Nagashima Castle, and the water in the trench caused by the torrential rain no longer exists, and without the trench, not only can the family prevent the enemy from impounding water and flooding me, but even the enemy army has the opportunity to attack the camp on a rainy night!" ”