Sabei, who withdrew to Makinohara Castle, first ordered someone to find a white cloth to wrap Lin Xiuzhen's head, and then sent his subordinates to Makinohara Castle to inquire about the news of the Shesheng team, and wrote the news of Lin Xiuzhen's head recaptured in a letter and uploaded it back to Gifu Castle.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu also returned to the city, he sent people to visit the remnants of Sabei and Hayashi Xiuzhen, and expressed his admiration for Lin Xiuzhen through Kanhara Yasumasa. Sabei looked at the sincere look of Kamihara Yasumasa, thanked Tokugawa Ieyasu for his condolences, and asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to write a handwritten letter, informing Oda Nobunaga of the recapture of Hayashi's head, so as to take care of his letters.

Seeing that Sabei didn't say anything, Kamihara Yasumasa put down Tokugawa Ieyasu's handwriting and said to Sabei: "Sabei, these days have been hard, the lord has transferred a batch of grain from Mikawa, and the food problem is safe for the time being. ”

After hearing this, Sabei nodded, and then asked: "Thank you for telling the truth, now that the Yuanjiang River has been plundered, coupled with the weak army, we must protect this batch of grain in an eventful autumn." ”

Yasumasa Kamihara nodded, showing a look of approval, and then returned to Honmaru under the escort of Sabei to resume his life.

After Kamihara Yasumasa left, Right Ichisuke walked up to Sabei and whispered to Sabei: "Brother, Tokugawa Ieyasu is really a person with a cold temperament, and he directly gave up the Sado garrison at that time, but now he only mentioned Sado Mamoru after my brother led me to recapture Sado Mamoru's head. ”

After hearing this, Sabei glanced at Yasumasa Kamihara, who was looming behind him, and then introduced Ichisuke Right into the room, and said to Ichisuke Right, thoughtfully, "That's why I call him 'Tokaido's young crocodile'!" This man has an indifferent temperament, and even if he is the head of the family, he can abandon him when he is useless. ”

Yanbi Sabei felt that he had said a little too much, so he smiled and said to Right Ichisuke: "But when we are useful, he will not easily abandon me and others, at least for now, he does not have the courage to abandon one of me and Sakuma-sama." ”

Right Ichisuke nodded after hearing this, and was about to say something, but saw Sakaki Heiji outside the house come to open the door of the house and bow his head and said: "Lord, there are currently eleven people left in the sacrifice team, and they have been collected by Lord Fujido, and Lord Fujido sent someone to ask, do you want to let them into the city?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei originally wanted to let the right Ichisuke say the unspoken words, but when he saw the right Ichisuke Masause, he said: "Brother, I hope that my brother will personally ask His Highness Mikawa for this matter, and personally go to open the door for these people who sacrifice their lives for righteousness!" ”

Sabei, who had this intention, nodded when he heard this, and his eyes looked at the right Ichisuke, but he saw that the right Ichisuke had no intention of speaking. Seeing this, Sabei didn't do much research, and immediately got up and said to Sakami Heiji: "Commander Mingjiro asked him to go with me." Then he turned his head to the right Ichisuke and said, "You stay to rectify the military situation, and you also register everyone's military merits in this battle!" ”

After that, Sabei used Tokugawa Ieyasu's warrant and Ishikawa Sushimasa, who was present on behalf of Tokugawa Ieyasu, to open the gates of Makinohara Castle. Before the members of the squads could react, Sabei walked out of the city to receive the weary warriors in person. After learning that Sabei had recaptured Lin Xiuzhen's head, these people who survived to the last in this night attack were already overjoyed, and some people's eyes were moistened unconsciously.

After verifying his identity, Sabei settled these people, and then a few members of the sacrifice team came to defect, and Sabei received them in person as before. However, the number of people who could escape from the pursuing Takeda army was really limited, and by the early morning of the next day, Sabei had gathered no more than 19 men. Most of the rest have little chance of surviving. After all, for these people, if they don't want to be ronin, Sabei is their only hope.

Looking at the nineteen people gathered in front of him, Sabei also sighed secretly in his heart, and when Fujitang Gaohu on the side saw this, he whispered to Sabei: "I also ask the lord to say something for these people who have not returned, after all, these people also died to recapture the head of Sado Mamoru , and I hope that their families will be implicated as little as possible." ”

Sabei was speechless at first, then nodded. Seeing this, the right Ichisuke on the side showed a smile on his face. Seeing this, Sabei, who was aware of it, nodded to Ichisuke on the right.

A few days later, as soon as the 5,000 reinforcements led by the Oda family arrived at Makinohara Castle, Takeda Katsuyori's armistice letter had been placed in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu by the envoys of the Takeda army. Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at the letter at hand reporting the turmoil in the territory, and after thinking about it, he wrote a letter to Oda Nobunaga.

Sabei, who had received Oda Nobunaga's order, had already embarked on the way home with an army of less than 300 men at this time, looking back at Makinohara's castle, which had been hidden by the mountains, Sabei looked at the wooden box held in his hand by Fushiwa Akijiro, although his face was a little happy, but his eyes finally showed a trace of panic and fear that was detected.

There weren't many merchants and townspeople in the town of Gifu, which had just been shrouded in the morning glow, and the shops that had not yet fully opened made the large town of Gifu seem deserted, and Sabei led his men through the town, and as the scenery in front of him passed faster and faster, Sabei saw the person who haunted him.

Before Sabei could approach the crowd under Gifu Castle, several women who were out of control knelt on the ground and cried loudly. When Sabei heard the cries of these women, a trace of sympathy arose in his heart, but then he was buried in the bottom of his heart.

After greeting his wife, Sabei motioned for the maid and attendant of the guard to send Ming Weixiu home. He was the first to lead his troops into the city, because Oda Nobunaga wanted to summon his troops in Honmaru.

Oda Nobunaga, dressed in military uniform, sat in the hallway, looking at the wooden box that was presented by Sabei's hands, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes. After opening the wooden box himself, Oda Nobunaga looked straight at the contents of the wooden box.

Sabei, who was standing in the palace, looked down at the earth-gray ground, and after a long time, he heard Oda Nobunaga let out a long sigh.

Oda Nobunaga then closed the wooden box, handed it to the people beside him, and said to the army in front of him, which was less than 300 people: "I heard that the 'Shesheng Team' has made great achievements in this battle, where is the Shesheng Team now?" ”

Hearing Oda Nobunaga's call, nineteen people wearing headbands of "sacrificing one's life for righteousness" walked out of the ranks and knelt in front of Oda Nobunaga one after another.

Oda Nobunaga glanced at the headbands on their heads, and then said to them lightly: "Each person will be rewarded with ten small gold medals!" He waved his hand to them and said, "Stand down!" ”

Oda Nobunaga then withdrew his gaze from the members of the seiji team, and after looking around, he finally landed on Sabei.