At 4:55 a.m., the first Oda soldier to retreat from Nagashima Castle crossed the pontoon bridge and stepped on the land of Owari with both feet. Immediately afterward, groups of stragglers began to appear in my sight one after another.

Whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, I think some things are similar, including the defeated army. It should be said that the group of people who came now are still neatly dressed, and they are not lacking anything except that most of them have lost their weapons. In fact, it is not surprising that if you think about it carefully, judging from the time of arrival, they are undoubtedly some prescient and "wise men" who can correctly judge the situation. But the horror and darkness on their faces made their identities clear, and they were completely identical to the German soldiers retreating from Stalingrad in the documentaries I had seen.

These "lucky ones" on the battlefield were stunned as soon as they got off the pontoon bridge, and it seemed that they could not believe how they could see such a majestic "army" here, with a forest of banners, huge camps, and majestic guards、......, after experiencing several months of "hardship" under Long Island City and yesterday's fiasco, all this looked so incredible! Under the command of the soldiers by the bridge, they began to gradually gather at the reception station of Kanosuke in the mountains.

I walked between them with Kusunoki Hayabusa, patrolling the situation. It seemed that they were not completely frightened, and when they saw me, a "high-level" samurai, pass by, they all stood up and saluted.

"You ...... It's just a few of you! "I stopped by five or six soldiers, and a few of them were clearly together." Which team are you on the back burner? ”

They looked at each other, then looked at me again and bowed their heads, and no one answered my question, and they looked very panicked.

"You bastards! Didn't you hear what Lord Stars said? Don't hurry up and talk back! Kusunoki Hayabusa pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and snapped up.

"Goo, goo," all of them fell to their knees in fright, shouting; "Spare your life!" While prostrating incessantly.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not from the law enforcement team, and I haven't been ordered to deal with similar issues! As long as you obey the arrangements and orders here, there will be no problem. "I comforted them with kind words, I really didn't expect that I still have such majesty." Which team are you on the line? ”

"Little ...... The little people are ...... It's the ...... of Sakuma-sama's team," a soldier in his thirties who seemed to have some experience stumbled.

"Hmm~!" I nodded, as far as I knew, Sakuma Nobumori's troops were stationed far from Nagashima, and if that were the case, the soldiers wouldn't know too much about the situation. "Do you know what's going on in the main camp?" With a glimmer of hope, I asked.

"I'm just afraid...... It's bad......" replied to the soldier, who was surprised to know something. "We arrived for reinforcements around the time of the unitary hour, when there had been a long fight there. Our army's camp was on low ground, and everyone was tired from the heavy rain for several days, and soon we could not stand it......" Seeing that I seemed to be very easy-going, his words gradually became fluent. “…… The enemy's army came in waves, and by the time we left, only the reserves of Shibata-sama and Sasa-sama were still resisting, and the reserves such as Hayashi Satomori and Oda Nobu-sama had already begun to disorganize! ”

"Have you seen the Kitabatake army?" I'm a little curious about this new opponent.

"Yes! There are a lot of them! Everyone nodded in unison. It's all over the place, and relying on the flag is like a rice field! There were cavalry, spearmen, archers, and a lot of iron cannons! I heard our captain chatter, and their general seems to be a wooden tool! ”

"Cavalry...... Iron Cannon ...... "I muttered to myself. Their words cannot be ruled out as exaggerated, but there is no doubt that the Kitabatake family dispatched the main force. "That's right! Hidamori-samaru Yamaguchi is in Sakuma, and any of you have seen him? "I suddenly remembered an acquaintance.

Except for a young creep, everyone else was shaking their heads.

"You know what?" I saw his expression.

"Yes! The villain is Yamaguchi-sama's subordinate......" He lowered his head, his eyes flickering slightly. "Yamaguchi-sama, he...... He...... Killed! ”

"What?!" Although I knew the cruelty of war and living in this era, I was still unacceptable to hear the death of someone I knew. I had them get some more rice balls and continue on their way.

More and more people arrived, close to 1,000, and so far everything was normal, and I continued to check everywhere. My heart is very heavy, and it's not all because of Yamaguchi, he is not the only one who died in such a big battle, but I don't know it yet. For the first time, I experienced "fear" so truly, not only for myself, because I now represent more than myself. I am now carrying the hope, if not the lives of many, but at least their hopes. No matter how lazy I am, I'm afraid I can only move forward. While I was thinking nonsense, I suddenly felt someone pulling me.

"Look, my lord!" Kusunoki Hayato said.

Looking in the direction of his finger, I saw a shocking sight: from the distant horizon came a black crowd of five thousand people, each carrying a "papaya-patterned" flag behind their backs. They ran in terror...... No! It was fleeing, and in an instant it was pouring onto the pontoon. Now I really admire myself, looking at the soldiers who are squeezed into the water from time to time, I know how clever it is to arrange for Ke'er to hide downstream! It's just that...... Five boats seem to be a little less. Suddenly, I felt that something was wrong! Not only did they not mean to stop, but even the 1,000 or so people who had arrived first began to stir.

In the blink of an eye, they were in front of me, and I stretched out my hands to stop the "torrent", but in vain, and I and my servants were immediately dispersed. Suddenly, I was slammed, and one fell to the ground, and at least three feet immediately stepped on me. "I was trampled to death!" There was a sadness in my heart, and there was a little amusement in my heart.

"Bang!" Just as I was feeling emotional, one of my soldiers was punched and knocked away, and then a large hand grabbed me by the collar and threw me out.

After a period of flying clouds, I was caught by someone, and when I looked back, the person who picked me up was Kusunoki Hayato. Looking further into the flow of people, Keiji Maeda stood tall. I saw that his eyes were blood-red, and he pulled out the "Dadiantai" hanging from his waist, "poof, poof, poof、......" There was a continuous sound, and eight bloody human heads fell to the ground, rolling incessantly, and the blood spurting from the headless neck cavity stained his whole body, making him look as if he was a demonic beast from hell that wanted to choose people to devour.

"If there are those who do not obey orders, kill! Those who shake the hearts of the army, kill!! Panic and panic, kill !! There was a loud roar, like a stone thrown into the water. In the past, Tian Qingji was the center of the circle, like the spread of water waves, and people stopped in fear......