After this incident, Igari's strength weakened a lot. Fortunately, Ye Zi (Hyōchiba) and Itaya gathered the scattered gang members in time to rebuild the stronghold that was almost destroyed by the Tokugawa army, so Igari did not completely collapse.
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Du Fei, on the other hand, fell into a situation that was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing: Oda Nobunaga had specified that he wanted to destroy Igari, but the current situation made it impossible for him to find any reason to embarrass Igari anymore.
At this time, Maeda Toshiie, who was responsible for liaison with the Oda family, hurried over and brought news of Oda Nobunaga's defeat on the Mikawa battlefield. Du Fei understood that he must not stay here for too long!
So, at Itaya's suggestion, he signed a non-hostile contract with Momochi Santafu, and returned to Oda Nobunaga's house with more than a thousand monk soldiers who had just been recruited from the Ichiko clan thugs.
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At this time, Oda Nobunaga was still desperately resisting Takeda Shingen's attack with Tokugawa Ieyasu. Du Fei arrived at Gifu City and saw that only the veteran of the Oda family, Lin Xiuzhen, remained here.
Lin Xiuzhen's face was as bitter as a bitter gourd. When she saw Du Fei, she complained: "Something is not going well. Your Highness and the Tokugawa coalition seem to be unable to withstand it and are surrounded by Takeda Shingen's army! The Takeda family's cavalry is too powerful."
Du Fei's heart skipped a beat when he heard this! Something bad has happened now. If Oda is wiped out by the Takeda family this time, his only base and point of support in Kinki will be gone! The Kumano navy of Kuuki Yoko's brother will probably not escape destruction either.
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"Your Excellency Lin Xiuzhen!! Are there any extra military rations in the territory?" Du Fei was thinking in his mind and asked: "His Royal Highness Oda is in crisis, I must go and help him! Now I have a thousand on hand
There are many people, please prepare enough military rations for me! I will rush to Mikawa immediately to support His Excellency Oda Nobunaga!"
Liu Xiuzhen was moved to tears after hearing this: "Now even Mr. Oda's brother-in-law, Asai Nagamasa, dare not go to the rescue. Sir, you can help me so generously. I would like to thank you in advance on behalf of my lord~~ Please don't worry about the military rations. I will definitely prepare them."
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Standing on the guard tower, Oda Nobunaga took a bite of hardened dry food and observed the movements of the Takeda army around him with his binoculars.
Under the simple sentry tower, Tokugawa Ieyasu persuaded with a sad face: "Brother Nobunaga, you'd better come down quickly. The Takeda family's iron gunners are very close to us and can shoot up top."
Oda Nobunaga, who was covered in dust, cursed angrily and kicked the wooden wall of the sentry tower hard, causing the simple and fragile sentry tower to shake violently.
He jumped down from the sentry tower: "Damn it! They are surrounded tightly! There is no gap at all! That ape from Mount Kaifei is so vicious!"
"It seems that we are going to die here this time." Tokugawa Ieyasu did not hide his frustration at all.
That's true. Now that the Oda and Tokugawa families have joined forces, they are being beaten to pieces by the Takeda family. How can it not be frustrating?
Oda Nobunaga, who has always been tyrannical, also suffered a lot this time. His fire command team also suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with the Takeda cavalry. If Shibata Katsuie's cavalry team had not desperately dealt with the Takeda cavalry, he would have been killed long ago.
The whole army was destroyed.
At this time, the coalition forces of Oda and Tokugawa had been surrounded for three days, and their rations were about to run out. Fortunately, they occupied a relatively high ground, so they could barely withstand the attack of a group of Takeda family cavalry.
However, at present, all Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu can do is linger on. They have no power to fight back at all. Once the military rations are exhausted,
Oda Nobunaga did not dare to think further at this time, because he understood that now Tokugawa Ieyasu had accepted his fate and if he was discouraged, the entire army would collapse!
He always felt that as long as he persisted, things would turn around. He pinned his last glimmer of hope on his brother-in-law, Asai Nagamasa, hoping that he would have the conscience to lead troops to save him.
But one day passed, and two days passed. Asai did not come, but the follow-up troops of the Takeda family were increasing. Seeing that the hope of the Oda and Tokugawa allied forces to break through became increasingly slim.
At this time, Oda Nobunaga's ears had become much quieter, and the ashen-faced Tokugawa Ieyasu had given up chattering and began to prepare his own funeral, even the knife for caesarean section was ready.
Although none of Oda Nobunaga's soldiers showed any fear, it could be seen that they all had the consciousness of death.
The chief military officer of the Oda family, Shibata Katsuie, had already taken off his helmet and put on a white headband. He became even more heroic and desperate in resisting the Takeda army. Sometimes he rushed alone into the enemy's large groups,
Obviously he wanted to die gloriously on the battlefield.
However, his bravery allowed him to constantly save himself from danger, because other Oda generals and soldiers were also inspired by him, and they took off their helmets and put on white headbands one after another. The Oda army, which was completely at a disadvantage, put down their hands.
After picking up the burden, they began to resist the Takeda Army's first charge and at the same time began a small-scale counterattack!
Oda Nobunaga realized that this might be his last chance to survive! So he wore a conspicuous Nanman full-body knight armor and wandered around the battlefield fighting, so that all the Oda troops could see it, and his lord also
Fighting bloody battles with myself!
Seeing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu also had a glimmer of hope: He is already dead anyway! It is better for us to die on the battlefield than to starve to death! (These are Tokugawa Ieyasu's original words)
As a result, this dying army suddenly regained its vitality and began to continuously attack the Takeda family's formation.
"Father!" Takeda Shingen's second son Takeda Katsuyori said excitedly: "They are coming out! I will immediately lead the cavalry to annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
Takeda Shingen was seen calmly observing the situation on the battlefield. He was sitting upright like a Buddha statue.
After a while, he said to the impatient Takeda Katsuyori: "Don't be anxious! We must stick to the camp and keep encircling them!"