as a delaying action to give himself time to escape . 逃亡の時間を稼ごうとしたとのこと
barclay is delaying action . the whole army is critical of him . 「非難の声が 高ま っ て い ます」
when yoshitomo ' s army came under the joint attack of the taira forces as well as yorimasa ' s army , toshimichi yamanouchi-sudo and kageshige katagiri , among others , fought a delaying action to the death , and taking full advantage of the time they had bought him , yoshitomo slipped away from the battlefield . 義朝は平氏軍と頼政軍の攻撃を受け、山内首藤俊通・片桐景重らが必死の防戦をする間に戦場から脱出した。