The cold words suddenly sounded behind Yu Qiuping, and then the sound of swords colliding came from his ears. Yu Qiuping hurriedly retreated and turned around in horror, only to see Honda Nabenosuke with a horizontal knife in his hand, blocking the fatal stab of the Kazuwa clan to his heart.

"My lord! You are! Before Yu Qiuping could react, the Hojo Army outside the castle tower rushed in with a shout, and the two Imagawa family Ashigaru who were caught off guard by the door were immediately cut to the ground.

"Die." Yu He continued to sneer, "I think you are the murderer behind the scenes!" ”

Although Yu Qiuping didn't figure out the joints in this, he still made a quick decision. The ashigaru who was still on the first floor immediately evacuated towards the second floor, however, although Yu Qiuping's ashigaru retreated quickly up the stairs, the ashigaru of the Imamiya family who came over were in a mess and were cut to the ground one by one by the Hojo family.

Yu Qiuping was heartbroken, but there was nothing to be done. He quickly divided the panicked subordinates on the second floor into two groups, Yasunari Fukushima and Nakahide Mimasaki blocking the west staircase, and Yuto Ogawa and Katsumasa Yoshioka blocking the east staircase. He took several old members of the Imamiya family led by Imanomiya Le'an, who retreated, to serve as a reserve in the center, and by the way, guarded the prisoners of the Takeda family. Charlie's archers were divided into two sides to support the defense at the two staircase openings.

After a while, the people who entered the battle gradually calmed down, and because the staircase was not spacious, the Hojo family's attack was somewhat blocked, and they finally stabilized their position. However, from time to time, there will still be Imagawa Ieshigaru being cut down, and Yu Qiuhei feels that his heart is dripping blood. These ashigaru are all elite soldiers he picked out from his 200 old subordinates!

However, Yu Qiuping's heart at the moment was like 10,000 *** running by, and he didn't know what was going on at all. It is clear that the Takeda family, who is the murderer, has been defeated, but the Hojo family suddenly attacks themselves. It's like when I was playing the card game "Three Kingdoms", I chose the lord, and there were three people left in the endgame, including the lord, the loyal minister, and the thief, but the two on the opposite side all felt the same as slashing at themselves.

"My lord! What's going on! Yu Qiuping shouted up the stairs, but received no response. At this time, Sanada Nobutsuna on the side was constantly struggling, trying to spit out the rags in his mouth. Yu Qiuping saw that he wanted to speak, so he stepped forward and pulled out the rags.

Sanada Nobutsuna coughed violently a few times, and then shouted, "I haven't seen it yet!" You idiot! The Hojo family is behind the scenes! Otherwise, why would I do it to you at this time! ”

Yu Qiuping was stunned suddenly, and his brain was running quickly. The Hojo family saw the Takeda family and the Imagawa family, and if the Hojo family was not the murderer, then he couldn't tell whether he should help the Imagawa family or the Takeda family. But he decisively chose to help the Imagawa family defeat Takeda, and then attacked Imagawa with a backhand.

Indeed, only the Hojo family, who was the murderer, would take such an action. Because Imagawa and Takeda are both his enemies, and everyone is the same.

"I'll go! You're the murderer! Suddenly realized, Yu Qiuping scolded downstairs. A moment later, the Hojo family ashigaru below erupted in laughter.

"When I kill you, your Governor's Hall will realize the seriousness of the problem between the alliances! Let's see if he dares to invade Owari! Don't come back honestly! He continued to laugh, "The two of you have really helped me a lot!" Originally, I asked for the assistance of the main force in the Wind Demon today, and wanted to forcibly kill you, but now I don't have to wait for them to arrive! ”

"Where do you get your confidence?" Yu Qiuping scolded back, "You are such a little person, you can't attack it!" ”

At this moment, only a rapid whistle was heard from the east. Yu Qiuping looked east through the window in surprise. I saw that in the refuge area for residents halfway up the mountainside, seventy or eighty people suddenly walked out and walked down to the present-day palace castle carrying several siege ladders. The inhabitants behind them screamed in confusion to make way for these people.

"I'll go!" Yu Qiuping was taken aback, "Is the Hojo family's ambush?" How could it come out of there! ”

And after seeing the ambush appear, the Hojo Army, which had been attacking again just now, suddenly retreated with cheers. Obviously, they want to wait for the ladder to arrive and attack together. And the Yu He clan also ordered loudly below: "Leave forty people to block the castle tower, and the rest of the people hurry up to collect weapons!" The brethren who came to the Wind Demon didn't bring long weapons, they only brought daggers! ”

Dagger... The one who killed Imamiya Leding just now, I guess it's these people!

"Oops!" Yu Qiuping secretly complained. If all those people arrived, the number of people in the Hojo family would be almost three times that of the Imagawa family. Attacking from the stairs and multiple ladders, there was simply not enough troops to defend. Moreover, it was inadvertently revealed before that the main force of the Wind Demon Ninja would have arrived here today. At that time, it will really be a dead end. To stay here is to sit back and wait.

"Prepare to break out!" Yu Qiuping ordered sharply, and at the same time asked people to loosen the ties to the people of the Takeda family, "I couldn't help it before, now let's withdraw with us." ”

"It's not necessary." Sanada Nobutsuna's strong man's face suddenly showed a delicate and relieved smile.

"Oh?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"I don't lie to you," Sanada Nobutsuna stood up, moved for a moment, and patted the dust on his clothes, "All this in front of me is in the plan of the third brother." ”

Before the words fell, in the woods on both sides of the road down the mountain, more than two dozen samurai of the Takeda family suddenly rushed out, commanding Sanada Masayuki, who had just escaped. The ninja of the Hojo family, who was carrying a ladder and did not have a weapon in his hand, was caught off guard and fell to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables by the Takeda family's ashigaru, and blood splashed for a while.

The Hojo Army, whose morale had suffered a devastating blow, hurriedly threw down the ladder and fled in all directions after reacting, only to have several unlucky people who threw the slowest to be crushed to the ground by the ladder at once, and a dozen others who tried to resist drew daggers and fought hand-to-hand with the Takeda family, but they were also outnumbered and soon fell. Seven or eight ladders were thrown to the ground, and the ninjas of the Hojo family fled for their lives towards the mountains and forests on both sides or the downhill road, and the Takeda family did not like to fight, and rushed directly downhill into Imamiya Castle.

"Reinforcements have arrived! Counterattack! "Yu Qiuping has shouted this order for the second time today, and he himself is a little embarrassed, I hope this is the last time.

"Damn! Why hasn't the Storm Demon Boss arrived yet! "The helpless Kawa clan had no choice but to retreat with his people and fight, and retreated from Imamiya Castle under the attack of the Imagawa army and the Takeda army, and retreated towards the checkpoint." It's already time to apply, didn't you say that it won't come yet! ”

At this time, on the way from Kokokuji Temple to Imanomiya. The two groups were chasing each other on the path between the mountains and forests, throwing kunai and darts at each other, and from time to time a few people fought in close quarters. One of the men was maneuvering a large number of horses, and from time to time they crashed into the other group.

"Kotaro Chief!" A ninja leader reported to a big man, "The ninjas of the Imagawa family are in hot pursuit, but they don't attack, it seems that they are deliberately slowing us down!" ”

"It's too late!" Wind Demon Kotaro glanced at the sky, "I'm afraid it's delaying things." Hachisuke, you go and light the wolf smoke and tell Miwa-sama that you can't get there. ”

The Hojo Army, which was still holding the checkpoint, completely lost the motivation to hold on and retreated to the southeast after seeing the wolf smoke slowly rising from the southeast. The Imagawa army and the Takeda army did not chase after each other, and after leaving the people to control the checkpoint, the rest of the people returned to Imamiya Castle for lunch - they had been hungry for a long time. Yu Qiuping organized people to bury Imanomiya Leding, and at the same time summoned the surviving elders of the Imamiya family, held the succession ceremony of Imamiya Le, and comforted Mrs. Imamiya for a long time.

After a while, the ninja of the Imagawa family, led by a shinobi named Abe Motosa, rushed to Imamiya Castle to see Yu Qiuping. They had been waiting for Yu Qiuping for a long time last night, and this morning they were thinking about moving in the direction of Imamiya, and they accidentally met the Wind Demon Ninja who rushed to reinforce them on the way, and a battle broke out immediately.

"Did you write last night's note?" After listening to the other party's narration, Yu Qiuping apologized awkwardly in the eyes of his subordinates crying and laughing, "I was afraid that it would be a trap, so I didn't dare to go." ”

After the fighting in the past few days, Yu Qiuping's unit lost a total of 4 people killed and 12 wounded, of which 2 were seriously injured and had to be carried on a stretcher, but fortunately, there were no injuries that would lead to lifelong disability. The ninjas sent by the Imagawa family also suffered several casualties in the process of leading the war. The Takeda family, on the other hand, also suffered nearly two dozen casualties—most of them were the troops left behind.

"Please also ask Sanada-sama to explain your doubts!" After lunch, Yuakihei asked Sanada Masayuki for advice. This time, the Hojo family's conspiracy failed to succeed, and it all relied on this Sanada Masayuki's conspiracy, "I don't know how the adults recognized the Hojo family as the mastermind behind the scenes." ”

"I don't have enough information, I don't recognize it at all." Sanada Masayuki raised his eyebrows and laughed.

"Huh!" Yu Qiuping was taken aback, "Then how did you set up an ambush on the mountain road?" ”

"Lay down an ambush, and it doesn't have to be the Hojo family, it may also be your Imagawa family!" Sanada Masayuki smiled, "Listen to me slowly." ”

"The situation is really confusing, originally I always thought that the Hojo family might be the murderer behind the scenes, but after the murder of Lord Imamiya, I felt that the Imagawa family was also very suspicious." Sanada Masayuki said, "My lord also knows that among the three families, the food under the grain is the least, and I can't drag it down with you, I must find out the matter as soon as possible." ”

"Since the three of them exist at the same time, the situation is confusing, and I don't know who is lying." Sanada Masayuki raised his eyebrows, "Then one less person, isn't it okay to become a confrontation between two people?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone gasped.

"If there are two people left, the real murderer behind the scenes will definitely shoot at the other party, and you can see who is the murderer in the end." Sanada Masayuki looked at everyone's surprised expressions and said with a smile, "When Imamiya-sama was killed, I was thinking about where a large number of enemy troops suddenly came out of nowhere, and they were able to completely destroy the more than 30 soldiers left by Imamiya-sama in the castle tower. ”

"After thinking about it, I found a place that has been ignored by us for the past few days." Sanada Masayuki pointed to the temporary residence of the residents on the mountain, "Lord Imamiya said that those people had fled, so he didn't want to disturb him too much, so naturally he didn't investigate his identity. The murderer's man must have gotten in early in the morning. Then secretly build a ladder in the forest on the mountain. And this morning suddenly descended the mountain, taking advantage of the wide opening of the city gate, to assassinate the Lord of Imamiya. ”

"And the reason why they knew our movements well before, there must have been people who went up the mountain together to sneak into the castle town, and usually took advantage of the opportunity to deliver food to the mountain and pass on information."

"Once I figured it all out, I started my plan." Sanada Masayuki is a twelve-year-old child after all, and when it comes to pride, he can't help but dance with his eyebrows, "Since no one has passed through the checkpoint, those ambush soldiers must have returned to the mountain!" I sent men to lie in ambush in the woods on both sides of the mountain road, waiting for an opportunity to ambush! At the same time, keep the situation in the city under control and keep no one else aware of our plans. ”

"Then, my eldest brother and I decided to personally attack the one that entered the castle tower first, and then under the attack of the other two families, we pretended to break and be captured, so that the other two families thought that the Takeda family was no longer capable of fighting. At this time, the party that is not the black hand must think that the matter is over and let down their vigilance, and the real black hand behind the scenes will want to sneak up on him. After that, it depends on the remaining two families, who makes the first move, who is the one behind the scenes who wants to kill everyone, and then we will help! Ambush the opponent's ambush first, and then fight into the city together! ”

After hearing Sanada Masayuki's plan, everyone was amazed. Every link of the matter was perfectly hit by this Sanada Masa.

"It's just that you're not worried about your eldest brother, if it falls into the hands of a black hand, he will be hacked to death?" Yu Qiuping asked curiously.

Sanada Masayuki smiled slightly and set his eyes on Sanada Nobutsuna. Sanada Nobutsuna raised his hand, fumbled for a moment, and took out a knife from the array of Haori on his wrist. And the dozen or so captured Takeda family ashigaru behind him also took out their knives from the sleeves of their wrists.

"When the last resort comes, everyone will try to separate the ropes and try desperately. As long as one of the dozen people succeeds, there is a chance to help the others loosen their bonds. Sanada Masayuki smiled, "Foolproof." ”

"Amazing!" Yu Qiuping was really convinced this time, "It seems to be sincere and reliable, but it has performed a scheme to deceive all enemies at the same time, which is really amazing"

"I'd like to give Sanada-sama a comment!" Yu Qiuping said with a smile.

"Lord Yuqiu, please speak." Sanada asked.

Yu Qiuping looked around at everyone, stood up, looked at Sanada Masayuki, and said excitedly: "Outside and inside! ”

"This is obviously swearing!" Sanada Nobutsuna was the first to be unhappy and stood up for his younger brother.

"I think it's the best compliment." Sanada Masayuki said with a smile, and Yu Qiuping high-fived knowingly.

"Those who play intelligence naturally have to learn to deceive people!"