Almost at the same time, on the high mountain that Charlie had just pointed to, Okamishi Masasa, the general of the Saga people, was walking through the mountains with a ninja from Koga to find a suitable sniper spot for her.

"Miss, can you shoot that far? It's... More than 100 zhang. Okakishi glanced at the somewhat thin girl behind him and whispered worriedly.

"No problem." The female ninja shook her head and gently stroked the longbow on her back with her right hand, which was almost bigger than her own, "It's okay down there." Please find a downwind high point for you. ”

"Okay." Okamishi nodded suspiciously, looking at the female ninja in front of him - she was a member of the Minami Omi Koga ninja group, as if she was the daughter of Sugitani Zenjubo, named Sugitani Wen, who failed to assassinate Yu Qiuhei. In the past few years, due to the strength of the Oda family, the encirclement and suppression of the Koga ninja loyal to the Rokkaku family has become more and more severe, and many ninjas have been forced to surrender to the Oda family because they can't hold on, and the Sugitani family is one of them. And this Sugitani Wen didn't seem to want to serve the enemy, so he took a group of retainers to break away from the ninja and become a traitor, and rushed to Kii to assassinate Yu Qiuping.

It was she who proposed to the Suzuki family that Yu Qiuping come out to negotiate and then take the opportunity to assassinate. Suzuki Shigeyi originally had such an idea, but many people in his family wanted to surrender and couldn't say it. Seeing that an outsider made a suggestion, he agreed without saying a word and began to set up the arrangement.

However, at the request of the Lord and the Suzuki Shigekane, the Suzuki family also left a way back. The Saga people are only responsible for firing cold guns in the mountains and forests, and the work of rushing forward to assassinate or snipe Yu Qiuping is in charge of the people brought by Sugitani Wen. In this way, in case the assassination fails, Saga can also put all the blame on Sugitani, giving himself a room to maneuver.

Soon after, Okamishi took Sugitani Wen to a place on the top of the mountain that was windy. Here, you can clearly see the depression where Yuqiu is hiding. The surrounding small plateau was controlled by the Momiji Army, but the high mountain farther away was unattended.

Suzuki Shigei had long expected that the person sent by Yu Qiuping to negotiate must be a stand-in, so the feint attack on the stand-in was only to observe the deployment of the Red Leaf Army, so as to judge Yu Qiuping's position, and Yu Qiuping would definitely hide in this absolutely safe depression because he was afraid of being shot by a cold gun in the mountains and forests - however, this was within the range of the longbow.

Sugitani slowly removed the longbow from her back, took out a sharp arrow from the quiver, and then straightened her arms and raised both of them high above her head, bending the bow above her head, and the arrow pointed straight at the sky. Immediately after, she strained both hands at the same time, one hand flung down, the other hand pulled back, and the bowstring was pulled out of an exaggerated arc. At the same time, the bow was flung straight down about 100 degrees from the direction of pointing to the sky, aiming at the depression in the distance.

She knew she only had one chance. Once this arrow misses, Yu Qiuping will definitely be vigilant. And if she misses, she may never have a chance to prove herself to her father again.

She wanted to prove that even in the age of iron cannons, the bow and arrow were still the strongest long-range weapons. As for why, she hasn't figured it out yet. She just felt that once she had the bow in her hand, she could do anything.

Holding her breath and feeling the breeze blowing her sideburns, Sugitani slowly changed the angle of her bow and arrows as the wind direction and force changed. At such a distance, even a slight change would cause the arrow to fly in a completely different direction, and she had no chance of starting over.

His gaze gradually focused on Yu Qiuping's body in the distance, who was standing next to a white horse, not knowing what to say. Little did he know that in the next moment, he would die by an arrow.

Sugitani Wen slowly closed her right eye and used her left eye to make a final aim. She had already made up her mind that when the next strand of hair was picked up by the breeze, it would be time to loosen the strings.

You can't go wrong... As it has done countless times before, this arrow must have hit the target.

·

However, just a moment before Sugitani Bun Songxian, he suddenly saw a flash of cold light on the high ground on the edge of the depression, and the sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air was clearly distinguishable even from such a distance.

In that short moment, there was no time for anyone to observe. But it was just a full-screen instinct, and Sugitani Wen also judged that the direction of the sharp arrow was coming at her. And dare to shoot the bow at the mountain from such a distance, that archer is absolutely extraordinary, and this arrow will definitely not be empty. If you don't avoid it immediately, you'll be shot right away.

The most important thing for an archer is to be distracted before shooting, and when you are distracted, the accuracy of the arrow can only be left to fate. Sugitani's eyes widened suddenly, trying to suppress the panic in her heart, and she shot the arrow out under the tremendous pressure, and then flashed to the side. No sooner had she left the high point with her forefoot than an arrow from her hind foot shot straight at that spot, nailing straight to the rocks behind her.

However, when Sugitani poked her head out from behind the stone and observed the results of her shot, she found that her momentary distraction still caused the arrow to lose its accuracy. His target stood there dignified, but one of the guards beside him fell beside him.

"......" Sugitani Wen pursed her lips and shook her head, the sadness on her face could not be suppressed, but she knew that she had no chance to try again. The low-lying Red Leaf Army quickly moved and formed a human wall in front of Yu Qiuping, firmly protecting Yu Qiuping behind. At the same time, dozens of cavalry were rushing towards the side of the mountain, as if trying to block them up.

"Miss Sugiya, retreat!" Okakishi saw that Sugitani Wen couldn't succeed, and hurriedly dragged her to leave, but Sugitani Wen just shook his head. The operation that had been planned for so long failed, and she herself felt that life was not interesting. She sat on the hill and watched the battle unfold in front of her.

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Raven lurked a large number of ninjas in the mountains and forests, and immediately after the battle broke out, they went to the east gate of Saga Castle to support. With their help, the Momiji Army on the upper floor of the eastern castle of Saga Castle blocked the attack of the Saga people, and successfully held out until the arrival of the reinforcements of the Ming Dysi Fortress and took control of the eastern castle gate.

On the frontal battlefield, Shigeharu Takenaka, who learned that it was the Saga people who had struck first, was relieved to command Tokiwa and Hosoyanagi to attack Saga Castle, while Ikeda Tsuneko's headquarters went around to the south to block the possible escape of the Saga people. Under the cooperation of the Momiji army, the defenders of Saga Castle did not resist for long, and the gates of Sannomaru fell one after another.

"Damn it!" At this moment, Masanocho of the field and his brothers are fighting hard in the streets between Ninomaru and Sannomaru, resisting the advancing Momiji Army. Their firepower was fierce, and they cooperated with each other tacitly, so that the people of the country, who were fighting separately, were completely unanimous.

"The gates were lost too quickly." With apprehension, he glanced at the west and north gates, which were already covered with red leaf flags, and Yoshimasa Satake, who was in charge of holding the place, was accidentally wounded at the beginning of the battle, causing the leaderless defenders to be quickly routed.

Masanaga climbed onto the roof of the moving thatched hut and fired a shot at a group of attacking Momiji pikemen, then immediately turned over and jumped off the roof. Sure enough, the Red Leaf Army iron gunner on Sannomaru immediately greeted him with a random gun, and if he dodged slowly, he would have died.

"My lord, I can't stand it over there!" A bloodied subordinate crawled through the alley, shouting from a distance, "Send some people to help!" ”

"Where are the people?" Changchang of Changchang casually stuffed the pipe into his mouth, and hurriedly cleared his iron cannon, "It's collapsed, it's all over, I can't send anyone here!" ”

"That's—" The men were a little unsteady when they heard this, many of them were trapped there, and if no one went to reinforce them, they would all be wiped out.

"Then you don't have to fight!" At this moment, a flag warrior of the Suzuki family suddenly appeared behind them, holding an arrow and shouting at them, "The leader has an order, all the people everywhere immediately stop resisting, we want to negotiate peace!" ”

"Negotiate peace, what to make peace?" Hearing this, Changchang scolded disdainfully, and sprayed a puff of smoke on the face of the flag warrior, "Yuqiu Zhibu negotiated peace with us before, and was beaten by our iron gunners, do you still expect people to come again?" ”

"Just carry out the order, don't ask more."

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Seeing that Saga Castle was about to fall eventually, Shigekan Suzuki suddenly announced that he had placed Shigei Suzuki and Shigehide Suzuki under house arrest, and sent an envoy to make peace with Yu Qiuhei. He stated that the Saga people were now under his control, and decided to resume negotiations with Yu Qiuping. Moreover, the previous attacks were all so-called by the Koga ninja in collusion with some of the main battle factions in the Saga people, and they have nothing to do with the Suzuki family. If Yu Qiuping wants to be investigated, he is willing to hand over those masterminds.

"Did he really mutiny and put his father and brother under house arrest?" Yu Qiuping did not reply directly to the envoy, but retreated into the back tent and asked Amano Jingde.

"No, it's just a foolproof plan that the Suzuki family has thought of in advance." Amano Keitoku shook his head coldly, "Suzuki Shigekane is the one who does dirty things in their family. At the cost of stigma, you have to protect your family. ”

"Do you have any suggestions? What are you going to do now? ”

"Agree to their terms." After thinking for a moment, Amano Jingde bowed slightly.

"Do you give such advice?" Yu Qiuping was stunned when he heard this, "I thought you would definitely firmly ask for the grass to be cut and eradicated." ”

"If we don't have a businessman in the Diet, if we don't need to carry out a large-scale reform of Kii, we will propose to cut the grass and eradicate it." Amano Jingde sighed and looked down at the dirt under his feet, "But it's different now." ”

"Is there any benefit in leaving such a belligerent thorn in the body who is loyal to Honganji?"

"Your Highness, if you want to rule the monkey group, it's better to keep a chicken first."