The barrage of bullet fire like a storm suddenly woke up the officers and men of the Hojo Army, who were carried away by the constant victories, and the brave and combative robes around them fell down with a muffled grunt without even seeing the face of the other party, and died in pain without even having the strength to scream. Accustomed to seeing life and death, they were also terrified, not that they had never seen iron cannons, but the number of iron cannons in Edo Castle was too amazing, and the reserve of hundreds of people rushed forward, and in a short time they lost nearly 100 people! How can this battle continue? You know, the most tragic battle has not yet begun, they are just filling the moat! The fear of death gradually overpowered the desire for victory, and the most cutting-edge Hakubei and Akabei of the Hojo Army were defeated together, and those with good psychological quality also knew how to throw out the bag containing the dirt, and the slightly worse actually threw the dirt to the river, which suddenly made the faces of the Hojo clan Shigeru and Shimizu Yasuei hot, and they didn't dare to look directly at the Hojo clan's gaze.

However, at this time, the Hojo clan was also stunned, he had not never seen siege battles, when the Hojo clan Yasu was still there, he had seen many bloody scenes like this, and he often saw it when he attacked Musashi Province in person, but it was the first time he had seen such a murderous style of fighting like the Tsukahara army. Those peasant soldiers who brought in the number of people and the small wealthy clan who were cannon fodder were just that, Chibei and Bai Bei were the henchmen he brought out, and the recruits who were originally still some immature grew up after experiencing the Battle of Fuchu Castle and a series of Musashi attacks and battles afterwards. In time, the two reserves will inevitably return to the elite of the Kanto region as they did during the Hojo clan's Yasu. But with such a sprint, hundreds of people lay down at once, and Hojo Clan Masato felt that his heart was dripping blood. "Withdraw the red and white bei to supervise the battle, and the others continue to attack." Hojo Clan's eyes were red, and he didn't care that this would be a big disappointment, so he gritted his teeth and said. In his opinion, he can be said to be quite kind to these peasants and soldiers and the small wealthy clan on weekdays, so it is normal for them to be loyal to the main family now, and the seriousness of the situation is still under control, but if Edo Castle cannot be captured in a short period of time, then this sacrifice can be completely wasted, not only that, but also offended the Tsukahara family, who had slightly eased their relationship because of their opposition to the Uesugi family's attack on the Hojo family...... And in order to cope with the situation in the future, Chibei and Bai Bei can't tolerate any big mistakes, so the matter of filling in people's lives is naturally done by the peasants and cannon fodder.

Standing on the castle tower to supervise the battle, Ota Zimasa is also a little enlightened, he was born in a traditional samurai family, he is very familiar with the way of arching horses, in his consistent thinking, the process of defending the city mainly relies on the city defense equipment and bow ashigaru to stop the enemy from advancing, so the Ota clan is not a person with superb bowery, many clansmen can let those ashigaru arrows kill in the battle just now, but against the samurai wearing big armor, they have no way, fortunately, the samurai are a minority after all, even if they carry the rain of arrows, they can't throw many bags of dirt. But the Tsukahara army's iron cannon sniping of such a scale made their eyes shine, the ancestral armor could not block the bombardment of the iron cannon projectile at all, and no matter how brave the Hojo samurai was, their combat power would be sharply reduced after being hit, and even die on the spot. And the amazing rate of iron artillery equipment of the Tsukahara army also made Ota Shimasa speechless, originally thought that the extremely tragic siege of the city, with such a large number of iron cannons to help, it seems, as if, maybe, it will not be as difficult as imagined.

The offensive of the Hojo Army in the direction of the main attack was a setback, and the Takeda Army and the Imagawa Army withdrew all their troops after being baptized by iron cannons, and they came to help the Hojo family, but the premise was not to overexert their strength. Just after a charge, the losses of the two families can be compared with the losses of thousands of men, which is simply unacceptable. On the first day of the siege of Edo Castle, it actually stopped like this.

But on the other side, Nasu Hanheita walked out of the main hall of Toriyama Castle with a pale face, he worshiped the Nasu family since he was a child, and was determined to revive the Nasu family, but he didn't expect to come here, and actually let the originally unified Nasu family be divided into two again! Such a reality is completely contrary to his ideals, but he has no choice, if he forcibly lets the entire Nasu family join the Tsukahara family, then not only the lives of Nasu Shifang and Nasu Shiyin will not be guaranteed, but after the main force of the Tsukahara army goes to Edo Castle to support, the Nasu family will have to face a huge crusade army from the Ashina family and even the Date family; But if the Nasu family is allowed to throw themselves into the Ashina family, then it will only be a matter of the past few days that the Nasu family has been wiped out by Sasaki Nagahide. Only by dividing the Nasu family into two and taking refuge in the Tsukahara family and the Ashina family respectively can the bloodshed and sacrifice of the clansmen be avoided to the greatest extent.

Looking at the eager eyes of the soldiers who supported him outside the main hall, Nasu Hanpei was even more heartbroken, and only after a long time did he sigh: "Everyone, let's go to visit Lord Sasaki first!" ”

"Oh!!" Everyone thought that the Nasu family would join the Tsukahara family without bloodshed, and they immediately responded in unison excitedly. The excitement of the crowd made Nasu Hanheita feel that he had failed their expectations, but he knew that he couldn't say it yet, otherwise it might cause a huge change, and he had to go to Sasaki Nagahide's military camp to discuss it first. A thousand words in his heart, and finally in his throat, Nasu Hanheita only showed a miserable smile.

Under the leadership of Nasu Hanheita, hundreds of samurai from the Nasu family talked and laughed and went to the military camp not far away. Ever since the Battle of Shomonyama, they had all felt uneasy, for fear of being killed directly by Sasaki Nagahide, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, but with the mediation of Nasu Hanpeita, the situation became very different. In fact, most of the Nasu's opposition to joining the Tsukahara clan was a powerful retainer with a large amount of land, while the lower samurai Ashigaru, who was more numerous, wanted to join the Tsukahara family. After all, no one wants to work for a weak force that could collapse at any moment, just as no one wants to work in a small company that could go bankrupt at any moment.

Seeing that Nasu Hanheita led a group of people over, the corner of Kato Duanzo, who was hidden in the woods, showed a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, and then slowly raised his iron cannon muzzle: "Hey, hey, hey......"

Just when a group of people were about to arrive at the barracks a few miles away, there was a sudden feeling of great uneasiness in the heart of Nasu Banpingtai, and he was just about to look around vigilantly, when suddenly the sound of iron cannons in the woods on both sides of the road sounded like bursting beans, and a burst of thunder sounded in the heart of Nasu Hanpingtai! Nasu Hanpei, who was in charge of iron cannon training in the Tsukahara Army, was all too familiar with this voice, and instantly judged that the other party had at least ten iron cannons aimed at his side!

"Lie down !!" Fearing that the clansmen who had not had much contact with the iron cannon would panic, Nasu Hanheita shouted as he slammed himself to the ground.

The samurai of the Nasu family, who was suddenly attacked, suddenly became a mess, and even if Nasu Hanpei scolded him too loudly, he couldn't calm down, but after Nasu Hanpei observed it, he was relieved: the other party didn't seem to be familiar with the weapon of iron cannons, and the gunpowder was relatively small, so the power was not too great, and at such a close distance, there was still no hit rate, indicating that the people who used the iron cannons seemed to be startled by the sound and recoil of the iron cannons.

Just when Nasu Hanping Tai rolled a few times and got up to retreat to command the clansmen, a sharp arrow came through the air, and Rao is Nasu Hanping Tai subconsciously tried his best to dodge, but he was still pierced through the chest by an arrow!