Takeda Nobuyoshi looked at Edo Castle towering not far away, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his hands kept playing with the military equipment, not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering shout from the west, and it was apparently the Hojo Army that had launched the attack first. Takeda Nobuhiro shook his hands, turned to Takeda Yoshinobu and said, "Taro, you have to remember that although the Hojo clan has such and such flaws, he is definitely worthy of the identity of the son of the clan Yasuko. If it weren't for the presence of Molong Gong in Kanto, I really wanted to find an opportunity to kill it immediately! ”

It was the first time for Takeda Yoshinobu to see Takeda Nobuyobu so out of shape, he raised his eyebrows, he couldn't care about the previous mustard, and asked suspiciously: "Why did Uncle say this?" ”

Seeing that Takeda Yoshinobu didn't understand, Takeda Nobu couldn't help but sigh, "Although this person's ability in all aspects is only the assets of a Chinese person, his insight into people's hearts is a little terrifying. After saying that, he shouted: "Pass the order and launch an attack!" ”

Takeda Yoshinobu frowned secretly, although he had always respected his uncle very much, but he still didn't think much of the Hojo clan, but he buried this idea in his heart and made a teachable appearance on the surface. Later, when he came to Iitomi Huchang's side, he asked in a low voice, "Teacher, why did my uncle lose his temper when he heard that the Hojo Army was attacking first?" ”

Iifu Huchang smiled, and replied in a low voice: "This family is a guest army, and the fighting spirit is not strong, so the Hojo clan left the hardest bones to gnaw on himself at the military meeting." At present, he took the lead in attacking and attracting the attention of the defenders, in order to make the main family and the Imagawa family wait until the defense in the direction of responsibility is empty and then break it. ”

Takeda Yoshinobu nodded suddenly realized, in terms of marching and fighting, he can indeed completely destroy the Hojo clan politics, and even Takeda Harunobu is far inferior to him at his age, but if he is scheming, he is much inferior to the Hojo clan. "For the Hojo family, it was natural to hope that the sooner they could take Edo Castle, the better, so that they could drive straight to Koganeshiro without any worries. So the uncle directly ordered the attack to frustrate the attempt of the Hojo clan to fight the battle into a protracted battle and drag it out until the four major legions of the teacher returned? In this way, it can not only buy time for the Date family in the east to send troops, but also allow the Hojo family to work in vain here, so as to prevent it from quickly growing and exceeding its control after defeating the Uesugi family. ”

After realizing his mistake, Takeda Yoshinobu did not twist, and immediately bowed down to apologize to Takeda Nobushi: "Uncle, I was naïve. ”

Takeda Shinhiro waved his hand, but he sighed: "It's not you who is childish, it's me." Originally, my brother and I plotted in the Kanto region, so that the Hojo family and the Uesugi family could contain each other, and both sides would lose. If Molong Gong really died in Ueno Country, then the fragmented Tsukahara family could just contain each other with the forces of Shimono Country and Hitachi Country, and if they didn't die, the two sides would have a bloody battle. With the talent of the Molong Gong, even if it takes some effort, it is expected to defeat the combined forces of the two countries, and just when he was about to start the strategy of the Shimono Province and the Hitachi Kingdom, the main family led the Hojo family and the Imagawa family to the east to conquer Edo Castle and force the Molong Gong to retreat, thus giving the major forces of the two countries a chance to recuperate and restore their strength. In this way, within five years, the family can attack Shinano with peace of mind and successfully achieve nationalization. Everything was expected, but I didn't expect that Molong Gongqi was one high, and he actually annihilated all the main forces of the two coalition forces with the battle of Jiangmen Mountain, and formed four major armies, which swept the land of the two countries with lightning speed. And until now, we have just begun to attack Edo Castle...... Taro, one thing you said is very right, no matter what the external environment is, it is always right to strengthen yourself, and Kita-Shinano must be captured as soon as possible! ”

Takeda Yoshinobu was silent when he heard this, and only after a long time did he tentatively speak: "What about the Sanada family? ”

"The Sanada clan was originally recommended by Moryūgong to enter the family, and it is understandable to lean towards the Tsukahara family. Even if Sanada Yutaka sends his eldest son to the Tsukahara family, his second son is still a hostage in his own family, and he can't turn the sky upside down. Although I don't want to admit it, it's too difficult to defeat Murakami Yoshikiyo just by relying on joint battles, and if you want to attack Kita-Shinano, Sanada Yukitaka's strategy is a must, so you can tell him that the family will not move the Sanada family. The corners of Takeda Nobushi's mouth showed a complicated smile, he knew very well that Takeda Yoshinobu was not only very close to Kai generals, but also because of his close relationship with Tsukahara Molong, Toyoda Hansuke's Suiyunya, which started with Kai and Ueno, and later developed to the entire Koshin region, Sanada Yutaka of Kitashinano and other forces supported Takeda Yoshinobu. Judging from the support of the major forces, Takeda Yoshinobu's position as the heir is almost unshakable, but if he succeeds him in the future, it is worrying whether there will be any changes due to diplomacy with the Tsukahara family.

While a few people were chatting, the west side of Edo Castle, where the Hojo Army was in charge of the strategy, had already spelled out a real fire. Under the command of the scorching Hojo clan, Akabi under the command of the Hojo clan and Shiro Bei under the command of Yasuei Shimizu once again served as the main attack, and countless ashigaru under the command and leadership of the samurai, carrying old or new shields, roared and rushed towards the moat. Behind them were long-range strike units that clung to the longbow and lost the back of the bow. Due to the continuous conquest and the exhaustion of national strength, the Hojo family was no longer able to purchase iron cannons like the Tsukahara army, so the iron cannon equipment rate was very low, and the main long-range strike means still relied on longbows. Soon, Ashigaru, who rushed to the front row, tested the limit distance of the long-range attack of the Tsukahara army standing on the city wall, and lowered the arrow shield one after another, and Bowshigaru stood behind the arrow shield, ready to carry out "fire suppression" at any time. Most of the ashigaru began to dig hard, packing the dirt into worn-out bags, and the battlefield suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Seeing that the soldiers were ready, the Hojo clan fiercely suppressed the military allocation, and roared almost madly: "Attack!! ”

With the order of the Hojo clan, countless ashigaru frantically rushed to the moat under the leadership of the samurai, and the Tsukahara army defending on the castle tower also immediately attacked, and the Hojo army bowed ashigaru hiding behind the arrow board immediately moved the arrow board forward for a certain distance, and then began to pull the longbow forcefully to suppress the Tsukahara army on the city wall. For a time, arrows were like flying locusts, and under such a high-density blow, the number of wounded on both sides began to increase sharply. Although during the Warring States period in Japan, the power of the longbow was difficult to achieve the great armor of the samurai, but it was still very deadly for low-level ashigaru who only had simple bamboo armor and even no armor. However, at such a critical moment, the advantages and disadvantages of weapons and equipment were suddenly reflected, those temporarily recruited peasant soldiers in the Hojo Army, and the soldiers of the Xiaohao clan who surrendered in the process of conquering Musashi, under the attack of the Tsukahara army's arrows, could not resist at all, and many people were even pierced through the skull with an arrow, and these ashigaru only rushed out of more than ten meters before they had to throw the bag full of dirt in their hands forward, and then retreated in embarrassment, and even worse, they threw the bag everywhere and turned around and ran. As a new army of red and white armor, although the equipment is not as good as the Hojo clan Yasu period, but it is far superior to those peasant soldiers, although their armor is not a high-grade goods, but after all, a full set of armor, a piece is not missing, bamboo, wrapped with a little iron piece of the array can effectively resist those lack of stamina bow shots, and those low-level samurai and high-level ashigaru are equipped with gold and bowl iron, even if the bow is shot in the head, there is a great chance to save life. On the other hand, the equipment of the Tsukahara Army is outrageous, because the Tsukahara Molong 800,000 stone territory only has more than 10,000 standing reserves, so it can be said that it is very luxurious in terms of weapons and equipment. The iron-clad hat or the half-head lined with iron sheet can be said to be one by one person, so it can be said that it takes advantage of the process of shooting.

And from beginning to end, it was the archashigaru of the Tsukahara army that was competing with the bowashigaru of the Hojo army, and the iron cannon ashigaru looked at the Hojo army standing with the most tolerant of arrow rain, and when the distance between the two sides was only about thirty meters in a straight line, the most ferocious, the Hojo army that rushed to the front began to slow down, ready to throw dirt into the moat, at this moment, the iron cannon roared, and countless rookies of the Hojo army who had just grown up from the Musashi raiders fell unwillingly under Edo Castle.