After giving the order to retreat, Sasaki Nagahide was like a frustrated dragon, and roared in a low voice: "Let's go back and prepare." ”

"Hah!" Although everyone was also very aggrieved, and as soon as their emotions were brewed, Tsukahara Molong's order to withdraw from the army arrived, but when he saw Sasaki Nagahide's appearance of wanting to eat people, he still had to press the dissatisfaction in his heart and obediently retreated.

After everyone went back, the low-level samurai in charge of the order was still standing in place, and Sasaki Nagahide didn't raise his head, so he casually threw the fire spear in his hand for the sixth day: "Are you deaf?!" "The flame spear that drank countless blood for six days approached the low-level warrior like a meteor, but the other party did not have the slightest intention of dodging, but smiled and grasped the handle of the gun, so that the shot that was as powerful as a dragon had to stop in front of him." Sasaki-sama is so angry. As he spoke, he walked towards Sasaki Nagahide, and when the guards saw it, they immediately drew their swords, but they were stopped by Sasaki Nagahide. I saw that the low-level samurai was walking, his body was crackling, and his figure was quickly taller than before, and he wiped it lightly on his face, and a familiar face suddenly appeared in front of Sasaki Nagahide.

"Duan Zang, you still like to be in the limelight so much." Sasaki Nagahide saw that the other party turned out to be Kato Duanzang, so he scolded the guards to put away the knife, and the monstrous battle intent on his body also dissipated invisibly, but the sense of aggrieved can still be clearly perceived.

Kato Duanzo took out a map from his arms and placed it in front of Sasaki Nagahide solemnly: "Please Sasaki-sama retreat according to the marching route on this map, the speed of the march is second, but the queen must retreat in a hurry." ”

Evacuate the queen in a hurry? When Sasaki Nagahide heard this, his eyes suddenly burst into light, and the corners of his mouth gradually showed a playful smile: "This is the style of the lord." ”

"Lord Sasaki, I'm leaving." As he spoke, Kato retreated with a smile on his face, but instead of returning the way he came, he retreated to a corner and suddenly disappeared from the darkness.

When Sasaki Nagahide was in a happy mood, Senior Minister Ota of Edo Castle was not so relaxed. Hojo, Takeda, and Imagawa all dispatched their own famous generals this time, and although the first wave of the offensive was thwarted by the Tsukahara army's incredible number of iron cannons, they all quickly adjusted their tactics. In addition to the fact that the Imagawa family did not have suitable cannon fodder under Bina Taino, so they could only dispatch the standing reserves under Imagawa Yoshimoto to rush upward, the Hojo clan and Takeda Nobuyori both dispatched their weaker but larger cannon fodder troops to fill the moat. Although the iron cannon of the Tsukahara army was extremely lethal, it could not withstand the overwhelming superiority of the opponent's forces, and the Hojo clan, who was bent on pursuing a quick victory, was even more red-eyed, and directly divided into three batches and attacked in turns, filling in the moat on the west side of Edo Castle before the sun set.

Although the moat was different from ordinary moats, even if it was filled in, it would form a muddy swamp zone that would be impassable for a short time, but with a one-night buffer, the ground situation would undoubtedly be greatly improved, making it easier for the Hojo army to attack, which is why the Hojo clan was so obsessed with filling the moat on the first day.

At night, the entire Hojo Army camp did not have the high-spirited atmosphere of being in Musashi Province, but had some meaning of mourning. Without him, although he took turns to attack frantically, the casualties were still too heavy. It was not that the Hojo army had not attacked the castle in Musashi Province, but at that time, it was the power of the great victory of the Fuchu Castle, and the main force of the Uesugi army was severely damaged, and the soldiers who defended the castle had no will to fight, and they had no will to fight, so the losses were not very large. This time the head was bled under Edo Castle, and the losses in one day were almost equal to the losses of the previous siege battles in Musashi Province combined. How could the Hojo clan, who was extremely sensitive to strength, not understand this? But he also had no way, the siege was so tragic, so during this period, most of the Japanese siege warfare relied on siege, supplemented by attack, and it took a lot of time to attack a city, and in history, Takeda Shingen led the strongest Koshin army to Kamiluo at the peak moment, but it also spent a lot of time under the cities of Yuanjiang Province and Mikawa Province, until the onset of tuberculosis did not allow him to attack Owari Province, the land of Oda Family Ryuxing. To some extent, the situation faced by the Hojo clan is even more severe than that of the historical Takeda Shingen: first of all, the Hojo family is far from recovering from the Second Kofutai War, and even with the support of the Takeda Army and the Imagawa Army, it is difficult to hide the reality that the Hojo Army is weak, not only the quality and number of soldiers are not as good as the future Koshin Army, but even the grain and grass cannot support it for too long. The second is that Edo Castle is different from most of the castles of the three kingdoms of Tokaido, as early as the Ota Michigan period, Edo Castle was built as one of the largest fortresses in the Kanto region, and the resources in the hands of the Uesugi family in the hands of Ota Michikan are not insignificant, and he himself is very talented, so even after the death of Ota Michigan, the Ota clan declined, and the Hojo family also spent a lot of effort to gnaw the hard bone of Edo Castle. After the Hojo Army occupied Edo Castle, it was used as a springboard for the invasion of Shitama Soguni and Kamikoku and expanded and repaired many times, although it was not so attentive to Odawara Castle and was overtaken by the latter, but the completeness of Edo Castle's defense system was far from being comparable to that of ordinary small towns in Musashi Province, and even Ninja Castle and Kogoe Castle were slightly inferior. And finally, and most importantly, that is, the Hojo Army is not yet adapted to the reality of the large-scale use of iron artillery in actual combat, and in the face of the iron artillery bombardment at close range, the military spirit of the Hojo Army is easy to collapse, especially the samurai who are the role models of the peasant soldiers are mostly charged forward, and they are very easy to be sniped by the iron cannon and killed.

On the other side, Takeda Nobuyhiro and Asahina Taino were also thinking, but they didn't have too strong a desire to capture Edo Castle, so they were thinking more about the use of iron cannons. Although I have always heard about how powerful the iron artillery team of the Tsukahara Army was during the Battle of Shomonyama, when I actually saw a large-scale iron artillery bombardment under Edo Castle, the feeling was completely different. Especially with the protection of the city wall, the defects of the iron cannon firing distance too close and the long firing interval have been effectively compensated, so this weapon, which looks a little chicken, has attracted the attention of these high-level them for the first time. However, the high price of iron cannons is a headache even for the Takeda and Imagawa families.

Just when the commanders of the three parties were thinking about the experience of fighting during the day, and most of them, except for the ashigaru samurai on duty, dragged their tired bodies to sleep, the gate of Edo Castle quietly opened, and the senior minister of Ota, who was dressed in heavy armor and wearing a white scarf, looked at the Hojo military camp not far away and showed a solemn smile: "Let's go!" ”

Hojo Tsunari had already fallen asleep at this time, but he never removed his armor in the battle, and even the pillow was the spear he used during the day, so even if he fell asleep, it was impossible to sleep very hard to prevent any emergencies. Just when he turned around, there was a faint shout of killing outside, Hojo Tsunari immediately jumped up, drew his spear, and walked outside the military tent, only to see that there was already a fire not far away, "Give me this hand!" Hojo Tsunari's eyes narrowed slightly, glanced at his Huang Bei's station, and found that many people were being kicked awake by their companions, pulling them out to gather, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: It wasn't Huang Bei that I brought out at the beginning. In order to rebuild the five-color preparation, a large number of backbone forces were drawn from the relatively complete and strong yellow and green preparations to enrich the red and white preparations, and many young samurai who did not have much combat experience were filled in.

Hojo Tsusunari immediately reorganized his army and went to the place where the fire started, but the rout of the troops fleeing from the place where he was attacked seriously hindered Hojo Tsunari's advance, and by the time he arrived, the other party had already calmly retreated, leaving only the corpse of the Hojo Army in one place......