Seeing that the sky was still dark and that the enemy had retreated, Hojo Tsunade ordered the corpses of the Hojo Army soldiers to be collected and the camp reinforced, while he himself walked towards the residence of the Hojo clan with a pale face. But when he saw Hojo Masa, his eyebrows couldn't help but raise, Hojo Masa's eyes were red, bloodshot all over, his cheeks were thin and sallow, and when he saw that he was here, he tried to make a look like he was in control. Is the burden on him too heavy......

"Lord!" Hojo Tsunari said softly.

Hojo Clan Masato straightened his back, nodded to Hojo Tsunari, and asked calmly: "It seems that there is a small attack on the army, what is the specific situation?" ”

Hojo Tsunari pretended to smile lightly: "It's just the remnants of the Ota family." To be honest, at first I thought it was Mo Longgong who led the troops to call, but I was really shocked. ”

Hojo Clan Masa, like a cat that had been stepped on by its tail, suddenly got up and stared at Hojo Tsunari: "Since it's not Tsukahara Molong, then what are we afraid of?!" Without waiting for Hojo Tsunari to come back to his senses, the Hojo clan said decisively: "Anyway, I can't rest tonight, so I will send the order down and launch a night attack on Edo Castle!" ”

Night attack on Edo Castle? Hojo Tsunashi sword eyebrows suddenly twisted into a ball, originally a night attack on the enemy camp was already a very difficult task, it seems that after the samurai of the Ota clan led by Ota Zimasa to successfully attack at night, he did not hesitate to retreat immediately, otherwise once he arrived, the Ota family might be wiped out. As for the possibility of attacking the city at night, it is even less feasible, especially at night when visibility is very low, and it will be difficult for the samurai to effectively command the peasants and soldiers. If something unexpected happens, it may lead to irreversible consequences. "My lord, this kind of thing is attacking the city at night...... Also think again. ”

"I've thought it through." Hojo Clan Masashi shook his head, "The Tsukahara army has just succeeded in the night attack, and it must be happy, the defense will definitely be relaxed, and the iron cannon that the Tsukahara army relies on the most can hardly attack the samurai of the family accurately at night, which can be said to be the best opportunity for the family." If it weren't for the fact that it was difficult to identify the moat at night and fill the moat, I would have done it at night. ”

"This ......" Hojo Tsunashi couldn't help but say when he heard this, Hojo Clan's analysis of the Tsukahara Army can be said to be very well analyzed, but the problem is that Hojo Clan Masa's behavior seems to be too optimistic about the Hojo Army itself, judging from the performance after being attacked at night, the Hojo Army still has a long way to go to recover to its former level, can such an army be competent for such a task as a night attack on Edo Castle? But this kind of talk is that Hojo Tsunashi can't speak to the already very fragile Hojo clan, otherwise the Hojo clan himself may collapse. Let's wait until after the war......

Seeing that Hojo Tsunari did not object, Hojo Clan Masato nodded at this time, revealing a hint of relief.

Soon, the officers and men of the Hojo Army, who had woken up one after another due to the night attack, gathered together under the leadership of their respective samurai and began to move in the direction of Edo Castle. But the army was moving in the brightly lit camp, and how could the Tsukahara army on the walls of Edo Castle not find out? Ota Shimasa returned from outside the city almost on the front foot, and the Hojo Army began to assemble on the back foot. The battle-hardened Ota Shimasa could hardly believe the fact that the Hojo Army was planning to attack Edo Castle at night, and the inexperienced Honda Tadayasu and Takahashi Yoshisei were very nervous, because the iron cannon could not be aimed at night, so the elite troops of the Hojo Army would inevitably rush in......

"Please two of you immediately find all the magic conches in the city, and have a good fight tonight!" Ota Shimasa turned around suddenly, and said with a calm gaze, under the light of the torches, Ota Shimasa was wearing blood-stained armor, like a demon crawling out of hell. Honda Tadayan and Takahashi Yoshihiro trembled in their hearts, but they still knew that the other party already had a plan in their hearts, and hurriedly said: "Please also ask Lord Ota to give me advice!" ”

Since there were no torches between the Hojo military camp and Edo Castle, and it was impossible for everyone to carry torches during a night attack, it would be purely a target for the Tsukahara army on the city wall, so the Hojo army was organized in the camp and then attacked Edo Castle directly. Although the Hojo army was quite tired from the continuous conquest of Musashi Province, the successive victories in the battle made their battles high, and they were already holding their breath in their hearts when they hit their heads under Edo Castle, so they did not complain at all about the order of the Hojo clan except to pat their dark cheeks hard to make themselves sober.

After minimizing the threat of the iron cannon, the Hojo clan's Akabi and Shimizu Yasuei's Shiro once again acted as the vanguard, while the peasant soldiers and the small wealthy clans of Musashi Province, who had been psychologically shadowed by the iron cannon, followed them forward. As for the Qingbei with the most troops and the strongest combat power, Huang Bei was left by the Hojo clan to guard the camp, in this regard, the veteran Tominaga Naokumi and Hojo Tsunade Chengdu chose to remain silent, they both knew very well that this was not only to preserve the power of the Hojo family and let them serve as the general reserve, but also to balance the forces within the Hojo family. Since the First World War of Kokufutai, the Odawara people, the most confidant of the Hojo clan, were almost wiped out, and the Hojo clan inherited the position of the family governor by relying on the support of the Hojo Phantom and Hojo Tsunari, even if the two had no intention of overthrowing the young Hojo clan, but there is no doubt that the Hojo family head is weak and strong. Therefore, the Hojo clan reorganized Akabi and Hakubei, and specially appointed Hojo Tsunari's son Hojo Shigeru as the commander of Akabi, which was not only a show of goodwill to Hojo Tsunari, but also a buffer, making Hojo Tsunasa's behavior of forming his own henchmen look less eye-catching. However, no matter how armed the newly formed reserve team is, its combat effectiveness cannot be compared to the old main force Qingbei, let alone the ace main force of the Hojo Army, Huang Bei, so the Hojo clan needs to give Chibei and Shirabi continuous experience, so that they can grow up in continuous victories, and only in this way can one day they gain the ability to compete with the veterans of the Hojo Army.

Not to mention the undercurrent within the Hojo Army, the Hojo Army's new talents Akabi and Hakubi had already rushed into the range of the bow at this time, in order to ensure the speed and intensity of the attack, the bow ashigaru did not use the arrow board, but hid in the dark, and directly fired arrows on the tower of Edo Castle, but in order to defend the city, torches had to be placed on the city wall to illuminate, otherwise it would not be possible to stop the enemy at all. Therefore, although the Tsukahara army had an advantage in equipment and geographical advantages, it was gradually suppressed by the Hojo army, and the Hojo clan and Shimizu Yasuei were willing to let go of such a great opportunity, and they all scolded their subordinates to attack the city gate immediately, and more than 20 short and sturdy Hojo army soldiers immediately rushed up with logs, while the other Hojo army, which was limited to space and difficult to help, hurriedly propped up the planks to block the attack from above for the Hojo army attacking the city gate.

How was the Tsukahara army willing to sit still and immediately mobilize the iron artillery team to come, although most of the Hojo army was in the dark, but the Hojo army attacking the city gate could be seen clearly! Although the wooden planks could block the bow and arrows, they could not block the iron cannons, especially at this moment, the iron cannons hit the fire, and the Hojo Army, who was holding the logs and hitting the city gate, suddenly let out a muffled snort, and some people were directly hit in the head, and they had already choked their breath before they could even make the last scream. But when a man fell, he was immediately dragged away and replaced by a man behind him to continue the attack on the gates. Everyone knew that time was of the essence at this moment, and that a large number of iron cannon projectiles were being shot down at every moment, and that any more second could lead to their own death, so these Hojo armies used all their strength to carry logs and crash into the city gate like crazy.