Just when the Nasu clan was faced with a difficult choice, Edo Castle was already full of people, and the three allied forces of Hojo, Takeda, and Imagawa gathered here, and although they were very tired after winning consecutive battles, their morale was extremely high, and the evil spirit was even more monstrous, and the huge Edo Castle was impassable.

Standing on the castle tower, Ota Zimasa's eyes were blazing, staring at the endless army in front of him, and a look of madness flashed from time to time in his eyes that had always been as calm as water. Since the death of Ota Michigu, the Ota clan has been declining day by day, from a super power that is enough to control the Kanto region, to the point that his generation does not even have his own city, so he can only live a miserable life under the fence and look up to people. That's it, the lord Uesugi Kenmasa still suppressed and excluded the Ota clan in every way, forcing himself to almost despair. At such a time, Tsukahara Moryū suddenly appeared in front of him, not only accepted his allegiance, but also returned the Edo Castle built by his ancestors to the Ota clan, how could he not be excited?

"If you are a confidant, you die, as long as there is still one person in my Ota family, no one can attack the hinterland of the family through Edo Castle!" Ota Zizheng turned to look at the four people behind him, and said solemnly: "Please also help me!" ”

The four of them hurriedly returned the salute, and one of them, named Honda Tadayasu, also replied impassionedly: "We are staying in Edo Castle on the orders of the lord, and since Lord Ota is already the lord of Edo, then naturally we are also our superiors, but there are orders, and we will never give up." The other three Tomita Kazuo, Takahashi Yoshisei, Suzuki Rokuro and Honda Tadayasu were all young people who admired the prestige of the samurai family who had no inheritance after Tsukahara Moryū issued a recruitment order. They are quite similar to Ota Molong, they are very unhappy in their own family, but they are not willing to be mediocre, so they came to Tsukahara Molong here in the hope of breaking out of a world, but Tsukahara Molong actually did not care about their origin at all, directly entrusted with the important task, led a reserve team to fight alone, the family's suspicion and exclusion and Tsukahara Molong's trust in them formed a huge contrast, so that they were grateful to Tsukahara Molong, Ota Zizheng's "Shi is a confidant to die" words made them feel the same way, They have expressed their willingness to shed the last drop of blood for the Tsukahara family.

In addition to the four standing forces of the Ota clan and Tsukahara Moryu, there are also a large number of Uesugi family defeated troops in Edo Castle, they are all brought by Ota Shimasa after the battle of Fuchu Castle, as well as the Tongxin people who were temporarily recruited from all over the country to participate in the war, with a total strength of more than 3,500 people, but the strength of the Hojo, Takeda, and Imagawa coalition forces outside the city is no less than 35,000 people. Fortunately, the Tsukahara Army's standing preparations for war were boiling, and they were all gearing up, and their posture of preparing to do a big job infected them, and the hearts of the people in the city were still stable. For a long time, Edo Castle was operated as a fortress by the Uesugi and Hojo families, and both the fortifications and the grain and grass reserves were considerable, although it was not to the point where the morale of the Tokugawa shogunate in history was strong enough to support a tug-of-war for several months.

However, the fierce Hojo, Takeda, and Imagawa coalition forces broke out again in the castle. Previously, the young lord of the Takeda family, Takeda Yoshinobu, strongly opposed the Takeda army's attack on Edo Castle, so he and his uncle Takeda Nobuyobu fought in public, but Takeda Harunobu personally ordered the Takeda army to move south. When the army arrived at Edo Castle and divided the offensive mission, the three sides quarreled again, and Takeda Yoshinobu's opposition to the south was instead used by Takeda Nobushigeru to gain bargaining chips for the direction of the attack. Edo Castle was a flat castle, but it was surrounded by a moat, and it was still a dangerous place for the Japanese Sengoku army, which lacked siege equipment. Moreover, at the beginning of the design, Ota Michikan was aimed at the Hojo family, so the defense on the west side of the castle should be more perfect, and after the Hojo family captured the castle, the main role of Edo Castle was to attack the springboard of the upper and lower Sogun, so the fortifications on the east side of the castle were further strengthened, but the defense on the north and south sides was relatively empty. In the end, the three parties agreed that the Hojo Army, which had the strongest troops, would attack the west side of Edo Castle, the Imagawa family would attack the south side of Edo Castle, and the Takeda Army would be responsible for the attack on the north side of Edo Castle.

Takeda Nobu calmly sat on the horse and gave orders one after another, in fact, when it comes to siege, there are few troops with more experience than the Takeda army, it can be said that Takeda Harunobu was mainly in Shinano and Ueno before the age of forty to bury his head in the siege, but the number of mountain castles in these places is extremely large, so that each siege takes a huge amount of effort, but the long-term accumulation, but also exercised the Takeda army's amazing siege ability. And Takeda Yoshinobu, who was standing on the side, had a cold expression and didn't say a word. After Takeda Nobuhiro arranged all the affairs, he looked at Takeda Yoshinobu with doting eyes: "Taro, do you think my brother and I have done something wrong?" ”

Yoshinobu Takeda replied angrily: "Taro doesn't dare to have such a rude thought. ”

Takeda Shinfan got up and patted Takeda Yoshinobu on the shoulder, and said in a serious tone: "Mo Long Gong is indeed a hero in the world, but because of this, the family cannot sit back and watch his rise, otherwise he will become a great trend in the future, and our Takeda family can only put down the glory of our descendants of Silla Saburo Yoshimitsu and surrender to him." ”

"Because of this, the immediate priority of the family is to realize the nationalization of Shinano, strengthen their own strength, and curb the teacher's affairs, and they have the Hojo family and the Uesugi family to do it, so we will send troops directly, which is really the next policy." Yoshinobu Takeda said excitedly. "It's okay to say in Musashi Province that the captured land borders the main family, and the main family can still manage it, and now we are fighting across a Hojo family, even if we capture the land, isn't it a cheap Hojo family for nothing?"

"The question is, with the Hojo family and the Uesugi family alone, can they contain Moryūgong?" The powerful Fan Fu Huchang walked in from outside the tent and said loudly.

"Teacher!" Takeda Yoshinobu hurriedly saluted Iitomi Huchang, and Takeda Nobuyoshi also nodded slightly to him: "Lord Bingbu, but there is new news?" ”

Itomi Huchang nodded, "The Date family has received the kindness of the family and expressed their willingness to contain Tsukahara Molong's army and not give it a chance to come back to help. ”

"Then you can rest assured." Takeda Nobuyoshi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "I just don't know how long I can contain it?" ”