Yagami Castle, the home of the Hatano family, has an unusually depressing atmosphere, and it seems a little cramped for the raid of the Hosokawa family.

"Send the order down, and gather all families to come to Bashang City to defend the city quickly!" Hatano Hideji slapped the table angrily, the Hosokawa army has been attacking too quickly in the past few days, and the wealthy families who have surrendered on their side are coming too slowly.

"Kill!" Araki Castle shouted to kill the Formation Heaven, this is already the third day, and the Araki clan is guarding very hard. The Hosokawa army on the opposite side is not only well-equipped, but also brave in attack, especially since the opponent has a large number of ninjas, and they can't rest at night, and they have to be on guard all the time, and they almost lost their ground several times.

Hosokawa Nobumoto looked up at the sun, I'm afraid I can't attack it today, in this era, there are no good siege equipment, and the siege is either a pile of human lives, or a siege of food.

"Almost, take it down." Hosokawa Nobumoto often observed with a monocular, and when he saw that his own infantry was starting to get tired and the casualty rate was appearing, he hurriedly gave the order to withdraw his troops.

"Rokuro, why don't you let Yuanxian lead the army to rush once? I promise, even if I fight it out, I'll take Araki Castle down. Hosokawa Fujiken hesitated for a moment and said, now he is gradually giving power to his son-in-law Hosokawa Motoxian.

"No, save your strength and act when the opportunity arises. We're in a great state of affairs right now, and we can afford it. Hosokawa Nobumoto shook his head, now was not the time to work hard, he didn't want to lose too much of his soldiers. You must know that the battle is still to come, if a hundred or so people are killed in one battle, ten times will be able to make him bring out Hosokawa Standing Reserve completely lost. He also wants to preserve his strength and compete for supremacy in the future for the internal strife of the Oda family.

"But... According to the ninja detectives, the Hatano family is gathering all the vassals to gather in Yagami Castle, and I am afraid that when the time comes, we will not be able to attack the castle. Hosokawa Fujiken still expressed his worries.

"Uncle rest assured, the so-called soldiers will come to block, water will cover the earth, everything has flaws, and no matter how strong the fortress is, there will be a day when it will be breached. If we really gather all the wealthy families, then let's send them differently. Hey..."Hosokawa Nobumoto smiled evilly, he didn't fight according to the rules.

In the dead of night, the Hosokawa army, which had been tired for a day, gradually fell asleep, surrounded by the protection of the ninja army, and everyone slept extremely soundly.

But... The defenders of Araki City didn't think so.

"What people! Damn it! Is it a ninja again! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "Ashigaru, who defends the night of the castle, once again sees a figure hidden in the darkness.

Woo... Woo... Woo... The conch of battle resounded throughout the city.

"Get up! Get up for me! Bastard! Go catch the ninjas! Go to the walls and defend! A samurai Araki cursed and kicked the lazy worms out of their nests.

"Oops... Oops... My lord, we guard the city during the day and catch thieves at night, we are very sleepy, let us sleep. One ashiki tugged at the quilt and said nothing to get up.

"Bastard! You don't want to die! In case the Hosokawa army breaks in, everyone's lives will be lost! ”

"My lord, you say that every time, yesterday, the day before yesterday, even the day before yesterday, when is this the head? Yes... Yawn..."The other ashigaru yawned so hard that he couldn't open his eyes.

"How do I know! There is an order above, and it must be assembled! Fast! Hurry up and get me up! If you don't get up, I'm going to punish you! "This samurai is just a low-level samurai who acts on orders, and he doesn't dare to disobey the orders of the upper peak.

"Hey... Let's go, let's go... It's not killed, it's all trapped..."The ashigaru grumbled and got up, packing up their weapons.

"What a rambling thing! Hurry up! The samurai urged the lazy peasant soldiers to the city gate.

"Why did you come?" The Araki clan had a gloomy face, looking at this group of listless peasant soldiers, and he was angry.

"Lord... My lord, this... It's all to blame on these untouchables! Be... It's them who grind! The samurai who took the lead was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, for fear that the Araki clan would be angry and click him. The peasant soldiers behind were also pale with fright, and they knelt on the ground one after another, they didn't expect the city lord to come over today, and they thought it was just an ordinary night warrior.

"Bastard! Next time! Watch your heads! Get lost! Araki roared loudly, pointing his finger at the guys, wishing he could chop them up now, but reason told him not to do that now.

"Yes, yes." The team scrambled to their feet, turned around and ran.

"Father, it's not okay to go on like this, it seems that it is necessary to divide into two groups and alternate fighting and resting." Araki shook his head, his father and son had recently felt that the morale in the city had dropped badly, and they wanted to take the opportunity to cheer everyone up tonight, but one by one they were either listless or late.

"Well, you go down and make arrangements. In addition, those who do not arrive tonight will be severely punished! Saying that, the Araki clan also yawned, it seems that this time the Hosokawa army is prepared, and they plan to fight a protracted battle with them.

Soon, the Araki army divided into two groups to defend day and night, but it didn't take long to find that the castle was out of water.

"Damn! It turns out that those ninjas came in to find out the water source! "The Araki clan didn't feel good at this time, and the Hosokawa army cut off the water source of Araki Castle.

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A few days later...

"Hahaha, Rokuro, as you said, looking at their softness, it is obvious that the water cut has been successful." Mibuchi Fujiei had just come down from the battlefield, and the defenders' awareness of resistance had obviously decreased a lot.

"Then just surround it like this, they won't be able to last a few days without water. It just so happens that we can also recharge our energy and prepare for the next big battle. "Hosokawa Fujitaka is also beside him, and Yagami City has gathered nearly 10,000 people at this time, and the number of people is comparable to that of the Hosokawa army.

"Okay, let's take advantage of these few days to discuss what to do in the future, Bashang City is a famous fortified city." Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded, Yagami Castle has gone through vicissitudes since the Hatano clan built the castle, and there have been five major battles, all of which have made the besiegers return in vain, and it is the first castle of Tamba worthy of the name!

Ten days later, the Araki clan reluctantly surrendered to Kaejo, and if they continued to trap, everyone would become a pale corpse.

"Go back and tell Hideji Hatano! My Hosokawa clan is back! Let him think carefully about where to go! Otherwise! Hmph, be careful that I make his name unsafe! Hosokawa Nobumoto let out a cruel remark and kicked the Araki clan back, but detained his son-in-law, Araki Clan.

"Bastard! He Hosokawa Nobugen deceived people too much! Did he think that just with these few threats, he would be able to make my Hatano family bow down! Dream! There's a kind of letting the horses come! "Inside Yagami Castle, there was a roar of Hideji Hatano.