"Enlightenment...... Lord, Heyue City is lost! After saying this, the herald's head sank downward, but fortunately, the two attendants on the side managed to hold it off and not fall to the ground.

"What's wrong with Kawagoe Castle?! Tell me what's wrong with my Heyue City?! The Hojo clan no longer cared about decency, and rushed straight over from the table to him, grabbed the herald by the collar, and shook it and roared. But no matter how much he shook and asked, the herald just hung his head and didn't answer.

"Lord, he'...... Fainted! An attendant on the side who was holding the herald cautiously reminded.

"Wake him up! Wake him up right away! Hojo finally let go of his hand, but his voice reached the pinnacle of human reach.

On the side came a few more attendant warriors, holding cold water or cups of wine. Several people were squirting or feeding the man, hoping that he would wake up quickly to satisfy everyone's curiosity.

Hojo Clan walked back and forth in the room, and if you looked closely at the few older people around him, you would find that he really looked like his father Yasu, but this "lion" was kept in a cage. Several important ministers wanted to go up and remind him, but it was not easy to make it too obvious in front of the Kanto daimyos.

Ashina Moritaka, who was still imposing just now, was like having malaria at the moment, like the yellow leaves in the autumn wind trembling for a while, and after a series of changes, his face was finally fixed on the sallow. At this moment, he stared at the herald with no less nervousness than Hojo Shiyasu, and his eyes almost popped out.

Ashina's territory is in the southern part of Mutsu, and the distance is the farthest among these people. Now Maeda Keiji is sailing eastward, Kobayakawa Takakei is attacking Izu, if Kawagoe Castle is occupied by the Western Army again, Ashina Moritaka is really "difficult to run to a home, difficult to vote for a country"!

Anyway, Ashina Moritaka can still judge the form, but Utsunomiya Kunitsuna is simply stupid! According to the normal evaluation, he is indeed not a genius, so according to his current age, he can't judge such a situation at all. Utsunomiya's territory is not far from Koetsu Castle, and according to the practice of delaying intelligence, his territory may have been lost.

A few people stood slightly in the back, exchanging some kind of information with each other's eyes. Things have come to this point, and you have to make a few more plans, and only those who know the current affairs can be regarded as real heroes!

"Lord......" After about ten minutes, the herald finally relented, and let out some babbling sounds from his trembling lips.

"Kawagoe Castle! What the hell happened to Kawagoe Castle?! Hojo immediately stood in front of him again, but this time he didn't stretch out his hand again.

"Masayuki Sanada...... Sanada Masayuki captured Kawagoe Castle ......"

"Masayuki Sanada? How can it be? The Hojo clan was dumbfounded, and the others all looked at each other. Hojo Tsunari has five thousand yellow preparations, why did he lose Kawagoe Castle? ”

Although the Sanada family received a large number of rewards after the fall of Takeda, it was only 100,000 stone in the territory, and the peasant soldiers could only gather six or seven thousand people, how could they take the strong city of Kawashi Castle? Coupled with the complex composition of the wealthy families in the areas of Kitashinano and Nishi-Ueno, how could the Sanada family attack Kawagoe Castle silently!

"Yesterday morning, 2,000 Sanada troops suddenly appeared ......under Kawagoe Castle," the herald took another sip of the water that had been handed to his lips, and then he was about to tell the story.

It turned out that the Sanada army suddenly appeared under Kawagoe Castle, and Hojo Tsunade didn't think too much about it because he was in the hinterland of Musashi, but he was worried that it was to disrupt the attack of the stars, so he immediately sent troops to attack. The attack of Hojo's army at the beginning went very smoothly, winning three battles in a row and pursuing it to a valley 20 miles away.

But I don't want to be at this time, a red-haired and green-eyed terrorist cavalry suddenly rushed out of the valley and rushed straight into the dizzy Hojo army.

Under the close pursuit of the enemy soldiers behind him, Hojo Tsunaru fled in embarrassment, and according to his character, he would rather turn back and fight, even if it was death, rather than bear such a shame, but he also knew that even if he became a laughing stock for the ages, he had to keep Kogoshi Castle for the Hojo family, otherwise the Hojo family would be completely finished.

However, just when the gate of Kawagoe Castle was already in sight, suddenly a group of hundreds of wild samurai emerged from behind the trees on the side of the road, and strictly blocked the last road. Led by a young samurai Hojo Tsunari, he is Akechi Mitsuhide's nephew Akechi Hidemitsumitsu!

"The last moment!" Hojo Tsusunari laughed, he felt extremely relaxed at the moment, everything was a foregone conclusion, and he didn't need to take any more responsibility. With his horse at the head of his horse, he raised his sword to meet the terrifying cavalry galloping behind.

After the briefing of the heralds, the hearts of the famous families present are basically cold! As soon as Kawagoe Castle lost Kanto, it became a dead game, and the army of 80,000 was compressed in a narrow area between Suruga, Sagami, Izu, and Musashi, and could only wait to be strangled step by step.

The "Southern Barbarian Ghost Cavalry" of the Zhuxing family has been famous for a long time, but none of these people here have personally come into contact with it, and no one can say what is going on. According to rumors, this cavalry flew sand and rocks in the dark as soon as it appeared, and it was said that they not only killed the living but also imprisoned the souls of the dead.

In this era, these daimyo are all considered to be "highly educated" people, so they naturally have some insight. It's just that although the rumors are not to be believed, no one wants to try it for themselves. It's that eighty percent of those rumors are exaggerated, and just these two percent of the facts can't stand it!

But if you don't recapture Heyue City, no one here will agree, or no one can withstand the pressure of such a battle situation! The question is who to send back now and how many troops to bring back. If you bring less, it will definitely not work, not to mention the siege, on the plain by the Heyue City, I am afraid that it will be crushed by the powerful "Southern Barbarian Ghost Cavalry"! If you want to bring more...... But how much is too much, there are still 100,000 Star Alliance troops in front of them!

Just when everyone was stunned, a samurai who had been standing in the corner of the house quietly approached the periphery of the crowd. This is a thin, dry, inconspicuous person, but a pair of eyes flashed from time to time, he is the head of the Utsunomiya family, the elder Yoshiga Takatsu.

Yoshiga Takatsugu came behind Utsunomiya Kunitsuna and pulled him back a few steps, leaning into his ear and muttering something. "Oh?!" After hearing his words, Utsunomiya Kunitsuna suddenly turned his head as if he had been burned, and looked at Yoshiga Takatsugu's eyes full of shock and horror.

Yoshiga Takatsugu also stared at him and nodded slightly.

Utsunomiya Kunisuna hesitated for a moment, and finally seemed to have made up his mind. "Kawagoe Castle cannot afford to be lost, if His Royal Highness Hojo allows it, I am willing to retake Kawagoe!" He took a step forward and spoke proudly.

"Under the Utsu Palace, you ......" The Hojo clan looked him up and down, seeming to hesitate.

"Kawagoe City and Utsunomiya are close to each other, and I will be the one to do when this is in danger!" After saying this, Utsunomiya Kunitsuna hesitated again, turned his head and glanced back. "At such a time of life and death, we and other families should be of one heart and one mind, if there is really something wrong with His Royal Highness Hojo, I guess he will not sit idly by!"

"This is nature, the young hero under the Yudu Palace!" Hojo Masadachi was relieved and slapped Utsunomiya Kunitsuna on the shoulder. "I, Kanto, are rich in things, rich in people, strong in soldiers, strong and brave, as long as all the people are united, they will be able to repel the stars. Please take the first step under the Udu Palace, and I will lead the army to answer later! ”

"The military plane is urgent, and the troops will be sent now!" Utsunomiya Kunisuna seemed to be really in a hurry, so he turned around and walked out hurriedly, lowering his head and not looking at anyone.

"Although the Udu Palace is heroic, it is a little reluctant to recapture Heyue City!" The Hojo clan Masaichi turned around and took Tokugawa Ieyasu's hand, and said very "kindly": "No one thought that there would be such a situation, I must follow the Utsu palace to attack Kawagoe, and the only thing here is to ask His Highness Tokugawa with full power!" ”

"Don't worry about His Royal Highness Hojo, I will take care of this matter in the next place!" So far, Tokugawa Ieyasu still looks as usual, and he is the calmest of all people.

"The stars are invincible, if you can't hold the east road and cut off after passing here, please go north to Kai first and then transfer to Musashi to join me!" Hojo Masa told him uneasily.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu sent everyone away with a smile, leaving him alone in the room. The smile on his face still did not disappear on his face, and he slowly walked up to the main seat of the Hojo clan just now and sat down, turning his head sideways as if listening to the movement outside.

As the shadow of the sunlight on the ground became longer and longer, and the noise outside the window gradually quieted down, Tokugawa Ieyasu had been sitting alone in the room for more than an hour, and the atmosphere and the smile on his face became more and more eerie.

At this time, the door of the house was slowly pulled again, and several people walked in and stood in front of the table, waiting there quietly without saying anything.

"Are they all gone?" Tokugawa Ieyasu picked up a knife beside him and admired it carefully. It was a very simple knife, he had worn it for 30 years, and every time he stroked and wiped it, he felt a power coming from it and filling his body.

"They're all gone!" Honda said in a small voice. "In another hour, the troops in the Fujigawa Valley in front will also be withdrawn, and it is estimated that they will all pass through Katsuyama Castle by the time they arrive!"

"Good!" Tokugawa Ieyasu jerked his knife out, and the half-foot-long blade reflected the setting sun a little harshly. He knew that this was the beginning of another long patience in his life, but he did not feel any resentment, because after each patience he felt the power that had been transmitted from the knife into his body stronger. "The whole army is resting and preparing, and the time will be spent attacking Ashigara Castle!" The blade re-sheathed, and the dazzling light faded at the same time.