When Odawara Castle appeared in front of Zhu Houzhao, he was a little surprised,

Under such a terrain, it is really impregnable to be able to build such a city.

Zhu Houzhao remembered a place he had seen before, Shanhaiguan, and he felt that this city was even more dangerous than Shanhaiguan.

This is a city built on the mountain, just by the mountains and the sea.

"Look, Shogun, there are strong castles from the coast here to this Hachiman Mountain, and if we want to storm it, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and we have attacked it several times, but they have all returned in vain." A general named Takeda said to Zhu Houzhao,

"How did you attack?" Zhu Houzhao asked,

"When we first arrived, they gave them an ultimatum, and when we only had tens of thousands of people, they despised us a little, and they closed their doors and sent us letters saying that they wanted to destroy us, that they wanted to avenge the old Hojo, and we were taken aback, because along the way, those daimyo or the daimyo's family samurai who participated in the rebellion were all surrendered, and we didn't expect this Hojo to be so tough." Takeda said,

"How did you cope?" Zhu Houzhao said,

"At that time, I was angry, so I directly ordered the siege of the city, but the opponent's city was too strong, and our strong attack had no effect at all." Takeda said,

"You don't have some siege equipment, like ladders and stuff." Zhu Houzhao asked,

"No, we just went to the people to collect some long ladders, and then tied them up, so as to attack the city, because after all, we are different from the Central Plains, and there are not many places with cities, so there is no such thing." Takeda said,

"Well, I see." Zhu Houzhao thought that if such a strong city was to be attacked, it would require a lot of equipment, but the army of Xinwu did not have such machinery.

And in such a place, there is no chance for water and fire attack,

It may be good if it can be besieged for a long time, but the current situation cannot be besieged for a long time.

Because this is a battle for the throne, and Shinbu has just inherited the position of the general, so it is not firm at all, if someone wants to take the opportunity to start an incident, there is Odawara Castle as a banner,

If it drags on for a month or two, it is estimated that the subordinates of the daimyo who died outside Kyoto Castle will rebel again.

Now they seem to have handed over power, and the daimyo in some places have also been replaced by the Shinbu people, but once they see the opportunity, the chances of them rebelling are still very high.

Zhu Houzhao thought that the war must be resolved as soon as possible.

He fell into deep thought,

Finally, he thought of a way, but how to succeed or fail, it depends on the will of God,

The plan has been set, and Zhu Houzhao will repair a book.

"General Takeda, please send this letter to Kyoto as soon as possible to General Nobutake, and ask him to come in person."

Zhu Houzhao said to Takeda,

"Okay, General, I'll send your letter to Kyoto as soon as possible." Takeda said,

"Also, General Takeda, did the Great General tell you what I was here for?" Zhu Houzhao said,

"The general said that the war here will be decided by you in the future, and we will carry out all the decisions you make, and Takeda will do things according to the general's orders," Takeda said.

"Okay, General Takeda, from now on, part of your army will start to relax under this Odawara Castle every day, and you will let some of the soldiers start singing under the castle every night, and they will all sing some songs about missing their hometown, and then slowly you will hold a lot of opera performances under the castle every night, and you will do this every night." Zhu Houzhao said,

"What, if you go on like this, you won't have the heart of the army, General." Takeda said,

"Listen to my arrangement, just let some soldiers do this under the city, most of your troops still remain vigilant, but they have to leave the small pastoral city, hide and ambush in the nearby mountains, just obey orders at any time, and rush to the scene as soon as there is something." Zhu Houzhao said,

"Alright then, I'll do what the general wants." Takeda said,

That night, under the castle of Odawara Castle, when countless soldiers sang the songs of their hometown around the bonfire, everyone was intoxicated,

The song penetrated the guards of Odawara Castle, and they were all drunk and sad,

"What, the enemy is singing under the city." When the commander of Odawara Castle, Kiyoichi Hojo, heard the report of his subordinates, he was a little surprised,

And immediately he climbed the wall,

Sure enough, he saw piles of bonfires under the city, and the soldiers were singing around them.

Those songs are full of homesickness and the sweetness of meeting your lover,

This scene is so strange, because this is a battlefield, so that the people in the city do not know how to deal with it,

Slowly, the soldiers all hummed songs from their hometowns, but when they saw Kiyoichi Hojo, they all stood up straight.

Hojo was also puzzled, he wondered, are these soldiers really homesick,

With such a fanfare show by the enemy, is there any other gourd medicine,

But he doesn't want to care so much, his hatred for Ashikaga Shinbu is his biggest motivation, because it was Shinbu who killed his father,

Thinking of this, he drew his sword: "Ashikaga Shinbu, I must kill you." ”

At this time, Zhu Houzhao was also watching this scene on the mountain in the distance, and when he saw the lanterns suddenly increased on Odawara Castle, he knew that at this time, Hojo's lanterns,

Zhu Houzhao said softly: "Hojo, it's up to you this time."

When Zhu Houzhao saw Hojo pulling out his sword from the telescope, he nodded lightly, he knew that Hojo was full of hatred in his heart at the moment,

Zhu Houzhao nodded lightly,

The next night, the situation was even more exaggerated,

I saw that under the city, the soldiers besieging the city actually set up a stage, and they began to perform on the stage.

I saw that many stories of Dongying were staged on the stage, and those selected actors were performing dramas from all over Dongying there.

The soldiers in the city couldn't sit still, and in their eyes at the moment, the people under the city were some funny people, as if these people were not soldiers at all, just a group of rabble,

Kiyoichi Hojo still came to the castle, and he looked at the soldiers under the castle and looked at all this with a contemptuous expression,

He has a lot of years to rush out of the city at the moment, but he still endured it, he thought it was better to endure it, maybe these were all the enemy's schemes, he deliberately wanted to lure himself out of the city, wouldn't he be fooled?

At this moment, the soldiers under the city are performing in full swing, they are singing, the surrounding audience is shouting, and the whole city is on some stages at the moment, as if this is a carnival,

At this time, many soldiers watched the performance, and when they saw that they were excited, they sang loudly, and then intentionally or unintentionally made up Hojo's name into a song, and then the lyrics were all about him being a turtle with a shrunken head or something.

When Hojo heard these songs in the city, he thought to himself how could this be done, and he held down his sword,

I wanted to rush out of the city, but I held back.