In front of the Otemon Gate of Koharan Suwa Castle, a straight black smoke rushes into the sky, and a raging fire burns in front of the wooden gate of the Otemon Gate, which blackens both the curvature wheel and the gate.

Although the Ashigaru family of the Jiangma family, who was guarding the city, kept pouring water on the wooden gate, all this to no avail, and the gate was almost charred.

Rumble!

The fragile wooden gate was shattered by the kick of the samurai Kojima Toki, a famous samurai of the sister Koji family, and hundreds of samurai ashigaru, with sorrel flags on their backs, rushed into the castle gate in a surging manner with arrows and arrows falling from the castle tower.

Behind the crown wooden gate, seven or eight samurai of the Eima family wearing a large armor desperately brandished their spears and knives, piercing and slashing several samurai who rushed into the gate sister Koji family, and behind the wooden curved wheels that were half burned by the fire, and behind the broken stone wall, more than a dozen bowsagaru shot arrows desperately.

Then as the army of the sister Xiaolu family continued to increase, the resistance of the Jiangma family was broken through like paper.

It was noon, the two armies were still fighting fiercely, and the noise under the city never stopped for a moment.

The outer maru of Suwa Castle in the plateau of the Eima family has been breached, and the siege of the castle has been several days, and the Eima family is close to running out of ammunition and food, and now the remnants of the Efma family's samurai are regrouping outside the Honmaru to resist again.

Both sides slashed with guns and bayonets, killing corpses everywhere.

Korama Fraser ran to the top of the castle tower with a dry mouth, looking around but not finding his father.

Jiangma Huisheng only heard a few whispers from the enshrined Buddha statue, and then found his father Jiangma Shisheng behind the Buddha statue.

I saw Jiang Ma Shisheng holding Buddha beads, sitting on the floor with his legs spread out, and throwing his helmet, armor and sword aside.

The whole person looked pale, and saw Jiang Ma Shisheng with chapped lips, and then looked out the window with his eyes open, and said as if he was talking to himself: "There is no hope, there is no hope." ”

Jiang Ma Hui Sheng was taken aback, not because of his father's affection, but because if the main general couldn't cheer up at the moment, no matter how brave the resistance of the city soldiers was, it would be useless.

"Father, father." Jiangma Fraser gently shook Jiangma Shisheng's shoulders with both hands, and then shouted loudly.

At this time, Jiang Ma Shisheng raised his head and asked blankly, "Is the city broken?" Is the city broken? ”

Seeing Jiangma Shisheng like this, Jiangma Huisheng couldn't help but take a step back.

Jiangma Huisheng didn't care about the distinction between superior and inferior at this time, grabbed his father's collar and shouted: "Father, please cheer up, my sister Xiaolu's family has not yet broken through the city." ”

Under the roar of Jiangma Huisheng, Jiangma Shisheng finally came back to his senses, and it was easy to sit up straight, and he collapsed again, and said with a wry smile: "What's the use?" If you support it for another day or two, it's the same defeat, my Jiangma family is finally destroyed, and my sister Xiaolu Lianglai is unifying Hida, I'm really unwilling. ”

Jiangma Huisheng shook his head, he didn't expect his father to be so useless, at this moment of life and death, he actually only thought about this, and didn't want to meet the enemy. But even the head of the family is like this, what hope is there for him to fight again? Eima Huisheng also felt powerless at this time, if the Takahara Suwa Castle was broken, he and his father would undoubtedly be killed.

Father is right, the army of the sister Xiaolu family is surrounded, the four retainers rebel against the second, and the remaining two retainers have not heard from them for a long time, I don't know whether they have rebelled, or they have been exterminated, or they are afraid of the military strength of the sister Xiaolu family, and they are watching from the sidelines.

Jiangma Huisheng sat down weakly, and both father and son felt that Jiangma's family had reached a desperate situation, and as long as they pushed it again, they could fall into the infinite abyss.

"Two, maybe this isn't your final predicament?"

Hearing the voice of a third person on the top floor of the castle tower, Edama Shisheng and Edama Huisheng, father and son, suddenly stood up and hurriedly held the sword in their hands.

"Who is it?"

"Is it an assassin from the Sister Xiaolu family?"

Although Jiang Ma Shisheng Fangcai looked decadent, but now that life and death were approaching, he still showed the bearing of the head of the family, holding the sword with both hands, and did not tremble at all.

Eima's father and son searched the castle tower with vigilant eyes back to back, but there was no trace of the person who spoke.

"I'm above you."

Just when Eima's father and son hesitated, a ninja dressed in purple jumped lightly from the wooden beam at the top of the castle tower, and his body did not shake.

In the eyes of Eima's father and son, the ninja turned around and saw that the other party was masked, and his weapon was only a ninja knife.

The other party looked at the nervous appearance of Jiang Ma's father and son, and said with a sneer: "If I am really the assassin of the sister Xiaolu family, I would have made a move long ago when you were unprepared, where did you wait until now." ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng nodded, put down the sword, and said, "You said well." But how did you come up. ”

The ninja chuckled and said, "This highland Suwa Castle is not an inaccessible place, and it is easy for me to traverse it. ”

Eima Huisheng was taken aback, the other party said lightly, now the highland Suwa Castle is built on a cliff, it is very difficult to climb, not to mention that it is currently surrounded by the army of the sister road. This person was able to touch the castle tower of the Jiangma family, which shows what kind of realm the other party's stealth technique has reached.

Who is such a powerful person? Jiangma Huisheng secretly speculated in his heart.

"Don't worry, I'm Yokotani Yukishige, a subordinate of Lord Li Xiao of the Takeda family, and I'm here to negotiate with you in this city."

"It's from the Takeda family." Jiangma Huisheng was happy in his heart, Li Xiao really did not disappoint him, and really sent reinforcements.

On the other hand, Jiang Ma Shisheng looked happy, looking like he was in a desperate situation, as if he had caught the last straw, and asked anxiously: "Where are your reinforcements?" ”

"Reinforcements? Who said that we, my lords, would send reinforcements to save you? ”

Jiangma Huisheng was immediately angry when he heard this, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart was also shattered, could it be that Li Xiao had been playing with him? No, he is a man of his word, he asked Xin Xuangong for a document, and promised me that I would become the head of the Jiangma family in the future, and he would not waste his efforts.

On the other hand, Jiang Ma Shi Sheng shouted angrily: "It's all because I misbelieved, the nonsense of your Takeda family, and this is why I ended up in this desperate field." It is immoral for you to live up to the honor and morality of the samurai. ”

Yokotani shook his head and said, "Lord Ema, what is the honor and morality of a samurai, this is not up to Your Excellency alone, and Your Excellency does not need to be so anxious and so quick to make a judgment. In fact, Lord Li Xiao's 500 troops were already stationed in Xiaodoushan outside the city, and it was only a dozen towns away from here. But ......"

"But what?"

"But why did Lord Li Xiao want to save the Jiangma family? You know, the Takeda family and the Jiangma family have nothing to do with each other, so what if Lord Li Xiao wants to save the Jiangma family at this moment of crisis? ”

Jiangma Shisheng's eyes flashed, and he immediately reacted, shouting: "I see, it turns out that your Takeda family wants to take the opportunity to blackmail me when my Jiangma family is in crisis." ”

Jiang Ma Huisheng hurriedly said on the side: "Father, please don't be excited, listen to this Li Xiao's subordinates finish speaking." ”

Yokotani Yushige continued, "There is no such thing as a gratuitous favor in the world, and since Your Highness wants the help of my Takeda family. But I, the Takeda family, must take the risk of offending my sister Xiaolu's family to save your Jiangma family. Even if Lord Li Xiao took matters into his own hands and sent troops to save you, Lord Takeda would blame him afterwards.

"But the situation is different in another way, if the Eima family is subordinate to my Takeda family, then everything will be simpler. Lord Li Xiao sent troops to rescue my Takeda family's vassals, and this is a matter of course. And for Your Excellency, why not save the foundation of the Jiangma family and get the backer of the Takeda family? ”

Jiangma Shisheng raised his head and laughed, he pointed at Yokotani Yuki and said: "Yokotani-sama, I admire the eloquence of the three-inch tongue, I am afraid that all this in front of me has already been in the premeditated plan of the Takeda family, late, early, just wait for the moment when my Jiangma family is at the end of the road, and then surrender to your Takeda family." ”

Then Jiangma Shisheng snorted coldly and shouted: "Go back and tell you adults, I, Jiangma Shisheng, will not be coerced." ”

Jiang Ma Hui Sheng sneered in his heart when he heard this, and he also saw that although Jiang Ma Shisheng's words were tough, there was still room for some change in his tone.

He knew that his father, who was so tough on the outside, was just preparing for the following talks.

Just outside the castle of Suwa Castle in the highlands, in the middle of a mountain forest.

Li Xiao looked at the head of the Jiangma family, and said fiercely to the island on the side: "When I first arrived at the castle of Suwa Castle on this plateau, I thought when I would come to the territory of the Sagami Hojo family. ”

Shimakatsu smiled slightly and looked at the flag seal of the Eima family crest hanging on the highland Suwa Castle. The family crest of the Eima family is actually the same as the family crest of the Hojo family, which is the style of the third order lin.

In fact, the Jiangma family is also a descendant of the Ping family, belonging to the Pingjing Sheng first-class, its ancestors once came out of the former Hojo family, and the family is also very prominent, so the Jiangma family and the Hojo family are the same as the use of the third-order Qi family crest.

"What about the declining nobles?"

Li Xiao shook his head, how many famous families declined in the troubled times of the Warring States period, and were replaced by grassroots rise such as Kinoshita Tojiro and Saito Michizo.

Jiang Ma's family used to be prominent, but now it is different to look at Li Xiao's face.

"But I think the Jiangma family is so supportive, it should be difficult to survive today, if Jiangma Shisheng does not agree to our conditions, our army will not run in vain." Shimakatsu raised his concerns.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Shengmeng, you can rest assured, Yokotani Yukizhong will persuade Jiangma Shisheng, not to mention that by his side, there is Jiangma Huisheng, the dark chess we put down." Under the persuasion of Jiangma Fraser to help us, when the time comes, Jiangma Shisheng will be forced to make the most favorable decision for us due to the offensive of the sister Xiaolu family. ”

Xiaohan Xiaoxian on the side also said: "Actually, it is not better to let the Jiangma family and the sister Xiaolu family fight for a while, so that if you consume a little more strength of the sister Xiaolu family, when our army goes out in battle, this will have a better chance of winning." ”

Shima Shengmeng said cautiously: "Sister Xiaolu's family has nearly 2,000 troops, not our army can be defeated in a battle, and now when the other party is entangled under the fortified city, our army can surprise the opponent." ”

Shigang Kazuha also interjected: "I've been watching the battle from the sidelines for a long time, but my hands are already itchy, I hope that this time the samurai of the sister Xiaolu family will not disappoint me too much." ”

The generals were talking about everything they said, and at this moment, Yokotani Yukishige, dressed as a ninja, had already completed the negotiations with the Eima family, descended from Suwa Castle on the plateau, and rushed to the side of Li Xiao's army.

Similarly, on the side of Kogen Suwa Castle, Sister Koji Yoshiyori had already put his army into the flag and launched a general attack on Kogen Suwa Castle.

(To be continued)