Two years ago, Echigo was in turmoil due to the defection of Nagao Keitora and the invasion of the Takeda clan, and the lord of Tatebayashi Castle, Okuma Asahide, defected to the Takeda clan, but the evening before Okuma Asahide's defection, Naoe Keixuna visited Tatebayashi Castle once.

Jing Gang's persuasion of Daxiong Chaoxiu naturally ended in failure, but Daxiong Chaoxiu felt that since the two had known each other for many years, he personally went out of the city to see off Naoe Jinggang.

It wasn't until Guanlin Cheng was so small behind him that it looked like a village, and the big bear Chaoxiu suddenly stopped.

"Naoe-sama, can you let the entourage take shelter for a while?"

"Okay."

Although Jing Gang was a little puzzled, he immediately waved the guards back.

"If you have anything to say, please speak up, maybe we will rarely have the opportunity to meet in the future."

Naoe Jinggang sighed, embarrassed.

"Naoe-sama...... Tomorrow, I will lead my troops to Kasuga Mountain Castle and defect to the Takeda clan. ”

At that time, the Nagao family fell into a leaderless situation due to the departure of Nagao Keihu, and Takeda Harunobu took this opportunity to personally lead a large army into Echigo, and once surrounded Kasuga Mountain Castle. Okuma Ashide's decision to go to Kasuga Mountain Castle to join the Takeda clan shocked Naoe Keixuna and was really unacceptable.

"Nani! Your Excellency...... Even if you don't despise His Highness, you don't have to surrender to the enemy! ”

“…… Before that, I would like to say that if Her Highness wants to protect Echigo, she must show her sincerity and actions. Okuma Asahide is reluctant to serve the little girl named Chiyo Nagashi, but he can serve the powerful Echigo guardian Nagao Keitor. As long as...... As long as His Highness can prove himself with practical actions! ”

After finishing speaking, Da Xiong turned his horse's head towards Xiu and slowly left in the direction of Guanlin City.

"Sagar Nala."

Big Bear Chaoxiu said sadly.

These were the last words that Naoe Keixuna heard and his best friend Okuma Asahide.

Perhaps, no, it should be said "definitely", at that time, Daxiong Chaoxiu had the consciousness of saying goodbye forever.

But Naoe Jinggang, who has always been known for his thoughtfulness, still failed to understand the last two sentences of the Great Bear Chaoxiu.

- Okuma Ashide, who can serve the powerful Echigo guardian Nagao Keitor, as long as ...... She can prove herself with practical actions.

Long-tailed Jinghu proved herself with practical actions, although it was a little late, but she proved it.

It's just that...... Even Daikuma Asanohide himself never imagined that his "service" would end with the assassination of Harumobu Takeda.

Two years ago, Okuma Asahide defected from Echigokan Hayashi Castle to the Nagao family, and took his wife and retainers to Takeda Harunobu, who was still besieging Kasugayama Castle.

It had only been three days since the Great Bear Asahide had merged with the Takeda Army, and under the orders of Harunobu, the Takeda Army burned down the castle town of Kasugayama Castle.

Of course...... Before a fire burns out, the necessary robberies, traitors, and murders will definitely be done.

Ōkuma Asahide witnesses Kasugayama Castle Town, which is called a hell on earth, and once again feels his powerlessness.

In less than a month, Harunobu Takeda stopped the siege and prepared to withdraw his troops.

And then...... The "post-South Vietnamese man-made plague" occurred, which became famous in the history of the Warring States period.

-- Harumobu Takeda used dead corpses and rats to create a plague that spread for hundreds of miles under Kasugayama Castle.

Since that time, the big bear Asanohide has hated Takeda Harunobu's itchy teeth.

Although he has betrayed the Nagao family, he still has a local complex...... In his heart, no matter how far he will be displaced in the future, Echigo will always be his hometown.

But such a hometown was ruined by Takeda Harunobu.

So two years later, in June of the third year of Koji (1557), Ōkuma Asahide was invited by Sanada Yutaka to take a few guards to Sanadakan as a guest.

When he returned, no one noticed that there was one less guard who was following him.

The next day, a caravan traveled north along the Chikuma River, intending to do business in Echigo, and when it passed through Katsuo Castle, it spent the night in the castle town of Katsumi Castle.

On the third day, the guard became part of the caravan and arrived at Kasugayama Castle two days later, and three days later, Yobanjo Castle.

From then on, Asahide Okuma and Keixuna Naoe planned this assassination together.

And the third participant in this assassination was a favorite of the Great Bear Ashide, who was extremely hated in the past, and his name was Sasa Seimasa.

When one of the retainers of the Great Bear Asahide cut off the Siru military flag, Sasa Narumasa knew that he could take action.

Whether it's to kill Takeda Harunobu or to answer the big bear Asahide who assassinated Takeda Harunobu, he doesn't have to hide anymore.

Two hundred Rose Knights began to accelerate from the left flank of the Uesugi army, and swept to the outside of the Takeda army like a red whirlwind.

"Cast!"

In just a very short word, one hundred and seventy rose knights took out a throwing spear from the bag behind them in unison, leaned back in the same position, used the whole person as a large bow, and fired the throwing spear less than a meter away.

This front on the outside of the Takeda Army was served by the rout troops gathered by Yuan Huyin.

These standing ashigaru who followed the withdrawal of the original tiger are not unelite, but the Takeda army obviously overlooked one point:

They are the defeated army, the original tiger Yin reserve, is the defeated army.

- The defeated army cannot fight!

The fighting spirit that the Ashigaru had built up with great difficulty had been reduced by half when they saw that the Rose Knights were charging more than Akabi, and the rain of spears composed of these 170 throwing spears shattered their fighting spirit.

In an instant, the spear pierced into the body of Ashigaru, who was lined up in a dense defensive formation, and the miserable howls of the wounded sounded again, even if most of them were yelling and shouting to strengthen their courage, they could not cover their double trembling, and their hands and feet were weak.

"Car hanging!"

Changing formations in the face of the enemy is a taboo for soldiers, but if it is a well-trained army, this is precisely their hidden one-handed move, not to mention that the car suspension formation is named because of the constant change and rolling, not to mention ...... The name of this reserve team is "Rose Knight"!

The Rose Knight's charging formation became less neat, they were somewhat misaligned with each other, and the formation was twisted and deformed by a regular matrix, making it impossible for the Takeda Army's Ashigaru to see clearly.

"Kill!"

Keiji Maeda took the lead, waving his spear in his hand, like a deadly red viper, and the tall pine wind giant horse under his crotch knocked the two Ashigaru who could not escape far away, and the momentum was even more terrifying.

These ashigaru under Yuan Huyin's hands originally thought that they had all seen the world and knew the power of the samurai on horseback, but it was the first time they encountered this group of cavalry who dared to rush head-on.

At this time, the Rose Knight is violating the rules of cavalry, in a vain attempt to break the ashigaru team with a frontal charge!

This is more than arrogance, it is simply arrogance!

And the ashigaru of the original Tiger Yin team, in the face of this arrogance, completely collapsed!

Their morale had plummeted, their fighting spirit had been lost, and now they had no strength to hold their weapons, so they dropped their spears and fled in all directions.

Yuan Huyin is the only one who didn't run, although he was fortunate not to have contact with the self-proclaimed "unparalleled in the world" Maeda Keiji, but in front of him rushed out of a heroic and cool female general.

The warrior looked to be in his twenties, dressed in a green silk squire, his hair tied with a white silk ribbon, and his weapon was a knight's spear that was less than a single root.

"This ......"

Yuan Huyin lost his breath in an instant, although he wandered the three kingdoms of Xia Zong, Kai, and Sagami, he thought that he had never seen such a beautiful woman.

"Come on!"

He saw that the gun was growing larger in his field of vision, and the polished shiny tip reflected a blinding cold light in the sunlight.

Yuan Huyin could have dodged, but at this moment, for some reason, he had a strange idea that "even if he dies under such a gun, it's not bad".

"Today, if you come to talk about the Mahayana Sutra, the lotus of the Cantonese Mystic Law."

At the last moment of his life, Yuan Huyin put down his weapon and folded his hands.