Masaki Yoshitora is a strong man with a height of nearly 1.8 meters, he is the second son of the Anbo daimyo Satomi Yoshiyao, and was passed to the general of the Satomi family at a young age, Masaki Toshigeru.

After learning gunnery from his adoptive father for many years, Yihu has fought all over the three kingdoms of Anfang, Shangzong, and Xiazong among the younger generation of the Satomi family, and has never been an invincible opponent.

Young and arrogant, he wants to fight all the invincible opponents in the Kanto region among the younger generation, so he follows his adoptive father to Stable Bridge Castle, ready to compete with the famous Sasa Narumasa and Maeda Keiji.

-- After the Battle of Bottlejiri and the Battle of Karasawa Mountain Castle, Sasa Narumasa and Maeda Keiji became well-known generals in the Kanto region.

What Yihu didn't expect was that Sasa Narumasa and Maeda Keiji were not in Stable Bridge City.

After inquiring clearly, Masaki Yoshitora immediately rode alone and went south to Ninja City.

At the same time as the righteous tiger, there was also Narita Nagatai, the lord of Ninja Castle.

However, Narita Nagatayasu was from Ninja City, and his destination was Odawara Castle farther away.

When he heard the news that Sasa Narumasa had invaded Ninja Castle in the south, Narita Nagatai was eating.

Then he immediately threw up the rice.

Being in Ninja Castle, of course, he had also heard the results of the battle of Karasawa Mountain Castle, but he didn't know how the Nagao family had achieved such a big result with 1,500 people.

People who did not know the specific situation of the battle on that day confused the Rose Knights Wing led by Sasa Narumasa with the Echigo Cavalry Cavalry, believing that the Rose Knights Wing captured the Hojo clan alive among the ten thousand troops.

This frightened Narita Narita...... So when he heard that "Sasa Naimasa is marching towards our territory", Narita Nagata panicked and bit his tongue...... He burst into tears and spit out the rice in his mouth.

There was still a trace of blood on the white grains of rice, which was considered a bad omen by Narita Narita.

At the later evaluation meeting, Changtai made an important decision:

"I'm going to personally go to Odawara Castle to ask for reinforcements from Yasuko!"

As soon as the words came out, they were opposed by their sons and daughters:

"No, Father!"

Narita Zhang hurriedly knelt down towards Changtai.

"No, Daddy!"

Kai Ji also stood up with teeth and claws.

Narita Nagatai's face was a little gloomy, and the sudden action of this pair of children made him accidentally touch the tip of his swollen tongue again, and suddenly there was a burst of pain...... Changtai coughed:

"Why don't you sit down quickly, what kind of system!"

When his children were back to normal, he made his plan as if he had a foresight:

"Clan Zhang has already served Yuanfu, and has the ability and qualifications to inherit the family governor, even if I am not there, you will definitely be able to be a good lord of Ninja City, right?"

Faced with his father's inquiry, the young Narita clan Zhang nodded hurriedly.

"So...... As a younger sister, can you also help your brother? ”

"Daddy, what the hell are you going to do?"

Narita Kai is a little unclear.

"I've already said that...... I was going to Odawara to personally ask Yasuko to send reinforcements. Sasa Naruma is not a guy to mess with, and if there are no reinforcements, Ninja Castle will not be able to defend it. ”

Narita sighed earnestly.

"So...... Wouldn't it be enough to send an envoy directly to Odawara, why did you have to go to your father in person? ”

Shi Zhang is still puzzled by his father's decision, in his opinion, his father is the lord of a city, so he doesn't need to ask for help in person.

"Yaga!"

Narita Changtai scolded with a straight face:

"The Hojo family has just experienced a major defeat, and I am afraid that we will not be able to mobilize another army easily. If we send someone casually, Shi Kanggong thinks that we are not sincere enough, and if we don't send reinforcements, we won't be dead? ”

As soon as he said this, everyone understood.

Narita's Zhang and Narita Kai immediately patted their chests and made a guarantee:

"Don't worry, Father, I will guard Ninja Castle with my heart!"

"Dad, go well, I will definitely help my brother defend the city!"

Narita Nagata rolled his eyes...... Why is this girl talking so unlucky, but now is not the time to complain, Narita Nagata nodded at the brother and sister, and then turned his gaze to Narita Changqin on the side.

- "His Royal Highness Adou" looks no different today than in the past, he is still so dumbfounded, even after receiving the news of the death of his father Narita Taiji in battle, the eldest relatives do not show much sadness.

…… The kid is probably hopeless, Changtai sighed.

"Eldest relative, you inherit your father's position and serve as the city generation to assist the clan Zhang!"

"Hay!"

Narita struggled to widen his small eyes like grains of rice, and tried his best to bow to his uncle in good spirits.

"That's it, Shi Zhang, you go and gather the peasant soldiers immediately, and I'll go out of the city now."

After flicking his sleeves irritably, Narita Nagata licked the tip of his swollen and aching tongue as he stepped out of Ninjo's Honmaru.

It didn't take long for his children and nephews to come out of Honmaru as well.

Narita clan Zhang arranged for people to gather peasant soldiers, but Kai Ji came to Ninomaru to find Ah Guo to practice swordsmanship, and "His Royal Highness Adou" Narita Nagata went out of the city directly accompanied by his retainers.

The eldest family plans to inform each of these villages of the news of an imminent enemy invasion.

Although his cousin, the Narita family's sister-in-law, Zhang Hui, sent someone to gather troops in a nearby village, and the peasants naturally knew that a military disaster was about to befall them, the eldest family thought that they had never fought against the Echigo people and knew nothing about the enemy's fighting methods, so they needed to be more careful.

Hunting and burning are just the most common methods of plundering, but even this relatively "gentle" method has not been used in the villages around Ninja Castle for many years. I heard that the Echigo people are cruel and like to kill, and they are extremely ferocious, and they are feared monsters...... Otherwise...... Why did Nagao Terutora issue an additional military regulation that "prohibits samurai from killing people at will"?

The eldest family and his retainer Masaki Tanba ride together on a tall horse. Tanba is the same age as the eldest relative, and the two of them are playmates who grew up together, but ironically, Narita Narita, who knows nothing and has a bloated body, becomes the lord, and Masaki Tanba, who is strong in martial arts and capable in doing things, becomes a retainer.

But Masaki Tanba didn't have any complaints about this, and although the eldest relatives were useless in the eyes of the castle lord Narita Nagatai, Masaki Tanba never had any dislike for this ugly-looking hairie.

In fact...... He also likes the silly appearance of "His Royal Highness Adou".

One by one, the two of them informed the villages under the castle of Ninja and told the peasants to hide their food, and that it was better for the beautiful women to hide in the cellars, and if they had weapons, to keep them within easy reach...... And so on, Narita Nagata took the trouble to talk for more than two days, and in these two days, the two of them traveled to more than a dozen villages around Ninja Castle.

Finally in the afternoon of the third day...... While patrolling a village in the north of Shinobi Castle, they encountered people they did not expect.

From a long distance, Masaki Tanba felt the tremor of the ground, and he repeatedly urged Tian Changqin to leave this place, but Changqin was unmoved, and was still there to tell the peasants this and that.

By the time the eldest relatives finally finished speaking, a group of samurai on horseback could already be seen rushing in a line from the north.

The peasants immediately took refuge in their houses, but the two of them had nowhere to go, and the pestle was in the middle of the road, which became a natural signpost.

Narita Nagata scratched the back of his head and smiled apologetically at Masaki Tanba:

"I really can't escape now."

Dambo had no choice but to dismount and stand in front of his eldest relatives with a spear.

A large wolf's head mark stood up, unusually conspicuous in the line ahead. ***

PS1: A new chapter begins~~ A tribute to writer Ryu Wada and his work "Ninja Castle"!

PS2: I'll write a classic story tomorrow......