Masaki Tanba stood outside the door with a thin and powerful figure, and he finally mustered up the courage to stand here, but saw Ah Guo there concentrating on writing letters...... The words that had just been accumulated by heart could not be said in any case.

Standing in the corner outside the door, quietly watching her focused, Tanbo was already very satisfied.

Unconsciously, Masaki Tanba was intoxicated by the beautiful posture of Ah Guo, and he had long forgotten that he came here today to confess his feelings to the other party.

"Masaki-sama!"

Not far away, a shout from Ashigaru brought Dambo back to reality. He recognized this ashigaru as another retainer of the eldest relative.

Sakumaki Ren Zheng ran over and saw Masaki Tanba standing outside Ah Guo's door, and his face immediately changed to an expression of "I understand", but Tanba, who strode over, hung his fist on his chest and bent over in pain.

"What's the matter?"

He left the small courtyard without looking back, his steps firm and powerful, but somewhat hurried, no longer calm. The wine roll followed him and said busily:

"The young lord summoned the generals of the whole city and said that he would go out of the city with Zuo Zuo Chengzheng!"

"Nani!"

Tanba stopped in surprise, and the sake roll behind him accidentally hit his head on his armor, and Ren Cheng screamed miserably, and covered his shaved forehead after the original costume.

"Reinforcements from the Hojo family have arrived! It is said that there are as many as 3,000 people! ”

After Sakumaki Renxin explained this, Tanba finally understood.

Speaking of which, Sasa Naruma has been besieging the city for several days, and these days they are always afraid of the enemy attacking the city, but Narumasa only commanded his troops to block the north and south gates, and never launched an attack, even if it was a war letter.

Last night, Kato Danzo sent information about the reinforcements of the Hojo side, and Narumasa even withdrew the troops at the south gate of Ninja Castle, and the whole army retreated for several miles and was stationed.

The commander of the reinforcements of the Hojo side this time was Hojo Tsunari's son, Hojo Shigeru

Although Hojo Phantom has repeatedly stated that Sasa Nari is not to be underestimated, Hojo Tsunari's recommendation for his son Shigeru has never changed.

To the surprise of Phantom An, Hojo Shiyasu did not even oppose Tsunari's opinion, and directly let the young and vigorous clan lead the army.

The Hojo clan is two years older than the Hojo clan, just turned 20, but he has already won N battles, and in terms of the record, it is much better than the Hojo clan.

Shigeru set out from Daddy Hojo Tsunari's original Tamara Castle, took 2,000 Ashigaru with him, and then when he passed through Musashi Matsuyama Castle, he joined forces with Ueda Chaonao, the lord of Matsuyama Castle, and a total of 3,000 people rushed to Ninja Castle.

Sasa Narumasa was also open-eyed and did not intercept them on the way, and in this way, the Hojo clan Shigeru successfully arrived at the city of Ninja City, but did not enter the city, but invited the Narita clan Zhang and Narita Nagata to go out of the city to participate in the military council.

There are ready-made castle towers to use, so why do you have to run outside to bask in the sun?

Narita Chang complained like this...... However, he did not dare to disobey the orders of the Hojo clan, and hurriedly gathered several important retainers out of the city and came to the military camp outside the city.

The Hojo clan had already set up a formation, waiting for a few of them.

"Zuo Zuo Chengzheng has besieged the city for several days, what is his strength?"

Shi Fan asked with an aggressive momentum.

Narita Zhang couldn't answer, but he was forced by the momentum of the family, and he was embarrassed to say "I haven't fought before", and he hesitated for a while, and a layer of fine sweat had already appeared on his forehead.

"Sazo Naizang helped besiege the city for several days, but they did not attack the city, so we don't know what their strength is."

On the contrary, Narita Changqin, who has always been stupid, stepped forward and relieved the siege of Zhang.

"Nani? Haven't been at war? ”

Shi Fan stretched out a finger and stroked the beard on his lips.

Those who are familiar with Shigeru know that this is a sign that Hojo Shigeru is about to get angry.

"If the enemy doesn't attack, won't you fight back, stupid!"

He roared angrily, like thunder on the ground, Narita Zhang couldn't resist anymore, and hurriedly lay down, he was about to apologize, but was pulled by the eldest relative.

"I have few major generals in Ninja City, so naturally I can't compare to the Clan Fan and the Jade Rope City generals...... It's because I'm afraid of startling the grass and the snake, so I'm waiting for the big driver, not that I won't fight back, but I'm afraid that something will be wrong and hinder the adult's plan. ”

The content of the eldest relative's words was very humble, but when he spoke, he raised his chest and raised his head without any apology.

Shi Fan stretched out his hand again to smooth his mustache, his eyes kicked, and he was about to get angry, when a young man on his left hand suddenly coughed. He glared at the young man unwillingly, and snorted coldly, which was considered to be the end of it.

But the eldest relatives are not willing to give up:

"My lord, Narita Chotai-sama, went to Odawara to ask for reinforcements, but I wonder where he is at this time?"

Hearing such a question, Hojo Shigeru glared at him again, and the young man on his left hand replied first:

"Your Highness and Narita-sama had a good conversation, and I am going to stay Narita-sama for a few more days, I believe that after we have repelled Sasa Naruma, Narita-sama should come back."

"I see...... Thank you, Your Highness, for your hospitality. ”

The eldest nodded to the young man, and then sat back in his seat, saying no more.

The young man asked Shi Fan:

"Now that the general of Ninja City has arrived, please announce the military council."

"Hmm...... I've decided to defeat Sasa Seimasu in one battle! ”

As soon as these words came out, the young man couldn't help frowning, and Narita Changqin opposite the young man was shocked, but he still had a dull expression.

"Your Excellency...... We haven't fought the enemy, so should we test it first? ”

Narita asked cautiously.

"No need, you go back to Ninja City immediately to gather people, and I will wait for you in the north of the city. All the troops are out! ”

Narita Zhang wanted to say more, but was pulled by the eldest relatives next to him and left in a huff.

At this time, in a village on the banks of the Tone River, Bo Fengqian opened the curtain and walked in:

"Lord...... Saito-sama and Kanya-sama have arrived. ”

"Please come in."

By the time Saito Asanobu and Kanya Keimori came in, Sasa Narumasa was biting his lip and staring at the sand table in front of him.

On the sand table is the Kanto terrain, and the yellow horse mark of the "Hachiman Great Bodhisattva" representing the Hojo side is inserted next to the Ninja Castle.

"Cheng Zheng...... Do you already have a plan? ”

Cheng Zheng had already seen the two of them, and at this moment he raised his head, and a smile appeared on his pale face:

"The Hojo clan is in full swing, but I can't imagine it."

"What I can't imagine is that this battle will be won too easily."

Gan Yu Jing said with a big grin. He doesn't have much of an impression of the Hojo clan, but he has an almost pathological confidence in Sasa Narumasa.

The three of them are famous and partners who are killed with a knife and a shot.

If Kanya Keichi and Saito Asanoshi don't believe in Sasa Serumasa, then who else can they believe?

"Yes, the Hojo clan is not too stubborn, and it is only a matter of flapping his hands to defeat him, but Ueda Ayanao finally came out once, and I don't want him to return to Matsuyama Castle again."

Saito Asanobu and Kanya Keichi glanced at each other, and both understood Seimasa's intentions.

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PS1: Hojo's original name is "Kangsei", and "Shifan" was changed later, but for convenience, it is always called Shifan in the text;