On July 9, "Sasa Narimasa" once again commanded all units to attack Heyue Castle as the siege general.

Seeing that Heyue Castle could not be captured for a long time, the generals of the coalition represented by "Sasa Seimasa" also exerted their strength and prepared for round after round of fierce attacks.

A series of military orders, a horse in and out of the main camp like flowing water, "Sasa Narimasa", as one of the few famous generals of the Nagao family, actually had such a talent in commanding a large army, but it surprised the Hojo Army defending the city.

The battle on the front line became more and more intense, and Yamatoshi Ueno and Shimono Fierce Generals represented by Masatsuna Sano and Nobutada Kohata also fought hard and rushed to the castle regardless of casualties.

After many days of see-sawing and filling, the first ditch outside Heyue City has been filled in one by one, and there is no danger to defend anymore.

But the footsteps of the Kwantung heroes were limited to this, and after a morning of fighting, they still failed to break through the second trench.

In the afternoon, "Sasa Naimasa" began to command the Echigo generals to attack.

Yang Beimeng's first assault on Honjo broke through the second ditch, and although he was immediately beaten back, it was an inspiring move that was tantamount to a shot in the arm for the brave and ruthless Echigo generals.

After the prosperity of Honjo, Yasuda Nagahide and Sebe Hidenaga also touched the walls of Kawagoe Castle one after another.

After an afternoon of fierce fighting, the second ditch outside the city of Hayue has been broken, and it is believed that if the momentum continues to attack, it will be leveled in less than three days.

In this formation, "Sazuo Chengzheng" untied the sword and put it in his hand and stroked it back and forth.

This sword is hundreds of years old, and it is still extremely sharp, and in terms of specifications, it is slightly longer than the current big road color.

"Sasa Naimasa" held the handle of the sword, slowly pulled out half a foot, and her delicate and heroic eyebrows were reflected on the mirror-like blade, and the swallow on the side of the handle was engraved with the kana of "とき".

At some point, a young military general came behind her.

"Lord...... Is it time to call in? ”

"Hmm...... What about the early hit group? ”

"Guns. After the inspection was completed, the gunpowder was being dried. ”

"Prepare them...... Tell the order to collect the troops. ”

After Akechi Mitsuhide retied the sword, he looked at the clear blue sky and the setting sun in the west, and his heart gradually became worried.

The rainy season, which lasted for a month, has ended, and in the coming days, both the iron artillery team and the horse cavalry will be able to exert their full power, but ...... The opponent facing Chengzheng is Hojo Shiyasu, who is good at night raids, and the coalition forces on the lower side are all big-name statuses, far from being small minions like the Ueno wealthy clan, and they are not easy to get along with.

The opponent is very strong, but his teammates have different thoughts, Sasa Narimasa is just a small daimyo of Wanshi, can he command Satake Yoshiaki and Satomi Yoshiyao?

I don't know.

All Akechi Mitsuhide can do right now is to play the role of Sasa Narumasa's shadow warrior with all his heart, and be ready to act at any time with the Echigo early strike team.

When it comes to the Echigo early strike group, I have to say that it is...... Mitsuhide likes the military uniform of the early strike team, but ...... It's too German, isn't it......

When the slanting sun stained half of the western sky red like blood, the coalition forces attacking Heyue Castle also returned to their own nests and completed the arrangement in the large camp.

The east bank of the Tone River was littered with dead bodies, and the dark purple blood stained the entire river beach, and also dyed the wide water surface bright red, and the wide water surface connected with the sunset on the horizon, like clouds floating into the river, and like blood-red water spreading into the sky.

Looking at the few remaining Red Sergeants around him, Hojo Tsunataka gritted his teeth and lost his words.

The spear he used had already broken from too much force, and the sword had broken in many places in the continuous slashing.

The scarlet blood was coated layer by layer, coating Tsunagao's bright red armor, dyeing him a bewitching purple red.

He's a red ghost, he's Shura, he's Hojo Tsuntaka.

But even if it is as strong as Hojo Tsunaka, it can't take advantage of today's battle.

It can even be said that ...... He's defeated!

Yes, Hojo Tsunaka, who was the first fierce general of the Hojo family, was defeated.

Relying on the superior forces, the coalition forces successively sent reserves to squeeze and attack the Hojo Army that had crossed the river, and drove them back into the river several times, and Toyama Tsunakei, the head of the Aobei banner, and Toyama Tsunekei, one of the three elders of the Hojo family, took turns to lead the reserves to defend the east bank of the Tone River, and they were all beaten back without exception.

From mid-afternoon, Hojo Tsunataka personally led the Red Reserve to rush across the river.

Encouraged by the Commander's example, the Akabi Ashigaru established a strong formation on the east bank of the Tone River.

However, no matter how strong their combat strength and morale are, they still have a big disadvantage in numbers. The strength of the Hojo Army was already smaller than that of the coalition forces, and there were very few who were able to follow the first batch of Hojo Tsunataka to rush ashore.

The bright armor and banner of the Red Reserve immediately attracted the attention of the coalition forces, and the Governor of the Satomi family, Satomi Yoshiyao, personally led the 3,000-strong Banner Honto to launch a fierce attack on the Red Reserve of Tsunataka!

Hojo Tsunaka's usual spear was broken when he was resisting the Nakami army.

The battle was extremely tragic, and Tsunada's side even fought to only a few guards at one point, but thanks to Tominaga Naokaka desperately leading people to drag Hojo Tsunataka into the Tone River, his life was saved.

Likewise...... Once again, they lost the opportunity to gain a foothold on the east bank of the Tone River.

This tug-of-war was repeated six times in the afternoon, six times they landed on the east bank, and then five times they were beaten back.

"My lord! Please give the order to retreat! ”

The retainers shouted in their ears, and Tsunataka looked back at his side, and found that there were once again very few soldiers of the Red Reserve Army standing on the river bank with him, and they had the intention to kill the enemy and had no power to return to the sky, so Tsunataka could only nod with difficulty, turned his head and strode over the corpses, stepped over the index flags scattered all over the ground, wrapped in river water and mud, and stepped into the muddy and red river.

The soldiers behind him were retreating backwards in an orderly manner, the weather was very hot and muggy, and the occasional gust of hot wind brought a strong smell of blood.

They landed on the East Coast six times and were beaten back six times.

Tsunataka was so frustrated that he couldn't sleep at night in the barracks on the west bank of the Tone River, his ears recalling the shouts of killing over and over again, and his vision was full of the hideous ugly faces of the coalition forces and the expectations of his soldiers when they died in battle.

"I'm sorry...... Ladies and gentlemen. I'm high, and I've failed your ......."

He took off a suit of armor, changed into a light samurai uniform, and began his patrol with a sword.

After such a tragic battle, he was very relieved that the Hojo Army was still able to maintain its formation and no one was a deserter.

Although the move to force the Tone River was frustrated, it did not mean that he would give up.

He was still scrappy, he was still confident that he could cross the Tone River, and he was still confident that he would defeat the rabble on the other side of the river!

Then he felt the ground tremble at the edge of the camp.

Hojo Yasujin arrives with reinforcements!

Before Tsunataka could rush the generals in the army, Hojo Shiyasu gave the order for the whole army to move.

When the army once again stood on the bank west of the Tone River, Kotaro the Wind Demon returned:

"The ninjas of the coalition have been cleared, and they can cross the river with confidence. In addition, the coalition forces seem to have held a grand banquet in the battalion. ”

"Cross the river now! God help me! ”

A scowling smile appeared on Hojo's scarred face, as if he had seen the end of the coalition.

Later generations relied on Shanyang's inscription poem:

The whip crosses the river at night,

The wolves howled and the lions fell.

Ten Chinese New Year's Eve attacks will eventually succeed or fail,

A long snake under a meteor light.

- This poem is about the Sagami-shiny Hojo Shiyasu, but what is the "pack of wolves"?

——It's been a full ten years since the night battle of Kawagoe, and I don't know if Hojo Shiyasu won this time...... Is it defeat?