Early the next morning, in a side room in Kasugayama Castle Honmaru, Sasa Narumasa opened his eyes.

Pain! Pain! Pain! Pain! Pain!

I didn't expect that woman to hit so hard...... Cheng Zheng turned his head and saw the shadow waiting by the couch, and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth and eyes.

"Your Highness is grumpy...... Why should the lord be so stubborn......

Deep Snow brought Cheng Zheng's breakfast, and she lowered her head so that people couldn't see her expression clearly.

However, from her soft and glutinous words, it is enough to hear her concern for Chengzheng.

"Xiaoxue has become more human...... It's no longer as cold as before, it's so good to speak. ”

Sasa Naruma didn't bother to get up, just opened his arms and pillowed his hands under his head.

"Ah......h

Suzuki seemed a little surprised, but quickly suppressed it, and she finally understood something.

In the past three years, there has been no improvement in her ninjutsu, does it mean that she has become swayed by emotions and is no longer as calm as before?

Oh, yes...... In the past three years, her feelings have been enriched a lot.

And the ninja ...... There should be no feelings.

"Yuki-chan...... My whole body hurts...... Feed me. ”

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng is shameless enough, a big man, and he wants his sister to feed him.

Shenxue's face was a little hot, she nodded, took a quilt from the corner of the room, folded it twice, put it behind Chengzheng, picked up the rice bowl and began to feed Chengzheng bite by bite.

"It's rude."

Before I finished eating a bowl of porridge, there was a sudden sound of such a sentence outside the door, and then a Lori maid opened the paper sliding door, and a young and beautiful little nun walked in.

Shen Xue hurriedly put down her rice bowl and turned around.

"I've seen Lord Sentaoin."

"It's Ayahime-sama...... Good morning. ”

Cheng Zheng was arrogant, still half-lying on the couch, and said hello casually.

Seeing the leisurely Sasa Narumasa and the blushing Miyuki, Ayahime's face was a little ugly.

In her speculation, Sasa Seimasa is a pervert who doesn't even let go of the maid for breakfast......

Although displeased, Ayahime still sat down politely in front of Sasa Narumasa and bowed to him.

"What happened this outing...... It's really hard work, adult, please be sure to help Tiger Chiyo with all your heart. ”

"Uh-huh...... I will. ”

Hearing the name "Tiger Chiyo", Sasa Narumasa was a little distracted, because in his Bamboo Pavilion, there was also a young girl named "Tiger Chiyo...... I don't seem to care much about Ii Naohu lately.,Take care of her when you go back......

"About this appearance...... Tora Chiyo seems to have made a decision, but Poor Ni is a little confused about Tora Chiyo's strategy, can you give me some guidance? ”

Ayahime hid the disgust in her heart and looked at Sasa Narumasa with a smile.

She kept saying that she didn't understand Sister Jinghu's strategy, but in fact she didn't know it at all.

Last night, after Sazuo Chengzheng and Longtail Jinghu decided on the strategy of this battle, Sister Jinghu was told to her at all.

“…… Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just the division of troops. All the way south to contain Takeda Shingen, all the way to the east to quell the rebellion of Hojo Castle. ”

"Since it's a strategy to divide the troops...... Then there must be a real army and a partial division. If the division is on Kawanaka Island, it will definitely not be able to stop the invasion of the Takeda clan...... However, if the division is in Hojo Castle, it will not be enough to pacify the rebels. This ......"

Ayahime was puzzled, a little puzzled.

In fact, this will also be the doubt of most generals on the long-tail side from today onwards......

In the case that the strength is not enough, the division of troops is taboo.

As Ayahime said, if the forces that went south to Kawanakajima were too small, they would not be enough to resist the Takeda clan; The number of troops to counter the rebellion was too small to be enough to break through Hojo Castle.

“…… Both sides are real armies, and that's all I can say. ”

After Sasa Narumasa gave this hint, he kept silent, which made Ayahime even more confused.

In the big winter, there are very few troops that can be mobilized in Echigo, and both roads are real troops, how is it possible?

But Sasa Chengzheng said that, she couldn't ask anything more, so she got up to say goodbye, and when she walked out of the room quickly, she was suddenly stopped by Sasa Chengzheng.

"Ayahimeden...... I understand what you mean by becoming a monk, but you know that this is not what Chinese people expect. ”

Ayahime's figure paused slightly, and then left without saying a word.

Sasa Seimasa, on the other hand, continued to enjoy the careful service of the deep snow, and he looked fixedly at the ceiling above him, and seemed to mumble to himself.

"Both sides are real armies...... You can't think of it......"

In the afternoon, the long-tailed Jinghu, dressed in a southern barbarian carcass, led the army to the expedition, and they went all the way north along the seaside avenue.

But the long-tailed Jinghu did not take all the troops...... Or rather, she took only about a thousand troops.

However, upon arrival at Kashiwazaki Port, Nagao Keitoka's forces merged with Naoe Keitsuna's forces, and a total of 3,000 men diverted to the east.

About half an hour after Nagao Jinghu came out of battle, Nagao Jinghu, dressed in a southern barbarian carcass, walked down from the castle tower of Kasuga Mountain Castle and led the remaining 5,000 troops to the battle.

Kawanaka Island in the Kita-Shinano Plain is their destination.

This scene stunned all the generals in the second batch.

A long-tailed Jinghu to the north.

A long-tailed Jinghu to the south.

Which long-tailed Jinghu is really a long-tailed Jinghu?

Which is Shadow Warrior? Which is the real body?

The generals who went south to Kawanaka Island kept going to greet Nagao Jinghu on the way, and finally confirmed that the commander who went south was Jinghu's real body.

Two days later, Nagao Keitoshi arrived at Zenko-ji Temple and set up a formation in front of Zenko-ji Temple.

At the same time, the northbound Nagao Keitora arrived at Hojo Castle.

To the southwest of Hojo Castle was a mountainous area that stretched for miles, and Nagao Keitor's army was stationed on the main peak near Hojo Castle.

In addition, there are no mountains around Hojo Castle, but there is a river a few miles east of the castle, which is known as the Chikuma River.

As a flat castle, Hojo Castle can be said to be unsafe.

The next day, Nagao Keitora circled Hojo Castle under the protection of the guards.

-- This is very much in line with the habits of the long-tailed Jinghu.

Before the war, Sister Jinghu had the habit of leading a small number of personal guards to reconnoiter the battlefield.

She set up camp on a hill to get a panoramic view of Hojo Castle, and after a circle around Hojo Castle, she made a rough assessment of the walls and castle towers on all sides of Hojo Castle.

There was no war that day, and when Sister Jinghu rode back to the camp on the mountain leisurely, Hojo Takahiro stood on the second floor of the castle tower of Hojo Castle (only 2 floors) and smiled.

"It's a long-tailed Jinghu...... I didn't expect you, a, to come directly here to find trouble with Lao Tzu, do you value me so much......

"I really should be grateful to you, if you hadn't come to Hojo Castle, the Takeda family would never have been able to attack Echigo."

After speaking, he looked up and laughed, very cheerful.