The sun has risen again.

Nagao Masakai stood on the balcony of the third floor of the Kasugayama Castle castle tower early, looking empty and unpredictable.

He didn't want to look down the mountain, but wherever he looked, there were ruins and corpses everywhere he looked.

The castle town of Kasugayama Castle has long since been in ruins, and the ruins have been almost flattened by days of tug-of-war.

Countless corpses and severed arms were scattered throughout...... Nagao Masaki knew why no one had taken care of the bodies.

Or rather...... He knew why the bodies weren't contained and buried.

He knew who was stopping it.

Harunobu Takeda!

That so-called Kai Tiger, Takeda Daizen Dr. Harumobu!

Since Hidemasa Takanashi was ambushed on the first day, the corpses of the castle town have been accumulating.

Whether it was the corpse of the Takanashi family or the flesh and blood of the samurai of the Takeda family, all the people who died under the castle were still in place - and occasionally those who were seriously injured and unable to fight were thrown down to fend for themselves.

In the first few days, Nagao Masaki didn't realize what was going on with Takeda's unusual behavior, but as time passed...... The Takeda Army has not taken any action to contain the corpses.

Yesterday evening, after the Takeda Army retreated, Nagao Masaki sent a team to clean up outside the city. But it didn't take long for the Takeda Army's cavalry to kill.

Under the crisis, Nagao Masakai didn't even have time to let the team return to the city, so he had to close the city gate immediately.

As a result of this incident, the squad he sent out was completely wiped out, and the Takeda army was defeated by his decisive ruling.

If the corpses under the city are not contained, it is easy for viruses to breed and spread into plagues - the most common one, such as the plague, once the plague spreads, it cannot be stopped by manpower.

At least not what the long-tail political landscape can prevent.

Half an hour later, Nagao Masaki heard the conch of the Joto Takeda Army.

"From today onwards, double the manpower to protect the water source, not only to consider the possibility of being cut off, but also to prevent the poisoning of the Takeda ninja!"

He did so, but the anxiety in his heart was like the morning glow in the sky.

-- Colorful and chaotic.

As the Takeda Army slowly advanced, Nagao Masakai noticed a slight difference in the other party.

Why are there so many small loads in their ashigaru array?

Could it be that the Takeda family wants to send food to Kasuga Mountain Castle?

Nagao Masaki thought it was a little funny, however, after seeing what was in the car, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Behind him, Usami Dingman saw that the political scene changed color in an instant, and he couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Your Excellency...... Has the other side created a new type of combat equipment? I'm dizzy and can't see clearly......"

"If it's a new type of equipment...... I should be happy, because ...... The small lotus of the Takeda Army was all carried, and all of them were corpses! ”

"Corpses!"

Rao is Usami must have braved the wind and the waves have blown a big bull, but when he heard the word "corpse", he was still a little surprised, but he quickly thought of something.

"Corpse...... Masaka ......"

Usami was speechless in shock.

"That's right...... They slaughtered the peasants of Echigo and piled their bodies under the castle...... Harunobu Takeda did not have the ability to capture Kasuga Mountain Castle. ”

Nagao Masaki gritted his teeth, he didn't know whether he should be proud or regretful.

He guarded Kasuga Mountain Castle with inferior troops, so that Takeda Harunobu, who was known as an extremely good use of soldiers, was helpless, shouldn't he be proud?

Because of his efforts, Echigo did not bow down to the Takeda family even after losing Nagao Jinghu, but because of this, he ushered in a catastrophe.

If the plague is formed, even if the long-tailed Jinghu rushes here, it won't help.

In the clenched fist, the nails were deeply embedded in the palm, and it didn't take long for blood to ooze from the cracks of Zhengjing's fists.

He strode away from the balcony, and when he reached the stairs, and was about to go down, he turned back and said:

"I, Nagao Masaki, have no wife and no children, and if I can't survive this battle, I ask Usami-sama to preside over Kasuga Yamajo Castle on my behalf...... If I can't stop the enemy, I'll ask Usami-sama to send my family out of the back mountain as soon as possible. ”

Without waiting for Usami to respond, Nagao Masaki strode off the castle tower.

Walking down the long zigzag staircase from the high third floor of the castle tower, Nagao Masaki's heart was filled with an irrepressible sadness.

…… I don't know what happened to Ayahime, I just hope she didn't fall into the hands of the Takeda family.

…… Even if I like her so much, what can I do, she hasn't become a nun yet?

…… Forget it, forget everything, I'm the head of the Nagao family, so why bother thinking about a little nun.

Masakai's eyes gradually turned red and hot, and when he walked outside Ninomaru, where the samurai lived, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

He didn't know what it was for, he just felt an inexplicable fighting spirit spread in his heart, and although he already knew his fate, he couldn't help but feel excited about it, and then, he shouted loudly outside Ninomaru:

"Echigo's samurai! It's time to draw the sword! ”

There is no need for Zhengjing's orders, the warriors of Cage City have already prepared their armor and weapons, and they can go to the city to fight after Zhengjing's order, but why did Zhengjing come in person today?

"Echigo's samurai! It's time to fight to the death! ”

…… What does Zheng Jinggong mean by this, isn't it a cage city, how can you fight to the death.

They stared at each other with wide eyes, and a few seemed to realize that Nagao's mood was becoming more and more impassioned.

"Harunobu Takeda! Takeda Army! They invaded Echigo and burned down the castle town of Kasugayama Castle, a crime that was enough to make the gods and Buddhas angry! But that wasn't enough, because they slaughtered the innocent Echigo people and swept through all the surrounding villages! Killed innocent old and weak women and children! ”！ ―！ ―！ ―！

What's going on? The Takeda Army actually went to carry out a massacre?

It's kind of incredible...... Although the samurai basically did not care about the lives of the common people, there were also many low-ranking samurai who had been promoted from the common people, and when they heard that the Takeda Army was going to carry out a sweep, they were already cursing angrily.

"Demons!"

"Echigo people are not so easy to bully!"

"I'm going to kill them! Don't stop me! ”

…………

"But that's not enough!"

Nagao Masaki suppressed the sound with a shout, and when he spoke again, he was hoarse.

"This ...... Not enough! Because they are carrying the corpses of the Echigo people at the moment, ready to throw them under the castle of Kasugayama Castle! ”

…… Yes?

"They're going to create a plague! They're going to ruin the whole of Echigo! ”

As soon as the words were spoken, the entire Ninomaru, as well as Ashigaru who had come from Sannomaru, fell silent.

Maybe five, maybe ten, maybe twenty seconds of silence, a shrill sound of metal grinding sounded, and Nagao Masaki raised his sword:

"Echigo's warriors! Raise your weapons! Kill! ”

After a moment's pause, all the samurai drew their swords and swords, and all the ashigaru raised their hoes, iron forks, bamboo spears, and so on.

"Kill!"

Kasuga Mountain Castle is boiling.

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