On the night that Sasa Naruma was ambushed by Wind Demon Kotaro, he was slightly injured in N places and seriously injured in 1 place.

The location of the serious injury is on the left rib side, which is deep enough to reach the bone, but fortunately it is not a penetrating injury, so Sasa Narumasa himself feels very lucky.

However, the minor injuries at the time were for the sake of the serious injuries of this matter......

If you come out to mix, you always have to pay it back.

After the wound was stitched, Sister Jinghu removed the thread with one foot!

Of course, Sister Jinghu doesn't use needles to remove stitches, she uses feet!

Sasa Narumasa fainted in pain at that time.

Then Sister Jinghu continued to kick and kick, step and step, which made Cheng Zheng hurt even more......

Qu Naase Michizo finally rescued Cheng Zheng back, and of course Akechi Mitsuhide behind him also checked the wound together, and his handsome face immediately turned iron gray.

Sister Jinghu looked at the sky and the ground, but she was embarrassed to look at Zuo Chengzheng lying on the tatami mat.

In the end, Qu Zhise told Sister Jinghu in three serious words:

"The wound of the Eizosuke-sama is very serious and needs to be carefully recuperated, so please send more people to take care of it properly, and be sure to prevent the patient's wound from being damaged again."

"Hay! Hail! ”

Sister Jinghu nodded again and again like a chick pecking rice.

What "wounds are being destroyed again"? Because the first destruction is her masterpiece!

It's been three days since the bombardment of Odawara City, and Sister Jinghu originally planned to attack the city with the whole army today, but after the incident of Chengzheng, of course she was not in the mood at all.

Therefore, Sister Jinghu ordered a truce to maintain the siege posture, but the action of the 30,000 militia to transport seawater to irrigate the rice fields did not stop for a moment.

It is precisely because she understands the bloody wound under Zuo Chengzheng's ribs that the flesh is about to rot that Sister Jinghu has no plan to stop Chengzheng.

That night, Sasa Narumasa woke up.

Sister Jinghu was also relieved because of this, and immediately went to her big tent to eat two supper and then went to bed.

Early the next morning, Sister Jinghu gathered the Kwantung coalition army again and began to attack the city!

The Nishi-Ueno Coalition Army, Hitachi Satake Army, Boso Satomi Army, Shimono Utsunomiya Army, Shimo General Chiba Army, and Yuki Army took turns to go into battle and stepped on the ruins and defeated tiles north of Odawara to attack Odawara Castle Sannomaru.

The morale of the Kwantung Coalition Army, which had won several major victories in a row, was boosted to the extreme, and accordingly...... Morale in Odawara Castle has fallen to a low point.

Whether it is the double blockade of Odawara Castle on land and sea, or the shame of being smashed by the enemy's large barrel of the wall, which is known as the "fortified city of the world...... Or maybe it's the deep fear that the Nagao family will not hesitate to water their rice fields with sea water in order to win.

Is there any hope for them?

Even if they repelled this wave of attacking enemies, would they be able to win this battle?

Even if they win this battle, will they survive the coming famine?

Despair permeated the entire Odawara Castle.

After a full day of the Sannomaru tug-of-war, the ashigaru of the Hojo Army not only could not sleep peacefully, but instead stared at the darkness with anxiety.

Relatives and neighbors talk in a low voice, and go up to the next level...... Their ashigaru generals also gathered in twos and threes to whisper.

They were already exhausted, but they couldn't sleep.

The night is like an invisible beast, slowly devouring the hope in everyone's hearts.

At some point, a slightly crickety figure stepped into the longhouse where Ashigaru was sleeping.

People who knew him sat up and saluted, and it turned out that the person was none other than Hojo Shiyasu.

"Everybody...... Can't sleep? ”

The oil lamp was lit, revealing the scarred face of Hojo Shiyasu, which looked extremely hideous and terrifying in Kawagoe and Kokufutai, but at this moment it revealed infinite sorrow.

The ashigaru people stood up in unison and stared blankly at Hojo Shiyasu.

For this "Great Highness" to whom they are allegiated, ordinary ashigaru really doesn't have much real feeling.

Just as the mountain people in Mt. Sakado only knew about Nagao Masaki and did not know about Nagao Jinghu, the low-status peasants and soldiers only knew how to lead their own small leaders, and many times they never met their "Great Highnesses".

Even if there were a few lucky ones, they saw them from afar on the side of the road when His Highness was traveling, and then they knelt respectfully on the side of the road until the sound of horses' hooves was far away.

Observing Hojo Shiyasu so closely is the first time for the vast majority of Ashigaru in Sannomaru.

In their opinion, His Highness was not so high.

His Royal Highness's back was slightly rickety, and his face was wrinkled with scars, which contained deep sorrow.

In addition, Hojo Shiyasu had not groomed his beard for days, the stubble on his chin was disorganized, his clothes had been changed into shabby single clothes, the straw sandals were worn out and holes, and his dark and strong calves were stained with scorching mud.

Their highness, Dr. Sakyo Hojo Shiyasu, does not look like the Sagami lion of the Megakan Eight Prefectures, but an ordinary farmer in the fields.

Seeing the silence of everyone, a smile squeezed out of Hojo Shiyasu's sad face:

"I asked knowingly, and everyone is still awake...... So much better. ”

He lifted his feet and walked a few steps, and came into the crowd, and to the onlookers, he only felt that Hojo Shiyasu seemed to have a thousand weights in his gestures.

"I have something to tell you."

The ashigaru were still staring blankly at Shiyasu...... What does Your Highness have to say, just send someone to announce it, why do you want to tell them in person?

"Everybody...... I'm going to live, I promise! ”

Shi Kang's face was as sad as ever, but there was suddenly a hint of determination in his eyes.

"Please...... Be sure to live well! This is the request of my Hojo Shiyasu, a lifetime! ”

Listening to His Highness's sincere and outrageous "request", everyone panicked inexplicably.

Why is this so, Your Highness?

Before everyone could understand, Hojo had already bowed slightly to everyone and walked to the next longhouse.

The next day, the Kwantung coalition forces lined up again, but a white flag flew over the walls of Odawara Castle.

The Hojo family rode an old horse, riding alone, and came to Sister Jinghu's big tent.

"The Hojo family, I hope to conclude a peace agreement with the Nagao family!"

"Hmm...... Long kiss! ”

"In!"

"Tell Lord-sama."

"Hay!"

Kawada stood in front of Sister Jinghu, unfolded the scroll and began to read aloud the plan for the disposition of the Hojo family.

Of course, he didn't read it to Hojo Phantom An, but to the Kanto group in the big tent.

"The Hojo family committed a crime and invaded a neighboring country, which was really a riot and an unjust act, and now Nagao Terutora inherited the emperor's decree and was ordered by the public to drive to the Kanto Domain, and the power of the princes of the eight states of the Guanguan to fight against the Hojo clan and Odawara Castle. After Hojo impersonated the famous family, he committed many injustices, and his crime should be punished! However, the Buddha said, save a life, win the seven-level floating slaughter, the great grace is to save his family name, the great punishment is to destroy his clan, the Kanto Governor Constitutional Gong and the Konoe Major General Hui Hu Gong can't bear the misery of Izu and Sagami, and pardon the crime of exterminating the Hojo clan!

"The Kanto Governor of the Constitution has a saying...... 'The Hojo clan Kangyi my clan, kill my heirs, and take away my ancestral inheritance, will die nine times and it will be difficult to atone for his sins', so the Hojo clan Kang seppuku, the family governor is located in the Shinkuro clan. The territories of the daimyo invaded by the Hojo clan over the years should be returned. In addition, Huihu Gong drafted the "Five Precepts of Hojo", which is now shown to everyone, and I hope to keep it in mind. ”

"Hojo's Five Commandments":

First, the Hojo family had to be the main family of the Uesugi family and sent hostages;

Second, the territories of the Hojo family, Sagami, and Izu were retained, but the Shimoda Military Port and Shimoda Castle were ceded to the Satomi family, and the area around the Tamasho Castle and Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine was directly under the jurisdiction of the Kanto Prefecture and was managed by the Nagao family;

third, thirty percent of the output of the gold and silver mountains in the collar was handed over to the Uesugi family, the main family;

Fourth, the appointment and dismissal of retainers at the level of middle-aged and senior officials must be approved by the Kwantung governor, and the appointment and dismissal of retainers at the level of generals and above must be reported to the Kwantung governor;

Fifth, from now on, the Hojo family is not allowed to invade the countries of Musashi and Boso, and it is advisable to be good-neighborly and friendly with the daimyo of the Kanto, and if there is a violation, the Kanto region will discuss it!

……！

After listening to Nagao Teruto's plan for the disposal of the Hojo family, Hojo Phantom Nunnery breathed a sigh of relief.

In any case, the retention of the territory of the two countries has indeed exceeded the expectations of Phantom and Shikang.

According to the agreement between the two before leaving the city, the governor of the family, Hojo clan, Yasushi Seppuku, had no problem, but he had to win at least one country's territory, including Odawara Castle.

Therefore, it can also be said that the bottom line of Hojo Hanan in this negotiation is Sagami as a country.

But...... Nagao Teruto's handling of the Hojo family was unusually lenient.

This made Hojo Phantom Temple extremely moved.

This made the old man wonder about Nagao's motives, and he almost wondered if he had heard it wrong.

After receiving the Hojo family's disposition order and a complete copy of the "Hojo Five Commandments" from Kawada Nagakin's hands, the Phantom Temple read it twice before suppressing his ecstasy.

The phantom nunnery did not want to have him, so he immediately agreed and left the camp with the pleadings.

After returning to Odawara Castle, one of the three nomaru ashigaru suddenly stopped in front of Phantoman and presented him with a letter:

"This letter, Lord Lao Fu brought to the Imagawa family's Yukisai Zen Master."

Hojo Phantom looked at this short, honest and sincere Ashigaru in surprise, and countless possibilities flashed in his heart for a moment.

Think of the worst-case scenario...... Phantom's voice couldn't help but tremble a little:

"You...... It's the ...... of the Long Tail family. Ninja? ”

Ashigaru smiled innocently:

"It's just a shinobi under the command of 'Fei Kato', and the villain's allegiance is His Royal Highness Uchizosuke."

"Wow Kata!"

The phantom was frightened, grabbed the letter in Ashigaru's hand and hurried back to Honmaru in Odawara Castle.

At the same time, the artillery camp of the Kwantung coalition army camp was again busy.

Hearing that Li Huamei was coming, Sasa Naruma hurriedly brought Jing Yi Naohu to greet him.

"This time I was able to subdue the Hojo family, thanks to Huamei! If it weren't for so many cannons, Odawara Castle would still be just something out of reach. Aligado one yard of Sita! ”

Sazuo Chengzheng thanked him, and the gesture made Hua Mei look very pleasing to the eye, but what did he say...... What does it mean to hit so many cannons? How awkward it sounds.

"Lord Zozo, the big cylinder team also has the credit of our Portuguese caravan, and after returning from this expedition, the lord will definitely fulfill his promise, right?"

The blonde, green-eyed Louis Floyce stood beside Raphael and smiled, a chubby face almost bursting with a smile.

"There is an old Chinese saying that it is called a promise of a thousand gold, so please rest assured Mr. Floyse. After you return to Echigo with me this time, I will build a church for you in the castle town of Hojo Castle so that you can spread the gospel of the Lord! ”

Zozo responded with a smile, he and Floys talked properly, but Raphael was not very happy.

…… It is no wonder that although the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce was ordered by the Pope to spread Catholicism, Raphael was only a businessman.

"No, no, no, correct, it's the church for God!"

Floys reminded earnestly.

"Yes, yes, build churches for God and spread the Gospel of God!"

Floyse smiled and smiled.