On the east side of the estuary of the Tone River, there is a simple castle called Kokufutaijo.

However, it is more appropriate to say that it is not so much a castle as a yashiki with itashiki, because it is located on the edge of the competition between the Hojo family, the Satomi family, the Oda family, and the Yuuki family, and it has changed hands many times over the past ten years.

But today's battle has given the Kanto giants hope that they can stop changing hands.

In a battle during the day, the coalition forces used all their strength to beat the Akabi and Aobei led by Hojo Tsunataka and Tominaga Naokaka to the point that they could not raise their heads, and won hundreds of heads, winning a great victory.

Therefore, a celebration banquet is being held in the national capital Taicheng.

Satomi Yoshiyao, Oda Clanji, and many other wealthy families drank delicious sake and praised each other while admiring the popular Noh. Only Yoshiaki Satake, who is the head of the coalition forces, frowned slightly, and was very worried.

Yoshiaki remembered a secret meeting he had with Nagao Terutora and Sasa Narumasa before the military council in Ninja Castle.

During that meeting, Nagao Terutora promised Yoshiaki the territory of Hitachi, intending to make Yoshiaki the head of the samurai family of Hitachi, Iwaki, and Shimono. But what made Yoshiaki most interested was the reminder that Sasa Naruma gave him:

"If Hojo Shiyasu appears on the battlefield of Kokufutai, please be careful and wait for my reinforcements."

Correspondingly, Nagao Terutora also made an agreement with Yoshiaki: once Sasa Narumasa arrived at the Kokufutai battlefield, Yoshiaki must return command to Narumasa.

Such an agreement once made Yoshiaki Satake very uncomfortable, but now that Hojo Shiyasu is already in Edo Castle, where are the reinforcements promised by Sasa Narumasa?

Yoshiaki Satake took a sip of wine syrup unintentionally, looked up, and saw Noh singing "The wind is raging, and Yoshitsura is coming across the sea", and he can't help but think of the night battle of Kawagoe ten years ago, and he can't help but be surprised.

It is said that under Kawagoe Castle ten years ago, Hojo Shiyasu personally led 5,000 elite soldiers to attack the coalition army that was holding a banquet at night, and won a complete victory!

How about tonight?

The Noh music sung on the stage tonight is also "Yashima", which describes the night attack on Gen Yoshitsu's crossing of the sea.

Thinking of this, Satake Yoshiaki stood up suddenly, and prepared to go back to the barracks to arrange defense, but when the daimyo and the wealthy clans saw that the general did not watch Noh or brag.13 someone had already come up to persuade him to drink.

Yoshiaki Satake was about to refuse, but a samurai of the Satake family rushed from outside the Honmaru:

"The envoy of the Kanto Governor asks to see you!"

Yes?

Everyone was shocked, the Kanto governor Uesugi Kenmasa has been stationed in Ninja Castle, and his power has long been declining, why would he send an envoy to the coalition forces of Kokufutai?

I think it's the messenger of the Nagao Teruto, but the Nagao family is not high, and he needs to act on the orders of the Kanto Governor?

Everyone thought of this somewhat, but they didn't expect that the messenger would crash in without waiting for the report!

The young man was tall and stood like a giant among the diminutive Japanese, and his immature face was impatient and angry in a way that did not match his age.

When he stood in the banquet hall, everyone's eyes were unconsciously attracted to him, and Yoshiaki Satake also remembered that he had stayed in Stable Bridge Castle and Ninja Castle for a long time, and remembered that this young man often followed Sasa Naruma's side, thinking that he was Naruma's guard?

"Why did you trespass without notice?"

The bold general scolded sharply, but Bo Fengqian ignored it, and after looking around, he locked his eyes on Satake Yoshiaki's body.

Then he ignored the wary general, strode forward, and took out a letter from the bag at his waist:

"The military situation is urgent, please forgive His Highness Satake."

When Yoshiaki took the letter, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw that three bars had been drawn in a row with cinnabar.

- According to his prior agreement with Nagao Teruhu and Sasa Narimasa, the military situation of the three red bars is the most urgent.

After quickly reading through the letters, Yoshiaki's face changed several times, and he immediately made a decision.

Just ten minutes later, the celebration banquet in Taicheng, the national capital, was lively again.

Listening to the rhythmic "dong-dong-dong-" of the snare drum, Shigehide Akai wiped his sweat again.

At this moment, he was in the big tent of the coalition general Long-tailed Huihu, watching the song and dance performance of Huihu's royal family, his heart was beating wildly and cold sweat was flowing.

If it is said that it is intimidated by Sister Jinghu's power, then Akai Shigehide's reaction is inevitably too intense. What's more, the person who was invited by the long-tailed Huihu tonight...... He's the only one!

Yes, it's only him, Shigehide Akai!

This made Shigehide even more uneasy, and he immediately thought, is it the matter of the Hojo family's internal communication with Shimono and the Ueno wealthy family that has been exposed?

Long-tailed Teruhu came to him, did he want to kill him?

Fear, once it grows, grows exponentially over time. At this moment, Shigehide Akai felt that the crisp little drum sound was his own talisman, and the drumming sounded like it was hitting his chest, making him breathless.

The long-tailed Huihu in the upper position also has no good face, and it should be pleasant to enjoy singing and dancing, but the long-tailed Huihu has a straight face, and his two delicate eyebrows are twisted into one, which looks terrifying.

What exactly will she do with herself?

Seppuku? Beheading? Extermination?

The more Akai Shigehide thought about it, the more scared he became, of course he didn't understand that Sister Jinghu had a straight face just because she was uncomfortable.

Yes, she's having a hard time!

Not mental torment, but physical pain.

It was already the night of the 9th of July, and as soon as midnight passed, it became the 10th of July.

And around the 10th of each month...... It was the day when Sister Jinghu's good sister came.

Other words...... Sister Jinghu is here for the eldest aunt.

Although the amount of blood is not much, the dysmenorrhea is very severe. So she listened listlessly to the song and dance, feeling that the crisp little drum sound was the source of her pain, and when the small drum sounded, her pain worsened.

She didn't expect her expression when she had menstrual cramps to Akai Shigehide to look like a prelude to murder, but she really couldn't hold it anymore, she raised her arm weakly and waved, and the song and dance in the tent suddenly stopped.

"Go out and call Mitsuhide."

The kabuki came out one after another, and it didn't take long for Akechi Mitsuhide to come in with a stack of papers, and as soon as she saw Sister Jinghu's expression, she knew what had happened to her, and hurriedly asked:

"Husband Desga?"

Sister Jinghu raised her head in surprise and found that Guangxiu seemed to understand very well, and her little face turned red......

"Your Highness, don't get me wrong...... As a doctor, I also know a thing or two about this. ”

This explanation made Sister Jinghu breathe a sigh of relief, but Shigehide Akai in the corner couldn't understand anything, and he couldn't understand what the "mysterious dialogue" between Nagao Teruhu and Akechi Mitsuhide meant.

"Mitsuhide, tell Akai-sama about the matter."

"Hay!"

Akechi Mitsuhide turned around and sat down in front of Shigehide Akai, and placed the stack of papers in front of Shigehide one by one, and Shigehide's eyes almost burst out.

This stack of papers is a stack of letters, a letter written by the wealthy clans of Shimono and Ueno to the Hojo clan, which was originally sent by the hands of ninjas a long time ago, how could this be?

Shigehide Akai thought that he did not accept Hojo's rebellion, so he also felt that he would not be caught by Nagao Terutora, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when he saw a letterhead signed "Yokose Seshige", his eyes widened again.

Masaka ...... His son-in-law, Yokose Narishi, was actually reversed by the Hojo clan?!

"Does Yokose-sama know enough about the layout of the camp?"

Yukisai used his naginata as a Zen staff and stood side by side with Yokose Narishige on the edge of the coalition army's continuous barracks.