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On the night of July 15, 1556, the inside and outside of Odawara Castle fell into a thick night.

After arranging a day's defense, Hojo Shiyasu was busy until late before lying down, but as soon as he closed his eyes, Hojo Tsunataka and Hojo Tsunatsuna, who were killed in battle, jumped in front of his eyes, making him extremely tired, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

After withdrawing from the Guofutai battlefield, he returned to Odawara non-stop and gathered all the troops that could be mobilized to cage the city, and only enough to gather the number of 20,000 people.

There were still many peasant soldiers who did not have time to return to Odawara Castle at all, and were stopped outside the city by the Kwantung coalition army.

The total strength of the Kwantung Coalition led by the Nagao family was about 70,000, more than three times the strength of the Hojo family.

Although Odawara Castle is large enough, it can be surrounded by 70,000 people, but Shiyasu is not too worried about the other party's siege.

One of his black hearts almost hung to the ceiling, in fact, he was worried about the next move of Nagao Jinghu and Sasa Seimasa.

Taiyuan Xuezhai spoke at the previous military meeting...... This time, the Kwantung Coalition Army was in a dignified battle, and it was a head-on decisive battle with the Hojo family...... But the Echigo cavalry team led by Sasa Narumasa and the iron artillery team that was ambushed beside Nagao Terutora were complete surprise soldiers.

The matter of the Echigo horse riding team may have been selectively ignored by Yukisai, but who would have thought that the 300-strong female army outside Ninja Castle would have such a strong fighting power and defeat Hojo Tsunari's Huang Bei to the ground?

Shi Kang's eyes widened, looking at the ceiling of the black hole, thinking repeatedly about the possible plans of Nagao Teruhu and Sasa Naimasa, and at some point, a black shadow quietly approached outside the door.

"Lord...... The coalition forces are operating outside Shinobi Castle. ”

"Click!"

Hojo sat up directly from the tatami mat, and he took two quick steps to open the door, and saw Kazema Kotaro kneeling respectfully at the bottom of the steps.

"What action? Have you ever found out? ”

"About a hundred steps outside the city, digging in the earth!"

"Nani? Is it to build a city? ”

- In the Warring States period, in order to besiege the city for a long time, sometimes the attacking side would dig trenches and build fortifications outside the city, turning the offensive war into a war of attrition, and finally reversing the offensive and defensive momentum with a strong logistical advantage and taking the city in one fell swoop.

Hearing Kotaro say that the coalition forces were digging in the earth, Hojo immediately thought of this possibility.

"No timber came in, just digging in the soil."

Kotaro denied Shiyasu's conjecture, but made Shiyasu even more confused.

If the opponent's actions are conventional, it is easy to speculate...... But Sazuo Chengzheng has always had unexpected moves...... Hojo Shiyasu believes that tonight's move by the coalition forces to mobilize manpower to dig outside Hojo Castle must be the handiwork of Sasa Narimasa!

"Closely monitored...... As soon as there is any move that may threaten Odawara, immediately let Daido Temple Masahiro lead his troops out of the city. ”

"Hay!"

Kotaro was quiet when he came, but when he left, he was extremely fast, even stronger than the wind, and he was exactly what his name suggested.

The next morning, before dawn, Hojo woke up early.

In the past, he would first play with a wooden knife in the court and practice swordsmanship, but at this time, it was unusual, he wanted to play with real swords and guns, and practice the art of killing.

After eating something in a hurry, Shi Kang put on his feathers and wove up the arrow tower on the side of the city gate, and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the Kwantung coalition army slowly squirming outside the city.

Kotaro said that the coalition forces were digging in the soil, but to be exact, the coalition forces were gathering soil into a platform...... After working hard in the middle of the night, the coalition forces built a flat earthen tower with soil more than 100 steps outside Odawara Castle, or called a mound or a hill of earth.

It was strange, but it wasn't enough to surprise Clan Kang, who was surprised by what the coalition forces had transported.

It seems that the coalition forces brought the corpses in wheelbarrows!

In the scorching summer, flies flew around on the mess of carrion, and they couldn't get rid of it.

Although Hojo couldn't see the flies hovering over the carrion, he could smell the stench wafting from the wheelbarrow or two.

A possibility flashed through Hojo's heart......

Is Sasa Narumasa trying to create a plague in Odawara Castle?

At the turn of spring and summer last year, his ally Harunobu Takeda created a plague under the mountain castle of Kasuga after South Vietnam...... Although the plague did not spread widely, it is said that the area around Kasugayama Castle is almost uninhabited, and the castle town of Kasugayama Castle is still deserted and lifeless to this day.

The hand that was on the wooden railing clenched suddenly, and his whole arm trembled uncomfortably...... If Sasa really did that...... You can't sit still.

Hojo Shiyasu will definitely lead his army out of the city and fight a decisive battle with the coalition forces!

Whether he died in battle or died of plague infection, the lions of Sagami were not willing to sit still, and even if they died, they had to pull a cushion.

After Hojo made up his mind, the coalition forces outside the castle also began to move.

They came out of the wheelbarrow and piled them on the surface of the dirt mountain.

It seems that for the sake of uniformity, there are not only people who check whether the arrangement of the objects is neat and straight, but also people who are responsible for fixing the objects with wooden wedges so that they cannot easily slide off.

What are the gods that the coalition forces have placed on the dirt mountain?

Hojo Shiyasu was puzzled for a while, but just after he figured out those round things, he couldn't help but feel a chill, and directly leaned on the railing of the arrow tower, bowed over and vomited out all his breakfast.

It's a human head!

What they placed on top of the dirt mountain was the head of the Hojo Army who had died in battle!

And this earth mountain is not big, it is not small, Shi Kang roughly estimated, its four sides are flat, enough to place 5,000 heads!

When did the Hojo family die so many people?

In the 100 years of turmoil in the Warring States period, when did a full 5,000 people die in battle?

Shi Kang couldn't help but feel chills all over his body.

…… Hair stands on end.

Sister Jinghu couldn't help but shudder...... She didn't expect Sasa Chengzheng to do such a thing behind her back.

She stared at the letter presented by Bo Fengqian, and her pretty face seemed to have a layer of frost.

I don't know how long it took before Sister Jinghu looked up and asked:

"You guarantee that everything you say is true and that there is no falsification?"

Bo Fengqian raised his head and looked at Sister Jinghu's question:

"If there is half a lie, I will not die well, and my children and grandchildren will be cut off!"

"Got it...... Let's go down. ”

"But Sasa Narumasa is still-"

"How Sasa Chengzheng is Sazuo Chengzheng's business, and how to deal with him is my business!"

Sister Jinghu slammed her fist on the tatami mat, her eyes burning with rage,

"Since Cheng Zheng gave you permission to run away before you came to me, I can not pursue your crime of betraying the lord. But what to do with Sasa Narumasa...... It's my business, you...... Not qualified to meddle! ”

Bo Fengqian's face was flushed, but he didn't have the strength to confront Sister Jinghu head-on, he could only look at the long-tailed Huihu under the statue of Bishamentian like an angry bull.

What messenger of justice, what goddess of righteousness, what for righteousness...... It's all fart!

The righteousness of the long-tailed Huihu is just a fig leaf with bells and whistles!

"Your Royal Highness...... Inside, Suke-sama asks to see. ”

"Hmm...... Bring you in. ”

Bo Fengqian also stood up at this time and took a sip in the direction of Sister Jinghu:

"I'm gone too, never again!"

When he strode out of the main tent, he happened to pass by Sazo Chengzheng.

The two who were once like brothers have only ...... at the moment

Shape, same, strange, road!