Ten days have passed since the Battle of Bottlejiri on April 9.

In the past ten days, Takeda Yoshinobu tried his best to lure the Hou Xianjia and successfully attacked Matsui Tian Castle, the outermost side of the Nishi-Kamino Defense Line.

After that, the Takeda family's luck seemed to run out.

After attacking Matsui Tian Castle, Takeda Yoshinobu directly crossed Anzhong Castle, which was close at hand, and attacked Kohata Castle of the Kohata clan!

The Kohata clan's predecessor, Kohata Kenshige, was killed in the Battle of Bottlejiri, and the current Governor Kohata Nobutada was also seriously wounded, and Kohata Akabei lost most of his combat strength, and only a dozen of his most elite horsemen survived.

The Kohata clan and the Kamiizumi clan are Nagano Yoshimasa's biggest help, and if they can attack Kohata Castle in one fell swoop, they will undoubtedly cut off one of Nagano Yoshimasa's big arms.

However, when they arrived at the foot of Kohata Castle, the Takeda Army was surprised to find that Kohata Castle was heavily guarded, and there was no sign of the fatigue and fatigue of the Great War.

When he saw the wolf head horse print and the water-colored butterfly pattern hanging on Kohata Castle, Takeda Yoshinobu was so angry that his nose was about to smoke.

- It turns out that Sasa Naimasa has already entered this place with the Echigo army.

"We must take Kohata Castle!"

Takeda Yoshinobu angrily gave an order to the former army's Baba Nobuharu, but there is no need for Yoshinobu to say more, Nobuharu has already sharpened his sword.

There was no tentative attack at all, and as soon as it came up, it was all out, and Nobuharu Baba wanted to take down the head of Sasa Narumasa more than Yoshinobu Takeda.

Kohata Castle is a flat castle, there is no danger to defend, there are two gates before and after, because it is the relationship between the flat castle, so over the years Kohata father and son have strengthened the city wall well, using a wide earthen outlet, as long as it is not in the heavy rain weather, there will be no problem.

At this time, the Takeda family obviously has not yet obtained the ultimate siege weapon like the big tube.

The ashigaru men of the Takeda family climbed to the top of the castle under the command of Nobuharu Baba, and then they were immediately stabbed down with spears by the soldiers defending the castle, going back and forth dozens of times, and neither side took advantage of anyone.

Saito Asanobu and Kanya Kei were in charge of the gate on one side, directing their respective troops to fiercely rebound the attack of the Takeda army.

Sasa Narumasa sat and chatted face-to-face with Nobusada Kohata in Honmaru in Kohata Castle.

Nobutada Kohata was injured in the Battle of Bottlejiri in many places, and at the moment he is wrapped like a rice dumpling and leaning on a tatami mat.

"Whether it's the joint battle a few days ago, or the defense battle these days, thank you so much."

Nobuzhen has a good impression of Sasa Seimasa, and the other party won Takeda Akabi's main general Iitomi Torama in the Battle of Bottlejiri, which can be regarded as helping him avenge the killing of his father. After that, they evacuated from Bottlejiri together, thinking that the Echigo army should be guarding the most critical Minowa Castle, but Sasa Narumasa came to Kohata Castle with nearly 2,000 Echigo Ashigaru to help him defend the city, which made Kohata Nobutada inexplicably grateful.

It's been the fifth day of the siege, and the Takeda army has suffered heavy losses under the strong attack, so it must not be able to support it for long, right?

"Your Excellency is so kind...... We are robes who can fight side by side, so why bother to see outside. ”

Sasa Naruma's righteousness made Kohata Nobutada feel related.

The so-called robe is a partner who can entrust his back to the other party and can fight side by side.

Sasa Narumasa and his Echigo army were only guest troops who came to Ueno's aid, but after the wealthy clan abandoned the Kohata clan, they entered the Takeda army and saved the lives of Kohata Akabi and Kohata Nobusada. Such allies are the real robes, on the contrary...... It is disgusting that the rest of the Ueno clans not only did not cooperate with their Kohata Akabi's actions, but also scrambled to flee for their lives after losing the battle.

A few days passed, and Nobusada's injuries were better, but he was still wrapped like a rice dumpling, and it was very inconvenient to move, and if it weren't for the doctor's strict prohibition of drinking, he would have almost moved out of all of Kohata's inventory and had a drink with Sasa Narumasa.

After eating the zongzi in his hand, Sasa Chengzheng suddenly stood up, which made Kohata Nobuzhen a little puzzled.

"It's not good to be pressed and beaten by the Takeda family all the time, I'll teach them a lesson."

After leaving such a sentence, Sasa Narumasa strode away. Nobutada Kohata is also bathed in the golden afternoon sunshine, ready for a good nap.

He trusted Sazo Chengzheng's strength enough to believe that the other party would definitely be able to triumph with the enemy's head.

After Seimasa left the Honmaru of Kohata Castle, he organized a mixed cavalry team consisting of the Rose Knights, Echigo Horse Riding Samurai, and Kohata Family Horse Riding Samurai to quietly line up the narrow roads in the castle.

When he was ready, Sasa Narumasa waved a banner to Saito Asanobu in the castle, and as the last wave of the Takeda army was about to arrive at the castle, the two gates of Kohata Castle creaked open.

Before the gate was completely opened, a column of knights rushed out of it, and then gradually became two or three columns, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of horsemen rushed out of the city.

"Change formation, Sancai!"

The first Sasa Narumasa shouted, led by the Rose Knight and Echigo Horse Riding Samurai, and each of them formed the smallest combat unit in groups of three.

"Kill all the mountain monkeys of Kai!"

The Rose Knights once again erected a huge wolf's head and horse print, and when they saw the panic in Takeda's Gunashigaru's eyes, they knew that the battle was won.

They rushed at the panicked Ashigaru with their shiny swords, and stabbed their enemies into the bodies of their enemies (the fog) with their hard spears, killing almost like chopping melons and vegetables.

Takeda's commander, Iitomi Masakai, immediately sensed Sasa's intentions, and he tried to stabilize the Ashigaru at the front, but it was obviously an impossible task.

Iitomi Changjing quickly ordered the army to march in and slowly pressed in the direction of the city gate.

"Let's go!"

At the sound of the order, the knights immediately gave up the hearty killing, and threw down the frightened Ashigaru like a rag doll that was tired of playing (making up for it on its own).

The gates of Kohata Castle had been closed again after they had all left the castle, and the knights had turned into a front team and retreated to the north, in the direction of Minowa Castle.

Between the rise and fall of the rabbits, the Takeda army lost more than 200 ashigaru due to carelessness, but it failed to hurt a single hair of the coalition cavalry team at all.

When the news reached Takeda Yoshinobu, his eyebrows couldn't help jumping, frowning and thinking for a long time, and he gradually became excited.

"Is the show about to begin? Sasa Narumasa ...... Don't let me down this time......"

No one could understand his self-talk, but after such a thoughtless sentence, he immediately ordered to continue the onslaught on Kohata Castle.

"The defenders of Kohata Castle have abandoned the city and fled, and this city is now only one final blow!"

"Break the castle and you will enjoy the thrill of slaughtering the city!"

The Takeda Army once again launched a fierce attack on Kohata Castle, and several of the generals understood that Yoshinobu's statement that "the defenders of Kohata Castle abandoned the castle and fled" was simply a hypothesis.

Within a few days of this, Nobuharu Baba, Iitomi Masakakei, and Mokaku Torada advised Yoshinobu that they should abandon Kohata Castle and turn around and attack Anchu Castle, which was closer to Matsui Field Castle and Shinano.

But Righteous Faith was unmoved.

In the past few days, the Takeda Army's small lotus transport team has also been repeatedly attacked by the Rose Knight, for this reason, Naito Masatoyo also came over to Takeda Yoshishin to show his interests, hoping that he would return to Matsuida Castle for a short rest.

Meanwhile...... Nagao Keitora in Kyoto also walked into the palace with his head held high, and bowed respectfully in front of Emperor Gonara under the gaze of the ministers.

"Minister...... Long-tailed Jing Tiger Ginseng! ”

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PS1: In response to the "Saito Terumu" that appeared in the previous section, it is taken from the main character of Otaku Smoke Demon's work "The Legend of Sengoku Shura", Saito Teryu...... Of course, I don't recommend this book and I don't review it too much;

PS2: Sister Jinghu's Shangluo is about 2 years earlier than in history, and she is alone in Shangluo, which is different from leading troops in history; But the results are more or less consistent;

PS3: The Battle of Bottlejiri before that was a version of the Tenkai based on the first Ueno invasion in history (Takeda, 1557);

PS4: Ask for recommendation votes~~~ The better the results, the more diligent the Tianevil code word is, and everyone's support is my source of motivation ~~~