On the evening of April 21, the sunset covered half of the sky, and the waves of the sea outside Izuwa were rolling, and the last rays of light on the horizon were gone, and in the thick twilight, a large fleet of ships approached Tagawa-gun.

In front of you is the port of Sakata, the main trading port of Dewa Province, but this once prosperous port is now extremely depressed, and the whole port is quiet not long after the sun sets, as if this is not a famous commercial port of Haku, but just a small fishing village.

Since the beginning of the war at the end of February, this important trading hub connecting Yu-Oku has been in a bleak situation, because the impact of the war has cut off the road to the port of Sakata, and those who want to leave the port cannot get out of the port and those who want to enter the port cannot enter, so they are stuck between wanting to enter and not being able to retreat, and economic stability is crucial to the peace of the region, and any war that occurs in Tagawa Prefecture will affect the stability of trade in the port of Sakata.

This fleet was a powerful naval force from the Kira family, and as early as March, when Kira Yoshitoki was determined to take revenge on the people of Dewa Province, the Kira naval army quickly moved into action, sending the roundabout ship Kohaya disguised as a merchant to explore the vicinity of Sakata Port, and also deliberately landed in the nearby small harbor to collect a lot of valuable information in Sakata Port and Tagawa County.

In the following half month, large armies from all walks of life from Echigo gathered at the port of Naoetsu and boarded ships to go to Niigata Town in Shimoetsu for a second assembly and rest, during which time Kira Yoshitoki and his advisers quickly drew up a detailed plan for attacking Dewa Province in Niigata Town based on the information they had obtained from the front, and announced their official departure when the supplies and armaments of the war horses were ready.

It took the fleet nearly half an hour to slowly approach the port of Sakata, and when it was still a mile away from the port, it slowly stopped. After a while, an advance party of sixty ships was detached from the fleet. Sixty ships quickly sneaked into Sakata Port in the cool sea breeze. From the early morning, a large group of heavily armored samurai emerged, each of them dressed in the most advanced equipment of the time, with hammer staff and shields in their hands, tomahawk scimitars at their waists, and some with heavy rattan bows and cast-iron arrows hanging from their backs.

This elite army of 600 people hid in the woods by the harbor as soon as they got off the ship, and it was not until a moment later that dozens of figures came out of the harbor and made a sound similar to that of a frog before they came out again.

If you want to occupy the port of Sakata silently, you will never be able to do it without the help of the inside. The slightest disturbance would most likely wake up the Izuwa army in Sakata Port, and it would be enough to set fire to a few houses to send a warning to the nearby defenders, which would expose the movements of the Kira army in advance, making the raid lose its suddenness and affect the outcome of the battle.

Under the guidance of Kira Ninja, six hundred elite samurai quietly entered the town of Sakata Port, and the leading pioneer general was Nagao Dingharu, who knew the importance of this operation, there were only five hundred defenders in Sakata Port, but only one mile outside Kamezaki Castle from Sakata Port. It was to blockade Watanabe Takatsuna's Onodera 3,000 troops, and if he accidentally alarmed even one of the defenders. There is a risk that the plan will be undone.

Nagao Dingharu was a samurai who was familiar with the terrain and the garrison of Sakata Port, so it was almost not difficult to clear out a few patrolling defenders, and quietly infiltrated the garrison in the port town, and at this time, the defenders in the port town were sleeping with no idea that he was born step by step towards the bottomless abyss.

Planned slaughter is the most boring of all, but this boring process is a great test of patience and vigilance, scattered Kira samurai burrowed into the house and smeared a knife on the neck of each sleeping samurai, Ashigaru, some skilled samurai are good at twisting necks, and they are also very effective without blood and sound.

Nagao Joharu's actions were swift and decisive, and all the elite samurai led by them had been battled in battle, and it took him a few moments to clean up the first cantonment, and then rushed to the other two cantonments, and by the time the whole process was completed, the townspeople and merchants who were sleeping soundly in the port of Sakata had not changed at all.

In fact, the terrain of Sakata Port is low, and there are mountains on both sides to block it for a while and a half, so you don't have to worry about being discovered by the Dewa National Army on the other side of Mt. Takadate, you only need to pay attention to the movement of Kamezaki Castle located within the scope of Sakata Port, and try not to let the Dewa defenders in the castle light up the house, and you can easily strangle the defenders in the castle, as for a few torches shaking and the like, it is not a problem at all.

A moment later, a bonfire was lit in the port of Sakata, a symbol of the success of the mission, and a strong sea breeze blew through the thick clouds that obscured the night sky, revealing the bright moon, but the huge fleet of the Kira naval army remained motionless outside the port of Sakata under the twinkling starlight, and after a while, the fleet was separated and sailed towards the port of Sakata, and it seemed that it had no intention of occupying this important port from the beginning to the end.

Kira Yoshitoki stood on the Ataku boat and looked at the moonlight in the distance, and summoned Shiraku Sadatsu to command him: "Sadatsu! Ordered you to lead 3,000 ashigaru to raid Kamezaki Castle, and the remaining ninja army has already contacted Takatsuna in the city, so after you act, they will also cooperate with the large opening of the city gate to attack with you, so your task is to strangle these 3,000 Onodera troops at the minimum cost. ”

"Yes!" Shele Zhentong knelt down on one knee and led the order to retreat, and the three thousand elites followed him slowly and slowly marched with him without saying a word, and a small half of the Yuehou National People's Army in this military situation was incorporated into this team, which was the first attempt at military integration, and he also knew that his burden was very heavy.

In fact, only 3,000 troops disembarked from the ship, and the rest of the army turned around and advanced at full speed south, where they would land at the port of Kamo, which had been quietly captured, which was a very small fishing port but happened to be the closest port to the city of Oura, and it took another hour for the huge fleet to reach the port of Kamo, and the 12,000 troops quietly walked down the ship's side, and the sound of the surging waves was the best cover, covering up the only heavy footsteps.

The Ataka ship where Kira Yoshitoki was located took nearly half an hour to enter the tank, and when he stepped off the side of the ship, the world had gradually come to the second watch, and Kira Yoshitoki looked coldly at the scenery in this Kamo Port, and the thin mountain fog shrouded the distant mountains on both sides in the enchanting night, making this small port town with a somewhat strange feeling.

The night was vast, and there was no light in the silent night outside Kamo Port, and the Kira Army, which had experienced several night raids, had been able to master every skill of night raids, and there was no fire, no noise, and it was as quiet as a person, and the idea of marching with people and horses always ran through the whole army, and the silent action was so quiet that even the residents of the port town did not notice it.

12,000 elites slowly entered the whole team outside the port town with solid steps, and when Kira Yoshishi came to the town, they had already completed the whole team and quietly waited for the order, Kira Yoshishi stood in front of the battle in heavy armor and silently inspected this division of a hundred battles, and suddenly shouted: "The whole army listens to the order, the target climbs Mt. Takadate, bypasses the ponds on both sides of Oura Castle, and raids the Izuha National Army!" (To be continued......)