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A few months later, Adi and Abi set off, and Taki Ruoye also received the battle report from the front.

"99 Chuanliu was killed by Hojo Naoki... so the Hojo clan's territory is the largest it deserves." Taki Wakaba's fingers groped the rough surface of the map, "Without the restraint of 99 clan, there is no longer any land in the east. The power of the Hojo Clan can be stopped."

"The Hojo clan's next goal must be us. He has the courage now." Liu Yu sat opposite Taki Wakaba, and drew a line at the junction of the Hojo clan's territory and Isui's territory.

"In the past few days, we have gathered our manpower to build earth barriers near the cities. At least ten of them must be built for each city."

"Which city do you think Naoki Hojo will attack, Lady Tianzhi?"

"It depends on how much he wants to get rid of Yishui. Yishui is directly bordering on the Hojo Clan's land." Taki Wakaba motioned Liu Yu to bring a pen and paper, "It is difficult for us to deal with the Hojo Clan with our own strength. I want to report to the Hojo Clan The daimyos of neighboring countries wrote letters proposing alliances."

Liu Yu watched Taki Wakaba write several letters in a row.Yamaaki borders on the northeast of Hojo and is powerful, but Taki Wakaba did not write a letter to Saneda Shuaki of Yamaaki.

Is it because of Dendrobium officinalis?Taki Wakaba really doesn't like him, maybe he will give Sanzhi Xiuming some eye drops.Liu Yu thought.

"How many people do you think will give me a positive reply?" Taki Ruoye asked.

"...I am well aware of the strength of the lady of heavenly knowledge. If I were those famous names, I would definitely form an alliance with her without even thinking about it. But they don't know. If they only look at the situation, no one will be against Yi Shui. Reach out."

"If there are replies, it's fine to decline. These letters will probably never be heard. But it is precisely because of this that I have to write these letters."

It took more than a month after Liu Yu sent the letter, and there were only a few sporadic replies. After opening, they all politely rejected the alliance and made some useless suggestions.

On the contrary, Ashikaga Yoshio from Kyoto took the initiative to send a letter to Taki Wakaba, saying that if Taki Wakaba finds it difficult to fight against the Hojo clan, he can order to marry the sister or daughter of Kaga's guardian daimyo Token Masaki Taki Wakaba's retainers, so even if Fu Jianzheng's relatives don't want to form an alliance, they have to help Yi Shui.

Thinking of the general's current situation, he at least gave his advice sincerely, and compared with other letters, it turned out to be much more real.

"The dwarf is a general." Liu Yu said to himself.

Taki Wakaba wrote a letter rejecting Yoshio Ashikaga's help, and she had a premonition that Yoshio Ashikaga would write back after sending the letter.

In the blink of an eye, it was the turn of summer and autumn, and Lian Haidu, who was out on the move, came back. As soon as he came back, he saw Taki Ruoye directly, "Report."

"Say."

"Hojo Naoki sent someone to send a letter of war. On the first day of next month, he will attack Yishui." Lian Haidu put the letter of war in front of Taki Wakaba, "Although he said that as long as Lord Wakaba is willing to re-open Putting Isui under the Hojo clan allows him to let go of the past. But I think this is nonsense."

"Get ready to defend the city, what is the opponent's strength?"

"According to the movement of the Hojo clan's army, I guess there are 3 people."

"There are at most [-] troops in Yishui City, do we need to transfer troops from other cities?" Liu Yu looked serious.

"No need." Taki Wakaba shook his head, "Isui is directly bordered by Hojo, and it is difficult to cut off the supplies of the Hojo Clan. This will be a war of attrition. If you really want to fight the war of attrition wholeheartedly, it will be called simplicity. "

"The letter of war has been issued, Liu Yu, you call everyone together to hold a military meeting tonight."

Yishui's defense work was carried out in full swing until the first day of the next month, when soldiers approached the city.

In the distance, Hojo's flags were lined up densely, and as far as the eye could see, there was a stretch of red that stretched into the distance. The number of people who seemed to be rushing to overwhelm the city made the hands of the soldiers standing on the wall tremble slightly.

"This is your first actual combat, just follow the training time, don't be nervous, wait for the enemy to enter the range to fight again, don't lose your composure and mess up the rhythm!" Pressed Hasebe standing high on the city wall , behind the wooden shield, shouted towards the fire/gunners lined up, "Archers stand in the back row! Once the matchlock is not lit or the fire hole is blocked, the archers will immediately fill the vacancy of the fire/gunners!"

Hasebe, Mitsuyo Odenori, Shoukai, Yu Yu, Biwamaru and others are scattered in various sections of the city wall. Hasebe and Yuyu are the closest to Takiwakaba.

Taki Wakaba stood beside Yakiri Hasebe. Compared with the retainers and soldiers in full armor, she was still wearing the same maiden uniform. The striking red showed her identity to everyone. She is Izumi's name is Taki Wakaba.

What she held was not the round fan that everyone used, but a snow cave fan. This was not at all like the dress on the battlefield, but it gave Yishui's soldiers unspeakable courage.

According to the rumors, Tianzhinv is the messenger of the gods, and saves the world according to the will of the gods.Among ordinary people, the existence of a woman of heavenly knowledge is like a miracle.Her unchanging dress and dignified and calm expression, as if this battle is not inevitable in the eyes of the world, she will bring miracles as usual.

Hojo's offensive horn blew, and the dull sound spread all the way to the city wall, and the muscles of the soldiers holding fire/guns and bows tensed up.

The Hojo soldiers ran while shouting, marching along with the rumbling drums.

"Shoot!" Taki Wakaba's snow cave fan pointed forward.

"Shoot!" Yaki Hasebe shouted, raised the flag of Yishui in his hand, and passed on the message.

The ready-to-go gunmen fired at once, and the soldiers under the city wall immediately fell down, being randomly covered by the soldiers rushing past.

The archers at the rear of Hojo's army squatted under the shield chariot and the bamboo beams, put their bows on the shield chariot, and aimed at the Yishui soldiers on the city wall.

The rain of arrows pierced the wooden shield of the city wall continuously, and some arrows hit the soldiers from the gap, and the fallen soldiers were quickly replaced by the soldiers in the back row.

The soldiers in Hojo didn't know what kind of weapon Yi Shui was using. They only thought that this weapon was much more powerful than bows and arrows, but they had no time to think and could only keep moving forward.

"Next row! Load fire/powder! Blow the matchrope!" Shouted Hasebe shouted loudly, "Aim at the soldiers pushing the well tower and the hoist truck! Delay their approaching speed!"

The Hojo clan's soldiers poured in one after another, and the forefront of the team had already rushed to the first fence arranged by Yishui.

"Come on! Don't stop!" The hojo soldiers shouted loudly.

"Blood Ghost Art—Lian Ji!" Taki Ruoye stretched out his hand and grasped it tightly. The soldiers who climbed on the rhombic fence felt a vibration on the fence. When they looked down, they only let out a terrified cry before being broken out of the ground and growing up. The vines were firmly bound to the fence.

"Stop advancing! This is the trick of the Goddess!" The general at the front of the team issued an order, "Siege soldiers! Bring the oil barrels and burn these vines!"

The soldiers who stopped advancing quickly rearranged their formation and hid behind the shield car, while the soldiers carrying oil barrels advanced behind the shield car, and poured oil on the fence entangled with vines without thinking about their own risks.

After the fire started, the vines burned into a wall of flames, and Hojo's soldiers could no longer move forward, so they could only hide behind the shield car and wait for the vines to burn out.

"Slingers and gunners, prepare to attack!" Taki Wakaba continued to convey the order.

The catapult manned the catapult and threw heavy stones down the city, while the gunner threw the ignited gunpowder out.

The shield car can withstand the damage of bows and arrows and weaken the power of fire/guns, but it has no power to fight back against falling heavy stones.The several wells that the Hojo clan advanced were all destroyed.

"At this moment, we can only move forward, there is no reason to retreat!"

The vines hadn't burned out yet, but they had lost their vitality. Hojo's soldiers didn't wait any longer, and went straight through the still burning wall of fire, heading towards the second fence.

Just like the first fence, Hojo's soldiers grew vines to catch people as soon as they approached. They could only do the same thing and burn the vines with fire.

As a result, the time for the siege was greatly delayed, and the soldiers in Hojo seemed a little tired.

"This distance...it's okay, the catapults and gunners in the rear, don't move forward, attack here!" Hojo's general raised the Hojo clan's flag and shouted.

Stones and gunpowder fell on the inwardly inclined wooden shield of the city wall, making a heavy sound, and the gunpowder rolled from the wooden shield fell into the ditch directly below the city wall, blasting out a piece of soil.

Beside the woods in the distance is the military tent of Hojo Naoki, outside the military tent stood soldiers in a square formation.

The herald ran all the way into the military tent, and knelt down in front of Naoki Hojo who was sitting on a small bench: "Report! The battle ahead is stalemate, and the girl of heavenly knowledge drives the vines to form a fence that can restrain people. The fire attack speed is extremely slow. At present, we have broken through the second fence and have not touched the trench."

"I haven't even touched the trench until now?!" Hojo Naoki looked serious, "How about our casualties?"

The herald reported a number, and Naoki Hojo intertwined his hands and placed them in front of his chin, "The new weapons, the superhuman abilities of the woman with knowledge, are all used for me. This is here, just to win this battle." Fight. No matter what, we must break through the city wall, at least to break into a pill! Pass the order, and everything will focus on advancing the front line."

The Hojo Clan's army sounded drums, and the soldiers who received the order no longer attacked the fence with fire, but directly surrounded the vines with soldiers and entangled with them with their blades.Other soldiers stepped on their backs, and after passing through the shooting net, some soldiers finally came to the trench, but at the same time, the shield vehicle, the well building and the fishing well building were also blocked behind the second vine.

The soldiers spliced ​​the shields together and put them on the top of the trench to form a narrow passage leading to the bottom of the city wall.The soldiers holding the long ladder advanced quickly, and put the ladder on the city wall one after another.

"Put the hanging stone and the ring stone stand." Taki Ruoye ordered while observing the battle situation below, and the soldiers behind immediately lifted the gravel to the ring stone stand.