Kanto Region, Yingzhou. Tamatsuna Castle!
After Xiao Ying nodded his approval, Mizuhime, Imagawa Mizuko, spoke with the Hojo Clan, which had already been considering submission. They rode the current and swiftly changed sides, making the process remarkably smooth.
The Hojo Clan's army and the Great Huan Forbidden Guard, which had been locked in fierce combat, swiftly joined forces to surround the more than two million reinforcements from Great Chu. Those reinforcements had originally hidden in the various military camps like hunters, waiting for orders to ambush the Great Huan Forbidden Guard. But once the battle erupted and they received the order to attack, the Hojo Clan and the Great Huan Forbidden Guard caught them completely off guard, throwing them into frantic confusion. In less than half a day, nearly half were slaughtered, and their army collapsed like a falling mountain. The remaining Great Chu reinforcements surrendered in droves!
The blazing sun had begun its westward descent, and it was only shortly after noon, yet the fighting in Tamatsuna Castle had already largely subsided. Fortunately, the battle had not lasted long, and the Hojo Clan had declared its submission fairly early, so the damage to Tamatsuna Castle was not severe. Only the northern military camp and the buildings around the City Lord's Manor had suffered heavily, almost reduced to ruins. The other districts needed only minor repairs and were little affected.
While waiting for Tamatsuna Castle to be cleared, Xiao Ying and the others from Great Huan moved to a residence the Hojo Clan had temporarily requisitioned from a wealthy merchant family, since the City Lord's Manor had been largely reduced to rubble.
Moreover, during its earlier surprise attack, the Great Huan Forbidden Guard had immediately seized both the City Lord's Manor and the northern military camp housing the Teleportation Formation.