The Castle Falls

Time flies, and a few hours pass in the blink of an eye. After breakfast, Bai Mo returned to the clinic. As soon as he entered, he sensed that the atmosphere was somewhat different from usual.

There was some noise outside the door, with occasional wails and roars coming from outside.

After all, this is the front line, so this situation is understandable. Bai Mo thought to himself, this situation is undoubtedly a war. Bai Mo remembered very clearly that, according to historical records, during this period, at least until the end of the year, Kaizu Castle had not been breached by the Uesugi Clan.

Uesugi Kenshin was not good at siege warfare, and he often found it difficult to deal with the Takeda Clan, whose members were united and their defenses were impregnable.

However, Uesugi Kenshin in this world clearly possesses divine protection; if she disregards everything, it's not impossible for her to conquer the city single-handedly.

Seeing the Takeda Clan's banner cut down and lying on the ground outside the door, Bai Mo felt it was necessary to go out and take a look.

As the Takeda Clan soldiers retreated from the castle, a general frowned. A younger soldier behind him asked:

"General, what's going on? I haven't seen any Uesugi Clan troops. It seems the outer towns haven't been breached yet. Why are we retreating?"

The general patted the green recruit on the head behind him and said:

"Then you'll see for yourself when you go to the front lines. Uesugi Kenshin, alone on horseback, broke through the castle town's defenses, and the castle town's commander was thrown two stories high."

Damn it, what kind of monster is this Uesugi Kenshin? He dared to break through the formation all by himself, and he actually did it. Now we can only gather our forces, isolate Uesugi Kenshin from the Uesugi Clan's troops, restrict her horses within the castle, and wipe her out."

"Huh? Fighting directly inside the city? That won't..."

"Many people will die, after all, the outer city's defenses have been breached, and enemy troops will inevitably infiltrate. But we can't worry about that now! As long as the Takeda Clan hasn't fallen, there's still a chance to turn the tide."

The general gritted his teeth and said, "Kaizu Castle has multiple layers of defenses. Breaching the outer layer does not mean it is completely lost. The current situation depends on how much of the defensive force Uesugi Kenshin can exhaust, and how many members of the Uesugi Clan can break through the encirclement and reunite with Uesugi Kenshin."

In the distance, Uesugi Kenshin rode his white horse at breakneck speed, as if entering an empty field. Many Uesugi Clan soldiers struggled to keep up with him.

Of course, things were in complete chaos, and many soldiers were not prepared to follow Uesugi Kenshin because they simply couldn't keep up.

Some of them would go to gather and search for the Takeda Clan's stronghold; these were considered qualified soldiers.

But... some wouldn't be like that, since they'd already separated from the main force, and the enemy's main strength had been drawn away by Uesugi Kenshin.

In that case, it's better to seek some benefits for yourself.

Three soldiers charged straight into the wealthy neighborhood, kicked open the door of a house, and, brandishing knives, breathed in the bloody air like hyenas.

"Found it!"

The soldier grinned maliciously and kicked open a cubicle, revealing a woman and two children, a boy and a girl, inside.

"Haha, they're quite good-looking. There are exactly three of them, so we don't have to divide them up."

Just as he was laughing, he sensed something was wrong. Normally, by this time, his two cronies would have already started arguing about the division of the property.

Two dull thuds were heard as two corpses fell to the ground on either side of the soldier, their necks twisted 180 degrees. They were the two soldiers who had come with him to plunder.

"Who is it? A ninja?"

The soldier drew his weapon and turned around, looking left and right but there was no one there. The next moment, he felt dizzy and suddenly saw the three defenseless men behind him.

His head, like his companion's, was twisted 180 degrees.

The mother and her two children were startled, and then a voice came from somewhere.

"Stay indoors, don't go out, you'll be fine."

Immediately afterwards, the three soldiers' corpses were dragged out alive, as if they were fish speared by a harpoon. The door closed as if a film was being replayed in reverse, and a strange rune landed above.

After doing all this, Bai Mo looked at the situation in Kaizu Castle. The battle was at a stalemate. These scoundrels who were eager to burn, kill, and plunder were only a minority. This was the last one.

As he continued to monitor the situation within the city, his gaze suddenly sharpened. Not far away, he saw several Mochizuki Clan ninjas leading a number of children, seemingly preparing to evacuate.

Unfortunately, Uesugi Kenshin had just broken through the encirclement, was leading his troops and was only two streets away from them.

Bai Mo sighed. He wouldn't participate in the war; it was an unavoidable situation under the current Japan social system, just like how a sealed-off dynasty would eventually be oppressed, and someone lit the first funeral fire.

The decision made by Bai Mo after confirming the existence of this era was to refrain from actively intervening in the military confrontation between the two sides and to protect completely innocent civilians from slaughter.

But as a human being, he couldn't watch these children go to their deaths, and judging from their age, they weren't ninjas yet.

A gust of wind blew by, Bai Mo disappeared from the spot.