There were several more messages sent throughout the night between Matsudaira and Gengyo as they planned their next move. The Hojo and Imagawa soon caught sight of the scouts coming to and fro and they began to fire upon them. The last scout returned riddled with arrows, barely clinging onto his life, but he still held Matsudaira's message tightly between his fingers.
"You did well," Gengyo told him, before shouting for help from the medics. "Get this man everything he needs!"
He unfoiled the bloody roll of paper as the scout was carried away and he read it to himself in a whisper. "The enemy likely know that you have retaken the fortress. Come morning, they may decide to throw all their forces at you. If that happens, I will lead my men to hit them in the rear when the time is right. If they decide to continue to attack me, then you will be able to cut them to pieces against the wall. If they decide to do nothing at all, then we should also do nothing."
