Kishiwada Castle is twenty-one miles south of Osaka Castle, between Osaka and Saga. In the courtyard of the www.biquge.info shore and Tian Castle, I came to Date Zhengheng in the city yesterday and enjoyed the stage under the sunset, and more than ten beautiful women dressed in Tang costumes were performing "Spring Oriole" on the stage.

Date Zhengheng whispered a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang You: "The insiders have sung the spring warbler, and the flowers are dancing softly." ”

The castle was originally owned by the Miyoshi clan, but it fell into the hands of Honganji, and the Date family took the castle under its command after defeating Honganji. Although the city was badly damaged and incomplete after war, it was preserved due to its geographical advantage.

With the construction of Osaka Castle, Kishiwada Castle began to be rebuilt as an important branch of Osaka Castle, and three years ago, he led the great victory in the Battle of Shikoku, and Noyama Masatomo became the new lord of Kishiwada Castle, and began to renovate the castle walls.

The castle tower of the new Kishiwada Castle has only three floors, which is very different from the five-story castle tower in the past. Noyama Masatomo invited the architect who built the Osaka Castle courtyard to redesign the courtyard of Kishiwada Castle, and used it as the main plan for the long distance based on the plan of the castle before Muromachi.

This design is the first time to do this, and the famous Zhuge Kongming Eight Arrays is used as the theme of the garden, with the general as the center of the configuration of the sky? Earth? Cloud? Dragon? Tiger? Bird? The various formations of the serpent. In addition, in the rockery scenery of the garden, the green mud rocks from Wakayama Prefecture are surrounded by a layer of white sand from Shirakawa, Kyoto, and the sand pattern depicts the unique scenery of Horai in the sea.

Hattori Masanari, who was sitting on the side seat, heard the messenger's report, his face tightened slightly, and he walked towards Masanari with the information, and the rest of the people saw Hattori Masanari, and the originally cheerful atmosphere suddenly stagnated, and Masahiro looked at Hattori Masanari unhappily.

Hattori Masanari reported in a low voice: "The Battle of Nagashino Castle broke out! ”

Zhengheng frowned and said noncommittally: "I already know this matter, what happened, if it's just these things, don't bother everyone." "Oda Nobunaga's attack without giving advice to Masahiro made Masahiro feel unhappy.

Hattori Masanari handed over the information in his hand, but the content of the information was not simple: "The battle of Nagashino Castle broke out seven days ago, and three days ago, Imagawa Yoshimoto went out of battle, and the two sides fought fiercely in Shirakuhara outside Nagashino Castle, and a few days ago, Takeda Shingen raided the Oda army's main formation, and the Oda army was defeated. ”

Zheng Heng dragged the intelligence in his hand and scolded in a low voice: "Idiot. Then he handed the note to Noyama Yoshito, who looked curious beside him.

Noyama Masaasa looked at the information on the note handed over in disbelief and said, "Oda Nobunaga has actually been defeated. Hearing this, the higher-ups of the Date family, who had always thought that Oda Nobunaga could not fail, still couldn't believe it.

Everyone's eyes looked at Hattori Masanari, as if to ask him if he was telling a lie to deceive everyone.

Hattori Masanari shook his head and continued to report: "My lord, the minister is also in a fog now, but the correctness of this information is 100 percent, and after being confirmed by the three parties of Owari, Mikawa, and Yuanjiang, besides, such information cannot be hidden, and it will soon spread all over the world." ”

Today, the Hattori people have become even larger after receiving some of Iga's intelligence channels, and they all have intelligence points in the Kanto countries, and the Tokaido region, which is the border, will naturally not be pulled down, and many intelligence points have been set up to detect information.

Zhengheng saw that everyone still didn't dare to accept it, and couldn't help but strengthen his tone and said: "The outcome is unpredictable, no one is victorious in a hundred battles, Oda Nobunaga is no exception, now I think we must prepare accordingly." Hanzo, find out the exact information about the Battle of Nagashino Castle as soon as possible. There are also people who informed Ise Province that Miyazawa Heihachi, Matsushima Hengkatsu, Asai Nagamasa and others were ready to rescue Owari at any time. ”

Noyama Masaasa asked in a low voice, "My lord, do you want to inform the Saito family in Mino?" ”

Zhengheng shook his head slightly, and said: "No need, the contradiction between the Saito family and the Oda family cannot be put down in one or two sentences, and now that the main military force of the Saito family, Mino and the three are all in Ise Country, I think Miyazawa Heihachi and Matsushima Hengkatsu will know what to do?" ”

Noyama Masasa is right to think about it, who knows if there will be some brainless people who fall into the ground, or it is better for Miyazawa Heihachi and others to suppress it temporarily, and now it is better to confirm how Oda Nobunaga was defeated and how much he lost.

When Masahiro scolded Oda Nobunaga for being a fool, Oda Nobunaga fled into Okazaki Castle in despair, he was not scared into the city by Imagawa Yoshimoto, and before they had to withdraw from Shirakuhara and retreat to Ushikubo Castle, he was raided by Iiya.

The winner of this raid was undoubtedly the Ii Legion under the command of Naomori I. Before the battle began, Ii Naomori had already learned that the Oda army had been greatly weakened, and even though he only had 800 men, he was still full of confidence in the face of the Oda army, which was nearly ten times his size.

The Ii clan is a famous family in Enjiang Province, with orange blossoms as the family crest, and the family originates from the Fujiwara clan (Fujiwara North family). During the Heian period (1032), Fujiwara Kyoho moved to Ii Valley and changed the Miao character to "Ii", that is, the first generation of the Ii clan; At the end of the Heian period, as a samurai force, he followed the Minamoto Yoshitomo and continued to expand his power. During the Kamakura period, Isuke, who was known as one of the "Eight Tensukes" under Minamoto Yoritomo, became a powerful lord. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Ii Michimasa assisted Prince Sora in raising troops as a side of the Southern Dynasties, but was defeated by the Imagawa clan of the Northern Dynasties in Mikatahara, and after the Southern Dynasty fell, the Ii clan declined sharply.

During the Warring States period, in 1505, the 20th lord Naohi became the lord of Shoma Castle. In 1513, the Imagawa clan launched an invasion of the Enoe River, defeated the combined forces of Spo, Ii, and Okochi, and captured Sangake Castle, and the Ii clan was forced to submit. However, since the Ii clan still owns the territory of Ii Valley Castle 60,000 koku and Tsukima Castle 60,000 koku, a total of 120,000 koku, and the power is comparable to that of the daimyo, the Imagawa clan does not trust the Ii clan.

In 1544, Naohei decided to have his youngest grandson Naomori's adopted son become the 23rd heir. However, because the elder of the family, Ono and Izumi Mamoru were not convinced, they slandered the Imagawa clan and falsely accused the Ii family of intending to rebel. From then on, the Ii family began to be in turmoil: in 1544, at the age of 9, his direct relatives fled to Shinano, only to return 11 years later; Naohei's second son, Naomitsu, and his third son, Naoyoshi, were called to Junfu and secretly executed for treason; In order to win back the trust of the Imagawa family, his son-in-law Naomune (21st generation) died in battle at the foot of Tahara Castle in Mikawa Province.

Historically, Naomori, the grandson of Naohei I, would die in the Battle of Tsubasama with Yoshimoto Imagawa, but fortunately Yoshimoto Imagawa returned to Suruga Province alive in the Battle of the Border.

Ii Naomori was only given the order to go out after Imagawa Yoshimoto arrived in Shirakuhara, and hurried to join the battle, but instead of catching up with the Battle of Shirakuhara, he met the retreating Oda army near Ushikubo Castle.