In the 6th year of Tensho (1578 AD), Araki Murashige erected an anti-flag against Oda Nobunaga, which is known as the Battle of Arioka Castle. Nakagawa Kiyohide pretended to support Araki Murashige, but personally went to Azuchi Castle to report Araki Murashige's rebellion to Oda Nobunaga, so he was rewarded by the Oda family.

After that, Nakagawa Kiyohide and Takayama Ujin joined the Oda family's crusade army, and the Oda family attacked in a big way, and Nakagawa Kiyohide and Takayama Ujin attacked Araki Murashige's flank from the flank, and the Oda family successfully defeated the rebellious Araki Murashige. Later, Nakagawa Kiyohide was first subordinate to Niwa Nagahide, and then assigned to Xing's banner.

In the 10th year of Tensho (1582 AD), in the historical Honnoji BBQ, Oda Nobunaga died, and Nakagawa Kiyohide and Takayama Ukin became the direct ministers of Hashiba Hideyoshi, and they were extremely excellent in the Yamazaki battle, and were appreciated by the monkeys, and received a fief of 48,000 koku.

In the 11th year of Tensho (1583 AD), in the Battle of Mt. Shidake, Nakagawa Kiyohide led 2,000 troops in his family to participate in the battle as the second hand of the monkey side. In Oiwayama, together with Takayama Right and Miyoshi Nobuyoshi, he defended against the attack of the Shibata family. He was attacked by Sakuma Morima, a fierce general of the Shibata Katsuie Army, and finally died at the age of 42 because he could not get support.

Later, the governor of the Nakagawa family was succeeded by Nakagawa Hidemasa, the eldest son of Nakagawa Kiyohide, and as the second son, Nakagawa Hidenari became the first lord of the Bungooka domain after some efforts, and the Nakagawa family continued until the end of the Edo period.

In this life, Nakagawa Kiyohide has always existed as an independent daimyo in Settsu Province because he did not have the suppression of Araki Murashige and the great pressure of the Oda family, and also eliminated the Ikeda family as the main family, as well as the five or six nearby wealthy families and the power of the countrymen.

The current strength is much stronger than in history, and in addition to the 60,000 koku land in Shimashita-gun mentioned earlier, there are also 20,000 koku in the area of Ikeda Castle in Toshima-gun, and 23,000 koku in Takakujo Castle in Shimashi-gun, bringing the total stone height to 100,0300 koku. What is this concept? A quarter of the land of the basic mountain settsu country is in the hands of Nakagawa Kiyohide, and the number of 100,000 and the small number of stone heights of the Reiji country can be fought together, or even more.

When the forces of the Kodera clan attacked the Oiwa family, the news of the Kuroda family's attack was conveyed from Hosho Castle, which was opposite Kunimi Castle, and the news of the Kuroda family's attack went to Ibaraki Castle. Nakagawa Kiyohide faced the attack of the Kuroda family's 7,000-strong army, and did not dare to slack off, and immediately assembled in the territory, gathering an army of 2,800 people.

And the assembly of the Nakagawa family also immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding daimyos, wealthy clans, and national forces, and at first I thought it was the Nakagawa family that was going to fight which one, but then I learned that it was the Kuroda family that had already entered the country. Nakagawa Kiyohide didn't think about contacting the surrounding forces, but because every family had been beaten by him before, he himself dispelled this idea.

And the surrounding forces, big and small, in the face of the Kuroda family's invasion of the Setzu country, already have their own plans at this time, but in their plans, they have never rescued Nakagawa Kiyohide.

Nakagawa Kiyohide led his army in the Nakagawara area, and his brothers Nakagawa Shigetsu, Nakagawa Shigera, and Nakagawa Shinbei led the army from Ikeda Castle, Suita Castle, and Takakuki Castle respectively. In addition, his father-in-law, Kumada Sohaku, a powerful wealthy family in Settsu Province, also led two hundred members of the family to help. In addition, the wealthy clans and countrymen under the command of Onikan and Kamiya Koji on the island under his command also came to join them with their own men and horses, more or less anyway.

When these people have made the decision to come to enlist, it actually means that they have accepted the fate that their family will be purged in the future, but if they don't come, the army of the Kuroda family will not come yet, and they will be purged by their lord first.

The Kodera clan led his team across the Chesakugawa River one day later, burned down the Hosei Castle belonging to the Nakagawa family, and established a headquarters in the area of Yehara, and did not continue to advance. Because on the ear plain, which is slightly south, the Nakagawa family's army has been lined up, and it is backed by Ibaraki Castle, the home of the Nakagawa family.

In fact, Ibaraki Castle is not far from Kunimi Castle, if it is not because the Chesakugawa River is a tributary of an inland river and is not suitable for boating, in fact, if there is a naval army of the Kuroda family to cooperate with them and send them directly to Ibaraki Castle in the rear, it will definitely be taken by surprise and seriously damage the morale of the Nakagawa family.

When he knew that the Kodera clan had come, Nakagawa Kiyohide handed the documents for the decisive battle to the Kodera clan, which was the embodiment of the samurai spirit, and everything had to be done above board, which was actually a satire that the Kuroda family always played cards that did not follow common sense.

However, there is also a big misunderstanding in this, because Nakagawa Kiyohide's document was written to Kuroda Vocational High School, and he did not know that the leader of the army was the Kodera clan. In Nakagawa Kiyohide's consciousness, such an important attack in Settsu Province should have come in person from Kuroda Vocational High School! As a result, it was nothing more than a legion of the Kuroda family, and he seriously failed to correct his position.

The Kodera clan is a calm person, and after seeing the decisive battle documents, he immediately wrote back, explaining that he was just the lord of a Tanba country under the Kuroda family, and not Kuroda Zhigao came in person, and with the level of Nakagawa Kiyohide's 100,000 stones, Kuroda Vocational High School could not come in person. At the same time, he declared to Nakagawa Kiyohide that the time set by him for the next day of the war, and the location of Eryuan did not need to be changed.

After seeing the ironic reply, Nakagawa Kiyohide was very angry, but he was still a qualified lord, and he quickly calmed down, but he had already made up his mind to teach the Kuroda family a lesson.

The next day, the 8,000 people from both sides had completed their respective formations in Ogawa, and by the time the morning arrived (seven o'clock sharp), the Kuroda family had already set up their formations. You read that right, the number of people on both sides who are now arrayed is 8,000 people, including 3,000 people from Nakagawa Kiyohide and 5,000 people from the Kodera clan.

At the top of the line is a long-range squad of 800 men, including 600 crossbows and 400 iron guns, who will be at the front of the line, trying to kill the enemy's living forces and demoralize them.

At the forefront of the Nakagawa family is the Gao Jian people led by the Nakagawa Shinbei, and they are also the strongest team in combat effectiveness in addition to the Nakagawa family, and the number of people is as many as two hundred and fifty people, so they will be ranked at the front of the team.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to serve the Nakagawa family." Nakagawa Shinbei shouted loudly, and all the Gao Ji people silently followed him.