Itami Castle is located on the hill on the west bank of the Inona River in Kawabe Prefecture, Settsu Province, and is the original castle tower of the Wa Province recorded in the history books.

During the Miyoshi Chokei period, the Miyoshi army had fought against the Itami clan for a long time, but the Itami Castle already had the ability to be self-sufficient, and the Miyoshi army had no success in attacking for a long time, and finally had to negotiate peace with Itami Koshikoko's Honkoji Temple in Amagasaki. After entering the Honganji era, Itami Castle declined.

Itami's pro-happy look was not very good, who let him open the city to welcome nearly 3,000 wolf-like bee houses, and what was even more unbearable was that the head of the bee house department, Bee House Banno, actually fell in love with his daughter Ise, and kept saying that he wanted to take her as his main room.

The best way for him to integrate into the country of Settsu is to marry the daughter of a countryman in Settsu and become the son-in-law of the other party, and then change his name and surname as a son-in-law to inherit the family business of the Yue family.

Honeyhouse, Hannoki laughed, and without Itami's consent, he forcibly broke into Ise's room and performed the husband and wife ceremony. Itami was furious and tried to rush in at the door, but someone had already stopped him.

The bee house was tossed all night, tired enough, and now his back hurts, and when he came out of Ise's room, his feet were swinging, and he saw that his attendants had tied up Itami himself, and scolded again and again: "What's the matter, how did you tie up my father-in-law, don't you loosen it quickly." ”

Itami's face was pale, and he had a rag in his mouth, obviously tossed badly. glaring at the Bee House Half of the Horse. I want to rush up and fight hard. Half of the bee house saw this. Quack smiled and said, "My father-in-law is suffering from the cold, so I will take care of him and don't die, he still wants to bless his daughter and son-in-law?" ”

The entourage listened to the command, smiled, did not answer, and pulled up Itami from the left and right to leave. The voice of the bee house Hannojo came again: "Father-in-law, I will ask the Dharma King to give me your daughter in marriage, I don't know if I should change my name to Itami Sadaji at that time?" ”

Itami was so shocked and angry that he fell to the ground and was helped away by the two of them, leaving only the leisurely laughter of the Bee House in the courtyard and the low crying in the house.

Beehouse Hannojo walked into the castle tower and saw that his deputy, Araki Murashige, had been waiting for a long time. He stepped forward and asked, "Is there any movement in Ikeda Castle?" ”

Araki Murashige was originally a close retainer of Katsumasa Ikeda, since the destruction of Ikeda Castle. Katsumasa Ikeda escaped under the protection of Araki Murashige and defected to Ishiyama Honganji, begging Honganji to help them retake Ikeda Castle.

Shimoma Yoriteru defeated Ikeda Castle, and the bee house was framed and his status fell sharply, at this time he got acquainted with Araki Murashige, knowing that his material strategy was quite outstanding, and he knew each other at first sight, and later Araki Murashige continued to stay in Ishiyama Honganji, and Beehouse Hannojo followed Honda Masanobu.

Now, the bee house is reused, and he has been ordered to attack Ikeda Castle, and before leaving, he asked Araki Murashige to assist, and Ikeda Katsumasa heard that it was to attack Ikeda Castle, and immediately agreed to the request, and Araki Murashige followed him as a lieutenant.

Arakimura shook his head and replied, "No, there is no news yet. But it's also fast, yesterday he said that he had entered the city, maybe he has now taken down Hetian Weizheng, coerced him to hand over the military power, and will open the city and surrender in the near future. ”

The beehouse Banzhicheng leaned on the pillow with a sore back, and said: "It's really a lively little wild deer, it's uncomfortable to toss, if Wada Yumasa can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, there is still a way to live, but it may not be easy for Hachiro Saburo to get Ikeda Castle for nothing." ”

The Hachiro Saburo in his mouth is Katsumasa Ikeda.

Arakimura heard the words of the bee house Hannojo again, and was silent, frowning. As a retainer of Katsumasa Ikeda, he should have refuted it to his face, but what Hannojo of the Beehouse said was correct, and it was not easy for the empty White Fang to return to Ikeda Castle.

Beehouse Hannojo suddenly leaned over and said: "Tshiro, I heard that you and Ikeda Katsumasa are members of the same clan, if Tshiro sits on the position of the lord of Ikeda Castle, I still have some ways to think of, when the time comes, the two cities of Ikeda and Itami fall into the hands of you and me, and you can control Kitasettsu, I don't know what Tshiro wants?" ”

Arakimura was shocked, he didn't expect the bee house Hannojo to say such a rebellious thing, but he had no idea for a while. Seeing the flickering eyes of Araki Murashige, the bee house Hannojo knew that it could not be forced, and said, "To complete this, Twelve Lang must make more achievements in the next battle." ”

The two of them were overwhelmed, and suddenly there was a shout outside, and the bee house Hannojo and Arakimura stood up violently, and a soldier rushed in: "Ikeda Castle is open, Ikeda Castle is open, and the flag at the head of the castle has fallen." ”

The Bee House laughed loudly: "Haha, double happiness is coming, no, no, it's three happiness, today is not only my lucky day, but also Twelve's lucky day, let's go, let's go and see!" The two of them joined hands and went to the tower of the castle tower to take a lookout.

The two flags on the head of Ikeda Castle were really put away, and a blue background anti-swastika flag painted with ink was hung, and the bee house Hannoshi laughed and said: "Honda Masanobu is indeed worthy of being the ghost fox of the three rivers, and he can see the temperament of these local tyrants at a glance, we have won this battle, go, and go with me to receive Ikeda Castle." But Twelve, you have to think about it, and you must tell me what you really think before you send out the good news, otherwise there will be no room for regret if you fall behind. ”

Arakimura, who was preoccupied, listened for a moment, he never thought that Beehouse Hannojo would really give him the great merit of persuading Takayama Yuteru to persecute the Wada Yumasa Army, you must know that now there is only one enemy left in the Settsu country, Honda Masanobu as the chief planner, and Beeya Hannoshi as the executor, if he can share one or two from it, it will be a great credit. When the time comes, Beehouse Hannojo will say a few words in front of Honda Masanobu, and Araki Village will become the lord of Ikeda Castle again, and I am afraid that it will be a sure thing.

Ignoring the sad-faced Araki Murashige, the bee house Hannojo laughed loudly and walked out of the city. He was going to gather his army and go to Ikeda Castle to receive the Wada Yumasa Army. Once he gets his hands on it. He will be an important figure under Honda Masanobu under one man and above ten thousand.

The news of the surrender of the Wada Shomasa army had already spread throughout Itami Castle, and even the guards who had detained Itami were inexplicably excited and made a loud noise at the door.

Outside Ikeda Castle, the joy of the beested Beehouse Hannojo and the heavenly and human Araki Murashige did not see through the disguise of Wada Yumasa and others. Even the commanders were confused, not to mention that more than 3,000 of their men forgot that they were marching and fighting, as if they were on an outing without any discipline, and marched forward with a grin.

When the bee house Hannojo arrived outside Ikeda Castle, he saw that the ashigaru was kneeling on both sides of the road with two flags on his back, and he frowned and asked, "What about Takayama Yuzhao?" What's going on, why are they still carrying two flags. ”

Wada Weizheng ignored the question of the bee house Hanzhicheng, and only yelled: "Do it!" Then he slashed at his body. You must know that he stood with his head bowed obediently, and the Bee House Half of the Bee House was on a horse. Swing the knife and slash only to the waist.

The bee house Hannojo didn't even understand what was going on, he just turned over and rolled off the horse with his intuition, and then there was a pain in his waist, wiped a handful, and his hands were full of blood, and then there was a scream of "whoosh", and he was about to jump up and run away, but he was immediately pounced on by the samurai beside Wada Yumasa and tied up strongly.

At the same time, a group of Ashigaru, who had been kneeling on either side, raised their spears under the leadership of the samurai and stabbed the bee house in the middle of the road.

These so-called surrendered troops are actually the elite selected by Hetian Weizheng, all of whom were born in Omi Province, and some of them were recruited by Hetian Weizheng from their hometowns, and they are considered to be Hetian Weizheng's descendants, and he can only trust them in the case of internal instability.

As soon as he saw that the bee house was knocked off his horse, Araki Village escaped as soon as he was overloaded, and he knew very well that in such a chaotic army, it was impossible to pack up the sick horses. Without the two generals who led the army, they lost the backbone of the army, and they had no morale.

An hour later, the bee house Hannojo, who had become a prisoner under the stairs, was tied into a rice dumpling and thrown in the courtyard of Ikeda Castle, Wada Yumasa invited Hattori Masanari out, and then said to the samurai: "Ladies and gentlemen, Takayama Tomoteru and Noshi Yoriyuki have defected to the enemy and rebelled, and I have been arrested by me, I don't know who among you is conspiring with them, but now that the enemy generals have been captured by me, it is impossible to surrender to the enemy again. ”

He heard Wada Weizheng's shout, endured the abdominal pain, and said loudly: "Lord Wada, in the lower is the special envoy of Honda Masanobu Beehouse Hannojo, if Lord Wada can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, he is willing to be a lobbyist for the adult, I don't know what conditions Lord Wada has, all of them can be said." ”

Hetian Weizheng suddenly laughed, laughing at the bee house half of the man who didn't know what to do, he looked at everyone, suddenly pointed to Hattori Masanari beside him, and said loudly: "Everyone, and this prisoner of the lower ranks, this one next to him is the messenger of the Dazai Second Palace." ”

As he spoke, the scene was quiet, and everyone paid attention to Hattori Masanari, when it comes to the Dazai Daiji Temple, there is only one person who can make everyone awe-inspired, and they can follow Wada Yumasa to return to this adult, which is indeed much better than returning to Honganji.

The Bee House Hanzhicheng's tone froze, he never thought that Date Mashiro, who had always been calm, would make a move at this time, and hit the key point with a shot, he quibbled: "You said that you are Date Masato's messenger, empty words, you have to get some qualified certificates, right!?"

Hattori Masanari took out a bronze coated gold medal from his bosom and said: "Under Hattori Masanari, he is the leader of Hattori under Date Dazai, and he can enter and exit at will to meet His Highness with the gold medal, I don't know this identity, whether I am qualified to be a certificate." ”

After a pause, Hattori Masanari suddenly grinned and said, "Oh, there's another nickname below, I don't know if you've heard of Hattori Hanzo?" That is, the current Yulu is only a mere 8,000 stones, and there are only six or seven hundred people under him. ”

Hattori Hanzo?!

Wada Yumasa is from Koga, his eyes shrank, others don't know the name of Hattori Hanzo, he also heard a little, this Hattori Hanzo is a ninja who has risen strongly in recent years, and is very active in Iga and Koga, I never thought that it was a close confidant of Date Masahiro, or a samurai with eight thousand stones.

Date Zhengheng is really as the rumors described, there are many capable people under him, and the so-called capable people are actually eclectic talents, Maxima often has, Bole is not common, this is the reason.

The bee house knew that if he didn't say it again, he was afraid that his life would not be long, so he said aloud: "Hattori-sama, the villain is willing to obey, the villain is willing to submit to Date Dazai, as long as the adult is willing, the villain is willing to go and say that Itami Castle is open, and Itami Castle Lord Itami is the villain's father-in-law." ”

Wada Yumasa couldn't help but be a little moved, and looked back at Hattori Masanari, Hattori Masanari squinted at Wada Yumasa and said, "Does Lord Wada still want to stay in Settsu Country?" Besides, I heard that this guy only entered Itami City yesterday, and I never thought that in one day, Itami would be willing to fall into the trap and marry his daughter to such a villain. ”

Itami is also a pro-happy person, that is also the once wide overlord of Kitasettsu, even if it is a match, it must be a hero like Honda Masanobu, how can he be promised to the clown in front of him. The Itami clan is a famous family, how can Itami be able to look at the bee house half.

Moreover, before Kita Settsu did not enter the Date family, Wada Yumasa could only fight alone, or he would withdraw from Kitasettsu and go to Harima Province to send people under the fence, and the only way out was to be obedient and transfer to Tanba Province under the banner of Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Wada Yumasa waved his hand and said, "Pull this enemy out and behead it to show the public, hang the head on the flagpole of Ikeda Castle, and at the same time, order everyone, get ready, we will transfer to Tanba Province in the near future." ”

The next day, Wada Yumasa led tens of thousands of men and horses to sweep Ikeda Castle, Maruyama Castle, Takayama Castle, and Ichishio Castle into Tamba Province, and captured Yagi Castle, one of the three major mountain castles in Tamba Province, while the allied forces of the Tanba people gathered at Yagami Castle and Date Tanba Legion to fight wits and courage.

Of course, Arakimura was a blessing in disguise, and after fleeing back to Itami Castle, he was in a dilemma, and he forced himself to calm down and asked for help from Honda Masanobu while strengthening his guard. Without thinking about it, Arakimura became a pick-up man, married Itami's daughter Ise and became the new lord of Itami Castle, and Itami hasn't been seen since that day. (To be continued.) )

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