Chapter 11: Ninjas

For Fujibayashi Nagatomori's rudeness, Hattori Masasari did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, at least he did not show his dissatisfaction on his face. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info for him, whether it is the vine forest long gate guard, or the three wives of a hundred places who talk happily, but a local tyrant who guards one acre and three points of land.

The location of Iga Province, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, and there are some flat places in the central basin, but they are intertwined by dozens of jackals and canine teeth and become chaotic. However, Iga Province is located at the junction of Yamato, Omi, and Ise provinces, and most of its territory is sandwiched between Omi and Ise provinces. Due to the rampant nature of the Yamato Province temples, and the early death of the Ming lord Tsutsui Shunaki just after the unification of Yamato Province, the Iga Province was torn between the Omi Daimyo Rokkaku clan and the Ise Kuniji Kitabatake clan.

The formation of Iga Mikami Shinobu relied on this relationship, Fujibayashi Nagato Mamoru backed the Rokkaku clan, Hyakuchi Santaio relied on the Kitabatake clan, and Hattori Hocho supported the protection of the Niki clan, and the Nishiki clan was active as a guardian and caused the convergence of the first two.

The final result was that the Nishiki clan was driven out of Iga by the local servants, and the Hattori Baocho was besieged and had to regretfully take his people to Kyoto to beg for food in the shogunate, and then he was even more down-and-out to serve the Matsudaira clan in Mikawa Province, and successively served Matsudaira Kiyoyasu and Hirotada, who were liquidated after Hirotada's death, and then loyal to Date Masahiro, step by step from the shadows to the front of the stage.

Now, the Rokkaku clan is gone, the Kitabatake clan is the head of the Veda clan, Fujibayashi Nagato Mamoru and Momochi Santaio have completely lost the capital to compete with Hattori Masari, and if Hattori Masari wants to return to their Hattori family's territory, I am afraid they will also hand it over.

In his eyes, Hattori Hocho and Masari father and son were the losers of the battle in Iga Kingdom, and now they have ascension to heaven and returned to their hometowns in fine clothes, and they have come to show off. And he lost his backer, the Omi Rokkaku clan was suddenly defeated, and the Yanliu perished, which involved him, if it weren't for his main opponent Hyamochi Santaifu and his fifty steps and a hundred steps, I am afraid that he would also suffer the same wandering bad luck as Hattori Baocho.

Hattori Masanari didn't care about Fujibayashi Nagatomori's sarcasm, to be honest, in Hattori Masanari's eyes, Fujibayashi Nagato Mamoru and Hyaki Santaifu had almost no merit, but after all, they had deep qualifications and superior strength in Iga, so Hattori Masanari still gave the two enough respect and politeness.

Otherwise, according to Hattori Masari's current strength, coupled with his backers, it is enough to subvert the Fujilin and Baiji families, and crush the Iga people with different hearts. Hattori Masanari's respect and politeness, Hyakji Santai can naturally feel it.

The third wife of Baidi glanced at the Fujilin Nagato Guard, if it weren't for the truth of his lips and teeth, he would really fall into the well, but he didn't say anything. Seeing that all the people who should have come came, Fujibayashi Nagato Mamoru was the last dignitary to arrive.

The third wife of Baidi stood up and said to everyone: "Gather everyone to come today, what is the so-called matter, everyone can probably guess it, although I know below, you may be unwilling in your hearts, but can this matter be done in the end?" It also depends on the votes in the hands of the people. Let's ask Hattori Hanzo to tell me about his intentions! ”

As he spoke, the third wife made a gesture of please.

Someone in the conference hall frowned, Hattori Masanari said that he was an outsider, but he was not an outsider, for young people, Hattori's clan, that is, Chigaji's clan, was already a thing of the past, but all the people present were parties who had experienced the chaos of the year, and they all glanced around and no one came forward to object. Even Fujibayashi Nagato Mamoru, who ridiculed at the beginning, had no intention of objecting, and acquiesced in Hattori Masari's behavior of coming to the meeting center. Although Hattori Masanari did not pass any elections.

Hattori Masasari nodded to the third lady of Hyakuji, and he said loudly: "Since Lord Hyakuchi Tanba-sama you understand what you are thinking, then the next words are easy to say, now Ise Province Akechi Mitsuhide tore up the armistice agreement ruled by Lord Regent, is it tolerable or unbearable, and at the same time, the Hokuhata Quan Nayan asked the Lord Regent for assistance, and the Lord Regent agreed to the request of the Kitabatake Denaka Nayan, but if you want to enter Ise Country from Yamato Province, you have to pass through Iga Province, I don't know what you think?" ”

Fujilin Nagato Mamoru looked solemn and was silent for a long time. Ueda Mitsuji, one of the twelve members of Iga, breathes heavily, and his territory is located in the area of Aoyama Pass, the most important checkpoint in Iga and Ise countries, and it is natural to cross through his territory.

Ueda Mitsuji frequently signaled to the third wife of Hyakuchi, and the third wife of the hundred land made a slightly calming gesture for him.

After a long time, the third lady of the hundred lands finally spoke: "The order of Lord Regent, we naturally dare not disobey, but I don't know when, where and how Lord Regent will cross the border?" "No one dared to raise an objection, not even the three wives.

Seeing that the third wife of Baiji lowered his head, Hattori Masari said ambiguously: "Soon." But he didn't say a word behind him, and a trace of coldness flashed on his face.

The third wife of Baidi gritted his teeth and said: "What my lord means, there is no final decision yet, so how should I prepare?" ”

Hattori Masanari said lightly: "How did Akechi Mitsuhide pass through the realm that day, tens of thousands of people, including many old and weak women and children, were able to travel long distances into Ise Province in a short period of time, don't tell me, you don't know?" ”

The face of the third wife of Hyakji tightened, but he did not refute Hattori's words. When tens of thousands of wise soldiers dragged their tired bodies through the junction of Iga Province, Yamato Province, and Ise Province, they also crossed the territory of the Iga people. Even if they wanted to defend this matter, they couldn't justify it, in fact, at that time, the people of Iga Country were beaten to drive the wise army out of the country and not to wander around Iga Country, and now Hattori Masari brought up this matter, so he was naturally beating them.

Before Hattori Masanari's words were finished, all the people in the conference hall couldn't sit still, their faces became very ugly, and their sharp eyes seemed to be about to devour the young man in front of them alive. If you want your family to be ruined and the three clans wiped out, you can give it a try.

Hattori Masanari glanced around at everyone, and smiled secretly in his heart, all of them were gutsless, but seeing the anger in everyone's eyes, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he continued: "Everyone, it is rare for my lord to value it, the crossing of the Date army, is it just that you just see the barren land of Iga Country. The country of Iga is barren, and twenty or thirty thousand people are trapped inside, which is really stupid to the extreme. If you can participate, if you can get a share of the battle in battle, it will not be difficult to become a retainer of the Date family. ”

Sure enough, as soon as Hattori's words fell, there was a hint of eagerness in everyone's eyes, and they all knew that the Date family was in full swing, and whoever could cling to the Date family would be able to secure the future.

The third wife of Baidi did not dare to hesitate, and immediately said: "Please rest assured, you will do your best to cooperate, and you will not miss the slightest." ”

Although his official position is Tanba Mamoru and is the upper country guard from the sixth, and Hattori Masanari is Iwami Mamoru and is the lower country guard from the sixth. However, the Tanba Mamoru of the third Taifu of Hyakchi was handed down from his ancestors, and in fact he mostly called himself, while the official position of Hattori Masanari was granted by the imperial court. What's more, the identities and status of the two are there, and the three wives of Baidi naturally don't dare to put up a fight, and those who should bow their heads should bow their heads, which is a natural and commonplace thing.

The third wife of Hyakchi expressed his position, making it clear that he would comply with the requirements of the Date family, and put the interests of the Date family first, and Fujibayashi Nagato Mamoru immediately complied, so of course the others did not dare to raise objections, and they all echoed it, willing to contribute at all costs.

Hattori is smiling.

……

While Hattori Masanari was intimidating the Iga, the army was gathering, and in just a few days, elite forces from all walks of life from the north and south of Omi and Nishimino passed through Sawa Yamajo Castle in batches, and then assembled in the direction of Suzuka Pass.

And the general flag of the lord of Sawa Mountain Castle and the Ise Raider is Heihachi Miyazawa, the general of the Kanto divisions of the Date Army, who is ranked under Katayama Hengcho, is now fluttering on Suzuka Pass. Under the banner of Miyazawa Heihachi, the 8,000 horse infantry army gathered was ready to go, and behind them, there were nearly 12,000 people, thousands of horses, mules and livestock, rushing back and forth for the army's grain.

And before that, the combined forces of Mikumo Narumi and Gamo Kenhide had already sent their eyes and ears into Ise.

In addition to the 1,500 troops of Sawa Yamashiro, there were also 3,500 people from Mikumo Narichi and Kamo Kenhide, 1,500 people led by Kita-Omi Asai Nagamasa to help in the battle, and Nishimino and three people, Inaba Ryodori, Ando Morisa, and Naomoto of the clan had a total of 2,000 people, a total of 8,000 people, and 12,000 people and thousands of mules and horses were mobilized to transport grain, which was claimed to be 30,000 to the outside world.

A simple castle is rising from the ground at the Suzuka Pass crossing. Two or three thousand people who marched with the army were working overtime for the newly built castle, and their trumpets reached Miyazawa Heihachi's ears from the bottom of the castle. The men dug trenches and surrounded the camp with a circumference of several miles. The winding wall stretches along the river to the hillside, with water available, danger to rely on, and the back road in hand, Miyazawa Taira has eight wins in his hands.

However, Miyazawa Heihachi was in a very bad mood, and Akechi Mitsuhide really deserved to be a fierce general who could fight habitually, and he originally wanted to sneak attack Kameyama Castle, and then use Kameyama Castle as a base to annihilate Akechi Mitsuhide's reinforcements under Kameyama Castle, but it was obvious that he failed.

When Miyazawa Hei's eight orders Sankumo Narichi and Gamo Kenhide attacked Kameyama Castle, they were harassed by Miyake Yaheiji, and the sneak attack turned into an encounter, and Kameyama Castle was naturally difficult to break through with preparations, coupled with the timely arrival of Akechi Mitsuhide, not only did the coalition return in vain, but it was the loss of troops and the loss of more than 200 lives.

Miyazawa Heihachi turned his head and asked, "Has the news of Lufu Rabbit City arrived?" (To be continued.) )