Chapter 404 7. Current Events Are Unpredictable

"Mino Inabayama?"

"The base of the Saito clan for three generations in Mino Province, known as the most impregnable city in the world, Inabayama Castle, surrounded by three circles, with stone walls, and dominating the mountain?"

"Yes, it is the Inabayama Castle of Isshiki Kyōshō Daifu (Saito Yoshitatsu). "

Uncle Tsunayoshi saw that Kobayata asked seriously, nodded subconsciously, and answered with certainty.

"Oda Danjo of Owari has conquered Inabayama and dominated Nobi! He is really impressive and famous for his martial arts!"

When Kobayata heard the news, although he had expected it, after Fujikichiro Sumata's overnight castle, the offensive and defensive situation in Nobi changed drastically. The Oda family's aggressive momentum has been formed, and the Saito family can only defend.

"Huh?" Uncle Tsunayoshi seemed to be a little confused and tilted his neck.

"It was Ando Iga-no-kami and his son-in-law Takenaka Hanbei Shigeharu who captured Inabayama Castle. Kobayata, you guessed wrong."

"Ah! Takenaka took Inabayama on 16 cavalrymen at night!" Kobayata blurted out almost subconsciously.

"Huh?" Uncle Tsunayoshi didn't understand what Kobayata was saying again, and looked at Kobayata with a blank face.

It turned out that Saito Tatsuoki had transferred most of the hostages still belonging to Saito to Inabayama Castle, and Takenaka Shigeharu's younger brother was also a hostage in the castle at that time.

This is all very normal. Now that the people in Mino have changed their minds, it is normal for Saito Tatsuoki to strengthen supervision of the hostages. In addition, Takenaka Shigemoto, the lord of Bodhiyama Castle, is a big country force in Seino, and he must keep an eye on his son.

Then, under the arrangement of Takenaka Shigeharu, for various reasons, one person was stuffed into the castle today, and a knife was stuffed into the castle tomorrow.

A few days ago, Ando Mamoru sent 2,000 soldiers to attack Inabayama Castle. The rebels in the city took the opportunity to kill the general on duty that night, Saito Hida-no-mori, and started to set fire to the castle tower, Otemon Gate, Konekura Turret, etc.

The city soldiers were left without a commander, and the city lord Saito Tatsuoki hurriedly took refuge. At this time, the city gate was opened with the help of the inside and the outside. Ando Morinari's troops rushed in, the city soldiers scattered, and Saito Tatsuoki was carried to Kitano to take refuge with the still loyal nobles such as the Endo family.

At this moment, Ando Morinari and Takenaka Shigeharu issued orders to the country as the new lords of Mino, and even temporarily imposed miscellaneous taxes on temples and townspeople to repair and build Inabayama Castle and prepare the army.

And they also set up customs posts on the streets of Mino, and collected taxes from merchants and travelers as the lords of Mino, looking like a new force, as if they were going to do something new.

In addition to strengthening himself, due to the intricate connections of the Seino clan, Ando Morinari did not sit on the throne alone. Instead, he won over the other two of the Seino Three, Inaba Iktetsu and Ujiie Bokuzen, and let them participate in national affairs together.

This restored the system of joint consultation of important ministers implemented during the Saito Yoshitatsu period, and everyone made decisions together. The centralized system of the Warring States daimyo, which Saito Tatsuoki had finally restored, was completely overthrown, and his capable generals Saito, Nagai, Takekoshi and others were all killed.

This was a naked rebellion! It was a fierce counterattack by the feudal conservative forces against the emerging Warring States daimyo forces. It was a shameless rebellion in order to maintain their own interests!

Uncle Tsunayoshi was at the foot of the city at the time and witnessed the entire Inabayama Castle Incident. In addition, he was a cultured person who had received higher education in this era. He spoke in a clear and logical manner, and his narration was detailed and appropriate, so that people could understand it clearly at a glance.

"When you came, what was the state of Owari's Danzhengtada?" Xiao Pingtai wanted to know Oda Nobunaga's reaction.

"Owari Danzheng? No reaction at all, no, that's not right, Owari Danzheng invaded Ise, suffered a great defeat, lost his armor, and was reorganizing his troops."

Okay, I understand, Oda Nobunaga thought that it would take some time for Mino to produce results, so he launched a strategy to attack Ise at the same time. The people of Seki, Shikafuto, Nagano, Mine, Tomita and other countries in northern Ise rose up to resist Oda Nobunaga's invasion. And requested reinforcements from the Rokkaku clan in Minami Omi, and beat Nobunaga to a pulp.

In particular, the Seki clan resisted most resolutely, fighting to the death to defend the city and resisting the siege of more than 10,000 Oda clan soldiers. Seki Morinobu personally climbed the city and stood in a conspicuous place to beat the drum to help the battle, which boosted the morale of the people of northern Ise.

The iron cannons and bows and arrows of the Oda side could not shoot Seki Morinobu at all, which made the resistance of the people of northern Ise more determined in vain.

Then, relying on their native land and familiarity with the geography, the tribes of northern Ise moved in and out, and in and out, exhausted the Oda army, and finally rushed out together. Takigawa Ieyasu, who was in the vanguard of the Oda army, could not resist and led his army to retreat.

The retreat turned into a rout, and the army in the feudal era was like this. In the end, even Oda Nobunaga was swept back to Owari in the chaos. Countless flags, armor, sticks and food were lost, and the dead soldiers were lying on the road.

It was an unprecedented defeat in Oda Nobunaga's life, and he learned a good lesson.

After that, Nobunaga would change the strategy of the Ise attack, which is a later story. I won't mention it until I have a chance to discuss it later. Now Nobunaga has lost many soldiers and generals, and there are only one or two families in Owari Province who are filial under Komaki Castle, and the sound of crying continues day and night.

Even if Nobunaga wanted to do something about Mino, he didn't have the ability to do so. He could only watch the civil strife in Mino, and he was unable to intervene and profit from it.

"I see, things in the world are hard to predict." Xiao Pingtai was filled with emotion. Even Oda Nobunaga could miss such a great opportunity. It seems that he is not completely a son of the plane.

"Yes, there are some turmoil in Oshu." Uncle Tsunayoshi sighed.

The rest was just gossip, and nothing else happened to make Xiao Pingtai feel emotional.

Thanks to the fact that the house Kobayata built was big enough, there were eight guest rooms, and it was no problem to allocate two rooms to accommodate Uncle Tsunayoshi's family. And with a little girl in the house, there was a little more youthful atmosphere.

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"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ~~" A burst of shocking sound of horse hooves came into the house.

"Who dares to ride a horse under the city? Tatsuzo, go and see." It was almost night, why was there still someone so anxious.

Tatsuzo hurried out, and soon came back to find out clearly and report back.

"I heard from passers-by that it was an envoy sent by Kitabatake University in Hamamatsu, Totomi, and there was also a subordinate who looked like the lord of Mikawa Yoshida Castle, Udono-sama."

"Is there news about Mikawa from Totomi?" Kobayata hadn't digested the bad battles in Owari, Mino, and Ise, what bad things happened in Mikawa?

It shouldn't be. Since Yamanouchi Yoshiharu won over the powerful families of the eastern Mikawa, there has been no trouble in the eastern Mikawa for two years.

Matsudaira Ieyasu should also try his best to pacify Nishi-Mikawa, win over the hearts of the people in Nishi-Mikawa, and strongly fight against the rebellion of Matsudaira Michiharu (Sakurai Matsudaira clan).

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