On August 5, Hosokawa's army, with a total strength of 40,000, assembled at Gifu Castle in Mino Province, and marched in the direction of Shinano with Hosokawa Haryuki as the forerunner.

The next day, we arrived at Iwamura Castle on the border of Mino Province.

Minowamura Castle, also known as the "City of Fog", is one of the three major mountain castles in Japan. It is located on Komaoo Plateau, which is known as the "Central Alps" and is surrounded by the Kiso Mountains, with an altitude of 721 meters, making it the highest mountain town in the territory today.

The history of the construction of Iwamura Castle can be traced back to the first year of Bunji (1185 AD), and there is also a theory that it was built in the sixth year of Kenkyu (1195 AD). In charge of building the castle was Kato Keiren, a famous minister in the early days of the Kamakura shogunate. Jing Lian's eldest son, Jing Chao, later changed the Miao character to Yuanshan, and since then, the terrain has been dangerous, and the Iwamura Castle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, has naturally become the residence of the Yuanshan clan in the past dynasties.

"Subordinates greet the lord! Welcome young master! Oda Katsucho led a group of retainers to greet Hosokawa Nobumoto and others at the city gate. He was the fifth son of Oda Nobunaga, and the last lord of the castle was his adoptive father, Toyama Keiren.

As early as the first year of Motokame (1570 AD), when the famous general of the Takeda family, Nobuyo Akiyama, attacked Iwamura Castle for the first time, Toyama Keiren was seriously injured and died. Keihito's wife, Yenhime, was Nobunaga's aunt (Oda Nobuhide's cousin), and in order to stabilize the situation at Iwamura Castle after Keiren's death, she succeeded Oda Katsunaga and proclaimed him the lord of Iwamura Castle.

But at that time, Katsucho was not even ten years old, and in fact, the power of the castle lord naturally fell into the hands of Yan Ji, so Iwamura Castle ushered in the first female castle lord in its history.

"Well, get up, are you ready for food, grass and shelter?" Hosokawa Nobumoto rode on his horse, without the slightest intention of dismounting. The era of the Oda family has passed, and Oda Nobunaga's orphan can only live under his own protection.

"Yes, yes, the subordinates have made arrangements, please rest assured!" Oda Katsucho knelt underneath, extremely respectful.

"Let's go, let's go into the city!" Hosokawa Nobumoto urged the horse, entered Iwamura Castle, and went straight to the castle lord's residence.

"Father, is that the son of Nobunaga?" Smart Maru on horseback, looking sideways at Oda Katsunaga who was still kneeling on the side of the road.

"yes, if you don't want my Hosokawa descendants to be like him, you'll have to work harder, Senkaimaru." Nobumoto Hosokawa teaches his children all the time.

"Yes, Father!" Senimaru nodded, tilted his head, saw a few unusual wells, pointed there and asked, "Father, you see, there are so many wells, but there are not so many in Devon City." ”

"Oh, that's a new well dug by Akiyama Nobutomo after he captured the castle, specifically to prevent the siege from cutting off the water. Not only that, but he also excavated a secret passage from Iwamura to his former domain, Iita, through which he was replenished with weapons and food. "These are all city defense knowledge, Hosokawa Nobumoto talked about it as he walked with the smart pill.

"Look at this narrow and oblique path, the solid stone wall, it is easier to defend and difficult to attack than Miki Castle, when Oda Nobutada led an army of 30,000 people, it took more than five months, but it was not captured."

"With such a strong mountain castle, how did Akiyama Nobuyo conquer it?" Senimaru asked curiously.

"That's a good question! Remember, the siege of the city can not be blindly stormed, the so-called siege of the city is the bottom, the attack of the heart is the top. When Akiyama Nobutomo attacked Iwamura Castle for the second time, it happened that the Oda family was caught between Asakura and Asai and could not be rescued by dividing their forces. So while besieging Iwamura Castle, he took advantage of the disagreement between the important ministers of the Oda side who had come with Oda Katsunaga in the castle and the important ministers of the former Toyama family, and began to instigate the bloodless opening of the castle by the defenders. ”

"Eventually, under the auspices of Yan Hime, he attacked and killed the important ministers of the Oda family, and Kaejo surrendered. She also became the main wife of Akiyama Nobuyo, and Nobuyo suddenly became Nobunaga's cheap uncle. ”

"Oh, I see! This laid the foundation for him to kill himself in the future, and a person as mean as Nobunaga would definitely not be able to stand this. Senkai Maru immediately understood why Oda Nobunaga had to condemn his husband and wife to the reverse punishment later. (Tie people to wooden crosses, first stab them with a spear a dozen times, and then use a knife, one knife at a time..... ）

"That's right, since Iwamura Castle could not be captured for a long time, Nobunaga personally went to the front line and issued a surrender notice to the faithful. It means that for the sake of my aunt's face, as long as the believers surrender, the city lord and below can save their lives. As the city began to run out of food, the morale of the defenders was declining, and the nobutomo agreed to Nobunaga's persuasion. Hosokawa Nobumoto nodded, rode his horse into the Honmaru, and the left and right servants immediately stepped forward to help his father and son dismount.

After the surrender of Kaesong, Nobunaga decisively broke the appointment, and the defenders were unsuspecting and attacked by the Oda army, and the Toyama clan was killed and wounded. Nobutomo and Yenhime were taken to Gifu to be sentenced to "capital punishment within capital punishment", and Iwamura Castle was given the title of Moriranmaru. Moriranmaru was killed in battle at Honnoji Temple with Nobunaga soon after, and Oda Katsunaga settled here because he had been a successor to Toyama's house. "Hosokawa Nobumoto took Senakamaru to temporarily stay in the castle tower.

"Okay, rest early, I'm going to leave early tomorrow morning and enter Shinano Country." Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the tired smart pill, he was used to being pampered since he was a child, and he couldn't bear the rhythm of this kind of march.

"Father, do you want to hold a military meeting at night?" Seeing that his father had no intention of resting, he couldn't help but ask.

"I'm about to enter the enemy country, and I have to listen to the latest situation in the evening, so I can prepare early." This is military life, traveling during the day and holding meetings at night, with a string in my head.

"That kid is going to join in, too!" Senimaru seemed to have made up his mind, and looked at Hosokawa Nobumoto with resolute eyes.

"Good! As the future head of my Hosokawa family, that's how it should be! Then go and wash your face, eat your meal, and come with me in the temple in the evening." Hosokawa Nobumoto patted the smart pill on the shoulder, relieved, and suffered hardship, so that he could become a master.

"Hmm!" Smart Pill nodded happily, how happy he was to be able to get a word of approval from his father.

At night, Hosokawa Nobumoto summoned his ministers for the last military meeting before the war.

"My lord, the Kiso family offered a hostage to Yoshitoyo Kamatsu to show loyalty!" Toyama Tomotada, as the lord of Nagaki Castle in Minokoku Province, began to contact Uchio Kiso Yoshimasa after receiving the order to attack the Takeda family, and this Uematsu Yoshitoyo was his younger brother. And Tomotada's main room is Oda Nobunaga's niece.

"Very well, I decided to divide my troops into two ways and quickly take Shinano Province. The western route is the commander of Haruyuki Hosokawa, with Hosokawa Fujitaka, Mibuchi Fujiei, Hosokawa Motogen, Niwa Nagahide, Echizen Bei, and Kaga Bei, entering from the Kiso River, with Kiso Yoshimasa as the precursor, attacking Kita-Shinano! "Nishishinano in the upper reaches of the Kiso River is the domain of the Kiso family, so it can be said that the road is relatively easy.

"I'm in charge of the East Road! Enter Shinano from Ina Street! "All the way is the power city of the Takeda family.

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