In the 8th year of Tensho (1580 AD), the Sanada family got their wish to Numata Castle, and at the same time, they lived in Numata Castle. It has only been how many years since the Oda family got this place, and how could the Sanada family move their ancestral tomb to this land of the four wars, and only Toyotomi Hideyoshi would believe it.

But what I want to say here is that the monkey himself is an extremely shrewd person, how can there be something that cannot be seen? After all, it is just a matter that needs to be sent to inquire about things that can be made clear, and perhaps in this matter, the monkey is also taking advantage of Sanada Masayuki, so he made such a decision.

The monkey may have been playing a game of chess himself, but Sanada Masayuki was not so easy to control, so he also joined the chessboard.

But the Hojo family also dreamed of getting the entire Numata territory, and the Hojo clan quickly replied to Inomata Kunita, and the Numata place must be held in his hands, and Inomata Kuniten knows the lord's mind very well, and now that such a good opportunity has fallen from the sky, how can he not grasp it!

On October 23, 1589, eight months after Toyotomi Hideyoshi mediated between the Sanada, Hojo, and Tokugawa families, the Hojo general, Inomata Kuniken, at the request of his lord, sent an army to Kuruma Castle, and received a promise from Nakayama Kubei as an internal response.

Sanada didn't expect that the Hojo clan would turn his face faster than turning the book (or maybe it was done on purpose), and the name Walnut Castle could only meet the enemy in a hurry without preparation.

The famous walnut city is built by the river, surrounded by water on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The troops of the Sanada Army Yazawa Yoritsuna, who were stationed in Iwaki Castle, also rushed to the rescue, and they were about to arrive, forming a flanking attack on the Hojo Army with the defenders in the castle.

According to the Sanada Taihei Chronicle, when the fierce battle was in full swing, the Hojo army suddenly broke through the northern part of the city wall, and the surging enemy soldiers entered the castle, and the Sanada army was finally defeated. And the person responsible for defending the north wall was the nine guards of Nakayama in Neiying, and the guard Suzuki Shigenori fled to Zhengkakuji Temple, and committed suicide by seppuku in shame.

was put on the side of the Hojo family for no reason, and Sanada Masanobu, who was wronged, hurriedly complained to the patriarch Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't wait for the Hojo family, but the news came that the Hojo family regarded their "nothing to do" as if they had nothing, and they couldn't help but be furious. For the sake of dignity, Toyotomi Hideyoshi decided to go out on a personal expedition to defeat the Hojo clan, who did not know whether to live or die, and this was the Odawara expedition of the Toyotomi family later.

Numata Castle was originally in the hands of the Sanada family, if it follows the original historical trajectory, it will be awarded to the Hojo family by Toyotomi Hideyoshi because of the conflict between the Sanada family and the Hojo family, in order to settle the dispute between the two families, and now there is no Toyotomi Hideyoshi, why is this castle still in the hands of the Hojo family!

That's because before the Kuroda family's attack on the Takeda family, the Hojo family had already received the corresponding news, and the Hojo family had also coveted Numata Castle controlled by the Sanada family for a long time, so they launched an attack on Numata Castle under premeditation.

With the strength of the Sanada family at that time, how could it be compared with the Hojo family, the giant of the eastern country, in this case, even if the Sanada family tried all kinds of ways to resist the attack of the Hojo family, they were unable to keep Numata Castle, so Numata Castle fell into the hands of the Hojo family.

However, it is very coincidental in history that the Sanada family's famous Kurumita Castle is under the protection of Suzuki Shigenori, and it is still in the hands of the Sanada family.

This is almost exactly the same trajectory as in history, Nakuro Castle is still the territory of the Sanada family, but this time it is the Kuroda family, not the Toyotomi family, who is tasked with attacking the Hojo family.

The Hojo family's guard in Numata Castle is still the Inomata Kunitun who caused the Mikumata Castle incident in history.

Kunitsu Inomata was a subordinate of the Hojo clan and a very capable samurai, and under the orders of his lord, he became the vanguard of the attack on Numata Castle.

Previously, he had successfully completed the order issued by his main attack, captured Numata Castle, and took control of this area. And Inomata Kunken himself is also an important wealthy family in Musashi Province, and he is also a general under the Hojo clan.

As the main general, Inomata Kunitun guarded Numata Castle, and the Hojo clan allocated more than 700 soldiers to him, which was already the greatest support that the Hojo clan could give him.

Because the attack of the Kuroda family is imminent, everything is already predictable, so the Hojo clan, as the chief general of the Hojo family in the area of Ueno Province, must also have its own plans.

And during this year, Inomata Kuniten, as a local general, knew that the Kuroda family might attack, especially after the Kuroda family eliminated the Takeda family, he was very eager to expand the number of defenders in his territory, and he successfully increased the number to 900 people.

Okay, so now the question is, who is the commander of the Kuroda family's 20,000-strong army, Sanada Masayuki.

So from whom did the Hojo family take Numata Castle? It is the Sanada family, which is now affiliated with the Kuroda family.

Okay, now the new hatred and the old hatred, the national hatred and the family hatred are counted together, the main general of the Kuroda family, Sanada Masayuki, who is desperately fighting the Numata Castle garrisoned by Inomata Kunitun, will naturally work very hard, just kidding, your Hojo family has occupied my eldest brother's territory, will I give you a good look!

Of course it's impossible, our Kuroda family doesn't run a welfare home, and Sanada Masanobu, as the chief general of this army, it's okay to make this little personal gain.

Here we want to talk about why the Hojo family has to seize this part of the Sanada family, first of all, there is no problem for the Hojo family to expand their territory.

And Numata Castle is precisely the most fertile area in the entire Ueno area, Ueno Province is mountainous, so the land in other places is barren, and only Sawada is the main food producing area, and fertile land is very difficult to obtain, and after the Hojo family took control of the Minowa Castle area, Numata near Minowa Castle has long been coveted.

This is because of this reason, so the Hojo family captured Numata Castle, but they didn't expect that the Takeda family would be completely defeated by the Kuroda family so quickly, and then it was their turn. The so-called karma is like that!

It stands to reason that Inomata Kuniten's men have a garrison of 900 people, and such a team is indeed a very remarkable number for a wealthy family, but what they need to face is the Kuroda family's army of 20,000 people.

And the biggest problem is that the area around Numata Castle is indeed very fertile, which is unique in the whole of Ueno, but such fertile land is built on the basis of the plain terrain.