The wagons carried a lot of goods, and they walked very slowly, and when they arrived near Deyinma City, it was already evening.

As the name suggests, no matter which of these two names it is, it means that the water and grass are abundant and beautiful, and the horses can be raised, so the name of the city has the word "leading horses".

Although the castle in front of everyone is not as long as Junfu Castle and Iiya Castle, it also has a long history.

It is impossible to know when the castle was built, but it is said that it was Imagawa Sadaxiang, the ancestor of the Sena clan, who first built the castle here.

Later, the three important ministers of the shogunate, the Spo clan, the Kira clan, and the Imagawa clan, due to the dominance of the Enoe Province, led to many joint battles, and the castle was an important stronghold to control the fertile field of the Mikatahara, and it also changed hands several times with the competition of the three families for the Enoe Province.

It was not until the Onin Rebellion that Okochi Sadatsuna, who served as the acting official of Inuma Castle, was repelled by Taka Shimori's great-grandfather, and returned to the Imagawa army.

As a famous city in Tokaido, it is smaller and thicker than the famous towns of Tokaifu, Iiya, and Sakujo, but it has always been an important place for commercial activities in Tokai City, but it can also be called prosperous.

Although it is a flat castle, in terms of defense and garrison, it is not much inferior to mountain castles such as Hakuma and Senkokuji Castle. And because of the past hundred years of contention, the city lords of all generations have used this city as a military stronghold to continuously reinforce, if you look at it from a distance, you only feel that this city is like a tiger, standing on a high place and lying on the plain.

Shimazaki Keishinobu has followed many daimyo in the Kanto region, fought for many years, can be said to be experienced in a hundred battles, familiar with the way of attack and defense, unlike others who focus on the prosperous castle town, but first noticed the importance of this castle to control the entire Mikatahara.

He raised his whip and pointed far away, and Gu said to Gao Shisheng in the car, "Yinma City is near the sea and mountains, overlooking the original henchmen of the three parties, no wonder Musashi Shou's family was able to run rampant in the far river, and the martial arts are not declining." As long as you can firmly grasp this place in your hands, even if there is a rebellion in Yuanjiang the next day, you can still close the door and watch the situation change, waiting for the rotation of days. ”

Gao Shisheng thought so, and in his early years, he also read the military books and military records, but it was not until after he came out of Shinano that he really began to slowly understand the obscure accounts in the military records.

I have to say that what Shimazaki Keishinobu said is in line with the way of military law, although this person is an ungrateful tiger and wolf, he is extremely knowledgeable in martial arts, and it is no wonder that Shaotian relies heavily on the other party.

Gao Shisheng was born and grew up in Si, so he naturally understood the importance of this Yinma City to the entire Sanfang Plain and even to several counties in the middle of the Yuanjiang River.

Mikata is located in the east of Fukichi County, and the entire Enjiang country is surrounded by the Great Lakes of Hamasa, the plains are near the sea, and the vast fields are fertile soil.

This is where the name of Fuzhi County comes from, 'Those who give to the people.' The Himeji Street runs through the entire Sankahara and connects with the two counties of Yutama and Toyota, forming a wide and fertile field, and the Hishima Castle where the Gao clan is located and the Nimata Castle occupied by the Matsui clan are exactly one up and down, echoing each other from afar, and once there is any wind and grass, the entire Enoe country can be firmly controlled and contained at any time.

After the Tokugawa Ieyasu tripartite was defeated by the Takeda army, it was by relying on the unique geographical advantages of Inimajo Castle that they went back and forth with the Takeda family until they were dragged to the Takeda Shingen's head attack and died of illness in the army.

It is not so much that the Tosho Maharaja has the protection of gods and Buddhas, but that this castle has provided irreplaceable importance for stabilizing the situation in the Togae River, so that the Tokugawa family can turn things around in one fell swoop, force back the menacing Takeda army, and make the Togae Jingluo of Takeda Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori father and son all succeed.

The city wall of Yinmachen is tall, and the outer wheel is made of stone walls, about three and a half rooms high, and about two rooms wide. There are four city gates, and there are all kinds of defensive facilities such as turrets and horizontal sheets, and there is a moat outside the city, and there is a stone bridge on the river.

Because of the dispatch of the messenger in advance, there were already several retainers waiting outside the city, and when they saw the convoy coming, they hurriedly brought people to greet them, and it was impossible for the city to let all the hundred or so people enter.

Gao Shisheng asked his entourage and chariots to follow the retainers who went out to rest in the barracks in the east of the city, where there were already people preparing meals, hot water, and barnhouses to find lodging.

Only a dozen people who followed Gao Shisheng into the city, such as Aoki Daizen, Beizhuang Shengzhong, Oi Shengchao, Tateishi Taki, and Shimazaki Keishinobu, were only in a car.

Since he returned home, there was no need for extravagance, so while twilight was approaching, he did not cause the slightest movement in the city.

The water of the moat is very deep, you can't see it at a glance, walking on the bridge, even if Gao Shisheng sits in the car, you can still feel the water vapor wet and cold, which makes people feel cold, and the tired body that was originally because of the days of rushing to socialize, but also suddenly felt refreshed.

Because the curfew is approaching at this time, there are not many pedestrians in the town outside the castle, and the shops are also closed one after another under the urging of the night patrol group, and the sound of knocking on empty bamboo tubes echoes in the city, and through the doors and windows of nearby people, you can flicker on and flicker, and then the smoke rises.

In order to prevent the water from going away, there were thieves who set fire to cause fire damage to the castle town. Except for winter, after the curfew, the people are not allowed to start fires at will, and the wealthy families who have the conditions to eat dinner take advantage of this time to seize the time to cook.

After the hour came, they were caught by the night patrol and were taken to the place where they were punished, with a fine of two hundred denarii for the lightest and two hundred denarii for the heavier ones, and a whipping in public.

Therefore, the work and rest time of the people in Yinma City is extremely stable, except for weddings and funerals, it can basically be said that it has been like a few years and has not changed at all.

Just like the samurai manor in the Kamakura period, the whole city has been subject to all kinds of laws and regulations, from the governor himself to the lowest level of filthy people, without exception.

This kind of strict scene opened the eyes of a group of samurai such as Shimazaki Keishinobu who had always been scattered, but for Gao Shisheng, who had lived in Inma City for many years, this was already the most accustomed thing.

The Yuanjiang Gao clan has passed down the family by law, from marching and fighting together, to daily life, there are rules and rituals to be found, not only the clan family, but even the people in the city are all familiar with this stereotyped and somewhat oppressive living habits.

Not far further from the stone bridge is the city gate, the city gate was closed early, and after repeatedly confirming with the retainers who led the way, the castle defender Ashigaru opened the side gate of the south wall and let everyone into the city.

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