Why did Niwa Ujishige, at the age of 16, challenge a separate force of over 20,000 men led by Hashiba? The more than 200 soldiers defending Iwasaki Castle held off Ikeda Tsuneoki and Mori Nagayoshi, influencing the course of the Battle of Nagakute. Based on the Niwa family's military chronicles from the Edo period, this book follows the messenger's desperate journey, the few hours leading up to the castle's fall, and the counterattack by his old…
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Why did Niwa Ujishige, at the age of 16, challenge a separate force of over 20,000 men led by Hashiba? The more than 200 soldiers defending Iwasaki Castle held off Ikeda Tsuneoki and Mori Nagayoshi, influencing the course of the Battle of Nagakute. Based on the Niwa family's military chronicles from the Edo period, this book follows the messenger's desperate journey, the few hours leading up to the castle's fall, and the counterattack by his old…