On June 2, 1582, Sengoku Sanjie, Oda Nobunaga, who was about to unify Japan, was killed by his subordinate Mitsuhide, and the fire at Honnoji Temple burned his body to death. Fifty years on earth is like a dream.
In the distant part of Japan, Hideyoshi heard the news of Oda Nobunaga's murder, and he was both sad and excited, knowing that his time was coming. Just as 28 years ago.
In the sixth year of astronomy, a small, weak, dark-skinned child was born in a poor peasant household in the Owari region. His mother named him Hiyoshi Maru, hoping that he would be as lively and cheerful as the sun and bring hope to the family.
Hinata Maru's official name was Fujiyoshiro, and his father was the iron cannon Foot Light of Oda Nobuhide, the daimyō of the Owari Sengoku Daimyo, who was wounded and disabled in a battle, and could no longer go to war and returned home to work as a farmer, but died of his wounds shortly after. Unable to live, her mother took seven-year-old Fujiyoshiro and her sister Ayu to marry Takemi, a man from the same village. Stepfather Takeami has a rough temperament and punches and kicks Fujiyoshiro at every turn, and Fujiyoshiro can't stand it, so he runs away from home.
Fujiyoshiro is short and resembles a monkey, and monkey has become his nickname, and Fujiyoshiro is very disgusted with this nickname.
He decided to become a samurai and let others never underestimate him again
In 1554, Fujiyoshiro, who had been wandering for many years, defected to Oda Nobunaga as a glorious miscellaneous servant.
He cherished this hard-won opportunity.
When he helped Oda Nobunaga get the slippers, he would warm them up and hand them to Oda Nobunaga. Fujiyoshiro, who was appreciated by Oda Nobunaga, was constantly promoted, and finally in 1560, he became a peasant soldier squad leader, and was also a junior samurai.
In 1560, Fujiyoshiro, who had become the leader of the squad, accompanied Oda Nobunaga and cut off the head of Imakawa Yoshimoto in a barrel cage.
After returning from the victory, Oda Nobunaga took the initiative and gave him the adopted daughter of the general Asano Nagakatsu, Ning Ning, who was later promised by the Ōmasa.
Fujiyoshiro also finally got his own surname, Kinoshita
Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro, who was gradually gaining a foothold at the Oda family, was excited, but don't worry, the highlight moment that belongs to him is coming
Oda Nobunaga's father-in-law, Saito Michizo, was killed by his son Saito Yoshiryū, and Oda Nobunaga seized the opportunity to declare war on Saito Yoshiryū, but Saito Yoshiryu's Inabayama Castle was indestructible and the attack was repeatedly blocked, and Oda Nobunaga decided to build Sumamata Castle halfway through as an outpost for the attack.
After Oda Nobunaga proposed this plan, none of the other courtiers, except Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro, agreed.
Because of his poor background, Fujiyoshiro has not been recognized by other samurai courtiers.
He decided to take on this impossible task on his own initiative, since there were many people waiting to see his jokes, but he had already made up his mind. He broke the fixed thinking that the construction of the city must be processed on the spot, and ordered the workers to process the materials needed for the construction of the city in a different place in the morning, and then took advantage of the flood outbreak and floated it to Momata for assembly overnight. Thanks to the careful planning and powerful measures, the on-site construction of the city was miraculously completed in only one night. The Saito clan sent troops to attack, but it was too late.
The Battle of Sumuro Castle established Kinoshita's position in the Oda family, and for the first time Kinoshita showed all his courtiers who despised him the audacity and superhuman ability to plan and organize.
This unassuming shoe-lifting boy has finally stepped onto the stage of history.
Two years later he changed his name to Hideyoshi Kinoshita.
Kinoshita followed Oda Nobunaga in defeating the Miyoshi family, Asai Nagamasa, and was enfeoffed at Nagahama Castle, becoming a daimyō and officially joining the Sengoku clan. He took a new surname from the names of Oda Nobunaga's vassals, Shibata Katsuya and Niwa Nagahide, to create a new surname, Haba.
Hashiba Hideyoshi, who became the daimyō, was full of confidence, and he firmly believed that he would unify the country with his mentor and Bole and let the surname Haba be passed on.
But he didn't expect that fate still made a big joke with him.
In the 10th year of Tenshō, in 1582, Hideyoshi Hashiba led 30,000 troops into Maori. At this time, Takamatsu Castle became the biggest obstacle on the way to attack.
Takamatsu Castle is a natural key and is surrounded by swamps. Hideyoshi mobilized neighboring villagers at a high price and spent twelve days building a three-kilometer-long, seven-meter-high embankment around the swampy area of Takamatsu Castle, and then introducing river water to make Takamatsu Castle a water castle floating in the lake.
Māori reinforcements had also arrived, but they did not dare to act rashly. Because Takamatsu Castle was already in danger, as long as the Toyotomi army destroyed a corner of the embankment, the turbid current was likely to engulf the entire city
Hashiba Hideyoshi was very satisfied with the current situation, and he dreamed that after the unification of the country, the Oda Lords Guild would entrust the entire Chinese region to him.
On June 3, a secret agent mistakenly broke into Hideyoshi Hashiba's camp. The secret agent sent the news that Mitsuhide had besieged Honnoji Temple and Oda Nobunaga had committed suicide.
The monkey who heard the news was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, but he pretended to be calm, and after sending everyone away, he began to think about the next countermeasures.
He remembered what the most proud strategist, Kuroda Officers and Soldiers, had just said to him: "In this world, only your noble prince has the ability to gain power over the world."
Yes, in this world, only my monkey can inherit the will of the lord Oda and unify the whole country and the world. Only I, the monkey, can bring peace to Japan.
At this time, the monkey has faded into the appearance of a loyal subject, and he will transform into a Japanese overlord, Shibata Katsuya, Niwa Nagahide, and Mitsuhide Wise, all of whom will become his stepping stones. He will go farther and higher than Oda Nobunaga, his eyes shining, just as he met Fujiyoshiro Oda Nobunaga 30 years ago
Hideyoshi Hashiba made the following decisions
1. Block the news of Nobunaga's death and continue the siege of Takamatsu Castle
2. Immediately prepare to end the siege of Takamatsu Castle and quickly retreat
3. Gather your troops along the way and fight to the death against Wise Mitsuhide
He immediately sent his adviser Kuroda officers and soldiers to negotiate with the Maori side, and because the Hideyoshi side made major concessions on the territorial issue, the entire peace negotiations went very smoothly. On the fourth day, Takamatsu Castle Lord Shimizu Munoji accepted all the conditions to save the lives of the soldiers guarding the castle, and at noon on this day, Shimizu Munoharu, who appeared on the lake by boat, and his brother Tsukiyoshi and seven other people cut their abdomen together.
After the peace talks were completed, on June 5, 2010, Hideyoshi sent a letter to the other daimyo asking them to join the army against Mitsuhide, Hosokawa Fujitaka and Tsutsui Shunkei, Shigetomi Niwa Nagahide, Takayama Castle Lord Takayama Youjin, and Ibaraki Castle Lord Nakagawa Kiyohide all received requests for a joint battle.
On June 6, 1010, the Habu army began to retreat, and five days later, on June 11, Tenshō 10, they reached Amagasaki Castle.
From Numa Castle to Amagasaki Castle, it took 200 kilometers to run to Himeji Castle for two days, which took only 3 days and an average of 70 kilometers per day, which was a very terrifying speed. In the "Operational Imperatives Order" formulated by the old Japanese Army before World War II in 1938, it was stipulated that the heavily armed infantry would march four kilometers per hour and the distance of a day should only be twenty-four kilometers; the US army should take four kilometers per hour as the benchmark, march in the field at 2.5 kilometers per hour, and about fifty kilometers a day in the case of forced marching, which is far from reaching the speed of 70 kilometers per day!
After Hashiba Hideyoshi arrived in Amagasaki Castle, Ikeda Tsuneyuki, Kiyohide Nakagawa, and Takayama Yuki joined the camp.
At this time, a huge disparity of 40,000 combined forces of Hashiba Hideyoshi against 17,000 Ofaki Mitsuhide had been formed. This will be followed by the battle of the wise Mitsuhide, known as the Battle of Tennozan. The showdown is about to begin!
On the night of the 12th, the great battle began, the two armies confronted each other in the north of Yamazaki, Ikeda Hengxing secretly attacked the Wise Army's Tsuda Nobuharu, so that the Hashiba Army successfully surrounded the Wise Army, Hideyoshi adopted the advice of the military division Kuroda Officers and Men, flashed open the northern gate, and attacked the other three sides with all its might, the Wise Army collapsed, the soldiers fled from the north of Kaesong Castle, Mitsuhide and a few of his close associates fled to Sakamoto Castle, on the road they were attacked by the natives, Mitsuhide was stabbed by a bamboo gun, had to get off his horse, and committed suicide.
On June 15, 2010, the Battle of Yamazaki ended. The power of the Wise Family was completely destroyed, and Hideyoshi Hashiba began his path to world domination.
In 11 years of Tenshō, Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated Shibata Katsuya, the former Oda family's famous minister, unified the Oda family's forces, inherited the territory that Oda Nobunaga had fought, and eliminated the anti-Hideyoshi forces within the Oda family. Since then, no one has been able to stop him.
In order to be able to wash away his lowly origins, he recognized Mae-hye-etsume as his righteous father, and in the thirteenth year of Tenshō, that is, in 1585 AD, he conquered Shikoku Island, defeated Nagamasa Ibu, took up the post of Sekibai, and obtained a new surname, Toyotomi.
From 1589 to 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched the Battle of Odawara, destroying the Hojo clan, the most powerful name in the Kanto region, and essentially unifying Japan.
From Fujiyoshiro, who didn't even have a surname, to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of all of Japan, it took him 35 years.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not only a military general, he was actually more outstanding in politics, he selected the most powerful people from the daimyo to form the "Five Elders" to help manage state affairs; appointed capable cronies to form the "Five Nobles" to be responsible for practical work; the "Three Elders" were responsible for the coordination and communication between the Five Elders and the Five Elders, solving the problem of the status of a large number of daimyo left over from the Warring States period.
In 1588, Toyotomi issued a sword hunting order to collect the weapons of the people, and the peasants' force could be said to have been dealt a heavy blow, but the conditions for weapons to re-enter the civil war were prevented.
Under toyotomi's rule, Japan's economic development was revitalized, and Japan, which had been in war for many years, was in peace for a time.
If that's the end of the story. Toyotomi Hideyoshi will become a figure admired by the whole world, and perhaps in China, he will have a considerable number of fans. Tv dramas about him will be as widely circulated and talked about as "The Great ChangJin".
But Toyotomi Hideyoshi set his sights on China, the seemingly crumbling Ming Dynasty, who fantasized about conquering Korea, occupying China, and building a great Asian empire.
This idea excited him, and the samurai who had no battle to fight were eager to try, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was fighting like a bamboo, could not resist the excitement at this time.
In 1592, Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent 140,000 troops to conquer Korea, and the Japanese army occupied Korea very smoothly, and if Toyotomi Hideyoshi had not met Li Rusong and Li Shunchen, he might have been able to set foot on Korean territory before he died.
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as if, on August 18, 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi died in Fushimi Castle, and I didn't even want to use the word death.
The dead Toyotomi Hideyoshi left behind a mess and the ongoing Korean War. Young and unruly Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the extremely unbalanced Five Old Systems.
He was proud that the surname "Toyotomi", which would be passed down for hundreds of generations, lasted only two generations, and in 1615, the surname Toyotomi completely disappeared from history.
How would you rate Toyotomi Hideyoshi?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi came from a humble background, single-handedly grasped the tide of the times, and became a samurai by his own bravery and wisdom, as well as humility. He faithfully performed his duties under Oda Nobunaga and perfectly fulfilled the task given to him by Nobunaga, and he could act as the queen of the temple to block as well as Nagamasa Asai's pursuit and cover Oda's retreat. After Oda Nobunaga's death, he was still able to inherit Oda's will and unify the country.
If Oda Nobunaga had escaped in the Honnō-ji Temple, if Wise Mitsuhide had never appeared, Toyotomi would have preferred to follow in the footsteps of the man, follow his Boraku, and watch him unify Japan as a pawn.
Fifty years on earth is like a dream.