When it comes to the daimyo of Japan's Sengoku period, Yoshimoto Imakawa, everyone's impression of him is probably a big fat man with a white face, who looks like a character with intellectual problems, whether in drama or video games, either ugly or difficult to use.
They were extremely ugly to him, and over time, everyone's impression of him was that he was an incompetent fat man. Is that the real Imakawa Yoshimoto in history?
If Kawayoshimoto had come to the present, he would probably have such a reaction: he had spent his whole life governing the country and letting the people of Tokaido live and work in peace and contentment, and come to see what future generations had said about me.
Yoshimoto Imagawa searched for his name on Google: Oh my God, how could it be such an obese image? Anyway, I was the first bowman in Tokaido, unable to accept that I was ugly, and then I saw a name Oda Nobunaga, isn't this the countryman who killed me? How does it look like a heroic warrior?
Forget it, let's see what the townspeople have to say about me. "Bloody and far-range, very dog." "Beaten as a son in a barrel room." "Fat boy who runs very slowly." "Super weak, unmatched skills are terrible." "Tokaido first fat." "The weapon is a fan." "Too fat can't ride a horse, so he can only sit in a palanquin." ......
Yoshimoto Imagawa vomited blood in front of the computer, and it seems that the reason why everything was ugly was because he lost the Battle of the Barrel Gap.
Before talking about the Battle of the Barrel Gap, let's first see how Yoshimoto Imagawa became the daimyō. Imakawa Yoshimoto was the 11th generation of the Imakawa clan governor, who was originally unrelated to him, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Imakawa Clan Keiki, after the death of his father Imakawa clan.
Imagawa Yoshimoto was not the eldest son, but the fifth son, and at this time he was becoming a monk. But his brother was in poor health, died at the age of 24, and had no heirs. Therefore, it became a difficult problem for the head of the Imakawa family to pass on to whom.
At that time, in addition to Yoshimoto Imagawa, who was a monk, there was also his half-brother Yoshinari Kanekawa. However, under the guidance of his mentor Taiyuan Xueqi, Imagawa Yoshimoto co-opted other Imakawa clan courtiers, successfully defeated his brother in the Hanakura Rebellion, and took the position of Imakawa family governor.
Therefore, Yoshimoto Imagawa's life has not been smooth sailing. After Imagawa came to power, with the assistance of his teacher Taiyuan Xueqi and his old mother, he carried out a series of reforms in internal affairs, first surveying land and strengthening his own territory.
At that time, most of the daimyo of the Warring States basically adopted an annual tribute of five or five points, that is, half of the land income went to the peasants, half to the lords, and even two or eight points. In the territory of Imagawa, it has always been six or four points, which can be said to have won the hearts of the people.
In addition to taking care of the peasants, the economy and trade have developed, on the other hand, they have also strengthened law and order, protected the merchants who travel to and from the territory, and promulgated the "21 Articles of the Kana Directory", which is an excellent written law, and for a time, the Suruga area was quite prosperous, and he did allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment.
In addition to the internal affairs, in addition to the sound and colorful internal affairs, on the outside side, the Matsudaira family of Mikawa was taken under his subordinates, controlled the young Matsudaira Motoyasu, and took the opportunity to annex Mikawa. At this time, the territory was adjacent to the Oda family, and under the vigorous efforts of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the Imagawa family had the three kingdoms of Suruga, Ene, and Mikawa, and the territorial stone was more than one million tons, and it was known as "Tokaido One Bow Totake".
Compared with the Oda family, which is not weak in strength across the river, it can be said that it is not a level. Diplomatically, Imagawa Yoshimoto has also made great achievements.
The Imakawa family traditionally had two major enemies, namely the Takeda family of the Kai Kingdom and the Hojo family of the Sagami Kingdom, and these three kingdoms were in a very awkward stage for many years without distinction between victory and defeat, but after Imagawa came to power, he changed the diplomatic policy of his father and his brother, helped the takeda family as a matchmaker, and let Takeda Shingen marry the princess of the Sanjo family, and he himself married takeda Shingen's sister, and suddenly the enemy family became a family.
Later, Takeda reconciled with Hojo and became an intermediary between the Imagawa and Hojo families, eventually evolving into the Koshiro Three Kingdoms Alliance. At this point, Imagawa Yoshimoto ushered in the peak of his life, and with the peak of his national strength and no worries, he turned his attention to the Owari Oda family in the west.
Owari is a wealthy area with 700,000 stones in Ishigaki, the Oda family is also a traditional local tycoon, and the Imagawa family has historically served as the guardian of Owari, so Imagawa has always regarded Owari as an inseparable part of ancient times, and Oda forces have also surrounded the Imakawa family's import and export of Ōtaka Castle and Narukai Castle.
As a result, Imakawa saw Oda Nobunaga's father-in-law, Mino Michizo, as a viper, had been killed, and the Oda family had also engaged in civil unrest over the issue of heirs, and at the opportunity, Imagawa mobilized 25,000 troops to invade Owari, and the interface was to "Go-Raku".
"Luo" refers to Japan's Luoyang-Kyoto, which is simply to personally lead troops to Kyoto, use strength to win the highest power throne in Japan, and show that they have the strength to dominate Japan.
On the way from home to Kyoto, it was the Oda family in Owari that could not be flashed. However, along the way, Imagawa Kazuyoshimoto was fierce, and wherever the soldiers went, the branches of the Oda family surrendered one by one.
The news reached Kiyosu Castle, where Oda Nobunaga was, and Oda Nobunaga was still dancing. It seems that as long as you defeat Nobunaga, who has abandoned himself, he can swallow Owari Kuni.
After that, Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led 5,000 soldiers and attacked Cheongju Castle. On May 18, 1560, matsudaira Motoyasu laid siege to Marune Castle and took down the shogun Sakuma University.
The morale of the Imakawa army was greatly shaken, but it was also slightly relaxed because of exhaustion. The next afternoon, Imakawa, believing that Oda Nobunaga was still hiding in Cheongju Castle, was shivering, so he rested near the barrel parlor and even feasted in the camp, singing and dancing.
But at this time, Oda Nobunaga quietly organized about three thousand Ming light cavalry to prepare for a counterattack, which was known as the Battle of the Barrel Pan.
Taking advantage of the heavy rain, the Oda army evaded the reconnaissance of Imakawa.2 At the scene, he personally led the army to launch a rapid attack, and when the rainstorm stopped, Nobunaga suddenly launched a surprise attack. Imakawa had just finished a battle and was exhausted.
In the face of Nobunaga's surprise attack, the chaos was great, and Imakawa Yoshimoto also died at the hands of the Oda Army. After the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the Imagawa family began to decline, and Nobunaga became famous.
Matsudaira Motoyasu, who had originally succumbed to Imagawa, became independent and changed his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Imagawa Yoshimoto hideyoshi Shinmu I, but was destroyed in a war. Everyone also thought that Nobunaga had spent only 3,000 soldiers to blow up Yoshimoto Imagawa, who had 25,000 troops, and thought that he was a fool who could not use soldiers.
But in fact, in the barrel narrow room is the Imakawa honmo team, only about 5,000 soldiers, under the misunderstanding of everyone, Imakawa Yoshimoto has become the laughing stock of future generations, can only say bad luck.
However, you can think about a question, if Yoshimoto Imakawa did not die, what would be the development of the Japanese Sengoku? What is certain is that the Oda and Saito families will perish, the Matsudaira family will not be independent, and the three people who will be in the wind and rain in Japanese history in the future, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, may all be drowned in the long river of history.
In the main history, Imakawa Yoshimoto is not only not an n card, but also an sr card, but only met Oda Nobunaga who ssr, and because he lost to Oda Nobunaga, a widely loved character, he had to be ugly.
Even the original hobby of loving the elegant culture of the Japanese style has been infinitely magnified, and the image has become a white-faced fat uncle, which is really pitiful.