The highlight of many military commanders during the Warring States period was still battle. There were many battles all over the country, big and small, and there were as many dramas as there were.
Today, I would like to introduce the battle between Nobunaga Oda, Hojo Ujiyasu, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who drew victory from a disadvantageous situation with a splendid name.
Battle of Okehazama that beat Yoshimoto Imagawa
Nobunaga Oda It was the Battle of Okehazama that made the name of Okehazama roar all over the country. Probably.
There is no doubt that this battle was a big game of the first generation. However, Nobunaga Oda did not leave this battle to luck and defeat the big gambling. There, the action after making a detailed strategy led to the result, and luck was also on the side.
Nobunaga's style was fully demonstrated in this strategy.
The battle between Okehazama was 25,000 for the Imagawa army and up to 5,000 for the Oda army. Moreover, it is said that the Oda clan's shukuro were advocating a siege at Kiyosu Castle. However, Nobunaga refused this and devised a secret plan.
In the early hours of the next day, " 50 years of human beings ... 』[ Atsumori ], Nobunaga decided to convene his vassals and put the fate of the Oda clan into a short-term decisive battle.
After praying for victory at Atsuta Jingu, he entered the nearby Zensho-ji Fort.
So, a piece of information came under Nobunaga.
I feel good about Yoshimoto Imagawa dropping about two forts of the Oda clan, and Imagawa Hontai is resting in the narrow Dengaku tub The information was entered.
This information was the turning point for Nobunaga's victory.
At this time, there are only 2000 soldiers at hand.
"Luck is in heaven. Don't be confused, you should throw it away ” I learned that the aim was one of Yoshimoto's necks.
At this time, the sudden thunderstorm will also be on the side, and the result will be to take the head of Yoshimoto who was careless and make his name known all over the country.
Oda Nobunaga's lifelong battle record is 59 wins, 15 losses, 8 draws So, he had the image of winning all the battles, but you can see that he is also losing.
Kawagoe Night Battle in the Kanto Champion Decision Battle
Uesugi Norimasa of the Kanto region to recapture Kawagoe Castle, which was the front base of the Hojo clan in Musashi Province. Is 1545 Hojo Ujiyasu made an agreement with Suruga's Imagawa Yoshimoto Raised troops to beat him.
At this time, Ujiyasu makes a decision.
Yoshimoto Imagawa , abandoning Suruga's eastern part of the Fuji River, which he had been rubbing with Mr. Imagawa. I decided to approach the peace that is advantageous to. The peace with Imagawa goes well, and we succeed in defining the enemy in the Kanto region as one Uesugi.
However, Uesugi is Mr. Koga Furukawa and Mr. Haruuji Ashikaga in Uesugi of both Yamauchi and Ogiya families All together Kawagoe Castle Surrounded. There are 80,000 people in Kawagoe Castle, and his brother-in-law Hojo Tsunari I'm 3000 I was playing a siege with my soldiers. Ujiyasu's army headed for relief was 8,000, and he had to deal with the Uesugi army ten times as much.
As expected, Hojo Ujiyasu stepped on this and repeatedly asked if he could offer peace and help the siege soldiers, but the Uesugi army bullishly refused peace . To do.
However, this was Ujiyasu's psychological operation, and the Uesugi army was proud and alert.
Then, on April 20, 2015, the Hojo army became light without armor, ordered the neck to be thrown away in the field, and attacked the enemy at night. The Uesugi army, which had been relaxed, became a mess, and the enemy was quickly destroyed by leaving Kawagoe Castle in the back, and Hojo Ujiyasu became the champion of the Kanto region.
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Hideyoshi's specialty, Ota Castle dropped by a water attack
Toyotomi Hideyoshi The strategy that he was good at was to minimize the human damage while losing the fighting spirit of the opponent water attack and military siege . was.
In this siege of Ota Castle, we hired farmers using our economic power and built a bank to attack the castle with water, minimizing the human damage to our allies. Hideyoshi, who loves such water attacks, was also used in the Mori attack Bichu Takamatsu Castle and the Komaki Nagakute Battle Takegana Castle.
Hideyoshi is Saika Ikki of Kishu In 1585 to avenge I attacked with a large army of 100,000.
At the end of the battle, Ota Castle, where Saika Ikki and others fled, was attacked by water from the end of March. Overall length 7.2km, height 5m It is said that the Otsumi was built in a few days. I took a long time to attack at Bichu Takamatsu Castle, but at this Ota Castle, short-term decisive battle Aimed at.
The reason is that I hurried back to Kyoto and an important schedule to become Kampaku . It is said that there was.
We dug a waterway from the Kinokawa River, pulled a warship into the bank, and fired it all at once with cannons and large guns. The castle was terrified because girls and children were also siege in Ota Castle. Eventually, a consensus was reached that the siege people could not be punished, and Saika and the remnants of the Negoro-shu were harassed, and Ota Castle opened on April 22.
Two months later, Hideyoshi became Kampaku and proceeded to unify the world.