When you hear the battle during the Warring States period, many of them are spectacular and brave. 1560 Battle of Okehazama Then, Yoshimoto Imagawa led by the large army Oda Nobunaga against the army Defeated this with a few soldiers.
1575 Battle of Nagashino Then, Oda Nobunaga The cavalry, which was a specialty of the Takeda clan, was annihilated by the gun corps. In this way, many soldiers were mobilized in the battle and a fierce battle was fought.
Needless to say, it costs a lot to move soldiers.
In general, the mobilization force of the Sengoku daimyo is 10,000 stones =250 people . It is said to be about. This theory is said to be the military service assumed by the Toyotomi clan, but nowadays it is often considered based on this number.
However, the targets of this number are Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Kenshin Uesugi . For influential daimyo This is not the case because it is set to.
Here, let's take a look at the estimated stone height and maximum mobilization force, focusing on the influential daimyo that everyone will know.
Estimated Kokudaka number of troops mobilized
Nobunaga Oda 7 million stones 175,000 people
Toyotomi Hideyoshi 7 million stones 175,000 people
Ieyasu Tokugawa 4 million stones 100,000 people
Shingen Takeda 1.3 million stones 32500 people
Kenshin Uesugi, 1.45 million stones, 36,250 people
Hojo Ujiyasu 1.5 million stones 37500 people
Mori Motonari 1.3 million stones 32500 people
Yoshihisa Shimazu 1.5 million stones 37500 people
Looking at Oda Nobunaga, the estimated stone height 7 million stones , Number of troops mobilized 175,000 However, it is actually more than that. As a result of the free economy such as Rakuichi Rakuza, the money flowing into the territory was overwhelming, and the relationship with the leading merchants on the border also played a major role in saving funds.
On the other hand, the Uesugi and Takeda families, who were confronting the Oda family at that time, are thought to have been inferior to the Oda family in terms of what leads to cash income and the important economic base in their distribution, although Kokudaka has a certain amount. ..
In terms of mobilizing soldiers, mobilizing soldiers is very costly because there are not only basic cavalry warriors and ashigaru, but also cavalry, gun corps, supply corps and flag bearers. increase. Furthermore, if the territory is vast, it is necessary to devote troops to the troops that protect the territory after the departure.
As a result, the financial power is arguing, and if it is inferior, it will become more and more short of troops.
Also, at that time, I was also hiring ronin and mercenaries directly from the battlefield, so it naturally cost money.
Therefore, the daimyo, who had the agility and economic base to save a lot of military funds and to turn money more quickly, was able to gain an advantage in the battle.
Looking at the flow of history, we can see that Hideyoshi and Ieyasu, who steadily built up the territory as Oda Nobunaga's vassals, were by far the most mobilized and financially powerful soldiers after Nobunaga.
In the table above, if the stone height is the same, the mobilized troops are also the same, but the troops also fluctuate greatly depending on the individual financial strength. After all, it seems that money has said something in the event of an emergency, both now and in the past.