(hereafter referred to as the Hojo clan) is perhaps one of the most legendary clans during the Warring States Period in Japan. The ancestor Soun Hojo made almost from scratch and captured the two countries of Izu and Sagami with the power of the Imagawa clan. On the basis of inheriting the two countries of Izu and Sagami, the four generations of the Hojo clan, Hojo clan Yasushi, Hojo clan Masa, and Hojo clan Nao also worked hard. In the end, the Hojo clan became the strongest name in the Kanto region from a foreigner. In the game
, the image of Hojo's Yasushi
, however, loses in the middle of the day, and loses in the moon, and Hojo's reputation for a time can not escape the historical law of prosperity and decline. And how did the Hojo clan, a generation of wealthy clan, embarked on the road to extinction? This article will give you a brief answer. If you want to talk about the demise of the Hojo clan, you have to talk about the "people of the outside and inside" Masayuki Sanada.
In 1582, Oda Nobunaga invaded Shinano under the betrayal of Yoshimasa Kiso, and quickly destroyed the Takeda clan. Ueno, including Numata Castle and Famous Walnut Castle, all fell into the hands of Oda clan.
In the same year, Oda Nobunaga was condemned to death in the Honnoji Change. Upon learning the news, the Hojo clan quickly ordered the Hojo clan to invade Ueno and defeated Takigawa Kazuyuki in the Kamrukawa battle. Masayuki Sanada, who owned Numata Castle and the famous Walnut Castle, had to temporarily surrender to the Hojo clan, and this paved the way for the demise of the Hojo clan. The good times did not last long. The Hojo clan who captured Ueno was not satisfied with the status quo and continued to invade the Shinano area. This move also threatened the survival of Sanada clan. Sanada quickly decided to seek refuge in Tokugawa Ieyasu who had a territorial dispute with the Hojo clan to fight against the Hojo clan. It is a pity that things did not develop in the direction that Masao Sanada thought.
Only shortly after Masyuki Sanada joined the Tokugawa clan, Ieyasu Tokugawa and the Hojo clan suddenly negotiated peace and formed an alliance. It also stipulated that the Hojo clan surrendered the territory of Shinano and other places to the Tokugawa clan, and the Tokugawa clan's territory in Ueno belonged to the Hojo clan. In this way, Sanada became a victim of peace talks without knowing it. Masayuki Sanada in
film and television
was disappointed by Tokugawa Ieyasu after learning the news, and turned to the former enemy Uesugi.
In 1586, Uesugi Keikatsu Shangluo expressed surrender to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As an affiliate of Uesugi Keikaru, Sanada became a minister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
However, the Hojo clan did not give up on capturing Numata Castle...
In 1588, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who completed the Kyushu conquest, was left with the last obstacle on the unified road. If the Hojo clan succumbed, the great names of the Northeast region would also be invincible.
Before this, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had already urged Hojo and his sons to show surrender through Tokugawa Ieyasu. However, the Hojo clan's "Odawara assessment" about the battle and peace was delayed, but in the end, the Hojo clan and other masters prevailed. On the condition that Masyuki Sanada surrendered two-thirds of the territory of the Sanada clan, including Numata Castle, the Hojo clan was willing to go to Luo to express his surrender. Masayuki Sanada in the game
At this point, Mr. Hojo finally got his coveted Numata Castle. However, what the Hojo clan had never expected was that Numata Castle would eventually become the starting point for the demise of the Hojo clan.
"Famous Walnut Incident"-the starting point of the demise
In November 1589, shortly after Toyotomi Hideyoshi mediated the dispute between the Hojo clan and the Sanada clan, Kunken Inomata, the Hojo clan’s retainer in Numata Castle, sent troops to take the Sanada clan. The name is Walnut City. Sanada immediately reported the matter to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was furious after hearing that the Hojo clan had violated the "Nothing Order (sound as "Zong")", and once again issued an ultimatum to the Hojo clan or the Hojo clan to surrender himself.
Hojo's Masazu
However, at this time, it is not practical to ask Hojo's Masa and his son to go to Luo! First of all: Daiming Shangluo is both laborious and time-consuming, and the Hojo clan has already dispatched his brother Hojo clan and his minister Itabe Okae Yuksai to go to Luo twice before, and he could no longer make plans for Shangluo for a while;
Second: Daimyo Shangluo has been a dangerous thing since ancient times, and in such a special period, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not send important hostages, it was impossible to determine the true intentions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi to ask the Masaru father and son Shangluo of the Hojo clan.The safety of Jojo's father and son is also difficult to guarantee;
finally: The "Famous Walnut Incident" is the fault of Hojo's first. At this time, he was afraid of crime and went to Luo. In the negotiation with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he naturally fell into a disadvantage, and his territory must be difficult. preservation.
So when the Hojo clan did not plan to go to Los Angeles, the war between Toyotomi clan and Hojo clan was almost inevitable! In March 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who couldn't bear it, issued a mobilization order, calling on the world's great names to conquer Odawara Castle with more than 200,000 soldiers. The end of Hojo clan begins here.
Hojo's response
After the "Namous Walnut Incident," Hojo still didn't seem to realize how deadly the threat from Toyotomi Hideyoshi was.
Although the Hojo clan had made an excuse to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he did not deal with the culprit Inomata Kunken. At the same time, the Hojo clan and his sons also issued a general mobilization order and began to import troops into Odawara Castle, assuming a posture of preparation for war.
On the question of whether to take the initiative or to defend the cage, the Hojo clan did not seem to have succeeded in unifying the views of his retainers. In the end, he had to passively imitate the strategy of his father Yasushi Hojo to defend Odawara.
Odawara Castle Park
However, from the point of view of hindsight, is the strategy of the Hojo clan to defend Odawara Castle too unwise? The glorious record of the tiger of Kai, but the success or failure of the war depends on people.
In 1561, even though Uesugi Kenshin claimed to be besieged by 100,000 people, all his subordinates came for temporary refuge, and Uesugi Kenshin was restricted by Takeda Shingen and Etchū Ichiki behind his back, so naturally he could not besiege for a long time. The siege of Odawara Castle by Shingen Takeda was roughly the same as Kenshin Uesugi. Hojo Shiyao took the strategy of sticking to Odawara Castle in consideration of many factors that would benefit him.
And now the Hojo clan is not facing princes like Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi! Before Odawara's expedition, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had calmed down Kyushu, Shikoku and other areas, eliminating any worries. After the separation of soldiers and farmers was completed, and with the support of Nagasaki Masajia and Ishida Sansei, the rations were not a problem at all.
At the same time, Ieyasu Tokugawa, an ally of the Hojo clan, has long since surrendered his hostages to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to show his loyalty. It is only wishful thinking of the Hojo clan to hope that Tokugawa Ieyasu's rebellion. It is a fantasy to expect another ally, Masamune Date Masamune, to come to rescue him from a thousand miles away.
Odawara Morijo seems to be a dead game.
Instead of passively defending the city and waiting for its destruction, it is better to go out of the city to seek victory. However, in view of the difference in strength, it seems that there is no chance of winning the last battle outside the city...
Odawara Castle Autumn
In 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi went out to conquer the Hojo clan. In the face of the violent storm of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a man of the world, the Hojo clan collapsed thousands of miles and had no counterattack. Only in April, the siege of Odawara Castle was completed.
However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was in no rush to capture Odawara Castle. What Hideyoshi is best at is not to use force, but to surrender the enemy only by power and political means. And in this battle of Odawara, Toyotomi Hideyoshi meant to kill the chicken and the monkey. So this battle is not a quick victory, but the more fancy the better. After
surrounded Odawara Castle, Toyotomi Hideyoshi began planning to build a "One Night City" that made him famous all over the world, and even allowed the great names to bring their wives and concubines and have fun. A gesture that Odawara Castle is at your fingertips to the world.
And the fact is true. Just when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was having fun, all the Hojo clan defenders were conquered except for Ninja Castle. The last hope of Hojo Clan Masamune-Date Masamune surrendering to Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the last straw to crush the camel. With the Hojo clan's politics and the opening of Odawara Castle, the five generations of the Hojo clan's hard work for more than a hundred years, finally turned into nothingness like a disappearing cloud. The continuation of the Hojo clan
After the Battle of Odawara, the fifth-generation governor of the Hojo clan, the Hojo clan, was spared because of his father-in-law Tokugawa Ieyasu's dealings, but the death penalty is unavoidable and the living crime cannot escape. Hojo Clan was still exiled to Koyasan by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (exile is probably second only to the death penalty, and most of those exiled can only spend the rest of their lives miserably).
However, Hojo is more fortunate. Just a few months after being exiled, he got Toyotomi HideoJi gave a pardon and promised that the Hojo clan would have a few territories to help him restore his family name. It's a pity that good luck makes people, just when the goddess of luck wants to favor the Hojo clan, the god of death comes first.
In November 1591, Hojo tragically died of illness. The territories of Toyotomi Hideyoshimoto's Xuno clan were also inherited by his uncle Hojo clan. Then the Hojo clan passed on the territory to his son, Hojo clan, who later became the Sayama clan.
Different opinions about the demise of the Hojo clan
Note: The following only represents a personal opinion
although the demise of the Hojo clan is largely to blame for the indecision and strategic error of the Hojo clan. As the true power holder of the Hojo clan, he was unable to integrate the conflicts in the family in time, spent a lot of time on whether to surrender Hideyoshi, and seriously underestimated the strength of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which eventually led to the crusade against the Hojo clan.
In the face of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's expedition, he also passively defended the castle. The dignified "Seki Bashu" did not resist and allowed Odawara Castle to be surrounded. As a result, the connection between Hojo and the top was severed. The castle and the castle had to fight separately, and were eaten by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
However, the demise of the Hojo clan has no other external reasons besides the political decision error of the Hojo clan’s father and son?
In fact, in addition to Hojo's own political decision errors, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attitude towards Hojo is also very strange. Ieyasu Tokugawa in the
game
As mentioned earlier, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is a person who likes to make the opponent surrender to him through political means and power. Whether facing Uesugi Keikatsu, Mori Terumoto, or Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi used tactics and power to make him succumb and give high courtesy.
During Uesugi's victory over Shangluo, Hideyoshi Toyotomi ordered his beloved minister Ishida Mitsunari to go to Noto to greet him personally, and he gave Maeda Toshiya a hospitality, and then gave him official status and residence. During the second Shangluo period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi even gave Uesugi Jingsheng the surname of Toyotomi and the character for Yu Shiba Miao.
Faced with Tokugawa Ieyasu who had defeated himself, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also showed great patience and sincerity in the process of surrendering him. In addition to first marrying his sister Asahi Hime to Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi later sent his mother as a hostage in exchange for Tokugawa Ieyasu's Shangluo.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who is not inferior to the Tokugawa clan, should have adopted the same or even higher standard treatment to make him surrender. However, Hideyoshi did not do so. Instead, he uncharacteristically demanded that the Hojo clan and his son go to Luo. Even when the Hojo Clan had sent his brother Hojo Clan Kamura to express his willingness to surrender, Toyotomi Hideyoshi still attacked the Hojo Clan because of the "Famous Walnut Castle Incident".
also carried out expeditions, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi rarely tried to exterminate the Hojo clan.
During the Kyushu Expedition, Toyotomi Hideyoshi retained his Satsuma and Osumi territories even though Shimadzu fought fiercely. At the time of the Shikoku conquest, Tosa was also preserved for the Nagamune Division. His behavior of killing the Hojo clan is really abnormal.
So, does Toyotomi Hideyoshi have any special interests in killing Hojo clan? The answer is yes!
In the process of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's unification of the world, many big names like Uesugi Keikaku and Tokugawa Ieyasu retained their original territories. During the Battle of Kyushu, the Shimadzu clan vomited most of the territory and returned it to the original family.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi has waged a lot of wars over the years. If this continues, Hideyoshi will have no more territories to award meritorious officials. If the vast territory of the Hojo clan can be confiscated, it will undoubtedly be a huge relief for Toyotomi Hideyoshi. From the above Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s strange attitude towards the Hojo clan and the benefits gained from the demise of the Hojo clan, from the point of view of conspiracy theories, is the demise of the Hojo clan in Hideyoshi’s plan from the beginning? ? Even the "Famous Walnut Incident" was a "Spell Jump Incident" planned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Masayuki Sanada?
Conclusion
Regardless of success or failure, the rise and fall of the Hojo clan is like the epitome of the Warring States Period in Japan. To cover the general trend of the world, all will be divided for a long time, and for a long time will be combined. The heroes such as Hojo Soun have risen rapidly as the world is united for a long time, and the flames of war continue to rise, becoming a big name and gaining countless reputations. His descendants, Masaru Hojo and Naojo Hojo, were punished by Hideyoshi Toyotomi for rebelling against the tendency of the world to divide for a long time, and ended in a miserable and tragic ending. It seems that all this is the cause and effect of history!
