The Shimadzu family is the nominal ruler of Kyushu’s "Southern Three Kingdoms". Due to the long-term civil turmoil, the Shimadzu family did little in the early Warring States period. However, at the end of the Warring States period, the Shimadzu family became dominant under the leadership of the four outstanding figures. The overlord of Kyushu, even Toyotomi Hideyoshi is also very jealous.
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Because his father generally calmed down Satsuma in the south and Osumi’s western territories, Yoshihisa Shimazu had a certain power right after his succession. It should be said that the start was quite good, and Shimadzu The family’s mortal enemy is the Ito family, which claims to own the "Ito Forty-Eight City".
Although the power of the Ito family was in full swing at the time, the four Shimadzu brothers worked together to defeat the Ito family by using the "fishing in the wild" tactics, forcing the Ito family to abandon the main city of Sadohara and go to Otomo Zonglin in the north.
In terms of the situation at the time, although the Otomo family was powerful, but very loose, they did not have any advantage in the united Shimadzu family. Shimazu Yoshihisa aimed at the opportunity and instigated the Otomo family. Attract great friend Zonglin to lead an army of 30,000 to go south.
In order to deal with the Great Friends, the Shimadzu family chose their usual tactics to show the enemy to weakly attract the Great Friends. When the Shimadzu Army was ready, they quickly attacked Hiuga Takajo. The forward troops of the Shimadzu Army were near the main line of the Great Friends. Set fire to guide Shimazu Yoshihisa’s main force to the vicinity.
Soon, the Otomo Army took the initiative to attack and took advantage in the early stage. However, as Shimadzu Yoshihisa’s main attack was launched, the Otomo Army was defeated. Due to the surge in the river in the back, a large number of troops were annihilated.
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After the victory of the Battle of Otokawa, the Shimadzu family finally won the nominal Three Kingdoms territory, and Shimazu Yoshihisa’s three brothers (Yihiro, Suijiu, Iejiu) are undoubtedly the island The expansion of the Jin family provided a tremendous boost.
Seeing the gradual decline of Otomo’s family, Shimadzu’s family did not swallow it in one bite. Instead, they aimed at the Ryuzoji family who was on the rise in the west. In the twelfth year of Tianzheng, Shimadzu Yoshihisa sent the island to the island. Tsu Kajiu attacked Shimabara Castle, an important town behind Ryuzoji's house.
Ryuzoji Ryushin dispatched several warships to the rescue but failed to make any progress, so he led 25,000 people to press Shimabara Castle by land. The Shimadzu army has only 7,000, plus allied forces. There were no more than 8,000 people in the Arima family, and the two sides fought a battle in the muddy Okita. As a result, Ryuzouji Ryushin himself died in battle, and all the four kings of Ryuzouji were killed.
In the thirteenth year of Tianzheng, the Shimadzu family launched a major invasion of Higo and eventually won all the territory of Higo. So far, the Shimadzu family has been unstoppable in Kyushu.
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But the power of the Shimadzu family attracted a peep from a person, who was the overlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
From the winter of the 13th year of Tensho, Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued an armistice to the Kyushu daimyo, and the expansion of the Shimadzu family undoubtedly attracted the dissatisfaction of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
In order to explain that he did not intend to disobey Hideyoshi's order, Shimazu Yoshihisa hurriedly repaired the book and sent it to Hideyoshi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reply came soon. He asked the Shimadzu family to give most of the land they got to the Otomo family and The Maori family, how could the Shimadzu family, who had already reached their mouths, handed it out in vain, so they were ready to fight in the collar.
However, the resistance of the Shimadzu family is destined to be an impossible successful action like the Hojo family. The army in the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who has unified most of Japan, is definitely not something that the Shimadzu family can resist.
But what Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not expect was that his regiment had just sent troops to Kyushu, it was defeated by the Shimadzu army, the Shikoku Frontier's Shihe Depositary, Nagamune's letter to the Ministry died in battle. , Toyotomi Hideyoshi lost a big face.
Although the Shimadzu Army won this victory, it was a stormy counterattack from Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In April of the fifteenth year, Toyotomi Hideyoshi personally led an army of 100,000 to Kyushu. In the Kyushu conquest, facing this impossible force, the Shimadzu family could only succumb.
Shimazu Yoshihisa announced that he would shave his family, and his younger brother Yoshihiro Shimazu will take over as the governor of the house. Although Yoshihiro Shimazu will oppose Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekihara, the Shimadzu family has not been deprived. Instead, the territory becameIn order to fall one of the two major sources.
