Author: Hojo Saemi
Ten Years of Tianmai
On June 2, when he was about to unify the world, he was attacked by his retainer Akichi Mitsuhide and forced to commit suicide. Subsequently, Akechi Mitsuhide was defeated by the Oda family's Shikoku Legion and the Hashiba Force who returned from the Nishiko area, and was defeated and died.
However, why did Akechi Mitsuhide suddenly rebel at this point in time? There have always been various rumors among the people, and the truth seems to be buried with Akechi Mitsuhide's rapid defeat. If we talk about the drama of the novel, it lies in the author's proper arrangement of dramatic conflicts and climax stories, then the drama of history lies in the butterfly effect, and never expected... Starting today, Saenae will briefly discuss the occurrence and mystery of the Honnoji Incident with you.
Toki Akichi's Akichi's
Generally speaking, Akichi's origin is regarded as the tributary of the Toki clan of Mino Country. It is precisely because of this that before the Honnoji Temple, there was a story about Toki clan trying to gain a homophone in Lianga in Suoba of the Renga Shirimura, before the Honnoji Temple Incident. Of course, the credibility of this story is actually similar to the credibility of a taxi driver talking to you about the conspiracy theory of the US imperialists.
Toki Akichi family map
Toki is a famous family of Genji in Mino country. Since the Heian era, he has settled in Toki County, Mino Country, and then used Toki as the Miaozi . After Japan entered the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Toki followed Ashikagashi to fight south and north. Toki Raizaki also obtained the guardianship of Mino from Ashikagashi. By the third generation of Toki Raikagashi, the territorial power of Toki family added Ohashi and Ise , firmly grasping the three divisions of Tokaido and Toyamado on Luo , and cutting the east and west Japan. The Toki clan's prominence has led to many tributaries of the Toki clan, such as Akichi, Ishitani clan, Hinaya clan, Ikeda clan, etc. These tributaries are the main source of the public, just like the common clan guarded by various places.
It is worth mentioning that there are two places in Minon that are called "Smart", one in Kerr County and the other in Huina County. Huina County is the territory of the famous Aoyama clan of the country of Minon, so the Aoyama clan of Huina County is actually a tributary of the Aoyama clan. It is generally believed that the wisdom of Keer County is the base of Toki Akishi's clan. According to the "Akihito Picture" included in "Suququ Shuoku", after the establishment of the Muromachi Shogunate, Toki Rai Chong, the grandson of Toki Rai Shin-gu, was the territory of Toki Rai Shin-gu (wrongly, Toki County did not have this place), and therefore, the word "Aki Mai" was used as the Miao word. After seven generations of Toki Rai Chong's descendants, in the second year of Fumika (1502), the eighth generation Toki Rai Shang was deprived of inheritance by Toki Rai Shang because his legitimate son Toki Rai Dan was unfilial and opposed his father. The territory was passed on to his younger brother Toki Rai Akira. The grandson of Toki Rai Dan, who was deprived of inheritance, was Akichi Mitsuhide. According to the records of "Kanmasato Revised Genealogy", the descendants of his younger brother Toki Rai Aki once changed the character Miao to the Suganuo clan of his grandfather's grandfather's family because of Akichi Mitsuhide being a traitor. They became the lord of the Suganuo clan of his grandfather's family Tokugawa Ieyasu . Later, they were given a surname to Toki clan and became the lord of the Ueno clan during the Edo period.
However, from the "Assay Map", it was found that there was no tangible evidence that the Toki family in the Aizhi Map had received Aizhi Township in Ke'er County. In the second year of Fumika, Toki Raishan transferred to Toki Raimei, only the wife Kimura, Kasawa Village, Tuozhi Village and Hono Village of Toki County were confirmed. Therefore, the authenticity of this image needs to be verified.
Akichi Mitsuhide's origin
Akichi Mitsuhide
According to the records in "Mino Country Old Records" and "Akichi Mitsuhide's Military Records", after Akichi Mitsuhide's father Akichi Mitsuhide passed away, Akichi Mitsuhide inherited the family governor and led Akichi Castle, and his uncle Akichi Mitsuhide was the one who met later. However, in the second year of Hongzhi (1556), the kings of Mino countries, Saito Domain , were hostile to the father and son, and Akichi Mitsuhide and Akichi Mitsuan belonged to the party of Saito Domain 3.After the Nagarakawa battle, Saito Dao San died in battle, and Akichi Castle was also pursued by Saito Yoshiro. In August, Saito Yoshiro sent three thousand troops to surround Akichi Castle, which was blocked. In comparison, there were only 380 defenders in the city. In September, the outnumbered Akichi Castle was declared to be broken, and Akichi Mitsuhide's uncle Akichi Mitsuhide and Akichi Mitsuhide both died in the battle. Akechi Mitsuhide was originally planning to die together, but his uncle stopped him. After Akechi Mitsuhide entrusted himself and his younger brother's son to Akechi Mitsuhide, he asked Akechi Mitsuhide to escape from the city so that he could revive Akechi's family in the future.
It can be seen that in the military records, Akichi Mitsuhide is the direct source of Toki Akichi clan, who has led Akichi Castle in Mino Country. He lost his territory and became a ronin after the battle of Nagagawa Ho. However, this makes it very different from the previous "Smart Picture".
Nowadays, there are historical materials that record Akichi Mitsuhide's origin, such as the "Such Books from Akichim, Akichim," as mentioned above, "Such Books from Akichim," "Collective Pictures from Akichim," "Collective Pictures from Akichim," "High and Lower Grass," "Meino Details from Toki Mitsuhide's Origins," "Mino Details," "Mino Derivation," "Mino Family," "Mino Family," "Mino Old Records," "Akichim," "Akichim," "Akichim," and so on. Although the records of Akichim's father and grandfather are different, for example, Akichim's father had multiple names such as Akichim, Akichim, and Akichim's Mitsuhide's origins, but they all record that Akichim's origins were from Akichim.
However, is this really true? All the above historical materials were written in the Edo period. If we look at it from a historical material, Akichi Mitsuhide from the Warring States Period seemed to have emerged from nowhere. His father's deeds were unknown and there were no records of letters at that time. In other words, apart from Akichi Mitsuhide's first half of his life, his father's movements are actually a mystery, and there is no substantial evidence to prove that Akichi Mitsuhide is from Toki Akichi.
composes the public
In the "Record of the Book of the Aiji Sūkyū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū Rū R� In the same book, there is also a record: "According to Nobunaga's red seal, Wei Ren Hyuumo obtained the territory of the country of Tanba. He was simply a lucky general that had never been heard of in his previous generation." According to the previous text of the book, Akichi Mitsuhide was a follower of the Mino Toki clan, which shows that Mitsuhide was born in the Toki clan with a certain status, but the later text shows that Toki Hide was granted the title of the Tanba clan as "not even heard of in his previous generation", which is a bit contradictory. The Toki clan has been passed down from generation to generation since the Muromachi period. At its peak, it even possessed the territory of the Three Kingdoms. If Akechi Mitsuhide was a descendant of the Toki clan, possessing a land of a country was actually nothing. How could it be that "never heard of it in the previous generation"? Therefore, Irito Sori may not know the specific origin of Akichi Mitsuhide, but only heard that he was a descendant of Toki Akichi clan, so later he was surprised that Akichi Mitsuhide, who had an unknown origin, could also lead a country under Oda Nobunaga.
In addition to the Toki Akichi clan in Mino, there is also a shogun in the Toki Akichi clan in the Muromachi Shogunate who has been a Toki Akichi clan. In "The Monoan Mid-Yuan Monk", there is a "Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi clan in the Toki Akichi cl The outsiders are considered samurai with relatively high family status among the shogunate public. However, among the people who served in the shogunate recorded in "The Sixth Year of the Yongluo Army", there is a samurai with the word "Miao" with the word "wise" and is divided into " foot ". This "Support for the Sixth Year of the Nagato" is actually divided into two parts. The first half was made during the 13th Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshihiro, and the second half was made between the tenth year of Nagato and the eleventh year of Nagato. The "Shi" appeared in the second half of the document.It is unknown whether this Akatsuki man is Akatsuki Mitsuhide, but he is obviously a retainer of the Shogun. However, from the middle and early Warring States periods of the Muromachi Shogunate to the early Warring States period, why did Akatsuki become a "small and simple"? The truth is not clear, but it is not ruled out that this "wise" has nothing to do with the previous exaggerated Toki Akichi clan. It may be just another samurai with the word "wise" as the Miao character, or a samurai clan who is in the public, and it is also possible that it will be inherited by other samurai clans with lower status.
Hosokawa Fujitaka
Louis Floyce In the "Jesus Japan Annual Report" added in the tenth year of Tenmai (1582), it was mentioned that Akechi Mitsuhide's origin was a "low infantryman" and "(Akechi Mitsuhide) was not a noble family. In the early days of the Nobunaga era, he was just a noble person (retainee) who served Lord Gongfang (shoku (shogawa Fujitaka) among his retainers." According to the "Contemporary Records", Akechi Mitsuhide was originally a person who "had no home and even had a problem with his diet every day." In addition, in a collection of idioms called "School Combination Miscellaneous Notes", it is said that Mitsuhide is "a retainer of Hosokawa Fujitaka, but he is not a superior samurai riding a horse, but an infantryman with status. After he became a member of Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide still started as a infantryman."
However, according to Akichi Mitsuhide's own statement, his ancestors were once rewarded for following Ashikagashi Junshi, but later their family lost these lands ("Judge and the Past and Present Lun"), and there is also a sentence in "Akichi Mitsuhide's Military Law": "(Nobunaga) will use me like the falling rubble, and let me lead a great military force." Judging from these words, Akichi Mitsuhide's ancestors seemed to have a certain territory, not from a military background. During the Warring States Period, the Mitsuhide family lost their territory and became a declining ronin. Later, they were Oda Nobunaga Tokiu and got rid of the predicament.
Akichi Mitsuhide's origin is roughly the above statements, namely, Mino Toki Akichi, Akichi, a samurai who is unknown from the public, or a samurai who inherits Akichi... If you want to confirm Akichi Mitsuhide's true origin, you have to wait for the academic community to discover more historical materials.
The Western Kingdom of the Oda family's invasion
The Western Kingdom of the Invasion
Oda Nobunaga started his career in Ohashi and gradually became a worldly person. On the eve of the Honnoji Incident, Hojo, Satake in Kanto, Ida in the northeast, Otomo and Shimazu in Kyushu all had a good relationship with the Oda family or directly surrendered to Oda Nobunaga. After the demise of the Takeda family, only the Maori, Uesugi, the Nagasso-men who could not cause storms, the Ryuzaoji Temple, which had unknown movements, etc. Judging from Oda Nobunaga's re-editor of the Takeda territory, even if the above-mentioned daimyos surrendered to Oda Nobunaga, they would still re-plan and transfer the territory of the daimyo like the later Toyotomi Hideyoshi. However, these speculations have become an unknown number because of the occurrence of the Honnoji Incident.
On the eve of the Honnoji Incident, the Maori family in the West was the one who affected Oda Nobunaga's movements the most. The Maori family had always been in good terms with Oda Nobunaga until the two territories bordered and quickly entered a state of hostility. In October of the fifth year of Tensuke (1577), Hashiba Hideyoshi was promoted to the general of the Chinese army by Oda Nobunaga and began to march towards the Western Kingdom. However, at this time, Oda Nobunaga still had many enemies, and Oda Nobunaga, who did not want to fall into multi-line combat, was still in peace talks with the Mori family.
In the seventh year of Toshima (1579), Hashiba Hideyoshi summoned the Ukita Nao family under the Mori family, which caused changes in the power of the Mori family and the Oda family in the Western countries. The Mori family, which originally had the advantage, began to fall into a disadvantage and even at a disadvantage. The Ukita Nao family's rebellion caused the progress of peace talks between the Oda family and the Maori family to be blocked, so Hashiba Hideyoshi, who made the decision without authorization, was scolded by Oda Nobunaga.By the eighth year of Tensuke, Ninoba Nagahide and others still had peace talks with the Mori family at the warning of Oda Nobunaga, but they still did not succeed. However, at this time, the Maori family began. The military operations in the Western countries were no longer holding the banner of overthrowing Nobunaga, but instead attacking some forces such as the Ukita family and other anti-Mori family. This was also the preparation for the Mori family to have more bargaining chips when negotiating with Nobunaga in the future.
Hashiba Hideyoshi
During the period when the policy to the Maori family was still mainly based on peace talks, the Oda family did not provide support to these forces, especially the Ukita family, which was sandwiched between the Maori family and the Oda family, which was directly attacked by the Maori army. After several years of war, the Ukita family, which was fighting the Maori family alone, was on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, in the ninth year of Tensuke (1581), Hashiba Hideyoshi captured Tottori Castle in Ina Kingdom, and the Oda family gained an advantage in the Western Kingdom. So, in December of the ninth year of Tensho, Hashiba Hideyoshi sent a request to Oda Nobunaga to launch a battle to assist the Ukita family. Then Oda Nobunaga decided to launch the battle in the fall of the following year to fully attack the Maori family. At the same time, Oda Nobunaga also contacted the Shimazu family, and Shimazu Yoshihisa also agreed to stop the war with Otomo Sorin under Nobunaga's mediation, and launched an attack on the Mori family from the west with the Otomo family. At this time, because of the surrender of the Kanto Hojo family, the Oda family also had an overwhelming advantage in the war against the Takeda family and the Uesugi family. Under such circumstances, the peace talks between the Oda family and the Maori family seemed less necessary.
However, in the first month of the tenth year of Tensho (1582), Ukita Nao family, who had been lying in bed, died of illness. In February, the depressed Ukita army was defeated by the Maori army in the Kojima of the prefecture country, and the situation became critical. At this time, it was no longer possible to wait until autumn. If the Oda family did not send troops, I was afraid that the territory of the Ukita family would be eroded by the Maori family. So, Oda Nobunaga ordered Hashiba Hideyoshi to lead his army of 20,000 to attack the front line where the Mori family and Ukita family were fighting against China.
In order to correspond to the attack of the Oda army, the Maori family also initiated a general invitation to repair the city on the front line of the two armies. However, the army of Hashiba Hideyoshi was coming in great force. On April 25, the Hashiba army captured Kanshan Castle, on May 2, and on May 7, the Hashiba army surrounded the Hashiba Takamatsu Castle, defended by Kiyomizu Soji.
water flooding Takamatsu Castle
At this time, Takamatsu Castle had a defender of 5,000 people. After surrounding Takamatsu Castle, Hideyoshi Hashiba decided to take a water attack on the city. Generally speaking, many people use Hideyoshi's good at siege wars as a reason to flood Takamatsu Castle. In fact, the reason why Hashishihide took a time-consuming water attack at this time was not only to capture Takamatsu Castle, but to consume the military rations of the defenders, and at the same time lure the Maori army out to rescue Takamatsu Castle. The Hashibashi is just a temporary pioneer unit sent by the Oda family to rescue the Ukita family. Once the Maori army comes, Oda Nobunaga will lead the army to fight the Maori family to a decisive battle. Sure enough, on May 22, the general of the Maori Army, Māori Hiromoto, led his army to set up a formation at the Ape Chakra, about 30 kilometers away from the Beizhong Takamatsu Castle, which was exactly the result that the Oda family wanted to see. It is precisely for this reason that Oda Nobunaga was preparing to personally take the battle to eliminate the Maori family, the great enemy, just like a conquering Kakai.
Nobunaga's movements
In February of the tenth year of Toshimao (1582), the important officials of the Takeda family, Yoshimasa Kiso and Mei Xue, Aiyama, betrayed Takeda Katsurai , and then the Oda army launched a general attack on the Takeda family. On March 11, Takeda Katsurai committed suicide in Tianmu Mountain, and the once prosperous Warring States daimyo Takeda, which had territory covering Toyama Road, Tokai Road, and North Kanto, officially declared its destruction.
Takeda Katsurai
Even after Meiyuzumi and Kiso Yoshimasa rebelled, the Takeda family still had a vast territory. However, no one expected that the Takeda family would be defeated so quickly. So, Oda Nobunaga installed Minoka, the lord of Yama Castle, Mori Nagako, and Takigawa Ichie from Ise Nagashima in the remains of the Takeda family. The retainers around these territories of the Anto Castle also went to the Takeda family's remains, which also led to their failure to catch up with the rescue and the siege of Mitsuhide when the Honnoji Incident occurred later.
On May 15, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Azuyama Meixue went to Antu Castle to meet Oda Nobunaga, while Akichi Mitsuhide was responsible for entertaining Tokugawa Ieyasu and his group. During this period, Hashiba Hideyoshi brought his own front line of Nakata Matsu Castle and sent the news that Maori Hiromoto , Yoshikawa Motoharu, and Kobayakawa Takake had already made a move. There are the following records in "Nobunaga Kan":
"When Nobunaga heard this report, he said, 'This time the two sides made a good opportunity given to me by God. After I came out personally, I should be able to attack all the Chinese generals and pacify the territory that ended in Kyushu.' Then, Nobunaga sent Horikutaro (Hidemasato) to Hideyoshi as an envoy to convey the order. In addition, he ordered Wei Ren Hyugamoto (Akimasato), Nagaoka and Ichiro ( Hosokawa Tadahokawa ), Katsuzaburo ( Ikeda Hoshin ), Shiogawa Yoshitao, Takayama Yukina, and Nakagawa Seigu (Qingxiu) to release the task they are now responsible.
On May 17, Wei Ren Hyugamoto returned to Sakamoto Castle from Anto Castle, and the others also returned to their own territory to prepare for the formation."
On May 29, after Oda Nobunaga left some Omi and Ma Li people in Antu Castle, he led a 20-30-person small surname, Guilu, into the Honno Temple in Kyoto.
Oda Nobunaga
Honnobu Temple is called a temple. In fact, there were no monks at that time, but it was transformed into an imperial hall in Oda Nobunaga in Kyoto. There were also simple defense facilities such as Hori and Ishigaki around it, but it was different from a real city after all. During the Battle of Turksama, Imakawa Yoshimoto was too dispersed, which led to the encounter between the Oda army and the Imakawa army's main formation. The rest of the Imakawa army had no time to rush to rescue and was defeated and died. Since this joint battle, Oda Nobunaga has been very careful and rarely leaves himself with the large army. On the eve of Nagashinoshi's joint battle, Oda Nobunaga even changed its own formation three times and moved with the army.
However, it is probably because the world is about to be unified, or Oda Nobunaga is preparing to go to the West this time to go to the hinterland of his territory, so Oda Nobunaga did not carry the military power this time. At the same time, some retainers who could compete with Akechi Mitsuhide were also sent by Nobunaga to the East or return to his own territorial country to prepare for the West.
June 1 (the Japanese calendar did not have May 30th), the day before the Honnoji Change, the day before the Honnoji Change, it was less than 24 hours before the Honnoji Change. "The Story of Nobunaga" did not leave a detailed record of this day, but in the diary of the ministers who persuaded the temple to repair Harutomoto, there is a record that many ministers and prince's envoys visited Oda Nobunaga and presented many gifts. On the one hand, congratulations to Nobunaga for destroying Takeda Katsurai, and on the other hand, I wish Oda Nobunaga a success in his battle. In Yamakoto Yoshiji's diary "Yan Jingqing Ji", it also records that in addition to Yoshida Yamada, about forty ministers visited Oda Nobunaga, and Nobunaga also held a tea party at Honnoji Temple.
enters! Honnoji
"On the night of June 1, Tanba Kingdom Kameyama Castle, Wu Rendae Matsuhiro Hideaki, Akichiji Eemon, Fujita Hatoo, Saito Natsusa, Mizawa Masae, etc., decided to attack Nobunaga and become the lord of the world." - "Nobunaga"
In fact, there was no such person in the historical materials at one time. It should refer to Akichiya Hirohiro Hidema, but because of the misrecord of "Nobunaga" and the use of "Fu'an Nobunaga" based on "Nobunaga" later, Akichihiro Hidema was famous for Akichihiro Hidemasuke.
Akihiko Hikari
According to the records of "Nobunaga Kyushu", the movements of Akihiko Army are as follows:
"Originally, it should have taken the battle from Tanba Kameyama Castle, crossed Sancao Mountain, and headed to the West Country, but when he was in Sancao Mountain, Akihiko Mitsuhide suddenly ordered the entire army to change direction and climb Laoshan eastward, and marched towards the Sezu Kingdom from Yamazaki , and ordered Akihiko Hideman, who had previously conspired to kill Oda Nobunaga Oda, Saito Risan and others as the first formation.
On the night of June 1, Akichie climbed Laoshan. On the right is the route from Yamazaki Tenkong Horse Farm to Sejinguo Street, and on the left is the road directly to Kyoto. At this time, the Aizhi army marched from the left and crossed Guichuan, it was already dawn. ”
At this time, the number of Akichi's army was usually based on the 13,000 people recorded in the "Kakigawa Taki". In "Kakigawa Takigawa Takigawa", Akichi Mitsuhide explained to his subordinates that Moriranmaru ( Moriranmaru ) in Kyoto conveyed Nobunaga's order, saying that Nobunaga wanted to inspect the army, so he changed his way to the Luo River. On the way to march, Akichi Mitsuhide rode a horse to inspect the army and asked his retainer Takima Saito: "How many of our soldiers are there. "And Saito Rizo replied: "The total number of people is 13,000. "Whether this matter was created by Kadokawa Taki, it cannot be verified. In addition, in the "Jesus Annual Report" written by Freus, the number of Akatsuki's troops was recorded at 30,000, while the "Yu Ren Death" written by Hideyoshi Hashiba's Okamura was written at Hideyoshi's orders record more than 20,000 horses.
Akechi Mitsuhide's territory includes Shiga County, Oeko and Tamba. According to the later Ishitaka calculation, it was about 300,000 stones. It also recorded that Akechi Mitsuhide had an army of 10,000 people under the command of Akechi Mitsuhide, in "Ota Kao Sang Junji" written by Oda Niuchi, so there is no problem with the army that Akechi Mitsuhide can mobilize to reach 10,000. It is worth noting that at this time, Akechi Mitsuhide's and Ridaming Hosokawa Fujitaka, Tsukii Shunkai and others did not add Akechi's army, so the number of Akechi's army would not be too large.
Akechi's army roadmap
In recent years, a memoir "Hoshiro Eimon Hon Castle" written by a Tanba samurai in the Honnoji Incident, written by Akichi's memoir "Hoshiro Eimon Hon Castle" in the 17th year of Kindai's rebellion:
"At that time, the Lord Taika (Hitoshiro) fought with the Huimoto Temple (Maori Huimoto) in Beicun, while Akichi took the battle as a reinforcement. However, it was a surprise to march towards Yamazaki, and he probably wanted to go to Beijing. I thought it was because Lord Ieyasu went to attack Tokugawa Ieyasu because of Lord Ieyasu's visit to Luo, but I didn't know that I was going to Honnoji Temple. "
Although some people have suggested that the idea of Tokugawa Eimon can be seen from the side that Oda Nobunaga's cruel and mean side, it is actually not understood in this way. From the later text, Tokugawa Eimon directly ruled out the possibility of rebellion when he entered the army. Therefore, with such a preconceived understanding, the only reasonable explanation for sneaking into Kyoto while the night is to attack Tokugawa Eiyasu. However, as a lower-level samurai, I don't know that Tokugawa Eiyasu had left Kyoto as early as May 26 and was staying in Sakai. Similarly, even if the military parade explanation made by Akichi Mitsuhide to his subordinates in "Kakugawa Taki" is a real thing, the soldiers with such status as Tokugawa Eiyasu have no chance to know.
The reason why Akichi Mitsuhide concealed the army from his soldiers was to prevent the soldiers from escaping during the march. In addition, in the "Takegao Kishi Kakugawa", during the march, Akichi met twenty or thirty farmers from Toji who came up early to go to farmland to plant melons. The farmers were frightened to flee everywhere when they saw the fully armed samurai march. In order to prevent someone from leaking the military movements, Akichi Mitsuhide's retainer Amano Genyumon killed all these farmers.
(To be continued...)
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