It’s a pity that the good times won’t last long. Just two years after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, in order to compete for world power, Japan's most powerful Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hideyoshi Aiji Ishida Mizunai openly confronted each other, once again tugging Japan into the war. From the Muro region to the Kyushu Island , the smoke of gunpowder spread almost all over Japan, and eventually triggered the largest and most well-known Seihara Hokkaido during the Warring States Period in Japan.
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The process of the battle between Sekihara
Since we want to say that the battle between Sekihara is an unjust battle, it is necessary to briefly describe the battle between Sekihara.
- Intensification of contradictions
Hideyoshi's son Hideyoshi was unable to rule at a young age. In order to consolidate the rule of Toyotomi regime, Hideyoshi created the five elders - Wu to pursue this mutually restrictive ruling system. In addition, before his death, Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked these ministers to swear allegiance to help Hidelae several times.
However, shortly after Hideyoshi passed away, the ruling system he founded was useless. Losing Hideyoshi's constraints, Tokugawa Ieyasu began to move, intending to replace Toyotomi to seek the world. To achieve its goal, Tokugawa Ieyasu openly violated Hideyoshi's last words and frequently entered into marriage contracts with other daimyo . This move undoubtedly violated the "Taoge Oshima" promulgated by Hideyoshi, and caused the impeachment of Misaki Ishida and Takiya Maeda. The conflict between Mizunai Ishida and Ieyasu Tokugawa has thus surfaced.
Seeing Tokugawa Ieyasu gradually eroding the Toyotomi regime, Hideyoshi's old ministers could not work together to fight Tokugawa Ieyasu. This situation has to be caused by internal contradictions in the Toyotomi regime. Since Toyotomi Hideyoshi ruled the world, he has always valued literature and neglected military affairs. This move has also led to an opposition between the retainers, Chinese and military affairs factions. For example, Misaki Ishida, Masashi Fukushima, Kiyoshi Kato and others are as incompatible as fire.
Ishida Mitsunari
The so-called "the enemy's enemy is his ally", the conflict with Ishida Mitsunari also caused most of the forces of the Warchen faction led by Fukushima Masashima to turn to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Of course, the suffering of the Toyotomi regime did not end here. Just the year after Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away, the Maeda Taki family also followed his steps and drove away. Since Hideyoshi's death, the Maeda Taki family was the only person who could compete with Tokugawa Ieyasu in terms of fame and strength. At the same time, his life also greatly restricted the disputes within the Toyotomi regime. Now that the Maeda Tatsuya family, as the pillar supporting the Toyotomi regime, collapsed, Tokugawa Ieyasu's behavior became increasingly unscrupulous.
The death of the Rika family also completely broke the political balance in the Toyotomi regime. Without the support and protection of the Rika family, Mitsunari Ishida quickly lost in the political struggle and was forced to return to Satsuki Oe and Yama Castle to live in hibernation.
Maeda Takiya
- Ishida Sansheng launched an army
After expelling the top political enemy Ishida Sansheng, Tokugawa Ieyasu set his next target on Uesugi Keika, one of the five elders. Since the Honnoji Incident, Uesugi Keitaki and Toyotomi Hideyoshi have maintained a long-term alliance. If he wanted to eat the Toyotomi regime, the Uesugi clan became the first enemy to be eliminated.
At the beginning of the fifth year of the Qingchang period, Tokugawa Ieyasu concluded that Uesugi Keisaki intends to rebel and asked Uesugi Keisaki to explain. However, the Uesugi family was a famous family. They believed that the rebellion was false and purely an insult to Tokugawa Ieyasu's family, so they refused to go to Luo. So, Tokugawa Ieyasu summoned Daming from the world to attack Aijin in the name of attacking Jingsheng.
At the same time, learning that Tokugawa Ieyasu's army was leading the army east to attack Uesugi Keikaku, Ishida Mizunari quickly invited his close friend Otani Yoshitsuki to enter Sawa Yama Castle to jointly plan to attack Tokugawa Ieyasu. The plan was decided, and Ishida San immediately invited Maori Hiromoto to enter Osaka Castle and launched an army under the name of Feng Hide-rai's order to attack Ieyasu (known as the Western Army in history). After entering Osaka Castle, Mitsunari Ishida sent "The Inner Palace" to Daming, denounced Tokugawa Ieyasu for violating the deceased Taige's orders, and called on Daming to join forces to fight against Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to repay Taige's great kindness.
Learning that Mitsunari Ishida raised an army behind him, Tokugawa Ieyasu was shocked and quickly convened the "South Hill Evaluation" decision to return and fight with Mitsunari Ishida (known in history as the Eastern Army). During this period, Mizunari Ishida led his army into the Daming mansion to seize hostages, and then he even captured Fushimi Castle to the east. Then the Western Army took advantage of the victory to pursue the Eastern Army forces in Ise. From August to September, nearly 200,000 troops from the East and West Army entered Mino one after another, and the final decisive battle of Sekihara was imminent.
Otani Yoshiji
- The end of the Battle of Sekihara
As we all know, the Battle of Sekihara broke out on September 15, the fifth year of Qingchang (1600). Due to the rebellion of Kobayakawa Hideaki and others, Ishida Mitsumatsu's army collapsed across the board. Within just a few hours, this war that determined Japan's future ended with the victory of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Western Army Yoshiji Otani died heroically, and Mitsunai Ishida, Hidea Ukita and others fled. After the victory of Sekihara's Battle, Tokugawa Ieyasu continued to advance westward to wipe out the remaining rebellious forces. On September 18, the Eastern Army captured Ishida Misei's residence Saheyama Castle. On the other hand, after learning that the Western Army was defeated, Huomoto Mori immediately left Osaka Nishinomaru and moved to the mansion under the city to express his surrender to Ieyasu.
On September 22, Tokugawa Ieyasu made peace with Maori Hiromoto, and ordered Fujido Takato, Asano Yukinaga , Kuroda Nagamasa and others to lead their troops to Osaka. On the 27th, Tokugawa Ieyasu himself entered Osaka Castle, cleared all the rebellious forces, and took the real power of the Toyotomi regime.
With the name of the "Toyotomi system", the Edo Shogunate established by Tokugawa Ieyasu has become the center of power in the new era. Under such a situation, Mizunashi Ishida and others were tied to the execution ground for execution. The Western Army forces, which were originally subordinate to Maori and 30%, were also severely punished by reduction of the lockdown and modification. At this point, the Japanese world officially changed its surname to Tokugawa.
Sahara Battle
After telling the story of the battle of Sekira, let’s analyze why the battle of Sekira was a complete unfaithful and unrighteous battle.
The Battle of Infidelity
A very interesting point in the Battle of Sekihara: Although both sides of the war declared the right to fight against the rebels for the Toyotomi regime, the Toyotomi regime itself maintained a neutral attitude. In fact, Toyotomi's move is not difficult to understand, because the purpose of both sides of the war is not to maintain the stability of the Toyotomi regime. No matter which side the Toyotomi regime joins, it will only help its future enemies in the end. Both sides of the war were both defeated, which was the result that the Toyotomi regime most wanted to see.
Since Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the world in 1590, Daming, who once dominated the country, surrendered. However, as a person from all over the world, Toyotomi Hideyoshi naturally understood that the long-standing independent Dana was just afraid of his authority and did not truly surrender. In order to prevent the disintegration of the Toyotomi system after his death, Hideyoshi established the political balance system pursued by the five elders.
In order to achieve the goal of swallowing the world, after Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa Ieyasu has been committed to breaking the political balance pursued by the five elders and five. After the death of the Maeda Tatsuyaki, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the lead in expelling Ishida Mitsunari, and then forced the Maeda clan to surrender. Finally, he even opened his troops to attack the Uesugi clan, who were also the five elders. The purpose of Tokugawa Ieyasu's actions can be described as "Sima Zhao's heart - everyone knows it."
Seihara Hokkaido Screen
Tokugawa Ieyasu attempted to replace the Toyotomi regime to take charge of Japan, but his heart was naturally unfaithful.So, did Misaki Ishida, Hiromoto Mori and others who led their troops to attack Ieyasu, launch a war out of loyalty to the Toyotomi regime?
The answer to this question is also very obvious! After Ishida Mizunaga and others raised their troops, they quickly led their troops into Osaka and jointly promulgated the "Official Articles of the Inner Palace", which made them very meaningful to "using the emperor to command the princes." In addition, after entering Osaka, Mitsunari Ishida's army publicly seized hostages from various names and gave them to the Toyotomi regime, which was tantamount to rebellion.
Finally, Misaki Ishida and Hiromoto Mori who entered Osaka Castle issued rewards and punishment orders to the world's daimyoshi, which essentially undermined the five elders-five-five-adhering political system founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. From this point of view, Misaki Ishida, Hiromoto Mori and Tokugawa Ieyasu are no different. Although the Battle of Sekigahara, which both sides fought for power, was loyal to the Toyotomi clan, they actually undermined the power of the Toyotomi regime. In this game of Thrones, both sides have no loyalty at all.
The Battle of Unrighteousness
The biggest injustice of the Battle of Seihara is to drag the unified Japan back into the civil war. The chaos Warring States lasted for more than a hundred years, and it was not until Toyotomi Hideyoshi took the battle to Kanto that became unified. However, this short-term peace in Japan lasted only ten years. The Battle of Sekihara in 1600 almost dragged the entire Japan into war.
In the vision of Misaki Ishida, Tokugawa Ieyasu and others, the Battle of Sekigahara is by no means a short battle to determine the outcome of the battle, but will be a huge civil war with a scale of no less than the "Yingren Rebellion". Heroes of the same era, such as Kuroda Takagaki and Masayuki Sanada, also believed that after this war, Japan would undoubtedly be dragged back into the Warring States Period and carry out a new round of strength reshuffle. If the chaos continues in the Warring States Period, the people will be in panic all day long.
can be seen at the beginning of the war, even though both sides expected that the war would drag Japan back into civil strife, for the sake of the struggle for power, neither side wanted to give up. Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mizunari both caused war with their own selfish desires, which is the greatest injustice.
Kuroda Takagao
Conclusion
Fortunately for the people, Sekihara's decisive battle ended in a short term, and its destructive power was far less than the "Yingren Rebellion" that brought Japan into the Warring States Period. After the Battle of Sekihara, due to Tokugawa Ieyasu's proper handling, all daimyos surrendered. This "war wave" that affected the entire Japan gradually subsided after Mizunashi Ishida's death.
