No matter what, the war must be ended.
Even if it ends in an undignified form, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is in charge of the overall situation, can accept it.
When the three parties confirm that there will no longer be a war, he will arrange subsequent withdrawals.
Toyotomi's direct line was the first to leave, which was unquestionable, followed by the Kyushu Legion and other small country daimyo. Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to let his Kanto Allied Forces take the back seat and pay a certain price to win people's hearts.
Eventually, his direct troops would come from other directions and board the ship from Sichuan together.
"The first one to come over should be Honda Tadakatsu. With him here, I can sleep more peacefully."
Tokugawa Ieyasu sighed.
Next to them, Ukita Hideie and others were silent. There were Eastern Warriors and Western Warriors. Unfortunately, their Western Warrior, Tachibana Muneshige, died too hastily. He was attacked by strange flames and burned to death.
"I'll leave the follow-up matters to the inner government."
Mouri Hidemoto bowed slightly to Tokugawa Ieyasu and said in a deep voice: "Let's take a step first and return to the country to fulfill Hideyoshi-sama's last will."
According to Japanese customs, they especially worship their own gods and pray for their blessings.
Many large families have their own clan gods. For example, the once powerful Ashikaga family and the Genji family both worship the Hachiman god.
Unfortunately, the Toyotomi family does not have its own clan god. It was just established. No matter how Hideyoshi whitewashed himself and fabricated family history during his lifetime, it was still difficult to cover up the fact that he did not have noble blood, let alone an clan god.
Because of this, in addition to withdrawing from the army and appointing the Five Elders and Five Immortals during his lifetime, Hideyoshi also decided to ascend to godhood after his death to protect his son and family who would be at the center of the storm.
Based on this last statement, various daimyo in the Western Kingdom decided to ask the Shinto priests to designate him as a local deity, and to offer sacrifices according to the ceremony every year. The god's title has also been determined:
Toyokuni Daimyojin.
Tokugawa Ieyasu did not raise any objection. He just nodded to show that he knew.
Although he has ambitions to seize power in his heart, as a stable old turtle, Tokugawa feels that it still needs time to brew, divide the still huge Toyotomi family's power, and win over more allies——
When Taiko died of illness, he chose to take the opportunity to overthrow the Toyotomi family and execute his heir who was only a few years old. This would make some daimyo, including those in the Kanto region, unite and side with Hideyori.
According to history, in the first year of the 17th century AD, after six small-scale conflicts, the two camps from east and west Japan, namely the East Kingdom and the West Country, launched a battle to determine the fate of the country in Sekigahara, northeast of Kyoto. war.
As many as 150,000 troops participated in the battle.
They were the 70,000-strong disciplined Eastern Army of the Tokugawa family, and the 80,000 loosely-aligned Western Army. During this period, the Kobayakawa family, which belonged to the Western Army, secretly changed camps, resulting in a complete victory for the Eastern Army.
Kuroda Nagamasa, Nabeshima Naoshima, Mune Yoshitomo, and Kato Kiyomasa, who was loyal to Hideyoshi, all changed their banners. Many Kyushu daimyo chose to betray because they were unwilling to serve a young master who was only a few years old.
Ishida Mitsunari, who was loyal to Hideyori, was killed.
Konishi Yukinaga, a Christian who regarded suicide as an unforgivable sin, was beheaded because he refused to commit seppuku. The executioner chopped off his head three times.
The Ukita Hide family's territory was confiscated and exiled to a place called Hachijo Island. They lived silently until they were over eighty years old and died quietly.
The territory of the Shikoku lord Chosunegabe Morochika was also confiscated. He was the son of Nagasunegabe Motochika, the leader of the invasion of Korea.
Tachibana Muneshige's fate was similar.
All the daimyo who chose to betray the Toyotomi family received generous rewards. Kuroda Nagamasa was the biggest winner. He persuaded the Kobayakawa family to join the Tokugawa side. Tokugawa considered him to be a major contributor to instantly turning the tide of the war, and his territory more than quadrupled.
Kato Kiyomasa, who once shared Kyushu's Higo Kingdom with his arch-rival Konishi, obtained the former's fief and became the veritable lord of Higo Kingdom.
Mune Yoshitomo, who nominally declared his allegiance to the Eastern Kingdom, did not send troops to fight against his father-in-law, Konishi Yukinaga, so he only kept his original fiefdom.
After this great turmoil, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son Hideyori was not deposed. He retained Osaka Castle and its surrounding territory of 650,000 koku. Although it was only one-third of what the old monkey had left, Hideyori still It is one of the largest daimyo in Japan.
Two years after Hideyoshi's death, he won the Battle of Sekigahara and sealed the battle in advance, to the complete destruction of the Toyotomi family. Tokugawa, a contemporary of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, endured patiently for another fourteen years.
But the appearance of the actor affected too much.
On the Eastern side:
The Nabeshima father and son who changed the banner died in the hands of Pan Ming; Kuroda Nagamasa, who played a key role, died under the siege of the actors; Soyoshi died in the hands of Lu Li's younger brother Zhao Feng; Kato Kiyomasa wanted to drag Lu Li to die together, but ended up going alone.
From the West:
The son of a medicine merchant, Konishi Yukinaga, whose trust was abandoned by Hideyoshi, guarded Hideyori until his death, but was killed by Duke and Lu Li;
Shimazu Yoshihiro and Shimazu Toyohisa, the former was beheaded by Lu Li, and the latter was beheaded by Lu Li's black-maned horse.
Xiguo Wushuang Tachibana Munege was beheaded by Lu Li.
In the eyes of the actors, it doesn’t matter whether they are Eastern or Western countries, as long as they are Japanese, they will be killed!
A large number of actors, led by Zhou Tian, are engaged in an endless killing showdown against their favorite targets.
Even though he was seriously injured, could no longer transform, and had no strength left, Lu Li still had the ambition to kill Honda Tadakatsu.
To a certain extent, this can be considered a bowl of water -
The Western warriors who were loyal to the Toyotomi family were gone, and the Tokugawa warriors of the Tokugawa family had no hope of living.
In the future Battle of Sekigahara, Honda Tadakatsu was responsible for sniping at the Ukita and Shimazu families. With meritorious service, he was transferred to Inse-sanmei Castle Shikakusho to monitor Toyotomi Hideyori and the Daimyo of the Otoyo family.
"Now, his life will come to an end here." Lu Li whispered while looking at Shuntian Japanese City from a distance.
The names of the Three Heroes of Tokugawa, the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa, and the Sixteen Divine Generals of Tokugawa all show that he deserves to be killed.
Of course, the fact that he was able to escape from the trap carefully designed by the old boy Liu Wei and successfully encircle him also shows that there are no deceitful people under the fame.
Honda was not only praised highly by Tokugawa Ieyasu, but was also called by Oda Nobunaga, the previous generation, no, the actual master of Japan in the previous generation:
"The Sword Comes"
A general who has both flowers and practicality.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was wary of Tokugawa, but based on reality, he called his favorite general Honda Tadakatsu:
Japan's number one warrior, unparalleled in ancient and modern times.
Worldly known as: Mikawa Flying General, Oni no Heihachi, the most powerful general of the Warring States Period...
Although his actual height was only 1.4 meters and his mount was very short. The combination of the two looked like a monkey riding a dog, but Lu Li did not underestimate him.
In the past in Nanyuan, he had used the most conventional posture to fight Tachibana Munege without any blessing with his fighting spirit. As a result, after parrying for a while, a hard-to-heal knife mark appeared on his neck.
Dongguo Wushuang will obviously become stronger!
"Continue the bombardment, don't begrudge the shells, even if you use them all up, it will be worth it if you take Shuntian down."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."
