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Chapter 24 Ishiyama Honganji Submission (23)

Hideyoshi noncommittally agreed with Hachiro's answer, "The samurai outside have never seen the world. Don't listen to their nonsense. They also say that the lord is an evil ghost with three heads and six arms."

No matter what future generations think of Nobunaga's actions, Nobunaga's actions of crucifying people and burning the whole house under Amagasaki Castle have greatly deterred the rioting forces in the territory, and at the same time made Ishiyama Honganji Temple across the river Apparently, his mentality had collapsed, and a week later, under the intermediary of Emperor Masakimachi, Nobunaga was handed over a certificate of surrender, and he decided to surrender in Kaesong.

The content of the contract is as follows:

1. Oda Nobunaga forgives the soldiers in Ishiyama Gobo, and Honganji Temples across Japan maintain the status quo.

2. From April of the eighth year of Tensho, Honganji Temple withdrew from Ishiyama Gobo, and at the same time withdrew the troops defending Amagasaki Castle and Hanakuma Castle.

3. Honganji Temple needs Oda Nobunaga to provide close relatives as hostages first.

4. Nobunaga ceded the two counties from Kaga to house Ishiyama Honganji Temple

This condition is very strange. Oda Nobunaga actually chose to accept the terms under the extreme advantage. You must know that Kaga was pacified by him with great painstaking efforts, and because the pacification was not long ago, the people did not fully attach themselves, so he ceded the two counties Giving Honganji Temple is very likely to ignite Ikkiku in Hokuriku like a spark thrown into Kaga.

Xianru left Shishan Yufang at the end of March as agreed, and went to Kiiganlai Temple.The troops guarding Hanakuma Castle and Amagasaki Castle also began to withdraw.However, Xianru's son, Jiaoru, was unwilling to withdraw, and he decided to fight Nobunaga to the death.

On the same day, perhaps because they saw the Shishan Gobo on the other side of the Yodo River being submerged by Yongle Tongbao, Araki and his son in Amagasaki City realized that they were completely alone. The army went to the Maori territory, and once again shamelessly left the army and civilians in the city and fled.

Xianru received the news that Jiaoru had not left Shishan Yufang and was about to fight Nobunaga to the death, so he quickly wrote two letters to Nobunaga and Jiaoru with the same ambition.First declare that I seem to disagree at this time, and then declare that the relationship between the father and the son is severed, and the second son is allowed to be the successor of the family governor.

The teacher who received the letter was like a drowned pickle, and chose to surrender Oda Nobunaga first.

Nobunaga handed Settsu 300,000 shi to his breast brother Ikeda Hengxing, and after leaving, he ordered the teams to return to the city to disperse.Hideyoshi was able to lead the Harima team back to Himeji. At this time, Nagahama Bei, who had completed the assembly, also accompanied Hideyoshi to Harima, ready to start the Yamana crusade.

Nagahama should be regarded as Hideyoshi’s old foundation for raising troops. This reserve team is backed by the state-owned village and the Oda family’s willingness to attach importance to iron cannons. Hideyoshi’s Nagahama has two iron cannon reserves with a number of about 500 people.According to the average cost of 45-50 guan at that time, the cost of these iron cannons was only about 5 guan. In addition to wear and tear, Yu Chai’s expenditure on iron cannons definitely exceeded his current 30 shi a year. income.

The Nagahama Legion has always been Hideyoshi’s old foundation in his later campaigns. After obtaining the territory of Tajima and Inaba and being taken back to Nagahama, most of the samurai and ashigaru of the Nagahama Legion chose to follow Hideyoshi. This is enough to see Hideyoshi was originally an imperial power.

Many people say that Hideyoshi's success is due to shit luck, but in Hachiro's view, Hideyoshi's own ability is outstanding, coupled with his ability to work hard and he is really good at grasping luck.

In May of the eighth year of Tensho (1580), Takakage Kobayakawa, head of the Sanyo-do of the Mori family, the overlord of the Western Kingdom, led an army of 5 people from Aki to Ukido.The whole army received almost no resistance in Beizhong. By June, the whole territory of Beichu fell. Hachiro's brother was killed in the battle, and Kobayakawa's army came to the foot of Shishan Castle.

Hachiro once reminded the Nao family to drink more hot water and stop eating raw food before leaving Shishan, but the Nao family who had no relevant knowledge ignored the matter and continued to go their own way.Fortunately, the Ji family spent enough time in Zushoucheng for the Zhi family to organize an army.

The poor performance of the Nao family in history in the two battles last month brought out the strength of the Maori family and lost the ruling power of the two counties of Harima. They all chose neutrality, and Beichu even fell directly to the Mori family from the beginning, and chose Kaesong to surrender before Takakage Kobayakawa arrived.

Naoka in history had little time to prepare and could only wait for the troops to assemble by the side of the cage city. In the end, he used a trick to lure the enemy.However, this victory did not fundamentally change the situation. The Ukita clan was attacked by the Maori army in various places, and the Ukita army was always at a disadvantage.

But in this time and space, in the early stage of the second battle of last month, because Hachiro discovered in time that there was an intention to abandon the city of last month, he intercepted the Nizi army in time, so that the wealthy family of Mizuo saw that Ukido had fought a beautiful battle of annihilation, and effectively occupied it. With the two counties of Sayong and Ako, the morale is high and the cohesion is higher.

In addition, in history, the Nao family was actually Nobunaga's vassal daimyo. Although the Misaku clan in the territory was subject to the Nao family in name, they basically still had a subordinate nature similar to the relationship between the Nao family and Nobunaga.Choosing neutrality and not fighting under the Maori adjustment strategy is enough to see the efforts of Ukita Nao's family.

But this time, the Nao family is Nobunaga's direct retainer. Under the operation of Nobunaga, the imperial court rewarded the Nao family with the official positions of Misaku and Bizenshou. , At this time Nobunaga expelled Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japan actually has no shogunate.) became the ruler of the two countries recognized by the imperial court, holding the title of righteousness.The Zhi family is the real master of the noble families of the two countries.

The Takeuchi, Maki, Makita, Goto and other families of Misaku resubmitted the oath and hostages at the first time, expressing their surrender to the Nao family, and the Nao family became the real masters of the noble families of the two countries.

Therefore, although the Maori family still tuned in the wealthy families in Ukita, they basically rejected the proposal of the Maori family. The bannerman Takeuchi Hisamori of Misaka even directly cut off the envoy to declare his determination to follow Ukita.

Therefore, even though the Misaku Legion has already gone to Inaba to fight under the leadership of Ukita Tadashi, the Ukita Nao family still organized 1 people to face Kobayakawa Takakage. Fighting along the tributaries of Fuchuan, Kobayakawa Takakage chose to retreat voluntarily, perhaps because he was afraid of the support of the Oda Army behind him.However, Yuxi's family lost the two counties of Beichu and a member of the Yimen in this battle, and it was truly a defeat.

And after the war, Takakage Kobayakawa only retreated to Bichu Takamatsu Castle, and Ukita and the Mori family still had conflicts at the border.

(End of this chapter)