Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 321 Hideji's Defeat in Kyushu

On July 14th in the 1586th year of Tensho ([-]), even in northern Japan, there are still many places in hot summer.

It was on such a day that Xiujia finally returned to Osaka after a long absence.

At the foot of Osaka City, Changshu Zhengjia said farewell to Xiujiakuo: "I am very grateful to Your Highness for teaching me during this period of time. I hope that I will have the opportunity to learn from Your Highness in the future."

"Where is it, your lord has also taught me a lot of key points of governing," Xiujia responded.

Nagatsu Masakae is Hideyoshi's direct minister, and he can be regarded as a new member of the enshrinement team.However, he has not received many knowledge and practice, and he can only be regarded as an intermediate samurai, so there is no house in Osaka City.

The Hide family is a powerful figure in the Toyotomi family, and like Toyotomi Hidecho, they have their own mansion in Nijimaru in Osaka Castle.

The Xiu family only needs to report to the city guard before they can go home, but the Changshu Zheng family needs to go to the castle town to report to the town, and then submit an application for going to the city because they do not have a badge for waiting for the city.So the two said goodbye under the Osaka Castle.

After the Xiu family and Changshu Zheng's family bid farewell, they prepared to go to the city with only a dozen or so followers, but saw a handsome young man at the gate of the city jumping on his horse.

Take a closer look, who else is it if it's not Hashiba and Wakayama Hideji?
Seeing Xiuci appearing here, the Xiu family was a little stunned.

After all, when he was in Mino, Hideka heard about his defeat in Kyushu, and the 1 Shikoku team was ruined by him. , I don't know whether I can escape.

The thing is still the original recipe, the original taste.

Hashiba Hideji, the vanguard general, landed in Bungo with an army of 15000, and finally confronted Yoshihiro Shimadzu from Hinata.

At first, the Shimadzu family was a little jealous of the Toyotomi family, and showed resistance on the battlefield.This behavior of showing weakness became a sign of each other's weakness in the eyes of Hashiba Hideji and Sengoku Hidehisa.

After all, it was the first time to lead an army independently. Hideji had some considerations at the beginning, but Hidehisa Sengoku took the lead and broke through 7 cities in 11 consecutive days. Not only regained the lost ground of Bungo, but also invaded Hyuga territory.

Seeing that Hideji Hashiba, who was so top-notch by Hidehisa Sengoku, could no longer hold back his loneliness, he began to march toward Hinata along Nankaido. As long as I lead an army of more than [-], I can wipe it out." The rhetoric.

In the end, Hidetoshi caught up with Hidehisa Sengoku in the Beichuan tributary, and when the good brothers met, of course they had to talk about their family's troubles.

Since the previous Shimadzu family was so "vulnerable", the two brothers naturally joined forces to attack Shimadzu, vowing to gain more military exploits before Hideyoshi's main force arrived.

In the end, Sengoku Hidehisa led Kato Kiyomasa and Miyoshi Hideho's troops as the vanguard, with a total force of about 3000. Hideji himself led Kii Honbu, Kobayakawa, Asano, Fukushima Masanori and other daimyo's troops with about 8000 people as the central army. Fujido Takatora led Zan Tokibe transported supplies behind.

As a result, just a few days after the formation was divided, Sengoku Hidehisa fell into the encirclement of Shimadzu Yoshihiro.

The Shimadzu family held their breath for a long time because of the avoidance of the war in the early stage, and vowed to seek justice from the Toyotomi family, so as soon as the fight started, things rushed towards Sengoku Hidehisa like a rainbow.

Poor Sengoku Hidehisa saw the arrival of Shimadzu's main force, instead of choosing to stick to the commanding heights, or to fight and retreat, he even sent a messenger to Hashiba Hideji behind him to tell him: "Occasionally, the bald rats broke the army, and the number is about 3/5000 The number is enough for me to deal with."

This sentence is as if defeating the Shimadzu family is a very simple matter that should be taken for granted.

But he miscalculated. The Shimadzu family in front of him is not 3/5000 people at all, but a full 2 army led by Shimadzu Yoshihiro. corps.

The result can be imagined, as soon as it was full, the front line of the vanguard army was torn apart. Almost at the same time as the war started, the voice of Miyoshi Hideho being asked for was heard from the front of the front line.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Kato Kiyomasa led troops to the side to break through the encirclement first, but our vanguard general Sengoku Hidehisa was completely disrupted by this matter, and actually left his soldiers and ran in the direction where Kato Kiyomasa broke out.

The final result was that more than 3000 of the 900 members of the Vanguard Corps were killed, more than 600 were captured and missing, and only a thousand or more survived.

The battle happened quickly, and it ended quickly. The sun hadn't even fully risen before the battle was over.It was also because the sun had not yet risen, and the dense fog in the mountains provided a good cover for Kato Kiyomasa, otherwise he would have to explain here.

Because of the problem of Xianshi Xiujiu's breakout direction, they did not meet Hashiba Hideji's part of the rear central army.

As a result, Hashiba Hideji did not receive the news of the frontline defeat. After receiving the report from Sengoku Hidehisa, Hashiba Hideji excitedly wanted to come to support the whole team, so that he could share some of the military merits from the 3/5000 heads. .

Due to time constraints, many soldiers in the Chinese army were pulled into the team before they even had breakfast. At that time, they got the information that the former army encountered the enemy, and I had the advantage. Regardless of whether they had eaten or not, they were all excited to go Collect the loot.

Who would have thought that seeing the Shimadzu army in the first-level inspection on the battlefield just now!

Neither side expected that another encounter would take place under such circumstances.

The time of the first-level inspection has always been the time when the defense of the Warring States army is the weakest, because this matter has just experienced a big victory, the spirit of the soldiers has been relaxed, and the defense against the enemy's surprise attack is insufficient.

When Shingen Takeda attacked Shinano for the first time in history, Nobukata Gaki, the boss of his family, was asked to die by Yoshiki Murakami, who returned to the carbine, because of the first-level inspection after a small victory before the battle.

This battle directly led to Takeda Shingen's defeat in Uedahara's joint battle. Takeda Fang Itagaki Nobukata and Amari Hutai died in the battle. More than 700 people died in the battle (only 5000 people were killed when Takeda sent troops, and more than 12% died in battle).

Murakami Yoshiki once attacked Takeda Harunobu's main camp. Even Shingen had to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. In the end, Murakami's army retreated under the premise that Naito Masato and Baba Shinbo fought desperately and the main camp was attacked. Takeda Shingen He was also wounded in two places.

This battle can be said to be the biggest visit to the shrine in Takeda Shingen's war career.

Hashiba Hideji, who knows some military history, took this opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the Shimadzu Army, and there may be a chance of winning, but Hashiba Hideji, who had no ink in his heart, was frightened by the opponent's nearly three times the number of people. , lingering across the river bank.

Shimadzu found the Sawajiri Ezemon of Toyotomi's family on the opposite bank. Although the beginning was in chaos, they quickly regrouped under the leadership of the samurai and took the initiative to cross Kitagawa and attack Hashiba Hideji.

On Hideji's side, Masanori Fukushima still has some common sense on the battlefield. When Hashiba Hideji did not receive orders from Hashiba Hideji, he took advantage of the Shimadzu's halfway to attack, and it was a blow to Shimadzu's side.

The war situation fell into a stalemate for a while, and Yoshihiro Shimadzu even planned to withdraw his troops.

At this time, Hashiba Hideji retreated as soon as he saw a good situation, and retreated back after securing his position, and he was able to retain the main force without losing it.But Hashiba Hideji, who saw the Shimadzu's family start to back off, doubled up again!
Hashiba Hideji directly ordered the Chinese army to blow the conch horn to charge, and the battle drums in this battle were as loud as the drums, and the whole army went to kill Shimadzu's house.

At this time, if Masanori Fukushima, Nagamasa Asano, or Takakage Kobayakawa are on the team, they may be able to persuade him.

It's a pity that Fukushima Masanori was in the front line of command, Asano Nagamasa was resting in Saeki Castle because of physical discomfort, and Kobayakawa Takakage didn't come at all. Command in the formation.

As a result, there is no real powerful daimyo in the army who can dissuade Hashiba Hideji. Masanori Fukushima was not aware of the situation before the battle, and the elders of Hoida Motokiyo and Asano Nagamasa were inconvenient to raise objections because of their status.

In the end, the entire Hashiba Hideji's army rushed to the center of Beichuan like a top, biting the retreating Shimadzu army.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu saw it, and if you are so superior and won't let me get out of the battle, then I simply won't leave.Yoshihiro Shimadzu also put his main force into the battlefield, crossed the river in batches from upstream and downstream, and prepared to directly encircle Toyotomi's army.

Had it not been for the 3000 Sanuki corps led by Todo Takatora at noon, and the subsequent 6500 people supported by Otomo's family, the losses on Hideji Hashiba's side would have been even more serious.

At that time, the Shimadzu family had been fighting all morning, and the soldiers were already exhausted, and most of the troops were on the east bank of Beichuan.

Seeing the reinforcements from Toyotomi's side, and fearing that there would be follow-up reinforcements, Shimadzu Yoshihiro ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops.

This battle directly led to the death of Hoida Motokiyo, the elder of Tosa Kobayakawa's family and younger brother of Kobayakawa Takakage, who was brought out from the Mori family, and Miyoshi Hideho, who was famous when Hideyoshi joined Shikoku at that time. The Miyoshi Corps is almost gone.

Fukushima was seriously injured. The Iyo Corps led by him and the Awa Corps led by Asano Nagamasa also suffered heavy losses. The Toyotomi Pioneer Corps had 15000 people, and the Ukita Army's 3000 people were removed. After the war, only 7000 people were gathered. More than 4000 people were missing and captured, which can be described as a big fiasco!

Shimadzu Yoshihiro relied on this battle to defeat Toyotomi's 2 reinforcements, killing [-] daimyos and hundreds of middle and low-level samurai, directly causing a corps to lose its follow-up combat effectiveness, and became famous in Mishima!
And our Highness Wakayama, who was once as famous as the Hide family, returned to Usuki Castle in disgrace, and even the defeat report was written to Hideyoshi by Asano Nagamasa dragging his sick body.

Hideyoshi, who heard that Kyushu was defeated, was furious, and ordered Hashiba Hideji and Sengoku Hidehisa to be arrested and sent to Osaka. Kobayakawa, Fukushima, and Asano, who were seriously damaged in the vanguard army, returned to their skills first.

As for Miyoshi Hideho, who died in the battle, because of his extinction, his military power and skills were temporarily under the command of Asano Nagamasa, and he will deal with it after all Kyushu is settled.

However, Kato Kiyomasa and Todo Takatora, who were not too concerned about the battle damage, were typing and sticking to Bungo with only about 4000 troops left.

In fact, everyone knows that the first 15000 people have lost, and these 4000 people are not worth it at all, but Hideyoshi just wants them to be stationed in Bungo and act as the presence of Toyotomi's power projection in Kyushu.

Hashiba Hideji, who came back from Kyushu, was locked up by Hideyoshi in the Osaka mansion for reflection. Sengoku Hidehisa's skills were confiscated and exiled outside Toyotomi's direct leadership. Hideyoshi even ordered his daimyo not to recruit him as a retainer.

Sengoku Hidehisa was originally Hideyoshi's favorite general, and the Hideka specially put him under Hashiba Hideji's command to "optimize" his experience and "talent" in commanding troops, and let him lead Hashiba Hideji to fight steadily.

In the end, who would have thought that he would go to the top first, and it would be fine if he went to the top, which directly caused a daimyo to die in battle, but he left the army and ran away in despair.

Someone must be responsible for Miyoshi Hideho's death, otherwise it will not be enough to quell the anger of the famous people in the world, and it will not be enough to re-establish their authority.

In addition, Hideyoshi is Hideyoshi's nephew!

Anyway, you don’t have to worry about debts, and regardless of whether you, Xianshi Xiujiu, participated in the subsequent battle of Beichuan, you, Xianshi Xiujiu, should simply take the blame for Xiuji along with you.

From here, I have to say that Hideyoshi is really kind to his own disciples. He is also a dead daimyo. Although Miyoshi Hideho has 7 shi of knowledge and practice, he is not conspicuous in Toyotomi's system.

And although Hoida Motokiyo is only a vassal, he is not as knowledgeable as Miyoshi Hideyoshi, but he is the uncle of the great name Mori Terumoto of the Western Kingdom, and the younger brother of the Lord of the Tosa Kingdom, Takakage Kobayakawa!
After the death of a Miyoshi Hideho, Hideyoshi directly stripped Sengoku Hidehisa of his official position and Zhixing, not only exiled him, but also allowed any daimyo to accept his existence.

And what about Hashiba Hideji who killed Hoida Motokiyo?It's just that they were ordered to live in seclusion and reflect on that's all. Even when they went to Hiroshima and Okatoyo to apologize, it was Ishida Mitsunari and Katagiri Katamoto who went there.

However, because of this reason, everyone thinks that although Hideyoshi will deal with Hideji lightly, he will try to play down his influence. Who would have thought that it has only been a few months, the real culprit of the defeat of Kyushu, that's all. Majesticly, he rode a tall horse under the city of Osaka.

The appearance of Hashiba Hideji also aroused the pointing and pointing of the surrounding samurai.After all, there are no secrets in Osaka City. Everyone knows why you Xiuci was ordered to live in seclusion. Now seeing him openly appearing, there is a lot of discussion.

As the two gradually drew closer, Xiujia took the initiative to talk to him, "Brother Sun Qi, I haven't seen you for a long time, where are you going?"

Because Hashiba Hideji lived in seclusion for more than 3 months, his face became visibly thinner, but at this moment he replied to the Xiu family with a bright red face, "My lord father asked me to go back to Wakayama City to regroup and go to Kyushu with him for revenge."

"." Xiuci was silent for a few seconds after hearing his answer.

Because of the really big speechless incident, Hideyoshi must have some bottom line when he favors his own people. Hashiba Hideji just came out with such a big incident, and the outside news has not faded. Let him go to the battlefield again. Isn't he afraid of affecting the Kobayakawa family and the Mori family? Does it matter?
Although Xiujia didn't quite understand Hideyoshi's decision, they still smiled at Xiuci and said, "I'm really happy to see Brother Sun Qi regaining his strength. I also hope that Brother Sun Qi can get rid of his shame in Kyushu. Best wishes My elder brother has long-lasting martial arts."

Just that tea taste is stronger than the Pu'er that Xiu's family has treasured for many years.

(End of this chapter)