On November 18, 1581, the ninth year of Tensho, Date Masamune arrived at Utsunomiya Castle in Shimono Province. The speed of his actions was breathtaking. 458880 However, he did not lead an army, but came alone with a few attendants. Even so, it was fast enough.
On November 11th, the Kwantung Allied Forces were defeated, and it took the 13th for the news to reach Echigo. In other words, it took Date Masamune just 5 days to rush from Echigo to Shimono. This kind of efficiency can be compared with those eight
The rush of hundreds of miles, changing horses without changing men, is comparable to the messenger soldiers who do not stop day and night. And Date Masamune came in such a hurry not for anything else, but simply to apologize.
At this moment, Yu Qiupei, Shibata Katsuie and Maeda Toshiie were receiving Date Masamune who had arrived in the castle tower. He was wearing the white clothes that a samurai wore before committing seppuku and dying. He knelt respectfully on the wooden floor of the living room and raised his head.
Press it very, very low.
"Your Highnesses, please forgive me!" Date Masamune pleaded sadly with a trembling voice, "It's all a misunderstanding!"
Shibata Katsuie didn't seem to listen to Date Masamune's explanation. He was sitting in the main seat and slowly wiping his sword. He didn't know if he was listening. Yu Qiupei sat aside leisurely, admiring this famous person from the Warring States Period in his previous life.
The performance. In desperation, Maeda Toshiie, the person with the lowest status, had to come out and answer the question: "May I ask your Highness, Date, for your consent? Join the East Kingdom Alliance to fight against the Oda family, and raise troops to invade the daimyo who have surrendered to the Oda family.
Territory, the facts are irrefutable, is there any misunderstanding?"
"Maeda-sama, you are so kind!" Date Masamune had obviously done his homework in advance, and he recognized his identity just because of the Maeda Toshiya's appearance without the family crest. "Everything I do is for the sake of the Oda family.
Ah! If the Oda family directly accepted the surrender of those small wealthy families, wouldn't they be rewarded with some territories? But if I directly annexed all their territories, the Oda family would be grateful to help them restore their country, and naturally they would not.
Dare you have any unreasonable thoughts! Moreover, the invasion of their territory this time will also severely damage their vitality. I think they will not cause trouble to the Oda family in the next few years!"
"Oh? Is this what His Highness Date was thinking when he raised troops to join the Eastern Kingdom Alliance?" Yu Qiupei was amused by the excuse Date Masamune came up with, and couldn't help but joked, "That's really loyal to the Oda family.
Geng Geng."
"Your Majesty Momiji, you have a clear warning!" Date Masamune heard this and immediately grabbed the words. He didn't care whether Yu Qiupei's steps could be walked or not, so he just stepped down, "I have admired the name of the Oda family for a long time, and I have always been looking forward to the early arrival of the Oda family to Kanto.
Sweep away Xiaoxiao and restore peace to the universe! Today I finally got what I wanted, and I will die without regrets!"
"Ah this..." Yu Qiuping was speechless for a moment. The last time he was shocked by a samurai's face was when he met Ito Yisuke in Kyushu. "If you are really devoted to the Oda family, why have you never communicated with a letter before? Even if you will
It would be nice to report the Kwantung United march route to us."
"Your Highnesses are so good at knowing things, so why do they get the chance to superfluous things?" Date Masamune immediately raised his head and began to compliment, "Didn't this effortlessly wipe out the main force of the Kwantung Allied Forces?"
"Then why did you rush to Echigo?" Maeda Toshiie took over the conversation again and asked with interest, "How do you explain this?"
"It's all for the purpose of flanking the Oda family and completely annihilating Uesugi Kagetora!" Date Masamune heard this and immediately leaned over and kowtowed a few times, then raised his four fingers and pointed to the sky and swore, "For this reason, I will never fight with you.
The Oda family has fought against each other, and I have never fought against the Mogami family who supports the Oda family!"
"You said you wanted to eliminate Uesugi Kagetora, but why did you enter his castle to help defend it? Why didn't you attack Uesugi Kagetora after entering the city? You said you didn't fight the Oda family. Isn't it because the Oda family hasn't launched yet?
Attack, so you don't have a chance to fight?" Maeda Toshiie immediately noticed several flaws in Date Masamune's words and pointed them out mercilessly.
"Maeda-sama, you don't know something! The reason why I didn't start an uprising in the city is because I wanted to wait until the Oda family's army arrived before cooperating with the outside world! But I am not as smart as your Highnesses, so how could I have expected that Your Highnesses' Eastern Expedition was just a sham.
Gun, the main force has already moved towards Shinano! I have been waiting in the city for a long time and still haven’t seen the Oda army, so I haven’t started an attack yet! On the contrary, Your Highness said that I didn’t fight with the Oda army because I didn’t meet the Oda army.
It's really unjust to do this!" As Date Masamune spoke, a few tears burst out of his eyes, as if he had really been greatly wronged. According to what Date Masamune said, all his actions seemed to
It really didn't pose any threat to the Oda army. It seems that there is no problem if it is just to cooperate with the Oda family.
"You are only 1516 this year, young man." Yu Qiuping smiled at the side after reading Date Masamune's explanation, then looked at his still childish face, and taught in the tone of an elder to a junior, "You have to learn.
There are a lot of things, and punishment for these things cannot be avoided by talking about it. Even if your words are impeccable, our lord will still punish you if he wants to punish you. Even if you can't say it, he can still punish you. This
At that time, your refuting us had no effect at all. Shouldn't you think of ways to please us and ask us to put in a good word for you in front of your lord?"
Yu Qiuping's words made Date Masamune, who had been a little lustful just now, suddenly change his face and freeze there for a moment. In the winter, the back of the white clothes he was wearing was faintly soaked with sweat. Shibata Katsuie seemed to feel that
There was nothing left to talk about. He didn’t even say hello to Date Masamune, so he stood up and walked out the door minding his own business.
"Let your troops disarm and surrender. We will send people to take over the territory of the Date family. What to do with the Date family in the future depends on the lord's decision." Yu Qiuping also stood up and followed Shibata Katsuie away, passing by Ida.
As Tatsumasamune approached him, he patted his shoulder and said, "Be honest, don't resist, and don't cause more trouble to the Oda family. Otherwise, it will be too early to wear your white clothes now."
On November 20, 1581, the ninth year of Tensho, the Oda army marched into Mutsu, and Date Terumune and other daimyo who returned from the sea also landed at Yumoto Port, and rushed back to regain their own territory. Date Masamune was very aware of current affairs.
There was no resistance, but ordered all troops to disarm. After the Oda army captured all the Date army, they asked Date Terumune to return to Yonezawa Castle and take over the administrative affairs, but they must always be under the supervision of the Oda family and wait.
The final fate of Oda Nobunaga.
On November 25, 1581, the ninth year of Tensho, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had suppressed Koshinobu, also led his army into Sagami and joined Oda Nobutada. As enemies of the Hojo family, the Satomi family in the area of ​​​​Abo Kamousou immediately raised troops and attacked from behind.
Tamana Castle and the Oritoku allied forces attacked from both sides. Oda Nobutada then signaled Takigawa Kazumasu to start a fierce attack on Odawara Castle. The outnumbered Odawara Castle defenders were dissatisfied with even occupying the huge city wall, and soon faced a dilemma.
As multiple lines of emergency smoke were ignited at the top of Odawara Castle, the main force of the Hojo Army, which was originally holding on to Tamana Castle, had no choice. Under the leadership of Hojo Tsunari, the entire army marched west to Odawara Castle to relieve the siege. Standing in their way
On the road was the prepared Allied Forces of Oritoku. After three days of bloody battles, the Hojo family finally failed to break through the defense line of the Allied Forces of Oritoku, which had a large number of people. The various units lost their combat effectiveness due to excessive casualties, and the city was almost empty.
Tamana Castle was also occupied by the Satomi family, and the way back was cut off. In the end, the Hojo army was defeated. Oda Nobutada launched a counterattack and defeated the exhausted Hojo family army. Hojo Tsunari committed seppuku when he was defeated.
Oda Nobutada, who returned in triumph, threw the horse seals of Tsunari Hojo and the captured Hojo army against the flag, and threw the ordnance at the gate of Odawara Castle. Looking at the mountains of Hojo scales, the defenders in Odawara Castle completely lost their fighting spirit.
On November 30, 1581, the ninth year of Tensho, Odawara Castle announced its surrender and asked for a grace period. On the same day, the Hojo castles that had been holding on also surrendered.
"This is a historic moment."
On the afternoon of December 3, 1581, the ninth year of Tensho, at the gate of Odawara Castle.
Ame Akihei, Shibata Katsuie and Maeda Toshiie, who specially rushed back from Mutsu, met with Oda Nobutada, Takigawa Kazumasu, Tokugawa Ieyasu and others who had been waiting for the surrender ceremony at the castle. This evening, they will be at Odawara Castle.
A surrender ceremony was held outside the East Gate. At that time, the Hojo Clan Council surrendered in person, which would also mark the last force in Japan that was hostile to the Oda family to give up resistance.
"There are no more hostile forces against you, and the whole world will be unified by the Oda family."
Yu Qiuping looked at the Oda army outside Odawara City who were busy preparing for the ceremony and the Hojo family flag that was sadly removed from the city. He couldn't help but read this line of the system after the player unified the world in the game Nobunaga's Ambition. He originally thought
This moment of the unification of the world should be more vigorous and grand, but it did come so quietly. A few days ago, Yu Qiupei was arguing with Date Masamune in Shimono Country, and a few days later, the world was unified for him.
They are all a bit unresolved and lack a sense of reality. It seems that such a sudden unification will be very fragile, giving Yu Qiuping the illusion that "it's not over yet."
But it wasn't just Yu Qiuping, everyone standing around him was also in a daze. For them, the unification of the world came a little fast and suddenly. But for the people who have been suffering from troubled times for more than a hundred years after the Yingren Rebellion
It is said that the unification of the world has come too slowly.
Hanbei, I did it, the world is at peace...I promised you to live to see the world at peace, I did it.
Nagamasa, are you watching? The chaos of the Warring States Period is over, and the peace you dreamed of has arrived.
When Yu Qiupei turned around, he seemed to be able to see the images of countless people who had sacrificed their lives to end the troubled times. He saw Mizuhara Atomhei, Kobayakawa Ya Nanisuke, Anayayama Nobuyuki, Hara Nagayori, Aoki Kazuki, Ryuko, and Mizu Atomsuke.
, Kobata Kesheng, saw countless dead old subordinates, and the paper red leaves on their heads were as numerous as a maple forest. He saw Mori Katsunari, Naomasa Naomasa and countless colleagues of the Oda family, they fell to the unification of the Oda family.
On the way to great cause, he also saw Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, Miyoshi Nagakei and countless heroes of troubled times. Although they were enemies, they were also striving to unify the world. He also saw Sena Ujitoshi, Kondo Yasuo, Asahina Yasushi
Heng and countless old friends of the Imagawa family all looked at Yu Qiuping with smiles, watching as their expectations were realized by Yu Qiuping himself.
Yu Qiuping thought that he would also see Yoshimoto Imagawa, but he did not find him. Perhaps his highness, the governor of the house, was playing cuju and admiring paintings there, and had no time to see him.
Anyway, the warring states are coming to an end.
"At such a historic moment, a moment that will be recorded in history books, it is a pity that the Lord is not here." Yu Qiuping sighed after coming back to his senses, and then laughed. Before he could laugh a few times, he felt heavy on his head.
Got a slap on the ground.
"Who said I'm gone?" A familiar and majestic voice came from behind, surprising everyone. Oda Nobunaga and a team of guards arrived at the gate of Odawara Castle without knowing when. He himself was
He hit Yu Qiuping's head hard with the folding fan in his hand.
"I heard that the Hojo family was about to surrender. I rushed over eight hundred miles from Azuchi Castle." Oda Nobunaga saw the doubts of his subordinates, and he was in a good mood and actually smiled at the joke.
, "Hongye is right, how can Yu not be here on such an important occasion?"
On December 3, 1581, the ninth year of Tensho, the Hojo clan opened Odawara Castle and surrendered to Oda Nobunaga, and the world was unified. Oda Nobunaga personally climbed to the Odawara Castle castle tower and knocked the seal of Tenkabubu on the ceiling of the top floor of the castle tower.
Chapter completed!