From the highly pragmatic explanation, Liu Xin learned that the nature of the Battle of Sekigahara was actually a war that broke out due to internal strife in the Toyotomi family, that is, the Qingzhou martial arts sect raised by Hideyoshi's original wife, Hokusei Ningning, and Hideyori's biological mother, Yodono Tea House, secretly
There was internal strife among the Omi loyalists who supported him, and the conflict that broke out between them was exploited by the five elders. In name, this use was used to fight for the next generation speaker of the Toyotomi family.
At that time, Gao Pragmatic made it clear that the nature of the war, at least in the eyes of the Japanese at that time, was not about who among the Eastern and Western armies jumped out to rebel against the Toyotomi family, because both armies were claiming to be loyal to Toyotomi.
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As the only person who could represent the Toyotomi family at that time, Toyotomi Hideyori was younger than Zhu Yijun when he ascended the throne. What political stance was expected of him?
In the original history, Gao Gong lamented, "How can a ten-year-old emperor rule the world?" His original intention was obviously to ask the cabinet and courtiers to take responsibility, because the power of "ruling the world" has now been entrusted to me by Emperor Daxing.
As a result, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao deliberately distorted it, making the two palaces and the young emperor think that Gao Gong meant to replace him, thus ruining his political life.
This story tells us: The political abilities of orphans and widowed mothers are generally unreliable.
For the Toyotomi clan, both the eastern and western armies are in the situation and they are all my retainers. How can I interfere? Isn’t it the same thing who I help?
Therefore, the Sekigahara War is not a war that marks the Tokugawa family replacing the Toyotomi family and becoming the next generation of rulers of Japan. If there is an event that marks the Tokugawa family officially replacing the Toyotomi family, then this event can only be the Tokugawa family.
Kawa Hidetada succeeded as the second generation general.
The barbarian general was originally a temporary official position established for the purpose of conquering the Ainu (Ezo). The position of general could only mark the establishment of a new political power when the hereditary system was established.
Since Tokugawa Hidetada succeeded the second generation shogun, the remaining members of the Toyotomi family can only fight to preserve the name of the Toyotomi family. The death of Kato Kiyomasa, the last powerful member of the Toyotomi family, also marks the Tokugawa family's determination to remnant.
After the cleanup of forces is completed, Osaka's winter and summer formations will just take shape.
Why do we say that the five elders took advantage of this conflict within the Toyotomi family? This is related to the way that the Toyotomi family calmed down the world that Gao Pragmatic emphasized many times in front of her.
Among the powerful separatist forces everywhere, the forces of Chosogabu, Shimazu, and Date were weakened; Oda, Shibata, and Hojo were eliminated; these forces have completely withdrawn from the game, and the situations of the five elders are different.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu transferred the title: although it was an additional title, he left his homeland and the easily defendable Tokaido and Kai.
On the contrary, Gao Pragmatic did some popular science for Liu Xin, a professional, and told Liu Xin that the Kanto Plain in Japan at that time was not actually a land of abundance with thousands of miles of fertile fields, but a virgin land with many river networks and swamps.
However, Tokugawa Ieyasu is truly a great figure in Japan. He led his subordinates to develop the Kanto region and transformed the bomb that Toyotomi Hideyoshi forced into his hands into a miracle, turning it into a powerful force worth millions of stone.
In addition, during the war of aggression against Korea, the Tokugawa family did not send troops and preserved their strength. After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he ranked first among the five elders. There is no doubt that he is the first in terms of paper strength.
Uesugi Kagekatsu also moved to Aizu: from Echigo to Aizu, the paper strength was also greatly strengthened. Before the move, the Uesugi family had long lost the glory of the "Dragon of Echigo" Uesugi Kenshin, and the Echichu land was lost.
The Otate Rebellion and the Shinbada Rebellion broke out successively in Echigo, and the country's power was exhausted.
Fortunately, Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanetsugu were good at speculating and took refuge in Toyotomi Hideyoshi early. The latter set him up as an example to attract the princes to actively join him.
So from Echigo to Aizu, he really left the mess and started a new business, and the fiefdom worth millions of koku allowed him to firmly sit in the poker game and become one of the players.
The Ukita Hide family was granted an additional title: part of the Harima area was added to the original Ukita territory. Speaking of which, the Hide family was highly favored in front of Hideyoshi. He was Hideyoshi's adopted son, and his wife was Maeda Toshiie's beloved daughter Gouki, who was nine years old.
Inheriting the family business and establishing military exploits in Korea were among the five elders designated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
In the Toyotomi regime, as one of the few remaining descendants, he shouldered a very heavy burden. Unfortunately, the turmoil in the family in the past few years weakened Ukita's strength, and the military exploits in the Korean battlefield were not achieved later.
This did not translate into actual gains in fiefdom, so by the time of the Battle of Sekigahara, Ukita was actually the weakest elder on paper.
However, Ukita Hideie himself is indeed a young talent, and he has fully proven his talents in the military. In the Battle of Sekigahara, the Ukita Army was also the well-deserved main force of the Western Army that actually participated in the war. It is a pity that there are less than 500,000 soldiers.
It is really difficult for Shi's fiefdom to give him the confidence and strength to turn things around.
Terumoto Mori theoretically increased the title, but actually reduced it: in the process of unifying Japan, the Toyotomi family had done all they could to benefit the Maori forces. Not only did they allow their nephews to succeed the Kobayakawa family, but they also increased a large amount of Maori in Kyushu.
The territory of Ryogawa. Before the Battle of Sekigahara, it could be said that it was the only force that could compete with the Tokugawa family in terms of paper strength. However, things went wrong because it had many domestic orders.
Because of Takakage, Kobayakawa was especially valued by Hideyoshi and gradually separated; Yoshikawa Hiroie and Tokugawa were very close, and Mori Hidemoto advocated not to get involved in Sekigahara's war. This eventually led to the Mori family's involvement in Sekigahara's war.
In the original battle, we either ate or slept, and there was also a person who jumped into battle.
Maeda Tosunaga was granted an additional title: The Maeda family has always been good at taking sides. During the Toshi family's era, they relied on timely surrender of their old friend Hideyoshi to save the reputation of being good at fighting and loyal, and also earned a salary of millions of stone.
In the generation of their son Maeda Toshinaga, prestige and martial prowess naturally declined; and the Kaga conquest almost broke out before the Battle of Sekigahara, and the Maeda family had to ask Mrs. Osomatsu to go to Edo as a hostage to avoid being conquered.
When the three of the top five elders gathered together, the Maeda family chose to bet on both sides at the right time, joining the Eastern Army with the main force and joining the Western Army with political benefits. Of course, Ieyasu also favored Maeda Toshi, who was slightly weaker among the top five elders.
The long momentum indicates welcome.
In fact, the Maeda family's troops did not directly appear on the Sekigahara battlefield, but were responsible for attacking the Western Army of Echizen in Hokuriku. This is also a sign that the Maeda family is good at speculation.
As I said before, the feudal system of the Toyotomi family is not a system in which the Toyotomi clan, as a high-level feudal lord, commands the lower-level feudal lords. The career accomplished by Toyotomi Hideyoshi is more like hegemony during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, rather than actual unification.
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Compared with this, due to his limited military ability, lack of original family character, and differences in personal personality, he was not as decisive and thorough as Oda Nobunaga's actions.
During the process of unification, he enfeoffed many powerful foreign daimyo, but his own clan daimyo were pitifully weak.
There is a saying that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's plan was to entrust the land of Korea to these clan retainers. However, the failure of the Korean expedition forced most of his clan clans to huddle on Kyushu Island.
When he was still alive, he could still use his personal prestige and talent to control these big names who were allied with him; after his death, due to Hideyori's young age and the fact that the Yamato Dainagon line had been cut off, the power of his family declined rapidly.
The weakening power of the Hepai Dynasty will inevitably cause many foreign big names to compete for leadership.
As for the performance of the five elders before and after the Battle of Guanyuan, of course they were completely different.
It can be said that Tokugawa Ieyasu is full of strategies. In the Battle of Sekigahara, he demonstrated extremely high political and strategic levels. Tokugawa Ieyasu was not as sinister and cunning as later generations would say; on the contrary, during the Warring States Period,
Among these outstanding people, he is considered a very kind and humane person - regardless of whether he means it sincerely or not, at least he appears to be so.
Before the Battle of Sekigahara, many things Tokugawa Ieyasu did made people feel that he was a loyal person:
During the turmoil in Mikawa, he did not kill indiscriminately; in order to protect the people of Toe Country, he led the inferior troops to attack; to pacify Kai, he took the initiative to protect Takeda's surviving ministers and descendants; after Oda Nobunaga's death, he took the initiative to protect Nobunaga's orphan,
He fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Battle of Komaki Nagakute without losing; before Hideyoshi died, he swore to protect the Toyotomi family for generations to come.
So Gao pragmatically told Liu Xin that at that time, Lao Wugui's reputation was undoubtedly the best in Japan among all the famous names.
When Ishida Mitsunari was in conflict with the military commander faction, he actively wooed the military commander faction; organized the Aizu expedition and completed the army assembly; entrusted Torii Motoadaka to show the human touch of the Mikawa samurai; on the way of the army's eastward march, the incident of taking hostages in Osaka Castle occurred, and Ieyasu
He also held a hill assessment at the right time and cleverly used his rebellious psychology to tell everyone that they could go wherever they wanted, which in turn united the generals and had a common goal.
If the goal of the Western Army was to eradicate the traitor Tokugawa Ieyasu and defend Toyotomi's world, then the goal of the Eastern Army was obviously simpler and more crude: to cut down 30% of Ishida and restore peace to the world.
From this point of view, regardless of whether it is just or not, the Eastern Army will only be more united than the Western Army; besides, there are really only a handful of people in the Western Army who truly participate in the war with a decisive attitude.
After the war started, Ieyasu still did not forget to continue his political offensive, stabilized the Maori Army, and instigated Hideaki Kobayakawa to rebel, which directly caused the Eastern Army to be three times larger than the Western Army: this was while one Tokugawa Army was restraining the Uesugi Army, and the other was being defeated by Sanada.
It was achieved despite military delays.
This is called strength, conquering the enemy without fighting. This state of affairs was unmatched by anyone in Japan at the time.
For Uesugi Kagekatsu, to be honest, his performance is no longer important, because the position of the strategic decisive battle has been moved, and Japan's conditions at that time did not allow for a long-term stalemate, so what Uesugi could do was very limited.
Before the war broke out, Uesugi contained Tokugawa's main force. However, Tokugawa Ieyasu was a drunkard who didn't care about wine. From his slow march on the Tokaido, he knew that the conquest of Uesugi was just a pretense, and what really mattered was the battle above.
The movement of Ishida raising his troops.
Although there was little hope in the first place, the performance of the Uesugi family could be said to be relatively poor. With an absolute advantage in military strength, Naoe Kanetsugu could not even capture Hasedo Castle, and he really could not even get out of his house.
Some people say that Uesugi should take the initiative to pursue the Tokugawa army, but in fact this is unrealistic. Tokugawa Ieyasu left behind during the expedition against Uesugi was his second son Yuuki Hideyasu, and this man was known as a brave and good warrior.
In order to achieve the goal of muddying the waters in the rear, one must either open up the Tokugawa family territory or catch up with the Eastern Army. But before these goals were achieved, Date and the Mogami Army had already penetrated the Uesugi territory. Therefore, Uesugi
Home is really the most useless thing.
Mouri Terumoto's performance was also very poor. To put it more pragmatically, he simply did not show the courage and skill that a million-dollar family governor should have.
They had seriously unrealistic illusions about the re-division of territories after the war, believing that as long as Mori did not actually send troops, they could avoid being cut off from the vassal.
In fact, for an old fox like Tokugawa Ieyasu, the title of coach of the Western Army is enough to make a fuss, not to mention that Mori is the only one in the country besides the Toyotomi family who can compete with the Tokugawa family on paper.
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For such a large force, it does not mean that the problem can be solved by bowing down and admitting defeat and restoring harmony. We must take this opportunity to completely kick the opponent out of the game. Tokugawa Ieyasu has a very clear and clear understanding of this.
Terumoto Mori did not clearly realize that supporting him as the commander-in-chief of the Western Army was the only chance for him and the Tokugawa family to compete for the world. Instead, he tried to protect himself from the beginning and planned a retreat first.
He allowed his retainers to give orders and took his six-year-old son to the battlefield without patrolling. He entrusted the command to Mouri Hidemoto, but was extremely worried about him and arranged for Anguoji Huiqiong to command remotely. After the defeat of the Western Army, he did not dare to
Under the banner of orthodoxy, they defended Osaka Castle and simply opened the city to surrender, which chilled the soldiers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! These performances made Gao Pragmatic directly say that the low level of Mouri Terumoto displayed in this battle really opened his eyes.
Ukita Hideie's performance can be described as hard work. As mentioned above, Ukita Hideie joined the Western Army as the de facto main force.
In the Battle of Sekigahara, Ukita Hideie also led the army to fight hard. However, in the early political struggle, the Western Army had already been at a clear disadvantage, and Hideie's political status in the Western Army was not high enough - it was not a nominal one.
The commander-in-chief is not actually the commander-in-chief.
After he was defeated, he lost his life because of his wife. After being exiled, he lived to be over eighty years old. This can be regarded as God's last reward for a loyal and upright person like him.
Maeda Toshinaga...forget it, his influence on the Sekigahara War was so insignificant that it is impossible to talk about it.
Through the analysis that Gao Jingshi mentioned to Liu Xin before, we can see that in fact, in the Battle of Sekigahara, the actual battlefield configuration of the five old forces was: 17,000 Ukita Hideke fought against half a German
Kawa Ieyasu had 30,000 men (Hidetada's troops did not reach Sekigahara), so this battle was actually a bit funny. The protagonists were not present, and the hawks and dogs below were tearing them apart.
But this also reflects that the essential conflict of this war is the conflict between retainers, especially the conflict between generations.
According to the Toyotomi genealogy that Gao Jingshi told Liu Xin (the genealogy mentioned here refers to the retainers who followed Hideyoshi before Honnoji Temple):
Among them, Fukushima Masanori, Kato Kiyomasa and Hideyoshi are cousins, and Asano Nagamasa is Hideyoshi's brother-in-law. With the Toyotomi clan declining, the combined fiefdoms of these three are less than a quarter of Tokugawa Ieyasu's.
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Horio Yoshiharu and Hachisuga Masakatsu joined Hideyoshi during the Mino Campaign, but their final salaries could be said to be pitiful. Powerful princes like Kuroda Takataka and Toudo Takatora were wary of their strength when Hideyoshi was entrusted with the title.
This made the veterans feel chilled.
The Toyotomi family has about 4.5 million koku of fiefdom (including hiding places), but they are unable to mobilize the army and have no one to command the army. According to Gao's pragmatic view, in this case, the optimal solution can only be to increase the number of generations.
The fiefdom was created to compete with other famous names.
But the strange thing is that Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not seem to realize this. Instead, he repeatedly guarded against his successors and handed over the political power to the five elders to jointly decide, but he also imagined that one day the five elders could return power to Toyotomi.
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Therefore, Gao Pragmatic said before that Hideyoshi behaved like an old fool in his later period: No matter Tokugawa, Uesugi or Mori, everyone only temporarily succumbed to you, do you really think that they are loyal to you sincerely?
If the Maori family decisively joined the Sekigahara battlefield and defeated the Eastern Army, then the Maori shogunate might be recorded in the history books of future generations.
In the final analysis, what Toyotomi Hideyoshi left behind was a dead end: relatives died, some committed suicide, and the young were young; the conquest of Korea failed, and the fiefdoms of the generations failed to expand; multiple oligarchic forces were enfeoffed, but only
They can be expected to check and balance each other; at home, Ningning and Chacha fight among themselves and exhaust their own strength.
Therefore, the Battle of Sekigahara was not a conflict between the two major factions of Toyotomi and Tokugawa at all, but a conflict between Hideyoshi's descendants, which was exploited by powerful factions such as daimyo, and ultimately achieved the purpose of fighting for power.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu grasped the characteristics of Toyotomi's head, Shaokuni Su, who was unable to mobilize a large number of troops, and pointed the finger at the "rebellious" Ishida Mitsunari, effectively uniting the forces within the Toyotomi family and completing his purge of powerful factions.
The purpose was to pave the way for the next step of unifying Japan.
These understandings of the Battle of Sekigahara led Gao Jingshi to conclude what he told Liu Xin at the time: when the moment came when the Eastern and Western armies were formed and the war officially broke out, the Toyotomi family had actually lost.
Liu Xin asked back at that time: "So you think that if there is no external intervention, the Toyotomi family will definitely die?"
Gao Pangshi did not directly answer whether death was inevitable, but he replied: "For the Toyotomi family, the best strategy at that time was not to join the Eastern Army or the Western Army, but to do everything possible to prevent any possible changes before Hideyori came of age.
A balance of power war.
Because Hideyoshi's ability to become a "people of the world" was largely due to this skill. The five great principles he came up with before his death were essentially hoping to continue to play balance.
Unfortunately, judging from the IQ of Osaka's decision-makers after his death, this is an impossible task, and they may even not realize it at all - at least not the orphan and widowed mother."
Liu Xin now feels that the reason why Gao Pragmatic finally chose to "help" orphans and widowed mothers may be that their political level is so poor that they don't even know where the danger is. Such people are best deceived.
However, judging from Liu Xin's understanding of Gao Jingshi, Gao Jingshi must also focus on the post-war layout, and this will in turn affect his decision to help whom, how to help, to what extent, and at what time to help.
Wait. So she asked these questions.
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "It has been decided who to help: Toyotomi Hideyori's flag is the best, after all, everyone has expressed their loyalty to him. Moreover, only Osaka City invites me, can I have the name to take action.
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After all, Japan is the Ming Dynasty's "country without conquests". I'm not sure whether I can finally convince the court to send troops to pacify the Japanese mainland, so I have to think about finding a name first.
I think the name of being an armed mediator in the dispute between the Eastern and Western armies at Toyotomi's invitation seems pretty good."
Unfortunately, Gao Pingshi's words had just begun. Gao Mo actually knocked on the door and came back. With a very serious face, he reported: "Master, something has happened in Japan."
Gao pragmatic seemed a little surprised, but he didn't take it to heart. He continued to eat while chewing slowly, and asked calmly: "What happened?"
"Urgent message from Tatsuzawa Miyo: After the Shimazu clan announced the bloodline change, undercurrents were raging in Osaka City. Many people have even put their words on the table, requesting Toyotomi Hideyoshi to once again conquer Kyushu, crusade and abolish the Shimazu clan.
the right to rule.”
As soon as these words came out, Gao Pragmatic stopped and said nothing, Liu Xin looked stunned, and Meng Guzhezhe was naturally indifferent. The only one who reacted quickly was Huang Zhiting.
She glanced at Gao Pingshi and saw that he seemed to be thinking about something, so she took the initiative to ask Gao Mo: "Is the Shimazu family the family that the master supported?"
Gao Mo bowed slightly and said, "Yes, madam."
"Hmph!" Huang Zhiting's decision seemed to be the fastest, and her tone suddenly became colder, and she said solemnly: "Since he is the target of my support from Jinghua, whoever wants to touch him will be troubling Tai Sui of Jinghua. Why, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet is going out.
You don’t dare to speak loudly in Japan when you are outside?”
She turned to Gao Pingshi and said: "Sir, this matter is of great importance. Whether Jinghua can keep Shimadzu is definitely a matter of concern to the whole of Japan right now. I hope you can make a decision quickly."
Gao pragmatic knew that she didn't know much about Japan, but he didn't expect her to react so quickly. He asked happily: "Well... what do you think we should do?"
Huang Zhiting raised her chin slightly and said: "I heard that the Battle of Luzon is almost over, and the Spanish navy doesn't have many ships left. In this case, let's transfer the main force of the Beiyang Fleet back and sail to Kagoshima first.
Support the Shimadzu family, if the people in Osaka City still don’t know how to advance or retreat..."
Her tone suddenly became cold and stern: "Then drive directly into Osaka Bay and bombard Osaka as a warning!"
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