Volume 2 The Red Ghost King Chapter 75 The Man Behind the Scenes
Oda Nobunaga, who has six major legions, is invincible, invincible, and invincible.
The might of the [Sixth Day Demon King] spread all over Japan, and the whole of Japan united to form an [Anti-Nobunaga Siege Network], seeing that Oda Nobunaga regarded the public enemy of the world and wanted to eradicate the wicked people of this era.
Easier said than done, one after another, one after another, the daimyo fell in front of Nobunaga, and those who were able to stop Nobunaga always did not fulfill people's wishes when they fought against Nobunaga, so that later generations always liked to say "God bless Nobunaga".
[Echigo no Dragon] Uesugi Kenshin and [Kai no Tiger] Takeda Shingen have both caused Oda Nobunaga to collapse and tasted a defeat that he has never experienced in his life. But they either fell ill or died, so that Oda Nobunaga, who was at the end of his rope, was lucky enough to get a chance to breathe, so he was not completely defeated, and the myth of the [Sixth Heavenly Demon King] became more and more suspenseful.
At that time, some people even said that God wanted Oda Nobunaga to become the new emperor of Japan and open the era of great unification and the era of world Bubu.
However, history always likes to joke with heroes, and just when the world was within reach, Oda Nobunaga actually died in Honnoji Temple, and the cause of his death turned out to be the betrayal of his confidants.
In the tenth year of Tianzheng, June 2. In the early morning of June 21, 1582, Oda Nobunaga's retainer Akechi Mitsuhide rebelled at Honnoji Temple in Kyoto, and it was in this mutiny that Oda Nobunaga died.
Since then, he has unified more than 20 countries in, ushered in the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japan, and the death of Oda Nobunaga, who almost ended the turmoil of the Warring States period, has rewritten Japanese history.
In March 1582, Oda Nobunaga defeated the Kai Takeda clan, and unification of the world was just around the corner. It coincided with the 20th anniversary of Oda's alliance with Tokugawa, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was invited by Oda Nobunaga to Azuchi Castle.
Oda Nobunaga asked Akechi Mitsuhide to receive Tokugawa Ieyasu, but because Akechi Mitsuhide was negligent for a while, he neglected Nobunaga's honored guest, Tokugawa Ieyasu, so he was reprimanded by Oda Nobunaga.
At this time, Hideyoshi Hashiba, who attacked the Mori clan, asked Oda Nobunaga for reinforcements, and Oda Nobunaga ordered Akechi Mitsuhide to return to Sakamoto Castle to prepare for the war. He only brought less than 100 people, as well as his cronies and retinue, from Azuchi Castle to Kyoto Honnoji Temple.
Unexpectedly, that night, Akechi Mitsuhide launched a mutiny, Oda Nobunaga was outnumbered and killed by Akechi Mitsuhide, a generation of overlords was wiped out in the flames, and the whole of Japan was completely changed.
There is no one in Japan who does not know the change of Honnoji, and there is no one who does not know the [Sixth Heavenly Demon King] Oda Nobunaga.
The story and creation of Oda Nobunaga are naturally known to the [Inugami] who grew up in Japan.
Listening to Naoto Akiyama and Mr. Impermanence, they said in unison that the skeleton samurai was the [Sixth Heavenly Demon King] of the year, a generation of heroes Oda Nobunaga, how could [Inugami] believe such a ridiculous thing.
"This can't be, are you lying to the kids? You say that this guy is Oda Nobunaga, and this castle tower is the [God Tower] of Azuchi Castle, which is too ridiculous! Everyone knows that Oda Nobunaga died at Honnoji Temple, and his body was buried in the Rinzai sect Daitokuji Sokamiin Temple, which is something that everyone in Japan knows. [Inugami] retorted, he didn't think that the skeleton warrior in front of him would be the ghost of Oda Nobunaga.
"Who said Oda Nobunaga died in Honnoji? It was Akechi Mitsuhide who died in Honnoji Temple, not Oda Nobunaga himself, don't forget that it was Nobunaga himself who caught fire in Honnoji Temple, and all the corpses found in Honnoji Temple were all burned beyond recognition, and it was impossible to identify the exact identity at all, who can guarantee that the body buried in Daitokuji Somiin Temple was already the body of Oda Nobunaga himself. Naoto Akiyama said unmoved.
"What? What you mean is that it was not Akechi Mitsuhide who killed Oda Nobunaga, but Oda Nobunaga who killed Akechi Mitsuhide. But if that's the case, where did Oda Nobunaga go after that? It is an irrefutable fact that he has since disappeared into the long river of history. [Inugami] retorted.
"Akechi Mitsuhide didn't kill Oda Nobunaga, and Oda Nobunaga didn't kill Akechi Mitsuhide, it was Yushiba Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu who hurt them, and this was originally a big conspiracy to hide from the world." Naoto Akiyama said.
"Ha, ha! Are you fooling me? I want to hear it, how are you going to justify it? Inugami glanced at Naoto Akiyama with disdain.
"This is a conspiracy between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hashiba Hideyoshi, and of course the imperial court in Kyoto, as well as the retainer Shibata Katsuie, are also helping to abuse it." Naoto Akiyama said.
In Japanese folklore, there has always been a kind of creation theory about the change of Honnoji Temple, which is completely different from the creation theory recorded in the official history, and the people who believe in this creation theory are said to be far more than those who believe in the official history, because the records in the official history have been fabricated and fictionalized by the future [people of the world] Toyoshiro and [shogun] Tokugawa Ieyasu, according to their own wishes.
In short, they were the most powerful people of that era, and history was naturally written by them, and everyone in the world clearly understood the truth of success and defeat, and in the end there would be a few people who really believed in their own history.
In folklore, Akechi Mitsuhide was a loyal general of Oda Nobunaga, and he never thought of betraying Oda Nobunaga.
After Oda Nobunaga eliminated the Takeda clan, Tokugawa Ieyasu was invited by Nobunaga to meet Nobunaga at Azuchi Castle to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the alliance.
The Tokugawa family was originally suspicious by nature, and in the past, in order to curry favor with Nobunaga and prove his innocence, he did not hesitate to kill his eldest son.
Tokugawa Ieyasu believed that Nobunaga's purpose in forming an alliance with him was to deal with the powerful Imagawa and Takeda clans, so that he would not be overwhelmed by the enemy when attacking the various daimyos.
Now that the Shinkawa clan and the Takeda clan have been extinguished, the Tokugawa clan has lost its usefulness. Not only is it no longer an ally that Oda Nobunaga needs, but it is more likely to become an obstacle to Nobunaga's world deployment.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was very worried that his trip would be more auspicious.
In order to find out in advance whether Oda Nobunaga wanted to kill himself in Azuchi Castle, Tokugawa Ieyasu spared no expense to bribe Oda Nobunaga's favorite generals, including Hashiba Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie.
Hideyoshi Hashiba is a popular man in front of Oda Nobunaga, and he is also an ambitious person like Oda Nobunaga. He was born in a humble family, but with his smart material, he became an important minister of the Oda clan.
However, Hashiba Hideyoshi wanted much more than that, and even Oda Nobunaga couldn't give him what he wanted, which made Hashiba Hideyoshi gradually have a heart of disobedience. In addition, his henchmen Kuroda Rusui Takataka, Wasuka Koroku Masakatsu and others were dissatisfied with the reckless Nobunaga for a long time, and they took the opportunity to pull Tokugawa Ieyasu and persuade Tokugawa Ieyasu to rise up together to overthrow Oda Nobunaga's rule, and no longer be subject to this terrible demon.
Unexpectedly, Oda Nobunaga's other important minister, Shibata Katsuie's opinion is also the same, Shibata Katsuya is not Oda Nobunaga's retainer in the first place, he once helped Oda Nobunaga's brother, Fang has dealt with Oda Nobunaga, and now he wants to overthrow Oda Nobunaga, which is not completely unexpected.
After Oda Nobunaga defeated the Takeda clan, he became invincible, and he did not even want to live under the emperor, and wanted to replace the emperor and create his own dynasty and era.
Such ambition was not only intolerable to the other daimyos, but even most of the retainers of the Oda clan were extremely disgusted by it.
For example, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who later became a "man of the world", did not dare to touch the emperor's throne even if he attacked the Ming Dynasty with delusional thoughts, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, the [shogun] who created the 200-year-old Tokugawa era, also never dared to fight the idea of the emperor of Kyoto.
However, Oda Nobunaga, who was unusual, did not take the emperor seriously in the slightest, and this is why he gradually became the public enemy of the world, and even the loyal retainers feared and feared him more than they were loyal to him.
Qianfu pointed out, died without illness. Nobunaga unknowingly became the target of public criticism.
Hideyoshi Hashiba, who has stooped to defend himself, is loyal to seeing an opportunity to completely change his fate, and although the people who join forces with him this time actually have their own evil intentions, they have a common enemy to deal with at the moment.
On the one hand, Hideyoshi Hashiba secretly contacted the Kyoto Imperial Court, and on the other hand, he secretly actively negotiated peace with the Maori military to prepare for his shocking plot to change the times.
After learning that Shibata Katsuya had promised that he would never send a single soldier to Azuchi Castle to help in the battle, Hashiba Hideyoshi finally began his secret plan.
Hideyoshi asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to go to Azuchi Castle with confidence, he had his own way to get Nobunaga to leave Azuchi Castle, and he had no time to deal with Tokugawa Ieyasu who stayed in Azuchi Castle, and at the same time let Tokugawa Ieyasu try to control Azuchi Castle after Nobunaga left Azuchi Castle so that Nobunaga could not return.
Upon learning that Ieyasu was leaving for Azuchi Castle, Hideyoshi Hashiba sent someone to Oda Nobunaga to ask for help, citing the need for reinforcements.
Oda Nobunaga knew that Yushiba Hideyoshi had achieved a significant advantage in the battle with the Maori army, and the Maori army did not dare to rush into battle, with Yushiba Hideyoshi's ability, he could defeat the Maori army with one blow, but he asked for help at this time, and Yushiba Hideyoshi was really a caring person.
Because of Oda Nobunaga, he promoted Hashiba Hideyoshi many times, which caused the dissatisfaction of many retainers. Yushiba Hideyoshi is a smart man, the best at observing words and feelings, he is even angry, if he angers all the retainers of the Oda family, even if he is appreciated by Oda Nobunaga, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Oda family.
Therefore, Yushiba Hideyoshi knew the truth of Taoguang's obscurity, and Oda Nobunaga knew this well, but he never broke it.
Now Yushiba Hideyoshi came to ask for reinforcements, just to find a step for himself, the reputation and power of the Maori clan are no less than the Takeda clan of Kai, if he defeats the Maori clan with one blow, it is inevitable that someone will accuse him of fighting for merit, so he will ask for reinforcements at this time.
If Oda Nobunaga personally led a large army, and Hashiba Hideyoshi defeated the Maori army at that time, it can be said that this is the credit of Oda Nobunaga, not his Hashiba Hideyoshitoku.
Thinking of Hideyoshi Hashiba being so well-intentioned, Oda Nobunaga decided to go to reinforcements himself, even at the expense of leaving Tokugawa Ieyasu, whom he had invited.
It's a pity that Oda Nobunaga guessed all wrong this time, behind Hideyoshi Hashiba's request for help, there is an even more terrible conspiracy waiting for Oda Nobunaga.
Oda Noburang's henchman Akechi Mitsuhide immediately led his troops to prepare early, and he set off from Azuchi Castle to Himeji Castle with nearly 100 personal attendants.
When they set off, none of them knew that Hideyoshi Hashiba had already sent his henchman Suga Koroku Masakatsu to the region to ambush, preparing to disguise himself as a ronin samurai and ambush Oda Nobunaga halfway, so that no one would suspect him whether he succeeded or not.
Unexpectedly, people are not as good as heaven, there is an ambush in the region, and unexpectedly the scouts sent by Akechi Mitsuhide learned that he did not dare to continue to move forward rashly, lest Nobunaga be ambushed, so he immediately sent someone to investigate where Nobunaga was.
It was getting late, and Nobunaga was staying at Honnoji Temple in Kyoto, and Wasuka Koroku Masakatsu, who learned the news, quickly led his troops to Honnoji Temple, trying to kill Nobunaga there, so that he could never get out of Honnoji Temple again.
At the same time, Akechi Mitsuhide also learned where Nobunaga was, and immediately led his troops to Honnoji Temple to defend Nobunaga, because Wasuka Koroku is in the dark, and Akechi Mitsuhide is in the light, so the world only knows that Akechi Mitsuhide sent troops to Honnoji Temple, not to Beesuga Koroku Masakatsu, and also led his troops to Honnoji Temple.
By the time Akechi Mitsuhide arrived at Honnoji Temple, the men and horses of Koroku Masakatsu Wasuka had already started a battle with Nobunaga's attendants.
Knowing that Mitsuhide immediately joined the battle, he quickly entered the Honnoji Temple and found the lord Oda Nobunaga.
Akechi Mitsuhide and Oda Nobunaga exchanged armor, and Wasuka Koroku Masakatsu's subordinates basically never saw Nobunaga, plus the night made it impossible to recognize the appearance clearly, and could only be distinguished by the armor on his body, and Oda Nobunaga wore a six-handled sword outfit and several obviously, so the Akachi Mitsuhide who changed into Nobunaga's armor was also taken for granted by Wasuka Koroku Masakatsu's troops, and it was taken for granted that it was Oda Nobunaga himself.
Mitsuhide never left the temple for half a step, and was in the temple with the troops of Koroku Masakatsu Beesuka, which made the rebels think that Nobunaga had not left the temple and focused all their attention on the temple.
Just as the rebels stormed Honnoji Temple, the real Oda Nobunaga himself, who had already disguised himself as Akechi Mitsuhide, rushed back to Azuchi Castle without stopping.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, neither Oda Nobunaga nor Akechi Mitsuhide were unprepared.
And in, Beesuka Koroku Masakatsu, who was waiting for the rabbit, came with a heavy army and had been waiting for Oda Nobunaga for a long time, so even though there were wise Mitsuhide reinforcements, Wasuka Koroku was still victorious.
Wise Mitsuhide, disguised as Oda Nobunaga, knew that he was invincible to the rebels of Wasuka Koroku Masatsu, in order not to let his disguise be exposed, so that the fleeing Oda Nobunaga was in danger again, Akechi Mitsuhide had no choice but to set fire to himself, and was finally burned to death in Honnoji Temple.
The rebels who found Akechi Mitsuhide's body thought it was Oda Nobunaga, and they were complacent that they had completed their mission.
Wasuka Koroku Masakatsu knew that in Kyoto, not far from Honnoji, there was also Oda Nobunaga's eldest son, Oda Nobutada, stationed at the Nijo Imperial Palace in Kyoto.
With the help of waiting for Oda Nobutada to discover the truth, why not do nothing, under the banner of wise Mitsuhide, destroy Oda Nobutada, Nijo Go, and let the world blame all this on Akechi Mitsuhide.
So there was a battle, Akechi Mitsuhide and Oda Nobutada, in the battle of the Nijo Imperial Palace. (To be continued.) )