Speaking of military commanders, there is an image of a staff member who serves a military commander and devotes strategies and tactics, but such a military commander image was a new form that appeared in the middle of the Warring States period.
Until then, the warriors were good at divination such as onmyodo [ gunbai . ] It is said that it was.
Fortune-telling was the job of the military officer, not tactics, such as fortune-telling the good and bad, giving advice on the date and time, law, etc.
Appearance of a warrior
Since the middle of the Warring States period, a staff-type warrior who has been planning war operations other than this military officer. Will appear. If the number of generals was hundreds or thousands, it was possible to fight with the mind control of the military officer, but in the middle of the Warring States period when there were many large-scale wars, that was not the case.
When it comes to operating 10,000 or 100,000 units of troops, there is a growing demand for staff-type military officers that we know to develop formations and tactics, rather than the traditional divination-based military personnel.
The staff of the staff-type warrior is Shingen Takeda's warrior, Kansuke Yamamoto . was.
Kansuke was originally a warrior who was good at building castles, but he was also a warrior who was involved in operations such as the Battle of Kawanakajima. In addition, Tachibana Dosetsu is available for Sorin Otomo in Bungo. However, Hideyoshi has Takenaka Hanbei and Kuroda Kanbei . In this era, various warriors appeared.
Also, Yoshimoto Imagawa Sessai Ohara who served Will take command in the war and diplomatically Kou Shun Trilateral Alliance I will do my best to conclude. Ankokuji Ekei that was used by Mr. Mouri He was also active in diplomacy, taking advantage of his being a Zen priest.
In this way, the staff-type warriors who appeared in the middle of the Warring States period were active not only in the war but also in domestic affairs and diplomacy, and in a sense, they also played a role as an assistant to the monarch.
Sengoku Warrior Ranking
Now that I have briefly explained the outline of the warriors, let's introduce the warriors who were said to be the strongest in the Warring States period in a ranking format today.
5th place Kanetsugu Naoe 1560-1620
Great Kenshin Uesugi After his death, the Uesugi family, who had been swaying in the battle for traces, were put together under a scenic spot.
Shingen Takeda If you look at the future of the Takeda family after their death, you can see how difficult it is to inherit the charismatic monarch after his death. The same is true for the Oda and Toyotomi families.
Kanetsugu, who supported the Uesugi family at the age of 21, was Nitta development, industrial development, and commercial development during the Toyotomi administration. We focused on domestic affairs such as.
Aizu 1.2 million stones since the world of Tokugawa From Yonezawa 300,000 stones Even if it was reduced to 500,000 stones, he proceeded with the development of his territory without reducing the number of his vassals.
It is probably thanks to Kanetsugu Naoe that he was able to succeed the Uesugi family until the end of the Edo period.
4th place Katakura Kagetsuna 1557-1615
1567 Date Masamune Was born, Kagetsuna's sister was appointed as his nanny, and Katakura Kagetsuna was Date Terumune . I started to serve as a subordinate of Kosho.
When Masamune succeeded the family, he was a staff member in a number of important battles, strategy and strategy . And survived the critical situation of the Date clan many times.
In particular, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked Odawara, Masamune, who had been wondering about his participation, was no longer able to move Hideyoshi's world. If you do not obey here, the fate of the Date clan will be up to this point. ] And persuaded the Date clan to survive.
Ieyasu Tokugawa also took notice, Law of One Castle Even when was laid, he was given 13000 stones of Shiroishi Castle apart from Masamune.
3rd place Takakage Kobayakawa 1533-1597
Mori Motonari Born as the third son of No. 3, he was adopted by the Kobayakawa family and succeeded to the family.
Eldest son, Takamoto Is Mori , The second son, Motoharu Is Kikkawa To succeed ...
Speaking of Motonari, the original three arrows Is famous, but 1563 Takamoto before his father, Motonari Died, and the young Terumoto took over and supported the Mori family.
After his death, Takakage fully supported the Motonari family and won the battle with his nemesis Amago and Otomo in Kyushu, and the Murakami Suigun was also under the umbrella. After that, Nobunaga Oda and Hideyoshi Toyotomi The confrontation with the Mori clan survived without a direct battle.
It was said that Hideyoshi would give him the country of Iyo, but there is an anecdote that he politely declined and pleaded for the territory to be given to the head family and the Mori family.
2nd place Takenaka Hanbei 1544 ~ 1579
Shincho Kouki is a military commander with few descriptions and many mysteries, but according to materials such as Taikoki, [ like his appearance ] Was written. In fact, he was a master of martial arts that could not be imagined from his appearance, and he was a master of swordsmanship.
It is famous that several people dropped Inabayama Castle when the Lord was absent and immediately returned it to the Lord, but the truth seems to be that there are many mysterious parts.
Also, when Kuroda Kanbei was suspected of rebellion and his eldest son was about to be executed by Nobunaga, he pretended to be executed and protected him. And Nobunaga himself, who should have been deceived when the suspicion of Kyubei cleared up, was pleased that he did not have to be executed by mistake.
Originally he was sick, but in the end he decided to disperse on the battlefield, participated in Hideyoshi's attack on Mouri, and died of illness at the front line Miki Castle.
Hideyoshi Takenaka Hanbei The life of Takenaka Shigeharu, the number one genius warrior in the Warring States period, who said that he could achieve anything with him, is another genius, Kuroda Kanbei . Will be inherited by.
No. 1 Kuroda Kanbei 1546-1604
It is this person who greatly contributed to the unification of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Takamatsu Castle's water attack and Chugoku Otsuka Then, Hideyoshi, who was disappointed by Nobunaga's death, [ good luck . ] Is too famous for the anecdote.
Akechi Mitsuhide after the Honnoji Incident Battle of Yamazaki with Hideyoshi got the first move in the trade-in. After that, he greatly contributed to the battle of Shizugatake and the attack on Shimazu in Kyushu.
Odawara / Hojo attack Then, Hojo Ujimasa Became a negotiator with Odawara Castle's bloodless opening Was realized.
Despite the fact that he contributed most to Hideyoshi's trade-in, Buzen Province 170,000 stones It is believed that Hideyoshi was wary of him because his ability was so great that he was given only.
Knowing this, Kuroda Kanbei himself handed over his reign to his firstborn, Nagamasa, and retired.
However, Hideyoshi called in the retired Kyubei and made him participate in the Korean troops, making an unreasonable appointment.
It is said that one of the reasons why the Toyotomi administration ended in one generation was that the treatment of Kuroda Kanbei, the greatest meritorious person, was mistaken.
At that time, I think that I could have exerted considerable pressure by placing the trusted Uesugi in Omi, Mino, or Owari by arranging it in Kuroda instead of Uesugi to monitor Tokugawa, who is the most vigilant at that time. think.
Finally ...
Today, I introduced the ranking of the strongest warriors in the Warring States period, but what about?
This Staff Staff When the world was unified and the world became peaceful, the warriors disappeared and gradually became bureaucratic . Confidant I will change the appearance to.
In the Taihei era, political affairs are more important than military affairs, so it is natural, but the success of military officers during the Warring States period was a profession because there was constant conflict in the world.