Why did the prestigious Takeda clan fall?
Why did Mr. Takeda, who follows the flow of Mr. Seiwa Genji, who produced Takeda Shingen, die 10 years after Shingen's death? ??
Today, I thought about the reason why Mr. Takeda was destroyed.
Mr. Takeda's trajectory
Mr. Takeda was a samurai from the end of the Heian period to the Warring States period, and his real surname is Genji . is.
Takeda, but Genji? I'm sure some of you may think that, but I've touched on that in this article, so please refer to it.
The family is Seiwa Genji even in Genji. First-class Kawachi Genji Ichimon So, Minamoto no Yoshimitsu Kai Genji's Soke is. There are other branches in Aki and Wakasa, but both have "Shin" names. Is used.
Mr. Takeda reached his heyday in the era of Shingen Takeda, and in the era of Katsuyori, the battle of Nagashino led to the destruction of the Soke. After that, the descendants of Mr. Takeda had only a few remaining ordinary families.
It's hard to succeed the charismatic monarch Shingen
Shingen Takeda who built the heyday Is 1541 Father, Nobutora Was banished to Suruga Province and succeeded Mr. Takeda.
Around this time, Kai Province 230,000 stones Guardian Daimyo The Takeda family, which was nothing more than a part of Hida, was Kai, Suruga, Nishiueno, Kita Totomi, Okumikawa, part of Tono, and part of Hida during 31 years. Etc. 1.2 million stones Will expand its power to.
Shingen is Uesugi / Tokugawa / Oda / Hojo In such battles, I experienced many battles, and in the end, the Takeda family's power expanded.
It has a lot of independent nationals The Takeda family was well controlled by Shingen, who has strong leadership. However, I think that Katsuyori, who was left behind after Shingen's death, was wondering how to lead the people of the country with strong habits every day.
Katsuyori's nomination of the family reign was sudden, but if he inherited the management of the country in a proper manner, the result might have been different.
Vassals who cannot accept the victory of strangers
Katsuyori Takeda Is the blood of the Suwa family , who has been cutting hands since the expulsion of his grandfather Nobutora. , He actually succeeded the Suwa family. Originally, his firstborn, Yoshinobu Takeda Was supposed to succeed, but it was abandoned as the mastermind of the conflict of opinions on the invasion of Suruga and the Shingen assassination plan.
In such a situation, Shingen died of illness while he was in the field, so Katsuyori returned to Takeda's surname and inherited his family head, becoming the 20th head of the family. Since Shingen's death could not be announced, it was ostensibly announced that Shingen had retired and Katsuyori had inherited the family.
It seems that many of his vassals were not recognized as leaders for Katsuyori, who draws the blood of the Suwa clan. For generations, the successor to Mr. Takeda is [ Shin ], But not using it meant that it was not a legitimate successor.
Katsuyori himself was well aware of that and thought he had to get results to get his vassals to recognize it.
Recruitment of human resources, utilization of guns, policy of separation of soldiers and farming to hold. However, the guns were expensive and almost monopolized by Nobunaga, so they could not be operated in large quantities.
Nobunaga's successful military and agricultural separation The policy still didn't work because it couldn't bring together the conservative nationals.
By appointing human resources, we will promote to obtain our own human resources, but since the invited human resources were people who received low evaluation from Shingen, the hearts of the former vassals will be separated.
Battle of Nagashino
In fact, while struggling to manage the territory, after Shingen's death, he invaded Kitamikawa, and Shingen had not dropped Takatenjin Castle . Has achieved territorial expansion by dropping.
Rather, when looking at the size of the territory, there was a time when it exceeded the time of his father, Shingen. In that area, history proves that it is not incompetent.
However, this invasion of North Mikawa So, the situation suddenly changed due to the capture of Nagashino Castle.
Initially, I was confronting the body of the Ieyasu army, but since Ieyasu alone cannot handle it, the reinforcements of the Oda army will come.
1575 Battle of Nagashino is.
Katsuyori will be defeated for the first time in this battle.
Proposal to withdraw from the vassals before the Battle of Nagashino It seems that there was.
However, Katsuyori is ...
[ I'm still losing to my father Shingen ]
[ The vassals don't trust me yet, so I'm moving forward I don't know if I thought, but it's not unclear considering the situation that was rushing to the result.
Whether he wants to get results or because of his confidence that he has never lost the battle, Katsuyori will fight thoroughly, but this decision lost most of the talented vassals who supported him from the Shingen era and lost a lot. It will end up.
In order to close the gap between the Oda-Tokugawa Allied Forces of 35,000 with the modern troops of that time and the Takeda Army of 15,000, there is no way to win without a great deal of measures.
Of these, it is said that the Oda army had 3,000 guns, so I think it was a good idea to withdraw early, as the vassals said.
Failure in the diplomacy of the Siege of Otate
1578 Uesugi Kenshin died, and there was a battle for successors between Uesugi Kagekatsu and Uesugi Kagetora all over the house. This house turmoil [ Siege of Otate The diplomatic failure due to the intervention was more serious.
Uesugi Kagetora Is an adopted child from Mr. Hojo, and if you think about the alliance with Hojo, it should be better to support Keitora. At first, Katsuyori also supported Kagetora, but he turned to Katsuyori from the middle because he offered a promise to obey Akatsuki, who inherited the family from Katsuyori.
By supporting the scenic spots, we formed an alliance with the scenic spots that defeated the scenic tiger, but the precious alliance of Mr. Hojo, who is still powerful, was abandoned.
Hojo, Oda / Tokugawa It became a crisis situation by hostile to.
Perhaps he began to feel the danger of the situation, but he started to build Shinpu Castle for defense, but at a later festival, it declined like rolling down a slope, and Mr. Takeda was destroyed in 1582.
At the end, he was betrayed by his relatives and his vassals turned over.
Was it possible for Mr. Takeda to survive?
You can see that there are many turning points in this sentence alone.
- Radical reform
- Judgment in the Battle of Nagashino
- Foreign policy failure
Looking at this failure, it can be seen that Katsuyori's judgment was immature.
Even if the owner is immature, the country can be maintained if he has a talented right arm, but there was no such human resource in the days of Katsuyori. Only Masanobu Kosaka It seems that he was making a suggestion, but it is recorded that he was not heard.
However, it is a terrible story to blame Takeda's destruction on Katsuyori.
I don't think this would have happened if Yoshinobu, who was supposed to be his successor, had succeeded. It was Shingen himself who cut it off in exchange for the invasion of Suruga.
Shingen is Imakawa Not limited to Oda / Hojo / Tokugawa The alliance with is also broken for his own benefit.
It is not uncommon in the Warring States period, but even with that in mind, it is undeniable that Shingen's diplomacy depends on the point of faith.
If a person is betrayed, he still has a grudge even in modern times.
I don't feel that the grudges have blown out at once in place of Katsuyori. Shingen was able to overwhelm the reactionary reaction of the abandonment of the alliance because it was too strong, but Katsuyori could not.
It's really hard to succeed Shingen, the charismatic head ...
If Mikatagahara is in battle and Shingen is fine ...
It is said that it is nonsense to bring in history, but I like it so I will write it.
At this time, if Shingen is fine, Operation Nishigami It would have been dispelling the Tokugawa army, considering that Ieyasu was forced to struggle to the extent that Ieyasu leaked.
In addition, Nobunaga Siege Network [Phase 2] Considering the situation of the Oda clan at the time when was functioning, there was a high probability that the Oda clan could be hunted down.
Then, whether Shingen replaced Nobunaga or not, he abandoned the supply line and proceeded 100km in Oda territory, Gifu Castle known as a strong castle. The Oda army, which is siege in tens of thousands, must be aggressively dropped within a few weeks.
To drop that Gifu Castle in a short period of time, it would take at least three times as many troops as the Takeda army at that time. Since the supply route is cut off, if the capture of Gifu Castle fails, the soldiers will have to run 100km again in Oda territory while being hungry and being attacked by a large army from behind.
No matter how much Shingen is, returning to his own country will be a difficult task. Shingen also predicted that, so maybe he couldn't go beyond the Mikawa border?