Kuroda was a famous military division under Hideyoshi, and along with Takenaka Hanbei, he advised Hideyoshi, but he did not get the corresponding territory and was gradually alienated by Hideyoshi. After the Battle of Sekigahara, the eldest son Nagamasa was rewarded with 523,000 stones for his military exploits, and Rushui only received the chikuzen island castle. Both Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu ostracized him because of his ambitions, but both used his talents, so neither rewarded him for his exploits, so as not to cause trouble with tiger breeding.
Kuroda Officers and Soldiers Guard
1546-1604. His real name is Xiao Gao, commonly known as officers and soldiers, and his name is like water. He was once regarded as a righteous brother by Hideyoshi, but due to his ambition, he did not receive the reward he deserved. After Hideyoshi's death, the victor who attempted to occupy Kyushu and fight Sekigahara was dueled, but unfortunately failed, and finally died quietly with his own ambitions.
Two defeats Akamatsu Hiromatsu made a name for himself
In 1561, Koji met Kuroda At a banquet after the Eagle Hunt, he summoned him to Mitsuki Castle. Because of his outstanding performance in water, he was soon given the surname of Koji, and then he was appointed as the elder of the family. At that time, Rushui was only twenty-two years old. In the same year, Ru Shui married the daughter of the lord of the city of Banmo Zhifang, a nephew of the political office, as the main chamber, and his father Zhilong lived in seclusion, and Ru Shui succeeded him as the governor of the family. The following year, Rumito's concubine Matsushimaru, later Kuroda Nagamasa.
In May 1569, Masahide Akamatsu joined forces with the lord of the Eight Counties, Betsusuo Anji, and led an army of 3,000 to attack Himeji. At that time, the number of mobilized troops in Himeji Castle was only about 300. Rushui, on the other hand, deployed a green mountain in the west of Himeji Castle, taking advantage of the terrain to defeat the Akamatsu army with a low attack. In June, the Akamatsu army made a comeback, and Rumizu went to war with his father, but due to the lack of preparation of reinforcements from the main government of koji, he was attacked by the Akamatsu army at night. Although Rushui had already been aware of it and sent about 150 reinforcements to support the lord, due to the huge difference in strength, the Koji army was temporarily defeated. That night, Rushui reorganized the army and personally attacked the Akamatsu Honjin at night as the vanguard. Immersed in the joy of victory, the Akamatsu army was defenseless, and the whole army fell into chaos, and eventually collapsed and fled in all directions. The defeated Akamatsu army quickly spread throughout the Country of Broadcasting, and Kuroda Rumizu also became the second-in-command of the Koji family.
In 1575, the Oda army was about to invade China, and the Koji family, who was living in the two major forces of Oda and Maori, had to make their position clear, and the Maori side even made a hostage demand to the Koji family. Although Māori Moto had died at this time, the Mori family was still the hegemon of China, and the leading Ukita Naoya, who had been prepared and beautiful, made it clear that he was on the side of Māori. Although the political officials themselves tended to defect to the Maori side, the small political officials still gathered the important ministers together, hoping to get the support of the important ministers. At this time, Kuroda Rumizu persuaded the government and other courtiers to turn to the Oda family. Later, Rumizu was ordered to send an envoy to the Oda clan, and through the introduction of Hideyoshi Haba, the lord of the castle at that time, he met with Nobunaga, swore that kodera's vassals would be subordinate to the Oda family, and briefed Nobunaga on the situation at that time: only one general was needed to lead the troops forward, and the various clans of Harima rushed to visit the shrine. Nobunaga admired Watsui's eloquence, gave him the sword that his surname had, and ordered Hideyoshi Haba to be the general in charge of the attack on China, and Kuroda Became Hideyoshi's staff officer.
[Alone persuaded to surrender for a year 1 Maori clan was extremely angry about the kodera clan's subordinate Nobunaga, and in April 1576 sent 5,000 troops to land at Harima Eigaura and attack the castles of Michi and Himeji.] Kuroda Rushui led the battle, but due to the huge disparity between the enemy and our forces, Rushui bribed the nearby people to wave the flag behind the soldiers, so that the Maori army mistakenly believed that the reinforcements of the Kodera family had arrived, and finally retreated. Upon learning of this, Nobunaga immediately awarded a certificate of commendation for his exploits.
In October 1578, Arakimura Shigeuchi Tōtō Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Honganji Akira rebelled at Arikaga Castle. Nobunaga was horrified and repeatedly sent emissaries to negotiate, but all ended in failure. At the same time, Murashige also induces Kodera to betray Nobunaga, but also fails. After discussing with her father, Rumizu went alone to Arikaga Castle with the determination to die to persuade Araki Murashige. There is also a conspiracy of kodera's government in order to make Arakimura kill Rushui. As a result, Murashige was not moved by the water and imprisoned him in Arikaoka Castle. In November 1579 (Tenshō 7), Takikawa Kazuyoshi's army attacked Aroka Castle and rumizu was rescued. After about a year in prison, such as water hair scattered, feet festering, can no longer walk. Hideyoshi felt his exploits and let Rushui sit in a car. In December of the same year, Rumizu ran away from the Kodera family and reverted to his original surname Kuroda.
Ingenious strategies set the world
In 1582, hideyoshi received news of honnoji's change and immediately consulted rusui on countermeasures, which Rumizu saw as an opportunity to seize the world. Subsequently, Rushui was responsible for negotiating with the Maori emissary Ankokuji Huiqiong, and a harmonious agreement was successfully reached. Takamatsu Castle Shimizu Munoji cut his abdomen in exchange for the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city. Hideyoshi's army also immediately retreated, in order to prevent the Maori army from receiving the news of honnoji's change and chasing after it, rumizu was in charge of the task behind the temple. It was not until Hideyoshi completed the "Great Return of China" and the Maori army showed no signs of pursuit that Rumizu returned to Himeji Castle.
Before the battle with the Wise Army, Rumizu placed the flag borrowed from Takakei Kohayakawa and Ukita Hideyoshi in front of hideyoshi's army, creating the illusion that Maori, Ukita, and Hideyoshi were sending troops together, and the morale of the Wise Army was hit before the battle began. After the war, Hideyoshi also admired that his wisdom was beyond the reach of others. At the beginning of the Battle of Yamazaki, Rushui led his army to occupy the key terrain, and the two armies engaged in battle, and eventually the Wise Army was defeated and retreated to Shenglong Temple. Hideyoshi ordered an attack on all sides, such as the water offering to let go of the north gate and not fight, as a result, in the middle of the night, the Ming Zhinian Wen Daijin in the city went out of the city, and the wise Mitsuhide, who was hopeless in guarding the city, had to lead his cronies to flee, and as a result, he was killed by the mountain people on the way...
Ambition passed away
After the unification of the world, Hideyoshi decided to send troops to Korea: the attitude of Shiru Kokoku. Unfortunately, Hideyoshi ignored it and ordered Kuroda father and son to build this tenle 4 base Hizen Natoya Castle, such as water as a design. A, who was only in his forties, ceded the position of lord of the Kuroda family to Nagamasa, and Han mingxiao in the Korean War, such as Water and Ishida Sansei and other three pursuits of relations deteriorated dared to eventually lead to Hideyoshi's anger, in 1593 Rushui shaved his hair for pleasure, and Shengshi was close to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
In 1600, before the Battle of Sekigahara, The eldest son of Rumizu Nagamasa allowed himself to stay with his old vassals, but sent a secret letter to Sansei expressing his support for Sansei, and Sansei received a reply from Mishin Daxi agreeing to return the Seven Kingdoms of Kyushu. Rushui immediately scattered his family wealth to recruit ronin to lead the army south, and in just ten days, he even took down several cities. If you fight like this, you want to use Kyushu as a chip to compete with the winner of the battle against Sekigahara. Unfortunately, the Sekigahara Battle lasted only a few days and ended with the victory of the Tokugawa side, making all of Watsui's efforts futile. Since Nagamasa performed well in the battle, he offered a reward and shook hands with Ieyasu, and afterwards Rushui asked Nagamasa which one to use to shake hands with Ieyasu, and after Nagamasa replied with his right hand, Rushui immediately said, "What is your left hand doing?"
Because Ieyasu also saw through Rushui's ambitions, Rushui was hardly rewarded after sekigahara's war. Six years after Hideyoshi's death, Rumizu quietly passed away with her ambition to unify the world...
After the death of Takenaka Hanbei, Kuroda had been fighting many battles around Hideyoshi, but after Hideyoshi unified the world, he only received a fief of more than 100,000 stones. Later, Ieyasu also respected him, and sekigahara was almost no reward after his victory. In the chaotic world of the Warring States, a talented person like him should be more ambitious, but unfortunately his luck is not good, although he has the ability but has not been strong, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu treat him coldly, precisely because they are afraid of his talent. Personally, I think that Kuroda Rushui is a sharp double-edged sword, and if it is used properly, it will help him a lot, while Hideyoshi is a master of using this sharp blade skillfully, and Ieyasu simply seals this incomparable weapon. However, although Kuroda did not get the reward he deserved, he did not give up, but used all conditions to move towards his ideals. His most famous "Five Rules of Water" makes me admire even more, which is also his true portrayal: his own activities can promote others; constantly explore his own direction; never give in to setbacks; wash away the dirt of others with his own cleanliness; whether it is ice or snow, it is still water, never changing its own essence.