The most famous ninja in Japan's Sengoku period was called Hattori Hanzo, yes, it was Hattori Hanzo who was equally divided in "Love Apartment" and Lü Xiaobu's three hundred rounds of battle.
In the minds of the Japanese, Hattori Hanzo is a figure comparable to Lü Bu, and Lü Bu is recognized as the number one in the three kingdoms, which shows the high status of this ninja in the minds of the Japanese.
But all fierce people must have a history of bravery, hattori Hanzo is no exception, in Japanese folklore, there is a saying: Tokugawa Ieyasu won the world because of ninjas!
This ninja refers to Hattori Masanari, the second-generation leader of the Hattori Hanzo family! His fame was the preservation of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the soul of Japanese history, during the "Honnoji Rebellion".
During the Sengoku period in Japan, there were three more important people, and they were called the "Three Masters of the Warring States".
These three men were named Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu were both daimyōs under Oda Nobunaga. In order to help everyone digest the history of Japan's Warring States faster, let me make an analogy, Oda Nobunaga is equivalent to the combination of "Qin Xiaogong and Shang Martingale" in the Warring States period of China, Toyotomi Hideyoshi eventually unified Japan, equivalent to Japan's "Qin Shi Huang", and the Tokugawa Ieyasu family actually controlled Japan after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, equivalent to the Japanese version of the "Liu Bang family". Although this metaphor is not very appropriate, the relationship between the three of them is probably like this!
Oda Nobunaga was a scholar who had been familiar with Chinese history since he was a child, loved to line up troops, and was known for his great ambition to unify Japan.
Inspired by the story of "the Zhou Dynasty Feng Ming Qishan, and then based on qishan, defeated Yin Shang to unify the world", he included the Japanese state of Mino at that time into the territory, and then ordered soldiers to rumor: "Whoever obtains Mino can take the world". Then Nobunaga officially activated the "Ten Heaven Bubu" seal and announced the japanese daimyo: Lao Tzu is playing the real game this time, and using force to unify Japan is my ultimate goal!
It can be said that it was Oda Nobunaga who opened the prelude to the unification of Japan and pushed the Japanese Sengoku to a new stage!
Inspired by Sun Tzu's Art of War, Oda Nobunaga was almost invincible in Japan. During his military command, he controlled the richest half of Japan, centered on Kyoto, and was surrounded by divided forces, and even the famous princes of the time, such as Maori, Uesugi, Hojo, and other daimyo, were far from being able to compare with Nobunaga, and for Nobunaga, it was only a matter of time before Nobunaga unified Japan and created a new form of central government that was different from the previous imperial court or shogunate.
He personally created a series of powerful military groups such as the Higashiyama Province Regiment, the Hokuriku Province Army, the Nankaido Army, the Sanyo Province Army, the Yamanagi Army, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, and as long as history gave him a few more years, he could become the Japanese version of "Qin Shi Huang", but unfortunately, this person was unlucky and eventually died in the rebellion of his subordinates, Mitsuhide, which was the "Honnōji Change" that changed the course of Japanese history.
Here's the thing, on May 15, 1582, Oda Nobunaga prepared to send an expedition to the Maori family, yes, the ancestor of Maori Kogoro who would bring bad luck wherever he went: Maori Keigen!
It is said that this family is also evil, because Wise Mitsuhide has always been treated as a confidant of Nobunaga, a confidant, who can push his heart, Nobunaga's defense against Mitsuhide is naturally more lax!
When he went to Honnō-ji Temple in Kyoto, he only brought more than 100 guards, but he did not expect to arrive in Kyoto on May 29, and on June 2, he was besieged at Honnō-ji Temple by a samurai regiment sent by Mitsuhide, although the 100 guards led by Oda Nobunaga could all be a hundred, but in the end they could not stand the rebels, Oda Nobunaga did not want to be humiliated after being wounded, so he retired to the temple to commit suicide and martyrdom, and let his subordinates set fire to the temple, and a generation of overlords were destroyed in the fire, only forty-nine years old, which was really regrettable!
But there is one person who can't be lamented, and this person is Tokugawa Ieyasu! Before the Honnoji Rebellion, he happened to be invited to Kyoto by Mitsuhide Wise, with only 10 or so guards with him.
After the Honnoji Incident, he was trapped in Kyoto, and the whole of Kyoto and its vicinity were filled with mitsuhide and his henchmen's troops, and even if he escaped from Kyoto, there were many "Yamafushi" (Japanese mountain thieves) who attacked the fallen samurai along the way, and he only escaped with more than ten people, almost lifeless! Desperate, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not want to be humiliated, and immediately prepared to commit suicide with his subordinates, but fortunately, hattori Hanzo happened to be one of his ten subordinates!
Hattori Hanzo stopped Tokugawa's suicide and said only one word: With me, I will be able to protect the lord and return to the Three Rivers Kingdom safely! (Tokugawa Territory)
Good fellow, as soon as this statement came out, he instantly had the feeling that Guan Yun had slashed six generals in five levels, Guan Er Ye had the Green Dragon Blade, seeing who slashed whom, he was invincible, and Hattori Hanzo had a surprising ninjutsu!
He is good at the five elements of escape, that is, the use of gold, wood, water, fire, earth these five characteristics, used to evacuate the hidden, deceive the eyes of the enemy, he is good at the art of the five cars, that is, the use of people's joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, fear of the five emotions, to control each other. You can please each other, provoke each other, intimidate each other, and then control each other.
In addition, as the king of the Upper Ninja, his control over the Bone Technique, Sword Technique, Dart Technique, Qi Fusion Technique, Fire Technique, Amusement Art, and Sect Gate in the "Eight Ninja Doors" has reached the realm of transformation, which is one of the reasons why Tokugawa has great confidence in him!
After establishing the escape plan, Hattori Hanzo first changed all the "ninja costumes" for Tokugawa and his party, and instructed everyone to try to lie down day and night, along the way they did encounter many mountain ambushes, but these people, after being educated by Hattori Hanzo Five Cars, not only did not get a black hand, but became Hattori Hanzo's little fan, which led to Theogawa team growing from ten people at the beginning to more than 300 people, of course, this also caused the vigilance of Wise Mitsuhide!
Mitsuhide then ordered the troops along the way to turn on the interception mode, setting up various obstacles for Tokugawa and his party. However, when Tokugawa and the others entered the Iga Kingdom from the Uji River near Kyoto, they still met the samurai who came to intercept and kill them unexpectedly, and in order to save the life of the lord, Hattori Hanzo let the ninjas escort Tokugawa first, and he alone lured thousands of samurai into the dark jungle.
The story that happened next was very dramatic! It was dusk, the gray jungle had become a good hiding place for ninjas, Hattori Hanzo was hidden in the jungle, quietly watching the samurai walk into his elaborate trap one by one, and then the sword fell in his hand, the sword fell in his hand, and the samurai went down one by one.
A scream echoed in the jungle, as if there were thousands of armies and horses hiding in the forest, the samurai were frightened, although they were running around, shouting, but still to no avail, Hattori Hanzo had now transformed into the god of death and began to harvest the samurai who had fallen into a desperate situation.
That night, except for a ghostly black shadow, no one in the jungle stepped out!
Because of this battle, Hattori Hanzo has since become an unshakable "god" in the Japanese ninja world. Mitsuhide sent to intercept Tokugawa Ieyasu's army, after seeing the tragic situation of the jungle samurai, chose to take the initiative to retreat. This freed Tokugawa from danger and eventually returned safely to his domain!
But before the matter was over, after Oda Nobunaga's death, Toyotomi Hideyoshi stole his power and unified Japan. Logically, Japan did not have anything to do with Tokugawa Ieyasu, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi was partial to the iron, and had to conquer the Ming Dynasty at that time, and as a result, he was picked up by the Ming Dynasty, and he was also plagued by qi and illness, and his life was short.
Before his death, Toyotomi Hideyoshi believed that Tokugawa Ieyasu posed a great threat to the Toyotomi family, and he secretly ordered the Maeda Toshi family to monitor Tokugawa Ieyasu, and if Tokugawa had any misdeeds, the Maeda Toshi family could kill him.
However, after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Maeda Toshi family saw that Tokugawa Ieyasu's powerful ninja army was invincible and invincible, and they were instantly instigated, obediently acquiescing to the status of the Tokugawa family, thus making the Tokugawa family a family gatekeeper who ruled Japan for 200 years, which is unique in Japanese history.
Therefore, to get the help of ninjas to win the world is not a lie in Japan, without this ninja, Japan's Sengoku period will lose half of its legendary color, such a history, how boring!
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