Maori Yuan was born from 1497 to 1571.
Main achievements: Itsukushima Battle, Miya no Training, Million One Heart.
Official position: from the four upper positions, the right horse head, the administrative department of the shaofu.
His main generals were Takaaki Kohayakawa, Motoharu Yoshikawa, Takaya Shinodo, Amano, Masayoshi Yoshimi, Kodama Nadada, Katsura Motosumi, Fukuhara Sadatoshi, and Tsuyoshi Kouwa.
In 1497, Maori Moto was born in Suzumi Castle, and his maiden name was Matsujumaru. Maori Yuan is one of the most famous warriors in the Japanese Warring States, the most famous story of the Maori family is the three yachi, Maori Yuan called three sons before his death, told them that an arrow is easy to break, only three closely linked, stronger, unity is strength. In 1558, Maori Yuan wrote a letter to his son Maori Takamoto reviewing his own growth, which read: "My mother died when I was 5 years old, my father died when I was 10 years old, and my brother Maori Hiromoto went to Kyoto, and I was no different from an orphan. In 1516, more than 20 Maori Kogen died, and the youngest son, Maori Yukimaru, inherited the family business, and maori yuan, who was only 20 years old, served as an assistant as an uncle. Shortly after Motomori took office, in 1517 Motoharu Takeda led 5,000 men to besiege Arita Castle. Maori Yuan ordered the Maori army under Shido Hiroyoshi to continue to introduce the Takeda army into the depths of the valley, and the main force took advantage of the dispersion of the Takeda army in the valley to launch a surprise attack. Takeda Motoharu, who was completely overwhelmed by the victory, crossed the river alone in pursuit. Maori yuan immediately ordered the soldiers to fire thousand arrows. In the middle of the river, Gen-fan was shot in the chest, and Inoue Mitsumasa, who was next to Gen-jin, rushed over to take his first rank. The general Motoharu was killed, and the Takeda army collapsed. After killing Takeda Motoharu, the situation in An Yiguo returned to stability.
When Mori Yukimaru died in 1523, Morimoto entered Yamashiro castle in Yoshida Prefecture with the support of his courtiers and took over the position of Governor of The Mori clan. In 1525, Maori Moto sent his vassals to the Ouchi family to announce their annexation, and the Ouchi family immediately enfeoffed the territory near what is now Hiroshima Bay to Maori Motoyasu. Later, the Maori family and the Ouchi family were more closely integrated. In 1530, the Maori family and the Kumagaya family reached a marriage agreement. In 1537, Maori Moto sent his eldest son, Mori Takamoto, to the Ouchi family as a hostage to show his loyalty to the Ouchi family. In 1540, when the civil strife of the Nizi family ended, 30,000 of the Nizi army came to Yamashiro castle in Yoshida County, and although the enemy was outnumbered, Maori Yuan still went out of the city to fight. He divided the army into three parts, one part of which was led by himself, and the other two parts were ambushed on the left and right flanks, waiting for the engagement to attack together, and finally the Nizi army was defeated. The Maori army then pursued, and after the battle was in a stalemate, the Ouchi family support forces and the Nizi family broke out three decisive battles. In 1541, Maori Yuan led 3,000 elites out of the city, and with the attack of the Ouchi family, the Nizi army was forced to retreat. After the victory, the Ouchi family saw the opportunity coming and prepared to attack the Nizi family Izumo Kingdom with a single blow, and the Maori army also cooperated with the eastward advance, and in 1543 Ouchi Yoshitaka announced his retreat. This defeat led to the intensification of the contradictions between the civil and martial factions within the Ouchi clan, and a few years later, the incident of Tao Longfang killing the lord occurred.
Due to the perennial war between the two families of Ouchi and Nizi, Maori Yuan took the opportunity to expand his territory. In 1544, he passed on his third son to the Takehara Kohayakawa clan, and because the Kohayakawa clan controlled the Numata and Takehara water armies, the Maori family had a strong water army. In 1547, Maori Motoharu sent his second son, Maori Motoharu, to the local Yoshikawa family as an adopted son, and later changed his name to Yoshikawa Motoharu. Maori Yuan has a total of 9 sons, except for Maori Longyuan, the remaining eight sons have all passed on to foreign tribes, these sons have been of great help to Maori Yuan, relying on blood relations to promote the unification of the country has achieved great success. In 1546, the Maori Yuan gave way to the Maori Longyuan, and after the Maori Yuan gave way, the three household governors were all sons of the Maori Yuan. They are Mori Takamoto, Yoshikawa Motoharu, and Kohayakawa Takaaki. It also officially became the daimyo of the leader Anyi and the future of various countries.
In 1550, seeing that the diplomatic situation was in full swing, he began to rectify the internal affairs of the family. After the Battle of Tsukiyama Tomita, the famous general of the Ouchi clan, Tao Longfang, became increasingly dissatisfied with the actions of the lord Ōuchi Yoshitaka. In 1551, Takabo raised an army at Tomita Wakasayama, who lived in The Castle and Defended Zhou, killed Sagara Takehito, exiled him, and eventually forced Ōuchi Yoshitaka to die. He welcomed Haruhito, the younger brother of the Daimyo Daitomo Muneyoshi, to inherit the Ouchi clan, and changed his name to Tao Qingxian. In 1555, one of the famous "Three Great Night Battles" in the history of the Warring States - the Battle of Itsukushima!
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