If you were to give an interview to the daimyo of various countries during the Sengoku period in Japan, what was their dream? Most guardians will tell you: Shangluo. What is Shangluo? Broadly speaking, it is: entering Beijing. In the Sengoku period, the so-called Shangluo was: armed entry into The capital, showing their force to the world, controlling shoguns and emperors, and obtaining the political capital they wanted.
Luo: Specifically refers to Kyoto, Kyoto is also called Kyoto. In the Heian period, the Heian period imitated the Tang Dynasty, imitating Chang'an City in the west of Kyoto, and Luoyang City in the east. However, due to the low terrain in the west, damp and swampy, it is not suitable for habitation, and it is slowly abandoned. Therefore, luoyang later referred to Kyoto.
Restoration model of Heian Kyo
The whole of Japan was divided into sixty-six countries, and there were many county chiefs, township chiefs, and village chiefs. No one is a bird, and the fight is not happy. To stand out among this pile of people, the most tiring thing is to knock them down one by one; the quickest is to go to Luo, show the muscles of these local tycoons, and make a "son of heaven to order the princes" and make some names. Although the shogun and the emperor have long been in power, but the name is still there, nominally the samurai you still have to listen to the shogun, and if you want to be an official, you must also be ordered by the emperor.
Japan Warring States Division Map - Sixty-Six Kingdoms
In the history of the Warring States, there are two more representative Shangluo, one is Imakawa Yoshimoto's Shangluo, and the other is Oda Nobunaga's Shangluo. Shangluo is not for everyone, and if you have enough strength, you can't get too far from Kyoto. For example, the Hojo family in Kanto, although powerful, had to pass through the Takeda family in Kai, the Imakawa family in Suruga, the Matsudaira family in Mikawa, the Oda family in Owari, the Saito family in Mino, the Rokkaku family in Omi, and the Miyoshi family in. The level mode is a bit difficult.
The spheres of influence before the Battle of the Barrel Pan
Defeated Shangluo: Imagawa Yoshimoto is known as the first bow in the East China Sea, this Imagawa fat man still has strength, but the barrel is killed in a battle, plus the set of things that like the public. Therefore, he was criticized by posterity as a clown! The Imagawa clan actually reached its peak in the hands of Imagawa Yoshimoto, controlling the three kingdoms of Suruga, Ene, Mikawa, and some Owari. The formation of an alliance with Takeda and Hojo gave the Imagawa family a relatively good environment for development. To the north of the Imakawa family is Takeda Shingen the Tiger of Kai, to the east is the Sagami Lion Hojo Clan Yasumi, and to the south is the sea, so there is only one way to expand: to the west to Owari Kingdom. At this time, Oda Nobunaga of Owari Kingdom was still a rookie. Imagawa seized the opportunity to take the name of Uehara, but actually wanted to go west and annex Owari. With the strength of Imagawa Yoshimoto at that time, it was still difficult to complete Shangluo. Whoever thought of an oversight, Imakawa Yoshimoto directly became an important experience pack for the Oda Demon King, and he himself died tragically in the barrel slot. Imakawa Yoshimoto's dream of the Warring States came to an abrupt end. The drama of the Warring States Three Heroes kicked off.
Yoshimoto Imagawa dressed up by the public - like a clown
Successful Shangluo: In fact, not only Oda Nobunaga succeeded, but also Yoshiyuki Ouchi and Kenshin Uesugi, who succeeded in Shangluo. This is only about Nobunaga Kami-raku, which had a major influence on the Japanese Sengoku period. Oda Nobunaga was undoubtedly the most powerful strategic master of the Japanese Sengoku, and his grasp of the fighter plane and his insight into the current situation were unmatched in Japan at that time. After Nobunaga annexed Mino, he renamed Inabayama Castle to Gifu Castle, taking the meaning of King Wen of Zhou that "sees the Phoenix Ming Qishan and has the world". Subsequently, he began to use the "World Buwu" seal, and the heart of unifying the world was clearly revealed. In 1568, Oda Nobunaga began to go to Luo, and Nobunaga at this time was a favorable time and place.
The situation in front of Oda Nobunaga's Shangluo
1. Tenshi: In 1565, the Miyoshi family, who had mastered Gyeonggi, and his vassal Matsunaga Hidehide assassinated ashikaga Yoshiaki, a thirteenth-generation shogun of the Muromachi shogunate. Ashikaga Yoshiei, another of Yoshiaki's clansmen, was appointed as the fourteenth puppet shogun. Ashikaga Yoshiaki's younger brother Ashikaga Yoshiaki escaped from Kyoto, but later came to Mino to make an agreement with Nobunaga, who had the status of Daiyoshi who had established Himaichi as a shogun. At this time, the Miyoshi family that controlled Kiuchi was in civil strife, and the Hexagonal family could only shrink in the South River. Nobunaga's two main opponents were in a weak period and vulnerable!
The tragic Ashikaga Yoshiaki - the single body is super powerful
2. Geographical advantage: Omi Kuni, which controlled Owari and Mino, and Oda Nobunaga and Kyoto, which controlled Kita-Ise, was only omi kuni. Just like playing games sometimes the location of the spawn point is really too important. Like the Maori family in the west, although the strength is good, but it is too far away from Gyeonggi, it can only be silently lamented.
3. Renhe: Oda Nobunaga has long since eliminated the contradictions within the family. No internal worries, you can focus on the outside. The Oda family was also full of talents at this time. Such as Katsuya Shibata, Kazuyoshi Takikawa, Hideyoshi Haba, Nagahide Niwa, Mitsuhide Yuki, Katsunari Mori, and Nobumori Sakuma are all famous generals. Not only internally, but also Nobunaga's diplomacy was very good, marrying his sister Aichi to Asai Nagamasa, the Asai family controlling kita-Omi, and the Shangluo Road was guaranteed; the adopted daughter was married to Takeda Katsurai, and later to the daughter of Takeda Shingen for the heir Oda Nobunaga, which made the relationship between the Oda family and the Takeda family stable, and later under the mediation of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the Oda family reached a peace agreement with the Uesugi family and the Takeda family. Nobunaga Kami-ro can be said to have a weak chicken in the front and no strong enemy in the back.
Oda Nobunaga and his subordinate Bubu and internal affairs measures
Nobunaga's success in Uenobo made a fantastic start to his road to unifying Japan for nearly fifteen years!