In last night's "The Legendary Life of Sanada Yukimura, the First Soldier of Japan", the editor introduced the performance of the Sanada family in the "Sekigahara Battle", but many players believe that the main highlight in the "Sekigahara Battle" is still in his father Sanada Masayuki. Therefore, tonight's "The Legendary Life of Sanada Yukimura, the First Soldier of Japan" (Part II) is something that must not be missed ~ because Sanada Yukimura will use his life to interpret to the world the two famous battles of "Sanada Maru Offensive and Defensive Battle" and "Battle of Osaka Natsu"!
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Comeback – Sanada Maru Offensive and Defensive Battle (Battle of Osaka Winter)
The house arrest of Mount Jiudu was 14 years, during which time Masayuki Sanada, the father of Yukimura, died of depression in Mount Jiudu. However, due to the increasingly fierce conflict between Toyotomi Hiderai and Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was in a disadvantage, threw an olive branch at Sanada Yukimura, hoping that Yukimura would help him eliminate Tokugawa Ieyasu. After that, Sanada Yukimura used his life to interpret to the world the "Sanada Maru Offensive and Defensive Battle" and "Osaka Natsu Battle", two famous battles that have left their mark on history. Osaka Castle was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi on the original base of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and he ordered all the princes of the country to participate in the construction. Many of the moats and stones of the castle were also donated by local princes, and hundreds of thousands of laborers were mobilized within three years, and the appearance of osaka castle was covered with brilliant gold leaf, which can be said to be extremely luxurious even now, and as a military stronghold, the east, west, and north of Osaka Castle were covered by Akagawa, and only the south was vulnerable to attack by the Tokugawa army, so Toyotomi decided to send Sanada Yukimura to the south of Osaka Castle to build a castle, that is, a small fort for defense. Sanada Yukimura was undoubtedly the best candidate, because in the early years, the Sanada family and the Tokugawa family had two "Battle of Ueda Castle", and in the end, the Sanada family relied on the solidity of Ueda Castle and defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu twice, so in the end Sanada Yukimura built a "Sanada Maru" in the south without failing its mission. On December 3, 1614, Tokugawa's Army's Maeda Toshihisa was ordered to take Shinoyama opposite Sanada Maru for fortifications, but during the capture he was constantly harassed by Sanada Yukimura's side, after which Maeda Toshihisa ordered the entire army to fight before Sanada Yukimura's side temporarily retreated to Sanada Maru. Later, after the current Tachi toshima's troops had been reorganized, Sanada Yukimura immediately sent people to insult the enemy on the city wall, and sure enough, Maeda Toshiten's side was insulted and provoked a furious attack on Sanada Maru, but it was helpless not only unable to attack for a long time but also suffered heavy casualties. Then the Tokugawa army's Ii Naotaka and Matsudaira Tadanaga led a team to attack, the two were also helpless against Sanada Maru, and the young 2 were reluctant to retreat even in the face of such heavy casualties in order to compete for the battle. After that, Osaka Castle issued a huge explosion, which was very dramatic, in fact, at that time, the Tokugawa Army thought that this was a signal sent by Uchiying Nanjo Motodasa, but Nanjo Motodasa had beheaded the Toyotari Army as early as the day before, and the explosion was only an explosion formed by the Toyotomi Army's own operational errors, and the Tokugawa Army in the dark thought that this was a signal of Uchiying and attacked Sanada Maru again, and it was obvious that the Tokugawa Army had suffered heavy casualties in the end and had no choice but to withdraw. In this battle, Sanada Yukimura recreated the victory of Ueda Castle in previous years, once again defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu with fewer victories, and also made his reputation ring in the Toyotomi army, and finally Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi held peace talks and temporarily stopped the war.
Schematic diagram of Sanada Maru offensive and defensive battles
The end of the hero - the Battle of Osaka Natsu
However, the days of peace did not last long, and in April 1615 Tokugawa Ieyasu again launched a conquest of the Toyotomi family, known in history as the "Battle of Osaka", in which Tokugawa Ieyasu led an army of 150,000, while Toyotomi Hideyoshi's side had only 60,000 troops, plus the strength of the troops was less than before due to the previous dismissal of ronin, this time the Toyotomi family had nowhere to retreat. Among them, the "Battle of Tennoji Okayama" that occurred in May can be said to have left Sanada Yukimura's name in history, and on May 6, another important figure of the Toyotomi Army, Goto Kiji, died of exhaustion due to the late arrival of reinforcements, which was a very heavy blow to the Toyotomi Army at that time, and for Sanada Yukimura, there was no way out except to fight to the death.
Schematic of the Battle of Osaka
On 7 May, Sanada Yukimura first sent Mori Katsunaga to fight the enemy vanguard, Hondo Tadashi, and then Mori Katsunaga defeated Hondo Tadashi as well as he was on duty. Sanada Yukimura then confronted the enemy Matsudaira Tadanaga, who inherited the bravery of his father Matsudaira Hideyasu, making Sanada Yukimura unable to break through the defensive line held by Matsudaira Tadaoe with all his strength, and the scheming Sanada Yukimura sent people to spread rumors that Asano Nagasaki had surrendered to the Toyotomi army, causing the matsudaira Tadao army's defense line to gradually collapse with the wavering of soldiers. After that, Sanada Yukimura, who broke through the defensive line, led his troops into Tokugawa Ieyasu's home front in one fell swoop, although its home team had a strength of 1 w5, but most of them were newly recruited soldiers, who had never been on the battlefield, let alone faced the imposing Sanada army, and it is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu at that time even wanted to commit suicide by caesarean section at one time. But unfortunately, the scheming Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the commander-in-chief of the honjin to cut off the flag of the honjin, so that Sanada Yukimura could not lock the position of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the first time, and with the arrival of reinforcements from the Tokugawa Army, the casualties of the Sanada Army were getting bigger and bigger, and Sanada Yukimura was also seriously wounded at this time, leading the remnants of the army to retreat into the Anju Shrine for defense, seeing that the victory was close at hand but losing it, and near the evening, the Tokugawa Army finally broke through the Anju Shrine, and the "first soldier of Japan" Sanada Yukimura was cut down by the Nishio Ninzao Gate of the Tokugawa Army. He died on December 31, 2012 at the age of 4 Although he did not cut the first rank of the second generation of Tokugawa shoguns as he wished, the name of Sanada Yukimura can be said to be famous through this battle, and the deeds of Sanada Yukimura were often adapted into various film and television works, such as "Sanada Ten Warriors" compiled by Tachikawa Bunko in the Edo period of Japan.
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