Chapter 111 (1/1)

Chapter 111

Chapter 11: Season of Mackerel (Part 1)

Sawayama Castle, which was the main castle for the Azai’s, was an extre of historical facts, after Isono Kazumasa surrendered himself to the Oda clan’s forces, the well known reat vassal of the Oda faahide became lord of the castle and that as a wealthy retained and political adned as a representative of the five commissioners, are tell known facts It was a castle that was regarded that highly of during the Sengoku Era and es later after it

By the way, the original Sawayama Castle is the castle of the Rokkaku family of O that the ancestors of the Rokkaku fa the head of the Rokkaku family unusually concerned about to recapture 1

Fro, the Rokkaku family was historically in a superior position over the Azai farandfather, Sukemasa, was frequently defeated in their many encounters with the Rokkaku family and he had to leave the Kodani Castle and escape to the province of Mino And it goes without saying that the father of Nagamasa, Hisamasa, was made to accept the military power of the Rokkaku family The Azai was inferior to the Rokkaku family, that viewpoint is commonly known

The , ith the entrance of Nagaive his daughter to Nagaawa Yoshi+awa Ieyasu, giving hi to soamasa himself used the “Masa” kanji in their na 「賢」 in his own name, he did not only proclaim to the country of Omi, but to all the Daiamasa unable to endure his father’s weak attitude, ainst the Rokkaku family for a war of independence

However, Nagaainst the Rokkaku faap in the mobilization of military power between the Azai and the Rokkaku faamasa to be able to move less than half the nuust in 1560 at the rice fields of Omi, the two armies collided Compared to the Azai forces that had around ten thousand men, the forces of the Rokkaku family was close to twenty-five thousand, which was an overwhele for the Azai Clan

However, Nagaainst the assault of the Rokkaku forces Nagae, was able to overco the morale and battle array of the Azai forces and thus he was able to overturn the ru countries that said: “The Azai Clan will perish after this…” and he ed to force the Rokkaku forces into elimination

The influences of this battle famously named “The battle of the Rice Fields” were trerasp his subordinates trust, but he also caused the dignity of the Rokkaku fa inside strife and resulted in the heads of the fa exiled by their vassals

After that victory, the nah two months before “the battle of the rice fields,” his future brother-in-law Oda nobunaga was able to pull off the “awa Yoshi+moto In short, the year 1560 should be a commemorative year where both brothers in law destroyed their most formidable enemy

However, the Rokkaku faovern O “We should destroy the Azai Clan now, before they grow even larger It is now or never”

The year 1567, January 18th early in theYoshi+kata Rokkaku and his eldest son Yoshi+haru were leading a thirty-two thousand grand ar an advance on Sawayauarding Sawayama totaled to around twelve hundred

“This time for sure, the Azai will cease to exist…”

Burning up with that deter into Odani Castle to report the raid of the Rokkaku father and son duo, a some crepes in the kitchen

The actual building was done by the Sasaki Clan, which later split into the Kyogoku Clan and the Rokkaku Clan

He basically declared with his name that all of Omi is his