Thanks to the efforts of Hidestaki Miyazaki, the game of the Souls-Like genre genre for many gamers are valuable, first of all, by gameplay himself. The plot is the narrative history of importance is a little away. Somewhere this “little” is equivalent to the distance from planet Earth to the Sun, and somewhere it is not even a step.
All fiery hello, in touch of Cheezzy, a violet beard, and this is the third final material that contrasts the plot of the game Nioh 2 Real events that occurred for quite some time in Japan. Earlier we talked about how the main characters met young ambitious rebel ode, All the hot battles went along with him, uniting most of the country, but saw The last minutes of his life. Now let’s take a look at what happened to the traitor of Nobunaga, but as Toyotomi Hideyoshi did, learning about the death of his own master.
The last time we stopped on the fact that, according to the plot of the game, the army of the conspirator Aketi Mitsuhide, defeating the few Nobunaga units, flooded the capital. However, to honor for a long time on the laurels, albeit treacherous, but still winners, did not give them the Tokitiro army that suddenly appeared in the vicinity of the city, consisting of people with demons. Fearing the inevitable defeat from the approaching forces of the merchant, the leader of the rebels planned along the banks of the river to bring pursuers into the swamp. Yes, only a cunning commander, protected by the spirit of the monkey, turned out to be wiser. Climbing to the mountain, he threw the demon detachments across the conspirators.
Hide at that time visits the younger sister of the deceased ode to report the tragedy. The woman who has lost his relative shares with the protagonist experiences tearing her from the inside, not forgetting to mention that she received a stone of spirits from Tokitiro, nicknamed the fulfilling desires. The truth is to use the magic crystals, she was still afraid.
After listening to the younger sister of Nobunaga that remained alone, Hide is in a hurry to the aid of the merchant, wanting to enjoy the traitors personally. With the rebels, in whose camp there was already discord.
At the meeting of Mitsuhide commanders, they report significant losses. The merciless fighters of Tokitiro, who did not know fatigue, dared the left flank, threatening to grind all the conspirators at such a pace. This sincerely surprises the leader, because how is it possible without fueling the stones of spirits, which the merchant simply cannot have.
Belated thought instantly pierces the head of Mitsuhide. Perhaps the traitor himself, no matter how ironic, betrayed his own vassal. Saito Tosimitsa, dressed in the blue, hearing the hunch rises to his feet and, grinning, exposes his long blade. Now, since all the cards are played out, you can get rid of the unnecessary leader. The magician in the eyes of frightened samurai transforms into two fused demons, which are the exact opposite of each other. Eokai of hot flame and crackling frost.
However, to get to the taken aback of Mitsuhide, the demon is prevented by a hurricane who burst into the Hide camp. A protagonist, hardened in thousands of battles, easily puts the ground to the well -preserved evil spirits. The affected demon immediately turns back into the site of the Tosimitsa, from which the old man already familiar to us comes out in the hat, hastening to hide in the caused portal.
Getting rid of the parasitic grandfather inside, the magician in blue begins to recover. Another second and, perhaps, he will tell about what happened. Instant. But no. Tokitiro with her retinue ruthlessly with particular cruelty, rushing, as usual under the curtain of the battle.
Similar to the former satellite, bloodthirstiness repels Hide. However, like a strange ghost behind the merchant, adjacent to the keeper-carrier. The protagonist silently unfolds and runs away from Tokitiro, planning the first to catch up with the hidden leader of the defeated rebels.
Only under the cover of twilight, the main character overtakes in the forest Mitsuhide ready with honor, as befits a samurai, to accept fair death. But, after listening to the traitor, Hide, along with the hunter who has joined the way, decides to join him in order to resist the real evil in the face of a mysterious old man. Man who enveloped the mind tokitiro.
Only the three of them can not stand against the detachments of the merchant who took the place of the murdered Nobunagi. Heroes, without losing a second, advance towards the faithful comrade of the Oda – to Tokugava Ieyas from the province of Mikawa. With him, they will be able to reflect the distraught hordes of enemies.
The death of Nobunaga, trying to unite the whole country under its beginning, launched new straightforces. Tokugawa and Tokitiro troops were in no hurry to cross each other, preferring small raids, and skirmishes. Both sides gained strength. Unlike the highest vassals of the deceased ode. There was no one to subtle political matter.
Sibata Katsuie, a master of two axes, marrying Nobunaga’s younger sister, entered into a direct confrontation with Tokitiro forces. Unfortunately, in some year his troops were crumpled, and he himself was forced to disappear in his native castle. The army was once a merchant, now-the receiver of the ode, surrounding the fortress, preparing for its assault.
The main character, having learned about this, almost alone, rushed to the aid of Sibata. Bursting into a submissive meter by a meter castle, the protagonist meets a spear master. Maeda Tosya, whose path after the death of the master was very contradictory. For at first he took the side of Katsuee, and a little later he ran to the side of Tokitiro. Hide has nothing left, how to plunge Maeda.
Having defeated the master of the spear, the protagonist bursts into the wards of Sibata, who suddenly turned into Yokai. An angry demon rushes at the protagonist. A serious fight is tied, from which only Hide comes alive. The owner of the castle himself, on the last outburst, asks to protect his wife, because for the sake of her salvation, he turned into a distraught monster. However, the main character with a bang fails the posthumous request of the former ally. Oda’s younger sister, seeing the second who died at the hands of her husband’s protagonist, pierces himself with a dagger. Hide, who was encouraged by the guardian spirit, has not managed to help the Hide allies to reunite with Tokugawa forces.
The epoch -making battle is coming. Two warring parties, saturated with experienced fighters and having concluded the necessary unions, begin to tighten to each other. At this time, Mitsuhide, who renounced on his own behalf and became a monk, organizes a meeting of Hide with a tea master, adviser to Tokitiro, who previously served Nobunaga himself. After a short conversation, the wise husband promises the main character to help in the fight against an embittered merchant.
The decisive clash of the Tokugawa armies, but Tokitiro did not result in a full -scale battle, but into several fragmented battles near the villages of Komaki and Nagakute in the province of Ovari. Of course, Hide could not ignore such significant battles. Cutting his way through the ranks of demons pumped up with magic crystals, the main character bursts into the command post of his former satellite.
The merchant who was pushing to power, not at all confused, recalls the forgotten skills of a trap. Naively hoping to bribe a protagonist, he offers half the country, a high position and even stones of spirits. However, Hide does not need a crown, a princess, or a mountain, for he came here for the last, as it seemed to him, fight.
Sharp on the tongue, and the adolescent of the trader, of course, finds himself in the dialogs, became weaker than the burnt -out -hardened tag of the Battle of the Protagonist. The main character dissects the presumptuous Tokitiro, after which, with a sense of the fulfillment of the debt, leaves the battle place. It leaves, not even suspecting that the mysterious old man in a hat behind him again interferes with what was happening, raising the dead killed from the world.
The sky instantly closes the scarlet veil. Hide, along with the hunter, anticipating something was amiss, they hurry back to the Tokugawa camp from the last forces. Temporary fortification, which is the command center of the allies, is about to fall. For warriors, carrying heavy losses, somehow restrain the distraught Yokai, whose eyes are flooded with blood. Moreover, this happens on both sides of the barricades. Monsters are not counted: their own man or alien. Everyone must die.
Breaking through the chaos of the created chaos, two main characters collide on the bridge with the E ampannome semi -dumon of Hatiska, a pag. At the time of the split of the campaign of the protagonists, he took the side of Tokitiro. He acted carefully, deliberately. However, now there is no trace of a reasonable Hatisc. In front of them stood an angry beast that had nothing to do with a person.
Throwing a hunter into the water, he rushes a little at Hide. A hot fight is tied. The deadly dance of the two half -dummies, from which only the protagonist comes out alive. The hero with longing for the heart says goodbye to the former ally, rushing to run further. Faster until it’s too late. Hurry.
Returning to the camp, Hide finds a huge, giant demon involved in the creation of a whole Japan. Once a good-natured celestial, and now a distraught monster with a thirst to destroy. Victory over the angry giant, is given to the protagonist not easy. After all, he still did not have to meet Yokai of this level. And, apparently, it will not have to be, for Tokitiro, who rebelled from the dead, suddenly attacks from behind, may he pierces the hero with his own dagger. Curtain.
Hide lifeless body remains to lie carelessly on raw earth. The battle with Komaki and Nagakute is becoming the last to cool the bodies already to cool. But, here, the soul. She, she, a boot, prevents such a rapid completion of life, setting off for a kind of afterlife. Divine. A kind of purgatory, where the souls of the dead associates and loved ones are.
There, in the tiny plot of land, Hide’s mother, who has been waiting for the hero for many years, will finally open his eyes to his unreasonable child, mired in worldly affairs. It turns out that the mysterious old man in a hat is a part of the essence of the king of all demons, escaped from imprisonment due to continuous human wars. It is he who is guilty of the skirmishes of rulers, as well as in many deaths, including the death of the mother of the protagonist. However, fate is destined to deal with a mighty demon, stopping meaningless bloody battles. Why is it necessary to find a legendary blade, incinerating Yokai.
For this purpose, the mother returns her child to life. In Japan, which for several years of the absence of a hero, Tokitiro successfully crushes under itself. Unites on such a scale that the deceased Nobunaga did not even dream. Yes, only the Hide Road does not lie to the presumptuous former comrade, but in the Buddhist temple of Bedo-in. In his dungeons, as the legend says, hints of the whereabouts of a lost mythical sword are lurking.
As it turns out, the sanctuary is by no means forgotten by everyone. In a vast room, Hide meets Tokitiro with burning scarlet eyes. Rather, the body that was not subject to the merchant, which was like a kimono, put on himself an old man in a hat. The insidious demon with fanfares releases the strength of his relatives from under the seals, leaving one of them-a horned muscular lover of Sake-to eliminate the protagonist. But despite his greatness among the usual undead alcoholic, the battle loses the battle.
Apparently, the smell of a demon cut into slices is immediately an entire and unharmed hunter. Heroes, having examined the battlefield, pay attention to the fresco hanging on the wall. The mosaic hinting that the Hide dagger and the companion talisman, in fact, are two parts of the wanted legendary blade. Only, here, bad luck – just like it cannot be united. Need the strength of the stones of spirits. Behind them, a couple of protagonists without fear will go to a luxurious golden palace, frank for the sake of Tokitiro.
In the estate, the heroes will meet in a cage of an exhausted tea master, who once promised them to help in the fight against a merchant. The adviser, captured for the opened treason, dies in front of the protagonists, having managed to tell through his own guardian spirit that Tokitiro has changed. Turned into an evil cruel demon, led by a thirst for power and gold.
In search of magic crystals, Hide meets the owner of a magnificent palace. True, it will not succeed in fighting Tokitiro. Huge Yokai, actually a fortress, will suddenly attack the main character. From an unprecedented battle of man with the structure of the winner the first. The protagonist will overcome, no matter how crazy, a living house, yes, using the stones of spirits, will restore the legendary blade. Now the turn is for Tokitiro.
For about two years, the main character is in the shade, waiting for a convenient moment to make an attack. The merchant who received the great power of the ruler of the country is constantly surrounded by dozens of warriors. It’s not so easy to approach him. However, the case is tucking.
Tokitiro in the gardens of the temple Daigo collects court ladies, wanting to enjoy the flowering of Sakura in their society. It is planned that the event will have a huge number of motley dancers and musicians. There is a good chance to get closer to the merchant in such Kuterom to deliver one fatal blow.
Realizing this, Hide, along with a hunter without an invitation, burst into the magnificent ceremony. Tokitiro, annoyed by a suddenly plucked event, sends a crowd of demons to the heroes, leisurely, as befits the ruler, leaves. If everyone who wants to kill you is straightened personally – no time will not be enough. Arrogance, cultivated by the country’s leadership and universal worship.
Hide rushes after the removing merchant, ANCHOR will be here leaving an insatiable undead on the hunter. It is possible to catch up with Tokitiro only in an immense knotted tree, near which the heroes first met for many, many years ago. The ruler of the country welcomes the former comrade fully equipped: in good armor, with strong blades and in demonic appearance. The battle is tied.
During the fight of Hide, the enemy’s horns that lurked the dark power cut off the legendary blade. Tokitiro, anticipating the approaching bony lady, falls. The inevitable onset of death sobs him, turning from an arrogant selfish ruler into a simple merchant who once stubbornly following his dream. Finally, delivered from the influence of a demonic old man in a Tokitiro hat with a smile on his lips closes his eyes.
Plot Nioh 2 completes his run in the tragic death of the merchant. Tokitiro with relief meets the inevitability that rescues his soul from villain captivity. But do not rush, notifying the continuation of the game. After all, there is a fight with the main antagonist ahead. We will say a little below about this, but for now … how in reality the events mentioned in the game passed? Hmm, well ..
The traitor Aketi Mitsuhide to kill his own Mr. Oda Nobunaga guessed a fairly successful time. At the time of the attack near the capital, there was no one who was not a single trusted commander with a trained army. All the senior vassals of the ode, having left the cardinal points, fought fierce battles with enemies.
Mitsuhide was most afraid of the sudden appearance of Sibata Katsuee, who was fighting not to say that far. However, by random coincidence, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was in an extremely deplorable position, was the first to react. And here there are two versions of unexpected awareness.
According to the first, the traitor Akyeti sent a super-speed courier with a message about Nobunaga’s death and a proposal to unite Mori’s clan, who was about to defeat the Toyotomi army. But the messenger, according to historians unknown to historians, dragged the letter to Hideyoshi. According to the second version, Toyotomi, practicing espionage, reported one of his faithful small commanders, sending his man.
Be that as it may, quickly estimating the changes to the vertical of power, the Vassal Oda concludes a peace agreement with the enemy on completely unusual conditions. After that, his detachment at the limit of possibilities rushes to his native lands, planning to get even with the presumptuous Mitsuhide. And rushes – this is still mildly said.
Fit -shaped Toyotomi sends forwards forward with an important mission. Optimize the nutrition of a rushing army as much as possible. Why are peasants who hold Koloboks with boiled rice along the route of the troops near the villages. So that the fighters could, without stopping, eat right on the go. The incredible 24-hour march-string was given to the pain in every body of a fighter and a smiling luck. Hideyoshi reached one of the fortresses without any combat clashes.
At the same time, Mitsuhide, who arranged a massacre in the capital, moves towards the Hadzuti fortress, where the deceased Nobunaga kept all his savings. The traitor AKETI planned the accumulated jewelry for the most part to spend on attracting the allies, which, oh, are useful in the upcoming battles. And everything would be fine, but not everyone was happy to violent overthrow of the ode.
For example, a small commander who controlled movement along a strong wooden bridge over a wide river. Upon learning of the death of the master, he immediately decided on sabotage. Flapped the bridge, may he hid with his younger brother in the mountains. The Mitsuhide detachment had to spend three whole days on restoring a burned crossing. After which Akei was able to continue to continue the path to the residence of Nobunaga. The defenders of the castle, of course, tried to fight the traitor, but nothing came of them. Adzuti fortress, along with his treasures, fell at the feet of the conspirator.
Fearing an unexpected attack by Sibata Katsuee, Mitsuhide set an important task for his very powerful person – Saito Tosimitsa. He goes to one of the castles in the northeast, so that with the possible appearance of a senior commander who thirsts for revenge, the opportunity to quickly repel the attack. The traitor himself begins to establish ties with the court nobility of the capital, and the emperor himself. In parallel, not forgetting, to glorify the allies beside themselves. Only, here, OKAISIA, something not everyone was burning with the desire to join.
One, as if in a pan, until the last moment could not decide in any way – on whose side he was? Then agrees to stand under the banner of Mitsuhide and even sends the warriors to the aid. Then he calls the fighters, may he beg in the fidelity of Hideyoshi. The second hypothetical allies, once relaxed with Akyeti, completely went to extreme measures. The daughter of Mitsuhide is arrested, and her husband goes to the monks as a sign of mourning in clothes. What can I say? The Mori clan, the long -standing of Nobunaga, also decides not to intervene in the ongoing ranges, and even the requests of the former shogun do not change the decision.
Refusals in allied became a heavy blow for the traitor. But what really shocked is the rapid appearance of the Hideyoshi army nearby. Like Yokay from a snuffbox, they jumped right 40 kilometers from the capital, making it clear that clashes could not be avoided. And this is only 9 days after the death of the ode.
Mitsuhide, captured by surprise, began frantically gathering allies, and his commanders in a single detachment. There was no time to build up and preparation. Toyotomi fighters, like Tokitiro’s tireless warriors, advanced, threatening to erase the adversary from the face of Japanese land.
The decisive battle of former associates occurred on the shores of the narrow river Emmyoji. The exact number of armies was lost in the depths of stories, but it is generally accepted that the traitor was able to expose only 16 against 30-36 thousand people of Hideyoshi. However, the outcome of the battle predetermined the tactics, not the number.
In the first minutes of the battle, Mitsuhide forces began to crowd the opponents, forcing with every sigh to retreat. It seemed that they felt the traitor that flickered the chance of the victory of the traitor could not restrain anything, but only Toyotomi did not think so. On the contrary, he waited, allowing the battle to flare up thoroughly.
After making sure that the enemies are intoxicated by success, Hideyoshi suddenly directs a hidden 5,000th cavalry into the thick of events. Behind her, a detachment of fresh samurai has not yet entered into battle is included in the epicenter of the battles. An unexpected counterattack literally crushed the Aketi army, depriving the life of his faithful vassal Saito Tosimitsa. The conspirators, seeing such a sharp change on the battlefield, began to flee. The leader of the traitors himself did not become an exception.
Together with his headquarters, Mitsuhide took refuge in the temple. A little later, a few broken detachments approached the sanctuary. However, Akyty perfectly understood that he could not hold out here. The walls that are not designed for defense will not save from the forces of an angry Toyotomi. Do not protect from faithful death.
That night, a traitor with several nearest associates quietly run to the Sakamoto castle. Under the cover of the night, he hopes to avoid meeting with the enemy fighters patrolling around the district. What, you need to pay tribute, it succeeds. Only one is bad. With the onset of darkness, local peasants took place from their houses, who began, the so -called, hunting for the losers. They met Mitsuhide.
A short battle was the last for the conspirator. True, it was unknown for certain, it was the attacking people who were sent to the forefathers of Akyti, or he himself, due to a strong wound, accelerated the process of meeting with deceased relatives. Be that as it may, the death of the traitor became known only in the morning, when the peasants returned to the place of a nightly skirmish. So, one of the best commanders of the Oda, who betrayed his master, completely ingloriously ended his life path.
It would seem that the leader of the conspirators is defeated, his army scattered in fear. The danger, one might say, has passed. It remains only with honors to bury the dead, yes, rallying, to continue the Nobunagi course on the unification of the country. For the good all the best. However, the former subjects of the Odes, his most close vassals, who walked side by side of hundreds of kilometers, begin the redistribution of the authorities.
Two persons are advanced on the drawn board, one might say, opposites. Sibata Katsuey and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The first contender, who has already reached 60 years, was a hereditary vassal of the Oda family, a man of noble blood. Being free from his own ambitions, as historians write, Sibata hoped to continue to serve the clan of the deceased Nobunaga. The more young 45-year-old Toyotomi, a native of peasant lower classes, planned to personally insert at the head, if not all of Japan, then subjects.
The confrontation of two senior commanders began two weeks after the victory over the traitor. Close trusted vassals Odes met in the family castle of the former master to resolve two main questions: who will be an official receiver and how to divide the lands? Of course, Katsuey, that Hideyoshi was not the first day in such political games, so each of them put forward a relative of Nobunaga convenient for him to the role of the head of the clan.
Sibata, despite the higher status, was in a losing situation at the meeting. For Toyotomi, not counting the nobility of blood, exceeded the opponent in everything else. Firstly, three years ago he took up the fourth son of the ode. Secondly, I agreed in advance of diplomatic support with commanders present at the meeting. Yes, and thirdly, one single-handedly defeated the traitor, taking revenge on the death of the master.
As a result, during the hot discussions, the head of the clan became … So, you need a drum fraction here. Ta-yes-Tam! Hideyoshi candidate is a two -year -old grandson of Nobunaga, who had to decide the fate of the whole family in the future. At least, this was what the commanders said at a meeting.
The Toyotomi defeated in the dispute, realizing the dissatisfaction growing inside Sibata, decided to make concessions in the issue of land separation, giving significantly more than the laid territories. True, a similar gesture of goodwill, by itself, did not tighten the split that increases between senior commanders. District from each other and the struggle for power just took the run.
Following the plot of the game, we must immediately move on to the direct clash of the armies of Sibat and Toyotomi. However, let’s briefly mention a couple of historical events related to one way or another with Nioh 2.
Having left their new possessions, two commanders began to strengthen their positions. To one of the ways of increasing force – a political marriage, resorted to Katsuie. Rather, he was even prompted by the relatives of Nobunaga, dissatisfied with the chosen head. After all, everyone perfectly understood that a two -year -old grandson was nothing more than a screen for Hideyoshi’s power. Sibata, recall, has reached the age of 60, on the advice of the Allies, takes the 35-year-old sister of Oda-Oiy, whose marriage ended with a tragedy in his wives. About the villain-judge, mercilessly destroying a happy family, We said Not so long ago.
With an unstoppable pendulum of the time between the two commanders, tension is growing. The forces of each of them are strong at the expense of new allies, and a set of political glasses. And only the approaching winter stops from clutching the opponent’s throat with a dead grip.
The far -sighted Sibata is decided to first make contact, in connection with which he sends a delegation from the faithful people to Toyotomi. Among which there are reckless Maeda Tosya, once spit on the order of Nobunagi and who killed far from the last vassal in his eyes. At this point, he grew out of the port of the master of the spear, turning into a real fraud of hell. Maeda became a full member of the most notorious dangerous unit of the Oda clan, from the same species of which animal horror instructed the opponents. Where death was hovering on the battlefield – there was certainly Tosya with his detachment.
Motives of Maed, who decided to get to the side of Sibata, are for certain historians for certain. Some call warm friendly relations the reason, while the other banal proximity of the lands subject to them. Be that as it may, Tosyae, as part of the delegation, goes to Hideyoshi to conclude an agreement on mutual non -aggression. Thus, Katsuee planned to win for himself to prepare forces. However, accustomed to the subcover intrigues of Toyotomi solves the plan of his opponent, fully capturing the commanders sent to him. Vassalov, whose actions in the future will decide the outcome of the battle. In the meantime, they return to Sibata without giving themselves out.
Hideyoshi was the first to act, spit on a cold Japanese cold in December. There was simply no other way out of how to advance. The camp of opponents quickly increased at the expense of the new allies, and even the former shogun, who built the intrigues of Nobunaga, also hastened to insert his five yen. Toyotomi realized that if the enemies are ahead of him, having left a single wedge, then there would be no chance of salvation. It is urgent to deal with each of them one by one.
The decisive, turning point in the confrontation of the former Vassals of the Oda became events near Lake Yogo. Initially, that the troops of Sibata and his nephew, that the Hideyoshi army, jumping with the advanced, hastily built forts, including for storing weapons and food. Some southeast of the lake, others northwest. Having completed the main construction and earth work, the detachments held several skirmishes with each other, after which they calmed down. Settled in a blank defense.
At this time, the ally of Sibata, the third son of the deceased Nobunaga, was activated on the lands of Toyotomi. Having gathered a few troops, he burned several forts in the province of Mino along with the fields and nearby villages. Of course, Hidaeoshi just could not leave such rudeness, so taking part of the people, rushed to the raised enemy.
Sibata immediately recognized the departure of a significant number of enemy samurai. His nephew and part -time right hand, led by hot young blood, suggested taking advantage. Katsue at first doubted, but the assertive relative was able to persuade him, promising not to get carried away and after the capture of one or two forts to return immediately.
After waiting for 4 days, the detachment led by the nephew at a late night attacked the fortifications. There were enough wars for five hours to storm two forts. It would seem time and honor to know. Go back to the camp. Yes, only a restless relative decided to fix his result. Nevertheless, according to his calculations, the Hideyoshi army went far, so you should not wait for a sudden attack from them.
The nephew held a few more skirmishes with the commanders left on the farm, pretty much. I decided to spend the night in the captured fortifications, suggesting in the morning a little more to deepen my success. However, at night, a returning embittered army Toyotomi, who was ready to get even with an impudent partisan, knocked on the door of the forts at night.
How did it happen that Samurai Hideyoshi returned so speedy? Historians offer two options for the development of events. According to the first, what happened, nothing more than a cunning plan of Toyotomi. Having played the scene with the departure of the troops, he lifted nearby in anticipation of the right moment. The second theory puts the smiling luck in the forefront. Like, having passed 35 kilometers, the Hideyoshi army collided with an insurmountable obstacle – spilled after the rain of rivers. The detachments were simply forced to stop in order to wait for the water decline. Yes, only instead received news of a treacherous attack.
The numerous army of Toyotomi, bursting into the forts, practically completely destroyed the invaders. Frightened by a sudden attack, the Sibata’s nephew fighters tried to escape, but few people succeeded. Some commanders of Katsuey, of course, tried to help the associates who were in West, but the Hideyoshi allies who joined the battle stopped all their actions in the root. But the most terrible blow for Sibata was a silent departure from the battlefield of Maeda detachments and two other commanders who once went to Toyotomi to conclude an act of non -aggression. This literally predetermined the outcome of the battle. The feeling of the bitter taste of the defeat of Katsuee is forced to retreat into his residence.
It is worth making a reservation that the act of 45-year-old Maed, no matter how cowardly he looked for an even kid from the region, is not officially a betrayal. For in fact, Tosya was not a vassal of Sibata, but his free ally, in connection with which he did not give any oaths. He was guided exclusively by the interests of his clan, which, with the wrong step, would be subjected to ruthless extermination. No more.
Having broken the troops of Katsuey, Hideyoshi, mindful of other ill -wishers who are eager to hit in the back, meets Tosyae. Of course, the purpose of the conversation was not a discussion of the last pigns of fashion, but a specific business proposal. Complete the problem with Sibata. Maeda, who was adjusted between the hammer and the anvil, could no longer get out. At the end of the meeting, Toyotomi sets off to deal with the allies of Katsuey, and Tosyae is preparing to attack the residence of the former associate.
After some two days, Maeda detachments are dug up near the castle of Sibata. The next morning the assault begins directly. A hot battle is tied up at the fortress walls, but the head of the clan is in no hurry to beat off the attack, but collects households and servants. In his brief speech, Katsuie, as appropriate to the strong leader of those years, announced his intention to interrupt his life on his own. Moreover, in this situation, he did not blame anyone: neither a zealous nephew, nor the ambitious Hideyoshi, nor a Tosyae enemy that has crossed the side. Everything happened as happened.
Following Sibata, many close people and vassals went to him, including the wife of OITI. A wise woman, before a long road, sent her three daughters to Toyotomi, who, with open arms, accepted them to educate. Accepted warmth as relatives. So much so that after some time the eldest of them became his concubine and after 10 years she gave birth to a son. But we will not deviate much from the plot of the game.
So. A fierce battle next to the villages of Komamaki and Nagakute, in which the main character Nioh 2 Says goodbye to life. The beginnings of this conflict are traced during the clashes of Hideyoshi with the traitor Mitsuhide. The thing is that at the time of the death of Nobunag, his faithful commander (not a vassal, but a free ally as, for example, Maeda) Tokugawa Ieeas was far enough. In this connection, he could not participate in the battle with the conspirator or in the meeting to determine the receiver, and the division of land.
Out of the side of political games, Tokugawa decides to engage in strengthening his own positions in the region. Riots and feuds that overwhelmed belonging to the provinces, it was necessary to immediately extinguish. When calm in his native lands came, the conflict of Sibata and Hideyoshi gained momentum nearby. The military leaders tried in every possible way to lure Ieeas to their side, but he preferred to maintain neutrality. And when Toyotomi came out the winner, Tokugawa sent him his first elder with congratulations, and gifts.
Although Ieayasu preferred to stay towards the battle for power, while at the same time, while conducting a correspondence with Hideyoshi, the situation that was currently on the political field did not suit him. Toyotomi took too much over himself, menacingly choosing some enemies behind others.
The Japanese Association machine under the banners of one leader launched by Nobunaga continued to roll around the country, but already under the control of Hideyoshi. Predicting a close future, Tokugawa understood that he would have to soon or later submit to the peasant so high, or disappear from the real world. Therefore, he decides to work ahead. The second son of Oda, who is also far from enthusiastic, that he now has to serve the vassal of his own father, is the first to come to the camp of the Allies.
The official point of open confrontation was labor mobilization. Toyotomi announced an urgent collection of workers for the construction of Osaka castle, but the son of Nobunaga ignored the requirements. He did not change his opinion after meeting in neutral territory. And when Hideyoshi tried to influence the stubborn commander through his elders, he generally threw out a terrible. He invited those who decided to collaborate with Toyotomi vassals to him, accused of treason, but executed.
You can also meet in historical works a slightly different reason that gave the start of direct confrontation. Like Osaka Castle was erected without the participation of a wayward commander. However, at the end of the construction, Hideyoshi invited all his commanders, including the son of Oda, to the housewarming. So that they express a tribute to Toyotomi. Of course, the offspring of Nobunaga did not dare to bent his back in front of the former Bati vassal, ignoring the invitation. Well, then, a cruel story with his elders and direct conflict.
Toyotomi was the first to make his move. The detachments of his like -minded people invaded other people’s lands and stormed the Fort INUYAMA. And a little later, we can say, by inertia, a couple of fortresses. Tokugawa was not long in coming, throwing the army at the enemy, having previously shared it.
Samurai Ieyas met the invaders at the foot of Mount Komaki. Moreover, we approached the opponents not just from the side of the clean field, but imperceptibly, making up by surprise. Opponents in a hurry retreated to Fort Haguro, where they were already attacked on two directions. So the Hideyoshi allies were defeated.
Upon learning of this, Toyotomi immediately went to the war zone. Having jumped into the fort, and having studied the intelligence, he orders to place his camp two kilometers from the enemies rate. At the same time, the two warring parties begin to actively dig in, build. Strengthen their own forts. For some time no one is eager to attack first, preferring to observe. Yes, only not everyone was so patient.
The initiative commander of Hideyoshi, who at once, promised three provinces for a successful campaign, wanting to quickly get a reward, offers to make a lightning -otic raid. The reasonable Toyotomi, albeit not immediately, but agrees, putting forward a prerequisite: the raid must be sudden. Heh. Of course, everything turned out completely wrong, because the army of 20 thousand people is not at all easy. Even if it is divided into four parts. So soon not only Tokugawa, but all the peasants nearby learned about an unexpected super -secret attack.
Ieeas, of course, did not hesitate for a long time. Having captured part of the faithful commanders with their fighters, he left his own deployment. Moreover, he turned it so masterfully that not a single scout Hideyoshi noticed the nomination of the enemy army. Moreover, the Tokugawa samurai, like real ninja from American militants, went through the shade in the district, but suddenly attacked one of the Toyotomi detachments, who decided to have breakfast. The war captured by surprise was instantly crumpled. As they say, the morning does not always begin with coffee.
Hideyoshi, who was three miles somewhere in three miles, hearing the roar of Arkebuz, immediately turned around, rushing to the rescue. Having reached the village of Nagakute, an experienced commander placed his army on a hill, so that the river turned out to be between them and the vassals of Ieyas.
At about seven o’clock in the morning, the Tokugawa samurai appeared on the horizon. Fighters fled to the river with a single wedge, becoming an excellent target for enemy shooters. In the blink of an eye, aimed fire from Arkeibuz sowed panic among the warriors, forcing him to tremble. Commander Toyotomi, without hesitation for a second, threw part of his strength into a fierce attack. However, he did not get carried away with a battle, but, the split of the adversaries into two groups, he hastened to move away, thereby avoiding a clash with the approaching main army. Calm reigned for a couple of hours. Preparations for the main action have begun.
The loud volleys of Arkeibuz, stunning the district, marked the beginning of the battle. The arrows of Ieyas on the left flank forced the opponent’s group to attack them, but the attack was very quickly choked on the fluvial fire. Another detachment was then thrown into the non -silent arquebusiers. The commander Hideyoshi expected that Tokugawa would instantly concentrate his strength on the help of the shooters who fell into the mortal danger. Yes, only Ieyas ordered his fighters in a completely different way. Having divided the army in half, he rushed into a desperate crazy offensive, ignoring the problem on the left flank. And a little later, when the ranks of the opponents closed and one of the commanders fell to Toyotomi, becoming a victim of a well -aimed shot, the fresh forces of the ally of the ally of Ieasa burst into the abyss of the battle. From this moment on, the outcome of the battle of Nagakute was a foregone conclusion. The Tokugawa army prevailed, having lost about 600 people against 2,500 enemy samurai.
At this time point, the plot of the game makes a steep peak, sending the protagonist to the afterlife. Story Nioh 2 is approaching the denouement, maximally moving away from the events of past years. The fantasy of the developers, being no longer constrained, goes into the gap. Sealing Yokai in the Buddhist Temple of Bedo-in, Tokitiro Golden Castle and a tragic interchange in the gardens of the Daigo Temple. With reality, the described events in the game have extremely small points of contact, but something is still worth saying.
In a series of battles, Tokugawa carries out full -scale mobilization of the population living on the lands subject to him. Some authors write that all male residents aged 15 to 60 years are called up for military service. Be that as it may, such a replenishment of the army makes Hideyoshi look for a peaceful exit from the current conflict. Of course, I felt the superiority of IEAAS about any “we will solve everything amiably” no longer thought. It was Toyotomi that turns his eyes to the faithful ally of the enemy-the son of Oda. Through quick power operations, he forces him to conclude a separate world. Following, you have to go to meet Hideyoshi. If you want, you don’t want, but, having lost his ally, Ieasa lost a common border with the enemy, which significantly complicated the military conflict.
Toyotomi will continue to bend the Nobunaga line, uniting Japan under his banner. Moreover, he will begin the struggle with the rebels, bastard in the war with Korea, may he collide with Christians, but all this to Nioh 2 has nothing to do with the most part. Unlike the last days of the life of the great commander.
In August 1597, Hideyoshi wrote a letter to his commander, leading the battle in Korea, about the intention to personally arrive and lead the fighting. However, the planned trip did not take place, and in December Toyotomi had a strange cough along with neuralgic pains. Unknown ailment began to progress, which negatively affected both military and political life.
In March 1598, Hideyoshi organizes a grandiose exit to nature to land 700 sakura seedlings sent to him as a gift, and admire the already blossomed trees in the vicinity of the temple. The wives of the main commanders Toyotomi along with loved ones and servants were invited to the event. The weather favored Hideyoshi: the rains stopped, the sky cleared. It feels like fate itself decided to reward the unique to the country before the inevitable.
In May, Toyotomi’s state suddenly worsens. At first, the encirclement thought that the master had survived the dysentery, it painfully symptoms were similar. Yes, only a little later it turned out that this was completely wrong. By the end of the month, Hideyoshi did not get up and, practically, completely lost his appetite. The famous Shinto priests caused prayers for the health of Toyotomi, but nothing came out. The master did not get better.
Anticipating the approaching bony with a scythe, Hideyoshi is worried about the fate of his own 5-year-old son. He appoints him guardians from among the nearest trusted associates, after which he holds a special ceremony at which the elders give an oath of allegiance to his offspring, fastening it with blood. A little later, the administrators do the same. Also in two weeks, Toyotomi issues his last decree, which has become, in fact, a will.
August 18, the great commander dies in the castle in Fusimi. Modern doctors and historians put forward several causes of Hideyoshi’s death. Oncology of the digestive organs;Perhaps still dysentery;tuberculosis or multiple inflammation of the nerves caused by the lack of vitamin B1. Be that as it may, this is how the path of Toyotomi ended in reality. Without epic battles, the influence of Yokai and other mysticism demonstrated in the game.
Initially, when the purple beard and I only began to dive in the ups and downs of the plot Nioh 2, It seemed to us that, first of all, the developers would rely on the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Because it was he who became the prototype for the cunning Tokitiro merchant. And the clippings from historical works that appeared in front of the KAT scenes only confirmed our guess. However, as it turned out, everything is completely wrong.
The game is quite details, to the best of a fantastic drive plot, systematically narrated, in fact, about the activities of Nobunagi on the unification of Japan. Gamer meets him, literally, at the dawn of his formation, and escorts on the last journey. The story concerns, practically all the main events that have influenced the fate of the ode. As for Toyotomi Hideyoshi, then the developers took him much less space, connecting exclusively a few bright episodes of life in the finale.
In the material, let’s be honest, we specially silent about the events in the game that followed the death of Tokitiro. After all, continue the story, touch at least the fleet of the person of William Adams, and it will already be unrealistic to stop. For the English navigator, navigator and merchant left a huge mark in history, which was reflected not only in Nioh, But even in the novel by the American writer James Clavella "shogun", in the same mini-series, and much more, where else. Perhaps someday, maybe we will still decide on such a difficult survey, but so far we prefer to dwell on the stories of two Japanese unit-Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. And with you was the Cheezzy Violet beard, and we will see each other in the open spaces of Stopgame.ru.