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Line 1: − + − + − + + + − + − Learning of the death of [[Oda Nobunaga]] at the hands of Akechi Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi quickly signed an armistice with the [[Mori]] and raced back to the Kyoto region. Akechi, who had failed to gather any support beyond those familes already loyal to the Akechi, was confronted at [[Yamazaki]] on 2 July. His troops failed to take the locally important [[Tennôzan]] and were routed when flanked after Hideyoshi's army forced a crossing of the Enmyôji River. Mitsuhide himself was killed attempting to flee to [[Sakamoto Castle]], which fell soon afterwards to [[Hori Hidemasa]]. + − Yet, as fate would have it, Oda Nobunaga himself was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide just days later, and the Uesugi would be granted a reprieve. + − KIA: (Akechi, in the immediate aftermath) Akechi Mitsuhide, [[Saito Toshimitsu]]. + − + − KIA: (Uesugi) [[Tadanume Yasushike]], [[Takemata Yoshitsuna]], [[Yoshie Kagesuke]], ect... − − − − ---- − − −
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* ''Date: 2 July [[1582]]''
* [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] (20,000) vs. [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] (10,000)
* ''Location: [[Settsu]]''
** ''Date: [[1582]]/7/2''
* ''Battle''
** ''Location: [[Settsu Province|Settsu]]''
** ''Battle''
** ''KIA: Akechi Mitsuhide (in the immediate aftermath), [[Saito Toshimitsu]]''
[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] (20,000) vs. [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] (10,000)
Learning of the death of [[Oda Nobunaga]] at the hands of Akechi Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi quickly signed an armistice with the [[Mori clan|Mori]] and raced back to the Kyoto region. Akechi, who had failed to gather any support beyond those families already loyal to the Akechi, was confronted at [[Yamazaki]] on 2 July. His troops failed to take the locally important [[Tennozan]] and were routed when flanked after Hideyoshi's army forced a crossing of the Enmyoji River. Mitsuhide himself was killed attempting to flee to [[Sakamoto castle]], which fell soon afterwards to [[Hori Hidemasa]].
==References==
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[[Category:Battles|Yamazaki]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period|Yamazaki]]
[[Category:Battles]]
