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1. Kobayakawa Hideaki

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   The Iron Shot Dispersal
   Historical consensus suggests that Tokugawa Ieyasu, frustrated by Kobayakawa's perceived inaction during the struggle against Ishida Mitsunari's Western Army, ordered his arquebusiers to fire warning shots directly at Kobayakawa’s position, a maneuver known as Tetsuhazushi (Iron Shot Dispersal) [^7]. These shots, fired from Tokugawa lines, were not intended to inflict casualties but rather to break the psychological …