In the blink of an eye, it is already February of the twenty-seventh year of Chongzhen. In Japan, it is February of the thirty-first year of Kanei, or February of the third year of the reign of Emperor Chongzhen. Today, Japan still has two era names.

, among which the Kan'ei era name belongs to Emperor Komu Emperor Koiko, while the Chengying era name belongs to Koko's younger brother Shao Ren.

Since there are two emperors in one Japan, it means that the civil war in Japan is still going on!

The Tokugawa shogunate controlled by the second and third Tokugawa generations was indeed able to withstand more attacks than the shogunate controlled by Tokugawa Kei in history. Emperor Rao Shixingzi and his husband Zhu Cijiong received extremely powerful support from the Ming Dynasty, and they did not

They were able to invade Kinei in the second year after raising their troops, let alone end the war... In fact, without the great detour route proposed by Zhu Cixiang, they would not have succeeded in ascending Luoyang in the 30th year of Kan'ei. Because Maeda had millions

The resistance of the Kanazawa clan was much more intense than they imagined.

Although Zhu Cijiong, who marched by land, successfully captured Noto, a "cityless country" (Nanao Castle was rebuilt immediately after Zhu Cijiong captured Noto), he was blocked by the Kaga-Fukui coalition forces in Shogawa, the eastern part of Kaga Country for nearly a month.

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Although Zhu Cihong, who was finally supported by the Echigo Corps commanded by Uesugi Tsunakatsu, still won the battle of Shogawa, the Kaga Domain Lord Maeda Toshimune still used this time to rush back to his home city of Kanazawa Castle from the Edo Domain Residence, and also brought back

A large number of samurai (originally deployed in feudal residences and Kyoto mansions). So when Zhu Cijiong and Uesugi Tsusade defeated Kanazawa Castle, this building began to be built in the Tenbun period (built by monks of Honganji Temple and Ichiko sect disciples), and later passed by

During the reign of Sakuma Masato and the Maeda Toshiie, the castle was repeatedly built and expanded, and it was now completely in the state of a "cage castle".

Faced with such a strong city, Zhu Cijiong certainly did not dare to expect a quick victory, so he had to slowly dig trenches, besiege, and bombard... And when bombarding Jinzao, Zhu Cijiong discovered that Jinzao City was particularly vulnerable to bombardment.

.Because this castle was built on the foundation of the old city, the platform is very high. Under the main building of the castle is a thick layer of rammed earth, surrounded by stones. The people of Kanazawa Domain have long known about Xingmu

The Emperor's artillery was so powerful that he dug many holes for firing artillery on the rammed earth base of Kanazawa Castle. When Zhu Cijiong brought in the 24-pound black pot artillery for bombardment, all the samurai, women and children in Kanazawa Castle who did not need to go to the city to guard the city hid in it.

Protect the bomb hole.

Therefore, although the shells fired by the 24-pound black pot ignited and destroyed many buildings in Kanazawa Castle, and even the Honmaru Hall was burned down, it did not kill many defenders, nor did it destroy the city wall-Kanazawa's city wall was made of large stones.

The rammed earth pedestal is impossible to be blown up by explosive shells.

In the end, Zhu Cijiong had no choice but to send out grenadiers to attack. He relied on artillery suppression and grenades to open the way, and then he invaded Jinzao City. Then he fought fiercely for a whole day and night around every courtyard and tunnel in Jinzao City.

Only then did he finally capture the castle and force Maeda Tossune to commit seppuku!

Although Maeda Toshitsune died, his resistance bought time for the Fukui Domain and the Obama Domain to transfer. Among them, the Echizen Fukui Domain withdrew to Kitaomi and Yamashiro Province (the seat of Kyoto), and acquired Fushimi Castle as a new

As a castle, the castle was also given the Kogen Castle (bastion) located on the west bank of Lake Biwa as a stronghold to resist Emperor Komu's army.

The Obama clan moved to Tanba Kameyama Castle and took possession of the Kameyama Castle built by Mitsuhide Akechi and the surrounding 100,000 stone land.

Moreover, the Hikone Domain, which is located east of Kita Omi, also completed the construction of Nagahama Castle (bastion).

Although the armies of Zhu Cijiong and Uesugi Tsunakatsu quickly wiped out the two countries of Echizen and Wakasa, they failed in their advance towards Kitanomi and failed to break Nagahama Castle before the late autumn of Kanei's 30th year, so they had to return to Fukui Castle for repairs.

At the same time, Emperor Komu's battles between Iwami and Kitakyushu achieved very good results thanks to the help of Osaka's "Ten Men in Two Substitutes". Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi, who was in charge of Nagoya Castle, and Ogasawara of the Ogura Domain

Tadama was betrayed by profiteers from Nagasaki, Hirado, Hakata, and the Shimadzu family who were in debt. When Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi rescued Kokura Castle, the gate of Nagoya Castle was blocked by the Shimadzu family who came to rescue.

He deceived him and welcomed Emperor Komu who was coming from the sea.

Subsequently, the troops of Emperor Komu and the Shimadzu family went to attack Ogura. With the cooperation of the businessmen who had sneaked in in advance, the raid was successful. Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi and Ogasawara Tadama both fled and fled back to Osaka by sea. Later, they fled to Osaka by sea.

Ogasawara Tadama became a scapegoat and committed seppuku in Osaka Castle! And Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi was forced to live in seclusion and became a monk, returning to Owari Domain to work as a fake monk...

After taking Bungo Kingdom, Kyushu's Fukuoka Domain (Kuroda Family), Saga (Nabeshima Family), Kurume (Arima Family), Yanagawa (Tachibana Family), Kumamoto (Hosokawa Family) and other powerful clans successively

Defection. Coupled with the two feudal clans of Choshu and Satsuma that had previously defected, Emperor Komu's journey could be regarded as fruitful.

Because he found that the route pointed out by Zhu Cixiang was easy to fight, Zhu Cijiong also led 15,000 elite troops to Kokura Castle by water in the winter of the 30th year of Kanei (Okura is the residence of Emperor Kokura in Kyushu), and joined forces with Emperor Kokura's army.

.And in the first month of Kanei’s 31st year, he started the Shikoku-Seto Inland Sea strategy.

The Shikoku-Seto Inland Sea strategy also went extremely smoothly. On the one hand, the Seto Inland Sea can be said to be the territory of Osaka's profiteers, and their merchant fleets used the Seto Inland Sea for transportation; on the other hand, the Tosa Domain on Shikoku Island has risen again.

Become an insider.

Therefore, when the war progressed to February of the 31st year of Kanei, even Awaji Island, the gateway to Osaka, had been occupied by Emperor Komu's troops.

Osaka Bay is right in front of you!

The Tokugawa shogunate also responded quickly. On the first day of February in the 31st year of Kanei, an order was sent to Osaka Castle to seal Osaka with 600,000 koku to Tokugawa Yorinobu.

"Kishu has 550,000 koku and Osaka has 600,000 koku. That's 1.15 million koku! It's really enviable!"

In Osaka Castle, Tokugawa Yorinobu glared at his brother Tokugawa Yorifou, "If you are really envious, then I will trade with you... You will be the lord of Osaka with 1.15 million koku, and I will be the lord of Ueno with 500,000 koku."

The lord of the feudal lord."

It turns out that Tokugawa Yorifusa has also received benefits. Now he is no longer the deputy general who stayed in Kyoto, but was granted the title of 500,000 koku in Ueno Country! He will soon go to Ueno Country to take office, and now he comes to Osaka to say goodbye to his brother for the last time.

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That’s right, it’s the last goodbye!

Osaka's 1.1 million stone feudal lord is really not easy to be. Because Emperor Komu has already brought the coalition forces of Mori, Kuroda, Hosokawa, Nabeshima, Shimazu, Yamauchi, Arima, Tachibana, Matsuura, Mune, Sagara and other families to approach.

100,000 troops were stationed on Awaji Island, and they were about to attack Osaka Castle.

When Tokugawa Yorifou heard this, he had a serious expression on his face, "Juro, this is your second fourteenth birthday! Your father's spirit in heaven will definitely bless you."

Tokugawa Yorinobu nodded heavily and said: "You are right... I have been waiting for this opportunity all my life! So even if Kobuin has a million troops, it is impossible to break Osaka Castle!"

"Okay!" Tokugawa Yorifu said with a smile, "With Juro stationed in Osaka, we can safely deploy troops in Ueno, Shinano, Yamagata and Echigo. After we defeat the rebels in those places, we can then concentrate our forces
Chapter completed!