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Chapter 1023 Prelude to the Battle of Osaka

The newly built Nagoya Castle by the shogunate brought together more than [-] shogunate troops. The barracks covered an area of ​​hundreds of miles. Countless food and grass were transported by sea and land from the territory controlled by the shogunate to Nagoya Castle, and then transported to the front line of Nara through Nagoya.

"Everyone follow me!" Nobuzuna Matsudaira rode a horse and led [-] shogunate troops to Kyoto to delay the Shimadzu and Mori's troops in Kyoto, and to delay the Shimadzu's attack on Osaka Castle by Tokugawa Iemitsu. , Maori family.

The defense line of the Fallen Allied Forces is centered on Kyoto and Osaka Castle. Among them, Kyoto is the current base camp of the Fallen Allied Forces, but the importance of Osaka Castle is far higher than that of Kyoto, because Osaka Castle is an important maritime supply line for the Fallen Allied Forces. A little bit of Osaka City was conquered. The rear of the fallen coalition forces could not support Kyoto by sea.

"It's time for us to go. Grandpa captured Toyotomi's Osaka Castle 20 years ago. I will also raze Osaka Castle 20 years later." Tokugawa Iemitsu took the Tokugawa family's helmet from the guard and put it on. on the head.

He was about the same age as Chu Yun, and he should have been a good conservative lord. However, the change in the historical trajectory caused the Tokugawa family to encounter the most powerful enemy in history. The strength of the enemy lies not in the number of people, but in the advanced industrial technology.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna led troops to cut off the connection between Kyoto and Osaka Castle, and the shogun led the main force to launch a winter offensive against Osaka Castle from Nara, Kishu Street and other places!
The 5000 troops stationed in Okayama by the Fallen Allied Forces were the first to be attacked by the Shogunate troops from Nara.

Tens of thousands of shogunate troops were deployed in several formations, the standard bearers in the front row held up the military flag, and the samurai led the soldiers under their command to launch an attack on the Okayama position.Many of these soldiers are peasants who were recruited by force, and most of their weapons are still in the cold weapon era, or they are spears, long knives, samurai swords, or bows and arrows.

But the shogunate army that attacked Okayama had a large number of people, and the situation of the allied forces was not optimistic. Most of them also stayed in the era of cold weapons, and the number of matchlock guns was not large.

Arrows rained down on the battlefield, and under the urging of the warriors, the soldiers bit the bullet and charged the fences and trenches of Okayama, shouting and killing one after another.

The most elite iron artillery team under Mizuno Katsunari stayed by his side. Mizuno Katsunari did not want to join the iron artillery team in the decisive battle that had just begun, and planned to use cheap peasant soldiers recruited by force as cannon fodder to consume the firepower of the defenders.

In addition to the elite iron artillery team recharging their energy, there is also a 500-man cavalry preparing to go into battle.

"The general started to attack Tennoji, intending to conquer Tennoji within three days, and approach the city of Osaka!" Cavalry scouts came from the direction of Tennoji to report to Katsunari Mizuno.

"Tennoji is one of the most suitable for a decisive battle. I didn't expect the rebels to make the same mistake as the Toyotomi family 20 years ago. They wanted to block our offensive at Tennoji. If they were smarter, they should concentrate their main force on the outer mountain roads to block the attack." We, don't let us enter the southern plains of Osaka Castle. However, it is too late now, and the rebels without the main support of the Kyushu Army are vulnerable to the main force of our shogunate." Mizuno Katsunari looked at the group fighting in the Okayama position Soldiers on both sides.

In the Battle of Osaka launched by Tokugawa Ieyasu 20 years ago, he was one of the generals. Now he is still young, as if history is repeating itself.Katsunari Mizuno, who had participated in the Battle of Osaka, knew the few highlands in the southern plains of Osaka Castle well. Once the key points of Okayama, Chausuyama, and Sasayama were captured, the people of Osaka Castle would be panic-stricken, and they might persist for several days. Can't live.

"The General ordered your troops to conquer Okayama within three days, march to Kino Village, seize Xiaoshan, and spy on Sanada Maru!" The cavalry scout conveyed Tokugawa Iemitsu's military order.

The shogunate army used more than 10 troops to attack Osaka Castle, including the miscellaneous soldiers. They were divided into the West Route Army in the direction of Kizhou Street, the Middle Route Army in the direction of Tennoji, and the East Route Army in the direction of Nara Street. , Dozens of formations swept across the plains south of Osaka Castle.

"You go back and tell the general, it doesn't take three days, but two days!" Mizuno Katsunari said confidently.

"Yes!" The cavalry scout left in a hurry.

The distance between Tennoji and Okayama is not far, and the cavalry can easily convey orders.

"Pull up our imitation artillery!" Mizuno Katsunari led the East Route Army, intending to conquer Okayama, then march towards Xiaoshan, and then threaten Osaka Castle.

The shogunate army used the imitation Frang machine artillery, and there are very few new front-mounted guns used by the Kyushu army, but basically the backward Frang machine artillery is the main one.

"Loading ammunition!" The gunner was hastily moving the Franco cannon and the necessary ammunition.

"The Iron Cannon Team is ready to launch an offensive against Okayama later!"

When Mizuno Katsunari was preparing to bombard Okayama with a small number of artillery, he asked his arquebus team to wait for the attack.

"I am willing to lead a team of samurai to attack the defenders from one side!" Miyamoto Musashi, wearing armor, asked Mizuno Katsunari to fight.

"Judging from the resistance of the defenders, their determination to resist is nothing more than that. You should recharge your batteries first, and then decapitate when you encounter a strong enemy." Mizuno Katsunari comforted Miyamoto Musashi who was eager to fight.

"I want to have a duel with the Chinese generals. I heard that Chinese martial arts are superb. I don't know if my samurai sword can defeat them." Miyamoto Musashi's eyes were burning.

"According to the intelligence of the scouts, a team of the Kyushu Army arrived ahead of schedule, and they were deployed in Xiaoshan behind Okayama, and we will meet them soon," said Mizuno Katsunari.

"What's the name of their general?" Miyamoto Musashi asked.

Mizuno Katsucheng thought for a while: "Lu Xiangsheng."

The shogunate army launched a winter offensive, and Hachisuka Tadaei, the lord of the Tokushima domain who was in charge of defending Tennoji, struggled to support himself under the attack of the shogunate's "Shinsengumi".

Shogunate General Tokugawa Iemitsu rode his horse, drew his samurai sword, and led a new type of iron artillery team to attack Hachisuka Tadaei's main camp in the south of Tennoji Temple.

The firearms used by the new iron artillery team are flintlock guns that surpassed the matchlock guns. It was one of the firearms used by the Kyushu Army to support them against the fallen coalition forces.

The elite main force led by Hachisuka Zhongying, who defended Tennoji, also used front-loading flintlocks. They began to try to imitate the French 1777 front-loading flintlocks of the Kyushu Army a few years ago. Years of continuous wars made their muskets Technology is also developing rapidly, but the lack of raw materials for black powder such as saltpeter, and the lack of machine tool technology keep their musket manufacturing at the manual stage, with limited annual output.

"The artillery team supports the general!"

The retainers of the shogunate saw their own Tokugawa Iemitsu leading troops to charge in person, all of them had red eyes, and they also brought their subordinates to follow Tokugawa Iemitsu into the battlefield of Tennoji.

Another battle of Osaka Castle after a lapse of 20 years once again decided the fate of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

(End of this chapter)