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Chapter 1060 Siege of Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't know that his base camp, Edo Castle, had fallen, and he was leading a large army to fight on the Kii Peninsula. The battle at this time was extremely fierce.The Kanto samurai group represented by the Tokugawa family knew that if they were defeated, they would lose all their privileges, so they fought to the death in the Tennoji and Okayama areas, and their determination to fight was even stronger than that of the allied forces.

If the Kyushu Army hadn't sent an expeditionary force of an infantry brigade to assist the Allied Forces of the Fallen Shogunate in launching a counterattack, the Allied Forces of the Fallen Shogunate might not be able to suppress the Shogunate army.

Lu Xiangsheng and the infantry brigade who came to support joined forces to attack Tennoji, and encountered the fiercest resistance from Tokugawa Iemitsu headquarters.The two sides fought back and forth at Tennoji Temple. Tokugawa Iemitsu's will surprised Lu Xiangsheng and other Kyushu Army officers. , Tachibana Muneshige led the downfall coalition forces dragged around the Tennoji Temple.

"If the commander of the regiment leads the entire regiment this time, he should be able to easily defeat the shogunate army gathered around the Tennoji Temple." A brigade commander of the Second Corps led the team.

"The strength of a corps can indeed quickly defeat the defense line of Tennoji Temple, but the military department used two fleets to participate in the war. The protagonist of this war is the navy. Our army department only needs to besiege the shogunate army on the Kii Peninsula. Give them a chance to escape. As long as their supplies are cut off, the only way is to surrender. The Admiralty is attacking Nagoya and Edo, cutting off the opponent's retreat." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"Forcibly landing them, then we don't have to attack so violently, which can save some ammunition and the lives of soldiers." The army brigade commander said.

While other countries are thinking about how to win the battle, what the Kyushu Army wants is how to achieve the set goal with the smallest cost.

After the Kyushu army made up their mind to make an emergency landing on the shogunate army, they reduced their firepower to attack Tennoji Temple. Instead, they built a defense line along the Tennoji Temple area and confronted the Shogunate army at Tennoji Temple.Tianwang Temple was originally a temple, but after the two sides segregated the area back and forth, Tianwang Temple was destroyed beyond recognition, leaving only a pile of ruins.

"The enemy's offensive has stopped!" The shoguns who were fighting hard at Tennoji cheered when they discovered that the offensive of the Kyushu Army infantry brigade had stopped.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who personally led the army to fight fiercely, breathed a sigh of relief, took the towel from the attendant, and wiped his face covered in gunpowder smoke and dust.

It took a lot of effort for tens of thousands of them to block the 3000-strong infantry brigade, and even he, the shogun, personally went into battle to command the army to inspire people so that the whole army would not collapse.

"If our army was still ten years ago, maybe the defense line of Tennoji would have collapsed long ago." Tokugawa Iemitsu said with emotion.

With the iron artillery team and a small number of artillery troops from the Warring States Period in Japan, the tens of thousands of shogunate troops may not be able to stop the attack of 3000 Kyushu troops.When Tokugawa Iemitsu was in power, he used a large amount of silver produced by the silver mine to buy a large number of Frang machine artillery from the Frang machine who was willing to sell artillery, and also hired various artillery experts to imitate the smoothbore gun of the Kyushu army. Only with the Shinsengumi army equipped with flintlock guns was it possible to see-saw back and forth with the infantry brigade of the Kyushu Army at Tennoji.

"Although the number of opponents is small, the firepower is extremely fierce. Even if our warriors break through their blockade, they will still use a dagger mounted on a musket to fight us. Their soldiers are proficient in operating this kind of dagger One person can fight with two or three of our samurai in close combat without losing the wind." Minister Mitsumasa Ikeda wiped the bloody samurai sword, feeling sincere fear of the combat power of the Kyushu Army soldiers.

Whether it is long-range firepower or short-range combat, they are not opponents of the Kyushu Army.

"Should we be thankful that the other party only came with part of their troops, as if their real main force has not yet arrived?" said another minister, Tadaaki Matsudaira.

"No, you look at the opponent's firepower. During fierce battles, you don't worry about insufficient gunpowder or shells at all. Presumably, the Kyushu Army with thousands of people needs an astonishing amount of logistical supplies, let alone tens of thousands of people. How much. Unless this battle concerns their important interests, their main army will come out. I am afraid that it is a life-and-death battle for us, but they still don’t pay enough attention to it. Only an elite force is sent. I think it can solve the problem." Tokugawa Iemitsu sees it through, thinking that the Kyushu Army does not want to use a lot of manpower and financial resources to occupy Dongying.

The large-scale attack on the Nanyang region was for oil and the monopoly of the spice trade. As for the occupation of Japan, it was originally for the silver mines and Chu Yun's feelings.

"What I'm worried about is our rear. I don't know what's going on at Edo Castle. The scouts we sent out haven't responded." Tokugawa Iemitsu was worried. He was more worried about the safety of the rear than the front of Tennoji.

The reinforcements of the Kyushu Army stopped the attack on Tennoji, and at the same time, Lu Xiangsheng issued an order to besiege Tokugawa Iemitsu's army to Yamauchi Tadyoshi, Tachibana Soshige and other fallen coalition daimyos.

Since an infantry brigade was put into the Osaka battlefield, Lu Xiangsheng was the leader of the allied forces. After all, the Kyushu Army changed the situation of the entire Osaka battlefield with 3000 soldiers.

"Our samurai are ready to fight and defeat the shogunate army. Why did we suddenly stop the offensive?" Munemo Tachibana, one of the commanders of the fallen coalition forces, rode over in confusion to ask Lu Xiangsheng and others to blame.

"The tactics have been changed. There is no need to implement a full-scale offensive to destroy the opponent, but to delay the shogunate army on the Kii Peninsula, let their morale collapse, and surrender themselves." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"You want them to surrender? Could it be that your army has the ability to cut off their retreat?" Tachibana Zongshige asked.

"Actually, our fleet is capturing Nagoya and Edo Castle. The shogunate army trapped near Tennoji will soon run out of food. If they don't surrender by then, it is very likely that people will eat people. .” Lu Xiangsheng looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu’s army huddled in Tennoji.

Sometimes a large number of troops is not necessarily a good thing, and the supply of food will become a difficult thing. The food brought by Tokugawa Iemitsu with the army cannot support them for a few days.

"Has the Beiyang Fleet returned?" Tachibana Muneshige asked.

"No, according to the deployment of the military department, the fleets dispatched are the Zhili Fleet and the Fourth Fleet." Lu Xiangsheng replied.

"Fourth Fleet?! When will there be another Fourth Fleet?" Tachibana Muneshige was taken aback.He only knew that in addition to the Beiyang Fleet, the Kyushu Army had two other fleets, but he did not expect that there would be a fourth fleet out of thin air.

(End of this chapter)