Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 416 Diancheng

Diancheng, a large city closest to Edo from Kyoto, Japan.

The Yodo clan's Inaba family controls this castle, and the current head of the family is Masakatsu Inaba.

Inaba Masakatsu is the eldest son of Inaba Masanari, his mother is Saito Fuku, the wet nurse of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third-generation general of the Tokugawa shogunate (also known as Afu, the protagonist of the Kasuga Bureau Rebellion), and his younger brother is Inaba Masakichi.

In the ninth year of Qingcho (1604), Hidetada, the second-generation general of the Tokugawa shogunate, and his wife (Odaisho) Ae gave birth to his son Takechiyo (later Tokugawa Iemitsu).

Soon after, Hidetada's father, the first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, recruited Takechiyo's wet nurse in Kyoto, and Masakatsu's mother, Fuku, later also became Tokugawa Iemitsu's wet nurse.Masakatsu and Masakichi, the sons of Ah Fu, also became Takechiyo's breast brothers and Takechiyo's servants.

In the first year of Kanei (1624), Masakatsu was awarded [-] stones to the Makabe Domain of the Hitachi Kingdom, and thus became a daimyo.

Generally speaking, this is a guy whose son depends on his mother, and he has become famous because his mother is the wet nurse of the current head of the Tokugawa family.

But it has to be said that he also has certain abilities, otherwise, even if his mother blows the pillow wind in Tokugawa Iemitsu's ears, Tokugawa Iemitsu would not be able to hand over the important city of Yodojo to him.

Although Diancheng seems to be just a relatively grand city near Kyoto now, but if it is counted ten or twenty years ago, Diancheng was just built at that time and it was also called Fushimi Castle. It was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the three heroes of the Warring States Period, in his later years.

Even in his later years, he died in it. There were a large number of samurai living in the city. It can be said that it was the second largest city in Japan with the largest population except Kyoto at that time. It was far more than [-] people than Edo Castle of the Tokugawa family.

The status of Diancheng at that time can be imagined.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, the new Tokugawa family took over the Fushimi Castle that was destroyed by the Western Army's attack.

Because it is located between Kyoto and Osaka, in order to facilitate the monitoring of the imperial court and Toyotomi Hideyori, Tokugawa Ieyasu quickly rebuilt it and changed its name to the current Yodo Castle, where he assumed the post of General Zhengyi.

It can be said that Yodo Castle has witnessed the decline and rise of two generations of heroes in the Wa Kingdom in recent decades, and has a pivotal position in the entire Wa Kingdom. Without certain abilities, it is completely impossible for Masakatsu Inaba to become the Lord of Yodo Castle!
The news of the fall of Kyoto had reached Yodo Castle a few days ago. Masakatsu Inaba quickly gathered the samurai in the city to make defensive preparations just in case, and quickly sent a message to the surrounding area and the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo and the forces affiliated with the shogunate. Sent a call for help.

Regarding whether the Tokugawa shogunate will come to rescue Yodo Castle, Inaba Masakatsu has sufficient confidence. This is because Yodo Castle not only has a glorious historical status, but its location is also a strategic location.

Once the Ming army is allowed to take Yodo Castle, the Ming army can completely occupy the Yodo River and take Osaka Castle down the river.

After taking Osaka, the Ming army could send the navy to transport troops from Yodogawa to the inland of Japan through warships at a faster speed, so as to attack the country of Japan with faster, more and larger offensives.

Therefore, Inaba Masakatsu did not have to worry about whether the shogunate would send troops to rescue.

Seeing the first snowfall of this year, watching the silver coats quickly put on all over the city, and the snow-covered roads outside the city getting thicker and thicker.

Masakatsu Inaba, who had been waiting for rescue with one heart in his heart, was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

As we all know, it is not suitable to go to war in a snowy day, and this point is the same whether it is the Wa country or the Ming Dynasty.

So in Inaba Masakatsu's view, this snow is simply the favor of Amaterasu, and this snow will undoubtedly buy him more time.

At least before the snow melts, Diancheng should be safe.

Masakatsu Inaba, who had just finished inspecting the city wall, tightened his cotton coat, and with a relieved smile on his face, he talked and laughed with his retainers and returned to the mansion.

What he didn't know was that in the snowy day when he thought it was impossible for the Ming army to go to war, the Ming army actually launched an offensive against common sense.

……

The snow wind howled.

About two hundred miles away from Diancheng, an ice dragon was advancing at an incredible speed.

If someone took a closer look, they would be horrified to find that this huge ice and snow dragon was actually composed of Ming soldiers wearing snow-white warm capes and riding sleds.

Nearly [-] troops, everyone stepping on sledges, and the luggage was dragged by sleds formed by deer captured from the Japanese mainland, and the large troops continued to approach Diancheng.

The sky kept getting darker during the journey. Since it was the eastern season, the daytime was less frequent than the nighttime, and the sky began to gradually darken before Shenshi.

The Ming army, who had been driving for a day, also found a place to camp and stopped, and began to camp to rest.

The thick curtain of the central army tent was suddenly lifted, and a little wind and snow quickly poured into the warm tent as the curtain was lifted.

But as the person who opened the tent quickly entered and lowered the curtain again, the inside of the tent and the outside of the tent were once again separated into two worlds.

The cold peak roared outside the tent.

Even though the soldiers on night watch were wrapped tightly, they still couldn't stop the cold wind blowing into their bodies from some gaps, making them shiver.

Inside the tent, it was as warm as spring.

Several coal stoves are placed around the tent, and the blazing flames in the coal stoves provide sufficient warmth and comfort for the entire tent.

Bai Polu wiped off the snowflakes on his body a few times, and while walking towards the master bedroom in the tent, he asked aloud, "How far are we from Diancheng?"

A young man behind him who was also patting snowflakes on his body stopped immediately and replied: "Commander, our army is now less than two hundred miles away from Diancheng, and it is estimated that we will be able to reach Diancheng tomorrow afternoon."

The person who answered the question was none other than Cao Bianjiao.

After listening to Cao Bianjiao's report, Bai Polu frowned.

Can we arrive tomorrow afternoon?
Doesn't that mean that you have to rest for one night before you can start the siege?
He has more than 10,000 people with him, and once he gets close to Diancheng for a hundred miles, he is very likely to be discovered. If he brings these [-]+ people close, he will immediately alarm Diancheng. Diancheng had already made preparations for defense, so wouldn't he and the others lose the opportunity to sneak attack?

Bai Polu frowned deeply, Cao Bianjiao saw it, and asked, "Marshal, what are you thinking?"

Bai Polu came back to his senses, and instead of answering Cao Bianjiao's question, he asked again: "Is there no way to go faster?"

Cao Bianjiao shook his head in embarrassment: "Commander, we are already waiting very fast. Now the land is falling, and the road has long been covered with snow. If it is not for the sleigh invented by His Majesty, our army would not be in this kind of weather at all. ability to fight.

Today's speed has reached the limit, and it can't go any faster. "

Bai Polu fell silent upon hearing this.

Indeed, now the speed of myself and others is almost described as fast, how can it be faster?

Unconsciously looking around, Bai Polu's eyes froze suddenly, and then he quickly walked towards the thing he saw...

　After one hour of writing, I checked the information of Edo, Japan for two or three hours, it was terrible!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)