Father-in-law Wei, who set off from Tsuchihara to Osaka, expressed great regret for what he saw.

Osaka, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi's base, is also the vice capital of Japan before the Tokugawa shogunate, whether it is economic, cultural, or trade is very prosperous, in Japan is similar to the emperor's Matsue, but now it is a place of ruins.

If the shogunate makes a big fuss about the Osaka incident, it is easy to arouse the hatred of all walks of life in Japan against the emperor and the imperial army, and sabotage the imperial army's grand strategy of conquering Japan, so Gonggong Wei needs to give a reasonable explanation from the Youxi detachment.

After Gonggong Wei, dressed in a bullfighting suit, a white cloak, and wearing white gloves, walked into the conference room, the officers of the Youxi detachment immediately stood up and shouted loyalty.

Gonggong Wei waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said in a deep voice: "The emperor's army is a great soldier, an invincible army of benevolence and righteousness, so it is the style of the imperial army to burn down the city and massacre the civilians!" ”

After the city washing incident, the officers also had introspection and knew that this was a major violation of military law, so they were afraid of being held accountable from above.

In the end, it was Wang Youxi who carried the anger of his father-in-law alone, and the explanation he gave was that the Japanese Osaka Castle Daishi Yamada Tadaichi was extremely stupid, so that the officers and soldiers of the detachment paid unnecessary casualties in the battle to attack Osaka.

In the process, a considerable number of Osaka residents also participated in assisting the Japanese army in defending the castle, especially in the castle town, where many wealthy families organized against the Imperial Army, which caused the casualties of the Yuki detachment to continue to increase, and finally the anger of the officers and soldiers led to the first large-scale city purge since the establishment of the Imperial Army.

"That's not a reason for you to wash the city!"

Gonggong Wei was dissatisfied with this explanation, but Wang Youxi was his brother-in-law, and he couldn't reprimand him in front of everyone.

Jiang Xifeng, the chief of staff of the base camp, knew the relationship between Wang Youxi, the head of the detachment, and Wei's father-in-law, so he came out to speak for Wang Youxi at this time.

He said: "My father-in-law did not know that after the landing of the Yuki detachment, in order to quickly occupy Osaka in order to complete the established battle plan of the base camp, the officers and men of the detachment immediately advanced to Osaka, so that the baggage troops could not follow, and the troops faced the serious problem of food supply interruption. Therefore, in order to better complete the battle plan of the base camp, it is necessary for the troops to be collected on the spot. ”

Jiang Xifeng said it very tactfully, but at the same time, he also reminded Gonggong Wei that when the battle plan against Japan was drawn up, the grain and grass would be solved on the spot, but you Gonggong Wei drafted it himself and reported it to Zhejiang and Fujian.

Therefore, the sacking of Osaka was not simply the indiscriminate killing of innocents by the Ariki detachment, but had an actual military need.

In fact, since the beginning of the war, all units of the Imperial Army have implemented a "local solution" plan for Japanese villages and towns along the route, and even if the officers and men of the Imperial Army have strict military discipline, some unpleasant things will inevitably occur in the process of settlement.

The reason why the Osaka incident angered Gonggong Wei was because the scale was too large, and if the Youxi detachment could be slightly restrained and the death toll was less than 10,000 people, perhaps the staff headquarters would be able to suppress this matter.

Civilian casualties in wartime are acceptable.

Ma Wenqing, the main force of the Youxi detachment and the captain of the First Infantry Wing of the Taiwan Garrison Division, also admitted in a timely manner, he said: "Father-in-law, not everyone among the Japanese people is willing to discuss the shogunate... In the process of expropriation, it is inevitable that they will be attacked by uncooperative elements, and in order to defend themselves, it is necessary for the imperial army to counterattack and deter appropriately. ”

Father-in-law Wei was silent for a moment, and motioned for his brother-in-law and third aunt and cousin to sit down.

"The death toll you reported is 26,000, but Osaka is a big city, and there are only 26,000 inhabitants in the city!"

It was his brother-in-law who ordered the city to be cleaned, and it was also a strategy proposed by his own family to solve it on the spot, what can Father-in-law Wei say, he only wants to know the real number of people slaughtered now.

Ma Wenqing and others hesitated a little, but in the end Wang Youxi gave the truth, and he told his brother-in-law that the death toll in Osaka was about 60,000.

"It is difficult to distinguish between the soldiers and the people, the master and the Japanese are mixed among the people, it is difficult to distinguish at all, and I am afraid that the rest of the region will follow Osaka's example to resist the imperial army, so I ordered the city to be washed, if the court wants to punish it, I will bear it alone, don't embarrass my subordinates."

In front of his brother-in-law, Wang Youxi, a simple farmer in the past, looked very frank.

Father-in-law Wei was a little impressed with his brother-in-law, he is an honest man, can an honest man do such a thing as washing the city?

"In the future, such incidents must be cautious."

Killing his brother-in-law to set the record straight and please all walks of life in Japan, Father-in-law Wei will definitely not be able to do it, he can't let his sister stay a widow, and his nephews will have no father.

But there must be a reasonable reason for this.

Therefore, after peeling back the cocoon, the wealthy families of the castle town who were slaughtered became the fuse and scapegoat of the Osaka incident.

The shogunate's accomplices, the insatiable vampires, and the parasites that knock out the bones and suck the marrow became the defining words of Osaka's wealthy households.

Duke Wei ordered all the departments of the imperial army to inform the shogunate to control the cities, but those who resisted the imperial army were like Osaka, and the people in the city were all broken.

At the same time, the Japanese poor were widely mobilized to distribute the floating wealth and houses of the rich who could not be taken away, setting off a vigorous campaign of "attacking the shogunate and dividing the land."

At the same time, Wei Laojiu was ordered to carry out an operation codenamed "Mei", the core of which was to transport a large amount of Japanese wealth, including but not limited to antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver, and jewelry, back to the emperor.

The offensive and defensive battles on the front line in Nara continued.

Considering the presence of ships of the Ming army in the waters of Edo and the fact that a Ming army had landed at Osaka, posing a threat to the flank of the shogunate army in Nara, the Japanese army was in fact unable to capture Nara.

As a result, the shogunate's main battle faction, led by Tokugawa Hidetada, began to plan to retreat their troops to Kyoto to avoid the Ming army, which could maneuver by sea.

Thus being able to lure the main force of the Ming army to the decisive battle in Kyoto.

The shogunate believed that there was an emperor in Kyoto, and if the Ming army attacked Kyoto, it would be impossible for the feudal states in various regions to sit idly by and watch the emperor fall into the hands of the Ming state.

Therefore, it was extremely advantageous for the shogunate to shrink its forces in Kyoto to seek a final decisive battle.

The shogunate's new strategic changes soon reached the desk of Duke Wei through the Ju Agency, who instructed the Imperial Army to conquer Kyoto against all odds.

Tomorrow, the two sides will continue to invest troops in the direction of Kyoto, and the total strength of the Imperial Army will reach more than 50,000 troops, including all the Guards Division, two wings of the Taiwan Garrison Division, the Taiwan Volunteer Emperor's Allied Army, the Fujian and Zhejiang soldiers, and the Phi Dao Special Detachment.

However, these parts were scattered on the front line of Nara, Tsu City, and Osaka, so in order to unify the command and strengthen the combat effectiveness of the various departments, Gong Wei specially ordered the base camp to form the Kyoto Dispatch Army, also known as the First Army.

The First Army is composed of all the Guards Division, a wing of the Taiwan Garrison Division, and the Taiwan Volunteer Emperor's Allied Army.

In addition, the troops are under the unified command of the "Youxi Detachment" and the "Xuewen Detachment."

On the naval side, the Marine Forces are responsible for controlling coastal ports.