You must know that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea in the previous life actually greatly weakened his own strength, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who originally wanted to suppress, was allowed to stay in Nagoya Castle for garrison work in the name of crusading against the remnants of the Hojo clan because of the approval of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and did not directly participate in the two battles.

Therefore, the Korean War had less impact on Tokugawa Ieyasu, so its influence gradually increased, and only Maeda Toshiie, who was also one of the five elders, had the strength to counterbalance Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Before his death, Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked the "Five Elders" and the "Five Ministers" to exchange pleadings to make them loyal to the Toyotomi family. Among them, the five elders were the five most powerful daimyo at that time, namely Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Ukita Hideie, Mori Terumoto, and Kobayakawa Takakei, and later Uesugi Keikatsu. The fundamental purpose was to curb the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu through a collegial system to ensure that the Toyotomi regime could be passed on from generation to generation.

It's just that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's idea is good, because of the Korean War, except for Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshiie, the other three of the five elders participated in the Korean War, and all suffered heavy losses.

But fortunately, there is still the Maeda Toshiya, but the idea is beautiful, and the reality is the backbone, not long after Toyotomi Hideyoshi died, the Maeda Toshiya also died. Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally saw the opportunity for himself to become the king, and others couldn't stop him at all, and this is exactly the case, Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the Tokugawa shogunate.

What about this life? Ukita Hideie, Mori Terumoto, and Kobayakawa Takakei all stayed in North Korea.

The battle died in battle, the captured was captured, this is no longer a big loss of strength but the annihilation of the whole army, what about the remaining Maeda Toshiya? Died in the battle on Kyushu Island, the army was wiped out, and the Navy Division was also wiped out, so who is the strongest now? Tokugawa Ieyasu, of course.

Under such circumstances, Toyotomi Hideyoshi directly left Tokugawa Ieyasu in Fushimi Castle and did not allow him to leave Fushimi Castle at all.

Originally, Toyotomi Hideyoshi still trusted Tokugawa Ieyasu, although the two had fought before, Toyotomi Hideyoshi married his sister Asahi Ji to Tokugawa Ieyasu, as the main room of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and sent his mother Daisesho back to Tokugawa Ieyasu to be a hostage, but the two of them have gotten along very well over the years.

In terms of relationship, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is still Tokugawa Ieyasu's brother-in-law, and this trust was also Toyotomi Hideyoshi's self-confidence in the past.

It's just that at this time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi can only withdraw this confidence, because he really has no confidence.

Osaka Castle, as the largest city in the Wa Kingdom, the strategic position is naturally not said, once Osaka Castle falls, then the entire Kyoto will be exposed to the Ming army's military peaks, in this case, Toyotomi Hideyoshi naturally wants to send his most trusted people to garrison here, if it is not inseparable from Fushimi Castle, Toyotomi Hideyoshi wants to come to Osaka Castle in person.

As for why Toyotomi Hideyoshi can't leave Fushimi Castle, the reason is also very simple, that is, he is needed there.

In the current situation, once Toyotomi Hideyoshi leaves Fushimi Castle, there will definitely be chaos in Kyoto, if you are attacked from both sides, and the enemy will be attacked on the back and back, Toyotomi Hideyoshi will not dare to take this risk at all. Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent his younger brother Toyotomi Hidenaga to Osaka Castle in order to stabilize Osaka Castle.

As long as Osaka Castle is stabilized, then the position of the Toyotomi family will not be shaken, and if it can repel several attacks of the Ming army, then there is a possibility of peace talks.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Weixian doesn't care about these, he only cares about one thing, that is, how to break Osaka City. The Ming army's formation was soon deployed, and the cannons were also lined up, and after Zhang Weixian's order, the cannons began to bombard Osaka City.

This time, because of a mistake in the report, Zhang Weixian brought a heavy artillery and wasted a lot of strength.

Now that the belt has been brought, it is natural to use it, and several heavy artillery pieces are arranged in the center and an artillery bombardment is launched against Osaka Castle.

Holding the telescope in his hand, Zhang Weixian watched the artillery bombard Osaka Castle, and after bombarding it for half an hour, the walls of Osaka Castle finally collapsed. Zhang Weixian put down the binoculars in his hand and said directly: "Siege the city!" ”

With Zhang Weixian's words, the Ming army rushed to Osaka Castle like a tide, and it was only one day before and after the Ming army landed and attacked Osaka Castle, and Osaka Castle, the largest city in the Japanese Kingdom, was captured by the Ming army. You must know that Zhang Weixian brought a full 100,000 troops this time, in addition to the 50,000 infantry team of the water division, there are also 50,000 elites of the Beijing battalion.

In front of the Ming army, the Osaka Castle of the Wa Kingdom and the troops within the Osaka Castle could not live at a low level at all.

At the same time that the Ming army captured Osaka City, on the grassland in the north of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang rode on a horse and hurried forward with an expressionless face.

Although he knew that this might be the last time he would lead his troops to fight, Qi Jiguang was still very excited to arrive. Behind Qi Jiguang was the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry transferred from Jizhou, Liaodong and Xuanda, a full 70,000 cavalry. Seventy thousand iron horses out of Sevan, this is something that was unimaginable before.

But now it has become true, it is difficult for Qi Jiguang not to be excited, and now Qi Jiguang can say in a high-profile manner, "What the Ming soldiers point to is invincible".

By Qi Jiguang's side, Liu Wei and Ma Gui led the cavalry, as well as the five tigers of the Ma family, that is, Ma Fang's five sons, who are now the backbone of the Ming cavalry. Counting his nephew Qi Jin and the rising noble children, Da Ming is really a general, and Da Ming is invincible in the world!

"Dashuai, probe the Malay report, the Chahar Department is going to run!" Liu Wei came to Qi Jiguang's side and said loudly.

"Run?" Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "Where can he go?" ”

Qi Jiguang said this loudly, this time he brought all the cavalry, a full 70,000 cavalry, 70,000 can still let the Chahar Department escape? They don't want their livestock? Do you want to be old, weak, sick and disabled? Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "The vanguard 10,000 chased after them, bit them, and the army will arrive later." ”

On the grassland, the cavalry galloped and the horse's hooves were flying, which was the most powerful moment of the Ming cavalry.

Among the Chahar tribes, Buyan Chechen led people to go north, but there were not many people who were willing to go with Buyan Chechen, and things kept going along the way, all of which were dragging Buyan Chechen's footsteps. In addition, Buyan Chechen was not in good health, so he couldn't run fast on horseback, and he was almost bumped to death.

So half a day later, the Chahar Department was directly caught up by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming cavalry came on the grass.

The power of the cavalry rushing up was naturally extraordinary, and the 70,000 cavalry of the Ming Dynasty pounced on the Chahar Department like a tiger. Liu Wei and Ma Gui took the lead, one of them brandished a big knife, the other with a spear, and rushed towards Chahar's military formation like a tiger pounced.