None of this was unexpected by Tokugawa Ieyasu, but Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't expect that it would be Li Dan who contacted him, but these are not important now, the most important thing now is what to do, whether to accept Daming's invitation, whether to be this traitor.

In fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't think about it for too long, because he didn't have a choice, what could he do now?

The Ming Dynasty may not be able to fully occupy the Wa Kingdom, but it is not difficult to destroy these people at all, and if he does not choose to submit, he can only die with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi suffered such a big loss in Daming and died so many people, so he didn't want to make peace with Daming.

But what about in the end? Daming did not accept Toyotomi Hideyoshi's request for peace at all, and he had no chance of peace talks.

"What do you need me to do?" Soon Tokugawa Ieyasu made a decision, put down the letter in his hand and looked at the guy who called himself Ryosuke Hayakawa on the other side.

When Ryosuke Hayakawa heard Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, he immediately showed a smile: "Tokugawa-kun doesn't need to do anything, just wait until the army arrives under Osaka Castle and capture Toyotomi Hideyoshi alive." As long as he has this credit, the Ming Dynasty will support the general to become the lord of the Japanese state. ”

After listening to Ryosuke Hayakawa's words, Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to strangle him, what a vicious approach.

Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi was defeated, he still has a hardcore, and once he does this, it will be tantamount to cutting himself off from Toyotomi Hideyoshi's old department, and at the same time, it will also make many people look down on him. Even if he surrendered, he relied on betraying Toyotomi Hideyoshi to gain the support of the Ming Dynasty, and his reputation was completely stinky.

In this case, he needs to completely surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's psychological side is naturally not a taste.

But Tokugawa Ieyasu also knew that if he didn't do this, then he would be a dead end, especially after the Ming sent someone to come. However, Tokugawa Ieyasu thought of another thing, that is, this Hayakawa Ryosuke said that he would not need to catch Toyotomi Hideyoshi until the Ming Dynasty hit Osaka, and they were so confident?

What if they can't beat it? Wouldn't you have to do it yourself? Do you have any other options?

The two-headed bet doesn't seem to be bad, and as for the consequences after the matter is leaked, Tokugawa Ieyasu doesn't care at all now. Toyotomi Hideyoshi suffered heavy casualties, his position was unstable, and the Ming Dynasty couldn't beat him, and he had to overthrow him. If it weren't for the Ming army, I'm afraid the war would have started a long time ago.

In such a situation, it is most appropriate to bet on both ends yourself, even if someone knows about it afterwards, so what? Who can put themselves how.

"Okay, I'll agree to this!" Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at Ryosuke Hayakawa and said with a smile.

Ryosuke Hayakawa said with a smile: "Then I'm here to congratulate Tokugawa-kun, by the way, the person who asked me to deliver the letter has one more thing to say to Tokugawa-kun, if Tokugawa-kun wants to, Tokugawa-kun can also become the emperor of the Wa Kingdom, and at the same time, the Tokugawa family can become the family of the Wa Kingdom for all generations." ”

After saying these words, Ryosuke Hayakawa did not wait for Tokugawa Ieyasu's answer, and directly stood up, bowed to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and turned to leave.

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at Hayakawa Ryosuke's back, speechless for a while, what Hayakawa Ryosuke meant, Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally could hear it, it was nothing more than himself agitating himself. The content of the agitation is also very simple, that is, let yourself kill the emperor, and then the Ming will support himself to ascend to the position of emperor.

Is this credible? Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't believe it at all, because once he did that, I was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would be a backhand and kill himself directly to appease the Wa Kingdom.

"Don't even dare to keep a letter, Li Danjun, are you also telling me that this matter can't be done?" Tokugawa Ieyasu held the letter written to him by Li Dan, and his face showed a hideous face, but after a while, Tokugawa Ieyasu let go of his hand weakly, and the expression on his face returned to calm.

In fact, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not unprepared, in addition to sending people to the Ming peace talks, he was also actively preparing for war.

Mobilize troops, all those who can be mobilized have been pulled up, if the Ming Dynasty does not accept the peace talks, then this battle will not be avoidable.

Under such circumstances, the Ming warships appeared directly in Osaka, which would be the main battlefield of the Ming War, and before that, the Ming had sent people to occupy Kobe as a place for logistical supplies. At the same time, it occupies a small island on the outskirts of Osaka as a docking point, and has a steady and steady posture.

At this time, the people of Osaka Castle were naturally panicked, and countless Japanese countries began to flee, and their destination was naturally only one, and that was Kyoto.

The Ming army launched a landing operation three days after reaching the waters of Osaka, and the Japanese army basically did not cause any trouble to the Ming army, and the Ming army quickly gained a foothold on the coast and then began to advance towards Osaka Castle. I didn't encounter any decent resistance along the way, and I came straight to Osaka Castle.

Zhang Weixian looked at Osaka Castle in front of him, raised his eyebrows, glanced back at the Wei Dynasty who was following him, and asked, "This is what you said about the Fortress of the Japanese Kingdom?" ”

Because of the information provided by Dongchang, Osaka was a fortified city of the Japanese Kingdom, so Zhang Weixian came with heavy artillery, but after seeing this city, Zhang Weixian was immediately disappointed. The city does look like a fortified city, but what's the deal with these five-meter-high walls?

The artillery of the Ming Dynasty can burn the city with artillery, and there is no need for heavy artillery.

Wei Dynasty was slightly embarrassed, but still explained: "This Osaka Castle is Toyotomi Hideyoshi built Osaka Castle on the site of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and it has the title of "Warring States Peerless City", and our Dongchang people have also come here, it may be that the city wall is very thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack!" ”

Zhang Weixian glanced at Wei Chao and nodded, he didn't want to say anything more about this matter.

However, in Zhang Weixian's view, this Osaka city could not stop the footsteps of the Ming army at all.

This Osaka Castle was captured by Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara and then burned down. It's just that this time the city is estimated not to wait for Tokugawa Ieyasu to capture it, Zhang Weixian looked around, and said directly: "First shoot two rounds of cannons, and then see the situation." ”

Since a large number of artillery pieces were equipped, the siege warfare of the Ming army was the first to hit two rounds of artillery, which has become a conventional tactic.

In Oita Castle, the people were panicked, and the guard in Osaka was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's younger brother Toyotomi Hidecho, and at this time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was already worried about others. Maeda Toshiya was killed in battle on the island of Kyushu, the army was wiped out, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's strength was unprecedentedly weakened, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi no longer believed in anyone.

The status of Osaka Castle is also very important, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi naturally will not give it to anyone else.