On March 20, the day Hideho arrived at Edo Castle, Mori's 46,000 troops joined forces, and Mori Terumoto again entered the castle to meet with Hideyori and Yodohime, and forced them to issue a fatwa against Hideho.

No matter how strong Yodohime is, she is also a woman, in the face of such a cruel nature of Mori Terumoto, she finally chose to give in, and in the evening of the same day, she informed Mori Terumoto through Katagiri and Moto, that the fatwa of the crusade against Hideho is supposed to have five commissions and five old flowers, and now there are only two commissions and three elders left in the city, even if Hideyori draws a charge on the fatwa, it is unreasonable, and this matter is not Hideyori's will, if it is pursued in the future, I am afraid that it will be implicated. In view of this, she asked Mori Terumoto to persuade Ishida Mitsunari and Maeda Toshiie that the fatwa would take effect after the two families signed and postponed, and that Hideyori himself was too young to dictate such a major matter, and all the consequences would be borne by the eldest elder and the priest. Not only that, Yodohime also repeatedly emphasized that the Toyotomi family lived in Osaka, and the armies of the foreign feudal clans were not allowed to enter, and that the Mori army's unauthorized entry into the castle had violated the decree set by Hideyoshi during his lifetime, and even if it succeeded in the future, it would inevitably be criticized by the audience, so he hoped that Mori Terumoto would withdraw from Osaka and return to the Gamo Village station.

Mori Terumoto's original intention was to let Hideyori draw the charge, but considering that Hideyori was young and blind, in order to prevent unnecessary trouble, he accepted Yodohime's proposal, and instead asked Ishida Mitsunari and Maeda Toshiie to draw the charge, as for the army in Osaka Castle, Mori Terumoto thought about it again and again and finally withdrew, the reason why he did this was not entirely because Osaka was the residence of the Toyotomi clan, but because of the following three considerations: first, Osaka Castle was huge and needed to be defended by many troops, so the troops attacking Yamato must be insufficient; Second, there were only about 2,000 Toyotomi Imperial Horses in Osaka Castle, and there was no need for too many troops to defend it. It is possible to hand over the city and garrison it outside the city; Third, after all, Hideyori was still his nominal young lord, and it was unreasonable to occupy the lord's residence, and it was even more unreasonable to use it to reduce the reward due to the Maori family after the war. In view of these three points, Mori Terumoto ordered the withdrawal of Osaka Castle and used all his troops to surround Ukita Hideya, intending to annihilate Ukita's army before going eastward.

On 22 March, Mori Terumoto forced the neutral Ishida Mitsunari and Masuda Nagamori to draw a crusade against him, but he did not dare to act rashly against the frail and prestigious Maeda Toshiie, who demanded that Mori Terumoto abandon the encirclement of the Ukita Hideya's forces. He was allowed to stay in Sasayama Village and besiege Osaka, in exchange for convincing Ukita Hideya to join him in the crusade.

Mori Terumoto was very uneasy at first about Maeda Toshiie's request, and in his opinion, Ukita's 15,000 army was always a hidden danger, and if this hidden danger could not be removed, something might happen in the future. However, Maeda Toshiya told him that if the two of them drew a pledge on the crusade order, it would be in the same boat as him. In this case, how can it be boring to be self-inflicted, and with the strength of the Uki family, which is invincible to the strength of the 46,000 troops of Maori, it is better to allow the Uki army to garrison Osaka in exchange for the peace of mind of Hideyori and Yodohime. As long as the inside of Osaka Castle remains stable, the rear will naturally be safe, so he can attack Xiubo's skills without any worries, so what is there to worry about the best of both worlds.

Get this assurance from Toshiya Maeda. In addition, Xiubao had already sent troops for more than 20 days, and there was no room for any further delay, so Mori Terumoto finally agreed to his request. Gave up the siege of the Ukita Hide's house in exchange for the two families on the crusade order. On March 23, Mori Terumoto issued a crusade against Hideho to the daimyo of the world in the name of a joint meeting, and at the same time stationed 10,000 men in Gamo Village, while the remaining 36,000 troops were murderously pounced on Fushimi, the political center of the Yamato Toyotomi clan, and the sixty-year-old veteran Aoki Kazuki was leading 5,000 soldiers to quietly wait for the arrival of the Mori army.

On March 25, Mori Motoyasu led a large army to Yamashiro Kunitaka, and after resting for half a day, he successively seized the castles of the Toyotomi clan, such as Yodo Castle and Akutagawa Castle, aiming directly at Fushimi.

Aoki Ichiki, who had received the news in advance, was unwilling to hold the castle, so he ordered his generals to lead 2,000 troops, including 300 iron cannon ashigaru, to ambush at the foot of the Shizuki Mountains between Fushimi Castle and Yodo Castle, and launch a surprise attack when the Maori army passed through the mountain valleys.

After this battle, the morale of the Mori army was damaged, and Mori Motoyasu and Ankokuji Huiqiong were also reprimanded by the Mori Teruma envoy, out of the desire to calm the army, after the Battle of Mt. Tsuki, the Mori army returned to Yodo Castle to rest for two days, while the Aoki army that participated in the ambush abandoned its original position and retreated to Mt. Kihata, not far west of Fushimi Castle, to continue the ambush, intending to attack the Mori family again.

At the same time, the crusade decree signed by the three elders and the second commissioner quickly spread throughout and the neighboring areas of Chugoku, Hokuriku, and Mino, relying on the flying feet of the Mori family, but because most of the daimyo in this area went north to Aizu with Hideho, and the retainers who stayed behind did not dare to make decisions, it did not achieve the result that Mori Terumoto imagined, that is, except for the Niwa clan in Hokuriku, almost no other daimyo responded to his call to send troops to to assist in the attack on Fushimi.

On the day that Niwa Nagahide received the crusade order, he immediately sent an envoy to Kanazawa Castle to meet Maeda Toshimasa, who was entrusted by Hidebo to defend the northern country, and the purpose of this trip was the same, that is, he hoped that Maeda Toshimasa could lead the army to Shangluo and assist the Maori army in attacking Hideho's ability, Maeda Toshimasa was just politely refused, but he did not expect that the envoy of the Niwa family would imply that if the Maeda family did not join the Maori side, the Maeda Toshimasa would be in danger of his life. Maeda Toshimasa was a guy who ate soft and not hard, and when he heard the messenger say this, he was immediately furious, not only killed him, but also mobilized 20,000 troops in his command to go to in the name of "rejuvenating the army and savior", and threatened that if the Niwa family did not know whether to live or die, and helped the abuse, only to accompany the burial of Mori Terumoto.

Niwa Nagashige heard that the envoy had been killed, and Maeda Toshimasa spoke wildly, not to be outdone, and immediately sent Aoyama Munekatsu to lead 2,000 troops to support the Daishoji Castle pointed out by the Maeda family's forward, and he was preparing to mobilize 6,000 troops to fight to the death.

When Mori Terumoto learned from Osaka Castle that Niwa Nagashige had fulfilled his promise to stop Maeda Toshimasa from going south, the army led by Mori Motoyasu fought a crushing victory at Mt. Kihata. Due to the similarity of the terrain of Mt. Kihata and Mt. Tsugetsu, the Maori army was even more cautious this time, and when the front marched to the ambush circle, the Aoki army in ambush at the northern foot was discovered by the envoy who had been sent to investigate in advance, so that the Maori army was on the march and shouted to alarm the Maori army, and the Maori Motoyasu immediately ordered the army to retreat and bombarded the ambush with artillery. When the Aoki army saw that the secret was revealed, all the ambush soldiers went out to attack together, and the two sides fought for a whole day, and finally because they were outnumbered, they were almost completely wiped out, during which the Maori army killed more than ten generals and killed and wounded 3,800 people, while the Aoki army only had more than 200 people fled back to Fushimi, and almost all the generals, including Aoki Kazuki's nephew, were killed at the foot of Mount Kihata. (To be continued, please search, better update faster!)