Although Fujido Takatora and the others can understand Hidebo's plan, they are still a little worried in their hearts, they are not sure that in the case that Osaka Castle is controlled by Ishida Mitsunari and the Seven Hands Group, Mano Yoriho and Nomura Yukinari will take the risk of cooperating with Hidebo, and they are even more suspicious that Kinoshita Katsutoshi will not do anything and directly put the plan together to the commissioners in exchange for the support of the Honxing faction, and then seek a position in the center afterwards, after all, he can be regarded as the closest daimyo attached to the side of the high daiin, Being able to enter the center is also what the Gaotai Academy wants to see.

However, at Hidebo's insistent request, Fujido Takatora still summoned Kirikushika Uemon, and according to Hidebo's request, led two shinobi to infiltrate Osaka Castle, and sent secret letters to Mano Yoriho stationed in Sannomaru, Nomura Yukinari in Ninomaru, and Kinoshita Katsutoshi in Nishinomaru.

Knowing that the secret letter had been delivered, Hidebo persuaded everyone to wait in peace, and it was not until half an hour later that he suddenly got up and asked the retainers to immediately mobilize the 20,000 elites of the Toyotomi clan around him, divide the troops into two routes, and hurry to the Tenman Bridge and the west gate of Sannomaru to assemble.

"Raising troops in the middle of the night, the fire is full of light, it is inevitable to cause the city to notice, and please think twice, if you really want to attack the city, it is not impossible after sunrise." Fujido Gaohu persuaded him.

"Who said I'm going to take a siege?" Xiubao couldn't help but ask, "Let's leave now, when we arrive at the predetermined place, it's just the right time, and at that time, what's the harm if it is detected by the city?" ”

"It's rare for the lord to be so confident, I hope it's not too underestimating the enemy......" Fukushima Takayoshi was faintly worried.

Unexpectedly, Goto Kiji patted him on the shoulder, smiled and said: "It's because it's rare, you should believe it more, isn't it, after so many years, when have you ever seen the lord underestimate the enemy?" Moreover, in the present situation, no matter what the best or lower policy, entering the city is a foregone conclusion, since the lord has done this, it has been carefully considered, and we, as retainers, can only act according to orders. ”

"Thank you for your advice, let's go and mobilize the army now." After listening to Goto Kiji's persuasion, Fukushima Takayoshi realized something, and after bowing deeply to Goto, he immediately ran out of the house.

In about half an hour, the army was assembled outside the Hirano Pass, and Hidebo immediately ordered Ogasawara Takakiyo and Goto Kiji to lead 10,000 men each to rush to Tenmanbashi and Sannomaru Nishimon immediately, and he himself, accompanied by Fujido Takatora and Shima Kiyoko, led a thousand overlords to follow behind Ogasawara Takakiyo.

The Tenman Bridge is an important passage connecting the north and south of the Yodo River, and plays an important role in Osaka Castle. At that time, the Osaka Winter Formation, which connected the Tenjin Bridge, Tenmanbashi Bridge and Kyobashi in northern Sichuan, was garrisoned by the head of the Seven Hands Group, Ito Nagami, Hotta Moritaka and the Nakajima clan, respectively, forming the main defense line of the northern part of Osaka, and it was not broken through until the end of the Winter Formation, which also reflects the importance of the three bridges such as Tenma.

At this time, the Tenjin Bridge, which connected Kazuki in northern Sichuan, was already in the hands of Ukita, and the Kyobashi Bridge, which connected Binzenjima and Ninomaru, was guarded by Hideren Matsuura, which was difficult to capture; Only this is located at the junction of Tsuru and Sannomaru, connecting the Tenman Bridge to Kawasaki, and is garrisoned by Mano Yoriho, which also became the key to Hideho's operation.

At this time, Nomura Yukinari was responsible for defending the west and north sides of Ninomaru; Shohisa Hasami used as the head of the pen and led 2,000 men to be stationed in the southwest area of Ninomaru to defend the inner bridge connecting Ninomaru and Sannomaru; As for the area of the jade stoma connecting Ninomaru, Sannomaru, and Structure, it was the responsibility of Ito Nagami, because the current military situation outside the city was mainly concentrated on the west and south sides of Sannomaru, so the strength of the jade stoma was relatively small, compared to the 2,500 men of Matsuura Hideren, Ito Nagashi only had about 1,000 people in his hands, and even 300 fewer than Nomura Yukinari.

Kinoshita Katsutoshi, as the head of the Kodai-in, led one hundred and fifty soldiers of the Kinoshita family to be stationed in Nishinomaru to ensure the safety of the Kodai-in, but Ishida Mitsunari did not take him to heart, but let Ken Soho lead a thousand troops to garrison the three gates of Honmaru, Subei Hideyori and Yodohime.

As for the newly promoted Mitsuyoshi Majima and Takayoshi Sagishima, the former was arranged to be stationed at the west gate of Sannomaru, and the latter was arranged to be stationed in the area of Sannomaru Ishida Mitsunari's residence, as a mobile force, and obeyed the dispatch of Ishida Mitsunari. It should be noted that out of respect for Hideyori and Yodohime, and for the convenience of dispatching troops, Ishida Mitsunari did not live in the Yashiki located in Ninomaru, but used Masuda Nagamori Yashiki, located in the southern part of Sannomaru, as a command post, where he had full command over the affairs of the castle.

At three o'clock in the morning, Ogasawara Takakiyo led his troops to the area of Tanimachi, not far west of Tenman Bridge, and Hideho and his retainers rode to the front of the procession, looking at the Tenman Bridge in front of them, and their hearts were really a little nervous.

"Lord, if Mano Toyogo is unwilling to open the door, this move may anger Ishida Jibu, and even end up with a notoriety of attacking the young lord's residence at night." Even after this, Fujitang Gaohu still reminded with good words.

Xiubao bowed slightly, and replied quite seriously: "Indeed, this is a gamble, but Gao Hu can rest assured, I will never lose this time." ”

Hearing these words, Fujitang Gaohu solemnly bowed to Xiubao and said: "The minister believes in the judgment of the lord, no matter what, this world cannot afford to do what this gang wants, and the majesty of this family will not be harmed by the slightest. ”

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, accompanied by the flying dust, and an envoy who checked the fingers of the Wuqi Tong Banner rushed to the front of the Xiubao army.

"Protect the lord!" Seeing this, Ogasawara Takakiyo subconsciously shouted. More than 100 overlords immediately rushed to Xiubao's body and protected Xiubao and Fujitang Gaohuli in three layers and three layers outside.

"I'm an envoy under the command of Mano Bungo, and I have something important to see His Highness Youfu!" In order to prevent accidental injury, the envoy shouted while riding a horse.

"The envoy of the Bungo Guard?! Get out of the way! Hidebo excitedly opened the samurai around him, leaving a gap for the envoy to ride in.

didn't think about it, so he came to the gap, immediately dismounted in depth, took three steps and made two steps, and crawled to the front of Xiubao's horse, and shouted loudly: "Your Highness the right mansion, my lord asked the villain to tell His Highness that he has controlled the Tianman Bridge and the West Gate as planned, and I implore His Highness to enter the city quickly!" ”

"It's done!" Xiubao clenched his fists fiercely and said secretly.

"Tell Fenghou Shou for me, I will lead 20,000 troops into the city and ask him to wait where he is." Xiubao said calmly.

"The villain obeyed the order, but before the villain set off, I heard that Ishida Jibu had mobilized the troops of the two adults, Sagishima and Ito, to rush to the Tenman Bridge, and the situation was very unfavorable to Bungo Mamoru and asked His Highness to ......" Speaking of this, I felt a little speechless, and I swallowed back the second half of the sentence.

"I understand what you mean," Xiubao nodded to the envoy and solemnly promised: "Go back and tell Toyogo Mamoru that with me here, I will never let him suffer!" ”