The 46,000 troops brought out from Hiroshima by Mori Terumoto, with the exception of the 10,000 who remained in Osaka, were marching out on March 25 and launching a crusade aimed at uprooting Hideho's forces in the area. In just a month or so, this huge army was reduced to only 12,000 men (including part of the army that fled into the countryside after the Battle of Usayama and rushed to Fushimi to converge).

In the face of the 24,000 Toyotomi Maeda coalition army at Otsu Castle, the 10,000 Toyotomi army at Koriyama Castle, and the 15,000 Ukita army at Sasayama Village, the Mori army completely lost the initiative on the battlefield, and some castles in were also led by the retainers who stayed behind, following the example of Otsu Castle and refusing to accept and supply the defeated Mori army. Amano Motomasa was furious at this, but due to the situation, he had to bypass these castles and continue to retreat westward, and finally arrived at Gamo Village outside Osaka Castle on the afternoon of the 29th, where he joined Mori Terumoto's 10,000-strong army.

As to what to do next, Mori Terumoto and Amano Motomasa had a disagreement. Mori Terumoto was worried that nearly 50,000 troops of Toyotomi, Maeda, and Ukita would take advantage of the victory to launch an attack on him, and he was inclined to abandon and return to his skills; Motomasa, Amano, on the other hand, believed that withdrawing at this time would be a waste of all the previous achievements, and not only would he not be able to respond to the actions of the Tokugawa army in Aizu, but that the Mori family would be held accountable for any victory that would take place afterwards. Rather than retreating to Hiroshima, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the Toyotomi Maeda coalition forces have not yet arrived, occupy Osaka Castle first, and coerce Hideyori's mother and son to order the world. In addition, Ishida Mitsunari and Masuda Nagamori and the Maeda Toshiya are in their own hands, and no matter which one wins, the family will be able to fight against it, and grasp the name of righteousness, and the victorious person will not dare to act rashly, and at worst, it will be more beneficial to give the family peace, which is not much more advantageous than returning the ability.

When Mori Terumoto heard this, he also felt that it was not unreasonable, Osaka was the first fortified city in the world, and once the 22,000 troops were settled, grain and grass would not be a problem, and with Hideyori's mother and son in their hands, Ieyasu and Hideho would be afraid; And with Terumoto himself, there are two ministers and two elders in this city, and if Ieyasu wins, he and Uesugi Keikatsu are just two elders; If Hideho wins, it will only be the eldest elder of the Ukita Hideya family and the three commissioners of Asano Nagamasa, Maeda Genyi, and Nagashu Masaga, none of which can compare with the power controlled by the Maori family.

Thinking of this, Mori Terumoto actually felt that it seemed feasible, and just as he was about to discuss the details with Amano Motomasa further, the envoy suddenly ran into the formation and reported that Ukita Hideya led three or five sides to approach, saying that there was something important to tell him.

Mori Terumoto was already wary of the Ukita Hideya, and now that the army has been defeated, he is even more worried that he will lead the army to sneak attack, and Amano Motomasa also made a statement to Terumoto at this time, suspecting that the Hideya is here to investigate the truth of the Maori Army, so it is better to do nothing and detain it to prevent him from leading his troops to block the Maori Army from entering Osaka. Hui Yuan agreed, and he asked Anguosi Huiqiong to go out to greet him, and at the same time arranged for the elite samurai to lie in ambush outside the tent, and when he gave the order, he rushed into the battle to arrest the Xiu family.

Accompanied by Hui Qiong, Xiu Jia strode into the Maori army garrison, not noticing the slightest anomaly in the army, he left his side outside the tent according to Hui Qiong's request, and entered the formation alone, seemingly not worried about danger at all.

Walking into the array, Xiujia respectfully saluted Maori Huiyuan, and Huiyuan also warmly returned the salute and invited him to take a seat. After the two exchanged a few words, Hui Yuan finally couldn't bear to go straight to the point, and asked Xiujia with a smile why he came this time.

Xiujia did not answer directly, but unhurriedly took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Yu Huiyuan. Hui Yuan took the letter with a suspicious face, thinking that at most it was a letter of persuasion from Ishida Mitsunari or Maeda Toshimasa, but when he opened the letter and looked at it, he was shocked, he got up, his hand holding the letter trembled, and pointed at the Xiujia and asked, "What the letter says is true?!" ”

"Can you recognize the monopoly on the letter?" Xiujia said with a smile. Everyone was confused when they saw this, and Motomasa Amano and Huiqiong of Ankokuji even got up to inquire about the contents of the letter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the war in Aizu is over." Terumoto sat down on the ground and handed the letter to Motomasa Amano.

Yuan Zheng and Hui Qiong were also shocked after reading the letter, Hui Qiong said to everyone present in a trance: "Five days ago, the right house defeated the combined forces of the inner government and Aizu Nayan under Wakamatsu Castle, and the middle Nayan has surrendered, and the remnants of the inner government fled to Ueno, and now the right government has led a 120,000 army to pursue south, and it is estimated that it will be able to ...... in a few days."

Hui Qiong really didn't want to continue, and the tent instantly became a pot of porridge, with emotion, lamentation, surprise, and regret, but no one could give useful advice, Huiyuan sat in place, his face was bloodless, but his heart was a mess. The defeat of the Tokugawa army was the last straw that crushed his will to fight, and at this time, his mind was full of the punishment he would suffer after the war, and he completely ignored the quarrels and noise in the palace.

Xiujia looked at such a scene, smiled helplessly, he came to Huiyuan, and said with concern: "Zai Xia was originally entrusted by Maeda's attendants to persuade His Highness, at that time I was worried about whether I could persuade you alone, but I didn't expect the attendant to send this letter to Zai Xia early this morning, with it, Zai Xia dared to come to see you." This letter came so suddenly, and before Kaga Da Nayan and Ishida Jibe could see it, it was brought to you by Zaixia, and you are the second person in the Osaka area to know the news. ”

"It's really Your Highness Lao." Hui Yuan endured the pain in his heart and said calmly, "Your Highness dares to come alone, I'm afraid it's because of this letter, right?" ”

Xiujia smiled silently, quietly waiting for Huiyuan to make a decision.

"My lord, according to the old minister's opinion, without further ado, we need to enter Osaka immediately, and if it's too late, I'm afraid it will be too late." Amano Motomasa was still clinging to the plan he had discussed with Terumoto just now, and at the same time shouted, more than a dozen samurai outside the tent immediately rushed in and surrounded the Xiu family when they heard the news.

"Stop!" Seeing this, Huiqiong of Anguosi immediately yelled at the samurai: "Whoever let you in, let me out!" After saying that, he turned around and apologized to the Xiu family: "The country warriors are reckless by nature, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness." ”

Seeing this, the samurai were about to withdraw, but they were stopped by Motomasa Amano, who rushed to Huiqiong and asked angrily, "What do you mean by this?" Have you forgotten the plan that the Lord had just made? ”

"How can the lord have any plans? It was all you talking to yourself! Not to be outdone, Hui Qiong set her sights on Hui Yuan.

How could Hui Yuan not know Hui Qiong's intentions, he obviously didn't want to offend the Xiu family at this time, so he pushed all the plans to arrest the Xiu family on Amano Motomasa. Hui Yuan felt that such a quarrel was useless, and finally made up his mind, stood up, waved his hand to let the samurai retreat, slowly walked to the middle of the crowd, and said to the Xiu family in a calm tone: "Please don't care, Your Highness, my uncle is old, and sometimes he will talk nonsense, so please treat this incident as if this incident has not happened." ”

"It's okay," Xiujia smiled heartily: "I don't know if Zhong Nayan can give the next explanation now, I should inform the inner government as soon as possible, if I still have to discuss with you, then I will go back first, but I have to remind you that almost no one in now knows that Aizu has ended the war, and His Royal Highness can have a good reputation for taking the initiative to withdraw at this time; If it is known to the whole city in two days, it will be different if His Highness retreats again, and when the inner government returns, His Highness may be difficult to explain......"