Chapter 290: Forcibly Occupy Osaka
Seeing that the Ukita Xiu family was so resolute, Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple changed his kindness and threatened fiercely: "The army of this family is 30,000, and His Royal Highness is only 15,000, and he has experienced a commotion, and it is not known how much real combat power there is, and it is less than twenty miles away from Osaka, if it really starts, will he not be afraid of alarming the young lord and lady in the city?" ”
"You're threatening me?!" Ukita Hideya showed no signs of weakness.
Anguosi Huiqiong shook her head and said with a smile: "The poor monk is just telling the truth, this time Shangluo is indeed to help defend Osaka, please rest assured." ”
"But Osaka doesn't need that many troops." Ukita Hideya replied, "In this case, allow you to lead 10,000 soldiers to be stationed near Osaka, and the rest of the army will be led back to Hiroshima by Nayan." ”
"I'm afraid that's not right." Ankokuji Huiqiong is not a fool, only bring 10,000 people to Luo, isn't it a sheep into the mouth of the tiger, not to mention the 15,000 people of the Ukita Hide's family, Ishida Mitsunari and Masuda Nagamori alone can piece together 10,000 troops, although the two commissioners have not yet acted, but just in case, they can't only bring a third of the troops, and Maori Terumoto's plan is far more than just occupying Osaka, thinking of this, Ankokuji Huiqiong said with a serious face: "Your Highness, you and my lord are both five elders, why can you enter Osaka and my Maori family can't?" Now I'll tell you the truth, this pig Mingchuan you let us pass, if you don't let it, don't blame the family for being polite, how can the 30,000 army be able to resist the current Uki family, if the cannonball doesn't hit Osaka Castle for a long time, can His Royal Highness afford it? ”
When Ukita Hideya heard this, he was immediately surprised: "What, you still have a big tube?!" ”
Anguo Temple Huiqiong bowed slightly: "It's not much, but it's enough." ”
"What the hell are you trying to do?!" Ukita Hideya suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"I don't want to do anything, the poor monk has already said. I just want to go to Luo to protect the young master, and I ask His Royal Highness to fulfill it. "Although Ankokuji Huiqiong is a monk, the momentum revealed between his words is no less than that of the Ukita Hideya who is the five elders, so neither humble nor arrogant, it suddenly makes the Ukita Hideya feel overwhelmed.
"Your Highness." Anguoji Huiqiong continued: "The young master of the Su Wei is the duty of the lord of my family, and now that the right mansion of the latter is leaving Beijing to crusade against the Uesugi family, how can the family of the five elders live in peace in the western country and not do their part? The poor monks have already told His Highness that if His Highness does not believe him, he can cross the river and face my lord, and he will tell you again. ”
"Not really." Ukita Hideya knows his own strength, and he is by no means the opponent of the Maori family when he really fights, if it is really as Ankokuji Huiqiong said, unfortunately a cannonball fell into the city and frightened and even injured the young master by mistake, this kind of crime is not something he can afford, and Hideho made a plan with him before he set out on the expedition. Let him not fight hard with Maori Terumoto, and after the Maori army goes deeper, he will join forces with the Maeda family to take it down. With these points in mind, Ukita Hideya finally decided to let him go, but before that, he made a request to Ankokuji Huiqiong.
"Kamiraku is fine, but Osaka is the residence of the young lord, and the troops of the outer domain are not allowed to enter. Therefore, I would like to ask you to tell me that the army must be stationed in the village of Gamu, north of the Yodo River, and that it is not allowed to cross the river into Soga, let alone enter Sannomaru. ”
"If that's the case, how can you guard the young master?" Anguo Temple Huiqiong was very dissatisfied, "Could it be that Your Highness, your army is also outside the city?" ”
"That's natural," Ukita Hideya nodded, "I'm a Taiko cultivator, so how can you break the rules set by Taiko?" Osaka is the residence of the young lord and his wife, and it is extremely noble, so what kind of system can we, the soldiers of the foreign domain, enter? The Master of Labor went back to tell the truth. Let him be mentally prepared, if he doesn't agree, he insists on breaking into Osaka Castle, not to mention me, even Kaga Da Nayan and Ishida Jibu will not agree. At that time, such a thing will never be allowed to happen even if it is a battle, and I hope the master understands. ”
"Since His Highness has already done this, my lord should not have any complaints." Ankokuji Huiqiong then crossed the river and returned to the camp and informed Mori Terumoto of the Ukita Hide's request as it was.
Mori Terumoto was not very reluctant at first, after all, it was never safe to be stationed in the wilderness, but in order to get close to Osaka and then make the next move, he finally agreed to the request of the Ukita Hideya, and arrived at Gamo Village, across the river from Osaka Castle that afternoon, and ordered the army to camp on the spot that night, while he took Ankokuji Keikyu into the city to meet Toyotomi Hideyori and Yodohime, intending to obtain a crusade against Hideho from them.
At first, according to Tokugawa Ieyasu's idea, as long as he obtained a mediation order for the Aizu expedition, he could come to the aid of Uesugi Keikatsu, but Mori Terumoto was not satisfied with this, and if he wanted to attack the three capitals and four countries of Hidebo's ability, he had to get Toyotomi Hideyori's crusade order to justify it, but he did not know that he would make a big mistake at this point.
The reason why Tokugawa Ieyasu only asked for a mediation order was because he didn't want to anger Hideyori's mother, after all, in Yodohime's eyes, Hideho was the protector of the Toyotomi regime, and no one else was trustworthy, so it was impossible to ask her to issue a crusade against Hideho at this time, so Tokugawa Ieyasu retreated to the next best thing, hoping that Hideyori would issue a mediation order, after all, maintaining the peace of the world is also what Yodohime is happy to see, as long as the mediation order arrives, he can immediately raise troops to attack Hideho, as for "mediation" or "crusade" All were just an excuse for him to send troops, and the former was obviously easier to obtain than the latter.
In Tokugawa Ieyasu's view, there was no difference between the two, and both of them could justify his military development in Aizu, but for Mori Terumoto, in order to send troops to Yamato, it was necessary to obtain a crusade order from Hideyori, so he decided to force Hideyori to issue a crusade order without informing Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to gain himself the righteous title of conquering Hideho's ability.
Considering that his forces did not have much advantage over Ukita Hideya and Ishida Mitsunari, he ordered his retainers to return to Hiroshima on the night of camping, and quickly transferred the 10,000 troops stationed in Nagato and Zhoubo to Osaka, while he himself went to Honmaru first, intending to persuade Hideyori and Yodohime to issue an order to attack Hideho without using swords.
However, as Tokugawa Ieyasu expected, Yodohime was very unhappy with Mori Terumoto leading his troops to Kamiraku, and was also very disgusted by his slanderous words against Hideho, so that Mori Terumoto was ordered to be expelled by Yodohime before he could officially ask for the crusade order, and he was "sent" out of Osaka Castle without stopping for a moment.
This embarrassment made Mori Terumoto angry, and immediately sent troops to force the Yodo River after learning the news of the arrival of reinforcements in Harima, and captured Osaka Soki and Sannomaru while the Ukita Hideya was defenseless, and sent troops to surround the Ukita Hideya's army in the village of Sasayama south of Osaka, and Ishida Mitsunari, Masuda Nagamori, and Maeda Toshiya were all under house arrest in the Tamastomy House. For a time, Osaka, the capital city that controlled the world, was once again captured by the rebels, and this time the person who attacked was Aki Nayan Mori Terumoto, who was ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.