When the news of the town's word came to Honmaru, there was a mess in Honmaru. Because Shigesumi Sakai, the castle generation, was not there, nor was the Obantou, who was in charge of the garrison of Osaka Castle, and there were only a few small chiefs and secretaries in charge of sorting out the paperwork in Honmaru, and these people had no right to mobilize the army in the castle to quell the rebellion.

As the so-called upward and downward effect, since Sakai Shigesumi took over the position of acting official of Osaka Castle, his slack attitude in official affairs has also affected other officials in the city. The samurai, who had been worn out of discipline and self-discipline by the peaceful years and life in the city, were too lazy to follow the superficial rules under the leadership of Sakai Shigesumi.

Sakai Shigesumi disappeared in Honmaru at noon, and at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Obantou slipped out of the Tamazomon with a few cronies and went to the tavern in the castle town to celebrate someone's birthday.

Obantou is not only the commander of all the armies of Osaka Castle, but also the official of the * treasury and weapons depot. His absence made the Honmaru officials who received the news look at each other. None of them dared to take the charge of mobilizing troops without authorization, destroying warehouses and stealing* and weapons.

And the officials of Honmaru were unable to make a decision for a long time, which made the Ninomaru troops, who were already ready to attack, a little impetuous. The heads of the fan and the group leaders who had not yet escaped from their posts, left and right, did not wait for the order from Honmaru, and they couldn't help but gather at the door of Honmaru and urge the officials of Honmaru to give the order to send troops.

It should be said that these samurai who stick to their posts still have some combat effectiveness. Therefore, when they heard the news of the townspeople, they gathered as soon as possible, preparing to suppress these townspeople who were making trouble.

But the head of the fan and the head of the group who were guarding outside the cherry gate urged a few times, and the samurai at the head of the city only replied vaguely: "The acting official, the big head and the adults are still discussing, and they have not yet reached any conclusions, so it is better for you to wait patiently..."

The hattans and kumitoshi could only patiently waste their precious time outside the Sakura Gate, until an anxious mantou paced back and forth saw a pillar of smoke rising from inside the castle, and the samurai, out of concern for his family, finally couldn't help but speak to his colleagues.

"This is ridiculous, the rebels are revolting in the city, and our lord and the big fan are still wasting precious time discussing. I really don't know what they're talking about, but do the two lords have to wait until the entire castle town has been ransacked by the rebels before they give the order to send troops? I don't care what you do, my men and I are going down to save people. ”

A fan who was more familiar with him quickly grabbed him and said, "Ryosuke, are you crazy, without the order of the acting official and the big fantou, leaving the duty place with armor and armor is to be questioned by the shogunate." If you take your subordinates down, the sin will be even greater, and not only you, but also your subordinates and family members will be held accountable. ”

The young samurai named Ryosuke said with red eyes, "I just need to go down with my sword, and even if I don't have armor, spears, or iron cannons, I can drive these mobs out of the city." ”

Before Ryosuke could speak, several heads and group heads who were worried about their families had already gritted their teeth and echoed: "That's right, the adults in Honmaru won't be in any danger, but our family is in the castle town, do you want us to watch them killed?" As long as we don't use our ordnance, we'll leave our duties without permission at best..."

Disappointed by the castle and the Daibanto, the samurai guarding outside the Sakura Gate took off their armor and hats, and walked away wearing a lock jacket. These heads and gumitos were the backbone of the Ninomaru garrison, and the garrison in Ninomaru was the largest and most combat-ready unit in Osaka Castle.

The departure of these heads and group leaders suddenly made more than 1,500 troops in Ninomaru lose control. There are six arrow towers inside Ninomaru, and with three gates leading to the outside world, it can be said that it is a solid defensive measure.

Now after these middle- and lower-ranking samurai who controlled the army ran to protect their families, the remaining soldiers naturally abandoned their weapons in the same way, and left their posts with their knives and went home to protect their families.

Daisuke Sanada and Katsuya Mori were lying on the temple wall and looking out, and they saw something unbelievable. Instead of sending out a whole group of heavily armed soldiers to quell the chaos, samurai in their usual costumes kept passing in front of them, as if Osaka Castle was not an army, but a group of ronin.

The confused Mori Katsuya called Takano Heita to the wall, and after he saw the scene, he asked him, "How many troops are there in the city?" What are they doing? ”

Takano Heita, who was also stunned, reacted after a while and said: "There should be 4,500 samurai under the name of Osaka Prefecture, but 1,000 of them are distributed in various checkpoints outside the city, and there are 3,500 people stationed in the city.

But the list is three thousand five hundred, but in reality there are probably less than three thousand. The remaining 500 are vacancies, and the support of these 500 people is used to subsidize officials at all levels below the city generation.

Looking at the situation outside, it seems that the troops guarding Ninomaru have collapsed, what are the adults of Honmaru doing? This army is all scattered, who else will Ninomaru rely on to defend it? There are only 4 or 500 troops at most in Honmaru..."

The Mori Katsuya was overjoyed when they heard this, and although they didn't know what the acting officer of Osaka Castle had done, Ninomaru's army was automatically disbanded, which was really good news for them.

Mori Katsuya and Sanada Daisuke returned to the temple's main hall and told the people who were resting in the main hall the good news. The Maori Singer concludes: "... This is God bless my Toyotomi family, the divine wind has blown, and the Tokugawa family will be defeated in this battle. ”

Looking at the morale of those Toyotomi remnants in the hall who were boosted by the Maori Katsuka, Sanada Daisuke pressed the knife and said calmly: "Even if we get God's blessing, we can't be negligent."

We have been waiting 16 years to recapture this city. Ladies and gentlemen, for the sake of Lord Taiko, for the sake of His Royal Highness, and for the sake of the many comrades who died here 16 years ago, we can only succeed and not fail this time.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, a traitor, destroyed Osaka Castle built by Taiko-sama and built the Tokugawa family's Osaka Castle in order to cover up the fact that he betrayed Taiko-sama and stole the world of Toyotomi.

Today, we want to let the world know that even if the Tokugawa clan tries his best, this Osaka Castle will surely become a monument to the supreme glory of our Toyotomi heroes. ”

The eyes of the more than 100 samurai in the hall were already reddened by the stimulation, and they changed to a posture of kneeling upright, with a sword in their right hand, with a solemn expression but a low voice, and they all responded to Sanada Daisuke, "No." ”

Sanada Daisuke stood at the gate of the temple and looked at the sunlight and estimated the time, about half a moment, that is, around 17 o'clock in the afternoon, which used to be the time when the craftsmen in the castle got off work, and at this time, there were no more samurai outside running to the castle town.

Daisuke Sanada and Katsuya Mori each trotted towards the east and west sides of the Sannomaru gate with fifty or sixty people each. The sunset in Osaka is around 7 p.m., so when Sanada Daisuke and his team run out of the temple, the sky is still extremely bright.

The gate of Sannomaru had been tightly closed, and the officers and soldiers who had been mobilized from nearby were distributed up and down the city wall gate. The trail to the top of the castle could only accommodate two or three people in parallel, and about a dozen samurai were guarding each side of the gate, and it was clear that some of the soldiers had returned home.

The samurai guarding both sides of the gate were amazed to see two groups of samurai running out of the temple. Suddenly, someone stepped forward and ordered them to stop, asking them who they were.

The Mori Katsuya stepped forward quickly, raising his hand and greeting the samurai who stood in his way, as if the two were acquaintances. The samurai who had come out to intercept hesitated, and the Mori Katsuya, who had stepped up to the samurai, rushed into his arms, holding his shoulder with one hand and slashing his short knife in front of the other's neck with the other.

After only a few breaths, the warrior collapsed to the ground, his hands on his neck and hissing for air. As soon as they saw the Maori Katsuya coming over with a smile on their faces and saying hello, these somewhat nervous gatekeepers relaxed and were frightened by the bloody scene in front of them, and it took a long time for someone to shout: "Enemy attack." ”

Mori Katsuya and Sanada Daisuke were like two tigers rushing into the flock, and they cut down several samurai in front of them in one fell swoop, and the subordinates behind them quickly dispersed the samurai guarding the gate behind the Sannomaru gate and began to open the gate. Mori Katsuya and Sanada Daisuke followed the east and west trails of the gate towards the castle.

The remnants of Toyotomi, who had the upper hand by the surprise attack, soon ran into trouble on the Castle Trail. Armed with swords, they were driven down by the shogunate soldiers with spears at the head of the castle. In such a difficult place to dodge, whoever has a longer weapon will have an advantage.

The shogunate soldiers who reacted in a group of three, standing on the wall and stabbing them with their spears in such a condescending manner, if it weren't for the agility of the Mori Katsuya and Sanada Daisuke, and jumped directly off the castle trail, it is estimated that the two would have died under a certain nameless gun.

However, the samurai behind Mori Katsuya and Sanada Daisuke were not so lucky, and at least four or five of the more than ten samurai who rushed onto the trails on both sides of the castle lost their ability to fight.

Watching the shogunate soldiers on the city wall fight their subordinates retreating, Mori Katsuya and Sanada Daisuke were also helpless for a while, after all, the position on the trail was too narrow, and it was really impossible to stand too many people, and this slope was not suitable for attacking with a sword.

In the battle on the trail, the remnants of Toyotomi were also at a disadvantage and retreated step by step, while the officers and soldiers on the city wall had the momentum to rush down the trail and retake the city gate. Sanada Daisuke felt that something was wrong, after all, there were more than 200 officers and soldiers gathered on the wall now, and once these pikemen rushed down the trail to form a formation, they with swords might not be able to block the other party from retaking the city gate.

Sanada Daisuke glanced at the door that had opened the small half, gritted his teeth and rushed to the front again, constantly fending off the spear's poke, trying to delay the opening of the gate for some time.

And the Maori Katsuya behind him saw Sanada Daisuke working so hard, and he also gritted his teeth and rushed forward again. Led by these two people, the remnants of Toyotomi, who were repelled by the shogunate spearmen, blocked the lower exit of the trail again, preventing the spearmen above from rushing down to set up a formation.

Sanada Daisuke held on for about a stick of incense, and his body was also stained with blood, and his eyes were a little unable to see the traces of the other party's stabbing gun, before he heard a voice from behind him: "Squat." ”

Sanada Daisuke subconsciously squatted down, and a shot from above stabbed at his head, and when he saw that the gun was about to pierce his head, a series of iron cannon shots quickly emptied the shogunate gunmen standing on the trail.

Daisuke Sanada, who had escaped the disaster, looked back and realized that it was Li Gorou standing behind him with a team of iron gunners. Seeing Sanada Daisuke's appearance, Li Wulang couldn't help frowning and asked, "Can you still fight?" ”

Sanada Daisuke's face twitched, and without hesitation, he got up and replied, "Of course you can fight, brothers follow me." ”

Seeing Sanada Daisuke turn around and walk towards the top of the city wall, Li Wulang smiled and said, "Then we will press the formation for you, and the second squad will load ammunition; The fourth squad aims at the head of the city and shoots, and whoever shows their head will hit whomever they want; The third class followed them to the city. Junichiro Noma, you can start shouting, those who lay down their weapons live, and those who resist to the end die..."