Li Chenfang looked at these Japanese samurai who would rather swing their swords at their companions than dare to turn back and fight with their subordinates, what is the difference between these people and the legendary Liaodong Ming army who were beaten by Jianyu and fled?

He couldn't believe that these samurai of the shogunate were so vulnerable. After seeing the shogunate samurai who were in a mess with bayonets in a squad and throwing their weapons down on the ground during the orders of his subordinates, he knew that the war had been inexplicably won.

Li Chenfang roughly estimated the casualties of the other side, and the two platoons of guns knocked down more than 20 people who rushed to the front, and these Japanese samurai who turned around and charged into the rear team caused more than 10 people to lose their combat effectiveness. In other words, this big fan has lost half of its combat effectiveness.

He motioned for half of the team guarding by him to go up to clean up the battlefield with the family members of the Dianwu family who were standing aside in a daze, and then called the leaders of the family and asked them to come to him to talk.

Noguchi Toshiie and Muto Uemon shivered at first when they saw the scene in front of them, and then they became ecstatic. For the first time since fleeing Osaka Castle 16 years ago, they felt that the seemingly unshakable authority of the shogunate was shaking.

After seeing hope from despair, the two immediately felt that the career of the curtain was not as difficult as it seemed. Following the orders of Lord Kagekoku, Noguchi Toshiie and Muto Uemon let their men go down to assist those soldiers in cleaning up the battlefield, and walked quickly in front of Li Chenfang.

Before Li Chenfang could speak, the Noguchi Toshiya had already bowed to him and fell to the ground, pressed his forehead tightly to the ground and said, "The Toyotomi relict Maori Katsuya has seen an adult. ”

Muto Uemon also quickly followed and bowed down and said, "Toyotomi's relict party Sanada Daisuke has seen an adult..."

Li Chenfang looked at Yodo Musashi beside him in some surprise and motioned for him to explain the situation below. Yodowa Musashi had only recovered from the shock of the rapid defeat of the shogunate samurai at this time, and he explained to Li Chenfang very respectfully.

"The villain is a home that provides military supplies to Lord Taiko, and although Lord Taiko's foundation was taken away by the shogunate, the villain does not dare to forget Lord Taiko's favor to his family. The samurai who fought against the shogunate for Lord Hideyori came to the door for help, and the villain tried his best to arrange it. ”

Hearing what Yodowa Musashi said, Li Chenfang roughly understood. Thanks to this year, he made up a lot of history about Japan, and also knew the history of the winter and summer wars in Osaka. It is known that Toyotomi Hideyori's mother and son recruited 100,000 wandering samurai in order to defend Osaka Castle, but after Tokugawa Ieyasu used a strategy, there were only 10,000 or 20,000 samurai left in Osaka Castle in the last war.

Tokugawa Ieyasu won a resounding victory and forced Toyotomi Hideyori's mother and son to stay in the castle tower* of Osaka Castle, but many of the samurai in the castle escaped. For the bloodline of the Toyotomi family, Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally did not hesitate to spend a lot of energy and financial resources to arrest it, but for those samurai who were not famous, the shogunate was a little careless.

The wild samurai, who did not have a deep relationship with the Toyotomi family, dispersed with the demise of the Toyotomi family. However, for those middle and low-ranking samurai who were loyal to the Toyotomi family, they had to wander around and continue to fight against the shogunate when they were deprived of their territory and wanted to be arrested.

But the curtain also needs financial support, and these samurai also need to eat, so Yodoya Musashi, who had received the favor of the Toyotomi family, was forced to rebel by these samurai. Although their power was not enough to overthrow the shogunate, it was more than enough to deal with a merchant who did not have the protection of a daimyo .

As for Yodowa Musashi, as the royal merchant of the Toyotomi family, he would definitely not be accepted by the shogunate. Because the shogunate had its own royal merchants. It is impossible for the shogunate to trust a merchant who is too deeply involved with the Toyotomi family to be its own royal merchant, and those daimyo of the Western Army who watched left and right in the Battle of Sekigahara were all played by the shogunate.

Yodowa Musashi then paid for the placement of these samurai, and at some point he was able to let them solve some problems for him. It was also with the help of these samurai that the Yodotomi family recovered again after the fall of the Toyotomi family, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

If it weren't for the arrival of the Akito, Yodowa Musashi and these samurai would probably have lived like this, and as for the fall of the curtain or something, it would be good to think about it in a dream.

However, after all, the Akito came, although he didn't know what the Akito wanted to do, but manipulating the price of grain could obviously bring great benefits to the Yodowa family, and it could also make some trouble for the shogunate, so Yodogo Musashi took the initiative to contact the Akito.

Beginning this year, under the hint of cooperating with Akito, Yodowa Musashi finally understood that Akito seemed to want trouble with the shogunate, so after consulting with Mori Katsuya and others, he joined Akito's plan.

Yodowa Musashi not only sent his family to Shanghai in the Ming Kingdom, but also bought a bond from the Ming Dynasty, which gave him the trust of the Ming people. However, Yodowa Musashi did not tell the Akito about the remnants of Toyotomi around him, because they were not sure that the shogunate would lose.

It wasn't until a squadron of soldiers trained by Akito easily defeated the samurai of the shogunate that these Toyotomi remnants couldn't do it anymore. Only then did he hurry over and give a frank explanation to Li Chenfang.

After Li Chenfang understood what happened, he didn't pursue their careful thinking about concealing their identities before, but just waved them to stand up and reply.

He asked Mori Katsuya and Sanada Daisuke with concern, "Are all the samurai of the shogunate like this, or are we an exception?" ”

Mori Katsuya looked at the iron cannons of the soldiers on the side without arquebuses, and replied confidently, "My lord, it's not that their combat effectiveness is too poor, but that since the Osaka Summer War, the shogunate has begun to control the production and purchase of iron cannons in each domain.

Not only did the feudal clans treasure the iron cannons in their hands, but even the shogunate itself rarely used iron cannons for drilling. However, the storytellers who traveled from place to place still boasted of the great power of iron cannons and the collapse of the country.

Because most of Japan's iron cannons and national collapses are in the hands of the shogunate, if the daimyo dares to cause rebellion, the shogunate can use the iron cannon and the national collapse to destroy him, and the shogunate seems to want to use this way to dispel the disobedience of the feudal domains.

Not only the local people and the samurai of each domain believed it, but even the officers and soldiers under the command of the shogunate seemed to believe it. Therefore, when they saw so many iron cannons aimed at them in front of them, escaping from the muzzle of the gun became the fastest reaction.

However, if the adults had arrived in Edo, the shogunate officials and soldiers there would not have been so out of shape. Many of them are veterans of Osaka's winter and summer battles, and they know what war is. ”

After listening to the explanation of the Maori winner, Li Chenfang was finally relieved. It turned out that it was not that his side was too brave, nor that the other party was too incompetent, but that the other party believed in the shogunate's propaganda about the power of iron cannons, so there was such a big panic. It seems that this group of shogunate officers and soldiers are all newcomers.

While Li Chenfang was still thinking, a herald had already run to report to him: "My lord, a small group of enemies has fled eastward, and Squadron Leader Li has chased after him with the second team.

In addition, we captured 34 prisoners, of whom three were lightly wounded and eight were seriously wounded. Please tell me what to do with them. ”

Li Chenfang thought for a while and said, "I remember that there is a medical hall on the side, and let the uninjured captives take them to the hospital, but ask all of them to take off their armor and weapons.

In addition, some straw mats were found and the remaining captives were allowed to place the corpses on the straw mats, and no one should insult the corpses. When we leave, they will be able to take the body back and return it to the family. ”

With Li Chenfang's order, these samurai of the shogunate were busy unloading their hats and belly straps, and the family members of the Yodowu family hurriedly collected and transported these armors and weapons.

After a while, Li Wulang also escorted the fleeing shogunate samurai back to the courtyard, and he said triumphantly to Li Chenfang: "These samurai masters are really too lazy, but they have walked ten miles, and now they can't even escape for their lives. We all got them back, and none of them ran away..."

Daisuke Sanada, who was listening to the audience, suddenly had a bold idea in his heart, and he couldn't help but excitedly said to Li Chenfang: "My lord, this is a good opportunity." ”

Li Chenfang, who was about to order Li Wulang to withdraw his troops, suddenly paused, turned his head to look at him and asked, "What is a good opportunity?" ”

Sanada Daisuke's voice trembled a little and said, "It's a good opportunity to capture Osaka Castle." ”

Before Li Chenfang could say anything, Yodo Musashi beside him was already surprised and said, "Are you crazy? There are only 150 people here, and there are tens of thousands of people living in Osaka Castle with three walls and two moats, and nearly 100,000 townspeople in the castle town outside the castle. Do you think 150 of us can take such a big city? Each of them can drown us with a mouthful of spit..."

Li Chenfang's face was also very ugly, and he said coldly to Sanada Daisuke: "If you just want to get my attention, it's not too late to shut up." Or do you think I'm too young and think I'm foolish? ”

Mori Katsuya noticed that Li Gorou had put his hand on the handle of the knife, and it seemed that as long as Sanada Daisuke's answer was not satisfactory, he would draw the knife and teach his friend a lesson. So he tugged at Sanada Daisuke's sleeve without a trace, hoping to stop this friend who escaped from Osaka Castle with him.

However, Sanada Daisuke had already been hindered by his own thoughts, and he did not feel the Mori Katsuya's stop, but excitedly pulled out his blade and drew a plan of Edo Castle on the ground.