Daisuke Sanada pointed to the drawings on the ground and explained, "Osaka Castle is located in the north and faces south, and is divided into three parts: Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru from the inside out.

Osaka Castle is located on a plateau surrounded by rivers and canals on the east, west, and north, and only a large plain is to the south, so the gates south of Osaka Castle are the most majestic and well-defended. But now we've captured a whole group of people from the 12th group of the Great Fans, and they can wear their armor to sneak into the gate and take the gate.

The castle town is a large area, and it is mainly inhabited by the families of the samurai in the castle, as well as some wealthy merchants and craftsmen. Next is Sannomaru, and the mansion inside is for the daimyo and sergeants who escorted the shogun to Osaka Castle.

Since food prices have skyrocketed, it is the people of Joshita Town who have been most affected. Some time ago, there have been several incidents of the town attacking rice shops. The reason why Osaka Castle sent someone to arrest and raid the Yodowa family was that I thought it was to put the charge of rising food prices on the head of the Yodogo family and to appease the anger of the townspeople.

However, it was not only us who manipulated the rise in grain prices, but also the Osaka Castle Shigesumi Sakai and the imperial merchants of the shogunate were also involved in stockpiling grain. Relying on the favor of the shogun, Sakai Shigesumi has long been resented by the townspeople for collecting donations from merchants and increasing taxes on the townspeople since he became the Osaka Castle Representative, but he has done nothing about government affairs.

After we took possession of the gates of Osaka Castle, we encouraged the townspeople of the castle to take a look, and the poor townspeople who could not eat responded to the action. As long as a few thousand townspeople from the outer city poured into the castle town to cause chaos, the city would be in chaos. In order to protect their own property and families, and in order to protect the mansions of the daimyos, the samurai of Sannomaru, Ninomaru, and even Honmaru were transferred out to quell the rebellion of the townspeople.

We took advantage of this opportunity to seize the gate of Sannomaru, and then enter through the Otemon Gate to the west of Ninomaru, seize the Otemon, and guide the townspeople to seize the arsenal and the *storehouse. Then lure the samurai of Honmaru to come out and defeat them, and then besiege Honmaru with the townspeople. As long as we capture Honmaru, the samurai in Osaka Castle will not surrender to us, but they will inevitably flee from the castle. ”

Li Wulang had no interest in Sanada Daisuke's plan, and said very disapprovingly: "I want to pretend to take the city gate, and I want to incite the townspeople to fight it, and I also want the castle generation in Osaka to transfer the men and horses of Ninomaru and Honmaru out to quell the chaos, so that we can mix in Ninomaru."

Your plan is entirely based on the premise that others keep making mistakes, and what should we do if the samurai guarding the south gate of Osaka Castle, or the samurai guarding the gate of Otemon, see the flaw, or if the acting officer realizes something? Turn around and run away? ”

Sanada Daisuke hadn't thought about how to refute it, but Li Chenfang said quite excitedly: "It's okay to turn around and run away, anyway, we are planning to evacuate, but we are just trying our luck."

It's just that this plan is too risky, and I don't know how many townspeople can be mobilized to enter the city, and if the number is too small, it will be suppressed in a while, and we will be trapped in the city.

Second, in such a large city, there are at least three or four thousand defenders, and even if we add the remaining men and horses on the ships outside the port, we are only one and a half squadrons of strength, and the difference in strength is too great..."

Daisuke Sanada opened his mouth, but finally didn't make a sound. It was true that this plan was too risky, and how did these Akitomi know the significance of taking Osaka Castle for them, the remnants of Toyotomi?

The Maori Katsuya was moved by Sanada Daisuke's plan, and now they retreat with the Akito, and they will not attract the attention of the Akito without any merits. Maybe in the end, it is to give them a status similar to that of Li Wulang.

But the Maori family was eager to make a name for themselves in this downfall, so that they could be celebrated by the world. Even if the curtain fails in the end, his name can be passed down along with those samurai and daimyo of the Warring States, instead of becoming a corpse on the battlefield in obscurity.

Compared to Sanada Daisuke, he understands the needs of these Akito better. Therefore, the Maori Katsuya said to Li Chenfang quite excitedly: "But my lord, there is not only Ginza in Osaka Castle, but also a huge treasury.

Osaka Castle was directly under the name of the shogun, and the output of more than 600,000 koku on the plains around the city was the largest of the shogunate's holdings outside the Kanto Plain.

Osaka Castle was also a land and water destination, and the daimyo would transport some of their grain to the place to sell and then buy the necessary supplies from Osaka, and the annual transaction exceeded 100,000 kan of silver.

The annual tribute rice paid to the shogun in the Osaka area was exchanged for gold and silver, plus taxes collected from merchants and townspeople, and was stored in the vault of Honmaru in Osaka Castle. It is said that because the shogunate had sufficient finances, the treasury had been stored for five years and the tax revenue was not transported. Even according to the most conservative estimates, the deposit in it will not be less than 300,000 taels. ”

The Maori Singer's estimation of the Osaka Castle vault suddenly made Li Chenfang lose his thinking ability for a while, and it took him a long time to calculate the true value of this vault.

Since the shogunate adopted the three-goods system, there has been no real monetary system, but it has made the Japanese familiar with the units of measurement of the three currencies. For example, Liang refers specifically to gold, Guan Mu and 匁 refer to the unit of silver, and Guan and Wen refer to the unit of copper coins.

One tael of gold in Japan is roughly equivalent to 04 taels of gold in the Ming Dynasty, and 300,000 taels is equivalent to 120,000 taels of gold, that is, 1.8 million taels of silver, equivalent to 2.52 million yuan in the Ming Dynasty.

As a close minister of the emperor's side, Li Chenfang naturally knows the inside story of this war against Japan better than these people around him. As far as he knew, the central bank had issued 1.3 million yuan in war bonds for the operation, and was preparing to issue another 500,000 yuan in war bonds in order to cope with additional circumstances.

But now, as long as you take the city 10 miles away, the cost of this war will be fully earned. As a close confidant of the emperor stationed in the East China Sea Patrol Mansion, Li Chenfang should not have appeared here.

Xu Xinsu and other officials involved in the operation against Japan knew very well that Li Chenfang was not only the commander of the 2nd Coastal Defense Battalion, but also a supervisor with the intention of supervising the war. It stands to reason that he should sit on Tanegashima and discuss the plan to send troops to Japan with Xu Xinsu and others.

However, Li Chenfang is too young, he is one year younger than Chongzhen. In addition, Xu Xinsu can often see the identity of the emperor, so although the officials of the East China Sea Patrol Mansion are very respectful to him, when they really encounter important matters, no one has ever listened to his opinions.

This made Li Chenfang very frustrated, and when he felt that he was a Buddha statue that had been enshrined on Tanegashima Island, he then came to Osaka to meet the opportunity of Yodo-Atsu-Musashi and other rice merchants, and came out to relax. Xu Xinsu felt that this was just an extremely simple task, and knew that Li Chenfang had not been very happy recently, so he sent three ships to him.

Maori Katsuya's words hit Li Chenfang's heart at once, and it was obviously a stupid thing to attack Osaka Castle with such a small number of people at hand. But if it is to seize more than 100,000 taels of gold in the city, about the people who patrol the embassy in the East China Sea will think that it is worth a try, after all, most of them are pirates and maritime merchants.

If he really seized the gold and returned to Tanegashima with such a feat, would those officials still dare to fool him as an ignorant child in the future?

Li Chenfang thought for a long time, and couldn't help but become short of breath and said, "Maybe we can give it a try?" ”

Li Wulang on the side suddenly became a little anxious, although he was indeed tempted by this amount of money, but when it came to Li Chenfang's life safety, he immediately gave up such a temptation.

So far, the 2nd Haiphong Battalion has established a total of five wings, each with an establishment of 947 personnel. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd formations were all composed of Japanese, and the 4th and 5th formations joined Korea, Jeju Island, Fuso Island, and Kuyi Island.

With the exception of the 1st Squadron, which consisted mainly of Tokugawa Tadanaga's retainers and wandering samurai, the 2nd and 3rd Squadrons were recruited poor mountain dwellers, fishermen, and bankrupt peasants. Compared to their past life in Japan, military life in Tianjin was like paradise.

In fact, after a year in Tianjin, apart from the retainers of Tokugawa Tadanaga and the wandering samurai, the other civilians did not want to return to Japan at all. Compared with the discrimination of domestic samurai against civilians, the discrimination of Chinese against the Wu Kou and the military is too gentle.

These Japanese civilians also understood that the treatment they received in China could not be brought back home. Even the treatment they received as equals with the samurai in the army was earned by the Chinese adults. After returning to China, the samurai lords will not spare them so easily.

However, if they want to stay in China, they need someone to protect them, just like the daimyo who sheltered the samurai in China. Compared with other Chinese adults, Li Chenfang, who is young but strict and fair, is the object of the greatest awe of these Japanese civilian soldiers.

What's more, this young Chinese lord is also a close confidant of His Majesty the Emperor, and in their opinion, he is just a small surname next to the general. Therefore, they hope to be favored by the emperor under the leadership of Li Chenfang, so that they can obtain a new future for themselves.

The gold of more than 100,000 taels is not so attractive compared to Li Chenfang's safety and the future of all of them. What's more, if Li Chenfang is gone, will this gold still have anything to do with them?

Li Wulang immediately persuaded him: "My lord, your status is noble, and you are different from us, if something happens to you here, even Lord Xu will be blamed by the emperor." We have completed the task assigned by Lord Xu, and there is no need to take this risk, this is not within our mission. ”

Li Wulang didn't say that it was okay, as soon as he said this, Li Chenfang strengthened his belief, he glanced at Li Wulang coldly and said, "Is my order not as good as the order of the Xu Patrol Envoy?" If anyone in your squadron is unwilling to carry out my orders, stand up, and I will send you back to the ship now. ”

Li Wulang suddenly closed his mouth, and after waiting for a while, Li Chenfang softened his tone a little and said: "Li Wulang, interrogate those captives separately, Sanada Daisuke will assist you, and you can ask as much as you can about the troop deployment in Osaka Castle, the location of the weapons depot, the location of the * depot and the information of important people." Mori Katsuya, you take people and find out the leaders of the townspeople. ”

Li Chenfang looked up at the sky before adding: "It's not yet noon, it's about half, and a moment later, that is, half of noon, I will gather here to discuss the seizure of the city."

It takes almost a moment to get from here to the city gate, and the time when the city gate is closed, that is, we only have a quarter and a half at most, so let's hurry. ”

The moment in Japan is two hours, although Li Wulang is still a little reluctant in his heart, but after nearly two years of rigorous training, he still obeyed his orders.

After watching the people around him trotting to carry out their tasks, Li Chenfang turned his head and ordered the guards around him to send the somewhat confused Yodo Musashi onto the ship, and informed the captain Zheng Xiang who was waiting for them, and by the way, brought down the two squads of soldiers left on the ship.