The Kizugawa Fortress is one of the outermost fortifications of Osaka Castle and the target of Tokugawa Ieyasu's inevitable attack.

Tokugawa Ieyasu sent 3 daimyo who were related to him to participate in the battle. The three are his son-in-law Asano Nagasaki, his daughter's son Tadao Ikeda, and his adopted daughter's husband, Wasuka Zhizhen.

In its original history, Tadao Ikeda was not named among the participants in this battle. However, because the entire history of Japan was frozen for a year, the battle took place a year later than the time in history, and it was in this year that Tadatsugu Ikeda, who was supposed to participate in the battle, died of illness, and his place was inherited by his younger brother Tadao Ikeda.

Only the audience is now a 13-year-old kid, and his age is even smaller than Corning on the other side. Moreover, his war experience is not as demonic as Corning.

Therefore, in this battle, Tokugawa Ieyasu can only rely on his two sons-in-law.

This invisibly intensified the open and secret struggle between his two sons-in-law. However, Tokugawa Ieyasu believed that this competition was benign, so he did not intervene, and it turned out that there was nothing wrong with Tokugawa Ieyasu's judgment, except for one point, that is, Kangning's ambitions.

The Kizugawa River was a well-fortified fortress, but for the Tokugawa Ieyasu army, which had large barrels and iron cannons, this kind of fortification was only useful for armies equipped with cold weapons.

The name of the keeper of the Kizu River is Akashi Quanto. In the original history, this guy didn't appear where he should have appeared after the opening, but was in the middle of Osaka Castle, and throughout the original historical version, such a mistake happened several times. I really don't know what Toyotomi Hideyori thinks.

And in the current situation, Corning will definitely not allow that to happen, although the other person is not in Osaka Castle, but Kimura Shigenari is enough to represent his thoughts, after all, neither of them wants to see Osaka Castle fall.

Thereupon. The guy named Akashi Quanden had to spend a lot of time in the Kizu River, constantly searching for all kinds of corners and all the places he thought might be safe, hiding from the enemy's fire.

Under the full protection of his subordinates, this guy finally saved his life, but the practice of not organizing any counterattack immediately made the other party see his cowardice.

In the course of this battle. Tokugawa Ieyasu sent the main force to the town of Wasuka. On the one hand, he ordered his subordinates to change Yamada Soden to set fire to the outside, and on the other hand, he sent five more military ships to the nearby shipyard to attack the walled city by water.

Due to the delay in Akashi Quanden's resistance to the sun, the plan of Wasuka to the town successfully achieved its goal.

After a round of shelling, the shell of the walled city had already shown many cracks, and the samurai who were cowering in the city knew that it could no longer be defended.

As a result, more and more people began to propose to withdraw from here. But behind them, there is Bo Laoyuan, which is even more difficult to defend.

Bolauyuan is not only low-lying. It's not easy to defend, and if you want to get there, you have to cross the river. Coupled with the fact that retreating in front of the enemy has always been a taboo for soldiers, Akashi Quanden began to hesitate.

But the constant persuasion of his subordinates, and the fear that came from his heart. Finally he gave the order to retreat.

So, countless samurai, you pushed me and rushed out of the Kizu River. And how did Beesuga send his soldiers to follow the enemy fleeing in North China. There are long-range strike weapons that can easily destroy enemies.

He knew that there was a river on the way of the enemy's escape. However, anyone who is familiar with some classical military science has an in-depth understanding of the phrase "half-crossing and attacking", and when the two armies face each other, there are still people who will attack half-crossing, not to mention that in such a pursuit battle, as long as the other side begins to wade and escape, it is the best opportunity.

In Akashi's field of vision, he had already seen the big river in front of him, he no longer remembered what the name of the river was, although he had seen it countless times on the map, but such an insignificant river, for the once famous him, what was the need to remember!

Perhaps, it was this psychology of God in order to take revenge on him that allowed this river to block his escape. Perhaps at this moment, the heavens with their magic skills were smiling at him and saying, "I worked so hard to create this river, and you can't even remember his name, is this despising my power?" Today, I'll let you have a hard time. ”

As a result, this timid and fearful guy had to choose whether to forcibly cross the river or commit suicide on the bank of the river.

After hesitating for a long time, he was still unable to overcome his fear, and finally chose to forcibly cross the river. Once a retainer of the Ukita Hideki family, he also used to overcome obstacles on the battlefield. And Ukita Hideya is the adopted son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so to speak. , Akashi Quanto's loyalty to Toyotomi Hideyori is also impeccable.

But the lord Shaoguo is suspicious, and some of the old ministers on the shelf are some of them instructed.

Living in the gold cave of Osaka Castle, no matter how tenacious your will is when you are young, you will soon be corrupted.

He finally decided to brave the enemy's arrows and force his way across the river. But how could the enemy give him this opportunity!

You must know that the chasing Bee Suga to the town is still waiting to use the head of the enemy general to ask his master Tokugawa Ieyasu for a reward!

So, just as the timid man was about to force his way across the river, a feathered arrow with a cold light was aimed at his vest. Although Wasuka Zhizhen was not sure of everything, he finally let go of the bowstring, and the bow and arrow flew towards the fleeing Akashi Quanden impartially, as if it had eyes.

Maybe it was the protection of the heavens, or maybe it was the lords he once served, for the sake of his usual diligence, he blessed him once under the nine springs. Just as the arrow was about to strike him, he slipped and fell into the rushing water. The surrounding subordinates rushed to salvage him, and one of them was shot by the bow and arrow impartially, and fell into the river at once. The bubbling blood soon stained the surrounding river red. Seeing the water around him dyed red, Akashi stood up in a panic. Running frantically across the river.

The power that erupted to save his life surprised his subordinates. Normally, even if he rode in front, his guards would be able to follow, but this time, he ran on foot. Instead, his guards couldn't catch up.

Wasuka was disappointed, originally, he could dedicate the other party's head to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Unfortunately, the kid's luck was so good that he was lucky enough to get away with it.

Wasuka Zhizhen admires the good fortune of Akashi Quanto. But last time, he didn't have such a good opportunity.

Akashi has been running all the way, and even some of his closest subordinates have fallen behind. As for the men who had just been assigned to his command, how many were killed or wounded while crossing the river? He didn't bother to count it.

Bolauyuan is right in front of you, but because of the low-lying terrain and many swamp-like wet areas, it may be difficult to march.

Now, he needs his men to run forward as fast as they can, and only by opening up a big enough gap can he avoid entering the swamp. Shot with a bow and arrow by an enemy behind you.

He was so focused on his own escape that he didn't notice the area around the route he was fleeing from. Many of the sentinels had already ridden in the same direction as him. In his opinion, it was possible that it was other subordinates of the lord, and he did not pay attention to the armor of those people, which was not the traditional Japanese style.

Yang Yuki had been waiting for a long time on the outskirts of Bolaoyuan, and he didn't know why Corning had placed him here, he only knew that Corning had given him 1,000 archers. Ask him to ambush the guy called Wasuka here here.

I heard that the guy's territory is next to Corning's territory, and if you want to expand in that direction, it's best to let this guy die on the battlefield.

Once the people left behind in the territory know that the lord is dead, they may fall into strife. Even if they remain united and elect their successors quickly, it is unlikely that they will soon produce a group of quality soldiers.

Then this battle is extremely important for future development.

Wasuka Zhizhen was still on the shore at the moment, and he was not in a hurry to pursue the fleeing Akashi Junto. His soldiers had shown fatigue in the siege battles that had just passed, and it would be a waste of time to let them force themselves into the war. Although it is not as difficult to recruit soldiers as in the early Warring States period, a group of soldiers with quality and combat effectiveness is still the most important asset of every prince.

But it was at this time that something happened that made him have to give the order to pursue.

Asano Nagasaki led his men in pursuit.

is also the son-in-law of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and it is inevitable that they will compete with each other in this battle, and there is also a fatal weakness of Beesuka Zhizhen that his wife is just the adopted daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the opponent's wife is Tokugawa Ieyasu's biological daughter.

In the Warring States Period, adopted sons and adopted daughters, although they nominally had the same legal rights as their biological children, but in fact, the actual treatment they could enjoy was much worse, unless it was a strong family and forced into the adopted son of a weak family, otherwise, his treatment was definitely much worse than that of his biological children.

It was with this knowledge that Wasuka knew that he had to work harder than his opponent, otherwise, Tokugawa Ieyasu would not have favored him.

So, he began to give orders, ending the rest that had just begun, and ordering his men to prepare to force their way across the river and pursue the fleeing enemy.

At this point, Akashi had already run a safe distance, and even if he slowed down now, when he entered the swamp area, his opponents would not stand outside the swamp and shoot their men with bows and arrows with ease.

Finally able to walk calmly, his emotions finally rose, but he was a defeated general after all, and now he needed to think about how to avoid being punished as much as possible.

Of course, his opponents knew nothing about his mental activity, and even his allies didn't bother to guess.

At least, Yang Yuji, who was guarding the periphery of Bolaoyuan, didn't care what he thought at this time.

What Yang Yuji was thinking about was when his prey would enter his field of vision, and his bowstring was already shaking restlessly.

Asano Nagasaki knew very well in his heart that the fortifications placed in front of him by Toyotomi Hideyori's family had nothing to offer except for the complicated terrain around him.

In other words, it is a place that can be easily captured, and whether or not you can get this military merit depends only on whether you can get there first.

His rival, Suka Chijin, has already shown his bravery in the battle just now, and it will be up to him to see how he performs.

In the original history, this brother was a little remarkable, but he was his rival, and he was appreciated by Tokugawa Ieyasu for his bravery in actual battles, and then became a powerful prince in the Edo period.

But with Corning's arrival, can this happen? It also depends on the battle that follows.

Asano Nagasaki marched at a pace neither faster than his enemies nor faster than his rivals. However, there are some artificially controlled factors, he doesn't want his subordinates to waste too much physical energy on the road, but hopes that they can retain some physical energy and have a stable performance in the next battle.

By the time they reached the outskirts of their destination, Bolauyuan, his rival had already appeared behind him, but he only glanced at it and gave the order to continue marching, knowing that his rival was no longer strong enough to catch up with him.

The end of the strong crossbow can't wear Lu Min, what can such a tired division do!

Wasuka Zhizhen didn't think so. His soldiers' spirits were high, and it was a good time to strike while the iron was hot, so he didn't rest much on the way, and went straight here.

When he also reached the outskirts of the swampy area, his rival had just entered, and had not even disappeared from his field of vision, which made him feel that he still had hope of catching up, so he gave the order to continue the pursuit.

However, at this moment, a feathered arrow shot out from the side and pierced his shoulder impartially.

In the middle of the bushes, Yoyuki stroked the pulley bow he had just gotten, and sighed in a low voice: "If you give me a few more days to familiarize me with this bow, I will definitely be able to take off that kid's head, but it's a pity." ”

Actually, he didn't need to pity anything at all. didn't set up the opponent, it was just a miss, and the opponent was now in his semi-encirclement, and he could completely rely on the range advantage of the bow and arrow to hang the opponent.

He has already ushered in a turtle that has thrown himself into the net, and he can now say to his enemies with a cruel smile like the Grim Reaper: "Mr. Turtle, welcome to the trap I have prepared for you. (To be continued.) )