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The walls of Osaka Castle are made of cyan striped stones, although they are not very tall, and they are only four feet in total, but when it comes to solidity, they are second to none in Japan, only slightly worse than Kyoto Castle, but even so, under the fierce artillery bombardment of the Qing army, it is not much stronger than the paper paste, and after only two rounds of shelling, the city walls have collapsed in many places, and as for the Japanese warriors on guard at the head of the city, nearly half of them have been wiped out as early as the first round of shelling, and the rest have already run away. At this time, Osaka Castle is like a big girl who has stripped naked, waiting for the Qing army to give her the final blow of happiness. ｛｝

"Stop shelling."

After two rounds of shelling, Lao Thirteen waved his hand, gave a ceasefire order, picked up the monocular hanging from his waist, looked at the smoke of Osaka Castle for a long time, and saw that its city defense had been completely destroyed, so he nodded with satisfaction, but did not give the order to attack, but ordered the whole fleet to drop anchor and anchor in the sea one mile away from the Osaka pier. At the end of the Shen period, when the sky was about to be black, the follow-up fleet of the Qing army had also arrived, but the old thirteen still did not order an attack, and did not even send troops to occupy the empty dock, but ordered the whole army to rest on the spot to prepare for tomorrow's battle.

Hai Shi Zhengpai, the night is already a little deep, but the Kyoto Imperial Palace's cool hall is still brightly lit, a young man in a fancy costume sits on the couch, his eyes are slightly squinted, and he has nothing to listen to the fierce arguments of a group of close ministers, this young man who is just in his early tens is the current Japanese emperor in the imperial gate, eight years old succeeded to the throne as the emperor, and now he has only been in power for more than three years, how to look at it is an ignorant teenager who does not know government affairs, of course, as far as the current emperor's embarrassing position is concerned, It doesn't make much difference whether the emperor is a child or an adult sitting on the throne, because although the emperor is nominally the co-lord of the princes of Toei, but in reality he is just a puppet of the thread, and the thread is now in the hands of the Tokugawa shogunate, and as for the emperor, in fact, it is just a symbol, and no one takes it seriously.

In such a late night, there is only one thing that can make a group of elite magnates gather together to discuss, that is, the Qing army's big move, but the officials are not arguing about war and peace, there is no side, although these ministers are all extremely respectable people, but to put it bluntly, they are just idle people sent to the imperial city by various families, and they can't say that they don't have the right to speak on the affairs of their respective families, but they are pitiful, and the matter of transferring troops to the king is really not their turn to decide, All they could do was to argue over whether or not to ask the emperor to leave Kyoto and temporarily avoid a possible attack by the Qing army.

"Haaa......"

Generally speaking, the Taisei Minister (Wakoku official name, equivalent to the prime minister) Fujiwara Tetsuo and the left minister (Wakoku official name, the position is only below the Taisei Minister) Uesugi Creed insisted on holding on to Kyoto, while several ministers led by the right minister Tokugawa Mitsuyoi and Dainayan Hojo Kazuo insisted that the emperor evacuate Kyoto to avoid the advance of the Qing army, yawned involuntarily.

"Your Majesty, do you have any instructions?"

As soon as the Emperor of Nakagomon yawned like this, a group of magnates suddenly couldn't argue, no side, although everyone didn't take the emperor to heart, but after all, the emperor was the symbol of the country, he wanted to say something, everyone out of politeness, or have to ask, after a dead silence, by the highest-ranking Taisei Minister Fujiwara Tetsuo bowed down and asked.

"I, ah, I believe that the loyal and brave soldiers can drive out the people of China."

Instruction? In the three years since the reign of Emperor Nakagomon, he has not done anything except to pretend to listen to the government, and he has not read many books, so how can there be any instructions at all, in the past, there were few palace proceedings, and Emperor Nakagomon only pretended to say "accurate" after the deliberations, and then asked him to admonish, how could he have any ideas to take, and he could only be formulaic and perfunctory.

"What Your Majesty said is that there is no shortage of loyal and brave people in my Dongying, and I will definitely drive the people who will commit crimes into the sea, and I will have to move the capital to take refuge."

Fujiwara Tetsuo was a staunch local resistance, and when he heard Emperor Mimon say this, he immediately echoed it loudly, and he planned to use the imperial approval as a weapon to suppress the opinions of the Tokugawa family.

"Your Majesty, I Dongying is indeed not short of loyal and brave warriors, but now the gathering may be difficult, now that the army has arrived in Osaka, only a hundred miles away from Kyoto, if it insists on acting recklessly, the national capital is afraid of disaster, it is better to take refuge for the time being."

Tokugawa Mitsuyoi is the cousin of Tokugawa Yoshimune, representing the interests of the Tokugawa family, although in his heart he actually doesn't care about the life or death of the emperor at all, but he never wants to lose the power of the emperor to order the princes, he wants to take this opportunity to move the emperor of Nakagomon to Edo, so as to better control it, since it is impossible to agree with Fujiwara Tetsuo's opinion, unceremoniously quarreled with him again, so, the two sides began to argue fiercely, as for the emperor of Nakagomon, of course, it is once again as a decoration, there is no doubt, In such a situation where many families have different opinions, it is impossible to make any resolution.

On the seventh day of November in the fiftieth year of Kangxi, the sky finally dawned, a round of red sun poked out from under the sea, sprinkled the golden sunlight to the world, and the Qing fleet finally began to dispatch the quiet night, first seven warships sailed away from the anchorage, slowly approaching the shore, after each adjusted, the configuration of the battle line was formed, and rows of black holes of the guns were obliquely aimed at this Osaka Castle, and then, dozens of small boats full of soldiers were lowered from the seven battleships, and rowed unhurriedly in the direction of the dock, After a while, a group of soldiers with guns in hand had already gone ashore, but they did not rush to the ruined city wall, but divided more than 100 people into the warehouse area, carefully swept around, and after making sure that there was no ambush, only then did more than 20 soldiers be left to serve as guards, and the rest joined the large army.

"Queue, forward!"

With the commander's order, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty quickly lined up in three rows, marched towards the ruined city wall with neat steps, rows of guns aimed at the direction of the city wall, all fingers were buttoned on the trigger, ready to attack suspicious targets at any time, walking in front of the team is the commander of this small unit Wan Shanhe - Wan Shanhe was originally the escort commander of the "Eight Banners Firm" Dongying fleet, when the navy was formed, he was sent into the army by Hongqing, as the commander of the Marine Corps, and the official residence guerrilla general.

"The whole army stops, Wang Kuan, take your people up!"

The speed of the Qing army's advance is not too fast, but the dock to the city wall is only more than 300 steps, a moment of effort the whole army has reached a distance of sixty steps from the city, and at this time, the direction of the city wall is still a group of dead silence, not even the slightest sound, as soon as he sees this, Wanshanhe can't help but be a little worried that there is no ambush in the city, so he drank a throat.

"Wow!"

Wang Kuannai was the commander of the first outpost, and when he heard the order of his own commander, he did not dare to be the slightest slack, and hurriedly responded, leading more than 100 soldiers under his command to rush to the ruined city wall, climb the ruins, and quickly set up a defensive formation on the ruins.

"Report, General Yuwan, there is no trace of the enemy at the city wall, and in addition, the streets as far as the eye can see are silent and uninhabited, and the enemy situation is unknown, please make it clear to the general!"

Wang Kuan led his troops to wait on the city wall for a long time, but there was never an enemy army appeared, and the city was still silent, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, and he didn't dare to be specialized, so he sent a signal soldier back to his own camp and reported what he saw to Wanshan River.

"Huh? Uptown! ”

Hearing that there was no trace of the enemy in the city, Wan Shanhe couldn't help but be stunned, frowned and thought about it, and did not rush to a conclusion, but waved his hand and gave an order in a loud voice, and then saw that more than 200 officers and soldiers who were on standby on the spot rushed to the broken city wall like a whirlwind, and quickly scattered in all directions, firmly controlling the strategic points everywhere.

"Wang Kuan, take your people to search and advance, you can't fight when you encounter the enemy, just retreat!"

Wan Shanhe held a monocular in his hand, and looked around carefully for a long time, but he still didn't see any movement in the city, and the suspicion in his heart suddenly deepened a little, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he called Wang Kuan to the front and told him with a solemn face.

"Wow!"

Since Wan Shanhe had already given the order, Wang Kuan did not dare to delay much, and hurriedly responded, beckoned his subordinates to go down the ruins, and slowly advanced along the avenue.

"Send a signal to the fleet that our troops have successfully occupied the city walls without resistance!"

Wan Shanhe silently waited on the city wall for about a stick of incense, but still didn't see any movement in the city, his brows couldn't help but lock, and after thinking about it, he raised his hand and ordered in a low voice.

"Wow!"

As soon as Wan Shanhe's voice fell, the communication soldier who followed closely beside him answered the promise loudly, waving two small flags, and transmitted the news back to the flagship.

"No resistance? What do these slaves want to do? ”

On the tall bridge of the "Zhenyuan", Lao Thirteen was always observing the Osaka city wall with a monocular, and he didn't need the heralds to come to pass the ceremony, he had clearly seen the flag sent back by the marines, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, frowned, and muttered......

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