Edo

Historically, it was Tokugawa Ieyasu who established the shogunate.

Of course, that's something that would only happen on another plane.

However, in this time and space, Edo still became the place where the shogunate was founded, but the owner was replaced by the Ishida family.

As for Tokugawa Ieyasu, for some reason, it has become a small wave in the long river of history.

But in any case, the inertia of history is still very strong.

Tokugawa was gone, but after all, Ishida appeared to make up for this shortcoming.

In fact, whoever is the shogun will do it, it is the same.

Because whether it's Tokugawa or Ishida, they do pretty much the same thing.

Although there will be some deviations, these deviations will eventually be corrected by something that cannot be seen and cannot be grasped, and then the wheel of history will begin to slowly turn again.

For this kind of invisible and intangible thing, Zhao Hongyu also felt very mysterious.

At this time, Zhao Hongyu had already conquered Osaka Castle, and the army was stationed in the city to begin defense.

They conquered Osaka Castle, which caused quite a stir in the country.

This is the first time in the history of the Wa Kingdom that a foreigner has conquered their native city.

This incident still happened during the period of control of the Ishida Shogunate, which completely made the Ishida Shogunate's face completely lost.

Therefore, when the war report from Ishida Aido and Kazeshi arrived on the Edo side, the general Ishida Hiroshi immediately reacted and arranged.

He must also react immediately and send a large army to completely kill the foreigners and retake Osaka Castle.

Otherwise, the shogunate's face would be completely gone.

Although the Ishida shogunate was established, there were still many feudal lords who were not convinced in private.

It's just that the hundreds of years of the Warring States period have made people no longer want to continue fighting.

Moreover, after the defeat of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara, the strength of the Ishida family suddenly became very strong.

In such a situation. Some daimyo lords had to submit to the Ishida family.

But if you want to say that they don't have resentment in their hearts, that's unlikely.

However, the common people are reluctant to fight, and they want a peaceful life, and these people have to think about it.

Now, a group of foreigners suddenly appeared and swept away the face of the shogunate.

The shogunate's face was not good-looking, and those daimyo and feudal lords were actually laughing in private.

The shogunate lost face, and they were the most willing to see it.

Without him, they have a grudge against the shogunate in their hearts.

So. The shogunate had no face, and they were the happiest.

But happy is happy, there are still some things to do.

For example, if the shogunate mobilized heavy troops to reinforce the crusading army again, the lords and feudal lords and daimyo who received orders must obey them.

Everyone knows that Ishida Hiroshi is holding his breath in his heart now, if he contradicts him at this time, then this guy will definitely go crazy and be punished.

Therefore, at this time. Everyone was reluctant to contradict Hiroshi Ishida.

But those who received the order basically marched with a large army in two days.

They don't want to touch Hiroshi Ishida's bad luck at this time and let themselves be unlucky.

It is said that those foreigners are very powerful, but in fact, except for Yu Zhao Hongyu, they have fought. Except for those who knew that they were powerful, those who reinforced them basically didn't think so.

After all, they only learned about the battle situation through the battle report, and they didn't really fight Zhao Hongyu and them.

So, many people think. This is what Ishida Aido and Kazeshi said on purpose in order to shirk their responsibilities.

Because the stronger the enemy, the less responsibility for their defeat becomes.

Everyone understands this truth. Who is not a fool.

However, everyone still hasn't said anything.

After all, it is very unwise to offend people in this matter.

Besides, the wind servant and Ishida Hiroshi have always been very good at being people.

Except for the unlucky dead ghost Takahashi, the popularity of the two is very good.

So, in the end, everyone agreed with what the battle report said, and the responsibility for the defeat was also shifted to Takahashi, who was already burping.

Who let Takahashi offend so many people, his enemies are almost everywhere.

At this time, if you don't fall into the stone, when will you wait?

Don't look at Takahashi's death, but his family is still there.

In this way, although Takahashi is dead, the matter is not over.

His family was unlucky, and was ordered by an angry Ishida Hiroshi to be demoted to civilians.

From a wealthy family on the high, he suddenly became a commoner, and this taste between heaven and earth is not something that can be accepted for a while.

However, the matter has come to this point, what can the Takahashi family do?

Who let their family, out of Takahashi such a thing.

When Takahashi was alive, he offended so many people.

Now that he's dead, and he's saddled with so much guilt, it's impossible for the enemies of his past sins not to do it.

The Takahashi family was destroyed.

However, even so, the anger in Hiroshi Ishida's heart did not disappear.

Originally, he wanted to punish Ishida Aido and Fengshi, but the battle report made it clear that the two of them were now repeatedly defeated, and they had won and lost each other with those foreigners.

And, not long ago, they lured the enemy into Osaka Castle and surrounded it.

Ishida Hedo and the two wind attendants, that is really good at putting gold on their faces.

It wasn't like that at all, but when they said it, it seemed to be true.

Originally, it was Zhao Hongyu who conquered Osaka Castle, but they said that it was the tactics and lure of the crusading army.

Anyway, those foreigners are now stationed in Osaka Castle and are dying.

Now, as long as there are enough reinforcements, it will be a matter of time to completely exterminate these foreigners.

Therefore, no matter how angry Ishida Hiroshi is in his heart now, at least the battle situation is very favorable to the Japanese country according to the battle report now.

At the same time, Ishida Aido still has the wind to serve them, and now there is really nothing they can do against foreigners in Osaka Castle.

The battle report said that their infantry had been lost. The rest are basically cavalry units.

It is impossible for cavalry units to engage in siege battles, but field battles are okay.

At the same time, they were also very short in terms of troops, and lacked siege equipment.

If these conditions could not be met, then it would be impossible for them to completely destroy those enemies.

The Japanese people have studied the art of war in the Ming Dynasty, and even Sun Tzu knows the art of war.

The Art of War: Siege Warfare, Ten Rules.

This meaning is very clear to tell everyone, if it is a siege war, the proportion of your own side must be at least ten times that of the opponent, because only in this way can there be a guarantee of vitality.

Thus. Sieges were brutal.

No matter how Ishida Hiroshi looks, he doesn't know how to learn, but he still knows the truth of this simple art of war.

Therefore, he could only send reinforcements to support the raiders, and he also carried a large number of siege equipment.

At the same time, in order to ensure that the enemy was completely wiped out at Osaka Castle this time, he also said that the Kohoshi Honke Regiment stationed in Edo was drawn out and added reinforcements.

It can be seen that for this increase in troops, Ishida Guang wants to solve Zhao Hongyu and them at one time.

Originally. There were 20,000 soldiers stationed in the Edo area, and these soldiers were very elite soldiers.

This time, the number of thirteen thousand people was drawn out at once.

Hiroko Ishida made a great effort.

Therefore, the forces of the crusading army were reinforced. It was 32,000 people.

And Ishida Aido still has a force of more than 4,000 people.

As soon as the two sides converged upon the arrival of these reinforcements, the strength of the crusading army would be almost 36,700 men.

Compared with Zhao Hongyu, there are only more than 3,000 troops now. That's an absolute advantage.

At the same time, taking into account the fact that the enemy used a large number of 'iron cannons', as stated in the battle reports. This batch of reinforcements also mobilized 2,000 elite Ishida Honke 'iron cannon' troops.

The 2,000-strong iron artillery team is basically elite soldiers, who have learned the tactics of three-stage shooting, and have seen blood on the battlefield.

In Hiroshi Ishida's opinion, with the addition of these iron cannons, then the enemy's iron cannons must be contained.

Even if it can't be contained, then it can be confronted.

In this way, the enemy's iron cannon will be useless.

I have to say that Hiroshi Ishida's idea is very good, but the reality is very cruel.

You must know that Zhao Hongyu and they rely on the city wall of Osaka Castle, which itself occupies a certain advantage.

In addition, their muskets are much better than the muskets of the Japanese people, and they surpass the muskets of the Japanese people by much, both in terms of range and lethality.

Therefore, what Hiroshi Ishida thinks is very unrealistic.

It's just that Hiroshi Ishida doesn't know anything about it.

In addition, Zhao Hongyu has put artillery on the walls of Osaka City in turn in the past few days, and the power of this thing is absolutely unparalleled in the defense of the city.

This is also the reason why Zhao Hongyu dared to enter Osaka Castle and used Osaka Castle as a basis to carry out a defensive battle to attract the shogunate.

Of course, there are many factors in this, so it is not for outsiders.

Of the 20,000 elite people stationed in Edo, 13,000 were transferred.

Well, at this moment, the main family stationed in the Edo area is not right, and now there are still 7,000 people left.

If it was the Warring States period, this would still be very dangerous.

Fortunately, the Warring States period has ended, and the Wa Kingdom is no longer the era of war.

Therefore, the Edo area is still very safe.

Unless there are some people who want to make a shock.

However, there are basically no such people.

Don't look at their resentment against the Ishida shogunate, but let them rebel that is impossible.

Under the general trend of people's minds, if they do this, it will really be a lantern in the toilet...... I'm 'dead' looking for. (To be continued......)