Although he was besieged by the enemy and attacked continuously for seven days, Zhao Hongyu did not panic at all.

He was convinced that he could hold Osaka Castle and inflict heavy losses on the enemy at the same time.

Looking at the face of the lord he had taken refuge in, full of confidence that he didn't know where he came from, Yuji Riverbe could only echo a few words.

Around Zhao Hongyu and Yuji Riverside, the soldiers were eating steamed buns and drinking bone broth, replenishing their strength.

By this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and it seemed that night was about to fall.

The temperature also drops a lot at this time, so drinking such a steaming bowl of bone broth is really comfortable.

Not to mention the midnight and a supper.

Therefore, the soldiers under Zhao Hongyu in Osaka Castle are full of spirits one by one.

There was no malaise at all as the crusading army commanders had estimated.

Moreover, in the past seven days of attack, the soldiers under Zhao Hongyu have not suffered much losses, and only a dozen people have been slightly injured.

On the other hand, the crusading army, which was the one who took the initiative to attack and maintained a great advantage in terms of strength, suffered heavy losses, losing many soldiers in the seven-day non-stop attack.

In just seven days, the crusading army has lost more than 10,000 troops, which is really a heavy loss.

In fact, as the commander of the crusading army, Ishida Aido and the Kaze-saloon did not expect that the enemy, who was surrounded by them in Osaka Castle and estimated that there was not much food anymore, would still be able to inflict such heavy losses on them in these seven-day incidents.

All of this was beyond their expectations, and it was completely unexpected.

The camp of the crusading army opposite the north gate of Osaka Castle also rose from the camp at this time.

They have been attacking Osaka Castle since the morning. It's already dusk, but the attack still doesn't work.

The soldiers who participated in the attack today had nothing left in their stomachs except for a few rice balls with wild vegetables in the morning.

Therefore, Ishida Aido also knew that at this time, the soldiers needed to eat something.

Although he had the intention of letting the soldiers continue to attack, he also understood the reason why he had to let the soldiers eat something.

Unlike the soldiers in Osaka Castle, the soldiers of the Raiders ate a few dumplings mixed with wild vegetables.

This kind of rice ball is said to be a rice ball, but in fact, you won't see a grain of rice in it.

But this is also a great meal for the soldiers of the crusading army.

They simply don't think about it. The enemies who fought against them were eating white flour steamed buns and enjoying dinner with this fragrant bone broth.

In fact, you can't blame the crusading army for being stingy, because there has always been such a rule here in the Wa Kingdom, and the soldiers often prepare their own food when fighting.

The lord doesn't care about what the soldiers eat and drink.

Therefore, the food on the side of the crusading army is obviously not prepared so much.

Besides, the crusading army has gathered several feudal lords' teams so far.

is so together, everyone is more or less selfish.

These tens of thousands of people eat and drink is not a small number. So it's impossible for anyone to be stupid enough to bring so much food.

Everyone thought to themselves that since they were doing things for the shogunate, then this food should be provided by the shogunate.

Therefore, don't look at the crusading army besieging Osaka Castle for more than 20 days. But in the past twenty days, the crusading army has also begun to run out of food.

"Let the soldiers eat two more vegetable balls, and when they are full, continue to attack me. I don't believe that the enemy won't be tired, and they still have so much to eat? ”

Ishida looked at the soldiers lined up outside the camp and said to Tanaka beside him.

In fact. For those enemies of Osaka Castle, Tanaka didn't know how to describe it.

The city has been besieged for more than 20 days, and the enemy's resistance is still so fierce.

I don't know what kind of confidence they have. is supporting them in the fight.

As a high-ranking military commander of Osaka Castle, Tanaka also knows some of the situation in Osaka Castle.

There wasn't much food in Osaka Castle at all, so the enemy would have run out of food for a long time.

However, judging from the seven days of attack, it seems that things are not like this at all.

The enemies were all very energetic, and they didn't look like they had been hungry for days without eating.

Even Tanaka found that those enemies were red one by one.

In contrast, on the contrary, the soldiers on the side of the crusading army were all yellow-faced and thin.

His grandmother's, who the hell is besieged and lacks food.

Tanaka even had the illusion that the dominant crusaders and the enemy had switched roles.

Such an illusion overwhelmed Tanaka.

"My lord, we've lost too much these days. If we continue to launch such an attack, then we will probably not have enough troops, so please think twice. ”

Tanaka came back to his senses at this time and reminded Ishida Aido.

Yes, these seven days of offensive, their losses were too great.

The battle loss of 10,000 people is already very terrifying here in the Japanese country.

You must know that this is still a loss that occurred when the moat of Osaka Castle was not even crossed.

God knows how much they will have to pay when they start a real siege war after crossing the moat.

Tanaka didn't dare to think about this question.

Zhao Hongyu's artillery has brought an incomparable shock to the Japanese people in the past seven days.

It also made the Japanese know for the first time that the original artillery still has such power.

The Japanese people have always attached great importance to artillery, and they believe that the courage of the soldiers in the war is the key to determining the victory or defeat.

Of course, it cannot be said that such a concept is wrong in the era of cold weapons.

It's just that they don't know that the opponent they are facing has initially possessed troops that have escaped the category of cold weapons.

A force like this cannot be defeated by courage alone.

And the flesh and blood of people can't fight against the shells and lead bullets.

Speaking of which, this is also a sad thing after the development of firearms.

At this point, the individual's martial arts were ruthlessly eliminated. In its place, there is the use of strategy and tactics.

Even in the era before Zhao Hongyu crossed over, there was basically no short-handed contact on the battlefield.

In battle, it is all about its own weapon superiority in the confrontation.

Of course, these truths will not be clear to the Japanese people.

After all, this is a gap of hundreds of years.

"We keep attacking or everything will be lost." , Ishida Hedao didn't know that the crusading army had suffered a lot of losses now, but at the moment he couldn't stop the attack.

He had been attacking for seven days, and according to his estimates, the enemy could not hold out any longer.

Therefore, as long as you fight on your side, the loss will be greater. If you continue to attack. Maybe we will be able to see the dawn of victory and defeat these enemies.

If you don't go on the offensive at this juncture, everything you've done in the past seven days will be in vain.

You must know that he lost more than 10,000 horses in these seven days.

Every time he thinks of the loss of more than 10,000 people, the corners of Ishida's eyes continue to twitch.

If nothing else, but it is said that more than 10,000 people have been lost, and it is impossible to stop this offensive.

He didn't believe it, could the enemies of Osaka Castle really be able to last so long?

"You know, we've lost a lot of men and horses now. If you stop attacking now, you will give the opponent time to breathe. It's very much worth the cost. So we have to keep on the offensive and not give the enemy a chance to rest, after all, even with so many losses, we still maintain an advantage in terms of troops, don't we? ”

Ishida thought about it. Said to Tanaka.

Tanaka actually understands the truth very well, but there are some things he has to remind Ishida Aido.

As a subordinate, he needs to express his opinion at this time.

"That's what my lord said. We've been fighting for seven days, and I think the other party should be sleepy. As long as we continue to attack, it will be a matter of time before Osaka Castle falls. But the enemy's artillery is so powerful, and we have no effective defenses, so we can ...... with such losses."

Tanaka's concerns are not unfounded.

Of course, Ishida knew what this subordinate who was very loyal to him was worried about.

"Continue to transfer troops from the surrounding daimyos, in the name of the shogunate. By the way, let them provide food, so that we have no worries. ”

Ishida said to Tanaka.

Tanaka thought for a moment, then nodded.

Indeed, this is the only way to make up for the lost forces.

This is the advantage of the Japanese people in the home field, and they can constantly get replenishment, both in terms of materials and soldiers.

On the contrary, Zhao Hongyu's side, which is fighting away, does not have such an advantage.

According to common sense, their power is one less person if they lose one person, and they can't be replenished at all.

They are still surrounded by Osaka Castle.

If you think about it with your ass, you can know that their demise will be sooner or later.

Don't look at the roar of the defenders' artillery, which inflicts huge losses on their own side.

However, these guns always need shells.

Then artillery shells always need to be replenished.

Now that they are surrounded by Osaka Castle, there is no way to get the slightest supplement.

Well, it won't be long before neither artillery nor muskets will be out of service.

That's what Ishida had in mind.

"My lord, are we going to inform Lord Fengshou?"

Tanaka asked.

Ishida nodded and said, "Let me know, I need someone like him on this issue to be consistent with me." ”

Immediately, Tanaka called a samurai and gave him an order.

The warrior hurried away.

Tanaka came to Ishida Aido's side again.

"I really can't imagine that these foreigners are so strong in combat. Fortunately, there are not many of them, otherwise it would be really troublesome to solve. ”

The light on the horizon was gone, replaced by night and stars.

When night fell, many torches had been lit around the camp of the crusading army.

The flames on the torches swayed with the wind.

Ishida Aido stared at the direction of Osaka Castle, which also lit the fire, and his face was not very good-looking.

Tanaka observed his own adult, and knew that he was not in a very good mood now, so he wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.

"You're right, Tanaka." ,I didn't think Ishida took the initiative to open his mouth.,And seeing his meaning, he also admitted some of the advantages of his opponent.。 "Our opponents are not simple, their tactics and weapons are very innovative, let us see another way to fight in addition to knives and guns, and we have to thank them for it."

Ishida's words were very sincere.

Indeed, since the time of fighting with Zhao Hongyu, I have some understanding of the tactics of the troops under Zhao Hongyu.

In fact, he could also see that Zhao Hongyu relied on nothing more than the sharpness of the musket and the power of the artillery.

It's just that Ishida doesn't understand what the 'iron cannon' that they don't think is useful in their eyes, and it will have such a lot of lethality in the hands of the other party.

In fact, the tactics of three-stage shooting were also available in the Warring States period.

The other party just added two more paragraphs, nothing out of the ordinary.

Ishida couldn't figure it out.

In fact, he knew that the muskets used by Zhao Hongyu's troops were flintlock muskets, not the heavy muskets of this era.

According to the historical process, the flintlock pistol is a hundred years more advanced than the firearms in use today.

This is a gap in technology, and it's normal that Ishida doesn't understand it.

Among the troops surrounding Osaka Castle was an 'iron cannon' team of 1,200 men.

However, on the second day of the battle, this "iron artillery" team was wiped out by the artillery of Osaka Castle.

"Let's see if the soldiers have finished eating, and when they finish eating, they will form a team and attack again."

Ishida slowly withdrew his gaze and ordered Tanaka.

"Everyone rests in batches, the enemy is trying to use fatigue tactics to drag us down. We must not be fooled, brothers, give me a good rest. ”

On the walls of Osaka Castle, the soldiers were selected in batches and began to rotate on duty.

With the thick and tall walls of Osaka Castle, it was easy to defend against it.

It's just that the crusaders didn't let people rest and launched a series of attacks, which made the defenders in Osaka Castle complain a little.

But complaining is complaining, and people still have to rest.

It can be said that the genetic people of Chinese descent in the city still maintain a good mentality, momentum and self-confidence.

There was no wavering from being surrounded.

And the firmness of being the main force and the majority of Chinese descendants also gave Wang Fuzi and Yuji Riverside confidence.

Everything in Osaka Castle was seen in the eyes of Tokugawa Kayo.

The little girl was very curious about all this.

Because she couldn't imagine what was the reason why the soldiers could have such a high morale after being surrounded by a large army.

She couldn't figure it out. (To be continued......)