"Ishida-kun, what you say is so certain, but what is the accurate basis?" After hearing this, the wind attendant was not polite at all, and he continued to ask. "Ishida-kun, please don't look at me like this, this matter is very important to us, and I need you to give us an accurate answer. Do you know that my camp almost mutinied just now. ”

Seeing that Ishida was a little uneasy, the wind attendant explained to him.

In fact, there is no way for the wind servant, otherwise he would not have asked so tightly.

After all, Ishida Aido is the younger brother of the shogun, and he will not treat Ishida Aido like the dead ghost Takahashi.

If he could, he wouldn't even face Ishida in such a tone.

It's just that things are very urgent and very important.

So, he had to be cautious.

After listening to the wind attendant's explanation, especially after hearing that he almost mutinied in his camp, Ishida Aido's face slowly became serious.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you tell you, the reason why I'm so sure is because I sold some of the military rations found by the shogunate to merchants, so I know so clearly."

Ishida explained to the wind attendant in a low voice.

In fact, practices such as Ishida Aido were very popular among the feudal lords of the Wa Kingdom.

Otherwise, where will they get the money to squander?

The Wind Squire also did a lot of this kind of thing, so he understood it very well.

Ishida told him all about this kind of thing, and it can be seen that there is no food in Osaka Castle, which is a certainty.

"As you know, the garrison of Osaka Castle was paid by the shogunate every month, but I didn't issue this order, so I still let the soldiers prepare their own food, and I sold all the food and wages that the shogunate put down. That's why there can't be so much grain in Osaka Castle because I sold it early. ”

Ishida Aido's voice was so low that only he and Kazeshi could hear it.

The Wind Servant clicked his mouth when he heard this. He said to Ishida, "I'll do this too, so I trust you." But I don't understand why the enemies in Osaka Castle are still so red-faced. ”

The wind servant also told Ishida that he had been doing this kind of thing for a long time, and the purpose was to give one of his handles to Ishida Aido, so that Ishida's uncomfortable heart could be balanced a little.

Sure enough, when Ishida heard what the wind servant said, the look on his face looked a little better.

However, when he heard one of the most difficult questions from the Wind Servant, Ishida also frowned.

"yes. I was also very puzzled by this question, could it be that they brought enough food with them before entering Osaka Castle? But I don't think it's likely, even if they had brought enough food, they would have eaten it after being surrounded for more than twenty days. ”

The two discussed this issue in a whisper.

However, the discussion came and went, and they did not discuss the reason.

"What the hell, can they still conjure food out of thin air?"

The wind attendant complained casually.

But I don't know how to say it, this sentence really made him right.

It's just that. Neither he nor Ishida cared about his complaint.

"What else can we do if we continue to surround Osaka Castle?" , Ishida said helplessly to the wind attendant. The Wind Squire nodded. He also knew that the best result was now, and this was the result. "Ishida-kun, I need to warn you that we can't continue the offensive if we can, and now our troop losses are too great. I have more than 4,000 troops left. ”

Ishida said with a wry smile to the wind servant: "Do you think that this is the case on your side, my situation here is similar, I originally had more than 12,000 people here. But now there are more than 6,000 people left. ”

Yes, in the past seven days, the crusading army has suffered very heavy losses.

It's impossible for Ishida to be unaware of this situation.

"It's not just you and me, the situation in the other two directions is not good." , Ishida said, shaking his head.

"Then we can't attack even more, you look at how many people we've died these days, but there's nothing we can do about Osaka Castle. Actually, according to me, we don't have to attack at all, we just need to surround them. ”

Kazeshi squinted his eyes and said to Ishida Aido.

Ishida nodded, "yes, that's what I thought of too." Why should we fight them hard, as long as we surround them and don't give them a chance to break through, then they will always run out of food in Osaka Castle. ”

In fact, Ishida Aido also figured out this question before the wind servant came to him.

It's just that I haven't had time to ventilate with the wind waiter.

Originally, Ishida Aido thought that there was a shortage of food in Osaka Castle, so if he took this opportunity to storm Osaka Castle and conquer it, he would make up for some of the mistakes he had made before.

However, the enemy in Osaka Castle was well defended and the weapons were very sharp.

This made his wishful thinking not work out, but he also lost a lot of people.

The original crusading army of more than 30,000 people was almost almost more than 40,000 people, but now there are more than 20,000 people left.

It can be seen how big the loss is.

In the Warring States period, more than 10,000 people were already a serious loss.

It is important to know that there were no deserters in the losses of the crusading army, and almost all of them were killed.

It's a real loss, and no one can accept this thing.

"Well, you're right. For now, we can only do this, as long as we block the enemy's breakthrough path, then trap them alive in Osaka Castle. In this way, our losses will be smaller. ”

Ishida nodded and said to the wind.

Seeing that Ishida agreed to his proposal, a smile finally appeared on the face of the wind attendant.

Yes, as long as this method is adopted, then a siege war like this, with huge losses, will never happen again.

And his subordinates won't mutiny, will they?

In short, this is a way to be better for everyone.

"Since you have adopted this method of your subordinates, then I must remind you that our existing forces may not be enough to trap the enemy, after all, we have suffered a lot of losses these days."

When Ishida heard this, he said to the wind servant, "I have asked the surrounding daimyo to ask for reinforcements, in the name of the shogunate. I think more or less they will give some support, so that our lost troops will be replenished, right? ”

The wind squire was completely relieved.

Outside the camp of the crusading army, a strong wind blew, and the strong wind blew the banner of the crusading army.

The soldiers of the crusading army, who did not have to participate in the attack, sat numb on the ground, their eyes full of dead silence.

Now, for these low-level soldiers, there is no difference between letting them attack Osaka Castle and sending them to death.

On the way to attack, they had to face not only enemy artillery, but also muskets at close range.

Basically. During this seven-day period, few of the teams that attacked Osaka Castle made it back alive. Basically, the soldiers fell on the way to the charge, and the bones of the bombed were gone, or they were killed by muskets on the edge of the moat.

None of the soldiers knew when it would be their turn to charge.

However, they did not dare to be deserters.

So, I can only sit there in despair. Waiting for the order to make them charge.

Compared with Zhao Hongyu in Osaka Castle, the crusading army can be said to have completely lost their fighting spirit and morale.

The Wind Squire stepped out of Ishida Aido's tent, looked up at the starry night sky, and let out a long sigh.

"I hope I do this. It can make the soldiers suffer fewer casualties, and they can succeed in the end. The enemies in Osaka Castle, we will not go head-to-head with them. ”

After muttering a few words to himself, the wind attendant calmed down his state of mind. Then he turned over and got on his horse under the service of the squire.

He had to go to two other places and tell the commanders on both sides of the plan he had negotiated with Ishida.

Come to think of it, they are interested in this method. It would definitely be very much in favor.

After all, no one can continue to bear such losses.

In this way, after launching a wave of attacks at night, the crusading army never launched an attack on Osaka Castle again.

They launched a siege of Osaka City, anyway, they didn't attack the city, they wanted to starve Zhao Hongyu to death.

It's just that such an idea is impossible after all.

But no matter what, the siege of Osaka Castle here is over.

Zhao Hongyu: They are also happy to have a quiet day.

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu and the others did not take the initiative to tease the crusading army, and they lived a good life in Osaka Castle-

Dividing Line –

Unlike the end of the siege on the Osaka Castle side, the battle on the Edo side was in full swing.

It may be that Edo was the capital of the Wa Kingdom and the seat of the shogunate, so the popular rebellion here was very serious.

After Emma and Sara landed in Edo under the command of a large army, they were met with many Japanese people.

This greatly slowed down their offensive.

If it were an ordinary army, if it encountered such an attack, it would have been repulsed in disgrace.

But alas, the Japanese encountered an Imperial army that was well-armed and armed with sharp firearms.

The bombardment before the landing had basically destroyed the buildings near Edo Tenwa Castle, and the Imperial Army marched straight to Tenwa Castle, the residence of the shogun, along the road paved with ruins and wreckage.

However, in the process of advancing, there will always be some ronin or small group of ashigaru armed with weapons rushing out from the side and harassing them.

"Put!"

Phew! Bang!

Seven or eight ronins were knocked to the ground by muskets, and this was the 17th team of ronins eliminated by the 36th squad of the Praetorian Guard.

Tianyu City was in the distance, and in order not to interfere with their movements, the large army divided into small detachments of ten people to guard on both sides to defend against those guys who came out.

On the sea, the shelling continues.

And the artillery fire began to extend, advancing towards Tianyu City.

The Edo side was attacked, and the incident happened suddenly, and no one was prepared.

Therefore, apart from being attacked by some ronin on the road, the Imperial Army did not encounter the regular army here in Edo at all.

On the flagship, Emma lowered the telescope in her hand.

"With just another half a day's effort, we can win this war. Hopefully, we can catch the Shogun of the Wato, so that we can use him as a hostage and get what we want. ”

Sara lowered her binoculars as well, but she wasn't as confident about the war as Emma was.

Although the Empire's army is not weak, after all, this is a battle for him.

"Let's hope everything goes well, or things will get troublesome." Sara said to Emma quietly. Emma rolled her eyes when she heard this: "Have faith in the Empire, like me, just believe that we will win." Emma said to Sara proudly with her small breasts, which had begun to develop slightly.

Sara smiled wryly and shook her head.

War is not as simple as a child's house.

She thought to herself.

But she couldn't say these things to Emma.

After the Empire's army was free of the harassment of those small groups of ronin, the speed of the march really increased.

After about an hour, they came to the bottom of Tianyu City.

Although it is said to be the residence of the shogun, it is also a strong military defense fortress.

The defenders of Tianyu City appeared nervously on the city wall one by one, and some guys dressed as armored generals also appeared somewhere.

In Tianyu City, there was already a mess.

Because no one expected that Edo would be attacked and attacked like this.

Moreover, the enemy was able to attack under Tianyu City in a short time.

Hiroshi Ishida was already trembling with fright at this time, like a little quail.

And beside him, there was a man with a high black gauze hat on his head and white powder on his face.

The man's appearance was not very clear because he had rubbed too much powder, but judging by his rough outline, he should be very young.

"General, General, what's going on? What the hell is going on? ”

At this moment, the man was very flustered and climbed to the feet of Ishida Hiroshi without manners, and asked tremblingly.

Ishida Hiroshi himself was still confused, how could he possibly give this young man an explanation.

"Your Highness, I don't know. I don't know where those people outside came from. ”

Your Highness!?

As a shogun, Ishida Hiroshi actually called this guy who had no manners at all His Royal Highness.

Then, from this point, you can judge who this highness is.

In the Wa Kingdom, the only person who can be called so by the general is the one who is regarded as a puppet and is regarded as a god's ornament.

Obviously, this young man is a member of that family.

And, which is the biggest.

"General, we are already surrounded, and the enemy is attacking the city!"

The report from his subordinates made Hiroshi Ishida's calves tremble, and then a stream of heat flowed down his thighs...... (To be continued......)