Because Ishida Mitsunari was there, Sanada Yukimura and other generals were not constrained by civilian officials and commanded indiscriminately as in history, resulting in an extremely passive situation, and more importantly, Tokugawa Ieyasu was dead, and the Eastern Army could not fill the moat outside Osaka Castle under the pretense of peace as before, and had to fill it one by one with human lives. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Therefore, in the following period of time, the Eastern Army and the Western Army were evenly matched, and the Eastern Army had a numerical advantage, especially the 38,000 soldiers and horses led by Tokugawa Hidetada himself were the few remaining elite soldiers in the Japanese Kingdom today; The Western Army's reliance on the defense system formed by Osaka Castle and "Sanada Maru", coupled with Sanada Yukimura's personal talent, also caused them a lot of trouble; During this time, although the moats and "Sanada Maru" were broken by the Eastern Army one after another, they also inflicted great casualties on them, with more than 30,000 Eastern troops falling on this land forever, while the Western Army's casualties were only 10,000.

This exchange was acceptable for the Western Army, but it was heart-wrenching for Tokugawa Hidetada, and he sent envoys to the mountains near the sea every day to look, hoping to see the shadow of the Kamikuni fleet as soon as possible, but each time the envoys brought back news that nothing had been found, which made Tokugawa Hidetada feel disappointed.

Without the help of the Shangguo army, but the battle still has to continue, even if he is willing to wait for Sanada Yukimura and Ishida Mitsunari will not make it easy for him, there are constantly soldiers of the Western Army who go out of the city to launch surprise attacks through various means, making the Eastern Army unable to be peaceful day and night, so they have to speed up the attack, and large siege equipment is transported to the front line, and the projectiles of stone bullets, arrows, and iron cannons are like raindrops to Osaka Castle.

However, Osaka Castle, built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself, was one of the most fortified castles in the Japanese country, and the defenders relied on the defense of the walls to launch a counterattack against the eastern army, and for several days the eastern army could only retreat in a hurry after dropping a large pile of corpses, and failed to achieve the same results as in previous days.

In addition, the inner response in the castle did not play its due role, under the command of Sanada Yukimura, Osaka Castle took a series of measures to guard against spies, and often they were immediately discovered and killed by the Western Army as soon as they made a small disturbance, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's years of preparation were lost little by little.

Because of the existence of the Ming army, the daimyo of the Western Army, who had long been in contact with the Tokugawa family, also changed their previous attitude at both ends of the first rat, and unswervingly stood on the side of Toyotomi Hideyori, providing sufficient troops and food and grass for the defense of Osaka Castle, coupled with the Toyotomi family's years of accumulation, it is not possible to break through this city in a short time.

Sakakihara Yasumasa and others thought of many ways to lure the western army out of the city for a decisive battle, but no matter how they tempted and insulted, Sanada Yukimura did not move at all, and did not intend to give up his advantages to go out of the city for a decisive battle, which made him bear great pressure, but fortunately, with the support of Ishida Mitsunari and Mori Terumoto and other daimyo who participated in the battle of Sekigahara, they suppressed the desire of others to go out of the city for a decisive battle.

While the two armies were fighting a decisive battle in Osaka, subtle changes gradually appeared in other parts of the Wa Kingdom, and many poor people who could no longer bear the oppression of the lords and could no longer survive were killed by the local lords under the leadership of Zhang Xianzhong and others, and looted the food and weapons that should have been sent to Osaka, and then began to spread to the surrounding areas; Encouraged by this, the Sect and other careerists began to follow suit, and there was a great tendency to spark the prairie fire.

At this time, Li You, who was hiding not far from Osaka Castle, realized that it seemed that it was finally time for him to appear, so on a sunny morning, the Tokugawa soldiers who were looking forward to it on the top of the mountain finally saw a little sail shadow, and they quickly spread the news to the ears of Tokugawa Hidetada.

After confirming that it was indeed the fleet of the shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada led Sakakihara Yasumasa, Date Masamune and others to the beach to greet him; After the ship docked, Li You stepped off the boat and said with a haha, "I'm really sorry, I encountered a storm at sea a few days ago, and I deviated from the course to a place I had never been to before, and it was not easy to find the right route again, so I didn't arrive until today, I don't know how the battle ahead?" ”

Although there are many dissatisfaction in their hearts, how dare Tokugawa Hidetada and others show it? Not only that, but they also repeatedly comforted him, "General Shangguo has worked hard all the way, and my Tokugawa family is grateful, and now I have prepared a banquet in the camp to catch the wind and wash the dust for the army of Shangguo, and I also invite General Chen to appreciate it." ”

"It's easy to say, don't hide it from your nephew, I'm really tired of wandering at sea these days, and it's better to be able to eat something well." Li You got off the donkey and blocked Tokugawa Hidetada's plan to let him join the battle immediately, but he didn't go too far, and when he led the army to get off the ship, he also brought a lot of large-caliber artillery, so that Tokugawa Hidetada and them felt a little more at ease, it seems that the general still wants to help us.

The arrival of the Ming army made the Western army immediately nervous, Ishida Mitsunari had learned the power of the Ming army's artillery in Daheng City, although Osaka Castle was far better than Daheng City, but it was difficult to say whether it could block the Ming army's artillery, so he had to order Sanada Yukimura to arrange a sneak attack, wanting to take advantage of the Ming army's unstable foothold to destroy these cannons.

But this intention was too obvious, the eastern army had already made arrangements, Date Masamune led the army to set up an ambush to defeat the attacking western army, and then left thousands of corpses and fled back to the city in a hurry; This victory greatly boosted the morale of the Eastern Army, which had been low for a long time, and then intensified the siege.

However, without the help of the Ming artillery, their siege efficiency was limited after all, and no greater progress was made for three consecutive days, but this also made the Western Army tired and unable to attack, leaving the Ming army with enough time to rest.

Three days later, the Ming army finished repairing, and Li You felt that the time was almost up, so he concentrated the artillery in his hand to launch a fierce bombardment of the gate of Osaka Castle, and dug a tunnel under the wall leading to Osaka Castle under the cover of artillery fire, and placed a huge amount of gunpowder.

Then, with a loud roar, the gates of Osaka Castle flew into the sky, and the strong walls cracked a huge gap, and the eastern and western armies, who woke up from the shock, immediately rushed towards the gap, and a bloody battle began.

After heavy casualties on both sides, the more prepared Eastern Army eventually gained the upper hand and stormed Osaka Castle under the leadership of Date Masamune and Sakakihara Yasumasa, and the fortified castle was breached by the Eastern Army, which ensued fierce street fighting.