The death of Tokugawa Ieyasu temporarily deprived the Eastern Army of command, and the various daimyos, many retainers, and the people of the sect lost the mind to continue the pursuit of Ishida Mitsunari, but stayed here to wait for the arrival of Tokugawa Hidetada; Of course, not everyone was willing to accept the arrangement of Tokugawa Hidetada's succession, and their reasons were also very sufficient, if it wasn't for the delay in the arrival of the army led by Tokugawa Hidetada, why would the Eastern Army and the Western Army have fought to such an extent? If it weren't for the intensity of the fighting, how could Tokugawa Ieyasu's personal guards have suffered so heavy losses that they couldn't keep him safe?

In this regard, of course, Li You wished that they would make as much trouble as possible, but Sakakihara Yasumasa and other retainers resolutely supported Tokugawa Ieyasu's will, and Tokugawa Ieyasu still had residual prestige again, and more importantly, now that the Eastern Army suffered heavy losses after the Battle of Sekigahara, the 38,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of Tokugawa Hidetada had become the strongest force, so they could only temporarily suppress their dissatisfaction, and expressed their submission to Tokugawa Hidetada in Sekigahara. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Sakakiwara Yasumasa and others were afraid of long nights and dreams, and did not dare to return to Edo to hold the succession ceremony again, but supported Tokugawa Hidetada on the battlefield of officials to inherit the position of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and those guards who followed Tokugawa Ieyasu that night came to Tokugawa Ieyasu to commit suicide in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu's spirit after the succession ceremony was completed, and they endured the shame and persevered until now, in order to protect Tokugawa Hidetada's smooth succession, and now that the task has been completed, they will continue to guard the safety of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

This scene, which was extremely in line with the spirit of the Japanese samurai sword, was greatly appreciated by everyone present, and Tokugawa Hidetada also ordered that these righteous men be buried with the best courtesy; Li You didn't think so, don't look at Tokugawa Hidetada, but his position is far less stable than Tokugawa Ieyasu, there is Ishida Mitsunari who is eager for revenge, and there are retainers who are dissatisfied with his tardiness, and a group of people who are eager to replace him, if they are really out of consideration for Tokugawa Hidetada, it is the best choice for them to remain useful and continue to be loyal to Tokugawa Hidetada, what is the point of dying like this?

Then the Tokugawa army began to clean up the battlefield and escort Tokugawa Ieyasu's body back to Edo, and Li You also led the army to follow, and now it is a good opportunity to continue to disturb the Japanese country with the identity of Tokugawa Hidetada, of course, he will not let it go easily, then again, it is much easier to deal with Tokugawa Hidetada than to deal with the old turtle Tokugawa Ieyasu.

When the news of Tokugawa Ieyasu's death spread, Ishida Mitsunari, who had fled back to Osaka, was overjoyed, before that Tokugawa Ieyasu was like a dark cloud hanging over his head, pressing him out of breath, and now that Tokugawa Ieyasu is dead, it can really be said that the clouds have dispersed, Ishida Mitsunari felt extremely relaxed, and quickly began to reintegrate the forces of the Western Army, intending to have a second decisive battle with the Tokugawa family.

After the defeat at the Battle of Sekigahara, those Kansai daimyo were full of panic and worried about Tokugawa Ieyasu's punishment all the time, and this sudden good news made them cry with joy, and they responded to Ishida Mitsunari's call to collect the youth and grain in the territory, and reassembled the army to prepare for the war again.

The same is true for Tokugawa Hidetada, who, after holding a grand funeral for Tokugawa Ieyasu, also began to gather the Kanto Daimyo to prepare for the march to Osaka, ousting Toyotomi Hideyori from the throne of the people of the world, and fulfilling Tokugawa Ieyasu's unfulfilled wish by himself, and making the Tokugawa family the people of the world who ruled the Wa Kingdom.

Although there were some internal divisions on the side of the Eastern Army, on the whole, they were still able to be suppressed by Tokugawa Hideyori and Sakakihara Yasumasa and others, and groups of farmers were pulled out of the fields and stuffed with bamboo guns and prepared to go to the battlefield.

But the Western Army is very different, until now the Western Army as a banner Toyotomi Hideyori or his mother Chacha still has not made up his mind to show the attitude of the Toyotomi family, without the support of the Toyotomi family, the Western Army, which has just experienced the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Sekigahara, may be difficult to resist the attack of the Eastern Army.

But how easy is it to convince Cha Cha? Ishida Mitsunari and others tried all kinds of ways to get the desired results; But soon a good or bad news came, and the general of the Ming Kingdom, who killed the Ukita Hideya and Chosamune in the Battle of Sekigahara, said in Osaka Castle that the Toyotomi family was the culprit of the Korean War, and Toyotomi Hideyori must be tied up to the Ming Dynasty to be punished by the Wanli Emperor.

Previously, when the Battle of Sekigahara had not yet begun, the general of the Ming Kingdom had already said about it, but at that time, the Toyotomi family did not take it to heart, and the Ming Kingdom only sent 30,000 sailors, so how could they take Toyotomi Hideyori away? But now it's very different, now the Wa Kingdom is divided into two factions and fights non-stop, the Tokugawa family has already made clear the attitude of replacing the Toyotomi family, and the generals of the Ming Kingdom are on the side of the Tokugawa family, it seems that they want to use the hands of the Tokugawa family to achieve this goal!

So Chacha had no luck anymore, and took out all the family resources of the Toyotomi family and handed them over to Ishida Mitsunari, asking this loyal minister of the Toyotomi family to protect the safety of the young master, and Ishida Mitsunari finally had a force in his hands that could barely compete with the Eastern Army.

At the same time, Ishida Mitsunari also realized his weakness in the command of the battle, and he recruited Sanada Masayuki and Sanada Yukimura, father and son, who had dragged Tokugawa Hidetada's 3,0800-strong army on the Nakasendo Road with more than 1,000 troops, to formulate the battle plan and command the battle.

The achievements of these two men were one of the few bright spots in the Battle of Sekigahara, especially Sanada Yukimura, who was known as a famous general at a young age, and Ishida Mitsunari believed that with their help, the Western Army would be able to defeat the Eastern Army, which had lost Tokugawa Ieyasu.

In order to prove his talent and to take revenge on the Tokugawa family, Sanada Yukimura worked tirelessly and day and night to study the information of both sides, and devised a military strategy for Ishida Mitsunari and Mori Hidemoto and others to refer to.

Out of fear of the Eastern Army, Ishida Mitsunari and others vetoed most of Sanada Yukimura's plans to go out of the castle, and accepted the plan to build a defensive castle "Sanada Maru" south of Minomaru in Osaka; Osaka Castle is bounded by the Seto Inland Sea to the west, the Tenma River and Yodo River to the north, and the tributaries of the Yamato River to the east.

The Eastern and Western armies were nervously preparing for battle, while Li You was happily watching from the sidelines, while constantly sending fleets to transport the money and grain he had looted in the Japanese Kingdom back to China, and he was also pondering the start of another plan.