Chapter 780: Burning Osaka
"Okay, now that Osaka Castle has been broken, the matter of exterminating the Western Army and the chaotic party will be handed over to the virtuous nephew, and the official will not be involved. "The casualties of street battles are often very huge, and Li Youke didn't want his Zheng Jiajun to die here, so he handed over the finishing work to Tokugawa Hidetada, and let them fight by themselves."www.biquge.info
"It's already a great help for General Shangguo to help us attack Osaka Castle, how dare we ask for more." Tokugawa Hidetada also did not want the Ming army to enter the city, because under the management of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Osaka Castle has become one of the most prosperous places in the Japanese country, with the reputation of "the kitchen of the world", the city has a large amount of wealth, if the Ming army is allowed to enter, these wealth may be divided by them A large part, now seeing Li You take the initiative to retreat, of course he is very happy, Tokugawa Hidetada is also counting on collecting enough compensation from Osaka Castle to give Li You before.
So, when the Western Army and the Eastern Army were fighting to the death in Osaka Castle, Li You stayed behind and watched leisurely on the wall as in the Battle of Sekigahara; The soldiers of the Zheng family army also enjoyed the wine, meat and food saved by the Eastern Army in every possible way, guessing how long it would take for this war to end.
The process of capturing Osaka Castle did not go as smoothly as Tokugawa Hidetada, although the defense of the city wall was lost, but the Western Army did not collapse, under the command of Ishida Mitsunari and Sanada Yukimura, they sent Chacha and Toyotomi Hideyori to the castle tower to be protected, and then fought to the death with the Eastern Army on every inch of the position, forcing Tokugawa Hidetada to repeatedly increase the number of troops entering the city, and gradually the Eastern Army outside the city became smaller and fewer, and more than half of the troops entered Osaka Castle.
Fierce street fighting continued for several days, and at first it was only a casualty of soldiers, but later the bodies of famous daimyo and military generals were transported outside the castle, and even the head of the Date clan, "One-Eyed Dragon Masamune", died in an ambush by Sanada Yukimura, and when Date Masamune's body was transported out of the city, there was a cry among the eastern army.
The Western Army is also not having a good time, Ankokuji Huiqiong, Nagashu Masake and other famous generals also died under the swords and guns of the Eastern Army, those samurai who want to avenge the head of the family suddenly killed red eyes, the fighting in Osaka City became more and more tragic, they no longer cared about others, but anyone who dared to stand in front of them, whether it was the enemy or the common people, were all killed, and Osaka City immediately became a hellish tragic scene, and the situation was almost uncontrollable.
After all, the eastern army had more troops, and Tokugawa Hidetada sent almost all the troops in his hands to the city, leaving only more than 20,000 people outside the city to prevent the western army from escaping, and the rest all entered the city to attack the western army; Ishida Mitsunari and Sanada Yukimura fought and retreated, and finally retreated to the castle tower, and they couldn't take a step back when they got here, because the castle tower was their master Toyotomi Hideyori, and the war had reached this point Chacha couldn't help but panic, trying to send a messenger to Tokugawa Hidetada to ask for surrender, as long as he could save his life and Toyotomi Hideyori, then give him the place of the people of the world!
However, Ishida Mitsunari and Sanada Yukimura clearly realized that even if they surrendered now, they might not be able to save their lives, and according to Tokugawa Hidetada's temperament, even if they agreed now, they would definitely find another excuse to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots in the future, so the only hope now is to continue to defend with a solid castle tower, they feel that now the Eastern Army has also reached the end of the strong crossbow, and in the previous siege battle, Tokugawa Hidetada's forces also suffered heavy losses, as long as they continue to hold on, maybe they will collapse earlier.
Under their persuasion, Chacha also put away this thought, and came out in person with Toyotomi Hideyori to boost morale, and called on the daimyo of the Toyotomi family to continue to persevere, which encouraged the western army to burst out with the last courage to launch two counterattacks, and the eastern army was repelled twice, and everything seemed to be hopeful.
However, Li You had already seen that the Western Army really couldn't hold out for much longer, and the difference between the strength of them and the Eastern Army was too great, and under the heavy encirclement, their destruction was only a matter of time, and the entire Osaka Castle would soon fall into the hands of Tokugawa Hidetada.
Tokugawa Hidetada also realized this, his face shone with excitement, and it was difficult to hide his excitement, as long as he attacked the castle tower and cut down Ishida Mitsunari, Sanada Yukimura and Toyotomi Hideyori and others, then the entire Wa Kingdom would be under his control, and after this battle, which daimyo would dare to disobey his orders? Tokugawa Ieyasu's unfulfilled wish would come true in his hands, and the Tokugawa family would replace the Toyotomi family as the first family to control the Wakoku kingdom.
The daimyo and soldiers of the Eastern Army also changed their previous sorrows, and their faces were filled with bright smiles, since Osaka Castle is about to be taken, then Tokugawa-sama will definitely give a rich reward, right? The thought of the territory of the daimyo of the Western Army, the wealthy women of Osaka Castle who would be their own, and the possibility that they would even be rewarded by the lord as the lord of a certain domain and thus start their own family, was overwhelmed by the thought of this.
Wealth and status drove these daimyo of the Eastern Army to attack the castle tower regardless of casualties, and Ishida Mitsunari and Sanada Yukimura gradually could not resist their attack, and even died on the battlefield in order to block a key Sanada Yukimura, and the Western Army suddenly felt that its end seemed to be coming.
Ishida Mitsunari personally went into battle again, wielding a katana to drive the Eastern Army down, at this time night had fallen, and the Eastern Army had to retreat, but Sakakihara Yasumasa already understood that the castle tower would not last long, and the Toyotomi family was only a day or two away from its demise.
After receiving this good news, Tokugawa Hidetada couldn't wait to start holding a celebratory banquet in the camp, and invited Li You to the scene to thank him repeatedly, at which he decided to increase the number of troops attacking again tomorrow, and be sure to take Toyotomi Hideyori.
Early the next morning, another 10,000 men joined the attack on the castle tower, and they regarded it as a day to completely separate the victory and defeat with the Western Army.
At the same time, Li You also climbed to the top outside Osaka City, looking at the situation in the city from a distance, and after a long time, he quietly clicked out the tiger talisman panel, found the Nanban Fire and chose to use it; How could he allow the Tokugawa family to dominate the world so easily? Although this move may slow down the speed of collecting seizures, it is nothing compared to the trouble it will cause to the Japanese state.
As a result, just as the Eastern Army entered the castle tower, a fire suddenly broke out in Osaka Castle, and flames ignited in many places at the same time, turning this rich city into a sea of fire in an instant.