Tokugawa Nen fled, but the raging fire in Osaka Castle could not be extinguished in a short time, and a single round of shelling plunged the whole of Osaka into flames.

The whole city is like a brazier that has just been lit.

Looking at this scene in front of them, all the soldiers of the Heavenly Tiger Army of the Ming Dynasty only felt refreshed, the power of this arson bomb is really staggering, if you attack every city in the future, you can use this kind of big killing weapon...

Such thoughts, even Zhang Chong are constantly circling in his mind.

Cui Yanming, the division commander on the side, looked at the brigade commander Zhang Chong, who was smirking at Osaka Castle beside him, and suddenly rolled his eyes and said angrily.

"Zhang Chong.. Don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know what you're thinking, this arson bomb .. We won't have much of a chance to use it! ”

"Ahh Teachers.. How do you know what I'm thinking, how good this thing is... A fire, all burned out, burned out... Isn't it going to stop? ”

"You can save it, it's all burned out... Are you going to leave the scorched earth of Chibi thousands of miles to the Wa Kingdom? This land, sooner or later, will belong to the Ming Dynasty, let's save trouble for our own family! ”

"Oooh! That's right! Teachers.. You have a point! ”

"What about the Japanese samurai?"

"Oh . . . It's not a family, it's not a door... Aren't they staying here adding to their own family? After Cui Yanming finished speaking, he turned his head to look at several staff officers at the division headquarters.

He said: "As soon as possible, we will expand the scope of our control with regiments and brigades as units. The troops facing south can be deployed less, and we must advance to Edo as soon as possible! Don't dare to delay! ”

"Yes! Teachers.. Let's go down and make arrangements! ”

One salvo took out Osaka Castle.

After receiving the news, Zhao Yunkai felt that Cui Yanming was very capable, and on the other hand, he was secretly frightened, and told him to take Osaka in one day, but now it seems that he may not be able to use half a day.

Fortunately, a large number of camping tents were prepared in advance, otherwise it would have burned Osaka.

Tonight it will be a bed from heaven to earth.

...

In the third year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the first battle of the conquest and landing of the Japanese, Osaka, was destroyed.

In fact, the repercussions of Osaka Castle when it was set on fire were devastating.

Here I have to say that Tokugawa Iemitsu's means of fooling the people can be described as a must.

From the beginning.

The shogunate concealed the news of the attack on the port of Edo by the Ming Dynasty.

So, except for Edo Castle.

Hardly many people know that the Ming army has declared war on the Wa state, parentheses.. Not many people of the Japanese Kingdom know, and then brackets... Areas controlled by the shogunate.

This led to many civilians in the Wa Kingdom being very frightened by the arrival of the Ming army.

It doesn't matter, though.

The interests of the Ming Dynasty always come first.

I'll talk about that later.

....

The Ming army did not immediately rush at Edo Castle, but turned its attention to controlling the main transportation routes and destroying military installations along the way.

The Wa kingdom was warlike, and even every once in a while, hundreds of people would gather to fight each other.

Of course.. This scale, in Daming's opinion, can be regarded as a weapon fight at most.

Inside Edo Castle.

A samurai kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, walked into the house with great anxiety, and said to Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was sitting not far away, "Shogun..."

"Say it.."

"General, Osaka Castle is lost. Tokugawa Nen fled.. The Ming army deceived us, they were not just those five warships at all, but a whole fleet with tens of thousands of elite soldiers! ”

As soon as the samurai's news was finished, Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was gloomy as if it could condense droplets, which was extremely ugly.

"I guess now, the army of the Ming Kingdom has begun to approach Edo Castle, and Osaka is lost... Didn't there be any reaction from Kyoto? ”

"The Great General.. In Kyoto City, many people believed the news that the Ming people said that Emperor Ming was in the Ming Dynasty, and many people refused to send troops, and even prevented others from rushing to help Osaka..."

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face became even more ugly.

From the abolition of Wakuni banknotes, to the peasant uprising, to the disappearance of Emperor Meisho and the bombing of Edo Port by the warships of the Ming Navy, the prestige of the shogunate has almost been reduced to a minimum.

The refusal of the Japanese courtiers in Kyoto Castle to send troops was undoubtedly a provocation to the authority of the shogunate.

After a while, Tokugawa Iemitsu said, "Kyoto . . . Maybe it's because they just got the news like us, and I don't blame them... But now the top priority is to find out why the Ming army would attack us so quickly! ”

The shogunate's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty has always been quite good, and in the eyes of Tokugawa Iemitsu, as long as he can exchange for the necessary materials through trade.

Plus, in its opinion.

As long as the current relationship can be maintained, a small place like the Wa Kingdom... Isn't it normal to be an attendant and a junior brother in the Central Plains Dynasty?

You must know that North Korea couldn't lift its head when it was beaten by Houjin before.

It wasn't that the Ming Dynasty came forward in time to attack Houjin and relieve the siege of North Korea.. Until now, the king of North Korea and the royal family of North Korea still burn incense there every day to worship Zhu Youzhen's tablet.

This has already spread, and even Tokugawa Iemitsu has heard about it.

After all, Korea is so close to the Japanese that many people in the Japanese have dealings with the Koreans, and even the fishermen will meet the North Koreans' fishing boats at sea from time to time.

This made the shogunate even more determined to do so.

But who knows. Emperor Meisho ..

"Xingzi, this little guy, is really going to make trouble for my uncle!" Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was a little gloomy.

But after finishing speaking, he looked at the samurai beside him, as a samurai who can enter and leave the shogunate freely, he will naturally be a loyal servant of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

"Find a way to spread the news of the Ming attack as soon as possible, especially to let the peasants in the south understand... Now is not the time to continue to resist the shogunate, and if it continues like this, the shogunate will be gone... The Wa Kingdom is about to become a Ming Dynasty! Tokugawa Iemitsu said angrily.

But the samurai on the side had a strange expression, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "General.. Wouldn't it be bad for us to say that, those civilians dream of becoming the people of the Ming Dynasty."

Tokugawa Iemitsu was stunned when he heard this, yes!

Does it matter to these civilians who controls the country? Aren't they constantly rebelling just to make a good living?

Use this reason to provoke his hatred for the Ming Dynasty...

I'm afraid it's going to be counterproductive.

"Then spread the word that Emperor Ming was deceived by the Ming people by despicable means, and the shogunate tried to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty countless times to get him to return... The Ming Kingdom not only did not return, but also sent troops to invade! In short, go and spread rumors, do you understand? ”

"Hey! General, I see! ”