December 13th of the first year of Tianqi.
Nicholas Ares Liu, the new head of the Far Eastern Diocese of the Roman Church, ordered the Sixth Guards Army, the Seventh Army and the Korean Army Corps to be transferred from the Eastern Expedition Army to join the First Division of Deng Changxiong's Corps, a total of 13,000 people, to form the Western Expedition The coalition forces, commanded by Deng Changxiong, Zhu He, and Cheng Liang, and supervised by Qiao Yiqi, fought fiercely in Osaka.
Save the Catholic faithful who are being persecuted by the pagans of the shogunate.
Hundreds of years later, the empire's most authoritative historians called this rescue operation in the first year of Apocalypse the "Crusade."
Of course, more people call it:
Osaka Winter Formation.
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Sekihara, west of Gifu Castle (Note 1)
The young eunuch with a dusty face set out from the capital of the Ming Dynasty and traveled thousands of miles. After going through many hardships, he finally arrived at Guanyuan and in front of the Chinese army's tent in Kaiyuan.
He stared at the unfamiliar Japanese country with surprise. After some pleasantries, he uneasily read the imperial edict to Taifu Liu.
Liu Zhaosun received the imperial edict and led all his subordinates to kneel to the west to thank the emperor for his kindness.
Ma Shiying took the young eunuch to the city to enjoy the exotic scenery.
"Little father-in-law, the Japanese singer is one of the best. I guarantee that you will never come back after watching it, please!"
Ma Shiying was already familiar with welcoming and sending people, so he gave Wang Chengen's cronies a thousand taels of silver and chatted with him about the latest situation in the capital.
Marquis Pingliao was once again awarded an official title by the court, although he was now a very popular minister.
The full title of the official title awarded this time is: Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Conquering Japan.
Abbreviation: Governor-General in North Korea.
The imperial court has tacitly approved of him becoming the Supreme Emperor of Korea, and he can legitimately control this eastern vassal state.
After the eunuch who announced the decree left, Sun Chuanting and others came forward to congratulate him.
Liu Zhaosun was not happy at all.
"Before you take something, you must give it first. The emperor suddenly sealed me and wanted to paralyze me. He is in the capital and is afraid that he will make a big move."
Ping Liaohou showed murderous intent, looked at the western sky, and ordered Shen Lian:
"Shen Baihu, let the capital's raincoat guards take action and kill the traitors immediately to prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry. It's time for me and my nobles to settle their accounts."
Shen Lian clasped his hands and said:
"Please don't worry, Marquis Pingliao. I will go back in person..."
Marquis Pingliao waved his hand to interrupt him, his expression becoming solemn.
"No need, Zhang Dong sent people back from Osaka to report that Katsunari Miyamoto, the man who killed your whole family, is in Osaka City now. He will give you ten days off to do what you want to do."
Veins popped up on Shen Lian's face, and the muscles under the fish scales crackled, as if a beast was about to rush out from under the armor.
"Go ahead and do what you want."
Marquis Ping Liao repeated it, Shen Lian clasped his hands in his fists, bowed, left the Chinese army's tent, and strode towards his own tent.
It was freezing cold, and Marquis Ping Liao leaned in front of the tiger-head copper stove, grabbed the book "Shiranui Secrets", and turned to the fire while flipping through the pages.
The sound of soldiers running around could be vaguely heard outside the tent, and overhead, a light blue whale lantern was swaying gently in the wind.
Liu Zhaosun held the ancient scripture in his hand, and bloody and terrifying pictures came into his eyes.
The scale of the painting is so large that it could be called a horror comic from the seventeenth century.
"From top to bottom, a bunch of perverts! Damn it! Damn them all!"
Marquis Pingliao cursed loudly, and two guards immediately came in from the door and looked inside.
Liu Zhaosun waved his hand and motioned for them to retreat.
He closed the demon book, rubbed his eyes, thought about it for a while, then reached out and threw the secret into the stove.
At this time, Han Chao shouted from outside the tent.
"Sir, here are the missionaries, two of them in total."
"Let him in!"
After a searching search, Francis walked into the tent, followed by a thin man in a white robe and a bamboo hat.
Francis did not return to Osaka with Hesenti to participate in the western expedition of the army.
He chose to stay in Sekigahara, stay with Nicholas Ares Liu, and became the archbishop's chief doctrinal expositor, or to be precise, a lecturer.
Everyone is waiting to witness the decisive battle that will decide the fate of the island nation.
Marquis Pingliao arranged for Francis to sit down, and the two began to chat about the current situation of the development of Catholicism in Japan.
In the stove, "Shiranui Secret" was burning vigorously.
Liu Zhaosun turned his attention to the man wearing a bamboo hat standing behind the missionary.
"Father Francis, who is this parishioner? Does he also believe in the Great Way?"
"Your Majesty Archbishop, please don't be anxious, you will know later."
In the past few days, after several games with the two missionaries, Ping Liaohou completely won as expected.
From now on, in the Far East, Catholics must believe in the "Great Way."
The so-called avenue is the set of things that Nicholas implemented in Kaiyuan.
Priest Francis claimed that the god of war, Liu, had received an oracle not long ago, and the god told the archbishop in his dream that he also believed in the Dao.
All the believers rescued by the Kaiyuan Army are undergoing revolutionary changes in the doctrines they believe in.
Change begins with prayers. The prayers of congregants will become like this:
"In the name of the Lord, be kind, brave, generous, just, kind and handsome, the Ming Dynasty Tutor and Minister of the Ministry of War, Grand Bachelor of Taiji Hall, Ping Liao Marquis, Chief Military Officer of Liaodong, Governor in Korea and General of the Conquest of Yi, Nicholas War God Liu, District Director of East Asia Diocese , thank you for giving me this delicious meal, Amen.”
Nicholas Liu, the kind, generous and just God of War, looked curiously at the stranger wearing a bamboo hat.
Francis glanced around and signaled the archbishop to turn away the people who had nothing to do with the ceremony.
Liu Zhaosun waved his hand, and Han Chao stared at the Portuguese and slowly retreated to the door. Only Pei Dahu and Zheng Zhilong were left in the tent.
Marquis Pingliao was about to speak when he heard a low whistling sound coming from around him:
"We work in the darkness to serve the light. We are assassins."
Pei Dahu drew out his saber as if facing a formidable enemy.
The man in white robe slowly took off his bamboo hat.
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December 18th, Osaka's direct territory (Note 2), Yao Castle.
Christians in the city placed Christian crosses on the city walls and used the Santiago flag to pray for Tokugawa Hidetada to fall ill and die violently. The flying flags were covered with crosses, and a horse seal with an angel and the Holy Grail can be seen in the lower right corner.
At dusk on the 17th, the vanguard of the Western Expedition arrived at Osaka Yao.
Deng Changxiong immediately set up camp in the east of Yao City and had a fierce battle with the Tachibana, Matsuura, Osomatsu and other feudal conquering armies.
The earth trembled slightly, war horses trampled the valley, and the sound of hoofbeats was like a majestic war drum, resounding throughout the suburbs of Yawei City.
Ashigaru troops from various Kanto lords stood on the ridgeline and fired at the Kaihara cavalry from a distance.
The Japanese pikemen are about to whip out the original pikemen. Please note that they are really whipping each other.
The spears used by the Japanese Ashigaru are very long (but incomparable to the guns of the Macedonian phalanx). When the enemy team enters the attack range, it is not stabbed with the tip of the spear, but whipped. The exhausted enemy line will form a breakthrough.
Of course, this time, Kanto Ashigaru chose the wrong opponent.
Note:
1. It is located in the central part of Honshu Island, Japan, and belongs to the central part of Japan.
2. Direct territory: During the Summer Battle of Osaka (May 1615), Matsudaira Tadaki entered Osaka Castle to rebuild Osaka and restore order. In the fifth year of the Yuanwa period, it was under the direct jurisdiction of the shogunate.
