In the blink of an eye, it is already February of the 27th year of Chongzhen. In Japan, it is February of the 31st year of Kan'ei, or February of the third year of the agreement - Japan still has two era names. , among which the Kan'ei era name belongs to Emperor Komu Emperor Xingzi, and the Chengying era name belongs to Xingzi's younger brother Shaohen.
Since there are two emperors in one Japan, it means that the civil war in Japan is still continuing!
The Tokugawa shogunate controlled by the second and third generation Tokugawa was indeed able to withstand more attacks than the shogunate controlled by Tokugawa Yoshiki in history. Emperor Rao Shixingzi and his husband Zhu Cijiong received extremely strong support from the Ming Dynasty, but they were unable to invade Jinei in the second year after raising their troops, let alone end the war... In fact, there was no big plan proposed by Zhu Cixiang. By taking a roundabout route, they would not be able to succeed in ascending to Luo in Kanyong's 30th year. Because the resistance of the Kanazawa clan, which was worth Maeda's millions of stones, was much more intense than they imagined.
Although Zhu Cijiong, who marched by land, successfully captured Noto, a "cityless country" (Nanao Castle was rebuilt immediately after Zhu Cijiong captured Noto), he was blocked by the Kaga-Fukui coalition forces in the eastern Shogawa of Kaga Country for nearly a month. !
Although Zhu Cixiang, who was finally supported by the Echigo Army Corps commanded by Uesugi Tsunakatsu, still won the battle of Shogawa, the Lord of the Kaga Domain, Maeda Toshimune, used this time to rush back to his home city of Kanazawa Castle from the Edo Domain Residence, and also brought back A large number of samurai (originally deployed at feudal residences and Kyoto residences). Therefore, when Zhu Cijiong and Uesugi Tsusakatsu entered Kanazawa Castle, this castle, which was built during the Tenbun period (built by monks from Honganji Temple and followers of the Ichiko sect), and was later repeatedly added and expanded by Sakuma Morimasa and Maeda Toshiie, has already It is completely in a "cage city" state.
Facing such a strong city, Zhu Cijiong certainly did not dare to expect a quick victory, so he had to slowly dig trenches, besiege, and bombard... And when bombarding Jinzao, Zhu Cijiong discovered that Jinzao City was particularly vulnerable to bombardment. . Because this castle was built on the basis of the old city, the platform is very high. Underneath the main building of the castle is a thick layer of rammed earth, surrounded by stones. The people of Kanazawa Domain had long known that Emperor Komu's artillery was powerful, so they dug many cannon holes on the rammed earth base of Kanazawa Castle. When Zhu Cijiong brought in the 24-pound black pot cannon for bombardment, all the warriors, women and children in Jinza City who did not need to go up to the city to guard the city hid in the cannon-proof caves.
Therefore, although the explosive bombs fired by the 24-pound black pot ignited and destroyed many buildings in Kanazawa Castle, and even the Honmaru Hall was burned down, it did not kill many defenders, nor did it destroy the city wall-Kanazawa's city wall was made of large stones. The rammed earth pedestal is impossible to be blown up by gunpowder bombs.
At the end of the battle, Zhu Cijiong had no choice but to send out grenadiers to attack. He relied on artillery suppression and grenades to open the way, and then he invaded Jinzao City in one fell swoop. Afterwards, they fought fierce battles around every courtyard and tunnel in Kanazawa Castle for a whole day and night before finally seizing the castle and forcing Maeda Tossune to commit seppuku!
Although Maeda Toshitsune died, his resistance bought time for the Fukui and Obama clans to transfer. Among them, the Echizen Fukui Domain withdrew to Kitaomi and Yamashiro Province (the seat of Kyoto), and obtained Fushimi Castle as its new residence, and also obtained the Plateau Castle (fortress) on the west bank of Lake Biwa as a stronghold to resist Emperor Komu's army.
The Obama clan moved to Tanba Kameyama Castle and took possession of the Kameyama Castle built by Akechi Mitsuhide and the surrounding 100,000 stone land.
Moreover, the Hikone Domain, which is located east of Kita Omi, also completed the construction of Nagahama Castle (bastion).
Although the armies of Zhu Cijiong and Uesugi Tsunakatsu quickly wiped out the Echizen and Wakasa countries, they failed in their advance towards Kitanomi and failed to break Nagahama Castle before the late autumn of Kanei's 30th year, so they had to return to Fukui Castle for repairs.
At the same time, Emperor Komu's battles between Iwami and Kitakyushu achieved very good results thanks to the help of Osaka's "Ten Men and Two Replacements". Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi, who was in charge of Nagoya Castle, and Ogasawara Tadama of the Ogura Domain were betrayed by profiteers from Nagasaki, Hirado, and Hakata, as well as the Shimadzu family, which was in debt. When Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi rescued Kokura Castle, the gate of Nagoya Castle was deceived by the Shimadzu family who came to rescue, and they welcomed Emperor Komu who came by sea.
Subsequently, the troops of Emperor Komu and the Shimazu family went to attack Kokura. With the cooperation of the merchants who had infiltrated in advance, the raid was successful. Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi and Ogasawara Tadama both fled and fled back to Osaka by sea. Then Ogasawara Tadama became the scapegoat and committed seppuku in Osaka Castle! Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi was forced to live in seclusion and become a monk, and returned to Owari to work as a fake monk...
After taking Bungo Kingdom, Kyushu's Fukuoka Domain (Kuroda Family), Saga (Nabeshima Family), Kurume (Arima Family), Yanagawa (Tachibana Family), Kumamoto (Hosokawa Family) and other powerful feudal lords successively defection. Coupled with the two feudal clans of Choshu and Satsuma that had previously defected, Emperor Komu's journey could be regarded as fruitful.
Because he found that the route pointed out by Zhu Cixiang was easy to fight, Zhu Cijiong also led 15,000 elite troops to Kokura Castle by water in the winter of Kanei's 30th year (Okura is the residence of Emperor Kokura in Kyushu), and joined forces with Emperor Kokura's army. . And in the first month of the thirty-first year of Kan'ei, the Shikoku-Seto Inland Sea strategy was started.
The Shikoku-Seto Inland Sea strategy also went extremely smoothly. On the one hand, the Seto Inland Sea can be said to be the territory of Osaka's profiteers, and their merchant fleets use the Seto Inland Sea for transportation; on the other hand, the Tosa Domain on Shikoku Island has risen again. Become an insider.
Therefore, when the war progressed to February of the 31st year of Kan'ei, even Awaji Island, the gateway to Osaka, had been occupied by Emperor Komu's troops.
Osaka Bay is right in front of you!
The Tokugawa shogunate also responded quickly. On the first day of February in the thirty-first year of Kanei, an order was sent to Osaka Castle to seal Osaka with 600,000 koku to Tokugawa Yorinobu.
"Kishu has 550,000 koku and Osaka has 600,000 koku. That's 1.15 million koku! It's really enviable!"
Tokugawa Yorinobu in Osaka Castle glared at his brother Tokugawa Yorifou, "If you are really envious, then I will trade with you... You will be the lord of Osaka with 1.15 million koku, and I will be the lord of Ueno with 500,000 koku." The lord of the feudal lord."
It turns out that Tokugawa Yorifusa also received benefits. Now he is no longer the deputy general who stayed in Kyoto, but was granted the title of Ueno Kingdom with 500,000 koku! I will soon go to Ueno Country to take up my post, and now I come to Osaka to say goodbye to my brother for the last time!
That’s right, it’s the final goodbye!
Osaka's 1.1 million stone feudal lord is really not easy to be. Because Emperor Komu has brought nearly 100,000 troops from Mori, Kuroda, Hosokawa, Nabeshima, Shimazu, Yamauchi, Arima, Tachibana, Matsuura, Mune, and Sagara to garrison Awaji Island, it is about to We hit Osaka Castle.
Tokugawa Yorifusa had a serious look on his face when he heard this, "Juro, this is your second fourteenth birthday! Your father's spirit in heaven will definitely bless you."
Tokugawa Yorinobu nodded heavily and said: "You are right... I have been waiting for this opportunity all my life! So even if Kobuin has an army of one million, it is impossible to break Osaka Castle!"
"Okay!" Tokugawa Yorifu said with a smile, "With Juro stationed in Osaka, we can safely deploy troops in Ueno, Shinano, Yamagata and Echigo. After we defeat the rebels in those places, we can then concentrate our forces We can definitely defeat Kobuin and Zhu Cijiong outside Osaka City! By then the world will still belong to our Tokugawa family!"
