"His Majesty Emperor Komu, the board is on board! His Majesty Emperor Komu, the board is on board..."
Deafening cheers suddenly came from the direction of Osaka Castle Town, startling Tokugawa Yorinobu who was having lunch in Osaka Castle Honmaru. A small meatball he was holding with chopsticks almost fell on the table. ——The eating habits of Tokugawa Yorinobu and Yorifu were different from most samurai of this era. He liked to eat rough meat and brown rice, and did not like exquisite pastries and vegetarian food, nor did he like to eat fish.
Probably because of this eating habit developed by living with Tokugawa Ieyasu since childhood, both brothers Yorinobu and Yorifusa grew very tall, with figures that are very rare in Japan.
In addition, Yori Nobu and Yori Fang also attach great importance to martial arts practice. Now that I am quite old, I can still continue to ride horses, shoot arrows and use big guns. So both of them are in good health and have relatively long lifespans.
Among them, Yori Xuan lived to the age of 70 in history! His successor Guangzhen lived longer and lived until he was 80 years old before dying. Yorinobu's grandson Tokugawa Yoshimune was less able to survive and lived to be 66 years old. However, the lifespans of these three grandparents are enough to meet the threshold of a wise king - living a long life is also an important condition for becoming a wise king. If the life is too short, it will not be obvious if they die before they have time to do anything. Be wise! Even if you can show your wisdom, you can't do your best, which will definitely make people sigh.
For example, if Zhou Shizu in history could live for 20 more years, how could his ranking in the Mingjun world be improved a lot, right?
And if someone like Yorinobu died in his thirties or forties, how could he still have the power of Osaka's 1.15 million stone feudal lords to garrison Osaka Castle to resist the emperor's army?
However, even though he is such a majestic and wise king, he is now shocked by the cheers of the people of Osaka... Osaka Castle Town has a population of more than 300,000. Not to say that everyone is talented, but there is actually no shortage of them. A capable person is "wealthy" and handsome.
And it is not unreasonable to say that "when a wealthy businessman in Osaka is angry, all the princes in the world are frightened"!
The princes of Japan are inseparable from Osaka's wealthy merchants in terms of finance, construction, territorial management, and even personal enjoyment. Last year, as the price of gold rose sharply, the corresponding price of rice fell sharply. As a result, a group of wealthy Osaka businessmen were destroyed for some reason. Then, including the Tokugawa shogunate, all the lords on the Tokugawa side had a difficult time.
It is difficult to sell rice and specialty products, and even if they are sold, they have little value. It's even harder to borrow money, and even if you can borrow it, the interest rates are crazy high. And gunpowder and various weapons, armor, and horses are even more difficult to buy... Now everyone is expanding their armies to prepare for war. At this time, there is nowhere to buy weapons, armor, horses, and gunpowder! This thing is really annoying!
This year, Osaka's businessmen seem to have regained a little strength and can finally do something for the generals and daimyo.
So Tokugawa Yorinobu took out the gold he had accumulated over the years and purchased a large amount of gunpowder through several reliable Kishu Domain royal merchants to prepare for the Osaka Cage War.
Now that this batch of gunpowder has not arrived, why did someone suddenly shout "His Majesty Emperor Komu is on board" in Osaka Castle Town?
What happened? Isn’t Emperor Komu still on Awaji Island? Isn't it already at Osaka Bay?
But even if she has arrived, the people in Osaka Castle Town should not shout long live!
These people used to be common people under the rule of the shogun, but now they belong to the Osaka Domain, and Emperor Komu is the enemy of the Osaka Domain... They are treasonous!
Someone in Osaka Castle Town rebelled against the country, but why didn't anyone suppress it? What is the lord of the Isetsu Domain, Toudo Takatsuji, doing? The 4,000 elite soldiers of the Tsu clan were defending Osaka Castle Town!
It turns out that Tokugawa Yorinobu, the 1.15 million-koku feudal lord of Osaka, has not only the 25,000 troops of the Osaka clan, but also the Kishu Tanabe clan, the Kishu Shingu clan, the Izumigishi Wada clan, the Izumi Hakuta clan, and the Kawachi clan. Sayama Domain (Hojo Family), Kawachi Tannan Domain, Settsu Takatsuki Domain, Settsu Mata Domain, Settsu Amagasaki Domain, Settsu Mita Domain, Isetsu Domain (Todo Family), Isekui Domain (Todo Branch), There are nearly 27,000 troops from sixteen feudal lords including Apodshima Domain (Hoshisuka Family), Iyo Uwajima Domain, Iyo Matsuyama Domain, Iyo Saijo Domain, and Iyo Imabari Domain.
Among them, 4,000 elite soldiers of the Tsu clan, led by Takatora Toudo's son, Takaji Toudo, were trained according to the new method and consisted of four thousand-man troops equipped with spears and iron cannons. Therefore, Tokugawa Yorinobu was entrusted with the important task of defending and suppressing Osaka Castle Town!
Thinking of this, Akijun Tokugawa Yorinobu had no intention of eating his fried meatballs... He had to find out what Takaji Toudo was doing? Why not stop the rioters from causing trouble in Osaka Castle Town?
But before he could walk out of the Honmaru Palace in Osaka Castle, the Hojo clan lord of the Sayama clan had already rushed over in a hurry.
This Hojo clan is the descendant of Hojo Ukiki, the fourth son of Hojo Ujiyasu. After the demise of Go-Hojo's regime in the eight states, Ujiki went to live in seclusion in Mount Koya with Uji Nao, the last governor of Go-Hojo. Later, the two were re-appointed because Tokugawa Ieyasu interceded with Hideyoshi. Uji Nao received a territory of ten thousand koku, and Ukiki received a territory of two thousand koku. Later, Uji Nao died early and had no sons, so his territory was given to Uki nori's son, Ushimori. Later, Uhi nori inherited Uki nori's territory, so there was the Sayama Domain of 12,000 koku. Shi Zong is Shi Sheng's grandson. He is in his 30s this year. He is short and delicate, a bit like a girl. It's a pity that his father died too early, so he became the feudal lord at a young age and lost the opportunity to give Iemitsu a nickname, otherwise it would have cost more than twelve thousand koku...
And Tokugawa Yorinobu was an old straight man who didn't look down on the softness of the Hojo clan at all, so he had no intention of reusing him. He just ordered him to lead 100 people from the Sayama clan to guard the wooden bridge on the outer trench of Osaka.
Now that he saw him running in a panic, he opened his throat and shouted: "Hojo Shobu (Shoubu is an official position, an official in charge of sweeping the streets). The Sayama Domain is too poor and there is no way for high-ranking officials to move, so they can only get one." The sweeper, Hojo Ujiyasu will probably shed tears when he sees his spirit in the sky), why are you so panicked? Could it be that the enemy has already arrived on the wooden bridge?"
When the Hojo clan saw Tokugawa Yorinobu, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and loudly reported: "Osaka U-General (Yorinobu appointed Ukonoe General), something big has happened. The rebels from Kobuin seem to be landing at the Osaka pier. They The leading troops have entered the Osaka Castle Town!"
"Nani?" Tokugawa Yorinobu was shocked, "How is this possible? There are forts at the mouths of the Yamato River and Yodogawa River! The forts are defended by samurai from Iyo Saijo Domain and Iyo Imabari Domain. It is impossible for them to rebel! You Tell me, how did the Kobuin rebels capture the Yamatogawa Fort and Yodogawa Fort?"
Saijo Domain and Imabari Domain are both close vassals and are not very powerful. One has 30,000 koku and the other has 35,000 koku. Their fiefdom is in Iyo Province on Shikoku Island. Now it has been captured by the Kobuin army... The feudal lords of the two feudal lords took hundreds of people to Osaka and defected to Tokugawa Yorinobu. Yorinobu asked the samurai of the two domains to assist in the defense of Yamatogawa Fort and Yodogawa Fort.
These two forts were used to prevent the Kobuin troops from landing at Osaka port. Once they fell into the hands of the Kobuin army, the consequences would be disastrous.
But how could the Kobuin army seize the Yamatogawa Fort and Yodogawa Fort without making a move? Even if there is a sneak attack, there won't be any movement at all, right?
How did they do that?
In addition, there are 4,000 elite soldiers of the Tsu clan stationed in the Osaka Castle Town! The armies of Saijo Domain and Imabari Domain are unbearable, and the elite soldiers of Tsu Domain are also unbearable? Let the enemy land at the pier without even reacting, and then march into the castle town without any hesitation?
"General Osaka..." The Hojo clan's voice was trembling a little, "Someone must have rebelled... Someone has rebelled!"
His tone was hesitant at first, but soon became very firm.
Tokugawa Yorinobu asked: "Who is it? Tell me quickly! Did Toudo Takatsuji rebel?"
"Yes, it was the soldiers of the Tsu clan who rebelled!" said the Hojo clan. "The samurai from all the clans who came from the castle town said that the soldiers of the Todo Settsu clan rebelled!"
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