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On December 17th, Makotamaru...

- Whoa, whoa, whoa!

That was just before dawn.

When one old man showed up, he burst out of the castle with great cheer.

Make it one of Toyotomi Seven Stars, "The Ghost of Cage Castle," Kwai Hiroshi -

Under freezing cold skies, with hot air all over your body, you descend.

So why could he have come here from about two miles (about eight kilometers) away without being found by the enemy?

That was an extremely simple logic.

It is an underground tunnel.

Already Fort Nagaju and Maru Maida, as well as Honmaru Osaka Castle, had underground tunnels built by the hands of the Golden Diggers led by Gentoku Osaki. In historical fact, there is also a legacy that in the Osaka Winter Formation, the Shogun Army tried to dig a pit and enter Osaka Castle. The Toyotomi army had completed it over the years.

Despite the late evening, many soldiers welcomed him in unison.

Hiroshi slowly went between them, finally coming to the place where the defensive generals were.

"Are you the Guiguang Palace? Nice. I knew the vibe was totally different than the rest!

That said, it was Goto Yutai, who had defended Maidamaru until now, who welcomed the spread.

As Broad Traditions came to his front, he bowed his head small.

"Thank you for your hard work so far"

"No, I was just desperate"

"Hehe, what is your modesty... unexpected"

"Heh! Even if you want it, you're good at it, you're bad at it. I'm not very good at protecting you."

"How are you?"

"Well, I asked for the rest!

With his right hand flickering, the soldier disappeared from the basement to Osaka Castle Honmaru.

Broad breeding on the one hand slowly confronted the soldiers, who were still looking at him correctly.

And he told him in a low voice.

"Do not give up hope until the end. That is the word of my benefactor. Nobody gives up hope!

- Oops!

"No matter how strong the enemy is. No matter how unfavourable! We can't lose!

- Oops!

Toyotomi soldiers respond to the multiplicity of chants with brave voices as if they could reach heaven.

And Hiroshi turned into a ghostly shape, and let the Great Slope sky blow up the edict.

"I'll protect anything. Whoa!!

- Ooh, ooh, ooh!

When the widespread temper propagated to all the soldiers, Maidamaru united.

Later, Broad Traditions began to position soldiers precisely.

It's a very meticulous placement of soldiers.

This is exactly what it would be like not to give an inch of clearance.

That way, before nightfall, all soldiers were deployed.

And while the tired shogun army was still asleep, it sounded like a big decree that had dropped lightning.

"Ugh yeah!!

- Dwong!!

The soldiers of the Shogun Army woke up simultaneously to the sound of loudness and explosion that drained their liver, but they still did not panic.

Because they had deployed "bamboo bundles" to avoid artillery, and many had dug trenches and hidden themselves.

This way, even if a harsh artillery attack is launched, it won't hit you.

It was getting high.

But......

- Huuuuuuuuu......

I thought the high noise was in the air that

- Dokkaaaaaan!!

And it exploded overhead.

"Ghaaaaaa!!

"Hey!!

The screams of the soldiers of the Shogun army rise from everywhere.

It was the "fireworks" that attacked them.

No, should I say a giant grenade, to be exact?

Linear and short-range artillery attacks are halved depending on the measures taken.

So by exploding it overhead, we were able to ballistically draw parabolas, which made it possible to greatly increase the range.

That was one of the weapons Toyotomi Hideyoshi instructed to develop before returning to his former days.

Soldiers fall out of combat after being unilaterally attacked from far away...

The Shogun Army's foot generals, who feared the situation, had nothing more than instructed them to move forward.

"Damn! They're gonna do it while I'm here! It's gonna take. Assault!

Shogun Army that comes forward simultaneously.

But what was waiting there was relentless simultaneous shooting.

"artillery squad forward Yikes!! Ugh!

- Dodd, dodd, dodd!!

"Wow!!

It is not the miscellaneous soldiers or the jailers who are protecting Maidamaru right now.

They are the elites of a clean rich army.

Their high-precision shooting was that if they were close opponents, there would be no such thing as teasing a bunch of bamboo to hit them.

- Dodd, dodd, dodd!!

- Dodd, dodd, dodd!!

An uninterrupted shooting sound.

In the meantime, moreover, long-range attacks by giant grenades continue.

Moreover, by means of extensive instructions, they had been carried out without waste and without imposition.

"Hih, hike. Yes!! Once you get back on your feet!!

The Maeda and Inui armies, who came as far as the moat in front of them, inevitably retreated by decree of the generals.

"You don't have to shoot me in the back. Protecting us is winning."

And, when broad and prosperous give orders, they rest the soldiers on the spot.

If the enemy should come forward at all while preserving health in this way, strike a breathless onslaught.

The Toyotomi army was able to protect Maidamaru without breathing.

"That's Guiguang Traditional... there's no gap at all..."

The generals of the Tabernacle Army, saying this, had nothing more to offer than a toothpick.

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Around the same time, Osaka Castle Honmaru...

On behalf of the appraisers, the two bureaucrats who entered during the appraisal and the temple decided to discuss the forthcoming operation. It should be noted that Governor Ono, the deputy, was also allowed on the spot, but his role was right brush (secretary).

"Well, Zong Ying. What are you going to do now?

When the temple cut out so, Souyoshi Ishida told him something surprising.

"Now, how would you like it? When it comes to war, awkward monks have trouble with their tears"

"Nah...... what the heck!?

Unexpectedly the governor in the corner of the room stopped his hand and opened his mouth pompously.

I left everything to you and cut the big deal, and kicked Sir Ozo and Yurakusai Oda out of this room. Yet, because it is a story that does not think about the measures ahead at all, there is no reason for the governor to be surprised.

But the temple also seems to have thick liver balls, just like Zongyong.

She remained unchanged and serene in her expression, this time asking Genji Osaki.

"So do you have any thoughts on Lord Osaki?

But Xuanton Osaki fell beside his neck again, just like Soyo.

And I said in a crouched voice.

"We were both" defeated men "by Tokugawa. It could be a mighty shogun like that."

"Wouldn't that be a better way to surrender!?

Unexpectedly, the mourning verse leaks out of the governor's mouth.

Then he narrowed his eyes and said of him in a tone that was easy.

"We decide what to do, and no one says we twist it."

"Hey, what, no, no, no!? So who the hell gives the measure!?

The governor no longer throws out his right brush job, while advancing his knees and embarking on himself.

Then Zong Yong said as he stared at him, toward the lowest name waiting outside the room.

"Take me!

"Yes!!

The sound of a small surname running down the hallway so that it can be played also echoes in the room.

And after a while, I heard a relaxed footsteps this time.

When he heard the footsteps, Soo-yong said in a cold tone that made Zokri and his spine freeze.

"We will never lose to Tokugawa Jiayang. So why don't you dedicate yourself to someone who knows how to beat Tokugawa?"

"Who knows how to beat Tokugawa... No way..."

If the governor was asked who 'had beaten Tokugawa', he knew only one person except Shingen Takeda.

Needless to say, Shingen is not in this world.

... and then there was only one left.

"Ha! Osaka Castle is huge! Perhaps the Borough Mansion in Kodoyama was just too small for me! Hit it!"

Masaki Maida, a man who beat Tokugawa and a man of arithmetic conspiracy dubbed "Bee Hing on the Front and Back".

Prestigious appearance...

He should have lost his life in June of this year if it were as historical fact suggests, but the escape of Kodoyama in Happy Village seems to have become a good medicine to ease his feelings and prolong his life.

With his bloody face lit with a flame of strong ambition, he's going to live for another decade.

As he lowered his hips next to Zongyang et al., he bowed his head deeply toward the temple.

"I am Shosho Chang-yuki Maida!

"Well, I've heard a lot about that from Yuanjiro. But it was a closed body in Kowloon Mountain..."

Chang Xiao, who raised his face to the words of the temple of stars, raised the corner of his mouth with niggardness, a glimpse of his offering, the inner notes of Takani, which he refrained from behind.

Then when the inner note came to the front of the starch with his hips low, he offered a single script.

"What's this?

"If you look through your eyes, you'll see."

When the temple widened its script in a flowing motion, it opened its eyes wide just at first glance.

"Hideyoshi..."

It was a letter sent by Hideyoshi to Chang Yue in "Before Returning to the Original Age".

And its contents are:

- If Tokugawa ever pulls a bow on Toyotomi, I will immediately pardon the Lord. After that, I want you to help my mother at Osaka Castle.

That was the thing.

In other words, Hideyoshi hit his hand in advance, assuming that it mattered after he moved to Edo.

"In response to the request of the writ, I would like to ask you to use this life for starch. Please use it in the future! Calm down!"

Chang Xiao's lavish laughter echoes all over the room.

The temple on the one hand could not forbid tears to the care of excellence.

When Zong Yong rose to her seat and handed the beautiful silk fabric to the starch, she received it, making a smile.

And when he wiped his tears, he squeezed his expression with his feelings and told Chang Xiao.

"Well, let's get back to you soon. Lord Chang, how about Toyotomi from now on?

Chang Xiao replied instantly that he would stretch his spine.

"Regardless, protect Osaka Castle!

Everyone on the spot turned their eyes round and stared at Chang Xiao.

Did their surprise-filled gaze feel good, Chang Xiao said, "Kaka!," he laughs.

So the governor inquired about the terrible sincerity.

"Does that mean I should continue to be caged in Osaka Castle?

"Well, then, let's do it."

"Cage Castle is the next step..."

"Lower measures that just extend the battle to mischief. Then the soldiers and the people are just tired."

"So you're going to do it!?

"Ka! Let's decide that!

When Chang Xiao tightened his expression, he continued to focus on his eyes.

"We'll defend ourselves in the short showdown! I'm so sorry you're getting old on the battlefield!

And...

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Just around the same time, Dade Zhengzong, headquartered near Sakami, was calling for a certain merchant.

It should be noted that although their soldiers occupied the city of Sakami, they did not work the wolves, but rather spent a lot of time on security.

But only one thing was strictly forbidden.

It was a harbor use.

In other words, he restricted access to the ship.

The ban on the use of the ship was a great pain in the ass for Sakai, who had been at the heart of dealings with exotic and distant countries, but the opinion that "during the war, it was inevitable" dominated the majority, and no further confusion arose.

Now, in the meantime, the merchant called upon by the political ministry was one who was making dealings with the exotic a business.

He knelt before a political sect with a niyaniya and an invincible grin as he came to the headquarters of the political sect as he could tell.

"Well, let me tell you something quickly."

Over the head of the merchant, the low, crouched voice of the political sect echoes.

The merchant, completely swallowed by the overwhelming atmosphere he had, could not raise his face to much fear.

Then…….

- Dossa......

And something heavy was dropped directly beside his face.

When he turned his face toward the sound, a large bag of cloth was placed there.

"Is this...?

"Look inside and you'll see."

"hey, hey"

The merchant looked in the bag, trying not to see the face of the political sect.

"Hey, what is it!? This!?

What a massive amount of 'gold' was in it.

And the political sect said to him surprised.

"This was once my friend... what Chief Okubo gave me. I'll give it to you."

"Give me this? But why?"

The merchant finally sees the face of the political sect here.

But the next moment he regretted seeing it.

Because…….

It's a monster that doesn't seem like it belongs in this world, because it was a horrible shape that peeled its fangs off.

"Give me all the ships you have."

"Hey, why...?

"Let's decide on that...... It's all for sinking."

This is how the two of us who didn't want to get older on the battlefield were getting ahead of ourselves.