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I'll be back for a little while.
On April 17th, Hiroshima Castle...
The Fukushima Regularity of the Hiroshima clan lord, a great name of forty-nine thousand stones and feared as a ghost on the battlefield, was still in his chamber this day and looked difficult on his own.
The world is already flooded with rumors that the Shogun will attack Osaka Castle again.
In that, the rule that has been showing a great presence under heaven since Hideyoshi Tai, why doesn't the castle even try to get out of its own room?
The reason for this was really simple.
- Take your side in the Shogun, not the Toyotomi. Do not disturb the world of Heavenly Tahei.
For at last he was broken by the obstinate admonition of his loyalists that
He just didn't send out soldiers as a shogun side.
"I can't... I can't believe I'm crushing His Highness's 'dream'..."
He was mourning his helpless self.
It was such a fold.
Someone came looking for him.
It was Kiyoshi Kato.
"Tiger Suke..."
The rule was that when we put Purity through the room, tears overflowed as soon as we met face to face.
It wasn't just nostalgia, all kinds of emotions were scratching around in his chest.
In response to him, Purity laughed at the dust and said in a loud voice.
"I've grown old before I even saw it, Ichimatsu!
That's no different than when I was a kid.
Back then, Hideyoshi, the "father", and Ninaga, the "mother", lived, played, and fought with me...
"Tiger Nosuke... I... Wow!
Regularly, when I cried down, I lay low as it was.
Purity gently woke him up when he put his hand on the shoulder of the regular.
And he also said with tears in his eyes.
"I intend to be well aware of the Lord's position. But still, I have to keep one head down."
- Ba!!
Purity rubbed his forehead against the floor as he bowed his head the moment he finished saying so.
"Please! Please don't be like this!! Give me the help of the Lord. Yikes!!
I have never seen the rule that purity bows its head to others.
Purity, which was always proud and full of confidence, is now abandoning the 'minute' and bowing its head.
It was well known by law that he wanted to keep his dream of Tai Chi but was one heart.
Now it was my turn for regularity to put my hands on pure shoulders.
"Tiger Nosuke. Keep your head up. I seem to have forgotten something for a long time."
"Don't forget..."
Purity looked up and looked at the norm.
The face was no longer an old man who had crossed the tired fifty earlier.
Kiyoshi didn't love him, General, he was back in the face of the Fukushima Regularity.
And the rule was a powerful word, and it answered the question of purity.
"Let's keep that 'loyal'!
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May 5, 2017 -
The great army of the shogun that left Kyo split second-hand on the way south down Nara Street under the dedication of Somo Tachibana.
Troops centered on Hideyoshi continue on Hanoi Road and cross the Plains River.
If it were an original historical fact, on the sixth day of the next day, Reisei Kimura, who couldn't stop the crossing, would have fought a fierce battle, but I didn't allow them to come out.
Needless to say, there they struggle, and they all die.
Therefore, Hideyoshi's army remained irresistible, protected by the Maeda, Fujido, and Iui armies, and close to Osaka Castle, forming in Okayama. There are roughly 50,000 troops around here.
Meanwhile, Tokugawa Jiayang approached Osaka Castle across the Yamato River from Kishu Avenue called Yamato Road.
The army led by Jiayang is even more second-hand divided into too many huge.
On the other hand, 40,000 people along the West Bank, combined with Daida Zhonghui, the son of Jiayang, as a general and a prospective player, expanded from the Sakai side.
Furthermore, from the center, 30,000 with Tadashi Matsuhei, son of Hidekang Noboru Noboru, and Honda Tadashi, son of Honda Tadashi (Honda Tadashi) as generals, a total of 45,000 troops of Takai Jiaji and Shinji Maida and others.
Jiayang is positioned just halfway between Hanoi Road and Yamato Road, leading places like Central America, where the Plains River is second-hand divided, arranging 20,000 soldiers along Nara Avenue. And five thousand of Tachibana Somo were arranged to protect the front of Jiayang.
The remaining 40,000 are troops with two young brothers, Yoshiaki Tokugawa and Ascension, as generals, who will never be on the battlefield.
They were deploying in such a way as to protect the backs of the army of Jiayang and Hideyoshi.
It should be noted that the Uesugi Army has been ordered to defend Kyo and has not participated in this battle.
Meanwhile, the intercepting Toyotomi army has 10,000 Maida Shinji in "Red Ready" on Tea Mortar Mountain, which is at the forefront. Among them were pig warriors such as Kodai Goto and Jiji Ono.
Ten thousand Ishida Zongyong in the central Tennoji Temple. Among them are Tsuda parents and children.
There are three thousand Yoshiji Otani in Shinoyama, a small high mountain to the east. His army was joined by Reisei Kimura and Gideo Ono.
In front of Osaka Castle's buried moat, I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, have 10,000. Among them are Xuanton Osaki, Princess Kofi and Hiroshi Gui.
And a thousand troops of "Black Readiness", led by Akashi Toyashi, deployed to the west side of Osaka Castle and waited as a parade army.
Finally, in Osaka Castle, four thousand soldiers and Governor Ono are left, and Naku Horiuchi, a long-serving parent, protects the temple.
It was not until the next seven days that the two armies had thus completely completed their placement.
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Celebration 17 (1612) Early May 7th -
Jiayang looked bitter in the main unit and waited for a certain reward.
That's the march between Kyushu and China.
Kyushu Shigeji is Nagata Kuroda, Katsumo Hot Island, Tadahiro Hoshikawa, and Tadahiro Shimazu. The two Chinese forces are Fukushima Regularity and Maori Su-jin.
Jiayang had been strongly urging them to march before the war.
If their troops show up on the west side of Osaka Castle, the Toyotomi forces will have to break up their troops in defense there.
He thought that would make the southern defense even thinner.
None of them, however, attempted to move the locality by calling it "suspicious move on Kiyoshi Kato of Kumamoto".
It may be said that Kiyoshi Kato, who once remained in Kyushu during the battle of Sekigahara, moved with Rushui Kuroda, and Kyushu proceeded with his troops to China without leaving their brains.
Thus, the initial prospect of family well-being came off early.
But when I opened the lid, the move was due to Kiyoshi Kato's "measures".
At the February bureaucratic meeting, Qing Zheng was ordered by Hideyoshi to "complete Kyushu and China".
If Kyushu, the Great Names of China had really marched for Osaka Castle, it would have been 20,000 to 30,000 large armies.
In other words, Purity alone asked Hideyoshi to disable those forces.
But even though purity is a rigid warlord, there is no way to deal with all of them alone.
So Qingzheng began by abbreviating the Fukushima Regularity, which has not completely succumbed to Tokugawa among the great names of Toyotomi Benefits.
But I didn't encourage you to enlist when I said it was an abbreviation.
Purity prompted the 'posting of soldiers' against the norm.
If Hiroshima's Fukushima Regularity had marched to respond to Kumamoto's Kiyoshi Kato, it would have struck him hard, making him think Maori, Kuroda, Hoshikawa and Hot Island were located between them.
Besides, behind Kato is Shimazu.
I do not think that Shimazu, who has rebuilt his finances with assistance from Toyotomi these days, will take sides with the Shogun, who has felt little benevolence. That was their prospect.
Besides, among the three breasts of Nagata Kuroda, Tadahiro Hoshikawa, and Huiyuan Maori, who still held the real power of the Maori family, it was also certain that they did not have any good feelings for Jiayang, who was trying to crush the Toyotomi family with forceful gestures.
Thus the 'measure' of purity was so great a success that it was not an exaggeration to say it was perfect.
It was a wonderful arrangement, as if Rushui Kuroda had taken over.
The morning sun was already up.
Jiayang, who was firmly sworn to his heart that it was today that he would settle completely, can no longer wait for Kyushu, China.
"Huh! Remember that, pal. When this battle is over, it's gonna hurt."
Jia Kang snapped bitterly, going outside the curtain where he was waiting.
There is a large desk, on which lays the formations of this battle.
And as he surrounded his desk, his proximity was gathered.
Jiayang looked at them guillotinely and said in a low voice with a rugged face.
"Okay, here we go. Zongmao, state the operation."
"Ha!"
Somo Tachibana, ordered by Jiayang, began to speak pointing to the formation diagram.
"Let's just say it's foolish for our troops to hit the Maida Squad on Tea Mountain from the front."
"Wow. Are you that scared of Maida?
"Yeah, frankly, I'm scared to hit them decently because of their morale, and their gear"
"Hmm! That's not an interesting answer...... well, good. Go on."
"Ha! Let's avoid Tea Mountain in the front there and try to wrap it from left to right and attack it"
And, with powerful words, Zongmao glanced at the map with his fingers.
Specifically, Matsuhei Chunghui Squad moved formation along the West Bank, going north almost along the coastline as it was.
At the same time, Maeda of Okayama, Fujido Army marches along the Hirano River.
If the central Maida and Ishida teams can get to their moves, the central Matsuhei Tadashi and Honda Tadashi teams will make breakthroughs.
Assuming it was not in motion, it was an operation whereby the troops deployed left and right as they were gathered in the centre and attacked Osaka Castle from the south.
Jiayang quietly closed his eyes after hearing Somo's prophecy.
And after a while I thought about it, I told him to blur and twinkle.
"Uhm, come on"
Zongmao accidentally rounded his eyes to the words.
Because all his prophecies have so far been bounced back.
I also just thought Jia Kang would break through the center in grandeur and kick the Toyotomi army by the time it was completely skinless.
But Jiayang had no resistance whatsoever, so he took his opinion into account.
Zongmao lost his words to much confusion, but Jiayang glanced at him like that when he opened one eye.
"Huh! I thought," I have no ear to hear the Lord's opinion. "
"Yes, no, something like that..."
"It's okay! I don't care what they think. Anyway, you can't lose this fight. If you missed a chance to win because of your personal feelings, it will be a laugh for future generations."
"Oh, my goodness! Now let's get ready!
When Zongmao bowed his head, he tried to follow the sleaze and the main formation.
Jiayang called from behind him.
"Wait, Zongmao. About two."
"Yes! Why not?"
Zongmao remembered a faint heartbeat, but faced Jia Hang without even taking such a bite out of it.
Then Jia Kang, in a pale tone, told Zongmao something surprising.
"Let Honda Chung Dynasty and the Sakai family take care of the attack from the east, not Maeda, Fujido"
"What...!? But I was wondering if the central defense would be sweet..."
"Defensive? We're not the ones who're attacking. Besides, Maeda, isn't Fujido an army with the general? Instead, push them out and the general's defense will be sweet."
Jiayang's statement sounds like the best at first glance, but it didn't seem like a 'good idea' to Somo.
Because behind his brain, too, was a clear reflection of Souyoshi Ishida's assault, which was shown in the Osaka Winter Formation earlier.
If you follow a gap where your defense has diminished and you come out with another kick-ass assault...
With that in mind, he kept the centrally placed army as a 'home defense team'.
In other words, he intended to lay a heavy defensive force with Matsuhei Tadashi as the 'first guard', Honda Chung Dynasty as the 'second guard', and Zongmao himself, or Tachibana Army as the 'third guard'.
On top of that, I was going to scowl around to complete a formation of crane wings with Matsuhei Chunghui's army on the left, Maeda and Fujido's army on the right.
But Jia Kang ordered the "Second Reserve" to be deployed to the right wing.
Perhaps this is an indication of the desire to keep Maeda, Fujido Squad, away from the battle under Hideyoshi's command.
- Do you still disagree with the Lord and the Lord above...
Zongmao had that instinct.
This means that there is still a gap between Jiayang and Hideyoshi in the way he thinks about how to treat the Toyotomi family.
- Are you going to win just your own soldiers, or soldiers from Yamato Road?
If that idea is correct, it means that the soldiers of Hanoi Road, combined with the soldiers attached to Nara Street, will be incapacitated by 95,000.
- Then the same is true of the halved military strength.
Zongmao did not speak to his voice, but moaned so in his heart.
But I cannot say "no" when I am clearly ordered to do so.
He lowered his head reluctantly.
And he listened to another order.
"Let's say I move from here, too. The formation is the front of the Tennoji Temple. Nice."
"Please wait! Then you will turn to the front of the Ishida Squad! It is too dangerous!!
Zongmao stood up desperately.
But Jia Kang kept his mouth tied, and shook his neck beside him, and answered nothing more.
- No way. To show Lord Ishida 'room'...
If I say so, it would be a provocation to Souyoshi Ishida.
If Ishida Squad gets on that provocation, we can surround and exterminate it with a large army, that's what you must be thinking.
Exactly that tactic was once taken by Shingen Takeda in the Battle of Triangahara, where Jiayang lost a great deal.
- Your Highness wants to give Ishida a taste of humiliation.
But would it be easy for Soo-yong to ride the provocation and advance the army......
Zongmao was more anxious than expected about Jiayang's tactics.
Still, Zongmao, who said that any further remarks would only disturb the air in the field, bowed his head slightly and promptly left the main unit behind.
"This battle... still doesn't seem to be a glimmer"
Whatever the difference in force, the fact that you never get caught off guard may be one reason why Zongmao is called 'Nishikuni Nishikuni'.
He put a lot of effort into his stomach and instilled his temper, and he called for a transmission to fly directives to each army.