The newly built Nagoya Castle in the Shogunate shortly built Nagoya Castle gathered more than 100,000 shogunate troops, and the barracks covered an area of ​​100 miles. Countless food and grass were transported by sea, land transported from the shogunate controlled territory to the Nagoya Castle, and then transported through Nagoya to the Nara front line.

"You guys follow me to fight!" Matsuhira Nobuzu rode a war horse and led 20,000 shogunate troops to Kyoto to delay the Shimazu family and the Maori family in Kyoto, and to attack the Osaka Castle for Tokugawa Iemitsu to delay the Shimazu family and the Maori family.

The defense line of the Inverted Coalition is centered on Kyoto and Osaka Castle, among which Kyoto is the current base camp of the Inverted Coalition. However, the importance of Osaka Castle is far above Kyoto, because Osaka Castle is an important maritime supply line for the Inverted Coalition. Osaka Castle was conquered, and the Inverted Coalition was unable to support Kyoto from the sea after the Inverted Coalition.

"It's time for us to set off. Twenty years ago, my grandfather conquered the Toyotomi family's Osaka Castle, and twenty years later, I will level the Osaka Castle." Tokugawa Iemitsu took the Tokugawa family's helmet from the guards and put it on his head.

His age is similar to Chu Yun, and he should have been a good leader of success. However, the change in the historical trajectory caused the Tokugawa family to encounter the most powerful enemy in history. The strength of the enemy is not in the number of people, but in the advanced industrial technology.

Matsuhira Nobutsu led his troops to cut off the connection between Kyoto and Osaka Castle, and the shogun led the main force to launch a winter offensive against Osaka Castle from Nara, Kishu Street and other places!

The Shogun coalition sent 5,000 troops stationed in Okayama to be the first to be attacked by the Shogunate army in Nara.

Tens of thousands of shogunate troops were arranged into several formations. The flag bearers in the front row held high the military flags, and the samurai led their soldiers to launch an attack on the Okayama position. Many of these soldiers were forced to recruit farmers, and most of their weapons were still in the era of cold weapons, either spears, long swords, samurai swords, or bows and arrows.

However, the shogunate army that attacked Okayama was defeated by a large number of people, and the situation of the reversed coalition was not optimistic. Most of them were still in the era of cold weapons, and the number of mesh guns was not large.

Arrows were raining in the battlefield. Under the urging of the warriors, soldiers gritted their teeth and raids in Okayama, and shouts of killing were heard one after another.

The most elite iron artillery team under Mizuno Katsunari stayed by his side. Mizuno Katsunari did not want to join the iron artillery team in the decisive battle that had just begun, and planned to use the cheap peasant militia to recruit as cannon fodder to consume the firepower of the defenders.

In addition to the elite iron artillery team to accumulate strength, there is also a 500-man cavalry preparing to enter the battlefield.

"The general began to attack Tennoji Temple, intending to conquer Tennoji Temple within three days, and the troops will be at the city of Osaka!" The cavalry scout came from the direction of Tennoji Temple to report to Katsura Mizuno.

"Tennoji is flat and suitable for decisive battles. Unexpectedly, the rebels made the same mistake as the Toyotomi family members twenty years ago, wanting to block our offensive at Tennoji. If they were smarter, they should concentrate their main force on the more peripheral mountain roads to block us and prevent us from entering the southern plains of Osaka Castle. However, it is too late now, and the rebels without the main support of the Kyushu Army are vulnerable to our shogunate main force." Katsunari Mizuno looked at the soldiers on both sides fighting in the Okayama position.

Twenty years ago, he was one of the generals in the Osaka Battle launched by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Now he is still not old, as if history is repeating. Katsunari Mizuno, who once participated in the Osaka Battle, knows the few highlands in the southern plains of Osaka Castle, Okayama, Chauyuyama, and Shin-sama. Once some important places in Osaka Castle are captured, people will be in panic and may not be able to hold on for even a few days.

"The general ordered your troops to conquer Okayama within three days, march towards Kinomura, compete for Shinoyama, and peek at Sanada Maru!" The cavalry scout conveyed Tokugawa Iemitsu's military order.

This time, the shogunate army attacked Osaka Castle and used more than 100,000 troops, including the Western Route Army in the direction of Kishu Street, the Middle Route Army in the direction of Tennoji Temple, and the East Route Army in the direction of Nara Street. They swept the southern plains of Osaka Castle with three armies and dozens of formations.

"You don't need three days to convey to the general when you go back, just two days!" Katsura Mizuno said confidently.

"Yes!" The cavalry scout left in a hurry.

Not far from Tennoji Temple and Okayama, the cavalry can easily convey orders.

"Pull up our imitation artillery!" Mizuno Katsunari led the Eastern Route Army, trying to conquer Okayama and then headed towards Shinoyama to threaten Osaka Castle.

The Shogunate Army used imitation of the Florida artillery, and a very small number of new front-mounted guns used by the newly imitated Kyushu Army, but they were basically mainly behind the backward Florida artillery.

"Reload ammunition!" The gunner hurriedly carried the Folang machine cannon and necessary ammunition.

"The iron artillery team is ready to launch an offensive against Okayama later!"

While Katsunari Mizuno was preparing to launch a shelling attack on Okayama, he asked his team of clamps to wait for the attack.

"I am willing to lead a team of samurai to raid the defenders from one side!" Miyamoto Musashi, wearing armor, asked Katsunari Mizuno to fight.

"From the resistance of the defenders, their determination to resist is nothing more than that. You should first accumulate your energy and then carry out beheading operations when encountering a strong enemy." Katsunari Mizuno comforted Mizuno Musashi who was eager to fight.

"I want to fight with the generals of China. I heard that Chinese martial arts are superb. I don't know if my samurai sword can defeat them." Miyamoto Musashi's eyes were hot.

"According to the scout's information, a small team of Kyushu Army arrived early, and they were arranged in Shinoyama behind Okayama, and we will meet them soon." Katsunari Mizuno said.

"What is their general called?" asked Miyamoto Musashi.

Katsunaga Mizuno thought: "Lu Xiangsheng."

The shogunate army launched a winter offensive, and the Tokushima clan lord, who was responsible for defending Tennoji Temple, Tadaeyoshi, struggled to support the attack of the shogunate "New Selection Group".

The shogun General Tokugawa Iemitsu, riding a war horse, drew out a samurai sword, and led a new iron artillery team to launch an attack on the main team of Beesuka Tadaeyoshi in the south of Tennoji Temple.

The new type of firearm used by the Iron Artillery was a flintlock gun that surpassed the Match Rope. At that time, the Kyushu Army supported them against the Inverted Coalition.

The elite main force led by Tadaohei Hinata who defended Tennoji also used front-mounted flintlock rifles. They began to try to imitate the French 1777 front-mounted flintlock rifles of the Kyushu Army a few years ago. Years of war have accelerated their musket technology. However, the raw materials for black gunpowder such as saltpeter are scarce, and the lack of machine tool technology has left their musket manufacturing at the manual stage, with limited annual output.

"The artillery team supports the general!"

When the shogunate retainers saw his Tokugawa Iemitsu personally led the troops to charge, their eyes were red, and they also followed Tokugawa Iemitsu and joined the Tennoji battlefield with their subordinates.

Another battle in Osaka Castle after twenty years once again determined the fate of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Chapter completed!