Ming Zuo

As an island country, although it is within the scope of the Chinese cultural circle, Dongying has always maintained considerable independence for thousands of years.

Compared with other vassal states, Dongying does not have much awe of the Chinese state.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Battle of Baijiangkou taught Dongying an unforgettable lesson.

Since then, Dongying has kept its own law and order for hundreds of years.

After Mongolia's conquest of Japan failed, Japan was made aware of its own strengths.

Therefore, since the Yuan Dynasty, Japan has gradually increased its harassment and violations of the Central Plains.

In the era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it reached a peak.

However, the background of the Ming Dynasty still exists, and once again destroyed the ambition of Dongpu.

It's a pity that the Central Plains Dynasty has always closed the country, valued the land and despised the sea, so it was still unable to deal a fatal blow to Dongying.

But when it came to Xia Kingdom, the advantages that Dongying depended on for survival disappeared.

Xia Guo not only attaches great importance to the sea, but also owns the most powerful warships of this era.

Japan's traditional ships with backward performance could not stop Xia Guo's attack at all.

Coupled with the rebellion of the Satsuma and Changzhou domains, which are best at naval warfare, the Tokugawa shogunate could not organize effective maritime forces at all, and could only let the North Sea Fleet come and go freely.

When the battle broke out on Awaji Island, Osaka, across the sea, saw everything in its eyes, so panic broke out.

"Let's talk about it, how should we fight in Osaka?"

Zhang Keda had already made up his mind to use Osaka to defeat the Tokugawa shogunate's will to resist.

But how to fight, he is still a little embarrassed.

"Osaka's defenses are all aimed at land attacks, and they can't stop our shelling."

During Toyotomi Hideyoshi's era, this place was carefully constructed as Kanbaku's old nest, so the fortifications of the castle are very strong.

Since Osaka is near the sea, it is natural to be prepared.

But the times are different, and the original defense facilities are all useless in the face of Xia Guo's navy's artillery fire.

"It's not difficult to attack Osaka, or even take down and occupy it. The difficulty is, how to control this speed?"

Zhang Keda made it clearer.

Everyone was stunned.

With the strength of the North Sea Fleet, Osaka is like a brothel with its doors open, and there is no problem that it cannot be attacked.

The only concern is the loss after the battle.

It was not Xia Jun's loss.

It was the casualties of civilians in Osaka.

The houses in Dongying are basically made of wood. Under Xia Jun's artillery fire, I am afraid that all of them will be burned.

In this case, the civilians in Osaka must have suffered heavy casualties.

If you switch to other armies, you will definitely not care about this.The more damage you inflict on the enemy country, the better.

But Xia Jun is different.

This is a civilized division, taught from the beginning not to commit violence against ordinary people.

Xia Jun's soldiers always kept Zuo Menggeng's teachings in mind, but they encountered difficulties in action.

"I don't think it's better to bluff. The civilians in Osaka feel threatened and might run away in advance."

Huang Fei proposed a way.

As an ordinary citizen, it is obviously impossible to tell the temperament of the criminal army.

Obviously, in the minds of the common people in Osaka at this time, they don't know how terrifying Jiang Xia Jun imagined.

Under such panic, it is not surprising that ordinary people choose to flee.

And as long as the people fled, Xia Jun's attack would have no worries.

Zhang Keda thought about it for a while, and felt that this method was good.

He asked Hachisuka Zhongying to be brought up.

"Lord Tokushima, you have also seen that our army is about to attack Osaka. Wherever the heavenly army arrives, there will be no armor left. Please go and tell the officials in Osaka to put down your weapons and surrender immediately. Otherwise, the heavenly army will never Forgive those who resist."

Fengsuhe Zhongying lost his vassal state, and he has long forgotten the strength of Xia Jun.

How dare you not agree when you hear someone tell you to pass on a message?

That afternoon, he took the boat provided by Xia Jun, crossed Osaka Bay, and entered the city.

At the same time, Xia Jun also released many prisoners of the Tokushima Domain and sent them to Osaka.

These people all brought rumors that Xia Jun was about to start a massacre, which immediately frightened the people in the city.

That night, many civilians packed up their belongings and took advantage of the darkness to escape.

Fengsuhe Zhongying passed on Zhang Keda's words, but it was of no use.

Officials in Osaka dared not surrender at all.

This is the important town of the shogunate, and it is also the back road of Sakai Tadakatsu.If they dared to surrender to Xia Jun, their families would be completely killed by Tokugawa Iemitsu.

All of this had long been expected by Zhang Keda.

The next morning, the tension intensified.

The dignitaries and ordinary people in the city gathered into an endless torrent and embarked on the road of escape.

"Order all ships to use incendiary rockets. Also, be careful not to hit the castle tower."

The most eye-catching building in Osaka Castle is the castle tower left by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

As the highest and most dangerous place in Osaka City, it has a very high status in the minds of Dongying people.

Zhang Keda decided to keep the castle tower.

It's not that he cherishes ancient buildings, but also has a strong political purpose.

The castle tower symbolizes Toyotomi Hideyoshi. If it survived the Xia army's attack and all the other buildings were destroyed, many people in Dongying would think that this was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's protection.

Especially for those foreign names, this will greatly stimulate their fighting spirit, and at the same time, they will also be grateful to Xia Guo.

Following Zhang Keda's order, the Beihai Fleet's attack began.

Countless rockets flew high into the sky, and then rained down into Osaka Castle.

With a range of several thousand meters, all the city walls and fortifications in Osaka became useless decorations.

Deafening explosions began to roar everywhere in the city. In the black and red air waves, the hot oil with flames ignited everything it passed.

Soon, a fire turned into a field of fire, and under the blessing of the sea breeze, it turned into a fire dragon and rolled wildly.

In less than an hour, the entire Osaka Castle was surrounded by flames.

There must be many civilians who did not leave and were buried in the sea of ​​fire.But Xia Jun has done his best, and they asked for it if they didn't leave.

Those fleeing civilians stood on the hillside far away, watching their homes being completely destroyed, all burst into heart-piercing cries.

Hundreds of thousands of people witnessed this sky fire at the same time. While they were sad, they also had a deep understanding of the strength of Xia Kingdom.

The famous city built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi with countless painstaking efforts has been reduced to ashes at this moment with the soaring fire.

In addition to the ideological blow to the Dongying people, other aspects were also very heavy.

Osaka is a distribution center for logistics and trade in the east, west, north, south, and north. It is a veritable economic center of Japan.Every move here can even affect prices across the country.

Now this place has been completely destroyed by the Xia army, which immediately caused the entire Dongpu to be in turmoil.