The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 448: The Battle for the Throne
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was so angry that he died on the spot!

Qi Jiguang, who was standing on the hill southeast of Osaka Castle and looking into the distance through a telescope, was stunned.

As soon as he saw Kuroda Rusui's face, he knew that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was no longer angry!

Can this person really be pissed off to death?

To be honest, he really didn't expect it.

The reason why he ordered the military candidate to shoot the new issue of the tabloid into the city first was indeed to anger Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

However, he never expected that he would be angered to death on the spot by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

He just wanted to anger Toyotomi Hideyoshi so that he would lose his mind and it would be easier for them to attack the city.

Who knew that this guy would be angered to death!

good chance!
Qi Jiguang was stunned for a moment, then he put down the telescope and said loudly: "Send the order, advance by land and sea, and surround it from all sides."

There was a waving of command flags on the top of the mountain, and immediately there was a deafening shout of killing at the bottom of the mountain.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thousands of warships rushed forward. The sound of muskets was like firecrackers on New Year's Eve, crackling non-stop, and the bombs and kerosene cans were thrown like crazy.

In addition, they also built a lot of siege equipment.

With that push, the less than 5,000 defenders on the third outer wall of Osaka Castle could not withstand it at all.

This time there were tens of thousands of military candidates alone. They stood on the high steps and shot at the defenders, who could not bear it. As long as they showed their heads, they would be shot like hedgehogs.

What's more, Ma Qiancheng has 50,000 musketeers under his command. The firepower is so dense that anyone who hides in the holes in the arrow emplacements will be shot into a sieve.

In short, the third outer wall of Osaka Castle was quickly overwhelmed by the dense Sichuan Army and the twelve battalions of soldiers from the vassal state of Korea.

As for the second and first city walls surrounded by moats.

If the Sichuan Army soldiers rushed up after the navy ships broke into the water pass, it would be the end of them.

The Sichuan Army soldiers could climb cliffs hundreds of feet high, so a city wall a few feet high was a piece of cake for them.

They just threw the hook up and climbed up.

The Japanese pirates on the city wall had been beaten to the point where they couldn't raise their heads by the navy's muskets and bombs, so they could climb up without any worries.

Qin Liangyu, Ma Qiancheng and Yang Yinglong were really fierce. They climbed up the straight city wall as if they were running, and wiped out a large number of Japanese pirates on the wall in one go.

When Qi Jiguang saw this, he couldn't help but stare.

The two seemingly difficult-to-conquer city walls were as easy as walking on flat ground in the eyes of the three men. There were not even enough pirates on the city walls for the three of them to kill.

If the Sichuan Army soldiers behind them had not climbed quickly, they probably wouldn't have been able to grab even a single head.

The three of them could even take down the two city walls that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was so proud of!

Osaka Castle was taken in this way.

Next, it’s time to watch Mori Terumoto’s performance.

What role did Wanli let Mori Terumoto play?

The show started just as the Japanese tabloids were distributed, with the participation of Terumoto Mori.

This guy actually sent a letter directly to other Japanese princes, cursing Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is a shameless villain!
He was fighting a fierce battle with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main force, but this guy didn't come to help. Instead, he led his troops to grab territory from behind!
What does this guy want to do? Does he want to be emperor?
As soon as Mori Terumoto's letter was spread, the princes of Japan suddenly realized the truth.

The guy in Kyoto was killed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and it seemed like he was just trying to wipe out the entire clan.

In other words, whoever can unify Japan again will not be the Taiko or the Shogun, but the new emperor!

I'm afraid Tokugawa Ieyasu really wants to be the new emperor.

Otherwise, why didn't this guy help Mori Terumoto annihilate Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main force, but instead followed behind to grab territory?

This guy just wants to make Mori Terumoto and Toyotomi Hideyoshi exhaust their main forces, so that Japan will be his world!

This guy Mori Terumoto suddenly went crazy and no one could figure out why.

However, this guy really made a great effort this time.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was driven mad by this guy and killed the man in Kyoto Castle in an attempt to frame him. It was really unreasonable for Tokugawa Ieyasu to do this.

Mori Terumoto is fighting against the main force of the Toyotomi clan, and you are trying to grab territory from behind?

What will happen if I let you snatch it away like this?
Your territory is already big enough. If you swallow up most of Toyotomi's territory, what hope do we have?

Are you the only one who can be the new emperor?
We can't be!
The other princes of Japan also have their own ideas.

After they received the letter from Mori Terumoto, they all wrote letters to curse Tokugawa Ieyasu.

What do you mean?
Mori Terumoto was fighting Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the death, and you followed behind to grab territory. Is this how you should be an ally?

Tokugawa Ieyasu is so weird.

This guy Mori Terumoto didn't even write him a letter.

He didn't know how the battle between Mori Terumoto and Toyotomi Hideyoshi was going, he didn't even know where Mori Terumoto and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were fighting!
In this situation, how could he help Mori Terumoto fight?

Tokugawa Ieyasu was scolded for no reason and didn't know what to do.

He could only write a letter to ask Mori Terumoto, where are you and Toyotomi Hideyoshi fighting? I want to help you.

As a result, Mori Terumoto still ignored him, and even the messenger he sent disappeared, as if Mori Terumoto had never received his letter at all.

Since Mori Terumoto did not reply to Tokugawa Ieyasu's letter, he wrote letters to other Japanese lords!
This time he lied and said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was completely unscrupulous and most of his men did not want to fight for such a man and many of them surrendered, so he was going to win!

When Tokugawa Ieyasu heard that he was about to win, he started to frantically seize the Toyotomi clan's territory!
He really couldn't stand it anymore. If Tokugawa Ieyasu continued like this, he would not be polite.

The play is almost over here.

They can start fighting Tokugawa Ieyasu directly.

The other princes of Japan would certainly not find it confusing.

This is a fight for the throne, why should we be polite?
While Tokugawa Ieyasu was still confused, Mori Terumoto had already quietly marched towards Shinano Province west of Kyoto.

This guy is still playing the game of defending the city and clearing the countryside.

However, this time he did not advance very quickly.

It seemed that he just wanted to clear out the civilians in Shinano Province, not to compete with Tokugawa Ieyasu for territory.

This was actually Wanli's strategy.

His framing of Toyotomi Hideyoshi was just the first step.

Then he asked Mori Terumoto to slander Tokugawa Ieyasu and kept writing letters to other Japanese princes, making it seem as if Tokugawa Ieyasu really wanted to become the new emperor of Japan.

This is not over yet.

Next is the point.

They want to ambush Tokugawa Ieyasu's main force just like they ambushed Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main force!

The reason why Mori Terumoto quietly cleared out the civilians of Shinano Province was to cooperate with Qi Jiguang to set up an ambush.

As for why they chose to ambush in Mino Province, it was because there was only one highway in central Honshu. If they wanted to march from central Honshu to Kyoto or Osaka Castle, they had to pass through Mino Province.

In history, the decisive battle between Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Army and Toyotomi's Western Army took place in the Sekigahara area of ​​Mino Province.

The commander-in-chief of the Western Army at that time happened to be Mori Terumoto.

However, at that time, Mori Terumoto was hiding in Osaka Castle and did not participate in the Battle of Sekigahara at all. Because of this, he was given the nickname "Sekigahara God of the House".

It's different now.

Mori Terumoto was not staying in Osaka Castle at this time. Not only did he come, but he was also the pioneer.

However, he was just a pioneer.

Now that the road is cleared and the civilians in Mino Province have been cleared out, he can find a corner to hide and stay still.

What follows is the story of Qi Jiguang and the Ming army soldiers.

(End of this chapter)