Sakai City was once Japan's port of sea to trade in Kinki. During the Warring States Period, countless wealthy merchants had emerged here, which affected the situation in the Warring States Period. The "arrow money" provided by the wealthy merchants was the capital for the Daming and even the generals to fight at that time. Until the Tokugawa Shogunate issued the lockdown order, Sakai City no longer traded foreign trade, but the status of the seaport was retained due to domestic trade, especially the trade in the Seto Inland Sea.

After the Battle of Okayama, the Tokugawa Shogunate had assembled most of the troops, and these troops were divided into two groups, one near Edo Castle, mainly composed of the shogunate's kamamoto and the three armies of the Imperial family, while the second group was the Daming of the Giorgio.

The reason why the direct army of the shogunate did not leave Edo was because it was because it was worried about the threat of the retreat. After all, the Waizumi Daimai in Ouha, Hokuriku and other places had not completely obeyed the order, especially the representative forces of Waizumi, Sendai Basilica and Tokugawa Izumi's purpose was very simple. To assemble the army to shock Waizumi from the East, draw his troops to drive it. If he did not send troops to attack him, he would not.

Under the powerful military shock, Daiming, the foreign army organized troops to go south to gather, but several heroic vassals, including the Sendai vassal, were slanderous and disobedient. They were neither ordered to go south nor rebel or rebelled, but they just wanted to drag it down until the news that the anti-sou army had landed on the Osaka plain came, Tokugawa Ietsunobu could not hold back and sent troops north. These eastern heroic vassals could not contact the anti-sou alliance, so they had to lead their troops south.

The army organized by the Daming people of Sudai were near Himeji, backed by the wealthy Osaka Plain and Nara Basin, maintaining military supplies, stationed large troops to guard against Okayama's anti-straight army, and waiting for the main force led by the general to reinforce.

When the United States fleet won the Seto Inland Sea, Himeji's shogunate army knew that the Seto Inland Sea was owned by the enemy and that there were pirates in the enemy's army, and that they might be harassing them in the rear. They were ready to retreat into the Osaka Plain to ensure that the retreat was not exceeded. The head coach of the road insisted on retreating, but Tokugawa Ietsuno ordered the orders, and the shogunate could not accept the loss of the precious Kinki land. As the head coach, Masao Koko had to deploy some troops in several ports in Osaka Bay.

The Marines logged directly in Sakai City. Although they encountered some counterattacks from the shogunate forces, they quickly occupied the port. Then a large number of troops arrived. Although Masayuki arrived at the front line, Himeji's camp was hard to maintain. When the 40,000 Daming troops commanded by Shimazu Kokuha rushed towards Himeji, the army without the commander collapsed directly. Some people fled to Osaka. Some people fled back to the territory, and there were also many people who directly surrendered. A successful landing battle directly caused a main force of the shogunate to collapse, which was something Ahai absolutely did not expect. Of course, if the shogunate personal army led by Tokugawa Ietsutsu had already arrived in Osaka, the Marines might have rushed to Edo Bay.

The battle on the Osaka Plain did not last long. Ah Hai's abundant cavalry power had already galloped across this small plain. There was no effective resistance on the Osaka Plain. Under the guidance of the guide, more than 6,000 cavalrymen of the Guards Cavalry Brigade bypassed the Osaka Castle where Masao Boko wanted to defend, and rushed directly to Kyoto where the Japanese Emperor was. Under the city of Kyoto, they defeated more than ten Daming's army.

Some of these daimyos came to rescue the Emperor, while others came to protect the Emperor, but they were used to add fuel to the tactics and were useless. On the third day after the arrival of the Guards Cavalry Brigade, the cavalry brigade from Yongning area also arrived. These group of cavalry soldiers from Mongolia and Jurchen were carrying flintlock carbines and hanging pistols on their waists, but they did not forget their ancestral cavalry skills. They rode Yongning horses and drove all kinds of Japanese troops like shooting rabbits. A horse led by Masatsuki Boko was also defeated, and thousands of people died alone.

The Osaka Plain was really chaotic for more than half a month. The main force of Himeji's shogunate army caused the war disaster, and the United States cavalry brigade had already been killed around Kyoto. The collapse of the army of Masayuki Boko led the army also caused chaos. The last wave of chaos caused by Shimazu Kokura. There were as many as 50,000 soldiers, loose and unorganized, and the soldiers were undisciplined. The one who entered the Osaka Plain was not an elite army, but a loose army composed of more than 20 Daming led dozens or hundreds of samurai. This army came so embarrassed that its purpose was to prevent the United States Army from entering Kyoto.

It turned out that after hearing that the dependent daimyos had successfully landed, the shogunate army was defeated, and the attack went smoothly, they collectively worried that Ah Hai or his generals would be unfavorable to the emperor, so they rushed over, so that even the army could not care about it.

The Guards Cavalry Brigade did enter Kyoto, but only wiped out the "Soshi Dai" set up here. During this period, it was closely supported by the Emperor's family and the power of the ministers. Some urgent ministers also submitted to the Hokun the family who had close contacts with the shogun and completely controlled them.

The surprise attacks of the Guards Cavalry Brigade were Ah Hai's orders. He told him not to hurt the Emperor and the court officials at the beginning, and he could not even have any disrespectful actions. The purpose was to be politically influenced. The emperor had no real power in Japan, and even lived a less than a wealthy businessman in the United States. However, he was a deified character and had a special status in Japan. Therefore, even in the Warring States Period, when heroes emerged, there was no daimyo or general who harmed the Emperor. People like Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu who had the world had no idea of ​​replacing them.

When Shimazu Kokusa led the daimyos to arrive, Ah Hai had already entered the city. As the commander of the anti-shog army and the president of the United States, the president of the United States, the president of the United States, Ah Hai still wanted to meet the Emperor, the apparent Japanese head of state, and also brought letters and gifts to greet the head. If the emperor cooperated, Ah Hai would not care about giving the emperor family better treatment in the reshuffled Japanese regime.

Because I knew earlier that the Japanese Emperor had no real power, the emperor's situation was that "the crown is like a sender, and the filament is condensed". He was ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate to only engage in academic research and literary creation, so Ah Hai also prepared in advance. For Ah Hai, who was from the bottom, he could not do poetry and songs, but his chess skills were acceptable and the chess game was all-encompassing. It was also the only elegant art that these heads of state came from the bottom.

However, after entering Kyoto, under the introduction of the ministers, Ah Hai felt that the set of white jade Go he prepared was not suitable. It was not that it was not noble enough, but that it was not enough!

Because at this time, the emperor (including those who hid from the war) in Kyoto (including those who hid in the war) was not one, but three!

At this time, there was an emperor in Japan named Masahito, who was also a relatively backbone in the imperial family. Because he really had no money, he once allowed some monks to wear purple clothes to allow wealthy temples to provide financial assistance. The shogunate directly declared that the decree was invalid, leaving Masahito without face. Then, the three-generation general Tokugawa Iemitsu let his wet nurse pay his respects to the emperor on his behalf, which made the emperor regarded it as a great humiliation. Masahito, who was humiliated twice, was unwilling to be played with by the shogunate. In order to prevent the general's grandson from becoming the emperor, he simply did not inform the shogunate and abdicated to his own princess Prince Hikonai, and he became the emperor.

It is from this emperor that the emperor has only one power - to decide the year number.

Hiroko is the Emperor Akimasa who was later called. In fact, she is also a Tokugawa bloodline. Her mother is the daughter of the second-generation general. Because of this relationship, the emperor has a harmonious relationship with the shogunate. After being the queen for fourteen years, she gave way to her half-brother and became the Supreme Emperor herself.

Emperor Shaoren was more strong and resisted the shogunate, but he died of acne in his early twenties. The successor was Masahito's eighth son Ryohito. Although the emperor's position was between the mother and the son of this family, there were three living emperors. Ah Hai had to sigh that he was fortunate to have entered Kyoto City first, and the three emperors and himself could have a table of mahjong. If in a few years, perhaps this Emperor Ryohito would give way. After all, since Emperor Ryohito ascended the throne, there have been constant disasters and are considered unknown. He has planned abdication. If it were true at that time, I would have to play cards.

It is impossible to play mahjong with the Emperor, but what can I talk about? Buddhism and literature are good at the Emperors, but Ah Hai knows nothing. Fortunately, the Emperors are still very tolerant of this overseas visitor, or they are tolerant in front of the guard soldiers riding divine horses, so they took the initiative to ask about some interesting overseas stories. The so-called ministers were more easy to deal with than the corrupt Ming literati and officials. At least they did not ask Ah Hai to kneel down to the Emperors. Several people met in the elegant courtyard. Ah Hai gave a letter of nationality and a gift on behalf of Li Mingxun, and the prepared chess tools became Ah Hai's private gift.

Of course, the daimyos were not allowed to meet the emperor, so as not to have any inappropriate thoughts. The military police took over the palace and did not allow anyone who was irrelevant to approach. If there were gifts or tributes, Ah Hai would submit them on his behalf. The most realistic gifts were Kondo, Kawahada and Takasawa, three Japanese generals. Of course, now the three of them are called the Three-Book Gun of the Gunguo.

These three guns made Ah Hai present a tribute to three people, each with 10,000 yuan in silver. The three also purchased and raised 100,000 stone rice and placed it in the warehouse in Sakai City for the emperor to use on his own. Hearing that the samurai returned from abroad was so generous, the current Emperor Ryohito couldn't help but burst into tears even though he was already an adult.

The Japanese Emperor was nominally the head of state of Japan, but in actual operations, he was just a small official who received a shogunate salary. The current emperor's annual salary is only 11,000 stones. Even when he reached the nineteenth, it was only equivalent to a daimyo of 120,000 stones. In other words, this Japanese spiritual authority and religious leader had no living conditions as good as the daimyo kneeling in front of him. As the blood of the shogunate general, Emperor Koko only gave him a salary of 5,000 stones a year after his abdication.

After receiving the gift list, Emperor Ryogen asked, "Can the imperial envoy of the Supreme Kingdom have any advice?"

Obviously, the Emperor was asking Ah Hai for his official purpose, and Ah Hai smiled: "There has never been any other matter to the foreign minister. He is just to represent the head of our country and convey the friendship between the two countries."

Liangren looked at his father and sister behind him and didn't know how to answer. They thought that Ah Hai was so mobilizing and sent such money and food, so he must have something to ask for. Even if he didn't ask for it, he should have obtained a great reputation for the third-tier gun of the Shangguo Kingdom. After all, those names also require official positions given by the court to be justified. For example, Shimazu Kokusa, he was given the title of four, Satsuma Guard and Lieutenant General of the Left Guard.

Don't ask for a title, even if Ah Hai casually pointed to one person and asked the Emperor to be the General of the Senyi in the name of the court, and declared the Tokugawa family to be rebellious, the Emperor would not be surprised at all. However, Ah Hai just shook his head, pointed to the dim sky, and said, "Three, it's going to be late this time, and there is a bonfire banquet held by my soldiers outside the city. I wonder if you are willing to taste the barbecue?"

Liangren was puzzled, and Ah Hai explained that it was just hot in summer and barbecue was eaten with beer. The three emperors looked at each other and had no intention of going there.

The Shogun coalition forces stayed outside Kyoto for more than half a month before setting off again, just to let the chaotic Daming gather their troops. On September 1, the army set off from Kyoto and headed northeast, passing Otsu, Shushan, and wherever they passed, the shogunate troops surrendered and fled. Around September 8, the Shogun army included 50,000 Daming Army, 15,000 Sanben Guns, three cavalry brigades, the Army Guard Cavalry Brigade, the Black Water Brigade, and the Oriental Brigade, and the newly arrived Yongning Division and the 52nd Division, a total of more than 15,000 people arrived in the Sekihara area.

Ahai, with Yongning Division and 52nd Division as the central army, arranged the army on the platform of Nantianman Mountain and as the central army's commander camp, deployed two of the three cavalry brigades behind the mountain, leaving only one by his side to support him, and selected the army with the deployment of Nakayama Road as the center, and the Kayao Mountain and Matsuo Mountain as the north and south wings, including Sanbenji, Garcia regiment and seven small Daming's army of 20,000 people in Kayao Mountain, and the rest of the Daming was commanded by Shimazu Kokuhashi in Matsuo Mountain to the south.

Behind the army, more than 100,000 farmers and more than 40,000 animals captured on the Osaka Plain were used to transport military rations. Military rations were hoarded as mountains, and the Tokugawa army was still under Ogaki Castle.

Shimazu Kokusa received an order from the head coach. When he heard that he was going to camp, he immediately rushed to the head coach's tent. Seeing Ah Hai sitting on a chair reading a newspaper, he was leisurely and contented, he asked: "Sir, why are the army arranged here? We should take advantage of it."

"Why can't it be arranged here?" Ah Hai interrupted him.

Shimazu Kokusa walked over and whispered: "Your Excellency, this is an unknown place!"

Ah Hai smiled: "I heard that there was a battle here sixty years ago. It was the decisive battle of the Tokugawa family in charge of Japan. It was interesting where Tokugawa rose and where to fall from."

Shimazu Kokuhikawa knew that Ah Hai was a person who was a good person and dared not argue again. He said goodbye and left, and went to Matsuo Mountain to arrange the army. Ah Hai suddenly put down the newspaper and asked, "Sixty years ago, which army was stationed on Matsuo Mountain?"

Shimazu Kokusaki gritted his teeth and said, "It was Kobayakawa Hideaki who rebelled! If he hadn't turned against him in the face of the battle, how could the Western Army be defeated? How could our Shimazu family fall into this land!"
Chapter completed!