The Edo shogunate, after all, had not fought in fifty years, and the Tokugawa Ietsuna issued a military order to go down, and the pro-feudal and universal daimyo hurried to catch up or a step slower.After the Shogunate attacked Nagasaki, the Hizen Fannabe Island family and the Choshu Mori family responded one after another and decided to join the Shogunate army.The Tokugawa family thought that the Ming Dynasty would directly enter the war, and that the Coalition Army would adopt the strategy of holding on to the reinforcements and waiting for the Ming army to land.Under this strategy, the coalition only needed to stand firm in one place to gain a foothold for the Ming army, and when the Ming army continued to come ashore, it could gradually overwhelm the Tokugawa family.However, the Ming Dynasty did not actually plan to directly participate in the war, so the Shogunate coalition had to achieve certain results and gain a certain advantage before the Tokugawa army pressed up, so as to hit the prestige of the Tokugawa side and make more daimyo join the Shogunate camp.Therefore, after the Shimazu family, the Tagawa army, and the Nabeshima army eradicated the Tokugawa forces on Kyushu Island, they seized a large number of merchant ships and warships in the port of Nagasaki, and immediately sent troops to Shikoku, and with the help of the Nagamune Ibe clan, they attacked Kochi Castle and succeeded, forcing the governor of the Yamauchi clan who was close to the Tokugawa family to seppuku and control the Shikoku Domain.More than 30,000 troops of the coalition immediately crossed the river by boat and entered Osaka, so frightened that the Tokugawa army abandoned the city and fled.At this time, another army of the fallen shogunate, the Choshu Mori clan, marched along the island of Honshu and arrived in Kobe.At this time, the Tokugawa army had arrived in Kyoto from Edo.Tokugawa Ietsuna left a part of his army to monitor the Maeda family of Kaga, the Uesugi family of the Muzawa Domain, and the Date family of Mutsu once again chose the side of Tokugawa, so that the Tokugawa family could gather nearly 200,000 troops to put down the rebellion.At the same time, the Fallen Shogunate Coalition Army met in Osaka, and after replacing a batch of firearms supported by the Ming Dynasty, the 50,000 allied troops marched in the direction of Kyoto.Toba was located between Kyoto and Osaka, and the Fallen Coalition Army, which was marching towards Kyoto, met the Tokugawa Army, which was heading south to quell the rebellion.There is a classic Japanese story, "If the bird does not sing, Nobunaga kills it; The bird does not sing, but Hideyoshi makes it chirping; The birds don't sing, and Ieyasu waits for them. ”This story probably shows the characteristics of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late Warring States period of Japan.Oda Nobunaga is more crazy, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is slippery and not slippery, and Tokugawa Ieyasu is very tolerant.Generally speaking, many people think that the Tokugawa family can finally get the world of Japan, mainly because Tokugawa Ieyasu, the old turtle, lives a long time and can endure, but in fact, in addition to being able to endure, Tokugawa Ieyasu's field combat ability can be said to be the strongest in Japan.Of course, the tripartite original battle, and the time when he was beaten to spitting by Takeda Shingen didn't count.At this time, the Tokugawa family program led 200,000 Tokugawa troops southward, and near Toba, a crowd appeared in front of them.Rulin's spears and canine teeth are staggered, and behind the light-footed samurai, the family crest flag is inserted, and the wind is hunting.Shimazu, Mori, Tagawa, Nabeshima, Nabejima, Nagamune and other departments, with different colors of back flags, spread all over the land.Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, sat on a small horse, surrounded by generals.In front of them, the allied iron gunners stood in front, a large number of spearmen lined up in the rear, and at the end of the hill, there were nearly a hundred artillery pieces.At this time, the Tokugawa army stopped opposite the coalition army, and the 200,000-strong army formed in the wilderness.Tokugawa Ietsuna, dressed in ornate armor, rode to the front of the battle, glanced at the coalition forces in front of him, and his face showed contempt."
Your Highness, there are quite a few people on the other side."
The retainer Honda won the political victory.Tokugawa Ietsuna glanced at the enemy formation, knowing that the coalition army only had 50,000 people, and it was not the opponent of his 200,000 army at all, "Hmph, it's a lot, but at most at noon, the main hall can defeat them!"
”Tokugawa Ietsuna had a contemptuous face, if the Ming Dynasty sent troops to come, he might be a little afraid, but the other party was just a group of defeated generals, so there was nothing to fear.Tokugawa Ietsuna glanced at it, the Shimazu family, the Nabeshima family, Maori and the Cheering corpse Nagazong Ibe clan, he is familiar with the family crests of these people, and none of them can fight."
Look at that flag!"
Honda Masakatsu suddenly pointed to the rear of the coalition forces.Tokugawa Ietsuna looked up and saw an unseen family crest flag behind him, and couldn't help frowning slightly, "The remnants of the Toyotomi Army!"
”The Ming Dynasty sent more than 3,000 ronin samurai back to Japan to participate in the Shogunate War, many of whom were descendants of ronin who had been exiled overseas after the Battle of Osaka, and it is said that among them were the descendants of the retainers of Mori Nagatsu and Goto Matabei Keiji."
It's just a bunch of lost dogs!"
Tokugawa Ietsuna pulled his horse back into battle, and did not take this Tagawa army of more than 3,000 people into account.At this time, Tokugawa Iessuna came to the main camp, turned over and dismounted, sat on the horse, picked up a folding fan in his hand, and asked, "How are the formations arranged!"
”"On the front are the Honka, Toda, and Akita clans, on the left flank are the Sakai family and the Ikeda family, on the right flank are the Matsudaira family and the Ichiyanagi family, and on the other hand, the Date family and the Asano family are in the rear!"
The way of the old man is right.Tokugawa Ietsuna was quite satisfied with this arrangement.Suddenly, he waved the folding fan in his hand, and the Tokugawa honjin immediately sounded a loud horn!
The front army was in many formations, and more than 10,000 Tokugawa troops let out a low roar in unison, raised their spears with a brush, and escorted them up to the coalition army!
The Tokugawa army took neat steps and lowered their erected spears, and the light-footed samurai advanced with their spears.At this time, in the rear of the opposing coalition forces, there was a sudden sound of "boom, boom, boom", and the iron artillery team of the Shimazu family in front also pulled the trigger in unison.The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, and the Tokugawa army was in the first formation, suffering heavy losses.Tokugawa Ietsuna, who was sitting on the maza, changed his expression, and immediately waved his folding fan again.Drums and trumpets sounded, and this time it was nearly 10,000 cavalry from the Tokugawa side, breaking away from the town and launching a cavalry assault on the coalition front."
Boom boom" Tagawa sergeant, operating the Ming Dynasty fast artillery, the artillery retreated sharply, and the sergeant hurriedly reloaded, shooting at the Tokugawa army that rushed in.In front of the battle, the Shimazu iron gunners, who were equipped with Ming Dynasty flintlock pistols, bombarded the cavalry with Japanese-style three-stage strikes.The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, people howled and neighed, and the corpses of the Tokugawa army were strewn everywhere.Tokugawa Ietsuna, who was sitting on the maza, watched the two waves of charges suffer heavy losses, got up from the maza in a rage, stretched his neck to observe the battlefield, and saw that the cavalry hit the coalition defense line and was blocked by the light-footed spearmen, so he waved his fan in anger and continued to wave, and two more waves of Tokugawa troops launched a charge.On the battlefield, the soldiers of the two armies collided together, exchanged spears, slashed indiscriminately, and engaged in fierce fighting.Although the coalition forces were small, the Tagawa army occupied the hill and supported the fallen coalition forces with artillery, so that the Tokugawa family could not defeat the coalition forces.At this time, Tokugawa Ietsuna also saw that in order to defeat the coalition army, it was necessary to attack the coalition artillery array guarded by Tagawa's army.Tokugawa Ietsuna stretched his neck, stared at the battlefield, raised the folding fan in his hand, and was ready to make a desperate attempt to crush the coalition army, but at this moment, the rear of Tokugawa's main camp suddenly became chaotic.The Date Army, which had annihilated all friendly forces in the Battle of Osaka, suddenly became chaotic and attacked the Asano family, which was also from the Tokugawa side, and defeated the Asano army.When Jia Gang heard the movement, he suddenly looked back, and when he saw the scene behind him, his eyes suddenly bulged in shock, "Baga!
It is the Date Army that has completely annihilated friendly troops for twenty years. ”()