Tokugawa Yoshiki in Osaka Castle never expected that the Southwest Coalition Army, which had destroyed the Imperial Banner, would be so crazy, although this kind of madness was what he wanted in his plan, but it was not so much.

The general's plan was very simple, that is, to drive the coalition forces crazy and let them storm the city with their whole army, and exhaust the last drop of blood under Osaka Castle, so as to increase the chances of the new army winning the battle, according to the news brought back by the ninja, Matsudaira Rongbo's reinforcements would not be able to feel Osaka Castle until four o'clock in the afternoon at the earliest.

It's only one and a half in my heart, and there are still two and a half hours, which seems to be a short time, but everyone underestimates the madness of the samurai of the Choshu Domain, and Aritomo in Yamaguchi is now completely berserk, and all the samurai of the Choshu Domain are screaming inspired by him.

The gates of Ni no Castle were engulfed in flames, bags of oil were poured on them, and both Gatling guns were red, and the barrels of the guns were unable to stop the mad samurai.

Soon the wooden door began to be burned inside and out, and the ashigaru rushed forward like crazy with the giant wood, and knocked the crispy door open in a few clicks.

Bang Bang Bang ...... Inside the gate, a group of musketeers were already ready, and the classic three-stage hit coalition ashigaru team screamed, and the siege wood smashed to the ground and rolled to the side with the corpse crushed.

The general of the castle tower nervously pinched off the rosary, and the fragrant white sandalwood Buddhist beads were spinning around on the tatami mats, and at this time, the most worrying thing happened, a Gatling on the Nino Castle Wall finally couldn't stand up to the explosion due to continuous shooting, and the three operators were blown up in a blur of flesh and blood.

The remaining heavy machine guns were no longer able to form crossfire, and although they were still capable of causing heavy casualties, they were no longer able to hold back the charging crowd.

"Duck give...... Massacre ...... ......The swarming Choshu Domain samurai and musketeers began to break through, and the Nijo Castle soon formed a situation of firing at each other, and because the distance was too narrow, the musketeers often did not fire two or three shots before the opposing samurai had already attached.

Until the end, the two captains of Nijo rushed together, and the long spears of the dense forest stabbed and slapped each other, mixed with the small assaults of the samurai on both sides.

War is back to the Middle Ages, and cold weapons have once again dominated the battlefield.

"Report to the General...... Ninojo was in a hurry, and the samurai of the Choshu Domain had already pressed in...... "The samurai, covered in blood, knelt in front of Tokugawa Yoshiki.

"The Choshu Domain? It turned out to be a Maori family...... Can the Mori, who had been defeated again and again......, break through the castle of our Tokugawa family?

"His Royal Highness Nobunaga, His Royal Highness Taiko defeated them again and again, and our Tokugawa family also won repeatedly, why have two hundred years passed, and the little Maori has ridden on our heads?"

Tokugawa Keiki suddenly roared: "Two hundred years of kindness!

"Die for the general!" With Tokugawa Keiki's roar, more than a hundred samurai rushed out of the castle tower, including the Blue Dragons of the Aizu Domain, the Iron Guard of the Northern Date Family, and even the Echigo Dragon Guard of the Uesugi Family.

These are the elite samurai provided by the Japanese Kanto daimyo to the shogun's family, and Tokuni has always been a die-hard supporter of the shogunate, and these samurai can represent almost the essence of the entire Tohoku Japanese samurai.

The sword light like a chopping sword cut off the spear, and the assault samurai quickly broke up the Ashigaru main camp of the coalition army, and then strangled with the Choshu Domain coalition army.

Both sides are already crazy at the moment, and the shogun has put in his last reserves, and if Ninojo is lost, he will not even be able to keep the retreating waterway, because between Ichijo and Nijo is the location of the Osaka Castle waterway dock.

If this area is held, then even if the battle is lost, the general and his guards can escape by water. If this place is blocked by the enemy, then Tokugawa Yoshiki will really be a rat in a cage, and even if the reinforcements arrive and win, this group of fallen coalition forces will threaten the general's life.

The importance of Ni no Castle is well known to both the enemy and us, and Saigo Takamori has already inquired about Aritomo in Yama Prefecture three times, and his tone has become more severe each time.

"Is it okay for you to have friends in Yama County? If not, let the samurai of the Shimazu family go to the ...... Will the Choshu Domain still be able to fight? Prince Ninhegong is watching from behind!"

Yama Prefecture Aritomo was provoked and shouted, "Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, our Yama Prefecture Aritomo will personally go to the battlefield, and our Choshu Domain will definitely be able to capture Osaka Castle......"

After all, Takasugi Shinsaku was also a samurai who came out of the Choshu Domain, and he couldn't sit still anymore when he saw his fellow villagers bleeding, and he asked Saigo Takamori to fight three times in a row, hoping that the odd soldiers would be able to fight. Saigo Takamori thought about it, and then looked at the situation on the battlefield, so he could only nod.

"Strange Soldiers! Rush ...... with me" The young Takasugi Shinsaku led the more than 500 people of the Strange Soldiers he had trained, and went straight to the Nino Castle Gate, and quickly withstood the counterattack of the Tokugawa army.

Although the Choshu Domain has received the task of attacking the main battlefield now, the area of Osaka Castle is really not small, and the other walls also need the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain, Tosa Domain, and Hizen Domain to respond, so that at least a group of enemy troops can be attracted.

Saigo Takamori sighed, "Hey...... The famous city of Ishiyama Honganji in the Warring States period really lives up to its name, and its garrison ability is simply terrifying...... It seems that it is not possible to do it without doing our best, so let's go to the reserves!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Saigo Takamori finally gave the order for a general attack, and the last reserves of the coalition army were sent to the battlefield, so that the Tokugawa family's plan was all achieved.

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On the post road leading from Kaimachi to Osaka Castle, Seta was riding a war horse and was in a meeting with the entire French officer corps, less than an hour away, and the army was in perfect condition, and all the French officers praised the Japanese soldiers for their hard work.

"Sir, although these soldiers are a little stupid and tired during training, they really obey orders too much...... After such a long march, no one spoke, and even covered his mouth with a cough and was cautious......"

"No one questioned our orders, and no one complained that they were tired, and a rice ball was actually today's lunch, and they didn't look dissatisfied at all!"

"Oh God, how can I not be satisfied, I saw with my own eyes those soldiers eating rice balls with happy smiles on their faces, I really can't imagine, such a rice ball with seaweed and sour plums, or eaten on the dusty marching road, how can he eat happiness?"

"Haha, you don't know what these people usually eat, it's all pig food, and there are a lot of indescribable lumps in the wheat rice with bran...... In the eyes of these soldiers, eating a bite of white rice is already a festival!"

Listening to the discussion of the officer corps under his command, the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "A barbaric and backward nation will not add any well-being to the people, God bless Europe and let us enter the rational era of civilization in advance, the light of industry will be the first to light up in Europe, and we will finally get rid of thousands of years of backwardness......"

"Well, gentlemen, today let's fight for the interests of France, after this victory Japan will become our colony of France, and the general will be our puppet!"

"Long live France! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

The soldiers around them didn't know French at all, none of them knew what these people were talking about, and they even smiled stupidly at the instructors, in their hearts these French instructors were like gods, and the tactics they practiced were praised even by the generals.

"Accelerate, accelerate...... You must feel the Osaka castle before four o'clock, and the trot is now beginning to warm up......" The French officers rode their horses back and forth around the infantry, and the obedient Japanese soldiers began to trot, their equipment beating rhythmically.

The bloody battle of Osaka Castle has reached a white-hot stage, the new army on the post road has begun to accelerate, the Tokugawa family's navy on the sea is guarding Osaka Bay, and a little further south on the sea, Xiao Rakuten's fleet is riding the wind and waves.

Osaka Castle has become a huge maelstrom that attracts many forces from all over Japan, and the outcome of this stop will definitely change the fate of Japan in the future.

Around Osaka Castle, people have lost count of how many spies there were, ninja Hosaku of various Japanese daimyos, Xiao Rakuten's intelligence officer, and spies of Western powers...... Countless pairs of eyes were staring at the battle situation in front of them.

Many small islands in the Seto Inland Sea have also appeared countless mysterious figures, including the elite of Xiao Rakuten's intelligence bureau.

"Look...... The Tokugawa navy began to support the castle defense with artillery...... Oh my God, the Southwest Coalition is crazy, they're trying to capture the docks......"

More than 100 CIA intelligence officers have occupied a hill not far from Osaka Castle, and all the spies who had been hiding on this hill have been killed, and their bodies are buried under a tree.

"It's 3:45, and according to the previous calculations, the Tokugawa family's reinforcements should also arrive?" As he was talking, the intelligence officer next to him suddenly shouted, "It's a signal from the other side......!"

In this era without radio, the transmission of battlefield information has always been a problem, but the people in the intelligence bureau are very smart, and in addition to raising a large number of carrier pigeons to transmit information, they also invented a light signal.

At night, the oil lamp wrapped in silver foil uses the reflective properties of silver foil to concentrate the light on a small window, and then there is a very simple flap on the window, which produces a long and short light signal through rhythmic opening and closing.

During the day, the mirror reflects the sun's rays for signal transmission, and although it is a little cloudy today, it does not affect the mirror connection between the fixed checkpoints, and the light that flashed across the bay just now is an urgent message sent to them by another group of intelligence officers.

"Tokugawa reinforcements have arrived on the battlefield and will be engaged in battle ten minutes later...... Get ready for the Prime Minister's fleet......" Soon the light signal was translated.

Everyone was excited to get their hands on the CIA's latest equipment to finally give it a try.

Note: Xinjing moved today, I was too tired, and I drank a lot of wine, I didn't want to update, but it's not easy to think about everyone, so I'll boil it up and give you a chapter......