On 17 August, the Ming army conquered Osaka, but in fact only two days were spent on two phases of the battle.

This proves once again that after entering the age of firearms, the city walls can no longer be used as a protection for the city.

The Ming army harvested a lot in Osaka Castle and captured a large amount of food and supplies left by the shogunate in Osaka Castle to resist the Ming Dynasty.

Because Osaka Castle was the largest trading port between the two countries in Tomorrow, and the Tokugawa shogunate suddenly ordered the capture of Ming merchants and the seizure of food and supplies to replenish military supplies, Osaka Castle accumulated a lot of wealth, and now all of it has become the spoils of the Ming army.

When the Ming army searched the city, they also found hundreds of imprisoned Chinese and Japanese, most of whom were staff of the Daming Merchant House in Osaka.

According to their accounts, most of the merchants were taken to Kyoto by the Japanese to be imprisoned, and a few hard-nosed merchants angrily accused the shogunate of being killed by the Japanese in prison.

After being rescued, these people were grateful to the Ming army, and even the Japanese, who were regarded as "Japanese traitors" by the shogunate, hated the Tokugawa shogunate to the core, and expressed their willingness to be the leading party and be loyal to the Ming Emperor.

It's not the first time Zhu Cihong has received a Japanese rape, and he is used to it.

Most of these Japanese traitors are locals, and they are very familiar with the environment, folk customs, and society of Osaka, and they can provide great help to the Ming army to rule Osaka Castle, so there is no reason not to use it.

Because the Ming army wanted to continue to go deep into the hinterland of Japan to conquer the shogunate, in order to prevent accidents in the rear, Zhu Cihong ordered the posting of a notice to calm the people, and appointed a few civilian officials to stay with him to govern Osaka.

The Chinese Merchant House had been operating in Osaka for four or five years, and had a considerable foundation and network, and under the instruction of Zhu Cihong, the released merchants began to spread widely in the city, claiming that the Ming Dynasty had come to destroy the evil Tokugawa shogunate and save Japan from the dire straits!

The Nishiki Guard also allowed the merchants to identify the wealthy families in Osaka Castle who were close to the Tokugawa shogunate, and strictly controlled them, and from time to time they put down traps and raided their homes.

The Ming army was powerful, the autumn did not commit any crimes, and with the assistance of intelligence and Japanese traitors, the situation in Osaka Castle quickly stabilized, and the panicked Japanese people began to return home one after another to restore order in life.

On August 20, after resting in Osaka for three days, Zhu Cihong did not hesitate at all, and ordered only 2,000 horses and wounded soldiers to stay in Osaka, while the rest of the army continued to attack and march to Kyoto!

Kyoto is the oldest city in Japan, having been designated the capital of Japan since 794 A.D. and has been the residence of the Emperor of Japan.

It was not until the 19th century, after the restoration of the Shogunate Movement, that Emperor Meiji moved the capital to Edo and changed it to Tokyo.

The purpose of moving the capital to Tokyo in the Meiji era and Emperor Xiaowen to move the capital to Luoyang was similar, they both felt that the original capital was the base camp of the feudal aristocracy, which was not conducive to reform, and the geographical location of the new capital was good, which was conducive to economic development.

Since the total number of Ming troops advancing into Kyoto was only more than 30,000 people, some of the praise paintings were worried about the lack of troops, and they suggested that the attack on Kyoto should be slowed down.

Zhu Cihong did not accept it, he was also an old fighter, and his intuition and intelligence analysis told him that after the fall of Osaka, the little Japan in Kyoto should be scared.

After all, Osaka is less than 100 miles from Kyoto, and according to the marching speed of the Ming army, even if it is inked, it will take three days at most, and the Japanese are afraid that they are not even psychologically prepared.

Facts have proved that Zhu Cihong's idea is correct, and in the next two days, the Ming army is a practical action to prove to others what it means to be frightened!

First came to reinforce Osaka's Abe Tadaakibu, 50,000 horses died just by crossing the river, when he learned that Osaka Castle was lost, he immediately retreated 30 miles, found a place that he thought was more reliable, and the whole army blocked the Ming army from going north to Kyoto.

However, at noon on the first day of the Ming army's northward march, the two sides encountered, and no one had eaten, so they left.

In the face of the rapid loading of the breech guns of the Ming army, the Japanese troops holding the flintlock guns in their hands were suddenly dumbfounded, and they were beaten into an organization.

The Ming army's ten rifles can shoot ten shots a minute, and the Japanese army's breech guns can shoot up to three shots a minute.

Moreover, the Ming army is still rifled guns, regardless of range or accuracy, the flint Lu Mi gun that has been eliminated by the Ming army for two generations.

Abe Tadaaki originally planned to resist to the end, but when he saw the battle loss ratio, he immediately led his troops to run away without saying a word.

These subordinates are all samurai from his own territory, and once they are exhausted, then he Abe Tadaaki will be nothing.

Forward general Li Yu and Abe Tadaaki confronted each other on both sides of the Yodo River for two days, and they wanted to fight a good battle, but they didn't expect this ending, and his enthusiasm was deeply hit.

Li Yu did not give up, commanded 5,000 cavalry to chase and kill all the way, the momentum shook the sky, chased and beat the water dogs, and picked up the military exploits of killing the enemy 8,000 in vain, and then stopped satisfied.

Even the old middle Abe Tadaaki was defeated, and after the Japanese troops in various places along the way got the news, they took a uniform action - run!

In one day, the Ming army advanced nearly fifty miles, and the Japanese troops in Suita, Takajo, Shimamoto and other places collapsed without a fight, and some troops did not even see the shadow of the Ming army, and they had already run away.

Nagaokakyo, the gateway to Kyoto, was exposed to the Ming army.

Nagaokakyo was once the capital of Japan, but it was moved to Kyoto just ten years ago, and it became the last gateway to Kyoto.

After the defeat of the Japanese troops along the way, most of them withdrew here, under the unified command of Abe Tadaaki, who seemed to want to fight the Ming army here and prevent them from attacking Kyoto.

Li Yu led the 5,000 forward army all the way to Nagaokajing, where he rested for half a day and waited for the main army behind.

Suddenly, he saw the familiar flag of the Japanese army - Abe Tadashiakibe.

Li Yu immediately couldn't wait, and rushed away with his troops without hesitation.

Nagaokakyo is not a fortified city, just a small ruined city with pleasant scenery, and the only thing that attracts attention is that there are many Japanese troops nearby.

Li Yu didn't take this group of little Japan in his eyes, and regarded them as lambs to be slaughtered, so naturally, the more the better.

However, when he rushed into the Japanese camp, he realized that something was wrong, and there seemed to be a lot of lambs around!

How many Japanese troops were there in Nagaokakyo? The number of Japanese troops gathered here has reached 80,000!

Li Yu was so vigorous that he killed thousands of people, and he refused to give up, he had to chase people to death, but something happened after him.

Twenty miles behind Nagaokakyo is Kyoto, which is also your own base camp, with tens of thousands of horses, and you take thousands of people to chase people all the way and cut them down, and you want to kill them all, it's too much!

Abe Tadaaki, who had recovered his strength, began to stabilize his position and gathered the people around him to prepare to find a field.

Abe Tadaaki's status in the shogunate was second only to the big man Sakai Tadakatsu, and he was in charge of the army, and he sent out a cloud-piercing arrow, and all the troops that could come nearby rushed in.