Aoki's fart was born as a diplomat, and he still has a few brushes, and his negotiation skills and sense of rhythm are well grasped, much better than the previous envoy.

Xu Qingshan nodded frequently when he heard this, and his face was delighted: "You mean, as long as I withdraw from the Ming Dynasty, you are willing to withdraw from Osaka and use Osaka as a trade city jointly managed by the two countries?" ”

Aoki farted and nodded affirmatively, "Yes! The marshal can negotiate with our old lieutenant His Excellency Sakai Tadashi in person, and if you are not at ease, you can choose to be in front of the two armies. ”

Xu Qingshan was pondering, thinking about how to paralyze the other party, and then launch a surprise attack on Osaka.

Aoki looked at him tempted, so he continued: "Dashuai, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, on that day, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty should eat moon cakes and admire the moon in the barracks, and our Japanese soldiers will also go home to eat Jiangmi dumplings and admire the moon." ”

The Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival were once common festivals in China and Japan.

During the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent Tang envoys to China to study the political system, etiquette, customs, and architectural styles in Chinese civilization, and the Dahua Reform was raised in Japan, which was essentially Japan's "Zhonghua".

The Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, as one of the symbols of Chinese civilization, have become one of the most important festivals in Japan with the introduction of the Chinese calendar.

In Japan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is known as the "Fifteen Nights" and first spread among the Japanese aristocracy.

In order for all customs to gain long-term vitality, they must go to the masses and the people, and in the Tokugawa shogunate period, the common people of Japan also began to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Historically, with the sound of a cannon from the West, Japan launched a vigorous Meiji Restoration Movement, and began to carry out a comprehensive Xihua, abandoning several festivals imported from China.

For example, during the Spring Festival, Japan changed the date to New Year's Day in the West, and the Mid-Autumn Festival gradually became dull.

The Meiji Restoration marked the separation of these two ancient peoples, who shared a common history and culture, on the road to modernization.

In Japan in the seventeenth century, the degree of Chineseization was very deep, and Aoki's fart mentioned the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the meaning expressed was self-evident.

He smiled and said, "Dashuai, I hope that tomorrow our two countries can share peace and admire the moon under a single sky." ”

Aoki farted as a big man in the shogunate, not without brains.

Although his attitude was humble throughout the negotiations, he was always working towards one goal: to get the Ming army out of the army, and at worst to delay the course of the war.

In the context of agricultural culture, the image of autumn is often associated with the joy of harvest, and at this time, the Tokugawa shogunate also implemented an autumn sowing plan on the Kanto Plain in the rear in order to resist the Ming Dynasty in the long run.

The grain is about to be monopolized by the enemy, what if you don't grow it yourself?

As for how to spend the year and a half, the shogunate already has a plan to deal with it.

Xu Qingshan replied: "Your idea is very good, the first task of the military is to protect the family and defend the country, if it weren't for your shogunate provoking trouble and detaining my Ming businessmen, we wouldn't have sent troops to fight." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Aoki farted and nodded vigorously.

Xu Qingshan said again: "If you are sincere, you should release the businessmen who were detained by you, double the compensation for their losses, and the cost of our troops, of course, as a condition, the two countries you just said jointly govern Osaka, and this must also be implemented." ”

Aoki farted happily, but on the surface he pretended to be very difficult, and in the end, he gritted his teeth and responded as if he had lost a small goal.

Xu Qingshan was very enthusiastic and invited him to a meal.

Aoki farted very grateful, thanked him in person, and hoped that Xu Qingshan could bring the Ming army into Osaka Castle as soon as possible, and he would greet him warmly.

The two sides have their own ghosts and routines with each other.

After the Aoki envoy had eaten and drunk enough and left happily, Xu Qingshan immediately convened the generals to discuss the big tent of the Chinese army.

He pointed to the map and said, "The commander has decided that the time for attacking Osaka is set for August 15!" ”

On 15 August, Xu Qingshan led an army of 30,000 to Osaka Castle by land to attend a meeting with the Japanese commander Sakai Tadashiyo.

Osaka was the nest of the Toyotomi clan and one of the three fortified cities in Japan, and the location of the city and the layout of the defense line were all supervised by Masaaki Kato, nicknamed Tiger Kato.

This guy was very influential in Japan's Warring States Period, during the Wanli War to aid Korea, Kato Masaaki led his army to Korea, captured the Korean princes Linhae-kun and Shunhe-kun, and also served as the vanguard with Konishi Yukiaga to capture Jeolla Province, and successfully resisted the offensive of the Ming general Yang Ho's army in Ulsan Castle.

Such a defensive character, the Osaka Castle he built was naturally not weak, and the site was located with Okawa in the north, the Kasuma River in the east, and the Higashi-Yokobori River in the west, and only the south was an open space.

Osaka Castle is surrounded by a moat, and the castle tower is 56 meters high.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu launched two successive wars against Osaka, each with more than 200,000 troops, and it took great effort to break through Osaka Castle, and since then, the Osaka Domain has been abolished and has been under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Now that the Japanese army has a heavy garrison in Osaka, Xu Qingshan knows very well that if he attacks strongly, he doesn't know how many Ming soldiers will be killed or wounded.

From Kobe to Osaka, the area is mostly plain, intertwined with rivers, with only a few rolling hills and a few dense forests.

The Ming army's brigade marched in an orderly manner, and the soldiers held moon cakes in their hands, talking and laughing as they walked.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Qingshan deliberately relaxed military discipline and allowed food and conversation during the march.

Before the army marched to a dense forest, a five-rank praise painting chief of the Zanhua Department found Xu Qingshan and reminded: "Dashuai, birds fly near this place from time to time, I am afraid that little Japan will set up ambushes in the surrounding dense forests. ”

Xu Qingshan snorted and said, "Don't be afraid." ”

He also suggested that the Japanese army was not all rubbish, and that some Japanese troops were well-trained, and that they were a strong army specially trained by the Tokugawa shogunate for the Ming army in recent years, and that their soldiers were brave and had peculiar tactics......

Xu Qingshan just nodded, but ignored it at all.

Praise the painting chief was a little anxious, and said: "There are nearly 100,000 Japanese troops, although our heavenly army is brave, but if we don't deal with it carefully, with only these more than 30,000 people, I'm afraid it will happen!" ”

Xu Qingshan didn't think so, but said lightly: "Do you think Ben Shuai is an imprudent person?" ”

Zanhua sighed and said secretly: "As the commander-in-chief, blindly confident, careless and underestimated the enemy, and has no commander-in-chief demeanor, I really don't know why Your Majesty uses him as the commander!" ”

In the dense forest, the Japanese generals who came to ambush couldn't believe their eyes when they saw all this from afar.

It is rumored that the Ming army is highly disciplined, how can I see a rabble with food and laughter and no military discipline?

After a brief period of surprise, the Japanese general quickly realized that this gang of Ming Kou was celebrating the festival, and this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

If you can rush to the past in one go, the big head is at your fingertips!

Thinking of a large number of fiefdoms and gold and silver women, the Japanese army will shout and immediately give the order for a general attack of the whole army!

In an instant, tens of thousands of ambushes erupted in the dense forest, and the gunfire rang out.