Chapter 781
"A fire suddenly rose in the city. It seems that the old thief Ishida is planning to die with us." A samurai hurried to the front of Kazuhara Yasumasa, who was commanding the army to attack the Tianshou Pavilion, shouting.
Kazuhara Yasumasa had almost seen the dawn of victory. Tianshou Pavilion had already opened under the attack of the East Army. There was even news about seeing Chacha and Toyotomi Hidera. Kazuhara Yasumasa was about to report the good news to Tokugawa Ieyasu in his heart, but unexpectedly received such bad news. He looked up and saw countless black smoke rising around, and the air became sticky and hot. It seemed that this wealthy city would probably not be able to be saved.
"Master Suhara, let's withdraw our troops quickly. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave!" Matsuhei Tadaoki hurriedly persuaded, and the sudden change made him panic.
In front of them are Toyotomi Hidera and Ishida Mitsunari who are about to be captured. Around them are the fires ignited. Kazuhara Yasumasa was in a dilemma, but in the end they still had the upper hand for the Tokugawa family to eliminate the roots. "No, who can know that this is not Ishida Mitsunari's plan to cut off the tail and survive. If we withdraw our troops now, Ishida Mitsunari will immediately take Toyotomi Hidera with him. If so, my hard battles for these days will be in vain!" Kazuhara Yasumasa never allowed them to give up victory at the last moment, and even if they live out their lives, they would not care. "You guys, it's time to show your loyalty to your lord. Let me attack the Tianshou Pavilion with me, and kill Ishida Mitsunari and Toyotomi Hidera on the spot!"
"Master Suhara, if the guard pavilion is already in the fire today, Mitsunari Ishida and Hidera Toyotomi can't escape no matter what. Why do you take the risk?" Matsuhei Tadakita advised again.
"No, Matsuhira Palace, who knows whether Toyotomi Hideyoshi left a secret passage outside the city when building this Tianshou Pavilion? I didn't see the bodies of him and I was not at ease." After that, Kazuhara Yasumasa led the soldiers into the sea of fire. Matsuhira Tadaki hesitated for a while, and finally led his army to escape outside the city with a stomp.
"Hahahahahaha! Is this Amaterasu punishing the Tokugawa family?" Mitsunari Ishida, who was desperate, stood at the highest point of Tianshou Pavilion and laughed. His defeat in this battle has become a foregone conclusion. He has already made plans to send Tokugawa Hide to the road first and then commit suicide by separating himself. But the scene in front of him stopped him. How many Tokugawa Army entering the city can escape in such a big fire? I guess there are so many people on the road with them, I guess I won't feel lonely on the road, right?
"Give the wine! The scene in front of you is as beautiful as the cherry blossoms withered. How could there be no wine?" Mitsunari Ishida ordered people to bring the wine, and while drinking the wine, watching Tokugawa army wailing in the sea of fire, singing a sad song in his mouth, completely ignoring the Tianshou Pavilion, and also fell into the fire.
Drinking Perfect Wine, the fire had already reached the highest point. Mitsunari Ishida threw away the wine pot, packed up his clothes, and then respectfully walked to Toyotomi Hiderai and knelt down, "Lord, it's time to go on the road!"
Chacha, who was standing beside him hugged his child in tears, refused to hand him over to Mitsunashi Ishida, but Mitsunashi Ishida had made up his mind. He didn't want the young Hidela to fall into the hands of Tokugawa's family and suffer a lot of torture, so he ordered Chacha to pull away, feed her the poison that had been prepared, and then hang Toyotomi Hidela to death with his own hands.
Then he burned the bodies of his two men, then knelt on the ground straight, slowly opened his chest and pulled out his ribs and stabbed them suddenly. He used this sharp sword to endure the severe pain and drew a cross on his abdomen. He had been waiting aside for a long time and slashed at his neck with tears in his eyes. Mizunari Ishida's head fell to the ground.
At this time, Kazuhara Yasumasa, whose hair and clothes were covered with flames, had just arrived here. Seeing Mizuna Ishida's head and the two corpses burning in the flames next to him, Kazuhara Yasumasaki was relieved. Unfortunately, he had exhausted his life in order to get here. After giving the order to bring this news to Hideta Tokugawa, Kazuhara Yasumasaki also fell next to Mizuna Ishida. Since then, all the famous "Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa" have died.
"What's going on! What's going on!" Seeing victory coming, I suddenly encountered this situation. Looking at the burning Osaka Castle in front of me, Tokugawa Hidetachi who was staying outside the city was stunned.
"Lord, this may be Ishida Mizunai's counterattack before his death? It seems that they have already hidden fire-induced objects in Osaka Castle. They just waited for the defeat to ignite the fire and died with me!" Tadasa Okubo, the old minister of the Tokugawa family, said gritting his teeth, "For the sake of the present, we should immediately order the entire army to leave the city to reduce losses."
While he was talking, Matsuhira Tadakihito, who had been in a mess, had already arrived in front of Tokugawa Hidetaki. When he saw him, Tokugawa Hidetaki hurriedly asked, "Where is Kazuhara Yasumasaki? Didn't you attack Tianshou Pavilion together? Why didn't he come back?"
"Lord, Katsumasaki is afraid that Ishida Mizunai and Toyotomi Hiderai will run away from the secret passage, so he led his people into the Tianshou Pavilion. Now he is afraid that he has died in the sea of fire." Matsuhei Tadaoki knelt down on the ground and cried bitterly. Tokugawa Hidetachi almost fainted. Could it be that all the family business left by his father to him will be destroyed in this Osaka city?
The fire burned for three days and three nights before it ended. By this time, this city, which is famous for its prosperity, has become a ruin, and nothing is left! Except for a few guys who escaped early, all the Western Army were buried here, Toyotomi Hiderai, Ishida Mizunai, Sanada Yukimura, Mori Hiromoto and others died in the city, and the Western Army had lost its last strength.
The Eastern Army is not much better than them. Only the more than 10,000 people who followed Tokugawa Hidetachi are still preserved intact. Most of the remaining troops entering the city are buried in the sea of fire, and one out of ten people can escape. Finally, the number of people is counted. There are only less than 30,000 troops left when they set out on the war, and there are many people who are burned. This number will be reduced in the next period of time.
Hidetachi Tokugawa's face was ashamed. Although he had no opponent at the moment, what he wanted was a complete Osaka Castle, not the ruins in front of him. How should he pay the compensation to Ming Kingdom without the wealth in the city? And with the 30,000 troops in his hand and the few remaining retainers and generals, can he still control the entire Japan? Not to mention capturing the world, this force is probably difficult to even defend the existing territory of the Tokugawa family?
Chapter completed!