There are indeed a lot of defenders in Osaka Castle, and they should be Tokugawa Ieyasu's trusted troops. The four of them walked around Osaka Castle and basically figured out the situation of the Osaka Castle defenders. "Tokugawa Ieyasu is here."
There are really many defenders from Osaka to Osaka. If they fight hard, the Northern Army will probably have to pay a certain price!"
"The Northern Army has experienced hundreds of battles and knows the situation of the defenders. It will definitely not attack directly. Besides, it is not too difficult to capture Osaka Castle at a certain price!"
A few hours later, Zeng Yi and the others left Osaka, secretly took a boat, and returned to the navy fleet. At this time, the Northern Army's scouts had also returned. Once the intelligence was combined, the Northern Army would know the basic situation of the Osaka City defenders.
I understand in my heart.
The commander-in-chief of the Northern Army looked at the suggested map drawn by the scouts and pondered for a moment, "Tokugawa Ieyasu is quite capable. This defensive arrangement is very impressive!"
Zeng Yi smiled: "No matter how good the arrangement is, it's useless. According to the intelligence, Tokugawa Ieyasu is on the front line and not in Osaka. The defense of Osaka Castle is the responsibility of his retainers!"
"Ouch? That would be much easier! The only trouble now is those ship-borne ballistae!"
As soon as the Northern Army Commander finished speaking, a piece of paper with the locations of the ballistas written on it was thrown in front of him. The Northern Army Commander looked at Zeng Yi, picked it up and looked at it, and suddenly smiled: "Master Ni has indeed arrived as he thought.
!" He said and handed it to the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Navy Fleet.
The governor nodded after reading it: "No problem. Before attacking, it only takes a few rounds of firepower to basically clear them all out."
"Okay then, order all the ministries to prepare and launch the attack in an hour!"
The Southern Navy fleet moved in full force, carrying a hundred thousand troops of the Northern Army. This was a very large fleet. When it was still a few nautical miles away from Osaka Castle, the defenders of Osaka Castle discovered this fleet!
Several island country defenders were looking around boredly on the city wall. One of them glanced at the sea and rubbed his eyes in disbelief, "Then, what is that!" After hearing this, several others followed.
The soldier looked in the direction of his finger and was immediately shocked.
"Enemy, low attack! Enemy attack!" These soldiers all know that their country's navy is basically gone. It is impossible for such a huge fleet to appear. Such a huge fleet can appear on the sea calmly.
The only possibility is that the enemy is coming!
Soon the shouts of "enemy attack" spread throughout Osaka Castle. The residents of Osaka Castle ran back to their homes frantically one by one. In an instant, the bustling Osaka Castle was deserted. Soon, there was no one around.
Troops began to appear, one after another, and rushed towards the wall.
The garrison general Tokugawa Ieyasu left behind rushed to the city wall with his troops. At this time, the navy fleet was very close to Osaka. Looking at the mighty and overwhelming fleet, Tokugawa Ieyasu's garrison general
, his face changed instantly.
"General, general! What, what to do!"
The defender general gritted his teeth and said: "Send someone to notify General Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately! Order all defenders to get into position and prepare to meet the enemy!"
Soon the navy fleet entered the range of the ship-borne weapons. The first to attack was the Osaka defenders. Seeing the fleet entering the range, the Osaka defenders directly launched their crossbows, but they were not sure of their accuracy first.
, even if it hits such a long distance, it can't cause any damage to the first-class ironclad ships in front.
"Haha, hit an egg with a stone! Let them see our firepower, three rounds of covering fire! Get ready, let go!" The ship-borne weapons of the Central Plains Navy Fleet are much more advanced than those of the island country's ballistae. After three rounds of covering fire, those Osaka
The defenders had suffered heavy losses.
Before they could react, the naval fleet commander immediately ordered: "Every ship is free to fire! Eliminate them at fixed points!" The positions of those ballistae had already been handed over to several first-class ironclad ships, and several ironclad ships were borrowing the order.
After that, adjust the shooting angle and start clearing the ballistas on the Osaka Castle wall at fixed points!
After many ballistas were destroyed in succession, the garrison commander also discovered this problem, but he had no solution. Those ship-borne ballistae were too big and they were pressed directly against the city wall. He wanted to temporarily replace them.
Once the location was reached, there was nothing I could do but watch helplessly as they were cleared one by one!
Soon, most of the ballistae in Daban City were cleared by the Southern Navy. Those transport ships transporting the Northern Army began the landing battle unscrupulously. One by one, the transport ships rushed to the coast, with real teams on them.
soldiers rushed off the transport ship.
When the Osaka defenders saw those northern soldiers, their faces became even more ugly. "Counterattack, archers shoot!" the defender shouted, asking the defenders to start counterattacks. Unfortunately, it didn't have much effect. Often the archers
, before the second arrow was fired, the fire support from the southern naval forces had already arrived!
"Kill! The general has an order. The first person to enter the city will be rewarded with a thousand silver coins!" Following the order, the Northern Army launched an attack on Osaka.
The Northern Army's attack was very sharp. Although the Northern Army was somewhat unfamiliar with landing operations and did not carry many siege equipment, with the cover of the navy, it was not much worse than them fighting on land.
It is somewhat different from land siege warfare. In land warfare, no general can suppress the entire army at once. After all, most of land siege warfare is actually based on siege. Landing operations are different. If you want to stay
There was no way to stay. The Northern Army's 100,000 troops were directly invested in it all at once.
Although the number of Osaka defenders is large, they only number in the tens of thousands, and the fire support has basically been eliminated by the navy. Facing the Northern Army's attack, they can only engage in hand-to-hand combat. However, the quality of the individual soldiers and equipment,
None of them can compare with the Northern Army in terms of numbers, so how can they withstand the Northern Army's attack?
In less than an hour, the Northern Army had already stormed the city wall. The Osaka defenders were retreating steadily. Seeing that they could no longer withstand it, the general of the Osaka defenders gritted his teeth and ordered that all troops withdraw into the city.
"The Osaka defenders are preparing for street fighting!" Seeing this situation, Zeng Yi said.
The commander of the Northern Army who stood aside sneered twice, "Haha, they can't win in a street fight!"
"General, don't dare to be careless. This is the enemy's home base. Although the defenders only have tens of thousands of people, Osaka is the home base of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and now Tokugawa Ieyasu. There are still many civilians. A conservative estimate is that there are hundreds of thousands.
People, these are all islanders. If the enemy mobilizes all civilians, it will be a huge force, so it’s better to be careful!" (To be continued)
