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Although the emperor of Japan no longer had real power in this era, he was still the nominal master of Japan. Now that the city is in such chaos, there are all kinds of possibilities.

After being reminded by Qian Fugui, Hauge immediately told the personal guard just now and asked him to go to the city again.

When the guard heard this, he was happy in his heart. He put away his dissatisfaction and rushed to the city immediately. If something changes later, his joy will be in vain.

At the same time, there was another battle that started a little earlier than the Battle of Edo. It's just that Emperor Chongzhen didn't know anything about it because he didn't have an eyeliner.

Just here at Kobe Castle, not far from Osaka, the Tokugawa shogunate troops were surrounding the city and were launching a fierce attack. At this time, the Edo army from Shikoku had already arrived in Honshu, together with the troops from Osaka, taking advantage of the heavy blow to the morale of the rebels and rebels, and wanted to take advantage.

Previously, the remaining coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty never imagined that they would one day be hiding in the city. Therefore, after the initial attack on Kobe, no effort was made to build the damaged walls of Kobe.

Now, the remaining coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty are hiding in this dilapidated Kobe, and the situation is not optimistic.

On the defensive side, everyone is pessimistic and just instinctively resists the enemy's attack. The soldiers who were not on the top of the city were leaning against the wind in the streets and alleys of the city, huddled together, all of them looking desperate.

After finally repelling an attack by the shogunate army outside the city, the leaders of the Catholic army and Toyotomi Kunimatsu's men rushed to the Dorgon camp to start a commotion.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, our people have suffered heavy losses and cannot be stopped anymore. Shouldn't it be time to send in your Qing Dynasty warriors?"

This statement was to accuse Dorgon of letting the Allied troops defend the city after running back to Kobe, while the two thousand Qing troops in his hands huddled in the city and did not go up to the city wall to defend.

"How can we fight this battle? We are all farmers, but we are still resisting here. Don't you Qing warriors usually brag so hard? Why did Prince Yu surrender to the shogunate? Why did you Qing soldiers retreat from Osaka? Will the army flee again?"

What this leader blamed was that when the troops were withdrawn from Osaka, the morale of the army was completely lost. But they didn't expect that a Qing army general led about a thousand cavalry, and even abandoned their emperor. With the speed of his horse, he ran away without a trace and never came to Kobe.

The Qing Dynasty, which they had always relied on as their backbone, had such incidents happen one after another, which hit them hard. If the shogunate army hadn't been in hot pursuit, they would have started to riot among themselves.

At this time, the status of Dorgon, or the Manchu Army, had plummeted in the minds of these allies. Otherwise, they would not dare to come and make trouble in front of Dorgon.

As the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon was in a very bad mood when he encountered this series of things. However, there was still a smile on his face to comfort these allies and said: "If everyone persists, I will think of a way to defeat the enemy."

Who would believe his words at this moment and in this scene? The shogunate's army outside the city was at least twice as large in number as the army inside the city. But now that the people in the city are in panic and morale is completely gone, it is even more difficult to fight. If this dilapidated city wall hadn't been able to survive, it would have been possible for the entire army to be wiped out in just one field battle.

"Can you think of any way to send magic soldiers from the sky? Can your two thousand infantry of the Qing Dynasty defeat so many troops outside the city?"

"Yes, your Qing army is actually nothing more than silver spears and candle heads. I didn't expect that even the prince could be a softie, and there are still two thousand people left to help!"

"Stop looking for excuses. Just do it. If we die together, we should all contribute. We have been guarding the city for a day. You two thousand Qing troops should all go up the city wall." ?”

"..."

These people got so angry that they didn't even have basic manners and just said "you, you, you".

When Dorgon saw that these people didn't want to listen to him at all, the smile he squeezed out disappeared. He was originally in a bad mood. Since he was shameless, don't blame yourself.

Thinking of this, Dorgon said with a cold expression, "I said, I will defeat the enemies outside the city."

After finishing speaking, he immediately issued an order: "Come on, invite them all out!"

His bodyguards had long been extremely annoyed by the rudeness of these short men. As soon as they heard the order, they immediately swarmed up and looked down at the leaders, holding on to the hilt of their swords with cold eyebrows. It seems that if someone doesn't deal with him, he will draw his sword and strike at him.

Faced with the strength of these Jianlu, these heroes who were allies of the Japanese could only retreat without suffering any immediate consequences.

But just when they were about to walk out, they heard Dorgon's voice coming from behind again, with a cold tone: "If the city is broken, everyone will die together. In this situation, the enemies outside the city feel that the overall situation is under control, and they will not I sincerely accept your avatar. And to take a step back, even if the enemies outside the city can accept your surrender, Tokugawa Iemitsu will not accept your surrender. Don’t forget that Kyushu and Honshu today may never be the same again. Plus what Shikoku has become, Tokugawa Iemitsu will never let you go."

When these leaders heard this, they couldn't help but curse in their hearts. It's not like you, the Jianlu, who led the killings unscrupulously to make things like this. Now it's good, we have to bear all these sins?

Thinking like this, these leaders were a little helpless in the end, and had to admit that what the Qing Emperor said made sense.

So what else can we do now? Count it as a day if you can live longer!

After these people left, Dorgon looked up at the sky outside and said to himself: "If we have to persist for one night, there should be no problem."

After saying that, he frowned again and couldn't help but think: "Where did Hauge go? Could it be that he was going back to Kyushu? But if he goes back to Kyushu, it will be a place of death. What's the use?"

He deduced from the reaction of the Japanese at the top of the city that Hauge's army was not finished. Otherwise, thousands of men and horses, and a huge fleet, just within the strait, would have made some movement, and they would not have been sunk to the bottom of the sea by the Japanese navy so quietly.

Still unable to figure it out, Dorgon finally sighed and stopped thinking about it.

The current situation is already very bad for the Qing Dynasty. If we say that a year ago, Dorgon still had the confidence to conquer the Japanese country and finally take it for himself. Today, he no longer has this idea.

Alas, no matter what, let’s talk about it after tonight!

Night fell quickly. That night, Dorgon did not dare to sleep. He sent his personal guards to patrol the city wall, urging the allies to be more vigilant and guard against death.

The shogunate army outside the city really wanted to take advantage of the cover of night and not give the rebels and rebels in the city a chance to revive their morale. They harassed, stormed, and stole the city. They used all kinds of methods in an attempt to capture Kobe as soon as possible and annihilate it. It was the largest rebellion since the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, and it made a huge contribution.

Although there were several times, the Tokugawa shogunate army almost succeeded, and even once, they had already entered the city. But Dorgon sent out the Jianlu troops in time, killing everyone in the gap regardless of enemy or friend, and finally drove the Tokugawa shogunate army out again.

When dawn came, the Tokugawa shogunate army, which had been struggling all night, finally retreated. Those who participated in the siege at night were preparing to rest, while those who took shifts during the day were already cooking and preparing to start the day's attack. Anyway, just one sentence, don't let the built prisoners and those rebels in the city have a chance to breathe.

The Tokugawa shogunate troops outside the city have all seen the dawn of victory. Because they could feel it from the fight that the rebellion in the city had really reached its end and would collapse soon.

The first attack in the morning was about to begin, but Dorgon in the city was uncharacteristically wearing armor and a helmet himself, and led his two thousand captives to form an array in the city square.

When the leaders of the allies heard this, they rushed over one after another. They all collapsed, crying and shouting, and started making trouble again.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Emperor, you cannot abandon us!"

"Yes, if you break out, how can we defend?"

"..."

There are also those who don't care, but get angry and scold them directly.

"As expected, they are all a bunch of bastards. Those who surrender surrender and those who run away run away. I am really blind to choose you as my allies!"

"If I had known that your Qing country was like this, I shouldn't have rebelled and formed an alliance with you in the first place!"

"..."

Faced with the ugly faces of these short-tempered people, Dorgon felt very disgusted in his heart. But on the surface, he shouted seriously and loudly: "Where did you think you were?"

This shout immediately calmed these allied leaders.

Seeing this, Dorgon softened his tone a little, but still said seriously: "I have already made a plan. Early this morning, the enemy will attack. If you guard the city, I will personally lead the army to fight..."

As soon as he explained his plan, the Japanese leaders all looked at each other in confusion. They really didn't expect that Dorgon would have such an arrangement. If that's the case, maybe it's really possible to turn defeat into victory!

But some people couldn't figure it out and simply asked: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, since you have made such a clever plan, why didn't you tell us yesterday and made us worry all day?"

After hearing this, Dorgon thought to himself, what if I told you that your expressions were wrong when you were defending the city, and if you were noticed by the enemies outside the city, what if you were on guard? Moreover, he actually wanted to waste the energy of the enemies outside the city for another day, but he also saw that Kobe really couldn't defend tomorrow.

That was what he was thinking in his mind, but he said: "This is our only chance to turn defeat into victory, so I have to act with caution. Everyone, you should care more about winning, right? In this way, there is no need to worry about anything else!"

Thinking about it, these leaders went back happily one by one.

Outside the city, the war drums sounded again, and the Tokugawa shogunate army began a new attack.

This time, Miyamoto Musashi and his disciples hid among the soldiers in the later batches, and they also wanted to participate in the siege together. There was no way, he had not completed the task assigned by Tokugawa Iemitsu. Now, he could only hope to sneak into the city and cut off Dorgon's head to make up for his fault, and even a reward might not be possible.

The reason why he chose to attack the city this time was that he felt that the morale in the city was completely depleted and he had been harassed all night. Therefore, there was a high possibility of attacking the city in one go.

However, when the war started, he felt something was wrong. It feels like the rebellion of the defenders is like taking a shot of chicken blood, at least it is more intense than yesterday's resistance. In this battle, the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and corpses were everywhere.

However, after all, the Tokugawa shogunate army had a good rest and high morale. Gradually, the rebellion on the city wall became a little unstoppable, and several gaps in the city wall had been breached.

As a result, the troops outside the city were in chaos. They all wanted to grab the first victory and crowded towards the gaps.

When Miyamoto Musashi was about to take his apprentice there, he suddenly noticed a puff of smoke rising from the city. It was so thick that it reached into the sky.

In this way, he was surprised. Bingfeng had just torn a hole in the wall of Kobe, why was there so much smoke coming out of the city?

While he was thinking, he suddenly heard a movement. He turned around and saw the city gate of Kobe opened. Groups of Jianlu were fully armored and fought out of the city. Just attack along the flank of the siege troops.

In addition, Miyamoto Musashi also saw that among the Jianlu troops, there was the banner of Emperor Jianlu.

"Bag, what on earth is going on?" Miyamoto Musashi was a little confused.

If the city could no longer be defended, it didn't look like a breakout. They were attacking the flanks of the siege army instead of attacking outwards. But if you want to rescue the siege, the emperor shouldn't have to come out to fight in person. This is too dangerous!

what happened? I don’t understand!

The Tokugawa shogunate's army was caught off guard, especially when the flanks were attacked, and they were immediately defeated. The siege troops were defeated by the two thousand Japanese soldiers.

However, thanks to the sufficient strength of the Tokugawa shogunate army, the Japanese generals commanding from afar saw that the Manchu emperor came out and immediately sent out the remaining troops to besiege the Japanese army. As long as this Jianlu army can be eliminated, the capture of Kobe will not seem so important.

Although Miyamoto Musashi hasn't figured it out yet, he doesn't care. It's important to grab people. It's money and military merit. It's a good thing that can make the Tokugawa family happy.

Here in Kobe, there was chaos. Fighting was going on everywhere, above and below the city, and outside the city.

No matter how brave the Jianlu troops directly under Dorgon were, they were only human beings. After their physical strength was exhausted, they became weak. Even though they were well-equipped, they began to suffer a large number of casualties under the siege of the Tokugawa shogunate army.

Looking at this, the shogunate generals in the distance couldn't help but laugh. They accomplished the task in one battle and it was done!

After this battle is over, it is best to capture the Manchu Emperor Dorgon alive, then tie a rope around his neck, held by Na Duduo, and return to Edo to present it to the General. I believe the General will be very happy!

He couldn't help laughing as he thought this. However, at this moment, he suddenly heard movement behind him, as if there were cavalry coming. He was a little curious, turned around and looked, and was stunned for a moment.

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