The 46,000 troops brought out by Maori Hiroshima from Hiroshima, except for the 10,000 left behind in Osaka, all started on March 25 and launched a Kinki crusade aimed at eliminating Hideo's forces in the Kinki area. Unexpectedly, in just about a month, this huge army was defeated to only 12,000 people (including some of the military forces that fled into the countryside after the Battle of Usayama and rushed to Fushimi to meet).

Facing the 24,000 Toyotomi Maeda coalition in Otsu Castle, the 10,000 Toyotomi army in Kotoyama Castle, and the 15,000 Ukita army in Shinoyama Village, the Maori army completely lost its initiative on the battlefield. Some cities in Kinki, led by their remaining retainers, followed Otsu Castle and refused to accept and supply the retreating Maori army. Amano Motomasa was very angry about this, but due to the situation, he had to bypass these cities and continue to retreat westwards. Finally, on the afternoon of the 29th, he arrived at Kusuo Village outside Osaka Castle and joined with the 10,000 troops of Maori Hiromotomi.

Regarding what to do next, Mori Hiromoto and Amano Motomasa had a disagreement. Mori Hiromoto was worried that nearly 50,000 troops of Toyotomi, Maeda and Ukita attacked him, and tended to give up his ability to return to Kinki. Amano Motomasa believed that withdrawing the troops at this time was a waste of all previous efforts. Not only could not support the Tokugawa army's actions in Aizu, the Mori family would be held accountable afterwards. Instead of withdrawing Hiroshima, it would be better to take Osaka Castle before the Toyotomi Maeda coalition had arrived and use Hide to rely on Hide to rule the world. Moreover, Ishida Mitsunari, Matsuda Nagamoto and Masada Hiromoto were all in their hands. No matter which family wins, the family will be able to compete with him and master the title of righteousness. Those who win will not dare to act rashly. At the worst, it would be more beneficial to the family to retreat.

When Maori Hiromoto heard this, he felt that it was reasonable. Osaka is the most powerful city in the world. Once the 22,000 troops are settled, food and grass will not be a problem. In addition, with Hiderai and Shuiyao in his hands, Ieyao and Shuiba will be afraid of it. In addition, Huimoto himself, there are two people in this city who follow and two big elders. If Ieyao wins, he and Uesugi Keikaku will be just two big elders. If Hidehoho wins, it will be just one big elder of the Ukita Hide family, Asano Nagamasa, Maeda Genie, and Nagashu Masaru, and the three people who follow the Māori family cannot compare with the power controlled by the Mori family.

Thinking of this, Maori Hiromoto actually felt that it seemed feasible. Just as he was about to discuss the details with Amano Motomasa, he suddenly ran into the formation and reported that Ukita Hideo came close to him, saying that there was something important to tell him.

Maori Hiromoto was already wary of Ukita Hidea. Now that the army was defeated, he was even more worried that he would lead his army to attack. Amano Motomasa also advised Huimoto at this time, suspected that the Hideaki family was here to investigate the facts and reality of the Maori army. It would be better to do whatever he wanted to seize it to prevent him from leading his troops to block the Maori army from entering Osaka. Huimoto agreed with this. He asked Ankorji Ekiyo to go out to greet him, and at the same time arranged for elite samurai to lie outside the tent. After his order, he rushed into the formation to arrest the Hideaki family.

Accompanied by Huiqiong, the Xiu family strode into the Maori Army's garrison, without any notice of the subtle abnormalities in the army. He left the side outside the tent according to Huiqiong's request and entered the formation alone, as if he was not worried about the danger.

Walking into the formation, the Hideaki respectfully saluted Mori Hiromon, who also warmly replied and asked him to sit down. After a few greetings between the two, Hideaki couldn't help but go straight to the point and asked Hideaki what happened to her when she came here.

The Xiujia did not answer directly, but calmly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Huiyuan. Huiyuan took the letter with a suspicion. He thought it would be the letter of suspicion given to him by Mizuna Ishida or Maeda Tatsumasa. However, when he opened the letter, he was shocked. He stood up suddenly, holding the letter tightly and trembled, pointing at Xiuyuan and questioned: "What is said in the letter is true?"

"Can you know the antonym in Anyi? " Xiujia said with a smile. Everyone was confused when they saw this. Amano Motomasa and Ankoji Ekigaki even stood up to ask about the contents of the letter.

"Everyone, the war in Aizu is over." Huiyuan sat down on the ground and handed the letter to Amano Motomasa.

After reading the letter, Yuan Zheng and Huiqiong were also shocked. Huiqiong said to everyone present in a daze: "Five days ago, the Right Mansion defeated the coalition forces of the Neifu and Aizu Nayan at Ruosong City. Zhong Nayan had surrendered. The Neifu led the remaining troops to flee to Ueno. At present, the Right Mansion has led 120,000 troops south to pursue, and it is estimated that it will be possible soon..."

Huiqiong was really unwilling to continue, and the tent was in a mess. There were emotions, lamentations, surprises, and regrets, but no one could give any useful opinions. Huiyuan sat blankly in the same place, with no blood on his face, but his heart was in a mess. The defeat of the Tokugawa army became the last straw that crushed his fighting will. At this time, his mind was full of punishments that would be subject to after the war, and he did not care about the quarrels and noise in the palace.

The Hideaki looked at the scene and smiled helplessly. He leaned over to Huiyuan and said with concern: "I was originally entrusted by Maeda's servant to persuade Your Highness. At that time, I was worried that I could persuade you by myself. I didn't expect that the servant sent me this letter to Jae-seok early this morning. With it, Jae-seok dared to come to see you. This letter was too sudden and before I could even look at Kaga Danayan and Ishida Oshiko, I was brought to you. Except Jae-seok, you are the second person in Osaka who knows this news."

"It's really a blessing for your Highness." Huiyuan said calmly, enduring the pain in his heart, "Your Highness dares to come alone, probably because of this letter, right?"

Xiujia smiled without saying a word, and quietly waited for Huiyuan to make the decision.

"Lord, according to the old minister's opinion, it is not appropriate to go to Osaka immediately. If it is too late, it may be too late." Amano Motomasa was still obsessed with the plan he had discussed with Hiromon, and shouted at the same time. More than ten samurai outside the tent rushed in and surrounded the Hideaki family when he heard the news.

"Stop!" Seeing this, Akkoji Huiqiong immediately scolded the samurai, "Whoever asked you to come in, go out for me!" After that, he turned around and apologized to the Xiu family, "The rural samurai is reckless, so please forgive me."

Seeing this, the samurai was about to withdraw, but was stopped by Amano Motomasa. He rushed to Huiqiong and asked angrily: "What do you mean? Have you forgotten the plan that the lord just now?"

"How could the lord make any plan? You just said it all!" Huiqiong was not willing to be outdone and turned his attention to Huiyuan.

How could Huiyuan not know Huiqiong’s intention? He obviously did not want to offend the Xiujia at this time, so he pushed the plan to arrest the Xiujia on Amano Yuanmasato. Huiyuan felt that such a quarrel was useless, so he finally made up his mind, stood up, waved his hand to let the samurai retreat, walked slowly to the middle of everyone, and said to Xiujia in a calm tone: "Please don’t care, my uncle is old, and sometimes he can talk nonsense, so please think that this has not happened."
Chapter completed!