- Name
- The battle of bird feather and ambush
- Time of occurrence
- January 27-30, 1868
- Location
- Bird feather, Fu Jian
- Belligerents
- Japan
- Principal Commander
- Tokugawa Celebration in Xixiang
On January 3, 1868, the Meiji government issued a decree to restore the ancient monarchy. Shogunate general Tokugawa Yoshinobu In order to maintain its territory and power Aizu 、 Sang Name The two vassal soldiers, from Ertiao City Back to Osaka , trying to resist in the last ditch. Tokugawa Qingxi orders immediately after arriving in Osaka Edo Send sea and army to the west, and Samo clan Of Saigo Takamori Send someone secretly Edo City The destruction of social security has left the shogunate worried, unable to fully send troops to support Tokugawa Keihei, and angered the shogunate to confront the new government (anti curtain faction). On December 25, 1867, under the planning of Xixiang Longsheng, more than 200 Zhuang soldiers set fire to the mansion of Samo's family in Edo City, waiting for an opportunity to create a riot. Later, Edo City guards launched a fire attack. On January 1, 1868, Tokugawa Qingxi kyoto March, with the new government army on January 3 Toba ・ Fu Jian meets and fights. In terms of the use of modern weapons, the shogunate army was equipped with 94 guns, much less than the 583 guns of the new government army. Both parties bought a door from the United States Gatling gun 。 However, due to the difference in the number of weapons, the shogunate was defeated in the end. On January 26, 1868, Tokugawa Kiyoshi finally couldn't hold back and commanded the shogunate army and the Houzu and other vassal soldiers from Osaka Dianchuan Going north, the soldiers are divided into two directions kyoto Go ahead. After arriving at Diancheng, the next day, the soldiers were divided into two groups. One group was led by Sangming Fan soldiers to push towards the bird feather in the southwest of Kyoto, and the other group was led by Huijin Fan soldiers to push towards the Fujian in the southeast of Kyoto. After receiving the news that the shogunate was marching northward, the new government of Kyoto sent 2000 Samoan soldiers to defend the bird feather, 1800 Changzhou Fan soldiers and 300 soldiers Tuzuo The vassal soldiers defend the enemy, and another 400 Samo vassals serve as reserve guards at Toji Xixiang Longsheng is under the unified command of Xixiang Longsheng. The military strength of the government army is only one third of that of the shogunate army, but it has won the support of the masses, and its morale, equipment and training are all superior. At dusk on the 27th, the shogunate army arrived at Niaoyu and Fujian. The main force of bird feather is Samo's army, and the main force of ambush is Changzhou's army. Although the new government army has only 5000 people, it uses new rifles, and the shogunate army is repulsed.
On January 29, the shogunate planned to withdraw to Diancheng and wait for an opportunity to fight back. Unexpectedly, the soldiers in Diancheng turned the tide and refused to let the shogunate army enter the city. The shogunate army had to continue to move southward, intending to join forces with the Jin Fan soldiers stationed on the west bank of Dianchuan to fight against the pursuit of the new government army, but the Jin Fan soldiers also betrayed the shogunate and shelled the shogunate army. In addition, the government troops bravely attacked and took the initiative to attack in the dark. After fierce fighting, the shogunate was forced to retreat the next day. The government troops pursued the victory, seized the city of Diancheng, and pushed Eight flags 。 Tokugawa Qingxi fled to Osaka by warship. The shogunate army with low morale returned to Osaka after several difficulties. Tokugawa Qingxi knew that Osaka City could not be defended, so he secretly took a warship to escape Edo 。 On January 30, 1868, the government troops captured Osaka, Kinki The vassals in the west pledged allegiance to the new government. The victory of the first battle of the government army paved the way for overthrowing the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate everywhere. So the whole thing kansai region So it fell into the hands of the new government. 
