"At this time, the teacher should have almost won a complete victory at the palace." Imagawa Yoshimoto, who led the army slowly towards Otowa Mountain, was thinking casually about the plot of "The Tale of the Heike" and admiring the scenery outside Gion. The scenery was beautiful until a wisp of smoke rose in the direction of Honnoji Temple on the west bank of the Kamogawa River.
"Oh, the teacher actually encountered trouble?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was quite surprised. After being surprised for a moment, he immediately focused his attention on business - continuing to think about the text of "The Tale of the Heike". "It's okay, the teacher must have kept it anyway. There are many back-up tactics, and if one plan fails, there will be another one. The Sanhao family will definitely be unable to guard against it."
After another long while, the smoke at Honnoji Temple still did not go out - this was a sign that the situation had not yet been resolved.
"Your Highness." Kentaro Shimoda Shen was a little anxious now. He leaned next to Imagawa Yoshimoto and said, "Are you going to send someone across the river for reinforcements?"
"If the teacher and all his lieutenants have been seen through, the enemy must be quite sure of our movements, and if we advance rashly, we will only be able to ambush." Imagawa Yoshimoto squinted and looked at the streets on both sides of the Sanjo Bridge. His keen sense of smell on the battlefield told him that there were probably a lot of ambushes inside.
"According to the original plan, we will go up Mount Otowa." Imagawa Yoshimoto raised his hand and pointed to the highest peak in the east of Kyoto. "The teacher said before that the activities on the west bank of Kyoto are all conspiracy, and it is impossible to say whether we will win or lose. But if we win However, the commanding heights are a conspiracy, which can influence the situation of the battle. The situation on the west bank of the Kamogawa River is naturally reversed when the battle situation reverses. Anyway, the teacher is safe in the palace. Even if the people of the Miyoshi family are brave, how dare they kill people in front of His Majesty? "
After Imagawa Yoshimoto gave the order, the Imagawa Army immediately began to climb Otowa Mountain at full speed. However, as soon as they rounded the mountain road northwest of Otowa Mountain, they saw densely packed Miyoshi Army flags in front of them, blocking the Imagawa Army's way up the mountain. On the main road.
"Are you waiting for us here?" Imagawa Yoshimoto showed a helpless smile, "This is not unexpected. The plan disclosed by our Imagawa Army at the Southern Army Evaluation Meeting was to seize Otowa Mountain in a roundabout way, and the information will inevitably be leaked. The Miyoshi family even knew about the teacher's plot to infiltrate the palace, so naturally they don't know the goal of our Imagawa army."
"The Awa clan, the Awaji clan, the Sanuki clan, and the horse seals of the Miyoshi clan..." Kentaro Tian Shen glanced at the banner of the Miyoshi clan and seriously reminded Imagawa Yoshimoto: "Except for the flag book repaired by Miyoshi. , all the elite members of the Sanhao Family are already here."
"It doesn't matter, after all the traps have been calculated, it will be a duel on a narrow road." Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't care, and with a wave of his hand, he named all the elite members of the Imagawa family: "Binaka Shou (Asahina Yasuno), Sakyo Susumu (Okabe) Otsuna), I will entrust all the troops except Hatamoto to your command, and accept the battle."
"As ordered." Okabe Okatsuna responded resolutely, drawing the knife in his hand: "Don't worry, Your Highness, it won't take long."
"Let these sick people from Kinki see how we Eastern warriors fight." Asahina Taino took a big sip of wine, then laughed and drove his horse forward.
"The rest of the people, follow me around the path up the mountain." Imagawa Yoshimoto then raised his whip again and ordered to the Goma Bei, the Shield Bei and the Horsemen behind him: "Drive directly to Kiyomizu Temple on the top of Otowa Mountain, and command from a high position. Pincer attack."
"yes!"
The banner of the Imagawa Army was running on the mountain road north of Mount Otowa. On the east side were all the frightened birds in the silent mountain forest, and on the west side were the elites of the Imagawa Army and the Miyoshi Army who were fighting in full swing. Everyone's heart strings were tense until that moment. The pavilion outside the iconic Kiyomizu Temple appears on the mountain peak within the field of view.
"Someone." Kira Usei grabbed the reins of Imakawa Yoshimoto's horse and pointed to the pavilion outside Kiyomizu Temple. Imagawa Yoshimoto looked intently and could see a blue man sitting leisurely on the stone table in the pavilion. The young man in clothes was alone on the table, fiddling with something.
Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded and signaled his subordinates to be on alert, while he, Kira Hesei and Tian Shen Kentaro rode forward. After getting closer, the young man was also disturbed by the footsteps and turned his head - that heroic figure With a sassy face, who is Chang Qing, the repair doctor of Sanhao?
"His Majesty Jibu, you are well." Miyoshi Nagakei said enthusiastically, and raised his hand to greet Imagawa Yoshimoto, "It's a beautiful day, and there are two hundred thousand troops fighting at the foot of the mountain to add to the fun. With such interest, why not come and have a little gambling to enjoy yourself? "
"Oh?" Imagawa Yoshimoto then realized that what was placed on the stone table in front of Miyoshi Nagakei was nothing else but his favorite sieve cup. "His Royal Highness is so happy to be repaired. When the war is in danger, you can still find time to gamble." ?”
"Isn't His Highness Jibu still admiring the scenery of Gion when the situation is tense?" Miyoshi Nagakei laughed and retorted.
"Is this all being seen by Your Highness?" Imagawa Yoshimoto looked past Miyoshi Nagakei's figure and looked down the mountain from the pavilion outside Kiyomizudera Temple. The view here is very good. It can be said that half of Kyoto is covered in his eyes. It’s not an exaggeration to say, “Your Highness, Xiu Xiu, has been looking here for a long time? I’m really honored.”
"With the dice in front of me, how can I have time to look at you? Your Highness, Jibu, please stop being sentimental." Miyoshi Nagakei shook the sieve cup in his hand, then slowly stopped, looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto, and then looked at He glanced at the sieve cup and said, "Even if I don't look at it, I know what the points are."
"Your Majesty, you mean that the actions of our Imagawa family are not worthy of your judgment, and they have been anticipated for a long time?" Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at the Kiyomizu Temple under the pavilion, and there was a vague figure shaking inside, and he pressed his hand on it. On the hilt of the knife, "So, there is also an ambush in Qingshui Temple?"
"That's right, everything is as expected. From this point of view, Master Xue Zhai is just like this. At this moment, he is probably trapped in the palace by Matsunaga." Miyoshi Changqing lifted the sieve cup He took a look and checked whether the number he guessed was correct, and then he lifted the sieve cup again with satisfaction and started shaking it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Is there a detail in our army that betrayed military intelligence?" Hearing that Miyoshi Changqing looked down on Taiyuan Xuezhai, Imagawa Yoshimoto's voice suddenly became cold: "Repair Your Highness dares to be so confident and deploy the army in this corner. If our Imagination Army attacks from the front, wouldn't the Northern Army be completely defeated?"
"There is no certainty, it's all about gambling. On the battlefield, no one can be sure of who, and nothing is certain. Just like on the gambling table, everything depends on gambling. The bolder you are, the bigger the stakes will be. " Miyoshi Nagakei glanced at the heavily armed Hatakemen behind Imagawa Yoshimoto, and responded with a chuckle: "What a coincidence, the bet was right, Imagawa's army really came here."
"But His Highness's courage is a little too bold, and he is too sure." Imagawa Yoshimoto gently stroked the handle of Ryuumaru at his waist, raised his head and stared at Miyoshi Nagakei, "When the two armies are fighting, the commander will naturally There is no reason to stay out of the matter. His Highness, Xiu, is alone in this pavilion, but the army is left at Qingshui Temple under the pavilion. If I go straight to His Highness, Xiu's head now, His Highness, Xiu's subordinates must not have time to protect him, right?"
"Haha, do you want to bet?" Miyoshi Changqing suddenly became more interested in gambling, shaking the sieve cup in his hand louder, and looked back at Imagawa Yoshimoto provocatively.
"That's exactly what I meant." Imagawa Yoshimoto stood up and responded.
"How much is the bet?" Mihao Changqing glanced at the chips on the table.
"We have three 'Hundred Enemies' here." Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around and glanced at Kira Hisege and Tian Shen Kentaro behind him, then with a soft sound, he drew Ryumaru's sword out of its sheath: "'Three Hundreds of Enemies', then I bet three hundred taels that His Highness will die here."
"Ten thousand taels."
Miyoshi Changqing slammed the sieve cup on the table and announced his bet in a deep voice.
Behind the pillars of the pavilion, a young man holding a painted halberd upside down came out suddenly. He had a handsome face, but his expression was as fierce as a ghost. The murderous aura coming towards his face almost made Imagawa Yoshimoto and others unsteady. They concentrated. At first glance, he recognized that this was an old friend he had met before - Shihe Yicun, the fourth brother of the Mihaoshi brothers.
"Bet you can't do it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tokawa Issun had already dashed out of the court pavilion like a thunderbolt. In an instant, he rushed in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto, raised his hand and struck directly at the door with a halberd. Imagawa Yoshimoto relied on his extraordinary agility trained in Cuju. , and suddenly leaned back to hide, only to see the halberd pass almost close to the face, cutting off a few broken hairs on the forehead. Shihe Yisun immediately changed the thorn into a chop, and used the power of his heavy step to cut off Imagawa Yoshi like a mountain. Yuan didn't dare to block it, so he stepped lightly and jumped away, but Shihe Yicun followed up with another stab.
Until this moment, Kira Usei and Kentarou Tian Shen had just reacted, and it was already too late to step forward. Under the flash of lightning, Imagawa Yoshimoto, whose center of gravity was unstable, took out Sozo's left hand with his backhand to block, but was stabbed by Toga Ichibun. The force sent him flying straight away, and he staggered through multiple steps before he stood still a foot away. At this time, Kira Usei and Tian Shen Kentaro had drawn their swords in their hands, guarding Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"Is Mo Qiu okay?" Between his breaths, Toga Ichimori asked in his still young but already unbelievably deep voice about the cat he had fostered with Imagawa Yoshimoto the last time they met.
"It's very good, don't worry. Even if you kill me or I kill you, Mo Qiu will take good care of you." Imagawa Yoshimoto took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and then said with a bitter smile: " Aren’t you afraid that you just killed me in that round? Shouldn’t you finish asking first before taking action?”
Toga Issun did not reply. After receiving the reply, he attacked without saying a word. Imagawa Yoshimoto wanted to use his strength to hold back and give his two subordinates a chance to counterattack. However, the moment the blades just came into contact, he He was shocked to the point of severe pain in the tiger's mouth - the force was more than twice as strong as the previous attack - and then he was knocked back several feet away, almost falling to the ground.
At this time, Imagawa Yoshimoto realized that the thunder blow that almost killed him just now was the result of Toga Ichin's intervention.
"You don't mind if we bully the few with more, do you?" Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had a clear understanding of the gap in strength, chose the righteous three-on-one without hesitation.
Shihe Yicun just nodded expressionlessly.
Within a few rounds, Miyoshi Chokei had already set up his own flag in the pavilion. With the flag waving, the flags of Miyoshi Chokei hidden in Kiyomizu Temple roared out and surrounded them from the mountain roads on both sides.
Come. Matsui Munonobu and Osawa Motoin didn't hesitate, and each took the Imagawa family's banners, Gosumabei and Shodunbei to fight against the enemy.
The all-out conflict between the Imagawa family and the Miyoshi family has begun.