Because of Oda Nobunaga's high-pressure policy, there were too many samurai families who resented Oda Nobunaga, both inside and outside the Oda family.
As long as Akechi Mitsuhide is willing to accept the charge of killing Oda Nobunaga, there are countless people who are willing to kill Oda Nobunaga.
Oda Nobunaga took the risk and ran away. It was not as simple as he thought. Instead, he might have drowned in the toilet and died silently. How could the proud Oda Nobunaga accept this?
Akechi Mitsuhide came here to cut off Oda Nobunaga's hope of fleeing and ensure that Oda Nobunaga gave up.
After hearing what Mitsuhide said to Akechi, Oda Nobunaga's face became calmer, murderous intent bloomed in his eyes, and he tightened his grip on the Kobushi arrows in his hand.
If you don't give my child a way to live, then I will destroy your future too!
While Akechi Mitsuhide was talking eloquently, Oda Nobunaga suddenly drew an arrow and drew his bow, shouting.
"Akechi Mitsuhide!"
Samurai Akechi Iehime, who had long been on guard against Oda Nobunaga's irritation, decisively raised his giant pole, blocking the way between the arrow and Akechi Mitsuhide.
But they did not expect that the arrow that Oda Nobunaga shot decisively was not intended to hit Akechi Mitsuhide, but instead made a loud noise.
The bow and arrow made a mournful whistle, causing Akechi Mitsuhide to raise the front hooves of his war horse, obviously shocked.
Although the war horse quickly regained its composure, Mitsuhide Akechi, who was on the horse, was a pregnant woman with a big belly. However, this shock almost knocked her off the horse.
Akechi Mitsuhide pulled hard on the reins to stabilize the horse, but he could no longer bear the pain in his stomach.
No one understood the frailty of the Goddess' mother before and after childbirth better than Oda Nobunaga, because she had just experienced this period.
Akechi Mitsuhide forced her troops to come here while she was expecting a baby. She was already so weak that even the slightest external stimulus could trigger her miscarriage.
Blood dripped along the saddle and onto the ground. Mitsuhide Akechi felt the warmth running down his inner thighs, and tears welled up in his eyes.
She was calculating Oda Nobunaga, and Oda Nobunaga was also calculating her. The two people who met this time had malicious intentions, and both achieved their respective goals.
Feeling that the child in his belly was moving away from him, Mitsuhide Akechi, who thought he had prepared for the worst, could not bear the sadness in his heart.
Saito Rizo noticed something strange about Akechi Mitsuhide and quickly helped her off the horse, but his hands were stained with blood and he shouted in fright.
"Doctor! Get the doctor over quickly!"
At this moment, Akechi Mitsuhide could no longer stand and slowly collapsed to the ground, covering his abdomen with one hand and tightly grasping Saito Rizo's wrist with the other.
"Burn! Set fire to the yard immediately! Don't let anyone go! Oda Nobunaga must die here! She must die!"
Saito Toshizo nodded fiercely, Akechi Mitsuhide could no longer hold on, passed out, and was rushed to the rear by his subordinates.
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Oda Nobunaga jumped off the low wall, took his beloved Miracle Maru from Mori Ranmaru next to him, and walked quickly back to the room.
In the room, a black man wearing the costume of a Hime Warrior was already waiting. It was the black man Yasuke who was given to Oda Nobunaga by the Nanman Cult.
Looking at the dark Yasuke in front of him, he remembered that when he first met her, he ordered someone to throw her into the pool to wash her, and show off to the saint. Those past events were still vivid in his mind.
Oda Nobunaga's eyes gradually softened and he said in a deep voice.
"Yasuke."
"Hi!"
Oda Nobunaga took a deep look at his Miracle Pill, and slowly handed her to Yasuke with his hands that seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
"There is a dog hole in the wall towards the main palace square. You and the young master will hide there. After the fire breaks out inside and outside the courtyard, you can escape from there during the chaos."
This was Oda Nobunaga's last resort. If Mitsuhide Akechi refused to give her child a way to survive, she would frighten Mitsuhide Akechi's fetus.
No matter whether Ji Guangxiu can save the fetus in the end, she can't even think about getting out of bed to direct the battle in the past few days.
Without the cunning Akechi Mitsuhide present, the Akechi army was in chaos, so that Yasuke could successfully escape with Miracle Maru.
Most of the islanders in this era were malnourished and most suffered from night blindness.
Once the fire breaks out, there will be chaos inside and outside, and there is a high probability that the black man Yasuke will escape through the dog hole.
However, the main hall was guarded by the Tendai Sect's Buddhist regiment, which was not under Akechi Mitsuhide's command. Oda Nobunaga could only take a gamble.
Looking at Yasuke in front of her and the Miraculous Pill in her hand, Oda Nobunaga was silent for a while and said.
"Tell the people of Tianhai that I did not kill Master Jueshu."
The biggest grievances between the Tendai Sect and Oda Nobunaga were the burning of Mount Hiei and the inexplicable death of Master Kakushu.
Oda Nobunaga was surly and arrogant. She felt that the master's death had nothing to do with her, but she was too lazy to explain to the Tendai Sect and took the blame for nothing.
But today, for the sake of her magical pill, she finally said a soft word to the people of Tianhai.
Oda Nobunaga believed that Akechi Mitsuhide was so ruthless that he would dare to kill his own child, but she did not dare to do it to Tenkai.
The Tendai Sect has already massacred Honnoji Temple, and they will never let Oda Nobunaga, the Nichiren Sect's backstage, leave themselves in huge trouble.
There is still room for negotiation between the Wu family, but sectarian conflicts are irreconcilable. In a sense, the battle of faith is more cruel than the war between the Wu family.
But there is one difference between the Tendai Sect and Akechi Mitsuhide. The Tenkai people would not allow Oda Nobunaga to live, but she could tolerate Kijomaru.
Kijimaru is not only Oda Nobunaga's own child, but also a descendant of the saint. As long as the child is in Amami's hands, she will not dare not protect it.
Now that there are so many people inside and outside Honnoji Temple, does Amami have the guts to pretend to be stupid and let Akechi Mitsuhide kill the god?
Oda Nobunaga was unwilling to take risks, and would rather use his own life to negotiate with Akechi Mitsuhide in exchange for the survival of Miracle Maru.
But Mitsuhide Akechi didn't give her a way to survive, so Oda Nobunaga had no choice but to bet on the Tenkai people.
Reluctantly, Oda Nobunaga glanced at the child again, fearing that he would not be able to be cruel, he waved his hands vigorously and shouted.
"Let's go! Let's go quickly!"
Yasuke hugged the child and bowed, then quickly walked out of the room, leaving only Oda Nobunaga with a lingering look on his face, feeling sad.
Oda Nobunaga was silent for a long time and asked Mori Ranmaru next to him.
"Is the firewood ready?"
"Hey, we have cut down all the trees in the courtyard, piled them inside and outside the room, and poured strong alcohol over them."
Oda Nobunaga nodded.
"Go ahead. If you see someone lighting a fire outside the courtyard, set the house on fire."
After saying that, Oda Nobunaga sat cross-legged in the room and stopped talking.
Mori Ranmaru hesitated to speak, looked at Oda Nobunaga who didn't want to say anything, finally gritted his teeth, turned around and left the room.
After this day's defense, in fact, Oda Nobunaga's one hundred followers suffered heavy casualties, and almost everyone else was injured. It was no longer possible to defend.
The last hope of negotiation was completely cut off by Oda Nobunaga's hammer. Mitsuhide Akechi would not let anyone in the yard go. Rather than being tortured to death, it was better to choose to die with dignity.