Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 1027 Yin Difference
News of the enemy invasion reached Honnoji Temple almost at the same time as the flames rose. In the dormitory of Honnoji Temple, the same inquiry as in history also came:
"There must be a rebellion. Go and see who the rebel is."
Xiao Xing took the order and left, then hurried back after a while.
"The Platycodon flag is the troops of Akechi Hinata!"
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"Surround Honnoji Temple, don't miss any street, block all entrances and exits around Honnoji Temple on the west bank of the Kamogawa River, and then cut off the path from Honnoji Temple to Nijo Castle."
At this time, Akechi Mitsuhide was galloping in the blazing Kyoto, and ordered the fast-moving Akechi army, "If the opponent is Oda Nobunaga, there can be no mistakes."
At this time, due to the fire in Kyoto, countless residents had woken up from their sleep and started to flee. The panicked people in Kyoto were on their backs, much like the chaos when Miyoshi Yoshiken burned Kyoto more than ten years ago.
"Your Highness, do you know what you are doing?" Although he did not hesitate at all when executing the order, the livid-faced Saito Rizo still did not give up admonishing Mitsuhide Akechi, "Are you planning to rebel?"
"I want to avenge Momiji." Akechi Mitsuhide's expression was so calm that it scared Saito Rizo.
"You are protesting at this time. Unless you can kill Oda Nobunaga here and cause chaos in the world again, the Akechi family will be in doom." Saito Rizo broke into a cold sweat and his voice changed a bit.
"I have already sent the child to Sakai Town, and I guess I have arrived at this moment." Akechi Mitsuhide replied very calmly.
"Your Highness...are you crazy or not?" Saito Rizo completely gave up trying to understand Akechi Mitsuhide and just laughed twice, "I can't understand you. But now I only understand one thing - things
At this point, we must kill Oda Nobunaga here."
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The troops of the Akechi Army moved quickly and soon completed the complete siege of Honnoji Temple. At this time, the scouts sent to the south reported that the Oda family banner led by the Kamao clan stationed in the Toji area seemed to have sensed the danger and began to
They have assembled. Since there are not many of them, they should not be able to do anything to the Mingzhi Army.
The Akechi army had already taken one step ahead of the defenders of Honnoji Temple and seized control of the stables outside the temple. The Akechi family's cavalry also quickly blocked the exit of Honnoji Temple and drove all the Oda troops who tried to escape back into the temple. Then Akechi Mitsuhide
He personally dismounted and entered the temple to direct the siege of the temple. As the intelligence showed, there were only hundreds of people around Oda Nobunaga in Honnoji Temple, and there were not even many guards. Basically all the ninjas of the Oda family were sent out to suppress it.
Because of the many rumors and riots caused by the murder of Yu Qiupei, Kyoto was extremely empty. This demon king, who had always been confident, looked into the distance while ignoring the danger at his feet.
When Akechi Mitsuhide entered the temple, the outer perimeter of the temple had been basically suppressed. The bodies of Oda Nobunaga's subordinates were scattered in various places, including many people Akechi Mitsuhide knew. At this time, Akechi's army was besieging Honnoji Temple.
In the long corridor inside, the members of the Oda family were struggling to resist. Several corridors on the side had been ignited by flames, reflecting the appearance of the two armies fighting.
"Have you found Oda Nobunaga?" Akechi Mitsuhide asked Tsumabuki Hirotada, who was leading the siege. The latter shook his head in confusion.
"I didn't see Oda Nobunaga, but many of Oda Nobutada's guards appeared. It was very strange.
." Hirotada Tsumabuki frowned, and the hand holding the sword repeatedly made the gesture of drawing out and putting away the katana, looking very irritable.
"Oda Nobutada?" Just when Mitsuhide Akechi was surprised, he suddenly remembered a low roar in the corridor.
"I am Oda Castle Nobutada, you soldiers, why are you causing trouble?"
Oda Nobutada's roar immediately made him the focus of the battlefield. Except for those who were fighting for life and death, everyone else turned their attention to Oda Nobutada, who was wearing a samurai uniform and holding a scabbard. He was at this moment
Standing on the corridor, he shouted at the soldiers of the Mingzhi Army.
"Avenge His Majesty Momiji!" Mitsuhide Akechi cleared his throat and responded loudly, "Call Oda Nobunaga out and I will kill him myself!"
"Your Highness Akechi?" Oda Nobutada was shocked when he recognized Mitsuhide Akechi's voice. Then he looked around the temple and confirmed in a low voice, "So this is not a rebellion by soldiers, but a rebellion by the Akechi family under your leadership?"
"If you want to avenge your friends, fight for justice, and plead for the fate of all people, how can you talk about rebellion?" Akechi Mitsuhide, regardless of whether his feminine makeup under the firelight caused everyone's surprise, responded loudly, "No need to say more, just scream.
Come out, Oda Nobunaga! I only want his life, and it has nothing to do with anyone else!"
"Your Highness Akechi! Your Highness Hongye is the elder I respect the most. He has also helped me a lot, and I will always remember it in my heart! I also deeply regret what happened to him, and I will definitely find a way to get an explanation for him in the future. If not,
The solution is for your majesty, Momiji, to make it known. I hereby swear that I am willing to commit seppuku! Just the conquest of Yuqiu was also caused by the overreaction of the Yuqiu family. The Yuqiu family killed the ninjas and Hatamoto of the family. If they do not make a statement, the Oda family will really
I am disgraced, and I hope His Majesty Akechi will forgive me! I also feel the anger of His Majesty Akechi! Please withdraw your troops here, and I would like to use the honor of a samurai to ensure that this incident will be forgotten by the Akechi army!" Oda Nobutada spoke sincerely, but at the same time he kept a very low profile.
He bowed to Akechi Mitsuhide. Many soldiers of the Akechi Army around him were hesitant when they saw this. However, Akechi Mitsuhide did not waver at all. He directly took the lit match rope from the hand of an iron cannon ashigaru beside him.
The iron cannon was aimed at Oda Nobutada, and at the same time he said sternly:
"It's useless to talk more. Tell Oda Nobunaga to come out!"
"It's impossible!" Oda Nobutada saw that Mitsuhide Akechi had made up his mind, so he gave up persuading him. Instead, he slowly drew out his samurai sword from his waist and shouted in a deep voice, "If His Highness Akechi is bent on treason, then we will
The Tian family has no choice but to accompany us to the end!"
Before he finished speaking, Akechi Mitsuhide had already pulled the trigger. Oda Nobutada turned sideways to hide, but was hit in the shoulder and fell to the floor. He was hurriedly helped back indoors by several people. Seeing how the situation had progressed, Akechi's army
The soldiers also understood that this matter was absolutely evil, and rushed towards the inner room with roars. The Oda family resisted vigorously, but they were gradually outnumbered. Finally, a blazing fire was lit in the inner room, and someone could be vaguely seen.
Harm.
"You want to see people alive, you want to see corpses when you die!" Akechi Mitsuhide had no interest in letting the fire burn, but immediately ordered his subordinates to put out the fire and search for corpses. In the last inner room, Akechi's army snatched more than twenty corpses.
Among them are the nicknames of Oda Nobunaga and Oda Nobutada, and also include the body of Oda Nobutada himself - he committed suicide after committing seppuku and was executed by his subordinates. The body was hidden under the floor and was also used by the Akechi Army.
It was turned out.
Only Oda Nobunaga was not found.
"Has anyone leaked out before?"
Akechi Mitsuhide looked at the blackened corpses and asked coldly.
"Absolutely not." Saito Toshizo, who was in charge of the surrounding blockade, vowed, "not a single fly flew out."
"But there is a big hole in the wall next to the tea room." Tsumagi Hirotada returned from inspecting the corridor and pointed in the direction of the tea room in Honnoji Temple. "I don't know why. There may be something fishy."
"Then continue the search and search the entire temple." Mitsuhide Akechi waved his hand, and the soldiers immediately started to move. But even if they searched every corner of Honnoji Temple and even pried open all the floors,
No trace of Oda Nobunaga could be found.
Seeing that the sky was gradually getting dark and it was already early in the morning, Akechi Mitsuhide became increasingly uneasy - Isn't Oda Nobunaga not at Honnoji Temple? How is it possible? In the evening, he even sent an envoy to Beijing to meet with Oda Nobunaga to confirm
It was true that he was still at Honnoji Temple before nightfall - could it be that it was already dark and he had to find another place to sleep?
At this moment, another scout from the south rushed back.
"Report! Your Highness!" The scout dismounted outside the temple gate and quickly walked towards Akechi Mitsuhide. "The Oda family's headquarters stationed in the south have no intention of attacking. Instead, they are slowly withdrawing southward from Kyoto."
"That's great." Rizo Saito and Hirotada Tsumabuki breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "It gives us more time to search for Oda Nobunaga."
However, when Mitsuhide Akechi thought about it, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and his face instantly darkened.
"Where is this?" Mitsuhide Akechi took a breath and hammered the pillar with his hand, "If Oda Nobunaga is really in Honnoji Temple, those Hatamotos will definitely rush over like crazy at this moment.
Save people, right? But now they don’t even save Oda Nobutada, but they still want to ensure their own safety and retreat to the south, which means there must be someone more important than Oda Nobutada in the team."
Akechi Mitsuhide's words instantly solidified the atmosphere in the temple. Everyone understood what this meant - Oda Nobunaga was probably already in the team's flag book.
How can it be…
Akechi Mitsuhide felt as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on him from head to toe. In the summer night under the blazing fire, he only felt a bone-chilling cold. How could Oda Nobunaga not go to bed in Honnoji Temple but instead go to Toji Temple?
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Four hours ago, on the evening of June 16, the tenth year of Tensho (1582), Toji Temple in Kyoto.
"Mr. Tian Chen, please forgive me, we can only cover you here."
Okubo Tadatsusa of the Tokugawa family's envoys made a very apologetic bow to Kentaro Targami, "According to regulations, our envoys can only stay in the Toji Temple area after nightfall, and cannot go further into Kyoto. And further inside.
, after your assassination, the Tokugawa family may not be able to get away with it."
"That's enough. Thank you everyone from the Tokugawa family." Kentaro Tadashi took off his clothes with Tokugawa clover printed on them and put on a black suit. "I have passed the most stringent inspection for me."
The outer edge of Kyoto is enough, there aren't many ninjas here."
"Then what are you going to do next?" Okubo Tadashi looked at Kentaro Targami, who didn't even carry a sword, and whispered worriedly: "You are only one person."
"One person is enough." After Kentaro Tian Shen left these words, he quickly disappeared into the night and went straight to Honnoji Temple.