Two hours before the attack by the Akechi Army, a group of guards at the gate of Honnoji Temple were stunned for a moment as they looked at the old man in black who came forward.

"Has there been any notification before? Who is this person? Could it be a secret emissary?" One of the guards asked the other in a low voice. The guard also shook his head, "I don't know...but there are so many checkpoints ahead.

, Logically speaking, it is impossible to let an unidentified person in... and there is no notification."

No matter what, Oda Nobunaga lived in the temple after all. Thinking of the serial assassinations in Kyoto a few years ago, the guards were still on guard. The leader of the guards cleared his throat and shouted in a deep voice: "Who is coming!

Stop!"

However, the old man in black didn't mean to stop, but continued to walk forward on his own. Now all the doormen were dumbfounded and didn't understand what the old man in black was going to do. Is he a madman? Or some domineering man?

A second-generation official? Or a ninja who took on a top-secret mission?

A thought suddenly popped into the head of the guard captain: Could this unarmed old man be trying to break in?

An even more ridiculous thought came to his mind: Could it be that there had been no notification before because all the guards who came forward to investigate had been killed by him?

The captain of the guard himself was amused by his whimsical idea, and he accidentally laughed out loud at this very serious occasion. Yes, how could it be possible? How could an old man who looked like he was seventy or eighty years old and didn't even have a knife do it?

What about these? What's more, he doesn't even have a drop of blood on his body. Even if the sword master Kamizumi Nobutsuna is resurrected, he probably won't be able to do such a thing.

So, the captain of the guard adjusted his expression, made a serious expression as he felt very loyal to his duty, and scolded again: "Stop! Is this Honnōji a place where you can enter if you want?"

The next moment, the old man in black suddenly stood up. The guard captain felt his eyes go dark, and then the knife from his waist disappeared. What followed was severe pain in his throat and back of his heart. Before he died, he

He also heard the sounds of his subordinates falling to the ground one after another.

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Kentaro Tian Shen picked up a guard's knife, pushed open the temple door and walked in unscrupulously, ignoring the surprised looks and screams of the young people and guards on both sides. He shook the knife in his hand and felt the handle.

The touch when rubbing it in his own hand. Although based on his understanding and cultivation of swordsmanship, there is no difference between having a sword or not, and it has no impact on combat power. But at this moment, in the last trial of his life

, he still chose to pick up a knife. For a swordsman, having a knife in hand is always more reassuring.

Kentaro Targami, or should we call him Ueizumi Nobutsuna, is undoubtedly a swordsman. He knows that apart from swordsmanship, his talents are definitely not smart, and his political strategy and military skills are not as good as those of the heroes of the world.

All he relied on was the sword in his hand and the swordsmanship in his heart. Like countless passionate young people born in troubled times, when he was young, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna also promised to rectify the world and worked hard to find a way to save the country and the people.

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He followed Nagano Yamasa. At that time, he believed that as long as everyone performed their duties, the world could be brought back on track. Nagano Yamasa was indeed such an old-fashioned person. As a retainer of the Yamauchi Uesugi family, he spent his life doing

He did what the retainers of the Yamauchi-Uesugi family should do, and also worked hard to make the Yamauchi-Uesugi family, as the governor of Kanto, do what the Yamauchi-Uesugi family should do - of course he failed.

Ueizumi Nobutsuna also followed Takeda Shingen. At that time, he had not been able to get over the failure of Nagano Yamasa, so he wanted to do the opposite - since each of them cannot achieve their respective duties, then only focus on strength and use

War and killing to end the troubled times again - the people of the Eastern Kingdom who had this idea naturally naturally

I would follow Takeda Shingen. Kamizumi Nobutsuna himself felt that even if he had to choose again, he would still choose Takeda Shingen, even though Takeda Shingen was one of the main culprits in the failure of Nagano Yamasa. Kamizumi was accused of being a seller and seeking glory.

Izumi Nobutsuna was not ashamed. He knew that he was not greedy for fame and fortune, but just wanted to find a way to save the country and the people - and then he failed again. He gradually discovered that strength does not bring order, but endless ambition.

.Not only did every conquest of the Takeda Army lead to the destruction of life along the way, but even the people under the Takeda family's own rule had to pay a high price for the Takeda family's ambitions.

So Kamizumi Nobutsuna left Takeda Shingen again, gave up his glory and wealth, and embarked on the path of practicing and preaching swordsmanship. He tried to find a way to save the country in various countries, but still found nothing. At that time, his attainments in swordsmanship were useless.

He is capable of defeating others and has countless disciples. But even though he has become the strongest in the world, he is still confused and helpless - he only feels that he is getting further and further away from his own way of saving the country and the people. And the death of his legitimate son in the battle is even more...

He poured the last bucket of cold water on him and asked him, who was hit hard, to pin all his hopes on Ashikaga Yoshiki as the shogun - the general must have a way to save the country and the people.

Kentaro Tanasaki met Ashikaga Yoshiteru alone in Luo Jin. Ashikaga Yoshiteru admired his swordsmanship and awarded him the title of "The Best Sword in the World", making him famous all over the world. However, Kamizumi Nobutsuna didn't care about this.

He only cares about the way Ashikaga Yoshiteru can give to save the country and the people - to restore the former glory of the shogunate and return the world to the traditional order of the samurai family. However, his last hope was also expelled from Kyoto with Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and he was in name only

The Muromachi shogunate became a puppet of the Miyoshi family and was ruined.

It doesn't work to each perform his or her own duties, it doesn't work to put strength first, and it doesn't work to restore the ancient system... What's left? Is there any other way? As a swordsman who doesn't understand these principles, Kamizumi Nobutsuna himself can't give the answer. He

We can only place our hope on those daimyo who are smarter than him, but they can't give the answer. Because can't all the daimyo in the world be classified into the above three categories?

Frustrated, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna retired, gave up all honors, and even gave up the name "Kamiizumi Nobutsuna", determined not to care about worldly affairs anymore. He changed his name to Kentaro Taro, just to commemorate the past.

tragedy.

Then he discovered a new path - innovation in a young samurai named Yu Qiuping. The unprecedented new policy shocked him. At first, he thought it was just another stupid attempt to "put strength first".

However, Yu Qiupei did not fail, and his territory was prosperous. The puzzled Kentaro Tian Shen was very curious, but did not want to return to the disappointing world, so he did not visit Nagano Yamasa, Takeda Shingen, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru like he did before.

Instead, Yu Qiuping approached Yu Qiuping's son, Yu Qiu Shang. Youdao knows his father by looking at his son, and Kentaro Tian Shen wanted to understand what kind of person Yu Qiuping was.

So he saw in the one-armed young man the rare virtues of countless warriors - benevolence, kindness, trustworthiness, strength, and the determination to overcome no matter how great the suffering he faced - this Kentaro Taro, who decided to retire and give up his life, felt ashamed.

But no matter what, he found a new road, a road to save the country and the people. Although he didn't know where this road would end, the smiles on the faces of so many people in Hanoi and Iquan couldn't be deceiving. He believed in Yu. Qiuping will be different from other troubled times daimyo, and he believes that his own apprentice, Yu Qiu Shang, the heir of the Yuqiu family, will also be different from other heirs of troubled times daimyo. He will definitely inherit his father's mantle and continue to serve the people of the world. and make unremitting efforts for the well-being of the people.

But Oda Nobunaga now wants to destroy it all, and destroy the little firefly that Kamizumi Nobutsuna has been pursuing all his life to finally find.

Huo, Tian Shen Kentaro will not allow anything he says. But he is not a general, not a powerful minister, and he can't help the Yuqiu family. He is just a swordsman. All he can rely on is the sword in his hand and the feeling in his heart. Knife skills.

There is only one thing he can do——

Killed Oda Nobunaga.

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"Who is making the noise outside the door?"

At this time, Oda Nobunaga in the Honnoji tea room was regretting that he should not drink tea before going to bed. He was so angry that he almost dropped the expensive tea set. After hearing the movement outside the door, Oda Nobunaga, who was already angry, The long face suddenly darkened, frightening the few people around him to tremble.

"I'll go take a look later." The young people leaned down to ask for orders, and quickly opened the door and walked out of the corridor. However, Oda Nobunaga only heard the footsteps gradually going away, but never heard the footsteps coming back again. , was replaced by the sound of falling to the ground one after another.

Oda Nobunaga frowned, and suddenly realized something was wrong. He stood up suddenly and walked towards the door, raising his hand to open the door. The moment he opened the paper door, he saw a stream of fire that was so fast that it was almost invisible to the naked eye. The elusive black shadow rushed towards him quickly. And on the road where the black shadow rushed - a bloody road - there were countless bodies of Oda family guards and minor surnames lying on the ground. By the time Oda Nobunaga reacted, , the black shadow was already so close in front of me, I had no time to avoid it, I could only watch helplessly as the knife stabbed me in the throat.

At this critical moment, the wall to the left of Oda Nobunaga suddenly cracked, making a loud noise. What came out of the wall was a dark, thick and exaggerated arm, wrapped in flying gravel, and punched the Dark shadow.

Kentaro Tian Shen was not unaware of the fierce murderous intent in the tea room on the right side of the corridor, but he never thought that someone could punch through the thick wall. With only Oda Nobunaga in his eyes, he did not have time to dodge, and was hit The man was thrown away with the knife, and hit the pillars heavily. There was a sound of bones breaking in his back, and he vomited blood and fell to the ground.

It was only then that the other guards and other minor surnames reacted and hurried over to surround Oda Nobunaga. At the same time, they aimed their knives at Kentaro Tian Shen who collapsed on the ground.

Oda Nobunaga slowly stood up, looked at his guards who were busy, and then looked at the big hole in the wall of the tea room and the black man Yasuke standing behind the hole. He couldn't help but cursed at the guards: "Look at it What are you doing? You can't stop such a big living person rushing in, without even a warning! If it weren't for Yasuke, I would have been dead just now!"

The guards were so scolded by Oda Nobunaga that they could not hold their heads up and kowtowed one after another to apologize. Oda Nobunaga ignored them and just strode to the front of Kentaro Targami. Looking at Kentaro Targami who had few breaths left, He cursed in a low voice: "Old man, what are you doing here if you are not at home to take care of yourself at such an old age? Tell me, which family sent you an assassin?"

Kentaro Tian Shen took a hard breath, and the stinging pain all over his body made him speechless. The broken ribs were twisted into his internal organs, which were already shaken to pieces, and almost within a few breaths The old swordsman was killed in a moment, and there were only a few messy and illogical thoughts left in his mind.

That man is so strong... I'm afraid Honda Tadakatsu is the only one who can fight with him...

If the knife was in the left hand just now... would it be possible to stab that knife and replace Oda Nobunaga?

That kid knows how to use a left-handed sword, so he can definitely win...

Yes, if it is that child, he can definitely save the world and save all people.
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