"My lord, Mount Hiei Enryaku-ji Temple is a sacred place for Buddhism. How can we use weapons here without authorization? Let alone raise troops to attack?" After Oda Nobunaga issued the order, Akechi Mitsuhide was the first to scream. He always paid attention to it. He was polite, but at this moment he sat in his seat and retorted directly, "Master, are you going to commit the greatest injustice in the world?"

"Isn't a Buddhist holy place built brick by brick? What kind of holy place is there? Isn't Yu's toilet also built brick by brick, so how can it not be a holy place? If Yu wants to fight, he will fight. Dare. No one who stands in front of Yu will have a good ending." However, Oda Nobunaga ordered very firmly, as if he didn't care at all.

"Lord!" Akechi Mitsuhide was so shocked by Oda Nobunaga's attitude that he couldn't speak. He stuttered several times and was unable to say a complete sentence.

But this time, whether it is the mature and steady Niwa Nagahide, Shibata Katsuie, Sakuma Nobumori, who are always decisive in killing, or even Ikeda Tsuneki, Maeda Toshiie, who are all ordinary people, they often call monks " The "Bald Ass" samurai all stood up against Oda Nobunaga. They knew what Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei means to Japanese monks and Buddhist believers all over the world, and they also knew that Oda Nobunaga wanted to attack Hiei. What does San Enryakuji Temple’s actions mean? This is not only an enemy of Honganji Temple, but also an enemy of Buddhist believers all over the world, and a sworn enemy.

They have all experienced the power of admonishment, and naturally understand that this matter is too big to allow Oda Nobunaga to do whatever he wants. So, dozens of important ministers in the whole camp tried to persuade Oda Nobunaga, but I didn’t notice that Oda Nobunaga looked calm on the surface, but in fact, the anger in his heart was already boiling. Finally, Oda Nobunaga suddenly took out his sword from its sheath and slashed it hard on the table in front of him, cutting the table directly. It broke into two halves. A loud crashing noise silenced the samurai in the camp. Everyone was silent for a moment and looked at Oda Nobunaga with some fear.

"What are you yelling about here day after day?" Oda Nobunaga casually threw his katana to the ground, spinning it and flying far away, and almost scratched Sakuma Nobumori's foot. One of his feet He stepped on the desk, supported his knees with his hands, and cursed loudly: "With so much food, so much salary, and such a big territory, I can't do any shit! When we were in Changdao, we were beaten to a pulp by those bald donkeys. When we arrived, Minami Omi asked you to catch those bald donkeys making trouble, so just grab a few dozen to deal with Yu! They can't do anything, do you think Yu is easy to deal with?"

"The bald donkeys who protected the rebellion, the bald donkeys who protected Ishiyama, and now you have to protect the bald donkeys on Mount Hiei? Are you all bald donkeys? Are all your family members bald donkeys? You are sent by the bald donkeys. Are you doing such a good job? Ah! Why don't you say anything!" Oda Nobunaga became angrier as he scolded him. He simply kicked the table away and then walked towards his ministers, scolding each one of them face to face. He went over and sprayed saliva in everyone's faces. "Bald donkeys, bald donkeys, everyone is bald donkeys! I don't know what you have to fear from bald donkeys? Do they have two heads or four hands? Their Buddhist scriptures Can you conjure iron cannons? Can you conjure swords and guns? Then what are you trying to do to persuade me?"

"Lord! Come on, Lord Buddha, you will be punished by God for speaking like this!" Akechi Mitsuhide saw Oda Nobunaga talking such nonsense, his cheeks turned red with anger, and he protested loudly, "If you don't sincerely repent, , you will fall into the eighteen levels of hell after death!"

"Who is Buddha? What is hell?" After hearing Akechi Mitsuhide's protest, Oda Nobunaga laughed angrily and loudly said in a contemptuous tone: "Buddha's power is boundless, and he was hit by two thousand iron cannons. Can I still be safe and sound? No matter how many imps there are in hell, as long as I have elite soldiers and strong generals, can't I still defeat everything? As long as I am strong enough, the Buddha will bow to me!"

"You! How dare you!" Akechi Mitsuhide was completely shocked by Oda Nobunaga's shocking words. He couldn't even use the honorific. He stretched out his trembling arms and pointed at Oda Nobunaga for a long time before saying a complete sentence. Can't even tell.

"The whole group is holding useless Buddhist scriptures and chanting them day after day, but they don't set an example. They eat fish and meat, sing and dance, get married and have children. In addition, they encourage ignorant untouchables to cause trouble and bring trouble to me out of thin air. They are all antiques from hundreds of years ago, and they believe in the same old-fashioned things." Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly, a sharp look flashed in his eyes, "Such a group of rotten people are not worthy of existing in this world. On the contrary, all those who stand in the way of Yu Tianxia's deployment of force must be eliminated, leaving no one behind!"

"Send the remaining military orders to block Hiei Mountain and burn Enryakuji Temple. The monks and men who escaped from the mountain, regardless of age, will be executed!"

"I don't follow orders!"

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As soon as Oda Nobunaga finished speaking, Akechi Mitsuhide spoke loudly and unceremoniously. Due to the excessive emotion, the tone became sharp, and there was a vague feeling that he was a woman. Standing next to Akechi Mitsuhide, Yu Qiupei My heart tightened, for fear that others would hear the flaw. However, it seemed that no one paid attention to the change in tone when Mitsuhide Akechi lost his temper. Instead, they were all worried about Mitsuhide Akechi - when Oda Nobunaga was so angry He directly contradicted Oda Nobunaga, something neither Niwa Nagahide nor Lin Xiuzhen dared to do.

"Oh?" After hearing Akechi Mitsuhide's protest, Oda Nobunaga showed a cynical smile. He slowly turned around, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Akechi Mitsuhide's bulging face and face. Heavy makeup. Just when everyone was curious about what Oda Nobunaga would say next, Oda Nobunaga, who had been smiling just now, suddenly pulled out the scabbard from his waist and stabbed Akechi hard. Mitsuhide's face was thrown away. Akechi Mitsuhide was caught off guard and was hit hard on the head, knocking him to the ground. After a while, blood began to appear on his cheeks and corners of his mouth.

"Who else will not obey the order?" Oda Nobunaga almost used the greatest strength in his life, pointed the body of Akechi Mitsuhide with the scabbard, and shouted sharply at the other retainers. Everyone was shocked at once. , staring at each other in shock, the clothes on their backs were wet with cold sweat, and they couldn't say a word.

Just when everyone was stunned, Yu Qiuping suddenly stepped out of the queue, squatted down, lifted up Akechi Mitsuhide, who was lying on the ground, and leaned in his arms.

"Don't help him!" Oda Nobunaga roared angrily again when he saw Yu Qiuping actually helping the person he just beat in front of him. However, Yu Qiuping didn't seem to hear it and was minding his own business. He took out a handkerchief and began to help Akechi Mitsuhide clean the wound.

"Oh?" Oda Nobunaga saw Yu Qiuping's performance, and smiled again on his face. He slowly raised the scabbard in his hand with his right hand, smiled at Yu Qiuping and asked: "Are you also going to disobey? "

Yu Qiuping raised his head and looked straight into the eyes without fear

Looking into Oda Nobunaga's eyes.

"There are thousands of people on the mountain. In addition to Xiao Xiao who is an enemy of the Oda family, there are also countless innocent monks and civilians."

He said this to Oda Nobunaga.

His Majesty Sena offered his life in exchange for mine because he wanted me to be a good person who could rectify the troubled times, rather than a coward who was complicit in the evil.

He said this to his heart.

The next second, as expected, the scabbard was slapped down. Then, Oda Nobunaga roared: "Get out of here, both of you!"

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That night, Yu Qiupei and Akechi Mitsuhide stood side by side in a pavilion at the foot of the mountain, watching with mixed emotions the Mount Hiei that was in flames and the Enryaku Temple that was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames. There were wailing and cries for help on the mountain, and the atmosphere was intense. The billowing smoke is so clear even at night.

There is no telling how many precious cultural relics will be destroyed in the fire, including the Nedo Hall of Mount Hiei, the Sanno 21 Shrine, the pagoda, the monk's residence, the spiritual shrine, and the sutra files, and I don't know how many innocent people will die today. In the late hell on earth.

And those who were executing the killing orders were all the Oda troops under Mitsuhide Akechi except Amakihei. In the end, they still succumbed to Oda Nobunaga's orders and massacred innocent people - they were not the first. This is the first time I have done something like this.

The distance was too far, and Yu Qiuping couldn't see the scene on the mountain clearly. He only knew that after every flickering of fire, countless innocent souls would be killed by the knife, countless children would lose their parents, and countless wives would lose their husbands. Countless monks who painstakingly studied Buddhism panicked in front of the samurai carrying bloody samurai swords.

He is no longer the young man who couldn't bear to slaughter innocent people many years ago. More than ten years of experience in troubled times have allowed him to endure pain, but it still can't make his heart numb, like the warriors who are executing orders on the mountain. He doesn't know , is it because of his kind nature, or because the education in his previous life has left a mark on him as a human being, or is it because of the expectations of people he cherishes such as Imagawa Yoshimoto, Sena Ujitoshi, Imagawa Kaede, and Takenaka Shigeharu.

Akechi Mitsuhide standing next to him did not wear heavy makeup to cover his face as usual in public, but showed his face without makeup. Because Yu Qiuping already knew the identity of her woman, there was no point in hiding it. However, she The clothes on his body are still those of a warrior. On his delicate and white face, the blood stains left by the scabbard are particularly pitiful.

"Thank you." Akechi Mitsuhide suddenly spoke softly for no reason. The voice was as thin as a mosquito. If he hadn't listened carefully, Yu Qiuping almost didn't hear it.

"Why did you say thank you suddenly?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and asked in a low voice.

"Because you stood by my side to accompany me. You are now and just now." Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes moved, he glanced at Yu Qiuping, and whispered in a low voice: "Just now in the camp, I was beaten to the point where When I was there, I was really scared. What I was afraid of was not that the master would continue to punish me and beat me. What I was afraid of was that no one but me would dare to stand up and resist such atrocities. Fortunately, you are here to let me know that I am not One person. Let me know that I am not the only warrior who sympathizes with the innocent people in the world."
Chapter completed!