Volume 6 Enlisting people to hear the Luocheng flute in the air, Chapter 793, the human world
On November 14, the seventh year of Tianzheng (1579), the attack on Shishan Yufang officially kicked off. Yu Qiuping personally sat outside the south gate and followed Yu Qiu Shang's Nirvana to attack a branch city of Shishan Yufang.
The wall of the branch city is not high, the defenses are not complete, and there is not even a moat. If the Red Leaf Army wanted to attack with the same intensity as the Uesugi Army's city in Hokuriku Road, it would probably take less than two hours to fall. However, Yu Qiuping did not
He did not want to pay too many casualties, and had always been very repulsive to the strategy of letting soldiers invade the city. Therefore, he planned to complete the siege with artillery cover. In the area near the sea in the West City, the naval guns of the Red Leaf Fleet would perform the cover.
Mission. In Nancheng, each reserve team conducting siege will be equipped with an artillery battery prepared by Jingzhe.
Under the cover of 16 artillery pieces from the third company of Jingzhe Bei and 3 artillery pieces from Nirvana Bei, Nirvana Bei's auxiliary soldiers pushed several iron rams and slowly moved towards the city gate. The monk soldiers at the head of the city tried to fight back with iron cannons.
, but under the suppression of nearly 20 artillery pieces, there was no chance to fire, and the top of the city was also hit with rubble and smoke flying.
As the Iron Chong chariot got closer and closer to the city, many followers of the Yixiang Sect began to attack from the top of the city. They held up rolling stones and wood, chanted the Buddha's name loudly, stood up without fear of gunfire, and attacked the chariot.
Go. Their movements are very obvious, and their bodies are exposed to the parapet for too long. They are easily hit by artillery and iron cannons. Even stray bullets and shrapnel can kill them. Large numbers of believers were beaten as soon as they stood up.
Death, only a small number of lucky people can throw down the rolling stone - it still has no effect on the car.
"It's useless." Yu Qiuping observed the situation at the top of the city with a telescope - the wall stacks above the city gate were stained red with blood. However, in his field of vision, believers from Honganji Temple kept getting up, two or three
Everyone worked together to lift the wood and tried to throw it down the city. They were not so lucky. Yu Qiuping saw with his own eyes that the two believers were hit by a cannonball as soon as they got up, and they were suddenly blown to pieces. But they
After falling down, three more believers immediately lifted up the blood-stained wood and tried to throw it down the city. They were mumbling something, and Yu Qiuping was already familiar with it and could guess what they were saying from the vague shape of their mouths -
- "Namo Amitabha". These three people were immediately shot to death by iron gunners, and the wood fell to the top of the city again. However, two more believers stood up suddenly, picked up the wood and threw it down the city. This
This time they finally succeeded. The wood fell vertically and hit the battering ram, making a "bang" sound. However, the battering ram on the ram was still working non-stop. The two who had just completed their work
The lucky ones were immediately shot to death, and one of them seemed to be just a child.
Yu Qiuping frowned and put down the telescope, unwilling to continue watching the killings at the top of the city. The followers of the Yixiang Sect are not afraid of death at all. For them, dying for the Dharma Master is the meaning of life. For this kind of army, it is basically
Without the ability to endure casualties, their morale will not collapse at all - is there only one way to kill them all?
It was under this desperate fighting method that piles of wood and rolling stones were thrown down, and the monk soldiers also had the opportunity to fire back after the believers attracted their attention. Yu Qiuping saw in disbelief that a car
The iron ram was smashed by such persistent impact, and the auxiliary soldiers who were fleeing were knocked down from behind by the monk soldiers of Honganji Temple.
Nirvana Bei was now in big trouble. If he wanted to continue to attack the city, he had to move the ruins of the ram that collapsed in place. So, several waves of auxiliary soldiers pushed a ram forward and used the ram to
Block the bullets. After they rushed to the extreme distance, they immediately ran out from under the assault vehicle holding a shield, desperately trying to push away the broken assault vehicle. The Yixiang Sect believers at the head of the city immediately began to attack with their lives again,
He kept getting up and throwing rocks at the auxiliary soldiers. Nirvana Bei's auxiliary soldiers suffered huge casualties before finally removing the ruins of the charging car, allowing the new charging car to continue to attack.
In this way, the monotonous sacrifice was repeated until the blood on the wall stacks had flowed along the outer wall to the ground, and Nirvana Bei finally opened the door. By this time, the number of damaged vehicles had reached 5 - this is
What the well-equipped Miyoshi Army and the strong Anwada Castle could not accomplish was now accomplished by this dilapidated small branch city and a bunch of believers in ragged clothes and poorly equipped equipment.
Nirvana entered the city after breaking through the door and tried to capture the city wall. However, the followers of the Ichigo sect stood on the stairs, almost using their lives to block the progress of the Hongye army. They spent their time here, but gave Ninomaru's monk soldiers peace of mind.
The opportunity for shooting. The vanguard of the Hongye Army suffered heavy losses and had to temporarily withdraw from the city. Yu Qiu Shang then ordered that the three artillery pieces of Nirvana Bei be directly replaced with shotguns. After loading, they were pushed into the city through the city gate.
The Ichijo disciples on the stairs on both sides fired almost face-to-face bombardments, finally opening up a bloody path. The iron gunners of Nirvana Bei rushed to the Sannomaru city wall and started shooting at the monk soldiers on the Ninomaru.
The followers of the Ichigo Sect launched a counterattack towards the city gate like a tide. They fell one after another under the hail of bullets from Nirvana Bei, and blood flowed in the streets. Nirvana Bei gradually found the secret and locked the attack target of the iron cannon.
Those monk soldiers who use iron cannons. As long as those who use iron cannons are killed, the damage received by the well-armored Red Leaf Army will be minimized.
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After fighting all morning, Nirvana finally took control of the city. Although there were not many casualties, that was because there were too few monk soldiers with iron cannons in the city. If the number of monk soldiers doubled, then these people would not be willing to die.
Under the cover of believers, the Hongye Army's casualties may increase several times.
After Nirvana Bei took control of the whole city, the remaining monks and hundreds of believers hid in a neighborhood and fought with trapped beasts. After a siege, very few believers surrendered, and most of the captured people were
He was injured, knocked unconscious or exhausted. Yu Qiuping led his guards into the city, and frowned more and more when he looked at the piles of corpses of Yixiang sect members and the blood everywhere in the streets and alleys that had not yet been cleaned up.
"They are all common people." Yu Qiuping could tell by just looking at the faces and palms of the corpses that they were all farmers. In addition to men, there were also many old people, women, and children. Yu Qiuping even looked at the corpses.
I saw a pregnant woman with a big belly in the pile.
"The monks of Honganji Temple are not human beings." Yu Qiuping's voice was cold and biting. He had not felt so angry for a long time. He led his people to the hundreds of believers who were still resisting in the city, and met Yu who was commanding the siege.
Autumn mourning.
"Father." Yu Qiu Shang, who had not yet ordered the attack, explained in a low voice, "They are all common people. Now that the whole city is under control, there is no need to continue fighting."
"What about persuading surrender?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"They refused." Yu Qiu Shang shook his head.
"What if we let them leave?" Yu Qiuping said in a different way, "If you don't force them to surrender, then send an envoy."
"Your Highness, are you going to do this again?" Amano Jingde, who was following Yu Qiuping, said in a cold voice, "Has your Highness seen how fiercely these believers resisted? Now they are desperate, and it's just a matter of a few hundred projectiles to eliminate them.
.If we put them back in Shishan City and try to eliminate them again, it may cost the lives of hundreds of soldiers."
"The next priority is to attack the city, and the highest priority is to attack the heart." Yu Qiuping looked at Amano Keide, lowered his head and explained, "I will order the Oda army on all fronts to release all the prisoners, and then you let the ninjas of Crow sneak in and secretly go to Shishan City.
Promote the new doctrine I proposed in Kii and disrupt the military morale of Honganji Temple."
"It won't have much effect, Your Highness. The Master of Honganji Temple appears in the city. His Highness's previous random new teachings were able to succeed because Kii was high and the Emperor was far away, and people's hearts were not unified. Now that the Master is here,
If he wants to suppress the rumors, it is as easy as looking at the lines on the palm of his hand." The crow that Amano Keitoku had just flown to eat the corpse flew back at some point, Amano Keitoku stretched out his hand, and the crow landed on Amano Keitoku's arm.
Yu Qiuping glanced at the blood coming out of the crow's beak and pursed his lips slightly.
"Let's give it a try." Yu Qiuping took a long breath, and then took the tin trumpet from the guard. After arranging various matters, he hid behind a wall and shouted to the stubborn believers.
road.
"Fathers and fellow villagers, I am Yuqiu Hongye, from the Ming Dynasty. I don't want to be your enemy. I just hope you can understand one thing - your Dharma Master has been deceived! The true teachings of the Pure Land are not at all
In this way, believers only need to have the Buddha in their hearts to be reborn in the Pure Land, without going to the battlefield at all! How could the Buddha pray for peace in the world, and hope that you kill people and set fires? How could the Buddha save such people? They are all monks in Honganji Temple.
They deceived superiors and concealed inferiors, and tampered with the doctrine. I am from the Ming Dynasty, and I have seen the original doctrine of Jodo Shinshu, which is justification by faith!"
"I'm letting you go now without embarrassing you. I have no intention of doing anything to the people! I hope that when you go back, you can persuade your companions and let them see the true face of Honganji Temple!"
After Yu Qiuping said that, he signaled Yu Qiu Shang to give the order. After Nirvana Bei's reserve flag was waved a few times, the encirclement gradually dispersed. The believers were still heavily guarded and moved cautiously and tentatively, making sure that the Red Leaf Army would not
After the attack, they ran out quickly and ran back to the direction of Honganji Temple. Amano Keitoku had already arranged a detailed plan, and they would wait for an opportunity to sneak in after the crowd became confused.
After everything was completed, Yu Qiuping stood up and watched the believers leave. At some point, Amano Jingde walked behind Yu Qiuping.
"You also know in your heart that those words just now are not convincing." Amano Jingde pierced Yu Qiuping's thoughts with a cold voice, "You also know that no one will really wake up after hearing what you said."
"Yeah." Yu Qiuping admitted honestly.
"You have made so many arrangements, but you just can't bear to do anything to the people." Amano Jingde sighed and looked at Yu Qiuping meaningfully, "After so many years, you are still the same."