Chapter 480 The old monk who knows current affairs
As a generation of eminent monks, Master Chengru's status in Japanese Buddhism is absolutely lofty, like a god-like existence.
Even those daimyo who dominate a country or even several countries will maintain a certain degree of respect when facing Mr. Shojo. Not only because Mr. Shojo’s cultivation is so profound and unpredictable that people are afraid of it, but more importantly, because of the Honganji family’s
The influence is very great in Japan.
If you are a person like the Master, you are definitely aloof and respected by thousands of people.
In the eyes of many people, such a virtuous and eminent monk would be able to face death calmly. After all, as an eminent monk, if he cannot understand life and death, he is not really an eminent monk.
The death of Feng Mo Kotaro showed how powerful Chu Yi was, and Master Zheng Ru was not a fool. The moment Feng Mo Kotaro died, Master Zheng Ru knew clearly that when facing Chu Yi, he actually had only one ending.
Master Zheng Ru asked himself that even if he tried his best, he was still no match for Chu Yi. However, in the eyes of everyone who looked at them in disbelief, a great virtuous monk suddenly bowed down to Chu Yi respectfully, with a pious look on his face.
It's like kneeling down to worship Buddha and Bodhisattvas.
"Zheng Ruyi and the Honganji family are loyal to His Highness King Wu. I sincerely ask His Highness to give the Honganji family a chance!"
Master Zhenru, who prostrated himself in front of Chu Yi, was so humble, like a hound wagging its tail begging for mercy.
Fortunately, there are other people here besides the Master Zheng Ru. If the Japanese people who regard the Master Zhen Ru as a god saw this scene, I wonder if all of them would go crazy.
It can be said that Master Zhengru's move really shocked everyone, not to mention Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and others. Even Chu Yi was momentarily confused by Master Zhengru's move. Obviously Chu Yi
Yi never thought that Master Zhenru would suddenly do this to him.
Zheng Rushang simply did not play his cards according to common sense, and it was even more inconsistent with Chu Yi's understanding of the temperament of some Japanese people.
Of course, Japanese people often have extreme temperaments, either extremely arrogant, such as Feng Mo Kotaro, who would rather drag Chu Yi to die together without considering surrender, or they have extremely low self-esteem in their hearts. Once they are beaten to dust,
You will inevitably surrender incomparably, just like the master who has attained enlightenment.
Looking down at Master Zhengru who was lying on the ground, a gleam flashed in Chu Yi's eyes. Even though the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses were stationed in front of the Shejin Kingdom, Chu Yi had been arranging people to collect intelligence about the Japanese countries.
, among which Nongben has information about the Honganji family.
For the Honganji family, a religious family that spreads all over Kinki and has great influence, if they can be conquered, to be honest, it will be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty in occupying Japan.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Chu Yi could only hear Chu Yi saying to the Master Zhengru: "In this case, I will help you."
While speaking, Chu Yi threw a red pill in front of Master Zhengru and said, "Take this pill!"
Looking at the red pill in front of him, Master Zhengru's eyes suddenly shrank. Although Chu Yi didn't say what effect this pill had, Master Zhengru was not a fool. Even if Chu Yi didn't tell him, he would have figured it out.
Find out the purpose of this pill.
Needless to say, this pill must be the poison used by Chu Yi to control him. Once he takes this poison, unless he can one day remove the poison by himself, his life will be under Chu Yi's control.
If this were the case in the past, if someone threw a piece of poison to him, it would be as if the Master kept it and slapped the person to death, then confiscated the person's house and exterminated the family, implicating the nine clans.
But when he saw the pill that Chu Yi threw to him, Master Zhengru only hesitated for a moment before he picked it up neatly and swallowed it in one gulp.
Seeing every move of Master Zhenru, Chu Yi nodded slightly and said: "Very good, since the master is so sensible, wouldn't it be too unkind if Chu didn't give the master a chance?
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Master Zheng Ru said to Chu Yi with great piety: "I am willing to serve your Highness!"
Chu Yi took a step forward and walked closer. He looked down at Zheng Rushang and said, "The governor wants you to assist our Ming soldiers and horses to invade Kyoto and destroy the Ten Kingdoms of Kinki. Are you willing?"
His body trembled slightly, and Master Zhengru said with a somewhat crazy look on his face: "The Honganji family will live up to His Highness's expectations."
At this moment, Yu Dayou, Lu Dazhu and others also gathered over. Everyone looked at Master Zhengru with a bit of contempt in their eyes.
A good witness is like the Master. Even when he is in the disdainful gazes of the crowd, he still looks calm, as if he is not aware of the disdainful gazes of the crowd.
In Settsu Province, the Miyoshi clan and the Hosokawa clan gathered together. At this moment, both the Miyoshi clan and the Hosokawa clan heads looked at the ninja in front of them with horrified expressions on their faces.
Just like these daimyo generally like to raise samurai, many daimyo also raise some ninjas.
At this moment, in front of the Miyoshi clan and the Hosokawa clan, a dusty ninja was kneeling on the ground and reporting the news to the two family heads, Hosokawa Sumimoto and Miyoshi Nagakei.
Listening to the news reported by the ninja, Hosokawa Sumimoto and Miyoshi Nagakei both had expressions of horror on their faces. Hosokawa Sumimoto stepped forward and grabbed the ninja, with a faint twinkle in his eyes.
With a look of madness, he roared: "Impossible, absolutely impossible. You are so brave. You dare to spread false news and disturb the minds of my army. Come here, drag him out, chop him into pieces and feed him to my dogs."
"Lord, have mercy on me, Lord, have mercy on me!"
Obviously, the ninja who risked his life and ran back to report the news never thought that his truthful reporting of military information would make Hosokawa Sumitomo so angry.
On the city wall, in addition to Miyoshi Nagakei and Hosokawa Sumimoto, there were also other samurai from the two families, retainers and others.
It can be said that after the words of that ninja were spoken, except for Hosokawa Sumitomo and Miyoshi Nagakei's expressions changed drastically, the other people's reactions were not much worse than Hosokawa Sumitomo's.
Hosokawa Sumitomo reacted in a timely manner, reacting almost immediately. He decisively ordered the news to be blocked and dragged the ninja down to kill him alive.
His eyes swept across the crowd, and when they felt Hosokawa Sumitomo's gaze, everyone's expressions suddenly trembled and they subconsciously looked towards Hosokawa Sumitomo.
I heard Hosokawa Sumitomo with a stunned expression on his face, not hiding the murderous intent around him and saying coldly: "What happened just now will be rotten in everyone's heart, and no one should tell it. Otherwise, don't blame me.
You’re welcome, my master.”
Suddenly, the earth shook. On the city wall, everyone from Hosokawa Sumitomo to Miyoshi Nagakei and others looked into the distance. At first glance, everyone showed a look of horror on their faces, and their mouths were full of torment.
He couldn't help but sigh: "Here he comes!"
A vast, black mass of troops and horses roared towards them. It was Chu Yi who dispatched Sun Li and Zhao Tong to join Chang Kui. More than 20,000 troops and horses appeared at the foot of Xishan City.
Settsu Kingdom has more than just Nishiyama Castle, there are several large and small cities. Although the other cities are not as good as the core city of Settsu Kingdom, those cities can more or less play a role in delaying the Great Tomb Soldiers.
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Ordinarily, if those towns were to resist, they would not be able to delay the Heavenly Soldiers for a day or two, instead of attacking the city so quickly.
It has to be said that when the Master of Honganji Temple took the initiative to persuade those who were defending the city to surrender, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty really did not appear under Xishan Castle so quickly.
The high status of the Master Zheng Ru was really unexpected. Whenever Master Zheng Ru entered the city, all the defenders surrendered. It can be said that along the way, the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses were basically
They captured several towns without using a single shot or a sword, and arrived at Xishan City two days later than planned.
Looking at the motionless mountain-like elite soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty below, Miyoshi Changqing and Hosokawa Sumitomo looked at each other, and their eyes were full of shock. Whether it was the equipment or the spirit of the soldiers, there was almost no comparison between the two sides.
It can be said that what Sanhao Changqing and the others rely on is this Xishan City that is three to four feet high.
Once Nishiyama Castle is breached, it means that all the senior officials of Settsu Kingdom have fallen, and Settsu Kingdom will be destroyed without any attack.
Just as the two sides were confronting each other, a figure slowly walked out from the Ming army. He was dressed in Buddhist attire. When this man slowly spoke, all the Japanese people on the city wall were stunned.
Master Zheng Ru had a look of compassion on his face, as if the Buddha was pitying the common people, and he slowly said: "Sanhao-kun, Hosokawa-kun, the sword has no eyes, it can only cause killings, but it is still causing killings, stop it!"
Although it was difficult for everyone to accept the news they had just received that the above man had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but now they saw that the other party had become a lackey of the Ming Dynasty, and they dared to come forward and ask them to surrender.
"No, I absolutely cannot let him continue to speak or shoot arrows. Shoot him to death!"
Many of those soldiers were believers of the Master. When they suddenly saw the Master, they were really dumbfounded. Now when they heard Hosokawa Sumitomo ordering the Master to be shot, these soldiers were stunned.
He was motionless and showed no intention of drawing his bow and arrow towards the Master.
Seeing the reactions of these soldiers, both Hosokawa Sumimoto and Miyoshi Nagakei felt chills in their hearts. The two looked at each other and immediately shouted to the samurai raised by the family: "What are you doing standing still? It's not fast."
Go ahead and shoot this bald donkey on the spot."
The soldiers might not dare to take action against the Master because of his prestige among the people, but these warriors were different.
In the eyes of these warriors, the only person they want to be loyal to is their family master. As for the virtuous and eminent monk who said the above is true, to be honest, these warriors have never been interested.
As these family warriors took action, dozens of arrows were fired at Master Zhenru.
Master Zhengru strode forward with his hands clasped together, as if there was an invisible aura surrounding his body, and the arrows that were shot fell to the ground one by one as they approached Master Zhengru.
"The demon monk deserves to be killed!"
"Get the hand cannon and shoot him to death!"
Miyoshi Changqing couldn't help but shouted angrily when he saw this situation.
Hand cannon is a name for firecrackers in the land of Japan, but the firecrackers themselves extremely test the skills of craftsmen. The land of Japan itself lacks iron ore, so refined iron is extremely rare. Even if there are craftsmen who can make firecrackers
However, it has been difficult to scale it up.
However, the Mihaoshi family gathered dozens of elite warriors and rushed out one by one holding guns. Then, from a high position, they placed the gun barrels on the city wall and pointed them at Master Zhengru below.
"kill"
As Mihao Changqing shouted angrily, firecrackers roared suddenly, and firecrackers exploded loudly. The scene under the city wall could not even be seen clearly in the smoke.
A puff of wind blew past, the smoke dissipated, and the scene under the city wall appeared in everyone's sight.
When they saw the figure standing under the city wall, everyone couldn't help but marvel at it. If it was just an arrow, that would be fine. But now facing a bunch of firecrackers, the evidence is as follows.
Still safe and sound.
I witnessed that as the Master waved his cassock, he heard a clatter of lead bullets falling to the ground.
Miyoshi Changqing couldn't help but shrink his eyes when he saw this half-conscious person, with a look of horror on his face. He was obviously shocked by Master Zhenru's methods.
Even though he knew that the master Zheng Ru was quite strong, he never thought that the master Zheng Ru could catch the lead bullets fired from the fire cannon with his bare hands.
Among the army, Sun Li, Zhao Tong and Chang Kui were riding on their horses, watching Master Zhengru from a distance, but they never expected that Master Zhengru would be attacked by a group of people on the city wall.
You must know that with Master Zheng Ru leading the way, almost every city was captured easily without encountering any resistance at all. Those people respected Master Zheng Ru as if they were gods.
Seeing Master Zhengru falling into the siege of the defenders, Chang Kui showed a bit of a sneer on his lips and said lightly: "You two, just plunder the formation for me, and I will lead the troops to attack first."
While talking, Chang Kui did not wait for Sun Li. Zhao Tong had no reaction. He immediately pulled his horse away and shouted, "Soldiers, follow my general to attack the city!"
Immediately, the exciting drumbeats sounded. Encouraged by the drumbeats, Ming Dynasty, who was full of fighting spirit, pushed the siege vehicles and carried the ladders towards Xishan City one by one as if they had been pumped.
"Namo Amitabha!"
When Master Zhengru saw Chang Kui leading the army roaring towards him, he narrowed his eyes, paused his feet, and stood up from the ground. He stepped on the city wall and soared into the sky.
"No, stop him quickly, stop him!"
After noticing Master Zhengyu's actions, Miyoshi Nagakei, Hosokawa Sumimoto and other senior executives of the two families immediately realized Master Zhengyu's intentions, and their expressions changed drastically.
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