Chapter 411 Kyoto (8)
At 2 noon, after ordering Sakuma Nobunaga to lead his troops to the south of Kyoto, he personally led the main force to reach the south of Kyoto. After an hour of rectification, the Northern Alliance Army finally barely restored most of the system and had the ability to fight. They surrounded Kyoto from the south and the east. Apart from the casualties that were reduced in one morning, the total number of coalition forces besieged Kyoto reached 11 ooo warriors. After a hard fight in Kyoto, the Miyo family that was defending in Kyoto also suffered a great loss, leaving only the generals and 4 ooo warriors.
Since Kyoto itself is not suitable for defense, both the Kyoto Imperial Hall where the Emperor and the Miyaki, or the Sento Imperial Hall where the abdicated Emperor live, only have simple walls. Although the Emperor has been seized for hundreds of years, his position in the hearts of the Japanese has always been sacred and inviolable. Even the most fierce samurai dare not be too rude to the Emperor. Therefore, in recent years, every time a war is encountered near Kyoto, everyone will try to avoid the Emperor's residence.
However, this time, the Miyo family seemed to have decided to resist to the end. On the grounds of fierce battles, Miyoshi Yoshi sent people to invite the Emperor and the Miyoshi from the Kyoto Imperial Office, the Sento Imperial Office and other places, and sent them to the Seungami Shrine two miles away to the west for refuge. He led his army to the Kyoto Iwasaki Tomoto and Miyoshi Changyi to enter the Sento Imperial Office and prepare to defend Kyoto.
Miyoshi Yoshiki's resolute attitude made Oda Nobunaga a little confused. If the main force and auxiliary soldiers of the Miyoshi family had retreated long ago, they would not have had to work so hard? Or, the order given to them by Miyoshi Nagaki was to do their best to hold Oda's army and buy time for the main force to return to the army to quell the rebellion of Shizu.
However, Oda Nobunaga, like Miyoshi Yoshi, is also a fearless master. Since Miyoshi Yoshi Yoshi dares to offend the world and alarm the Emperor and occupy the palace to guard the palace, he dares to attack the palace directly!
After receiving the order of Oda Nobunaga to attack the Kyoto Imperial Office and the Sento Imperial Office, the coalition forces were in an uproar. Because the coalition forces were not clear, Miyoshi Yoshi had sent the Emperor and Miyoshi Yoshi outside the Kyoto, they thought Miyoshi Yoshi Yoshi had held the Emperor and Miyoshi and were in charge of the palace. The soldiers were fierce and dangerous. If they hurt the Emperor during the war, no one could bear the burden. Not only did they have to apologize, but the family could not escape the disaster.
Asai Nagamasa, who has always been full of justice, was the first to be furious when he received the order. He was sitting on the stone pier to rest. After hearing the order, he almost jumped up and chopped the stone pier in half with a knife. At the same time, he roared at Oda Nobunaga's messenger: "What are your Highness Oda thinking? We samurai exists to protect the emperor. How can we do such a ruthless thing? We refuse to accept such an order!"
The old ministers of the Oda family, including Shibata Katsuya, Ninoha Nagahide, and others also opposed Oda Nobunaga's exaggerated orders and persuaded Oda Nobunaga to think twice. Akichi Mitsuhide even suggested that Oda Nobunaga invite him from his own formation and the old Ashikaga Yoshiki, who had both the Miyoshi family and the Emperor, to mediate, and requested Miyoshi Yoshiki to withdraw from the palace. If it really didn't work, it would be necessary to let Miyoshi Yoshiki send the Emperor and the Miyoshiki out to start the war.
However, the hesitation and disobedience of the crowd made Oda Nobunaga, who was already in a very unhappy today, furious. He was so upset that he ordered his own samurai and direct-level warriors to attack the Kyoto Imperial Office. Although these Oda Nobunaga's direct-level troops could not refuse to execute the order, they were reluctant to attack. Even the young men who were not afraid of being afraid of the day were reluctant to fight. The battle lasted for two quarters of an hour, but the Oda family did not make any progress.
In desperation, Oda Nobunaga had to compromise and sent Akichi Mitsuhide to the Kyoto Imperial Office to negotiate with Miyoyo Yoshiki. However, after the two armies joined in, they realized that Miyoyo Yoshiki had already sent the Emperor and Miyoyo Yoshiki away. Oda Nobunaga, who felt that he was fooled, was furious again, and immediately ordered the entire coalition army to attack fiercely. Without psychological burden, the Miyoyo army gradually became difficult to stop. The Xiandong Imperial Office fell short of six minutes, and the defenders retreated to the Kyoto Imperial Office for the final resistance. The roads in the Kyoto area were complex and the terrain was narrow. The Odori Alliance could not deploy its troops well, giving the Miyoyo army the opportunity to persevere.
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At the same time, after a long period of hard battle, Yu Qiuhei and Mino finally repelled Miyoshi Yoshikyu and regained Okazaki Shrine. After Miyoshi Yoshikyu retreated to Ginkakuji Temple, Mino and the other two were unwilling to pursue them again, but directly followed the road that Oda Nobunagakuji Army had taken. After all, capturing Ginkakuji Temple was nothing, but entering Kyoto was a great honor.
Yu Qiuping's subordinates also invited him to fight. Yu Qiuping is not a traditional Japanese samurai and does not have such a strong sense of honor, but his subordinates are different. Yoshikazu Katsumasa, Mimaezaki Nakahide and others almost grind Yu Qiuping's ears out of calluses and kept urging him to enter Kyoto.
Oda Nobunaga even sent a messenger to order the 5oooo auxiliary soldiers in the coalition's main formation to carry a large amount of baggage to Kyoto along the route of the Northern Army's march. He believed that Kyoto would be captured soon and that the rectification work would be started, and auxiliary soldiers would be indispensable.
Seeing that even the auxiliary soldiers were about to enter Beijing and he was still staying in the Okazaki Shrine, the dissatisfaction of Takababa's subordinates burst into pieces. Although Yu Qiuhei had no intention of attacking, he had to follow the wishes of his subordinates and prepare to advance to Kyoto.
However, just before he was about to leave, dozens of sneaky people were riding horses and slipping in from the south gate of the Okazaki Shrine. Yu Qiuhei frowned and chased the guards around him. When he arrived, the leader was the young surname who escaped from Nijo Castle a few days ago to report to the coalition forces that he was Ashikaga Yoshiei's death. He was leading dozens of people holding shovels and digging something there.
"Who are you?" Yu Qiuping frowned and asked with some dissatisfaction. Long Zi and others behind him were also drawn out of their sheaths, looking at the dozens of people with great vigilance.
The dozens of people turned their heads when they heard the sound. They saw a man wearing a red leaf shawl with more than a dozen guards with red leaves on their helmets. They immediately recognized that this was Yu Qiuping.
"Your Highness Hongye." The young surname leading the leader replied respectfully: "The lower class is the devotional public in the Gongfang Palace."
"Why do you come here by the public? If you don't stay in our own camp to protect the general, why do you run to the front line?" Yu Qiuhei asked even more dissatisfiedly after realizing that this was Ashikaga Yoshihiro's subordinate.
Due to the bad relationship between Yu Qiuhei and Ashikaga Yoshiki, the dozens of people also had deep hostility towards Yu Qiuhei. Among them, more than a dozen people simply continued to shovel the soil, and another snorted coldly: "Where is the front line here? Kyoto is the front line. Hang our Gongfang Temple behind and cut it."
"Why are you talking to His Highness Hongye?" A guard next to Yu Qiuping was furious and shouted to the public.
"What is His Highness Hongye? Just a person who came here, what is his attitude towards Gongfang Palace? Which onion did he think he was?" The conscientious public seemed quite tough, as if he felt that Yu Qiuping did not dare to take the people around the general, and he said back with his waist.
However, almost the next moment, a cold light flashed, and two loud "bang" sounds heard, the Feng Public's body was smashed on his chest and fell off. The one who took action was Honda Tadao who was holding the giant gun and slashed. He slashed the Feng Public's body with a clear and neat slashed, and directly smashed the Feng Public's body. At the same time, the heavy Longhorn Tadao even beat the stone slab at the foot of Honda Tadao into powder because Honda Tadao did not stop his strength.
The public suddenly had a look of earth, and the public around him were stunned. Honda Tadao slowly raised his dragonfly, pointed at the mouth of the public who spoke rudely, and looked at him with a cold look. The public suddenly had his legs weak, and kowtowed to Yu Qiuping to apologize.
Yu Qiuping ignored this clown at all, but asked directly to the little surname: "What are you doing here?"
"We are here to find the tomb of the pseudo-general. We cannot let this traitor die!" The little surname replied truthfully. Yu Qiuping noticed that there was a tombstone standing where they dug, which seemed to be where Ashikaga Yoshiei was buried. And after the dozen or so public shouted surprises, a coffin was lifted out of the pit and the lid was lifted open.
Yu Qiuping subconsciously turned his face away and was unwilling to see Ashikaga Yoshie's body. "No matter what, the dead are the most important. Digging someone else's grave like this is not done by a gentleman."
However, these people are the general's deployment, and Yu Qiuping doesn't care about how they are. It's almost done when he taught a lesson just now. Just when Yu Qiuping was about to take people away and lead Takababa to Kyoto, Uchiha Aoka's voice suddenly rang beside him.
"Your Highness." Uchiha Aoka's always cold and calm voice vaguely trembled a little. Yu Qiuping heard the wrong voice, and his heart suddenly raised his heart and asked in a low voice: "Qiangoka, what's wrong?"
Uchiha Aoka looked at Yu Qiuhei, then signaled Yu Qiuhei to see Ashikaga Yoshiei's slightly rotten corpse, and at the same time, he lowered his voice and said:
"From the corpse, this person did not die of illness, but was killed by poisoning."
Yu Qiuping felt that the blood in his body was frozen instantly, and an ominous premonition spread throughout his body. He had not yet figured out what the matter of Ashikaga Yoshiei being poisoned, but he vaguely felt that the disaster was coming.
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Almost at the same time, wolf smoke slowly ignited in the direction of Kyoto.
In the Toji Temple group a few miles southwest of Kyoto and Nijo Castle, which is where Akichi Mitsuhide reminded him that the army could be hidden, Miyoko Nagaki was sitting on a pavilion, staring at the card game in front of him. Since Yu Qiuhei taught him the game of Soha many years ago, he has been immersed in this way, and sometimes he would gamble with himself alone and bet for a whole morning.
"Brother, the signal is here. The second brother can no longer guard the Kyoto Imperial Office." Ichizumi, who was standing beside him, saw Miyoyo Changqing seemingly indulging in a gambling game and did not notice the wolf smoke. He spoke in a muffled voice and reminded him.
At this time, Sanhao Changqing was staring at the bet in front of him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth for some reason. He raised his eyebrows and slowly held his last block card with his right hand. In his mouth, he muttered:
"Come on, Nobunaga."
Then, a glimmer flashed in his eyes and he suddenly opened the card. The crisp sound of the wooden card hitting the table broke the tranquility on the pavilion.
Chapter completed!