Chapter 436. The desperation of that moment
The end of prosperity is often destruction, and the city of Kyoto, which has been prosperous for several years, cannot escape this cycle.
In the silent night sky, one, two, and three fires were lit one after another, and the sweet dreams were also broken by screams one after another, and the characteristics of the earthquakes in the Wa Kingdom made most of the buildings wooden, which was simply a hotbed of raging flames, and in just half an hour, six fires rose in the surging heart of the Wa Kingdom.
The fire also brought unprecedented fear, the residents near the fire area fled like headless flies, and the only force to maintain law and order in Kyoto was the Toyotomi 3rd and 4th Corps of Rokubolo, but Katagiri Nashin was restrained, a large number of officers were assassinated, and a message for help like snowflakes was sent to Rokubolo, but it could only be put aside under the smug smile of Lord Liao.
The defense was significantly curtailed.
Worthy of being Yuan Chonghuan's students, even a group of rabble were controlled by Kunimatsumaru in an orderly manner, some were responsible for containment, some were responsible for assassination, and some were responsible for creating chaos, and the main force was unimpeded along the spacious and straight main street of Kyoto, one by one ronin half-bald moon took the lead and walked forward, one by one the katana was upside down in his hand, and the tip of the knife dragging on the road left deep scratches, and the blade of the knife reflected the killing intent of Sen Ran under the light of the firelight.
"No ...... here, the head of the family !!"
During the march, suddenly a team of six Polo guards with spears ran out of the alley, shouting loudly, but the sentence was not finished, and the soldiers in front of him screamed out in disbelief, Kunimatsumaru advocated Cheng Zhu Lixue, often walked around the city, and there were many people who knew him.
However, today's Kunimatsumaru is by no means the humble and polite head of the Toyotomi family in the past, in the shocked expressions of the guards, a smile with a rich murderous smile appeared on his handsome face, with a hint of pleasure, Kunimatsumaru raised his fingers lightly.
"Kill!"
The long knife rounc, and with the clatter of blades into the flesh, large pools of blood splattered out and splattered onto the fire-filled walls. Hundreds of ronins blocked the corner, slashing at the still wriggling flesh, as if tasting the finest wine, Kunimatsumaru licked his lips strangely.
The taste of life and death is so sweet! No wonder Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeda Shingen, and now Mao Jue, all jump out one by one to strive to be the people of the world! Now, it's finally my turn to Toyotomi Hidenaga......
Wrong! It's her turn! This world should have been hers! Now, let me take it back!! eyes suddenly flashed with tenderness! Pulling out his waist knife suddenly, the little head of Toyotomi swung forward with great enthusiasm.
"Onward! Rescue His Majesty the Emperor!"
The six armies are all vegetarian, and they are angry at the crown! The love and hatred of Shanhaiguan have not happened, but this scene is really staged in Kyoto.
Sasha's footsteps were hurried, and a large number of killers were carrying swords and moving quickly, less than half an hour, since the Tang Dynasty was built, the ancient and solemn Heianjing Palace wall came into view under the reflection of the skyrocketing fire, and the frenzy was also burning more and more in the pupils of Kunimatsumaru, but at this time, the fast-paced team actually stopped abruptly.
There is only one person and one sword who stops the team!
"Kunimatsumaru, that's enough! Don't make any more noise! ”
Lifting the three-foot Qingfeng, the wide robe was rolling and fluttering in the gale, and the firelight shone on his face, but Yuan Chonghuan did not have a trace of killing intent, some were just helpless and bitter, and he shook his head with difficulty at the former student at the front of the team.
"Teacher, you're going to stop me too?"
Equally shocked, Kunimatsumaru's face distorted, and he roared like a madman.
"The husband is in the world, loyal to the king, and worthy of the people of the country, isn't it what you taught your students? Now the students have changed their ways, put an end to the chaos of more than 700 years, and rebuild a polite place! The monarch and the ministers are in order, the political communication and the Fusang like the Ming Dynasty are tonight, why do you want to stop me, teacher? ”
"Are those sages you taught me! Are all those small words false? ”
This banquet was like thunder in Yuan Chonghuan's ears, once upon a time, he was also enthusiastic to carry a three-foot sword, for the court and the people to sweep away this stubborn disease in Liaodong, and destroy those demons who devoured the living! But when did this dream shatter? Under the Jingshi City, the cold shackles of the Jinyi Guard? Or in the tranquil days of the first village on the Dongjiang River?
Once Emperor Chongzhen's tired but expectant expression, Chiyoji was full of youthful and innocent smiles, the neighbors in the village who were sunrise and sunset, the remnants of the sun were like blood, and the battlefield was full of gunsmoke, scenes flowed through his mind, bowing his head, Yuan Chonghuan was silent.
Seeing him like this, Toyotomi Kunimatsumaru didn't say a word, held his long knife high, and was the first to bypass him, rushing towards the closed one, following him closely, the ronin samurai immersed in bushido was like a carp crossing the river.
Seeing that Miyagi was close at hand, the girl who was waiting for him behind the city seemed to be within reach, and when she called out a burst of firelight, she suddenly illuminated the city gate, and countless torches were opened from the city wall.
And in front of the towering castle gate tower, is it not the little emperor of Ming Zheng or which?
Dressed in a majestic imperial robe, with beautiful long hair like a flying dragon and a phoenix, and delicate cheeks full of majesty under the firelight, this scene, how many times has it appeared in a dream, and now it really appears in front of me, and the Kunimatsumaru who saw it was a little stupid for a while!
Staggered two steps forward, his hands stretched forward violently, and Kunimatsumaru shouted in a daze.
"Xingzi! I'm coming! Asong is here! I'm here to pick you up!"
The promise of the Kingdom of God seemed to be within reach, and the samurai ronin who followed were also excited, fanatically holding up their katanas, but Heaven and Hell were only a thin line apart, and in the next second, the whole situation changed with Mingzheng's words!
The pain that trembled on his cheeks flashed, his lips opened slightly, and the murderous words suddenly burst out of the little emperor's mouth.
"Rebels and thieves! Everybody gets it! Spread the Divine Decree! Kill!"
"Kill !!"
The arrows like the flying locusts fell messily in an instant, and the ronin, who were still waiting for the emperor's approval, looked in disbelief at the trembling arrow shafts on their chests between their open arms, and it was not only the flying arrows that killed people, but also the collapse of faith at that moment! Cheng Zhu Lixue, Ye Yin's spirit supported the belief that he would return to power the emperor and rebuild the ancient order of etiquette and religion, but the emperor they wanted to rescue was personally denounced as rebellious ministers and thieves and ordered them to be killed! It doesn't get much more devastating than this!
On the edge of the team, many hot-headed, noble children who participated in the rebellion simply threw their knives and fled backwards in hesitation, an old banner burst into tears, and simply knelt on the ground, and the sharp ribs stabbed into his stomach, picking out the bloody internal organs, but the biggest blow was Kunimatsumaru, the rain of arrows in the sky seemed to be blind, kneeling in front of the palace gate, he muttered in disbelief.
"Why? Why !!"
The prince saved the princess, and the two lived sweetly together, all of this was just a fairy tale, and in Kunimatsumaru's shocked and desperate eyes, Akimasa turned away without mercy, and the brilliant figure of the holy flame faintly disappeared from his eyes.
But what Kunimatsumaru didn't see was that the moment he turned around, a few tears slowly crossed the corners of his eyes.
On the back of the Miyagi Tower, like all the villains who can't see the light, Mao Jue, who was wearing a Jiangnan scholar lupine scarf, was holding his arms and climbing on the wall with one foot, waiting quietly, and when he walked in front of him, Ming Zheng had already wiped away his tears and bent down slightly to him with an expressionless face.
"Da Xian, are you satisfied?"
"Don't worry, Mao's reputation is one of the best, in the future, the offerings of the eastern and western kingdoms will be one-tenth of the royal family, and when Your Majesty wants to marry in the future, Dongjiang will give your Majesty a dowry that satisfies Your Majesty after all!"
"No, I just want to be quiet and say goodbye now!"
Dragging the robe, still with that indifferent face, the little emperor walked down the steps of the palace gate quietly, but before he went to the bottom, Mao Jue still saw her head lowered suddenly, and Mao Jue, who was watching with violently shrugged shoulders, shook his head helplessly again.
"It's another story where love can't beat bread!"
"So I have to get moving, make a basket of bread, and raise my girls to moisturize them!"
Moving his hands and feet, lying on the wall of the palace city, Mao Jue hummed with enthusiasm.
Below, the swarming Donglin warriors had already scattered out in a messy manner, while the six polos and the children of the Gong clan who had been hidden for a long time were frantically chasing and killing with knives, and the streets were full of murderous sounds.
Kunimatsu Maru, who couldn't be robbed, had disappeared at this time.
To tell the truth, Guo Songmaru played very beautifully, he was devoted to reading and doing learning, and secretly passed on the Cheng Zhu Lixue cult to develop his power, and the aggressive hostility was manifested on himself, so that Yuan Chonghuan's eyes were more focused on himself, and he ignored the Jiangnan scholars who ran errands for him, he was already a semi-successful conspirator.
It's a pity that he met Mao Jue! Mao Jue, who has suffered a lot in Hangzhou, Jiangnan, no longer dares to underestimate anyone! Scholars who don't know each other can still do this to him, let alone the head of the Toyotomi family who is fighting for power?
has been pretending to be deaf and dumb, but it is just Mao Jue's plan to cast a net, only a thousand days to be a thief, no thousand days to prevent thieves! This trip to unify the country is too smooth, after all, it needs to shed some blood to add some embellishment to Mao's achievements.
Kyoto, Rokuboro!
Looking at the firelight from afar, the corners of Lord Liao's mouth still appeared proud, probably not to prevent the window from being slammed open by two heavy objects, in a hurry, several scholars on guard directly pulled the trigger, and the crossbow arrows shot out, but in the crackling sound, they were all shot on the shield.
More doors were slammed open, and the black-clothed ninjas who rushed in grabbed one by one, and went out with those Jiangnan scholars who wanted to be angry, and while being dragged away, Lord Liao was still shouting heartbreakingly.
"You can't arrest me, I'm a cronie of the head of the Toyotomi family! I'm still a Akito! Akito!"
"I'm sorry, the lord only recognizes Dongjiang people!"
With a cruel smile in his triangular eyes, and a loud click of beheading outside, Mao Jue's most loyal dog in the Wa Kingdom, and Inoue Teng, the lord of Nagasaki Domain, smiled and reached out to help Katagiri Nashin, the commander of the regiment who was stabbed in the stomach.
"Katagiri-sama! Makes you laugh! Now that the chaos in the city is arrogant, it has disturbed the holy driver, Lord Yuan hopes to suppress the chaos quickly, I don't know if you can hold on? ”
If you can't hold on, you have to hold on! Covering his wounds, the old flag nodded weakly.
"The last general is going to transfer troops!"
With the addition of Rokuboro, the situation in Kyoto has once again come to a major reversal.
More than a dozen ninjas dressed in black were still setting fires, and a large number of shouts of killing behind them rang out, and they turned back in shock, and the dense Japanese spears surrounded them like hedgehogs, with spears in front and fires behind them, and the ninjas in front of them wanted to rush out of a way to live, but they were stuck on the spears one after another, and were stabbed to death on the spot.
Cornered, the remaining ninjas plunged into the fire in horror, not knowing how well they practiced the fire, in short, the officers and soldiers never saw their shadows again.
On the outskirts of Beijing, the shouting outside has become more and more intense, but in the courtyard, there are dozens of men with shaved moon heads sitting in a few rows, sighing deeply, the samurai headed by the samurai stabbed the rib cha short knife into the stomach, and then picked it up, followed him, the sound of puff came and went, and then, dozens of katana swords were chopped down, and in the blood of the head that rolled down, another family that had survived from the Warring States period to the present day was wiped out.
Osaka Castle, the hurried Dongjiang carriage also arrived at the Toyotomi Imperial Palace, and only then entered the courtyard, Chiyohime was hurriedly led into the Golden Palace, the hall was brightly lit, and hundreds of Toyotomi ministers had been kneeling together and waiting for a long time.
Seeing Chiyohime come in, Kai Temple, who had been worshipping the Buddha for many years and had not asked about the world, stood up suddenly, and in Chiyohime's unbelievable eyes, her old voice echoed in the majestic castle tower.
"The former head of the family, Nobunaga, was stubborn and rebellious, bullied the king, and was heinous! According to the law of the ancestors! The main hall abolished the position of the head of the family and passed on the throne to Chiyohime!"
"You still haven't met the new head of the family!"
The puppet was led to the top like that, and under Chiyohime's stupid eyes, hundreds of Toyotomi retainers were neatly prostrate, banging their heads on the floor, and praised loudly.
"Meet the head of the house! We swear an oath of allegiance to the Lord with blood!"
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In Kyoto, blood is still flowing, and with the trouble of Kunimatsumaru, Mao Jue took the opportunity to purge most of the opponents, but not everything developed according to his deadline.
"Haven't you caught Toyotomi rebelling yet?"
After staying up in the middle of the night, half of his eyes were dark, and he yawned heavily, Mao Jue asked tiredly, but it was a pity that Inoue Fuji, who came back to his life, and the ninja leader of Dongjiang knelt on the ground guiltily.
"Back to the lord, he is still hunting!"
"There is still a matter to report to the subordinates, please decide in advance!"
A small note was held in front of Mao Jue, one second he was still drowsy, but the next second his eyes were round, and he looked at the Kanto leader who was also smoking lively, Tokugawa Iemitsu.
The latter's fat face was full of smiles, and his affectionate hand scratched the back of his head.
(End of chapter)