After Takigawa Kazuki decided to draw a successful end to his Northern Ise strategy, he sent his retainers to lead 500 troops to attack the wealthy clans who were still stubbornly resisting, and on the other hand, he gathered troops and personally led 2,000 men and horses to attack the temple. （）

Although the monks in the temple are still fanatical, however, due to the military strength after several years of attrition, the backbone of the temple has been killed a lot, the first few days, the temple can still resist the attack of the Oda army, however, soon the temple will be a little powerless, under the onslaught of the Oda army, although it can hold on for some time, but, if it continues like this, within ten days, the temple gate will be broken by the Oda army.

In the main hall of the temple, as soon as the Oda army finished the attack, Honganji Temple recruited monks of some status to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy, and in the main hall, in addition to these monks, there were Saito Ryuko, who had taken refuge in the temple, and his retainers who fled with him.

In the main hall, the atmosphere was very solemn, everyone in the audience bowed their heads and remained silent, in their opinion, no matter what countermeasures the temple came up with, it could not change the end of the destruction, and all they could do now was to wait for this moment to come.

After everyone was silent for a while, they only heard the temple presiding officer Honganji testify and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that Nagashima Castle has been lost, only this temple can be defended, and this temple has reached the time of life and death. ”

Since becoming the abbot of the temple, Honganji has never spoken so politely, and that's because, before that, no matter how big the wind and waves were, he was able to come up with a countermeasure, not only did he not encounter such a crisis, but also profited from it, so that the temple gradually developed into the first major force in Northern Ise, but this time it was different, the wealthy families who originally stood on their side like a shield were either destroyed by the Oda family, or surrendered to the other party, and the enemy already had an advantage in military strength. Now with the addition of these wealthy coalition forces, even if the monks of this temple are elite, they can't stop the Oda family's tidal attack anyway, and Honganji is already poor in money, so he will ask for the opinions of others so politely.

However, Honganji Temple has forgotten its intentions, and even he can't think of a countermeasure, so what can these monks who only know how to fight and kill when they sit down.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, he only heard the monk sitting at the bottom of his hand say in unison with firm eyes: "First, we are willing to live and die with the Wishing Temple." ”

Seeing the attitude of the monks, Honganji couldn't help but be angry and scolded: ", this seat is now asking you to find a way, and there is no need to say these words again." ”

"It's... The first seat, our ability is limited, and we can't really think of a way to deal with it, everything depends on the orders of the first seat. ”

Honganji testimony was already speechless by these wastes, and he couldn't help but turn his gaze to Saito Ryuxing, how capable Saito Ryuxing was, although he knew it, but he had reached such a situation, he could only go to the doctor with illness.

I only heard Honganji testify and asked, "Saito-sama, I don't know if there is any good way to help this temple tide over the crisis." ”

Among the people present, except for Honganji Zhengyi, who did not want to see the destruction of Wanshoji Temple the most, Saito Ryuxing was the most concerned about this matter, the Saito family had been destroyed, and now he was trying to restore the family name with the help of the power of Wanshoji Temple, if Wanzhenji Temple was destroyed by the Oda family again, then he really didn't know where to go.

However, although he wanted to help Honganji Temple, his ability was limited, if he could think of a way, he would have spoken a long time ago, and he didn't have to wait until now, but even if he tried his best, he couldn't solve this dead end.

I saw Saito Ryuxing shook his head helplessly, and said: "There is really no good way to do it, it's better to... It's better to escape from this temple while the Oda army is resting, as long as you save your life, you still have a chance to take revenge, I don't know what the master thinks? After holding it for a long time, Saito Ryuxing finally came up with this method that he had used before. …,

However, before Honganji could speak, the idea was rejected by all the monks present, and if they were to abandon the temple and flee, it would be better to let them be buried with the temple. Seeing that everyone disagreed, Saito Ryuxing turned his face to his retainers and asked, "Do you have any way?" ”

These retainers also regard Saito Ryuxing as treasures, if they are put in other forces, they are reluctant to even be a light head, of course, there is one of them, not among them, this person is one of the sixteen generals of Nishimino Kazumi Mitsuxian, to speak, the reason why Oda Nobunaga will point the finger at the North Ise Wish Temple, in the final analysis, is because he originally said that the Wish Temple has always been launched in order to solve the crisis of Inaba Mountain Castle, otherwise, even if Nobunaga wants to find trouble in North Ise, he will have to wait a few more years.

Qing Haiguang obviously thought of a way, and this method has basically become his signature, that is, to find reinforcements to relieve the siege. Although Kita-Ise has basically fallen into the hands of Nobunaga, and it is difficult to find reinforcements, the Kitabatake family in Minami-Ise has not been harmed in the slightest, and if it can be said that the Kitabatake family can come to help, the Oda family will inevitably be defeated under the attack from inside and outside, and the crisis of the temple will be resolved.

Thinking of this, I only heard Light Sea Guangxian speak: "Lord, master, there is a way for my subordinates to retreat from the Oda Army here." ”

"Oh, let's talk about it!" After hearing this, Saito Ryuxing couldn't help but say loudly excitedly.

However, Honganji Temple, who was sitting on the main seat, did not speak. If Honganji Masashi hated whoever he hated the most, it was not Oda Nobunaga, nor Takigawa Kazuki, but the light sea in front of him, if it wasn't for him, he wouldn't have ended up in such a field today.

Although the original Honganji testified that he actually wanted to go to the army, even if Kazumi Koxian didn't come to ask for help, he would still do so, but only by putting all the responsibility on others, he would feel more comfortable, and now seeing that he didn't want to see Karumi Koxian, Honganji said angrily: "Then you can talk about it, if it's nonsense, even if your lord is present, don't blame me for being unkind to you." ”

Karumi Mitsuken didn't argue with him, but said to Saito Ryuxing: "My lord, my subordinates think that it is not difficult to break the army of the Oda family, as long as the Kitabatake family is pulled into the war, under the cooperation of the inside and outside, the Oda army outside the city will be defeated. ”

After Kazumi Mitsuaki finished speaking, he only heard Saito Ryuxing say with great joy: "This is very good, if the Kitabatake family is willing to send troops to help, then this crisis will be over, and the master should not delay this matter for a long time, and please ask the master to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Honganji thought about it seriously, and felt that there was no better way than this, so he nodded and said, "In this way, I will bother Lord Qinghai to run." ”

"This is a matter of the next part, and the master is not welcome." Speaking of this, I only heard the wind of light sea Guangxian's words turn, and then said: "However, what I want to say is to move the Kitabatake family to lead the army to rescue, just relying on this mouth, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed, so I also hope that the master will provide 3,000 yuan of funds, so that I dare to guarantee that nothing goes wrong." ”

Three thousand pieces of money? Although Honganji Temple has collected tens of thousands of huge sums of money over the years, he suddenly wants to take out 3,000 yuan, and he can't help but shudder, although he has paid this money, but this is really too much, this is 3,000 yuan, which is enough to rebuild a decent city, besides, Saito Ryuko came to take refuge this time, but he brought a lot of property, even if he wants to spend this money, he should be half of a person, so he can bear everything himself. …,

Thinking of this, I only listened to Honganji Temple's testimony and said: "What Karumi-sama said is unreasonable, the reason why the Oda family came to attack the temple is not because the Oda family helped the Saito family to tide over the difficulties, and before that, the temple and the Oda family have always been good friends, if it weren't for the power of the nobles, how could the temple invite such a disaster."

And after the fall of the Saito family, instead of abandoning you, the temple allowed you to take refuge here, so in my opinion, the 3,000 kan money should be paid by you. ”

I saw that the light returned to the light and shook his head with a smile and said: "The master's words are wrong, the master helped the family through the crisis, and I am really grateful in the next, but afterwards, in accordance with the master's requirements, I paid a lot of military expenses, which can be said to be indebted, and just now the master said that the relationship with the Oda family, there are different NFAs in the down, the Oda family's North Ise strategy has been set before the attack on Inabayama Castle that year, if it weren't for the fact that the family has dragged the Oda family for many years, I'm afraid, this North Ise would have already become the bag of the Oda family, And what is the relationship between the temple and the Oda family, presumably the master knows best, so I won't say much about it below. ”

"You ......" Honganji testified that his face was as red as blood when he was light sea Mitsuxian's words, and he couldn't speak, just when the two sides were deadlocked, Saito Ryuxing couldn't help it first, if it was compared to money, he still felt that his life was the most important, but if he was asked to pay the cost of three thousand guan himself, he was reluctant, so he came up with a compromise solution, only to hear him speak: "Okay, now the Oda army is outside the city, if I wait to quarrel and have no conclusion, I'm afraid I will really have to live and die with this temple." ”

Speaking of this, I saw him say to Honganji again: "Master, I, the Saito family, am willing to pay half of the cost to tide over this crisis, Master, now that time is pressing, we need to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

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