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"Bastard! Bastard!! Those bastards of the Oda family! Devil! Especially Yoshinobu Oda! He will be punished! A loud roar came from the room of Honganji Xianru, and everyone who heard it could hear the anger of Honganji Xianru. This is quite a miraculous thing for the monks of Honganji, because in their hearts, Honganji is manifest and never gets angry.

And in the room, Lai Lian and the others sat below, their expressions were also extremely angry, for no other reason, they all saw this issue of the Azuchi Monthly.

"Dharma Master, you must avenge the believers of this sect! Otherwise, how can this sect gain a foothold in the world?! Shimoma yelled angrily, although he had always been known for being calm, it was clear that this time he couldn't calm down anyway.

Indeed, for a group of believers, Honganji basically treats them as fools who are playing with them at will, constantly taking money from them, and using them to promote Honganji's voice in the samurai world. But as the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog, and no matter how low the status of this group of believers is in their hearts, it is still something that belongs to them. Not to mention that Oda Yoshinobu directly burned 100,000 people to death with a single fire! 100,000 people! It's not hundreds!

If Honganji didn't come forward to avenge them, what would the other believers think? You must know that the reason why most people believe in the Amitabha Sect is not that they really believe that a sentence of "Amitabha" can enter the Western Elysium after death, but it is just to find a powerful protective umbrella.

"I know!" Honganji said in a cold voice, "But you have to arrange everything, and then fight with the Oda family to the death!" As he spoke, Honganji Xianru glanced around at everyone and said in an extremely cold tone, "I know that in the past, there were still some people who had the illusion that they could finally reach an agreement between the Honshu and the Oda family through negotiations. But today, I believe you should have completely abandoned this ignorant illusion! ”

Hearing Honganji's words, some people bowed their heads in shame. Regardless of the forces, there will always be some opposition. And in Honganji, there are also such people. They are the kind of monks who are truly devoted to the Buddha, and they are very dissatisfied with the fact that Honganji is constantly moving the Buddhist sect of Honganji closer to the daimyo of the samurai. But now, Oda Yoshinobu's actions have completely forced them to the side of Honganji Xianru.

At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who had been sitting next to Honganji Xianru, spoke, "Masters, I know that you are very angry, but as Lord Xianru said, you must make all preparations before going to war with the Oda family again. Especially the question of the command of the coalition forces! I think everyone should know what was the reason why they couldn't capture Shenglong Temple Castle last time, right? ”

"What does His Highness the General mean?" Honganji asked respectfully.

"I propose that Naomasa Akai of the Tanba Akai family be the commander-in-chief next in command, unless there is a more suitable candidate. In addition, I will write to the Takeda family, since the Imagawa family's group of waste has subdued the Oda family, then it is time for the Takeda family to send troops. Ashikaga Yoshiaki said in a deep voice.

"Hmm...... Akai Naomasa...... "Honganji Xianru groaned, and after a moment he nodded in agreement. Although he also hoped that the people of Honganji would become the general general, it was clear that there was no real suitable candidate in Honganji. Although in his opinion, Shimoma Yorilian's ability is very good, and he has always been responsible for training monks, but obviously, Shimoma Yorilian, a monk who has never fought a war in his life, cannot be recognized by other forces.

On the contrary, Naomasa Akai is known as the Akagi of Tanba, a samurai who can really fight well, and even in Settsu, I have heard many legends about him. In particular, the Akai family has a lot of influence in Tanba Province, and it makes sense to become a general. The only thing that is a little worse is the official position, but with Ashikaga Yoshiaki's handpick, this is not too much of a problem.

However, although he agreed, Honganji Xianru said again, "All the previous plans were arranged by His Highness Maori, and I think that we should first ask His Highness Maori's opinion." ”

In this regard, Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not have any objection, because in his heart, if he wanted to pick out the most trusted person, it would definitely be Maori Moto. Not only because of Mori Motosa's plan that allowed him to escape from Nijo Castle, but also because of Mori Motosa's resourcefulness, he saw the hope of defeating the Oda family.

On the same day, Honganji Xianru once again issued a call for all Buddhists in the world to fight against the enemy, the Sixth Heavenly Demon King Oda Nobunaga, and his minion Shura Oda Yoshinobu. He also sent people to visit the Dharma masters of other Buddhist sects at major temples in Kyoto, hoping to reach an alliance with them.

In addition, Honganji Shoru sent Yorisho Shimoma to Kaga in secret to meet with the local Honganji temple official, Nanori Yorishu, in order to obtain help from Kaga's long-standing believers.

Speaking of which, Honganji Xianru is also very helpless, although he has always hoped to transform Honganji into a real samurai regime, but in fact, the resistance to this matter is very large. In addition to the opposition within Honganji Temple, it is more because Honganji does not rule the local area as thoroughly as the samurai regime.

To put it simply, they ruled more through the religious level, and in this case, the dominance was naturally not as complete as that of the samurai regime. It is as if Kaga Province is now known as the Land of Buddha, and it is almost impossible for non-Ichijo sect followers to survive in Kaga Province, but in fact these local forces do not belong to Honganji.

The reason why they joined Honganji Temple was more because of their interests. It is obviously unlikely that they will send troops to help Honganji. But nowadays, Honganji Shinru doesn't have much to do. After all, although the Ichijo sect is known as the first Buddhist sect in the world, in fact, the only places with the most believers are Kaga, Settsu, and Ise. Now that Ise Nagashima has been pacified by Oda Yoshinobu, the only one who can rely on is Kaga.

And there is another reason that Honganji Xianru has to consider, that is, the combat effectiveness that Asakura and the Asai family have shown before. Maha 2, anyway, now Honganji really doesn't believe in these two forces.

At the same time, Ashikaga Yoshiaki once again wrote a letter frantically, in addition to Miyoshi, Hatano, Akai, Takeda, Asai, Asakura and other forces, he also sent people to contact the Bessho family, Akamatsu family, Echigo's Uesugi family, Tango's Isshiki family and many other forces, and once again issued a crusade against the Oda family, announcing the evil deeds of the Oda family to the world.