The Japanese are crazy, but the results are tragic.

Emperor Toba was driven out of the city by his grandfather with 100,000 soldiers and horses and Daliang to fight in the field, but was easily defeated by the grassland light cavalry and Jurchen heavy cavalry.

"Curse the royal family and cut off children and grandchildren."

Seeing a steppe cavalry rushing towards him with murderous intent, Emperor Toba's resentment that had accumulated for many years exploded, and he yelled at Heiankyo behind him in despair, pushed away the samurai in front of him, and faced death with an open chest.

Killing the Japanese emperor seemed to be more glorious than capturing the Japanese emperor, and the steppe cavalry had no intention of capturing the prisoner at all, and the saber was swung violently, and the Emperor Toba, who had been aggrieved for more than 20 years, was in a different place.

Emperor Shirakawa watched the soldiers and horses outside being killed from a high place in the city, and only a few soldiers and horses retreated into the city, and said to Ping Zhongsheng on the side: "For the glory of Japan, fight to the death, I will always stand here and watch you." ”

Taira Tadamori is the second generation head of the Ise Taira clan, and his father Taira Masamori is the first generation head of the Ise Taira clan, and he is also the northern samurai of Emperor Shirakawa, so Taira Tadamori's official fortune is prosperous, and now he is the Echizen Kunamori, and he is also the confidant of Emperor Shirakawa, so Emperor Shirakawa asked him to take the northern samurai to stay in the city to prepare for the battle with the Iryo street.

"Yes"

Although he knew that it would be difficult to repel the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang with the thousands of warriors in the city, Taira Zhongsheng did not have the slightest fear.

Heiankyo was modeled after the Chang'an Castle of the Tang Dynasty, and did not build a city wall, and the Suzaku Avenue in the city divided Heiankyo into Zuojing and Youjing.

In the center of the north of the castle is the palace where the imperial family is located, and outside the palace is the imperial castle used for government offices, and outside the imperial castle is the capital city where ordinary officials and commoners live.

The streets in the city are vertical and horizontal, and the symmetry intersects each other, making it a beautiful city with a chessboard.

Since the area where Youkyo (also known as Chang'an Castle in Little Japan) was a low-lying area with many swamps, it was gradually abandoned, and the main development of the city was concentrated in Zuojing (Luoyang Castle). The aristocracy lived in the dry area of Gaogang to the north of Shijo, while the commoners lived in a slightly lower area to the south.

Even today, Japanese people often refer to Kyoto (Heiankyo) as Keiro, Luoyang, and Luocheng.

Heiankyo can be said to be a complete knockoff, or a knockoff without a city wall.

After the steppe cavalry routed the soldiers and horses outside the city. Without hesitation, he rushed into Heiankyo.

However, the frenzied northern warriors quickly gave them a blow in the face, and the northern warriors took advantage of the terrain in the city to constantly dismount the steppe cavalry, and then slew the steppe cavalry with fierce fighting.

The steppe cavalry in the back saw that the people who had entered in front of them had fallen into the street, and they also had to rein in their horses.

Chao Yong saw that the Japanese were actually preparing to play street fighting, and said to Fujiwara Tadashi on the side: "Take your people in and give you an hour, and I will bombard Heiankyo in an hour." ”

There were already more than 60,000 people under Fujiwara Tadamichi, and the total population of Heiankyo was only a few hundred thousand. ”

Fujiwara Tadashi did not dare to disappoint Chao Yong. Immediately rushed into the city with the surrendered Japanese samurai and civilians.

Emperor Shirakawa saw the Japanese led by Fujiwara Tadamichi rushing in, and he was almost so angry that he vomited blood, and he was ready to fight to the death with the Liang soldiers, but he didn't expect that it was the Japanese who were waiting.

Heroic martyrdom turned into infighting and death.

Emperor Shirakawa did not want to see this, so he asked Taira Tadamori to lead the samurai from the north to protect him and kill him at Fujiwara Tadamichi's royal banner.

The samurai in the north were much more elite than the samurai from all over the country that Fujiwara Tadamichi had gathered, and although the number was smaller, they continued to advance towards Fujiwara Tadamichi, and at the same time let people pass the word to Fujiwara Tadamichi.

Fujiwara Tadamichi heard that Emperor Shirakawa was about to talk to him, and also saw Emperor Shirakawa's banner move over. Let the samurai in front of you step away.

The two of them stood a few feet apart with a few henchmen and samurai.

In the past, Fujiwara Tadamichi had to kneel and lick when he saw Emperor Shirakawa, but today Fujiwara Tadamichi looked at Emperor Shirakawa arrogantly, and he couldn't wait for this old immortal to come over and kneel and lick.

Emperor Shirakawa did not accuse Fujiwara Tadamichi of being rude, and said, "You are also one of my pillars of Japan." Now that Japan is in a national crisis, if you can lead troops with me to resist the invasion of Liang and repel the Liang army, I can abolish the imperial system. Let your Fujiwara family return to power. ”

Fujiwara Zhongtong shook his head and said: "The Liang soldiers are strong and strong, and there are artillery that cannot be resisted, and resisting will only destroy the country and the species." The Viet-Li Dynasty and the Goryeo Kingdom are examples. I don't want Japan to become the third country to be completely wiped out. The era of the imperial family has passed, and I will lead Japan to continue in the future. ”

Emperor Shirakawa stared at Fujiwara Tadashi: "Aren't you thinking about considering the Fujiwara family?" ”

The samurai from the north behind also dodged to the sides, revealing Fujiwara Faithful behind him.

Fujiwara Tadamichi couldn't help but change his face when he saw his father being held, but he immediately said, "I'll let the Fujiwara family stand on a higher place, I'm sorry, father." ”

As he spoke, he bowed to Fujiwara faithfully, straightened up and turned around and walked back.

At the same time, he ordered his samurai to move forward.

"Bastard, kill Fujiwara Faithful."

Emperor Shirakawa saw the traitorous samurai rushing forward, and while retreating, he ordered the samurai from the north to kill Fujiwara Tadashi.

In fact, he also knew that this method was mostly ineffective, but in order to vent his anger, he still arrested Fujiwara Tadashi.

Not only does the royal family have no family affection, but the Japanese aristocracy is also constantly staging the drama of father and son, uncle and nephew cannibalism, such as Seiwa Genji and Isehira.

This is also a Japanese tradition.

The samurai in the north are rare elites, and when they saw the failure of the surrender, they actually rushed up and wanted to attack and kill Fujiwara Tadamichi.

However, Fujiwara Tadamichi was not stupid, and quickly retreated to the back, leaving the returning samurai to resist the murderous northern samurai.

The samurai in the north are powerful, but there are many soldiers and horses under the command of Fujiwara Tadamichi, and three people for one, Fujiwara Tadamichi can consume all the northern samurai.

Emperor Shirakawa retreated to the back and looked at it for a while, seeing that there were fewer and fewer samurai from the north under his command, and the remaining samurai were about the same level as the samurai gathered by Fujiwara Tadamichi. After thinking about it, he led people to the palace.

Fujiwara Akiko has been taken into custody, and she has tried her best to impress the people left by Emperor Shirakawa to take care of her.

Seeing Emperor Baihe come back with a murderous expression, he trembled and said, "Father-in-law." ”

Emperor Shirakawa looked at Fujiwara Zhangzi, who had loved him for more than ten years, and said with a smile: "Japan is dying, you can choose a way to die." ”

When Fujiwara Zhangzi heard this, he couldn't help but sit on the ground in fright, and it took a long time before he blinked and said, "Father-in-law, don't kill me, maybe I have a chance to get close to Prince Liang or Fujiwara Zhongtong, and I can find a chance to kill them." ”

Emperor Shirakawa stared at Fujiwara Zhangzi and said, "If they really take a fancy to you, will you kill them at the cost of your life?" ”

Fujiwara Zhangzi said with a resolute face: "They are my enemies of the country, and I will definitely not let them go." ”

Emperor Shirakawa also hesitated, he also knew that Fujiwara Zhangzi Yasei just wanted to escape death, but if she really wanted to avenge the royal family, this strategy was still operational. After all, Akiko Fujiwara's beauty is rare in Japan. The worst outcome is that this slut is ungrateful and throws himself into the arms of the enemy.

Emperor Shirakawa thought for a moment, walked up to Fujiwara Zhangzi, touched the smooth face of his adopted daughter, and said, "If you can kill one of them, you will definitely be able to go down in history and become a god in my Japan." ”

Fujiwara Zhangzi nodded and said, "Don't worry, father-in-law, I will not let you down." ”

Emperor Shirakawa patted his adopted daughter's face and walked out with the people.

Not long after, two screams rang out outside.

Fujiwara Akiko got up in shock and opened a crack in the door, and the two waiters who were waiting on the side just now had fallen in a pool of blood, apparently killed by Emperor Shirakawa.

Fujiwara Akiko was also relieved to see that the two were dead, and now no one except Emperor Shirakawa knew what she had just said, and Emperor Shirakawa was destined to live not to live today.

Emperor Shirakawa stood in the courtyard, looked at the palace, whispered a few more words to the two attendants on the side, and then led the samurai out of the palace.

Under the heavy bounty of Fujiwara Tadamichi, the Japanese samurai who surrendered drowned the northern samurai in the sea of people one after another, and the remaining ragtag samurai could not be compared to the samurai under Fujiwara Tadamichi, and either surrendered or fled.

After the steppe cavalry withdrew, they surrounded Heiankyo, and many people were shot with arrows as soon as they escaped from the city.

Under the obscenity of Emperor Shirakawa, no one dared to flee before the battle, and when they saw that the situation was not good, there was no way out.

Emperor Shirakawa was desperate to find someone like a mad dog, and no one dared to go against the Emperor Shirakawa, and a group of people surrounded Emperor Shirakawa but no one dared to do it, but Emperor Shirakawa took the opportunity to hurt several people.

Fujiwara Tadamichi heard that Empress Shirakawa was besieging him, so he hurried over, and when he saw that no one dared to make a move, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his subordinates.

Such an important task was to be entrusted to him.

Emperor Shirakawa saw that the people surrounding him suddenly moved out of the way, Fujiwara Tadamichi came out from behind, and no longer culled those traitors, stopped in the middle, panting and said to Fujiwara Tadashi: "Do you dare to kill me?" ”

"Why not? The reign of the seventy-five generations of your imperial family is coming to an end today, and from now on it will be the world of my Fujiwara family, and I will be the first king of Japan. ”

Fujiwara Tadamichi waved his hand behind him, and a samurai came out with Emperor Shotoku in his arms.

"Let him go."

As soon as the samurai let go, Emperor Shotoku ran towards Emperor Shirakawa, who was in the encirclement.

When Emperor Shirakawa saw that this emperor who didn't know whether it was his great-grandson or son, he couldn't help but open his arms and wanted to hug the descendants of the unknown generations who had loved him for several years.

A hint of cruelty flashed on Fujiwara Tadamichi's face, and he saw Emperor Chongde running past him, and with a sudden wave of the katana in his hand, Emperor Chongde was in a different place.

His head fell to the ground, and he rolled at the feet of Emperor Shirakawa.

Emperor Shirakawa looked at his head on the ground, which still had a happy expression, howled, and threw himself at Fujiwara Tadamichi with a katana in both hands.

Fujiwara Tadamichi sneered, and greeted him with a katana in one hand.

The two staggered, and Emperor Shirakawa fell to the ground.

Fujiwara Tadamichi turned around and wiped the blood from the knife on Emperor Shirakawa's body, looked around at the samurai around him, and said, "There will be no emperor in Japan from now on, only kings. (To be continued......)