The battle went into a pause, which allowed the armies on both sides to rest for a while, but when Admiral Catherine appeared in the field of view of the Oda army with a white flag, there was inevitably a commotion in the army. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Oda Nobunaga sighed, if Admiral Catherine had died in battle last night, then everything would be fine, and there would have been no commotion among those Ribelians.

But not only did the other party not die, but it seemed that he was still preparing to come over and be a lobbyist -- the leader of the Dongying faction had never been in the habit of letting go of prisoners for free, but liked to use them to lobby the enemy.

Admiral Catherine was soon stopped by a military general with a team, and it wasn't long before the two met in a hut in Honnoji Temple.

It's just that this time the identities of the two of them are very embarrassing, and the same loser Nobunaga has not been captured, but Catherine has to be a lobbyist for Mito Kawahide.

"I ......"

"Okay, I know what you want to say, don't think about persuading you to surrender, only Oda Nobunaga who died in battle, Oda Nobunaga who did not surrender in the past, does not now, and will not surrender in the future."

"Then I don't have much to say, but can you get the Riberians to leave, these marines make our last armed force......"

Catherine's tone was a little low, so much so that she didn't notice a slight change in Nobunaga's eyes, "The Kingdom of Riberia has lost too many people, and I know that it is unacceptable to make such an excessive request at this time, but my people need them. ”

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

"I know! So whatever you ask me to do, I beg you to let the Marines surrender and leave, this is what Mito Kawahide said ......"

"Do you think they're going to really keep their promises? You're nothing but an outsider, and Mito Kawa Shu is definitely deceiving you! ”

"This ......"

Catherine's face became paler and paler as Nobunaga's words followed, but people would not give up as long as they had the slightest hope in times of despair, and even if they were deceitful, they could only endure it.

"But, I mean but...... Can't you really let me give it a try? ”

"I'm not going to gamble on the future of the Oda family with the credibility of Mitogawa Hide, so you'll just stay here."

Nobunaga had no patience to listen to Catherine, but as she was about to leave, there was a sound of a trigger pulling behind her, and Nobunaga, who had no time to think about it, pounced forward and heard the roar of the musket.

The guard, who was standing outside, was killed on the spot by a bullet in the back, but Nobunaga also had the strength to draw his sword and turn around and slash, and in an instant, the katana cut through the skin and muscles of the human body, cut off the internal organs and bones, and finally fell into her eyes only Catherine's despair and unwillingness.

The gun fell to the ground along with the hand, and Catherine, who had been cut out of a gap, fell, the huge wound and the terrible amount of bleeding meant that life was running out, and time was running out for the admiral.

"Why are you doing this, Admiral?"

"Everything...... In order to...... ...... Riberia Please ......."

Seeing Catherine's voice gradually deepen, Nobunaga sighed, "I'm not going to grant you any request, since you want to protect your people, you shouldn't join this war without permission, after all, you are just a warmonger who sees benefits, but it's a pity that you are not like Lorraine, you have the strength to shake the entire Dongying." ”

Nobunaga's words are not so much for Catherine as for his own explanation, but everything is meaningless, the living Nobunaga still needs to face the army of Mito Kawahide, and the dead Admiral Catherine can only lie on the floor in obscurity, disappearing forever in the river of time.

"My lord! We hear gunshots, could it be that the captive wants to turn against you? ”

“…… No, it's not. Nobunaga glanced back at the room, "Admiral Catherine...... I committed suicide because I was too guilty, now it's our turn to help her get revenge, this time I'm going to kill all the enemies! ”

"Hey!"

Rest assured, Catherine...... I'll help you continue the rest of the way, and soon we'll see you at the bridge, and I'll say sorry to you then.

After waiting for an hour and not seeing any movement from Nobunaga's army, Mitogawa Hideya also understood that Catherine should have failed, so under the command of this leader, the rebels poured into Honnoji Temple like a tide.

Honnoji did not have any strong fortifications, but the elite soldiers of the Oda family led by Nobunaga were indeed insurmountable obstacles.

The battle was in a white-hot state from the beginning, and the Dongying samurai wearing the armor of the guards had blood-red eyes, as if they were about to drip blood, and shouted wildly with all their strength, frantically slashing at the big sword in the enemy's hand, and the rebels couldn't stop the other party at all, until an ominous pop sounded one after another, and the samurai was pierced by several throwing spears and dozens of bows and arrows from the front chest and back at the same time.

The samurai was speechless in pain for a while, and when he was half-kneeling on the ground, he saw the dead eyes of countless his companions, barely freeing one hand to tremble and try to pull out the spear head that pierced his body, but was pierced with a spear by the swarming enemy, and then hacked to death with a knife......

Before these rebels had time to cheer, they were immediately routed by the sudden appearance of the cavalry, and finally thirty or so Oda cavalrymen were crazy Cui Dong mounts, even if they were wounded, they only hoped to kill some enemies in the station of more than 4,000 people, and be able to pave the way for victory for the lord.

……

"Look at the appearance of the Oda army, so ugly and unbearable...... Or should I praise them as soldiers worthy of the god of war? ”

"Mitogawa-sama, now is not the time to say this! Don't you see that the situation on the front line is unfavorable? ”

Mito Kawahide glanced at the other party a little unpleasantly, but unfortunately the other party didn't care, and kept emphasizing that Nobunaga's troops needed to be eliminated as soon as possible to complete the contract.

"Cut...... It's just a bunch of businessmen...... Pass my order, send another 10,000 ashigaru to support the front line, and be sure to conquer Honnoji today! ”

"Hey!"

"That's it, Mitogawa Hide-sama! Only by killing Oda Nobunaga as soon as possible will we have the honor to go to Edo and seize the inheritance of the Oda family, and with our support, you will definitely dominate the world! ”

"I hope so...... But without the emperor's support, even if we kill Nobunaga, it won't be much use, right? ”

"You're thinking wrong, the emperor will definitely support you, as long as you can send a little treasure over, and by the way, deal with those bald donkeys, everything will be fine!"

"Emperor Tokusho...... I understand. ”

The alliance between the merchant group and the temple forces did not surprise Mito Kawahide, this kind of collusion of interests should have been done by him, but it didn't matter if the financiers did it first, anyway, as long as there was an army in hand, they would definitely not treat themselves badly.

There was not much suspense in the battle of Honnoji, the number of people was less than one-tenth of the rebels, and even if the Oda army and the Riberian soldiers could fight, they would still be dragged down by the naval war.

Two hours before sunset, the temple was full of flames, the wooden towers of the Buddha hall were all on fire, thick black smoke rose and lingered in the air, and clusters of vague figures shook and entangled in the firelight.

Time is running out for the Oda Army......