On the five-foot square platform, a man in a ceremonial dress, a mask, holding a fan in his hand, was there like an old dementia, slowly squirming, babbling in his mouth, and singing an extremely slow tune:

Fifty years on earth

下天のうちをくらぶれば

夢幻の如くなり

Once 生を得て

滅せぬ者のあるべきか

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Long Shaocong is no stranger to this song, and he sang it in the middle of Mt. Hiei that day, before Oda Nobunaga decided to cut his stomach in the face of the raging flames.

Of course, in the literature of later generations, this song is also very famous, before the battle of Barrel Sasama, Oda Nobunaga sang this song, led a mere 2,000 Oda soldiers, with the determination to die, heroically met Imagawa Yoshimoto's 40,000 army, but the result was a desperate situation, in the wind and rain to take the head of Imagawa Yoshimoto, began the road to hegemony.

According to historical records, this sad song is to commemorate the son of the Taira clan in the Genpei War in Japan. This Gong Junru is elegant, especially a good flute, can make the soldiers on both sides of Genpei moved after hearing it, but unfortunately in the battle of Ichinoya, the Taira army was defeated, Tsumori was captured by the enemy, but the enemy general took pity on his talent, could not bear to kill him, persuaded Tsumori to flee, but Tunmori refused to flee in order to maintain the honor of the samurai, and was finally killed, only 16 years old when he died.

For this kind of Noh performance, Long Shaocong really doesn't feel a trace of fun, it stands to reason that when he is desperate in the depths, he is depressed and sings sad songs, which is inspired by feelings, just like the siege of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu. But now, the Oda army is invincible, the army is in full swing, and it is still so sad and sad, isn't it a great disaster.

Could it be that Oda Nobunaga was an unpredictable prophet who had already expected that he would die in the Honnoji Temple on the eve of his success?

In fact, this is Long Shaocong's wishful thinking, looking at the island nation of Japan, perhaps because of the narrow and barren territory, its performance is extremely extreme, on the one hand, it is extremely conceited on the surface, and it is regarded as the country of the rising sun, on the other hand, it is extremely inferior in its heart, creating a tragic character

Unlike the Chinese dynasties, which worshipped the founding monarchs, the Japanese nation tended to have a deep sympathy for the losers.

Of course, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, is a special case, but Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, is not inferior to this defeated general in history, as for Tang Taizong, Song Taizong, Ming Taizu, etc., the evaluation is quite high, and has become an example respected by later generations.

Japan, on the other hand, shows a one-sided posture, and will always praise those who fail and die, while the final victors are quite cold, such as Kiso Yoshinaka, who is known as Japan's Xiang Yu in the Genpei War.

This benevolent brother is known as "General Asahi" or "General Asahi" by the Japanese, and his bravery and military strategy are quite comparable to Xiang Yu, of course, it is unknown what level Xiang Yu can reach, because the two have never fought in person.

Kiso Yoshinaka once defeated the powerful Taira clan in the Battle of Genpei, but because of his youth, pride and irritability, contempt for imperial power, and finally all betrayed his relatives, in the battle of Jichuan and Seda, the first general of the Kamakura shogunate, Minamoto Yorito, his short career of thirty years is full of legends, the process of rise and fall is like a magnificent fireworks, has always been worshiped by Japan as a traditional tragic hero.

And his opponent, the ultimate victor Yuan Laichao, is far from the status of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, in the hearts of the Chinese people, and even basically no one mentions it in Japan.

When it came to the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, Kusunoki Masanari and his 500 warriors fought alone against the shogunate army several times their own in the battle of Minatogawa, bravely rushed and killed, killed countless enemies, and finally retreated in the face of the overwhelming enemy army, leading the remaining 73 horsemen to commit suicide and martyrdom, tragic and heroic can be comparable to the 300 warriors of Sparta.

Especially before his death, a conversation between Kusunoki Masasari and his younger brother Kusunoki Masaki was talked about by later generations of Japanese.

"Brother, which of the six realms of reincarnation do you want to go to after you die?"

"I wish to get out of the six realms as soon as possible, reincarnate as a human for the seventh time, and then kill the enemy for the country with my brother!"

After that, the two brothers looked at each other and laughed, committed suicide by disembowelment, Zhengcheng was only forty-three years old when he died, and was posthumously named the god of war by later generations. It can be said that Kusunoki Masanari fought completely for orthodoxy, in order to protect Emperor Go-Daigo, and against the shogun Ashikaga Takaji, who despised imperial power, but unfortunately the Japanese have been very realistic since ancient times, only recognize strength, do not recognize morality, loyal to the monarch is just verbal words, and only the strong are yearned for and attached to in their hearts.

Therefore, in general, the Japanese have no morality to speak of not only their neighbors, but also within the nation. Of course, this is the mainstream Japanese cultural gene, and it covers everyone, and Kusunoki Masashi is a special case, but this special case is doomed to fail in such a culture.

The same bad luck also fell on the head of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and at the end of the Warring States period, the Battle of Sekigahara, which defeated Sanada Yukimura in the Tokugawa army's main camp with a decisive assault, was much higher in the eyes of the Japanese than this old turtle.

And in the ranking of the three heroes of the Warring States, he is also far below Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Many people will be puzzled by the psychology of the Japanese, but if you think about it carefully, in fact, this nation is not complicated, it can be well described with two words "perverted", extreme perversion has always run through their bones, which is undoubtedly reflected in the Japanese entertainment programs of later generations, especially the Japanese worship of the opposite sex and the female "shame" department, and the blurring of the ethical boundaries between men and women, so that this country has been hovering in the extremely good and extremely perverted.

Just like the Japanese love to sing in the Mori song: Fifty years in the world is just a small thing compared to heaven and earth. Looking at the world, dreams are like water, let life be for a while, and then disappear and then present.

Perhaps it is because the Japanese were born in an island country and have always been covered by the advanced culture of China, and they have a habit of hurting themselves and mourning all day long, thinking that God was born to be unfair to them. As a result, the sympathy for the losers can be closer to their daily depression and depression.

Because of this, they regard the beautiful but short-lived cherry blossoms as a national treasure, and no one cares about the green pines that have a tenacious life and are still standing upright under the heavy snow.

The Japanese advocate forbearance, but pursue a short and brilliant life, so the highest spiritual realm of bushido is to reach the peak of one's life in a moment of dazzling beauty, give full play to the greatest value, and then end one's life without nostalgia, leaving the last moment of life to the peak.

Perhaps, they deeply understand the prosperity of Yi Li, and it seems that they have a lot of experience in learning from Zhou Yi, and they will die as soon as they are brilliant, otherwise they will turn from prosperity to decline.

After two hours of suffering, the disgusting Noh drama finally ended, and Long Shaocong could finally breathe a sigh of relief, prepare to return to his residence, sleep beautifully on the tatami mat, and go to Princess Hideko the next day to explain his plan.

In order to show respect for the love general, Oda Nobunaga Ryu Shaocong and Mori Lanmaru sent off the general on his behalf. Niwa Nagahide, Hori Hidemasa and others are familiar with Long Shaocong, and they don't forget to say a few words of greeting before leaving.

The rest of the people, Maeda Toshiie, Ikeda Hengxing, Takigawa Kazuyi and others met Long Shaocong for the first time, but out of etiquette, after greeting Senranmaru, they did not forget to say hello to Long Shaocong.

Among them, there are two performances, the most special, can be described as hot and cold, the cold is Shibata Katsuya, and the hot one is Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Shibata Katsuya is the first important minister of the Oda clan, and he was born in the aristocracy, and he can't produce upper and lower class characters from the bottom of his heart. At that time, Yuchai Hideyoshi, who was born as a farmer, was very despised by him, and later because of the performance of the military industry, he was impressed by this monkey and allowed the other party to use the word "Chai" in his name.

Now, Long Shaocong got the treatment of Yushiba Hideyoshi at that time, Shibata Katsuya passed by his side, and was very disdainful of this "countryman" who had just been promoted, and greeted Mori Lan Maru, without looking at Long Shaocong, he rode away on his horse.

Since the other party is like this, Long Shaocong has no reason to go up and stick to other people's cold butts, so he stands there, treating this Oda family's number one fierce general as nothing, and thinking about his plan alone.

At this moment, someone behind each other said, "This is His Royal Highness Nobunaga's newly promoted flankers, Lord Long Shaocong, right?" ”